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According to the Financial Times, sources say that Trump's diesel deal with Russia has encountered obstacles, and U.S. fuel supplies have fallen to a 20-year low.

The cryptocurrency custody institution BitGo has added a Stacks Bitcoin staking feature to its qualified custody services. Eligible institutions are required to allocate 5% of their Bitcoin holdings in STX to participate in staking paired with BTC.This staking form is a bond with a term of approximately six months, funded by Stacks miners. Stacks is a smart contract network built on Bitcoin. After the launch of this feature, institutional clients can complete related staking operations within BitGo's qualified custody framework.

On November 2, the agreement with the institutional infrastructure company Consensys announced the launch of Sovereign Network Interoperability in Mumbai, India at Devcon, aimed at routing and coordinating transactions between independently operated institutional ledgers. This product is targeted at banks, custodians, asset managers, and financial market infrastructure, covering routing, execution coordination, and transaction tracking. Institutions can specify transaction counterparts, approved counterparties, and settlement requirements, with the product selecting eligible paths and tracking to completion.The technology stack supports four types of institutional processes: collateral allocation, connecting assets with collateral platforms, submitting eligible collateral to clearinghouses or other approved counterparties; securities settlement, coordinating the delivery of tokenized securities on one ledger against payment on another ledger through payment versus payment; wholesale and cross-currency payments, connecting bank currency ledgers to coordinate foreign exchange transactions under agreed payment versus payment conditions; fund and asset services, connecting funds with banking platforms, allowing corporate treasurers to transfer idle cash into tokenized money market funds and back at any time, and settling fund shares in tokenized deposits in a single step.No-bridge interoperability is its core design principle, keeping assets on their native ledgers, with cross-ledger state and execution verified through cryptography, eliminating the need for additional trusted intermediaries. The core protocol is Consensys's cross-ledger interoperability protocol CLIP, which plans to support Ethereum economic zone standards, cross-chain communication protocol IBC, and other protocols, while also planning to connect Canton with Ethereum-compatible networks. Currently, EVM-based chains are supported, with Canton to be integrated later. Institutions can operate independently, operate through financial market infrastructure, or choose Consensys's custody services. Consensys President David Cunningham stated that institutions need to reach counterparties without sacrificing privacy and while maintaining control over their own infrastructure.

Polygon Labs announced that it has integrated Solana into its Open Money Stack payment platform, allowing the network's enterprise clients to connect their dollar bank accounts directly to the global payment network through a single API framework. The platform supports enterprises in depositing funds from bank accounts, transferring funds across chains, and making payments to recipients, while also providing functionalities such as customer accounts and wallets, currency exchange, and routing payments to supported bank accounts, debit cards, cash services, and cryptocurrency wallets.Kira is one of the first clients to use the Solana integration, helping clients convert between dollars and stablecoins, send payments through banking channels, and pay overseas suppliers. Kira's CEO Edrizio De La Cruz stated that the company has been using Solana to transfer stablecoins, and collaborating with Polygon allows these transfers to be converted into dollars in their bank accounts when clients need to pay suppliers. Open Money Stack simultaneously connects Polygon, Ethereum, and TRON, which was integrated earlier this month.This integration occurred after Solana activated the Alpenglow consensus upgrade a week ago, which reduced the final confirmation time for transactions from approximately 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds. According to data from The Block, the total supply of dollar stablecoins has approached $290 billion, with USDT exceeding $182 billion and USDC nearing $76 billion. Vibhu Norby, Chief Product Officer of the Solana Foundation, stated that the volume of stablecoin transactions processed by Solana in 2026 has exceeded $5.5 trillion. Earlier this month, Polygon also completed the acquisition of Coinme, obtaining money transmission licenses and exemptions covering 48 states in the United States.

According to Gate market data, DoorDash's pre-market stock price rose nearly 10% after the company acquired competitor Instacart for $17 billion.

Hacker News discussion thread shows that the number of new questions on the programming Q&A site Stack Overflow has fallen below 1,000 per month. The post was submitted by user babelfish and points to a public query chart from Stack Exchange Data Explorer, which has about 247 points and 223 comments.In the comments, some users indicated that the decline in the number of questions began before ChatGPT was publicly launched in November 2022, and that AI tools have accelerated the decline. Other users mentioned that the threshold for asking questions is high, the review process is strict, the community is not friendly enough to questioners, and that existing Q&A has already covered a large number of common issues.Some comments referenced logarithmic scale statistics across Stack Exchange sites, suggesting that the decline has become more pronounced since the launch of ChatGPT, and provided corresponding queries and charts as evidence.

Muneeb Ali, co-founder of the Bitcoin Layer2 network Stacks, stated in Cointelegraph's Chain Reaction podcast that concerns surrounding quantum computing are suppressing institutional funds from entering Bitcoin, and the network needs a credible security upgrade roadmap to restore investor confidence. He mentioned, "Quantum concerns have set a ceiling on Bitcoin's growth," believing that this uncertainty may lead risk-averse institutional investors to delay large purchases until developers provide a clear path to quantum resistance. Stacks is a Bitcoin Layer2 network aimed at introducing smart contracts and decentralized applications to Bitcoin, and Ali is a co-founder of the project.Ali warned that if developers fail to make substantial progress in quantum resistance by 2028, Bitcoin could enter a riskier phase. He pointed out that upgrades typically take years to implement, and users will need additional time to migrate their assets to new addresses. Citing guidance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), he views 2030 as a target node for transitioning to quantum resistance and believes advancements in artificial intelligence could accelerate the development of quantum computers, potentially moving this timeline up to 2029.Ali acknowledged that some Bitcoin supporters believe the quantum threat is distant and that concerns are exaggerated, but he thinks that the very disagreement over the urgency of the threat, in the absence of a credible upgrade roadmap, will undermine investor confidence. He also stated that sufficiently powerful quantum computers are more likely to emerge from large research laboratories rather than unknown attackers, and companies like Google and Microsoft lack the motivation to steal Bitcoin, but the quantum security threat will impact the entire crypto industry, "If Bitcoin is hit, all downstream projects will be affected." Currently, developers are exploring protective solutions, with StarkWare stating in September that researchers reduced the computational cost of preparing an experimental quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction by 79% after a week of optimization challenges. This solution does not require modifications to Bitcoin's consensus rules, but the cost reduction has only been validated in benchmark tests.

According to Cointelegraph, Luxor Technology, which provides full-stack computing power services, has completed a $16 million strategic financing round led by CMT Digital, with participation from Canaan, MicroBT, Halo, Steelhead, and several angel investors.Luxor plans to use the funds to expand its intelligent cloud platform, AI hardware business, and computing power derivatives trading capabilities, as well as to grow its team. The company originally served Bitcoin mining enterprises and is now expanding its GPU and AI server procurement business, aiming to seize opportunities arising from the integration of Bitcoin mining and AI computing power markets.

According to Zhitong Finance, Intel has agreed to acquire the Israeli quantum computing startup Classiq Technologies, with the transaction price undisclosed and expected to be completed in the first half of 2027. Classiq's clients include BMW and AT&T, and its technology helps clients write code that can be tested and run on any type of quantum hardware.This acquisition will enhance Intel's research and development capabilities in quantum hardware and make its products easier to deploy on quantum computers. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger stated that partnering with Classiq will transform Intel's quantum computing division into a full-stack quantum computing enterprise. Classiq has raised over $200 million in funding and has approximately 130 employees, and after the acquisition, it will continue to help clients develop code that can run on various types of quantum hardware, including competitors' hardware. Intel has been committed for over a decade to transforming its silicon-based manufacturing advantages into a position in quantum computing, focusing on spin qubit technology.

According to Bloomberg, SpaceX's proposed $40 billion AI financing plan has been reported to encounter obstacles. Sources revealed that SpaceX intends to raise funds through a special purpose vehicle (SPV) structure, which can move related liabilities off the balance sheet to protect SpaceX's own investment-grade credit rating.However, recent volatility in the credit market has complicated negotiations over borrowing costs, and investors have begun to reassess the risks associated with financing large-scale AI infrastructure projects. Currently, Goldman Sachs is leading discussions with investors, including Apollo Global Management.

The messaging protocol XMTP founder Shane Mac stated that XMTP will evolve into a self-operating open-source messaging stack, providing private conversations between people and agents, with infrastructure controlled by users, without requiring tokens or wallets. The network hosted by XMTP Labs will shut down in early 2027.Shane Mac mentioned that he founded XMTP five years ago because he believed that private messaging should not be owned by a single company. He recalled that the team envisioned using wallets as cross-application identities, allowing messages to follow identities, and using tokens to pay infrastructure operators, but this path was not realized. XMTP has never issued tokens and will not issue them now. He admitted that it was a wrong decision to persist with a single shared network for a long time, as developers have consistently requested the ability to self-host XMTP. Therefore, it has shifted to self-hosting, allowing developers to use, inspect, modify, and maintain the entire software suite without relying on Labs. Former employees will assist in maintaining the protocol, and Shane Mac himself will continue to be involved.The article introduces that self-hosted XMTP offers quantum-resistant end-to-end encryption, private one-on-one and group chats, encrypted identities, and message authenticity, as well as SDKs for mobile, web, server, and agents. Chief Technology Officer Nick Molnar has simplified the backend to a single Rust binary and integrated attachments, push notifications, handles, and signed webhooks for new messages. Each self-hosted network does not automatically interconnect by default, and agents from different tools must connect to the same backend to share conversations.

According to a report from ZDNet Korea on October 20, the AI chip company Groq, which has been effectively acquired by NVIDIA, is advancing the introduction of DRAM 3D stacked packaging in its next-generation chips to replace the fast but lower-capacity SRAM solution. Groq was founded in 2016 by former Google TPU designer Jonathan Ross, and it was reported that the company was acquired by NVIDIA in a roundabout manner last year.The report states that Groq is evaluating a solution called 3DS, which vertically connects DRAM chips through silicon vias for high-capacity packaging. 3D packaging allows multiple bare chips to be stacked vertically and operate as a single chip, reducing area and improving power efficiency compared to planar solutions. Both 3DS and HBM use silicon vias, but HBM focuses on transmission speed, while 3DS maintains existing DRAM interfaces and focuses on capacity expansion. Anonymous industry insiders indicated that Groq plans to adopt 3D packaging in its next-generation chips, stacking DRAM instead of SRAM; another individual noted that market demand is shifting towards larger capacity chips, prompting Groq to choose DRAM, which has a capacity advantage.

Zakura has announced an experimental network layer P2Pv2 for Zcash nodes, intended to replace the old protocol inherited from Bitcoin. This layer combines high-throughput networking, resource control, and a consensus engine tested for properties, allowing developers to add services without permission. Zakura states that approximately 50,000 transactions per second require each full node to continuously receive about 100MB/s of block data, while the 25-second block of NU7 can carry a maximum of 2MB, with existing network throughput differing by more than a thousand times from this rate. Tachyon can reduce the proof after entering the block, but the network still needs to propagate a large number of individual transactions.P2Pv2 replaces the protocol stack from about a decade ago with protocols that can be optimized for latency, throughput, or robustness, allowing a secure connection to carry multiple independent services. The transport layer uses its own zakura-quic, based on quinn-proto, utilizing QUIC and TLS 1.3, and authenticating peers with Ed25519 node identity. Related changes remove the dependency on Iroh, allowing nodes to configure socket buffers, flow control windows, timers, and connection admission before the TLS handshake. The new transport directly connects to peer addresses without using relays, external address lookups, automatic port mapping, or QUIC NAT traversal. Nodes sign identities, addresses, protocol scopes, and service IDs, allowing clients to find peers based on specific services.The independent component zakura-header-chain verifies block headers and retains competing branches in a directed acyclic graph, selecting the best qualified chain. Block synchronization schedules requests based on the delivery rates measured by each peer, and a verified commitment tree is used to skip the reconstruction of Sapling, Orchard, and Ironwood trees for each block. Currently, the Mainnet still defaults to the old P2P stack, while the Testnet and Regtest run dual stacks by default, with the native protocol version being p2p-v2/3. Zakura notes that P2Pv2 still has known denial-of-service risks and has not yet become a hardened trust boundary; production hardening, resource control, and block relay protocols are still in progress.

Stacks, the second-layer platform for Bitcoin, has released its third-quarter ecosystem report. The data shows that a total of 735 BTC entered the Bitcoin staking system during the first two locking periods. Since the PoX-5 hard fork, the number of STX participating in staking has increased by over 25%, rising from 392 million to 493 million.In the first locking period (Bond 1), a total of 230 BTC was deposited, with participants including 21shares, HashKey Cloud, UTXO Management, and Sypher Capital. The deposit amount in the second locking period doubled to 505 BTC. The locked value of Zest Protocol exceeds 80 million dollars, with deposits over 122 million dollars, total borrowings exceeding 42 million dollars, and 800 Bitcoin deployed as collateral.Stacks plans to launch a self-custodial lending feature backed by staked Bitcoin in the fourth quarter, along with the introduction of the Earn treasury, and further integration of stBTC with platforms such as Zest, Bitflow, and Hermetica. Additionally, Stacks plans to release the Epoch 4.1 network upgrade in early December, which includes improvements to the smart contract language Clarity.

According to The Defiant, the decentralized lending protocol Zest Protocol deployed on Stacks announced that October 23 will be the deadline for the exit of aeUSDC in Stacks Market V1, requiring users to complete the migration of relevant positions before this date.Since Stacks Market V2 only supports the USDC-backed stablecoin USDCx issued in partnership with Circle, the migration process from V1 to V2 will not automatically transfer aeUSDC positions. Users must first withdraw aeUSDC liquidity from V1, then directly exchange aeUSDC for USDCx via Bitflow, and finally deposit USDCx back into the V2 application.Another option is to cross-chain aeUSDC from Stacks to USDC on Ethereum via Allbridge Classic, and then use Circle's cross-chain bridge to transfer USDC from Ethereum to USDCx on Stacks. The Zest application will prompt users while they still hold V1 liquidity, supporting one-click migration of positions other than aeUSDC to V2.

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform that Strike has launched the Stacks Bitcoin savings envelope system, allowing users to divide their holdings into up to 5 custom-named buckets, each supporting fee-free regular purchases. Transfers between Stacks and the main balance are fee-free and unlimited, but funds must be transferred back to the main balance before withdrawal.Strike has added an interest of 3.6% on USD cash balances, with interest paid in Bitcoin, and the related assets remain stored in Strike's multi-signature cold storage.

The founder of the Bitcoin smart contract layer Stacks, Muneeb Ali, announced five key focuses for the first 30 days after returning as CEO of Stacks Labs, including expanding institutional business development, simplifying the management structure, releasing a roadmap for the next two years, strengthening public communication with large STX holders, and clarifying the value capture mechanism of STX.Muneeb Ali also stated that institutional demand for Bitcoin Bonds is increasing, and the future roadmap will also cover institutional-level Bitcoin privacy and quantum-resistant technology. Stacks plans to assign all intellectual property rights to a non-shareholder foundation.

Muneeb Ali, the head of Stacks Labs under the Bitcoin Layer 2 network Stacks, announced his CEO plan, promising to transfer the relevant intellectual property to the Stacks Endowment.He also committed to launching a two-year roadmap that covers Bitcoin privacy and post-quantum technology, and will hold a public conference call for token holders within 30 days.

According to the official announcement, Binance has launched the AI product stack Binance Intelligence, which includes three products: the free Binance AI for all users, Binance AI Pro that converts natural language into executable strategies, and Binance Agent OS for developers to build AI applications.Binance AI integrates charts, news, social platforms, on-chain data, and research tools, adjusting the interface dynamically based on user knowledge level, interests, and activity through a generative UI. It offers features such as "For You" tags, market briefings, smart tooltips, and Master Trade, gradually rolling out from today.Binance AI Pro runs each strategy in independent sub-accounts, requiring user review and approval before trading. It will be launched in a free-to-use model starting in the second half of October, with a Premium plan priced at 19.99 USDC per month. Since its launch in August 2026, Binance Agent OS has exceeded 280,000 daily calls.