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Nick Timiraos, the "Fed Whisperer," stated that the core PCE service prices (excluding housing) rose by 0.37% in September, with the year-on-year increase rising to 3.6%. Core goods prices increased by 0.2%, and if this trend continues, service prices must slow down more significantly for the Federal Reserve to achieve its 2% inflation target.

Android Authority reported on October 27 that it discovered a developing Overseas QR payments setting in Google Wallet version 26.42.1003171897. The "Learn more" link within this setting points to the Google Wallet support page, where this feature is referred to as Traveler QR.Google explains on the support page that relevant options will automatically appear when the phone detects that the user is in a covered area. Currently, the only explicitly named destination on the page is Singapore, corresponding to the Alipay+ partner network. Android Authority notes that Alipay is primarily used in China, while Alipay+ connects various payment systems across Southeast Asia. This discovery comes from the disassembly of the application installation package, and the features that appear in the disassembly may not necessarily make it into the public version. There has also been no official announcement regarding the release of Traveler QR yet.

According to a notice from the global securities financing technology company EquiLend, Goldman Sachs has begun using its distributed ledger platform 1Source built on the Canton Network, joining the ranks of Bank of New York Mellon and National Bank of Canada.The platform aims to reduce issues such as duplicate reconciliation, inconsistent transaction records, and settlement failures between traditional financial institutions by synchronizing securities lending transactions and subsequent changes through a shared ledger. Bank of New York Mellon and National Bank of Canada started transmitting real transaction data to the platform in October 2025.

According to a report from the Beijing Daily client, the Market Supervision Administration of Haidian District, Beijing, investigated and handled the city's first illegal case of assisting pyramid schemes using blockchain and virtual currency technology, resulting in a technology company being fined and confiscated a total of over 930,000 yuan.The technology company involved is an outsourcing service provider for a certain public blockchain, offering support such as operations, market services, publicity and promotion, exchange docking, and maintenance. This public blockchain launched the "Atomic Plan" and "Hathaway Plan," which are centered around recruiting people for rebates, using the number of recruited individuals as the basis for rebates, and requiring participants to invest funds to obtain membership qualifications. Despite being aware of the pyramid scheme applications associated with this public blockchain, the involved company continued to provide technical operations, external publicity, and maintenance of virtual currency trading channels, facilitating the flow of funds and the spread of activities related to the pyramid scheme.Ultimately, the pyramid scheme activities of this public blockchain were investigated by public security authorities, the organizers were criminally detained, and the involved technology company was administratively punished with a total fine and confiscation of over 930,000 yuan for providing facilitative conditions.

The Singapore Police Force issued a warning on Wednesday, stating that since September 10, they have received at least two reports involving tampered Ledger hardware wallets, resulting in a total loss of approximately 3.5 million Singapore dollars, equivalent to about 2.7 million US dollars. Preliminary investigations found malicious hardware components in Ledger wallets purchased from certain retail stores in Singapore.The incident only came to public attention on October 9, involving devices sold through authorized dealers CryptoBilis in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Subsequently, former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès stated that a Ledger Flex purchased at Singapore airport contained a spy implant. Another user reported acquiring a tampered device from local IT retailer Challenger, and later received a new device sent by Ledger.On October 13, Ledger requested retailers in Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Hong Kong to suspend sales of their devices pending the completion of the investigation. The Singapore police stated they are in contact with Ledger, which is reviewing the affected cases, and the police investigation is ongoing.

OpenAI documentation shows that eligible ChatGPT Pro and Business subscriptions can receive free API credits for building applications and agents within their own API organization. The credits are automatically issued based on the subscription, and any unused portion expires at the end of the billing cycle without carrying over; when there are valid free credits, there is no need to bind an API payment method. In terms of monthly credits, Pro's tiers of $100, $200, and $500 correspond to $100, $200, and $500 respectively; Business Standard provides $20 per paid seat, and Business Premium provides $100 per paid seat.The initial issuance is calculated proportionally based on the remaining time in the current subscription billing cycle and expires at the end of that cycle. Business API credits are shared within the workspace, with a monthly cap of $500; annual payment workspaces receive a one-time issuance of the annual credits, which expire at the end of the annual billing cycle. Users must log in to ChatGPT with an eligible subscription account, with Pro credits claimed in Settings under Billing, and Business credits claimed in the workspace billing settings or Admin Console, confirming the API organization receiving the credits.The credits cover the paid usage of associated organizations on the API Platform, including Responses API, Agents API, Decisions API, GPT-Live and Realtime API, Images API, as well as built-in tools and related costs such as web search, document search, and Code Interpreter. Using Codex via API key is not included in the benefits, and the credits will not increase the usage limits for ChatGPT or Codex that is already logged in. Free credits are prioritized over purchased credits; when exhausted and no remaining credits are available, requests will fail with HTTP 429 and error code credit_balance_exhausted.

Bitget launches a U.S. stock earnings report guessing event, which will run from October 28 to November 30. During the event, users can complete stock spot (rToken) or stock perpetual contract trading tasks to obtain guessing tickets and participate in the U.S. stock earnings report rise and fall guessing. The guessing results will be determined by comparing the "closing price on the first trading day after the earnings report is released" with the "closing price on the last trading day before the earnings report is released."The event will gradually open different guessing sessions based on the release time of U.S. stock earnings reports, with the first batch covering Amazon and Apple. The total prize pool for each session is 10,000 USDT, with the winning and losing prize pools split at a ratio of 70% to 30%.

According to the Digital Currency Research Society, on October 27, Beijing Bank released a public tender announcement for the procurement project of firewall equipment for digital currency business in 2026 through the official centralized procurement management system. Along with the previously announced procurement projects for IPS, encryption machines, WAF, SSL, signature devices, etc., the bank has officially launched a centralized upgrade of the full-chain security infrastructure for digital renminbi business, covering core security nodes such as intrusion defense, encrypted transmission, web application protection, and identity signing.In April of this year, Beijing Bank became a newly added operational institution for digital renminbi business and connected to the central bank's digital renminbi system. In August, the central bank added 8 more operational institutions, expanding the total to 30. Previously, several newly added operational institutions, such as Huishang Bank, Hangzhou Bank, and Guangxi Beibu Gulf Bank, had initiated tenders for core digital currency systems worth tens of millions. The report pointed out that Beijing Bank's inclusion of various security devices such as firewalls and encryption machines in centralized procurement is a proactive security layout to adapt to the new features of digital renminbi, such as high-concurrency transactions and programmable smart contracts.

Y Combinator, a startup incubator, released a report on the direction of cryptocurrency startups, focusing on stablecoins, asset tokenization, and AI Agents. The report states that over the past year, cryptocurrency applications have been led by institutions rather than consumers for the first time, with the main driving force shifting from speculation to actual financial needs such as hedging oil price risks and cross-border capital transfers for businesses.The report predicts that stablecoins, as well as assets like stocks, debts, commodities, and property rights, will be further tokenized. New types of assets, such as equity in startups and small securities valued under $10,000, will also be issued via blockchain, promoting financial services like trading, lending, and derivatives. AI Agents will become one of the main participants in financial activities.In the next six months, the report focuses on using blockchain to finance the AI industry, new types of dollar stablecoins and non-dollar stablecoins targeting niche markets, new banks based on stablecoins, tokenization of real-world assets, new trading platforms and trading interfaces, as well as AI Agent trading and related API infrastructure. The text mentions that blockchain technology and stablecoins may pose a threat to traditional stock exchanges and banking systems.

According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time October 28), the ZEC spot ETF had a total net inflow of $2.0735 million.Yesterday, the Zcash ETF (ZCSH) had a net inflow of $2.0735 million, bringing the historical total net inflow to $211 million. As of the time of publication, the total net asset value of the ZEC spot ETF is $757 million, with a ZEC net asset ratio of 3.43%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $211 million.

Alphabet, Google's parent company, announced its third-quarter financial report for 2026 in the early hours of October 29, Beijing time. The quarterly revenue was $127.6 billion, a year-on-year increase of 25%, achieving double-digit growth for the 13th consecutive quarter, with an annualized revenue run rate of $500 billion. Revenue slightly missed Wall Street expectations, and net profit declined year-on-year, overall falling short of market expectations.Google Cloud revenue grew 103% year-on-year to $30.7 billion, a record increase, mainly driven by demand for enterprise AI infrastructure, AI solutions, and TPU-related needs. Google Services revenue increased by 11% to $96.3 billion, with search and other advertising revenue growing by 12% year-on-year, and YouTube advertising revenue increasing by about 9% to $11.2 billion. The company stated that the year-on-year growth rate of search queries was the highest in nearly five years, with AI-related features contributing to increased usage.Net profit attributable to common shareholders was $26.2 billion, a year-on-year decrease of about 25%, with earnings per share of $2.12. The profit decline was mainly affected by losses from equity securities investments, with related losses for the quarter amounting to about $8.7 billion, whereas this item had contributed significantly to profits in the same period last year. Operating profit increased by 30% year-on-year to $40.6 billion, with an operating margin rising to 31.8%. The free cash flow for the quarter was negative, and the full-year capital expenditure guidance remained at $195 billion to $205 billion. After the financial report was released, Alphabet's stock price fell by 9.84% in after-hours trading.

Microsoft expects its Azure cloud business revenue to grow by 49% to 50% in the second fiscal quarter, with total revenue reaching between 96 billion and 97.1 billion dollars.Revenue from the Intelligent Cloud and Infrastructure segment is expected to be between 80.1 billion and 80.7 billion dollars, while revenue from the Devices and Consumer segment is projected to be between 15.9 billion and 16.4 billion dollars. Microsoft also anticipates that capital expenditures in the second fiscal quarter will exceed 50 billion dollars.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring on-chain data, there is a prediction of significant capital movement in the Polymarket market. A large whale invested $52,628.54 in the event "LoL: Movistar KOI vs T1 - World Championship Group Stage" for the "Game 2 Winner" bet. Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding winning probability for this bet is 76%.

Alphabet (GOOG.O) executives stated that they are expanding AI-based advertising to international markets.

Federal Reserve Chairman Waller stated that as oil prices continue to rise, interest rates have already fallen.

Federal Reserve Chairman Waller stated that we canceled a round of easing measures in September.

Federal Reserve Chairman Waller stated that business investment may grow at a double-digit rate.

The market maintains a pricing of a 90% probability for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December.

According to a report by Jinshi Data, Steven Whiting, co-founder of CIO Group, stated that if the Federal Reserve waits until December to raise interest rates again, it will only "prolong our pain." He believes that inflation is still too high, and raising interest rates "might be better" than continuing to wait.The report cites CME FedWatch data, indicating that the market's pricing probability for a 25 basis point rate hike at this meeting is only 7%. Whiting emphasized that he is not predicting a rate hike by the Federal Reserve at this meeting, but he believes the probability of unexpected action is higher than 7%.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring on-chain data, significant capital movements are predicted in the Polymarket market. A large whale sold $55,118.15 in a single transaction regarding the "Federal Reserve's October Decision" event, targeting "no change." Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding winning probability for this subject is 94.8%.