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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai stated that the new AI model Carbon is being launched first to cybersecurity partners.

Google (GOOG.O) launched the Gemini 4 Carbon cutting-edge model.

Pump.fun announced on October 28 that it will launch Elysium trading in its app on November 9, adding support for this network focused on Hyperliquid to its multi-chain trading business. Pump.fun posted on its official X account stating "Pumpfun App x @Enter_Elysium," and added "Trading starts November 9," with Kinetiq also announcing Pump.fun's entry into Elysium.Elysium is a Layer 2 built by Kinetiq based on Arbitrum Orbit, with transaction settlements occurring in the Hyperliquid smart contract environment HyperEVM, and network fees paid in HYPE. Its mainnet is scheduled to launch on November 9, 2026, coinciding with Pump.fun's trading start date; the chain will be rolled out in phases, with native HyperCore market data access and fast order submission paths expected to be provided in an upgrade approximately four weeks after the mainnet launch. The announcement only mentioned the Pump.fun app and did not disclose plans to migrate the company's Solana Meme coin issuance platform or its liquidity to Elysium.This plan is independent of another Hyperliquid integration announced earlier on the same day. Pump.fun stated that perpetual contract trading is now live within the app, allowing users to go long or short on cryptocurrencies, stocks, and commodities using USDC balances without cross-chain transactions; the service charges a fee of 0.05% per transaction, reduced to 0.04% with a referral code, plus standard Hyperliquid fees. The Elysium announcement did not specify its funding channels and trading fee terms.

The DeFi lending protocol Kamino announced the launch of a USDC loan service using Backpack tokenized stocks as collateral. Borrowers can receive up to 40% of the collateral's value.The market will maintain its last stock price outside of U.S. trading hours, which means that during U.S. stock market closures, the collateral valuation of the tokenized stocks will be based on their last transaction price, allowing borrowers to continue lending operations during non-trading hours.

According to the official announcement, Robinhood Chain has added 8 new stock tokens, namely JP Morgan, Visa, PayPal, BMNR, McDonald's, Disney, Uber, and VanEck Gold Miners ETF.

According to official news, Jupiter has partnered with BitGo to launch a validator for institutions. BitGo's institutional clients can now directly use Jupiter to stake SOL through their existing custody accounts.

NVIDIA (NVDA.O) launched the Nemotron 3.5 speech transcription model.

According to The Block, the modular data availability layer Avail has announced the launch of the privacy perpetual contract trading platform ShieldTX, aimed at helping large traders cut off the public data chain and avoid being tracked by Order Tracking bots on Hyperliquid. ShieldTX is built on Avail's infrastructure, allowing users to deposit USDC from major EVM chains through Nexus and generate a brand new shielded wallet when opening a position, with orders directly routed to Hyperliquid's native order book.When users close their positions, funds will return to their shielded balance. Observers can see the deposits but cannot associate subsequent trading activities with the source wallet of the funds. Avail states that Order Tracking bots can replicate trades within seconds based on public data, and their subsequent trading volume can drive up prices, which is unfavorable for large orders. According to its analysis, ShieldTX can save 15 to 25 basis points per trade by breaking the public data chain, which significantly compounds savings for high-frequency large traders.ShieldTX also launched a wallet scanner that displays the public data relied upon by Order Tracking bots and reveals how trades are affected. Users can scan wallets to see who is copying their trades. In terms of underlying architecture, ShieldTX operates on a zkAppchain called Nightshade, where users deposit USDC into an Arbitrum settlement contract and receive equivalent receipts within Nightshade.However, currently, receipt management is handled by the sorter, which can see the receipt pre-images and user states; the positions on Hyperliquid remain publicly visible, and designated solvers are also aware of the position addresses they need to fund.

B.AI announced that OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Terra is officially launched, with API and Web Chat both available for synchronized experience.This model is designed for efficient visual reasoning, precise computer operations, and clear natural text writing, combining adjustable reasoning capabilities with a 1.05M ultra-long context window, covering daily professional workflows and complex application scenarios; it supports a maximum output of 128K tokens, with a standard price of $1.00 per million input tokens and $5.00 per million output tokens, balancing performance and cost flexibility.

Ethena Pay has begun rolling out the Earn+ feature, which claims that the dollar balance can earn a target annual reward of up to 12%. Initially, it is open to Pro and VIP users, with plans to expand to all users in the coming days. This feature will transfer funds from the main payment balance to an external Upshift vault, where Steakhouse Financial will execute a leveraged USDe strategy on Aave, aiming for a yield higher than the app's existing maximum tiered reward of 6%.According to documents released by Ethena Pay, the vault targets approximately 11 times leverage on Aave v4 on Avalanche, packaging repeated borrowing and reinvestment into a one-click deposit. The specific path involves depositing USDe as collateral, borrowing USDT, and then using the borrowed tokens to purchase more USDe in a loop, with returns depending on whether the USDe rewards can cover the USDT borrowing costs. Ethena Pay states that it only provides the interface and does not guarantee the assets, and users must bear the risk of vault losses, which may result in losing part or all of their invested funds.Ethena Pay claims that the simplified interface does not eliminate liquidation risk; when collateral is insufficient to cover debts, positions will face liquidation, with liquidators repaying debts and taking collateral and rewards. The 12% is only a target and not a guaranteed return, rates may be adjusted downwards, and Earn+ balances do not enjoy the Daily Boost of the main account. This product has no lock-up period, no fees for deposits or withdrawals, and withdrawals are processed to the main dollar account within 24 hours but may be delayed, and are not considered insured bank deposits. The initial total capacity limit for the vault is $4.5 million, with individual limits of $50,000 and $200,000 for Pro and VIP users, respectively, and $20,000 for Standard users.

According to TNW, Anthropic announced the acquisition of Mithril Medicine in a blog post on Tuesday.This company has only one employee and is developing therapies for two rare muscular dystrophies. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, and founder Cody Tranbarger has joined Anthropic.

According to the official website of DTCC, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation in the United States announced that its tokenization service (DTCC Tokenization Service) has been launched, with the first batch of 34 tokenizable securities. The tokens are backed 1:1 by securities held in DTC custody, and holders enjoy the same legal rights and economic interests as the underlying securities.The traditional market and on-chain use the same CUSIP code, allowing for 24/7 peer-to-peer transfers between DTC registered wallets. This service includes built-in compliance controls and can track ownership in near real-time. The first batch of wallet and application partners includes BitGo, Blockdaemon, Fireblocks, HashKey, Kaleido, Prometheum, Talos, Temple, and Tradeweb. The scale of DTC custodial assets is approximately $30 trillion.

According to CoinDesk, Google will launch its Google Multi-Party Compute (MPC) security service at the first digital asset seminar held in New York on Wednesday, helping financial institutions such as banks to store and transfer cryptocurrencies and tokenized assets.The product is currently in a private preview phase, with several financial institutions testing it. Its parent company, Alphabet, has used it to protect its digital assets on Ethereum and Solana, with plans for commercial use in early 2027, and pricing has not yet been disclosed. The system splits private keys into multiple shards, which are stored across different systems, requiring checks against pre-set institutional rules before transaction signing, and supports ECDSA and Ed25519 algorithms.

Bitget, in collaboration with Reality and Keyring, has released a research report exploring the synergy mechanisms of tokenized stocks, perpetual contracts, and decentralized lending, and evaluating the potential returns and risks of related strategies through simulation calculations. The report points out that the application of tokenized stocks is extending from traditional stock trading to more scenarios such as collateralized lending, asset management, and systematic investment strategies.The research is based on Reality's rToken, combined with stock perpetual contract hedging and on-chain lending mechanisms, to explore stock basis yield strategies. Historical simulation data shows that from December 15, 2025, to October 19, 2026, the annualized net return of the strategy index is approximately 7% and 4% for in-sample and out-of-sample, respectively, with a gross funding cost rate premium of about 11% to 14%. The report also notes that financing costs, transaction execution fees, market liquidity, and risk management are key factors affecting the actual returns of the strategy.It is reported that Bitget and Keyring plan to jointly develop a stock basis index and build an on-chain lending market based on Reality's rToken. Among them, Reality provides exposure to tokenized stock assets, while Keyring is responsible for developing the index methodology and constructing the related lending market. The index aims to capture funding rate and basis yield opportunities by combining rToken holdings with corresponding stock perpetual contract hedging positions, providing new strategic pathways for the application of tokenized stocks in on-chain financial scenarios.

On October 28, TRON ECO announced the launch of the "Halloween Magic Matching" challenge. Five jack-o'-lanterns and five magic scrolls have been mixed up, and the exclusive magic of the five major ecological projects: SUN, JUST, WINkLink, BitTorrent, and AINFT corresponds to which scroll, waiting for users to find the correct pairs.Participants need to write five sets of corresponding answers in the comments section according to the scroll numbers, and @ the corresponding official accounts, while also @ 3 friends and using the hashtag #TRONEcoHalloween to participate. The event runs from October 28 to November 2. Users who complete 5 sets of correct pairs that comply with the rules will have the chance to participate in a random draw, with 20 winners selected, each receiving a TRON ECO exclusive peripheral.Due to logistics and delivery restrictions in different countries and regions, prizes and shipping arrangements may be adjusted, subject to official notifications and event rules.

On October 28, B.AI announced that ByteDance's Seedance series video generation models have been integrated into the API, with official support for full access. A total of four models have been launched, covering different tiers from flagship to lightweight.Seedance 2.5 focuses on multimodal audio-visual joint generation, with a maximum single duration of 30 seconds, up to 1080p 10-bit, supporting up to 50 reference materials and targeted timestamp editing; Seedance 2.0 emphasizes high-quality output, supporting up to 4K 10-bit with audio-visual synchronization, and allows control of the first and last frames as well as extensions before and after; Seedance 2.0 Fast balances speed and cost, providing quick generation at 480p/720p, suitable for advertising variants and storyboard iterations; Seedance 2.0 Mini meets budget-sensitive creative and prompt testing needs at a lower unit price. Developers can now call the above models through the B.AI API, and are welcome to log in to chat.b.ai/chat to experience it.

According to Solid Intel, Brazil's largest bank Itaú Unibanco has become the first bank to officially engage in cryptocurrency trading and custody services under the new regulations set by the Central Bank of Brazil. The bank has reported the relevant business to the Central Bank of Brazil on Tuesday, ahead of the deadline of October 30.

According to the RootData Launchpad rankings, Pump.Fun launched 52,847 memes in the last 24 hours, an increase of 12.59% compared to the 7-day average. Among them, 174 memes successfully graduated, an increase of 19.76% compared to the 7-day average.In terms of transaction fees in the last 24 hours, Pump.Fun maintained a lead with $1.96 million. Pons' transaction fees were $332,300, an increase of 5.35% compared to the previous day's $315,400. Stonk's transaction fees in the last 24 hours were $200,600, a decrease of 26.46% compared to the previous day's $272,800.

According to the official announcement, Gate Money will launch the "Account Opening Gifts" event from October 28 at 16:00 to November 11 at 16:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users who complete registration and identity verification, successfully open an account for the first time, and complete a valid bank transfer will have the chance to receive random rewards ranging from 2 to 100 USDT.After the event ends, Gate will randomly select up to 5,000 users who pass the qualification review, with each person eligible to receive a random reward of 2 to 100 USDT. Each individual can claim the reward once, and no trading or purchase of financial products is required. The specific account opening and reward rules are subject to the official announcement.Gate Money is an integrated financial service application within the Gate App, facilitating cross-border capital flow and daily consumption scenarios. Eligible users can directly open a USD bank account in their own name with one click through the Gate App. The platform supports cross-border deposits and withdrawals in four major fiat currencies: US Dollar (USD), Euro (EUR), British Pound (GBP), and United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED) via SWIFT, and integrates functions such as Convert asset exchange, Earn financial management, Gate Card consumption, and Pay payment, achieving efficient connections from global fund transfers, multi-currency asset management to daily payments.

On October 28, WEEX Exchange announced that the UNI trading airdrop event is ongoing, with a total prize pool of 50,000 USDT. During the event, new users who net deposit ≥ 100 U and complete their first UNI spot trading (no limit on trading volume) will receive a reward of 10 USDT; if the first UNI spot trade incurs a loss, the platform will provide a compensation of up to 50 USDT; if the UNI spot trading volume ≥ 500 USDT, users can unlock a lucky blind box worth 5-50 USDT; inviting friends to participate in the event can earn up to 1,000 USDT in rewards.