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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin posted on the X platform that he has integrated zkAPI, Tor, additional obfuscation traffic, and local LLM prompt rewriting into a daemon compatible with the OpenAI interface, and created a "paranoid mode" wrapper for his AI agent tool pi. The relevant code has been open-sourced on GitHub.The main mechanism of this solution is as follows: each conversation uses a separate Tor line, with requests mixed in random obfuscation traffic; zkAPI is used to prevent identity leakage through payment links; all prompts are first rewritten by a local model, which the user can choose, with Vitalik himself using qwen3.8-flash-next. The outer layer of the proxy tool is wrapped in a bwrap sandbox, and then another layer of torsocks is added, ensuring that all network operations go through Tor.Vitalik stated that this solution is already quite usable, but the latency has significantly increased, especially slow when starting a new conversation. He pointed out that Tor is far from the best privacy solution in this scenario: obfuscation traffic can prevent passive eavesdropping, but if the LLM service provider colludes with the Tor entry node and actively manipulates timing, the protective effect will be greatly weakened.

According to on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain, as the market rebounds, the well-known trader Bonk Guy's portfolio has increased by over one million dollars in the past 24 hours.Currently, he ranks first on both the 24-hour leaderboard and the historical overall leaderboard on the social trading platform FOMO.

Jefferies economist Mohit Kumar pointed out that in the next three years, the United States will invest 2.5% to 3% of its GDP in AI infrastructure, a scale that will exceed historical records.He warned that if the pace of construction slows down, it will have a significant impact on related companies and the U.S. economy.

Santiment tweeted that the number of wallets holding between 10 to 10,000 bitcoins has reached 20,338, setting a new historical high. Despite the significant fluctuations in bitcoin prices during this period, the number of this group has shown strong growth since mid-July.Santiment believes that, based on historical experience, this group is closely related to the future price trends of bitcoin. When prices fluctuate, if more large holders enter this range, it indicates that wealthy investors still maintain confidence rather than choosing to exit during market weakness.

According to a report by the Korean News Agency, the Financial Services Commission of South Korea and the Financial Supervisory Service are strengthening monitoring of "perpetual contracts" linked to Korean stocks and stock indices traded through global virtual asset platforms.If illegal business activities targeting Korean residents, such as soliciting account openings or trading, are found on overseas platforms, the regulatory authorities will refer the matter to investigative agencies and take strict countermeasures.

Analyst Jukan published a discussion on the storage industry's cycle, believing that computing power and storage will tighten or loosen in sync, and that there will not be a situation where computing power is continuously in short supply while storage alone turns to surplus. He also stated that the logic of shorting storage while going long on hard drives does not hold, as hard drives are tied to the storage cycle; if this cycle declines, hard drives will struggle to remain secure on their own.Jukan noted that the market lacks a clear judgment on trends after 2027. Historically, prices often peak one to two quarters before supply increases, followed by an expansion in shipments and a contraction in profit pools. He believes that this cycle is different from those of personal computers, smartphones, and general-purpose servers, as the products used are not standardized, and the triggering factors are also different. Some investors who still view storage through the lens of past experiences of profits during upswings and losses during downswings dominate pricing, leading to a low valuation of storage. He stated that a sharp collapse similar to previous ones is unlikely to reoccur, but a gradual decline is possible; even if Samsung and SK Hynix's profit margins are halved from current levels, the price-to-earnings ratio may still be in the teens, about half of the valuation of hard drive companies.He also believes that when storage prices decline, other demands will absorb supply at various price levels, with local AI-driven personal AI demand expected to emerge. If the storage prices pushed up by hyperscale cloud providers cannot be controlled, local AI will struggle to spread. Referring to the transition from mainframes to personal computers and from cloud to smartphones, he anticipates that this AI cycle will shift from cutting-edge laboratories to local open-source AI, with the latter absorbing storage demand. He simultaneously stated that storage prices will not remain high for over ten years; prices will eventually decline, but new consumer demands driven by local AI and open-source initiatives may provide bottom support.

According to Gate market data, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index is expected to evaporate more than 2 trillion USD in market value within seven trading days.

As chip stocks' market value evaporates by $1 trillion, ETF investors are pouring billions into the dip.The VanEck Semiconductor ETF attracted over $430 million in inflows over the past three days, while the Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares ETF saw approximately $3.8 billion in inflows this week, setting a record. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index has cumulatively dropped 12% over six days.

According to The Block, Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz has officially joined the NEAR Foundation Council, where he will assist in guiding product strategy, ecosystem growth, and governance.Current council members include NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin, Anchorage Digital co-founder Diogo Mónica, among others. Mumtaz was previously an early user of NEAR Intents and referred to it as "a marketplace of marketplaces."

According to The Block, Mert Mumtaz, the CEO of Solana infrastructure company Helius, has officially joined the NEAR Foundation Council, where he will assist in guiding product strategy, ecosystem growth, and governance.Current council members include NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin, Anchorage Digital co-founder Diogo Mónica, among others. Mumtaz was previously an early user of NEAR Intents, which he referred to as "a marketplace of marketplaces."

According to Decrypt, the Virtual Currency Unit of the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office in New York, in collaboration with the FBI, successfully dismantled a multinational cryptocurrency investment scam network targeting the Russian-speaking community across the United States, seizing and shutting down 112 servers and 241 associated website domains. The involved servers were primarily hosted in Eastern Europe and the United States, with the core infrastructure and IP nodes distributed in places like Ukraine.Forensic evidence from the servers also indicated that the scammers would strike again weeks later, disguising themselves as "asset recovery service providers" to conduct secondary harvesting of victims, with the total amount involved reaching tens of millions of dollars. The prosecution had previously shut down 400 associated domain names, and this time directly seized the underlying servers to completely deprive the gang of the ability to quickly set up websites and contact victims. Law enforcement has currently seized approximately $300,000 in stolen funds, and the recovery efforts are ongoing.

According to The Defiant, the HashKey Chain administrator transferred 142,818 USDT by temporarily replacing the contract, and about six minutes later, the original deposit code was restored. HashKey Chain is an Ethereum Layer 2 network launched by HashKey Group, primarily aimed at compliance and institutional-level application scenarios.The report shows that this temporary replacement did not change the final state of the deposit code, but a multi-signature composed of five members, requiring three signatures, still retains the immediate upgrade authority, allowing upgrades to the contract to be executed without a time lock delay.

According to CTV News, the Toronto police announced the arrest of 7 people in a violent kidnapping case targeting cryptocurrency holders and the subsequent investigation, including 3 members of the Canadian Armed Forces, with a total of 82 criminal charges filed.The police stated that the victim was kidnapped on July 25, handcuffed, and beaten, as the suspects attempted to obtain access to their cryptocurrency assets and corporate security systems, after which they were released. The investigation also seized firearms, drugs, and approximately 2,500 stolen military ammunition, and the case is still under investigation.

According to Gate market data, U.S. pre-market S&P 500 mini index futures fell 0.3%, Nasdaq 100 index futures fell 1.1%, and Dow Jones index futures rose 0.3%. The "Seven Sisters" concept stocks and the optical communication sector saw widespread declines, while the biotechnology sector saw widespread gains.NVIDIA fell 1.54%, Apple rose 0.76%, Microsoft fell 0.46%, Google fell 1.58%, Amazon fell 1.47%, Meta fell 1.47%, and Tesla fell 1.40%.Lumentum fell 3.50%, Corning fell 3.28%, Coherent fell 3.34%, Applied Optoelectronics fell 3.15%, Ciena fell 3.14%, Broadcom fell 1.77%, and Marvell Technology fell 2.80%; Eli Lilly rose 1.25%, Johnson & Johnson rose 1.76%, Moderna fell 1.67%, Novo Nordisk rose 1.20%, AbbVie rose 1.00%, and Merck rose 1.23%.

The co-founder of the decentralized perpetual contract platform Hyperliquid, Jeff Yan, stated in an interview with Bloomberg's "Odd Lots" podcast on October 15 that regulatory obligations should be imposed on financial service providers operating markets on the Hyperliquid blockchain, rather than on the blockchain network itself, to reduce the compliance burden for the platform entering the U.S. market.Yan likened this idea to internet infrastructure, believing that the blockchain, as the underlying liquidity and trading infrastructure, should not bear all the regulatory responsibilities of traditional trading platforms directly, but rather the service providers that actually operate the markets and hold relevant control should fulfill compliance obligations. He stated that Hyperliquid does not aim to replace traditional financial institutions on Wall Street, but hopes to provide them with underlying trading technology, similar to how Amazon Web Services provides computing infrastructure to businesses.Yan mentioned that the team is seriously advancing the development of Hyperliquid into an infrastructure covering various financial markets. Currently, Hyperliquid is still not open to U.S. users, but Kraken's parent company Payward has planned to offer derivative services to U.S. investors through a regulated trading platform, utilizing its technology.

According to Gate market data, the Nikkei 225 index closed down 3318.34 points on October 15, with a decline of 4.90%, reporting at 64425.95 points. The South Korean KOSPI index also closed down 454.54 points on the same day, with a decline of 7.56%, reporting at 5554.27 points.During the trading session, the South Korean stock market once fell more than 9%, triggering the circuit breaker mechanism for the tenth time this year. The South Korean financial regulatory agency held an emergency meeting in the afternoon regarding the stock market, and subsequently, the market's decline narrowed. SK Hynix initially closed down 11.06%, while Samsung Electronics fell 9.48%.

According to official news, the South Korean financial regulatory agency issued a statement that it will hold an emergency meeting to discuss the stock market. (Jinshi)

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