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According to Coinglass data, the total contract open interest for BTC has increased by 6.52% in the past 24 hours, with the current total open interest at 56.339 billion USD. Among them, Binance's open interest is 11.858 billion USD, OKX's open interest is 3.386 billion USD, Bybit's open interest is 6.131 billion USD, and Gate's open interest is 4.928 billion USD.

Binance Wallet announced that the perpetual contract for PREDICTUSDT has been launched in the Binance Wallet, with a maximum leverage of 5 times.After enabling the multi-asset mode, eligible users can use tokenized stocks (bStocks) in the Binance Wallet as collateral, counted up to 90% of the market value.

According to CCTV News, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated during an interview on October 21 local time that Ukraine could reach a peace agreement while retaining control over at least 75% of its territory.The host asked Zelensky whether he would be willing to accept a peace agreement that would freeze everything as it is, with Ukraine still holding 75% or more of its territory. Zelensky answered affirmatively, stating, "Now we must freeze (the front lines), this is a practical way to end this war."

Binance contracts will automatically settle the PTBUSDT and MITOUSDT U-based perpetual contracts on October 23, 2026, at 17:00, and subsequently delist the trading pairs mentioned above. Users must stop submitting new non-reducing orders before October 21 at 17:30 and are advised to close their positions on their own before trading stops to avoid automatic settlement.

CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr. stated that the unrealized profits of large short-term holders have decreased from 9.8 billion dollars on September 22 to about 4.6 billion dollars on October 20, a reduction of approximately 5.1 billion dollars within a month, representing a decline of 53%.This does not mean that whales have sold off more than half of their holdings, but rather that their current unrealized gains from holding BTC have significantly narrowed.

Bitget launches ELICE (Elice Inc.) stock perpetual contracts. The contract is settled in USDT, supports up to 20 times leverage, and allows trading 24/7. As of now, Bitget supports a total of 369 stock perpetual contract underlying assets.

Anthropic recently submitted a draft AI safety bill to U.S. lawmakers, which has been questioned by U.S. AI safety advocates. The draft sets a high threshold for the government to urgently halt dangerous models, requiring that risks involve scenarios such as biological weapons, cyberattacks, or AI going out of control, and potentially causing more than 50 deaths or serious injuries, or losses exceeding $1 billion; some provisions may also limit state government regulatory authority.Nathan Calvin, the strategic head of the AI safety organization Encode, subsequently compiled Anthropic's decisions over the past year. In February of this year, the company modified its previously strict safety policy: it had previously committed to pausing training or releases if safety measures did not keep pace with model capabilities, but the new policy no longer requires the company to independently halt R&D at higher risk stages, citing that competitors might take advantage of the opportunity. During the same period, the company invested heavily in computing power, formed a chip team, and allowed Claude to take on more AI R&D tasks.On October 21, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei posted a lengthy rebuttal on X. He acknowledged that the company had made some mistakes but insisted that competing for cutting-edge AI capabilities did not violate its safety mission, stating that the company adheres to a race-to-the-top approach, believing that only by staying at the forefront of technology can it drive the industry to raise safety standards. He listed nine safety decisions that had cost the company commercially, including restricting the Mythos-level model's open access for months and strictly limiting biology-related requests. The safety roadmap updated by the company on October 19 states that existing policies mainly target the deployment of dangerous models, and in the future, it may be necessary to directly limit the speed of R&D, with plans to propose relevant policy options by January 15, 2027, or explain why none were proposed.

According to market data, Brent crude oil (BZ) fell back after reaching $111.99 during yesterday's trading session and has risen again to around $110.02 this morning. Supply and shipping risks in the Middle East continue to impact oil prices, and the competition between bulls and bears is intensifying, leading to increased attention in the related contract markets.According to CoinGlass data, the current total open interest for BZ contracts across the network has reached $319 million. In centralized exchanges, BZ contract positions are concentrated on leading platforms, with Binance and Bitget ranking first and second. Their open interest amounts to $230 million and $28.6319 million, respectively, accounting for over 88% of the market share.

According to SoSoValue data, the total net outflow of Ethereum spot ETFs is $26.1343 million. The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest single-day net inflow is Fidelity ETF FETH, with a single-day net inflow of $3.6318 million, and the historical total net inflow of FETH has reached $2.342 billion. The second is Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF ETH, with a single-day net inflow of $3.2522 million, and the historical total net inflow of ETH has reached $2.011 billion.The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest single-day net outflow is Blackrock ETF ETHA, with a single-day net outflow of $33.0183 million, and the historical total net inflow of ETHA has reached $12.365 billion. As of the time of publication, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is $14.975 billion, and the ETF net asset ratio (the market value compared to the total market value of Ethereum) is 5.01%, with a historical cumulative net inflow of $12.81 billion.

Bitcoin has been trapped in the range of $80,000 to $84,000 for the past two weeks. Huobi HTX's chief analyst Cloud believes that this is essentially a balance of two opposing forces: ETFs have seen a net outflow for two consecutive weeks, while exchange holdings continue to flow out, and long-term holders are only moderately cashing out. In the week leading up to the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision, Bitcoin is likely to continue waiting in this range. The CME has only priced in a 16% chance of a rate hike in October, while economists generally believe it is close to a 50-50 chance. This discrepancy in pricing and opinions will make funds hesitant to bet in advance.If a direction is chosen in advance, the possibility of a downward test is slightly higher: the funding rate remains high, and the options skew continues to lean towards puts, indicating that bulls have not yet cleared out, and the demand for downside protection is still increasing. However, there has been effective support formed multiple times below $80,000 in the past month, making a downward breakout more likely to be a false breakout.Confirmation signals for a breakout are divided into two groups: for an upward breakout, the daily close needs to be above $84,200, with a cumulative net inflow of over $500 million into ETFs for three consecutive days, and the funding rate not exceeding 15%; for a downward breakout, it must fall below $79,800, with a single-week ETF outflow exceeding $500 million, while exchange funds turn into net inflows. The true source of direction will come from the interest rate decision announced at midnight on October 29, Beijing time, and the nearly 89% pricing for a rate hike in December.Note: The content of this article is not investment advice and does not constitute any offer, solicitation, or recommendation for any investment products.

The Binance contract platform will launch multiple USDT-denominated perpetual contracts on October 21, including CEGUSDT, BACUSDT, IBKRUSDT, and MDTUSDT, with specific launch times of 17:00, 17:05, 17:10, and 17:20, and a maximum leverage of 20 times.

U.S. online brokerage Webull, listed on NASDAQ, plans to open perpetual contract trading to eligible U.S. customers starting in November, with the first products including Bitcoin and other crypto assets, and aims to expand the scope by the end of the year.The related contracts will be listed on the Kalshi exchange, regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), with clearing handled by Kalshi's clearing agency. Webull users who have been approved for futures trading can trade through their existing futures accounts.

The NEAR ecosystem governance proposal HSP-029 has entered the voting stage, proposing to gradually reduce the maximum annual issuance rate of NEAR tokens from 2.5% to 1.6%. This proposal was put forward by SVRN CEO Sal Ternullo, planning to linearly decrease by approximately 3.75 basis points per epoch over 24 months, while maintaining a 90/10 allocation ratio between stakers and the treasury. After the vote passes, there will be a 90-day grace period before the reduction officially begins.The proposal's calculations indicate that this plan is expected to reduce the issuance of approximately 11.8 million NEAR tokens over two years, with a cumulative reduction of about 66.1 million tokens over six years, equivalent to a 4.36% decrease in supply compared to the current situation. The annualized staking yield will gradually decrease from the current 5.268% to 3.372%. The author points out that this move aims to reduce the degree of dilution for non-staking holders and responds to discussions regarding the protocol's discretion risk following the withdrawal of the previous Sovereign Fund proposal.This proposal must go through a dual process to take effect: after passing the House of Stake vote, validators must also independently adopt it through the standard protocol upgrade process. The proposal cites Solana's SGP-0002, which was passed in August 2026 with a staking weight approval of 67.001% for a similar issuance reduction, as a precedent. Currently, the NEAR network has a total of 406 active validators, with a staking rate of 42.71%.

Elon Musk stated that for SpaceX, a wise move is to sign short-term contracts to lease AI data centers.

Elon Musk stated that the 15th test flight of Starship is expected to take place next month.

The publicly listed esports company NIP Group, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Bitcoin mining equipment with a total hash rate of approximately 4.47 EH/s, increasing its total deployed hash rate to about 13.85 EH/s. The transaction is valued at up to $27.3 million, and the company will issue up to 247.1 million Class A common shares to the seller.NIP Group expects that once the related equipment is fully deployed, the monthly output of the mining site will reach approximately 195 Bitcoins, exceeding the previously set target of 160 Bitcoins, which is valued at around $16 million based on the then-current price. The equipment is currently operating in a hosting facility and can immediately increase Bitcoin output upon completion of the transaction. NIP Group launched its Bitcoin mining business in July 2025 and plans to gradually expand its hash rate to higher levels. The company stated that the additional hash rate will serve its digital infrastructure strategy and plans to expand into AI, high-performance computing, and gaming applications.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, an address that had been dormant for 10.7 years has just been activated, containing 500 Bitcoins (worth $41,536,315); whereas in 2016, the value of these Bitcoins was only $194,955.

According to The Defiant, the Telegram crypto application Walt (formerly Wallet in Telegram) announced the launch of AI agent trading features on October 20. Users can connect to Mira developed by The Open Platform, OpenAI's ChatGPT, and Anthropic's Claude to manage perpetual contract positions. The connected agents can access real-time perpetual contract prices and market news, view user holdings, leverage, and liquidation risks, and open or close long and short positions based on instructions. They can also set simple rules such as take profit, stop loss, and dollar-cost averaging, monitoring positions around the clock.In terms of security mechanisms, AI agents can only operate funds deposited in dedicated trading accounts and cannot withdraw or transfer funds. Order execution is turned off by default; agents can only analyze and suggest, and users must manually enable it to place actual orders. Users can set their own agent instructions and trading limits, view each step of their operations in real-time, and disconnect at any time. Walt's founder and CEO Andrew Rogozov stated that traditional trading applications are built around terminals, charts, and order tickets, requiring users to learn how to use them, while Telegram users already hold funds in Walt.Walt's perpetual contract business launched in April this year through the decentralized exchange Lighter, offering over 50 markets and supporting up to 50x leverage, settled in USDT. The application was renamed from Wallet in Telegram to Walt on September 28, with developers claiming over 150 million users. Mira launched in February, surpassing 2 million users in May, with over 500,000 monthly active users. Additionally, Robinhood also released an AI trading agent based on dedicated accounts last month.

According to South Korean media THE ELEC, Tesla and SpaceX, under Elon Musk, are in contact with South Korean materials, components, and equipment companies for the semiconductor manufacturing project Terafab. Some companies have signed non-disclosure agreements and are discussing supply categories. From October 13 to 15, relevant personnel visited about 10 South Korean company booths at Semicon West 2026 in San Francisco to confirm products and capacities and propose follow-up discussions, many of which have been ongoing for several months.ENF Technology, Asflow, and G&G Intech are involved in this initial contact, focusing on process materials, piping parts and valves, and wastewater reuse equipment, respectively. Mico's cleaning subsidiary Komico signed a tripartite non-disclosure agreement with Tesla and SpaceX about a month ago to discuss cleaning services for the Texas R&D test line. Unisem signed a non-disclosure agreement regarding environmental protection equipment such as exhaust gas treatment, while Dongjin Semichem is discussing materials such as diluents and phosphoric acid related to the Texas plant. Hanmi Semiconductor is discussing thermal compression bonding equipment, HPSP will supply a high-pressure hydrogen annealing device to the R&D line, and testing socket company ISC is exchanging samples and design information.Terafab is located in Texas and was announced to be jointly promoted by Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI in March of this year. The independent legal entity and equity structure have not yet been disclosed. The goal is to reach a monthly production of 1 million wafers within 10 years, with an initial investment of $16.8 billion and the hiring of over 3,000 people. SpaceX signed a tax reduction contract with Texas earlier this month and has begun construction. The industry expects the initial facility, which will produce 100,000 wafers per month, to be completed before 2030. Initial uses include Tesla's autonomous driving and robotics chips, as well as SpaceX's satellite and space data center chips.

According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time October 19) the total net outflow of Ethereum spot ETFs was $103 million.The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest single-day net outflow yesterday was Blackrock ETF ETHA, with a single-day net outflow of $95.3953 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow of ETHA has reached $12.398 billion. The second was Fidelity ETF FETH, with a single-day net outflow of $5.9632 million, and the historical total net inflow of FETH has reached $2.338 billion.As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is $14.765 billion, with an ETF net asset ratio (market value compared to the total market value of Ethereum) of 5.04%. The historical cumulative net inflow has reached $12.837 billion.