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MiniMax officially released H3-Image and open-sourced the model weights. This model can directly generate images of 4096×4096, approximately 16.8 million pixels, without additional upscaling. According to official data, the generation time is less than 10 seconds, with speeds reaching up to 5 times that of mainstream products. Text-to-image and image editing have been integrated into the same model, supporting up to 16 reference images.H3-Image follows the architecture of the H3 video model, removing the audio component while retaining the original text encoder and redesigning the decoder for images. The core image generation network has 33.1 billion parameters, requiring only 6 sampling steps to generate an image. On August 7, MiniMax researcher Kiro revealed in a Reddit AMA that the team is developing a dedicated image model based on the H3 homogenous architecture and plans to open-source the weights. They also proposed a workflow where the image model generates the first frame, which is then handed over to H3 for video generation.On November 3, Pruna AI launched P-H3-Image based on the open-source H3 video model, supporting raw images and retouching, compressing the generation network from 33.1 billion to approximately 20 billion parameters, requiring only 8 sampling steps. The minimal quantization version is about 20 GB, with peak memory usage of approximately 21 GB when generating 8 million pixel images. The official MiniMax version retains the 33.1 billion parameter generation network, with a sampling step count of 6, and supports higher resolutions and more reference images, with the original weights plus the reused text encoder totaling approximately 135 GB. There are regional restrictions on the open-source license; the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, and South Korea are not within the community license authorization regions. Companies with annual revenues exceeding 1 million dollars or those providing model hosting services to third parties must obtain separate authorization in advance.

Bitget IPO Prime Phase 3 project Anthropic is now open for public round subscription, available to all eligible users (including VIP users), supporting subscriptions using USDT or USDGO. The allocated assets will be delivered in rANT, relying on Bitget's RWA infrastructure to mirror the economic performance of ANT after its listing at a 1:1 ratio.The public round subscription period is from November 10 at 16:00 to 16:00 the day before the IPO (UTC+8), with an investment range of $100 to $25,000, and a total investment pool cap of $200 million, with an underwriting service fee of 5%. Distribution will occur 2 to 3 hours before the opening of regular trading hours on the day of the IPO.

According to The Defiant, Animoca Brands announced that the group's Executive Chairman Yat Siu will take on the role of CEO to advance the company's strategy in artificial intelligence and institutionalization.At the same time, the current group president Evan Auyang will transition to a senior advisor on the board. After assuming the role of CEO, Yat Siu will retain his position as Executive Chairman.

According to the "Regulations for the Operations of Non-Security Virtual Assets in Nigeria" published by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on November 5, 2026, the CBN will regulate non-security virtual assets and stablecoins used for payment, settlement, and exchange purposes, while securities will still fall under the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).Foreign currency-pegged stablecoins (Class 2) must be issued by locally licensed entities in Nigeria, with a minimum paid-up capital of 15 billion Naira (approximately 11.16 million USD); the minimum for Naira-pegged Class 1 issuers is 10 billion Naira; entities providing other non-security virtual asset services must have at least 1 billion Naira in capital, and those already holding an SEC license cannot double count towards CBN capital requirements.P2P business facilitated by platforms must obtain special approval from the CBN, and before releasing or crediting regulated tokens, the names on the Naira payment accounts must be verified to match the Bank Verification Number (BVN). Categories such as algorithmic stablecoins are prohibited, and the boundaries of responsibilities between CBN and SEC are defined.

Base's fourth independent network upgrade, Denim, has been launched on the mainnet, generating a complete block every 200 milliseconds and disabling Flashblocks.

Meme token and AI Agent issuance platform Bullshot announced the completion of a $7.7 million financing round, co-led by P2 Ventures and Animoca Brands, with participation from B1 Ventures, Poolz Ventures, Genesis Capital, and other institutions.

Animoca Brands tweeted that its subsidiary Animoca Asset Management (AD) Limited has obtained a Financial Services License (FSP) issued by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), allowing it to conduct collective investment fund management business within ADGM or from ADGM.Animoca Brands stated that this license will support its business in areas such as blockchain infrastructure, connecting traditional financial institutions with decentralized networks, tokenized asset development, and the integration of AI Agents with Web3.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin today published an article titled "Digital Minimalism," suggesting that in the age of AI, people should consciously reduce their reliance on social media, mobile internet, and website interfaces, regaining control over their digital lives.Vitalik shared three practices: first, reducing direct use of X and instead managing X, Bluesky, Farcaster, and Lens simultaneously through Firefly to avoid information interference caused by algorithmic recommendations; second, he kept his phone in airplane mode by default for 100 consecutive days, connecting only via Wi-Fi to reduce location data leakage and cultivate offline living habits; third, he reduced reliance on websites and web applications, opting for command-line tools to handle some on-chain operations and leveraging AI to lower the usage threshold.Vitalik believes that websites and web applications pose privacy and security risks, while the development of local AI, offline applications, and modular tools enables users to operate computers using natural language, reducing dependence on complex platform interfaces. He refers to this trend as digital minimalism and believes that AI can not only enhance people's efficiency in using the internet but may also allow people to no longer need the internet in more scenarios.

On October 26, B.AI announced a limited-time benefit, with the latest MiniMax model MiniMax-M3.1-Flash (Space Bunny) available at 50% OFF on the B.AI web platform, Android App, and API. This model is designed for complex agent tasks, software engineering, visual reasoning, and professional analysis, helping developers efficiently complete complex tasks from code development to multi-step automated workflows.The event runs from October 26, 17:00 to November 2, 16:59 (SGT), allowing users to experience the popular new model at a lower cost and flexibly manage AI invocation costs. B.AI stated that it will continue to integrate high-quality models from around the world, providing a richer selection of models and more competitive prices through a unified entry point. Users are welcome to log in to chat.b.ai/chat to experience it immediately.

On October 23, B.AI announced the domestic model brand Token weekly ranking from October 16 to 22: DeepSeek continues to lead, with Xiaomi MiMo closely following, with only a difference of 16.54 B Tokens. Xiaomi has seen growth for 4 consecutive weeks, and the platform Token usage ratio has increased by 8.13 percentage points.The competition in the mid-tier is heating up, with MiniMax experiencing a month-on-month increase of over 5,200%, becoming this week's growth dark horse. Qwen saw a month-on-month growth of 80.86%, narrowing the gap with the third-place Zai to 0.18%. Popular model discounts are ongoing: DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 enjoys a 40% discount, Qwen3.8-Flash enjoys a 20% discount, and GLM-5.3-Flash enjoys a 30% discount. B.AI continues to gather high-quality models, helping developers unlock diverse AI capabilities at low costs. Welcome to log in to b.ai to explore.

According to RootData's popular TradFi asset data, as of the time of publication, UNITREE, MINIMAX, and ZHIPU rank in the top three in popularity, with a collective significant price increase over 24 hours, with increases of 21.38%, 17.16%, and 8.12%, corresponding to prices of $93.32, $24.01, and $63.19, respectively.

CCTV's "Yuyuantan Tian" disclosed that after China launched the AI technology export registration management on October 16, DeepSeek and MiniMax have successfully completed their registration and the related technology has been open-sourced and authorized for overseas use.Currently, the new catalog is still open for comments, and a temporary registration system is being implemented. The Ministry of Commerce previously clarified that technologies that have entered the public domain through open-source are not included in the management scope, and there are automatic licensing and other facilitative measures for new technology open-sourcing, which can basically be reported and released immediately. Providing model services overseas through API, web pages, and apps is also not within the scope of this large model technology export management.

MiniMax announced the open-source release of the MiniMax M3.1 Flash model weights on October 23, with a total of 428 billion parameters and 23 billion active parameters. Compared to the previous generation M3 model, the M3.1 Flash has achieved a comprehensive improvement in model capabilities. According to official data, within 72 hours of the model going live, the number of tokens processed by real users exceeded one trillion.On the technical side, M3.1 Flash improves inference efficiency through optimizations such as full model sparse attention, quantization-aware training (QAT), and power-aware scheduling. In terms of ecosystem, MiniMax collaborates with chip manufacturers such as Huawei Ascend, T-head, Kunlun Core, Moore Threads, Biren, Haiguang, Muxi, Tiandao, NVIDIA, AMD, and cloud platforms like Together AI, Fireworks, Nebius, Baseten, Modal, DigitalOcean to promote access on the first day of open source. vLLM, SGLang, Zhiyuan FlagOS, as well as Hugging Face, Modao, and other communities simultaneously support the deployment of the model across different chips and development environments.

The Hong Kong Hang Seng Index fell 2% to 23178.37 points. MiniMax's decline once reached 6.2%, dropping below the IPO issuance price.

According to Cointelegraph, Yat Siu, co-founder of Animoca Brands, pointed out that the crypto industry is gradually evolving into a "digital Wall Street," deviating from its original mission of decentralized finance. He believes that to bring the next billion users on-chain, the industry needs a new solution, rather than just relying on tokenization or new wallets. Siu emphasized that only AI agents capable of independently holding user keys and interacting with the blockchain can truly achieve autonomous control of user assets.Siu questioned the current AI agent platforms on the market, particularly Meta's Muse. He noted that Meta's terms of service allow it to "remove user agents at any time and for any reason," which constitutes a significant trust flaw. He believes that personal agents relied upon by users should not be owned and controlled by centralized platforms. Animoca is building the MINDS agent, a multi-agent orchestration system designed to provide user autonomy and support various communication channels and AI model choices.Siu estimates that currently only about 10% of crypto asset holders are truly on-chain, and he believes that AI agents will be a key factor in changing this ratio. He further pointed out that since AI agents use code as their native language, their capabilities in handling complex security issues will surpass those of ordinary users, providing a new perspective for the secure development of the crypto field.

A Reuters survey shows that 100 surveyed economists expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December 2026, while action may be paused in October.Among them, 94 expect that by the end of 2026, the federal funds rate will rise to 4.00% - 4.25%. In contrast, in the September survey, only 29 economists held this expectation out of 76 respondents.

According to Gate quotes, the two giants of Hong Kong stocks fell together, with Zhipu (02513.HK) dropping over 5%, and the stock price falling below 500 Hong Kong dollars; MINIMAX-W (00100.HK) fell 6.5%.

On October 19, the B.AI platform announced that MiniMax's MiniMax M3.1 Flash (also known as Space Bunny) is officially online, with API and Web Chat both available for a synchronized experience. This model is designed for complex office automation, software engineering, visual reasoning, and professional analysis, supporting multi-step task execution, front-end implementation, and presentation creation, helping developers and professional users efficiently transform ideas into tangible results. The model supports a 1M Token context window and up to 512K output Tokens, with standard prices as low as $0.15 per million input Tokens and $0.60 per million output Tokens, balancing complex task processing with high cost-effectiveness.

MiniMax announced that M3.1 Flash has officially been released, and the earlier version, Space Bunny, which topped global rankings and processed over 200T tokens, is its predecessor.M3.1 Flash achieved scores of 62% on Automation-Bench, 30% on ALE, 74% on DeepSWE, and 91% on BabyVision in tasks such as Cowork, Coding, and Visual Reasoning.

On the afternoon of October 19, the official account of the artificial intelligence company MiniMax released a short video with the caption "Welcome back, Space Bunny." First Financial reported that this move is seen as an official acknowledgment of the anonymous model Space Bunny.Since its launch in late September, the model has topped the daily token usage charts on OpenRouter and OpenCode within three days, alongside DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and GLM 5.3 Flash, occupying the top three positions. It is reported that Space Bunny is an early version of MiniMax M3.1 Flash, and the model is about to be officially released.