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The Ethereum forum released a draft for "Versioned Opcodes for Gas Repricing." The draft proposes achieving Gas repricing through versioned opcodes while maintaining backward compatibility. Newly deployed contracts must use V2 opcodes and follow the Gas scheduling tables of EIP-8037 and EIP-8038, while existing contracts will continue to use the old scheduling table.The V2 opcode set does not include Gas introspection-related opcodes such as GAS and GASLIMIT; if included, the deployment will revert. The draft also introduces DELEGATECALL_V2, which behaves similarly to DELEGATECALL but requires the target contract's code_version to be greater than or equal to 2, otherwise it fails immediately. This design aims to allow future adjustments to Gas costs without disrupting already deployed contracts.

The Financial Services Commission of South Korea is coordinating inter-departmental differences on the government draft of the "Basic Law on Digital Assets," aiming to present it in November and is expected to advance it in the form of legislative action by lawmakers. Regulatory authorities are discussing setting a single shareholder ownership limit for cryptocurrency trading platforms at 15% to 20%, and providing existing platforms with a transition period of 1 to 2 years; considering property rights disputes, it may also change to only restrict voting rights.The bill proposes to change the access to trading platforms from a declaration system to a licensing system, with stablecoin issuers expected to adopt a bank-centered consortium model. Discussions are also underway regarding implementing strict liability for hacking attacks and system incidents, as well as listing violations of actual holding obligations for crypto assets as grounds for suspension of operations. On November 5, South Korea's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, Lee Hyeong-ik, stated that he would consult with the National Assembly to postpone the implementation of the cryptocurrency asset income tax originally scheduled for next year by two years. The ruling party advocates prioritizing the formulation of this law, establishing an overall regulatory framework, and allowing a transition period for businesses and investors.

According to the Hong Kong News Bulletin, the main forum of Hong Kong FinTech Week x StartmeupHK 2026 concluded on November 3 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The Deputy Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Chan Ho Lam, stated: "Certainty plays a key role in innovative development. Under the direction of the 'Hong Kong Digital Asset Development Policy Declaration 2', we will establish a licensing system for virtual asset trading, custody, advisory, and management services, and submit a draft amendment to the Legislative Council in 2026 to clarify the compliance path for the market."In addition, during the panel discussion, the Chief Executive Officer of the Securities and Futures Commission, Ashley Alder, elaborated on the SFC's strategic vision, pointing out that artificial intelligence and tokenization will empower the development of Hong Kong's financial market, but it is essential to protect investors and maintain market integrity at the same time. Ashley Alder also noted that in the face of increasingly severe threats related to artificial intelligence, the industry must enhance cyber resilience. Regarding tokenization, she believes that achieving true scale effects hinges on integrating it into market operations, bringing substantial benefits through improved efficiency, accessibility, liquidity, and settlement speed. The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Eddie Yue, stated that Hong Kong has the advantage to seize new growth opportunities brought by financial technology. With the good progress made under "FinTech 2030," banks and fintech companies will be able to utilize data, artificial intelligence, tokenization, and other emerging technologies more effectively.

According to an announcement released by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Thailand on October 29, the agency has publicly solicited opinions on a series of draft notifications to amend the licensing framework for derivative businesses, covering derivative exchanges, derivative clearinghouses, and intermediary businesses, to support the inclusion of digital assets in the scope of underlying assets recognized by the Derivatives Act. According to the proposal, digital asset operators can apply for a derivative business license without establishing a new company.According to MediaNama, the proposed digital asset derivative license will allow for activities such as derivative agency, proprietary trading, investment consulting, and investment management, with a license fee of 500,000 Thai Baht. Existing digital asset exchanges, brokers, and dealers can be exempt from application fees and license fees. Among digital asset operators, only exchanges and brokers can apply to operate derivative exchanges, while digital asset custodians are not allowed to apply for clearinghouse licenses. The deadline for public consultation is November 28, and the Thai SEC has solicited opinions on related principles from April to May of this year.

According to a report by Reuters, an official familiar with the talks stated that the Iranian negotiating representatives left discussions with the Qatari mediators on Sunday, and a draft agreement aimed at ending the U.S.-Iran war is being circulated, with further meetings still possible. The official noted that the departure was not due to difficulties in the negotiations.Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Baghaei confirmed that Deputy Foreign Minister Karibabadi had previously exchanged information with Washington through Qatari mediation in Doha, and the current discussions are still based on the "seven-step plan" proposed by Iran in September. The core of this plan includes the U.S. ending its blockade of Iranian ports, Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. granting exemptions for Iranian oil exports, and canceling recent new sanctions, among other points. Baghaei stated that the plan could now be compressed to about two days for implementation, but the premise remains that the U.S. must meet Iran's conditions; when asked if the transfer of high-enriched uranium stocks was discussed, he explicitly denied it.Reports indicate that on Monday, oil prices fell nearly 4% due to external hopes for this round of mediation, but sources from Iran believe that the likelihood of a new round of U.S. military strikes remains higher than reaching an agreement. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and the Russian Foreign Ministry both called for a political solution and opposed the resumption of military actions on the same day. U.S. President Trump had previously rejected Iran's original seven-step plan and stated that there would be no new attacks on Iran before the midterm elections.

According to Be In Crypto, data from Chainalysis shows that by June 2026, the scale of South Africa's crypto economy will grow by 52% to $39.3 billion, with various tracking activities also increasing. Among them, commercial payments from South African merchants and P2P traders reached $8.34 billion, growing faster than institutional activities (which saw an inflow of $1.29 billion); the inflow of stablecoins through P2P channels in Sub-Saharan Africa reached $14.6 billion, on par with Bitcoin.On August 3, the South African Treasury and the Central Bank (SARB) released a draft for crypto asset management, proposing that individuals can only transfer crypto assets through authorized local service providers within existing offshore limits, while businesses are prohibited from cross-border transfers of crypto assets.As of March 31, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has issued licenses to 310 crypto asset service providers, but these institutions still need additional authorization from SARB. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana stated that after receiving thousands of public comments, the Treasury will strive to release a revised second draft, with no timeline currently announced.

According to Initia monitoring, a security fix has been drafted for the vulnerability discovered on October 23, and audits are currently being conducted with security partners.After the audit is completed, Initia will announce a specific plan detailing how to restore support for the affected assets and orderly restart the Initia L1 and Rollup networks. This process is expected to be completed in the coming days.

The Canadian Ministry of Finance has launched a 60-day public consultation on the stablecoin regulatory draft, which will end on December 23. The draft maintains the prohibition on stablecoin issuers paying interest or returns to holders, including arrangements that encourage customers to hold tokens through third parties, although rewards related to transactions may still be allowed.The draft requires non-bank issuers to back circulating fiat-pegged tokens with reserves held by qualified Canadian financial institutions at a 1:1 ratio. Qualified institutions include banks, credit unions, and trust companies. Holders must be able to redeem stablecoins for conventional currency within three business days, with a redemption fee cap of 1%. Earlier this year, the government passed the Stablecoin Act, stating that the draft is necessary for the law to take effect and will specify the requirements for issuers to register with the Bank of Canada. The stablecoin framework is expected to take effect by the end of 2027.A spokesperson for the Canadian Bankers Association stated to The Logic in June that the association firmly supports the explicit prohibition of direct and indirect returns in the Stablecoin Act, as the banking industry is concerned that stablecoin returns may lead to deposit outflows and reduce available lending funds. Coinbase Canada has received permission from the Ontario Securities Commission this year to offer returns on eligible tokens, but must warn of risks and clarify that funds are not covered by deposit insurance. At the end of last month, Canada's six largest banks announced they are exploring a Canadian dollar tokenization system to expedite fund transfers between traditional financial institutions.

On October 24, the Canadian government published the draft "Stablecoin Regulations" in the Canada Gazette. The draft proposes to require regulated stablecoin issuers to allow eligible holders to redeem at face value, without setting a minimum redemption amount, and to complete the redemption process within three business days of receiving the request, with redemption fees not exceeding 1%.If there is insufficient liquidity in the reserve asset market, issuers may limit the daily redemption amount under specific conditions. The draft also requires issuers to maintain at least a 1:1 ratio of qualified reserve assets and prohibits providing interest or returns linked to holding behavior directly or through third parties to holders. The relevant rules are currently in the public consultation phase and are planned to be implemented in the fall of 2027.

According to CoinDesk, Ben Edgington, the coordinator of the Ethereum rapid finality research direction, along with several researchers, submitted a draft proposing to reduce the transaction finality waiting time from about 16 minutes to about 4 minutes, improving it by approximately four times.The current goal is to push this draft into the formal upgrade proposal process. The core idea of the draft is to separate the original "block selection" and "finality confirmation" mechanisms of validators, allowing finality to progress at a faster pace and facilitating future adoption of quantum-resistant signatures.Faster finality is expected to reduce the costs incurred by cross-chain transfer services due to capital occupation. The Ethereum Foundation's research provides an example: if a service advances about 1 million dollars per hour, under a 16-minute delay, approximately 267,000 dollars would be pending recovery, which could be reduced to about 67,000 dollars after shortening to 4 minutes.

The artificial intelligence company Anthropic is about to sprint towards its IPO. The draft prospectus shows that revenue in the first half of 2026 is expected to increase from $1.1 billion in the same period last year to $16.3 billion, while net losses are projected to widen from $13 billion to $80.7 billion. Of this, $72 billion comes from the accounting revaluation of financing instruments such as convertible notes; the increase in valuation makes the conversion rights more valuable, and the fair value increase of related financing liabilities needs to be recognized as a loss in the income statement, which does not represent an equivalent cash expenditure for the current period, but future conversions may dilute existing shareholders.The net loss for the entire last year was $42 billion, of which about $34 billion came from similar accounting adjustments. In the first half of the year, investments in computing power and infrastructure approached $9 billion, compared to $2.3 billion in the same period last year. The draft prospectus lists over $600 billion in future cloud services and chip-related contracts, with some commitments being irrevocable; if agreements still under negotiation are included, the potential total could reach $750 billion.

According to information from GitHub, a core protocol draft named "Decoupled Consensus" has appeared in the Ethereum EIP repository. It proposes to separate the beacon chain's head voting from the finality proof voting to enhance fork choice security, shorten finality time, and lay the groundwork for a subsequent transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQ).The proposal is co-authored by Francesco D'Amato, Roberto Saltini, Yann Vonlanthen, Mikhail Kalinin, and Ben Edgington, and is currently still in the early draft stage, with multiple details yet to be determined. The submitters primarily hope to obtain an EIP number at this stage. The proposal is pending further review and has not yet been merged.

On October 21, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Consultation Paper 26/36 titled "Guidance on the Regulatory Scope of Cryptoassets," which explains how to determine whether related activities require authorization when the business model involves a certain degree of decentralization.The FCA pointed out that the use of software, smart contracts, distributed ledger technology, distributed governance mechanisms, or other technological arrangements does not, by itself, determine whether there are regulated activities that require authorization. Automation merely describes the manner in which functions are executed and does not determine whether that function constitutes part of a regulated activity. The so-called "true DeFi" is not a statutory concept in the "Regulated Activities Order" or the "Cryptoasset Regulations"; the degree of decentralization is a continuum and does not constitute an independent or separate regulatory framework.At the same time, the FCA also published Guidance Consultation Paper 26/7, which explains how regulated firms should manage DeFi risks, focusing on operational resilience and financial crime risks, and provides examples of measures that firms may consider taking. Both consultation papers will close for comments on November 18, and the FCA plans to publish the final guidance in January 2027. Starting from October 25, 2027, the new regulations will bring new cryptoasset activities under regulatory oversight, and firms wishing to continue related business must submit authorization applications by February 28, 2027.

Elon Musk stated that SpaceX will attempt to recover both the booster and the spacecraft simultaneously during the 15th test flight of Starship.

The United States is deploying the aircraft carrier strike group "Theodore Roosevelt" and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to the Middle East, expected to arrive by the end of November, increasing the number of Navy and Marine personnel by about 10,000. The "Roosevelt" carrier strike group has approximately 6,000 Navy personnel, while the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the "Makin Island" Amphibious Ready Group typically consist of about 4,200 personnel.

SpaceX (SPCX.O) spacecraft departs from the space station, and the crew begins their journey back to Earth.

According to a press release from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Christopher Hui, attended a policy briefing by the Legislative Council's Financial Affairs Committee. He stated that a bill to establish a licensing system for virtual asset trading, custody, advisory, and management services will be submitted within this year as part of Hong Kong's first five-year plan concerning financial services and the Treasury.In addition, the Hong Kong Central Clearing and Settlement System for gold will officially launch in the first quarter of next year, and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange will announce details of a new gold futures contract priced in Renminbi and settled in physical gold within this year.

According to U.S. officials, the Pentagon will send a third aircraft carrier strike group and more Marine Corps vessels to the Middle East, adding 9,000 to 10,000 soldiers to the region.

SpaceX executed the 13th long-term mission of the Dragon spacecraft, sending four astronauts to the International Space Station for a NASA mission.