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According to Oura's announcement, the smart ring manufacturer Oura has signed a final agreement with the AI-native primary care company Counsel Health to acquire the latter for $625 million in cash, with the final price subject to adjustments based on the acquisition price. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of this year.After the acquisition is completed, Oura users will be able to directly converse with Counsel's medical AI within the app to receive personalized advice, and can be connected to licensed doctors within minutes if needed. Oura stated that the company achieved a record growth of 153% this quarter, with membership exceeding 6 million.

According to a report by Business Wire, the U.S. brokerage infrastructure provider DriveWealth announced that its European affiliate UAB DriveWealth Europe has been authorized by the Bank of Lithuania to become a crypto asset service provider under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). DriveWealth plans to gradually open related services to partners starting in 2027, with specific launch dates to be announced later.UAB DriveWealth Europe previously held a MiFID II license issued by the Bank of Lithuania. After the launch of crypto asset services, banks, fintech companies, digital wallets, and brokerages can access crypto asset services along with existing investment services such as U.S. stocks, ETFs, fixed income products, and options through the same interface.DriveWealth also announced a partnership with Ripple, planning to introduce RLUSD stablecoin settlement, cross-border payments, and digital asset custody in Europe first.

As the global tech stock sell-off spreads to Asia, the wealth of SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son and several Asian business tycoons has significantly shrunk. According to calculations, as of 10 AM Beijing time, the combined wealth of 22 billionaires from countries such as China, Japan, and South Korea, who are among the world's 500 richest people, had decreased by more than $21 billion at one point, and later fell to over $18 billion.Masayoshi Son is the one who suffered the largest loss, with his personal wealth decreasing by $3.9 billion, bringing it down to about $29 billion. The companies at the core of the AI boom were hit the hardest. Billionaires whose personal wealth shrank by at least $1 billion include Takizaki Takemitsu, founder of electronic sensor manufacturer Keyence, and Zhang Qiansheng, the richest person in Singapore and head of semiconductor packaging and testing company ASE Technology Holding. Lee Jae-Yong, a shareholder of Samsung Electronics, along with his mother and sister, saw their family's wealth decrease by about $2.5 billion; this family is one of the richest in Asia.

According to Forbes' real-time billionaire list, as of the local time on November 5, the closing of the U.S. stock market, Elon Musk's personal wealth is approximately $789.5 billion, a decrease of $79.3 billion in a single day.The Bloomberg Billionaires Index shows his personal wealth is approximately $785 billion, a decrease of $79.7 billion in a single day. On that day, Tesla's stock price fell by 10.77%, and SpaceX's stock price fell by 9.05%.

Gate gStocks has shown active performance on the gainers list, with leveraged ETFs related to the semiconductor industry and technology and healthcare sectors leading the gains in U.S. stock tokens. According to the latest market data from Gate, the Direxion Semiconductor 3x Short ETF (SOXSG/USDT) has risen by 6.37% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $59.25; the AMD Semiconductor tokenized stock (AMDG/USDT) has increased by 5.25% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $500.96; and the UnitedHealth Group tokenized stock (UNHG/USDT) has risen by 2.10% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $407.29.Gate gStocks adopts a 1:1 fully-backed native stock reserve mechanism, where each tokenized security corresponds to an equal number of native stocks as underlying asset support, and supports 24/7 trading, unified account management, and a minimum investment of 1 USDT with fractional trading. Users can participate more flexibly in global popular stock investments, achieving a one-stop allocation of digital assets and traditional securities. As the ecosystem of tokenized securities continues to enrich, Gate gStocks will keep expanding more quality stocks and ETF targets, providing users with a more diverse selection of global asset allocation options.

According to Kommersant, the police in Ivanovo, Russia have arrested 5 men suspected of kidnapping, robbery, and stealing cryptocurrency. The suspects identified a programmer in his 20s through photos of luxury cars and trips abroad on social media, and on September 6, they kidnapped him to a garage and threatened him with violence.The suspects stole 1 million rubles in cash, an iPhone, and a MacBook, and transferred about 10.4 BTC from his cryptocurrency wallet to an unidentified address, with total losses exceeding 84 million rubles. After the incident, the victim was abandoned in the woods.The police stated that due to a drone attack, there was a network outage in the area, and the suspects switched to using regular phones to communicate, which allowed the police to intercept the calls and capture them. All 5 have prior felony convictions, and some of the stolen money has been used to purchase real estate and cars, facing up to 15 years in prison.

Israeli startup 42AI is developing a behavioral world model, claiming it can predict decision probabilities in different scenarios, and it has been applied to the financial brokerage business.

According to Gate market data, the S&P 500 Energy sector and Healthcare sector reached all-time highs, rising 1.8% and 1.4% respectively.

According to Cointelegraph, the private market platform Hill estimates that if the artificial intelligence company Anthropic goes public, it could make 4,257 people millionaires. Among them, about 50 employees could have a fortune exceeding 100 million dollars, 1,200 people's wealth could reach between 10 million and 99 million dollars, and about 3,000 people could have wealth ranging from 1 million to 9 million dollars.The 7 co-founders of Anthropic are currently billionaires, and after the IPO, their personal fortunes could reach approximately 28 billion dollars each. Hill's data shows that only SpaceX has created more potential millionaires in a similar manner, with around 4,400 people.

AI wealth management platform Nevis announced the completion of a $70 million Series B financing round. This round was led by EQT Ventures, with new investors including Charles Schwab and QuantumLight (founded by Revolut founder Nik Storonsky), while existing investors such as Sequoia Capital, ICONIQ Capital, and Ribbit Capital also increased their investments.Nevis has raised a total of $110 million over the past two years. In the past 12 months, its revenue has grown more than 25 times, and the platform's asset scale has increased from $50 billion to over $70 billion. The company has partnered with more than 10 RIAs (Registered Investment Advisors) including Focus Financial Partners. The new funds will be used to expand the team and develop new products.

According to Bloomberg, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia may profit from Anthropic's initial public offering. The bank participated in Anthropic's Series E funding round in March 2025, with its holdings valued at 153 million Australian dollars, approximately 107.5 million US dollars, as of June 30, 2025.By the end of June 2026, as Anthropic's valuation rose to 965 billion US dollars, the bank's holdings had increased in value to 1.53 billion Australian dollars, approximately ten times higher than before. Bloomberg stated that this valuation increase is considered paper gains, and whether it can ultimately be realized through the IPO depends on the listing process and related transaction arrangements.

The Hurun Research Institute released the "2026 Hurun Rich List." This year, a total of 1,529 entrepreneurs with personal wealth exceeding 5 billion yuan made the list, an increase of 95 from last year, setting a new historical high. The total wealth of the listed entrepreneurs is 32 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7% (2.1 trillion yuan).Zhang Yiming, the founder of ByteDance, became China's richest person for the second time with 670 billion yuan, breaking the record for the wealth of China's richest person. Zhong Shanshan, the founder of Nongfu Spring, saw his wealth shrink by 120 billion yuan, falling to second place with 410 billion yuan. Liang Wenfeng, the founder of DeepSeek, made the list for the first time, entering the top ten with 280 billion yuan.

According to EU-Startups, the wealth management AI platform Nevis announced the completion of a €62 million (approximately $70 million) Series B funding round, led by EQT Ventures, with Charles Schwab and QuantumLight participating as new strategic investors, and existing investors such as Sequoia Capital, ICONIQ, and Ribbit Capital increasing their investments.Founded in 2024 and headquartered in London and New York, Nevis has raised a total of €98 million (approximately $110 million) after this funding round. The company claims that the assets managed by its clients exceed €625 billion (approximately $700 billion), and its AI agents have completed over 100,000 operational tasks.

Phoenix Technology cites a report from Business Insider, stating that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates mentioned in the latest episode of the "Decoder" podcast that artificial intelligence will create "true abundance," but the next 20 years will be as turbulent as any period in human history, with unprecedented job losses and chaos, resulting in winners and losers.Gates indicated that jobs such as telemarketing, customer service, and accounting will disappear, as AI can perform these tasks more cheaply, quickly, and even more accurately; blue-collar jobs will be taken over by humanoid robots. If not significantly slowed down or stopped, robots capable of building houses, growing food, and performing surgeries will emerge, making human labor unnecessary for most goods and services. He believes that work provides a sense of purpose, income, a reason to attend, relationships with colleagues, and pathways for creativity and problem-solving, while activities such as art, sports, cooking, and parenting can be left to humans in the future.The report also mentions that Jeff Bezos and Jamie Dimon have proposed shortening the workweek; Elon Musk has predicted that the transition will be "bumpy" and advocates for the government to issue checks to everyone; Dalio Amodi stated that AI is expected to improve quality of life, but the scale of short-term impacts will be unprecedented; Sam Altman mentioned in May of this year that the number of white-collar jobs eliminated by AI is not as high as he expected. Despite concerns that AI will replace jobs and high-profile layoffs at companies like Amazon and Meta, the unemployment rate in the U.S. has not significantly risen during the AI boom.

Meta Platforms has signed an agreement with CEO Mark Zuckerberg, requiring him to continue residing in the jurisdiction where the company's headquarters is located for the next eight years. This move is in response to California's proposed wealth tax, which could result in a tax bill of billions of dollars for Zuckerberg.The agreement allows him to sell a portion of his Class C shares to provide liquidity to address the potential tax burden from California Proposition 40.

Documents disclosed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicate that the investment advisory firm Unique Wealth has submitted a 13F-HR report to the SEC, showing that it holds approximately $10.4 million in Bitcoin-related positions.The 13F-HR is a quarterly holdings report submitted by institutional investment managers to the SEC, used solely to disclose securities holdings that meet the reporting threshold, excluding directly held crypto assets. Therefore, the aforementioned positions typically represent Bitcoin exposure in the form of securities such as spot Bitcoin ETFs.

Bitwise analyst Ishmael Asad posted on the X platform that Bitwise is currently collaborating with over 20 wealth management platforms, with a total asset management scale of approximately $24 trillion. Bitwise is also promoting the approval of cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs) by relevant platforms so that their investment advisors can provide clients with channels for cryptocurrency allocation.Currently, among the institutions collaborating with Bitwise, 17 have approved cryptocurrency concept stock ETPs, 11 have approved Bitcoin ETPs, 6 have approved Ethereum ETPs, 6 have approved ETPs for the top ten cryptocurrency portfolios, and 2 have approved Solana ETPs, with 1 each approving Bitcoin and gold combination and XRP ETPs. Asad stated that since the first batch of spot cryptocurrency ETFs was launched in January 2024, the cumulative net inflow into cryptocurrency ETPs has been approximately $77 billion. Currently, there are over 50 spot cryptocurrency ETPs in the U.S. market, and the number is still increasing, covering BTC, ETH, SOL, AVAX, LINK, XRP, ZEC, HYPE, cryptocurrency portfolios, and more. In addition, the interest of wealth management institutions in cryptocurrency assets is also continuously growing, and the related demand is extending from ETPs to cryptocurrency trading and custody, payment, and tokenization fields.

Confido Health has completed a total of $22.5 million in Series A financing, including a $12.5 million extension round led by z47_vc. The funds will be used to build an AI entity that connects patients, healthcare providers, insurance companies, and pharmacies, automating processes such as appointments, insurance, referrals, and prescriptions.The data cited indicates that the annual healthcare labor expenditure in the United States exceeds $800 billion, and healthcare IT expenditure exceeds $200 billion. By 2030, the shortage of healthcare personnel could reach 3 million.

According to The Block, brokerage service provider DriveWealth has partnered with Ripple to integrate its stablecoin settlement, cross-border payment, and digital asset custody services into its brokerage platform.The two parties will initially launch settlement operations in Europe and plan to expand the service scope to the United States. This integration will utilize the Ripple RLUSD stablecoin on the XRP Ledger, allowing DriveWealth customers to use a stablecoin that can be converted to fiat currency almost in real-time for collateral account funding and management. Additionally, both parties are exploring opportunities for equity financing through Ripple Prime.

Morgan Stanley's third-quarter profit grew, with revenue from stock trading reaching $5.8 billion, exceeding market expectations of $4.9 billion.The wealth management business attracted a record $232 billion in net new assets, expanding its total scale to $8.4 trillion.