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According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Chainlink Reserve bought and received 88,400 LINK on October 22, worth 1.06 million dollars.In the past 30 days, a total of 422,900 LINK has been accumulated, worth 5.37 million dollars; a total of 6.38 million LINK has been obtained, worth 71.83 million dollars; currently holding 6.38 million LINK, worth 76.14 million dollars.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) stated in the frequently asked questions document regarding retail payment regulation conclusions that the removal of surcharges for the designated card networks eftpos, Mastercard, and Visa starting from October 1, 2026, is in the public interest. The RBA will lift the ban on the "no surcharge" rule for the aforementioned networks from that date, with the changes based on Standard No. 3 of 2016 and the revisions to the merchant card payment costs and surcharge standards in 2026. eftpos, Mastercard, and Visa have all decided to implement the no surcharge rule from that date, generally applicable to their credit, debit, and prepaid cards, including cards issued overseas.American Express, UnionPay, and PayPal have also decided to eliminate surcharges, but are currently not formally regulated by the RBA. American Express and UnionPay will withdraw from their existing commitments with the RBA on October 1, 2026, while PayPal's no surcharge rule will take effect on October 5, 2026. This scope is limited to fees charged due to customer card payments and does not include surcharges for weekends, public holidays, booking fees, or service fees. Merchants must comply with the new card organization rules unless exceptions apply; businesses, non-profit organizations, and inter-business card payments do not receive a general exemption.The reforms will be implemented in phases. Starting from October 1, 2026, a lower interchange fee cap will apply to domestic card transactions; from October 30, designated card networks and large acquirers must publish the specified card payment fee information on their websites. From January 30, 2027, large acquirers must disclose how the decrease in interchange fees is passed on to merchant service fees; starting April 1, the interchange fee cap will apply to transactions involving overseas-issued cards acquired in Australia, and acquirers must also provide merchants with more detailed statements. The RBA stated that businesses can still factor the costs of accepting card payments into their overall pricing and may offer discounts for specific payment methods.

According to Business Insider, SpaceX is offering workers an additional 20% pay for building a data center in Memphis.

According to an announcement from the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF), the AMF has released a list of newly identified websites that illegally provide cryptocurrency assets or cryptocurrency asset services in France for the third quarter, including alphaairobot.com, aureoncorevix.net, bitgrokapp.com, bitkelttrade.com, cryptobullbear.com, investpathline.com, and others.Since the beginning of 2026, the AMF has added a total of 64 names to this blacklist. The AMF stated that this list will be updated frequently, but it is not exhaustive due to the continuous emergence of new unauthorized or fraudulent entities. The public can view the complete blacklist through the AMF official website under "Espace Épargnants > Protéger son épargne > Listes noires et mises en garde," as well as on the ABEIS website, and can check the whitelist of authorized cryptocurrency asset service providers (PSCA) on the AMF official website to verify whether relevant institutions are permitted to operate in France.

According to the summary from the Arbitrum Foundation governance forum, the Arbitrum DAO currently has 4 temperature check votes ending on October 22, involving the Ethereum Glamsterdam upgrade adaptation, L1 governance recovery mechanism, treasury ETH transfer, and USDG strategic plan.Among them, the Entropy proposal suggests setting USDG as one of the core strategic plans of the Arbitrum DAO and additionally allocating 100 million ARB from the DAO treasury to the DRIP budget, while adjusting the project cycle and allowed uses. Furthermore, it is proposed to direct the net fees from AEP into ATMC and convert them into USDG to support the growth of USDG on Arbitrum.

According to market news, a certain address contract account has accumulated earnings of over 126 million USD. The address first closed a short position of approximately 18.51 million USD in BTC, then opened a new short position of approximately 24.09 million USD in BTC, resulting in a net increase of approximately 5.61 million USD, with the value of the short position rising from approximately 14.62 million USD to approximately 20.29 million USD. The loss from this closing was approximately 46,000 USD.Address: 0x7fdafde5cfb5465924316eced2d3715494c517d1.

Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès questioned Ledger Support's previous statements. Ledger customer service had claimed that the secure element could detect physical tampering, and if additional hardware attempted to intercept signals, it would not pass authenticity verification. Karpelès pointed out that Ledger's own documentation states that if the original secure element is intact, authenticity verification cannot detect unauthorized physical modifications such as spy implants, which directly contradicts the customer service claims.Mark Karpelès stated that reports have shown that over $90 million has been stolen due to such "additional hardware" intercepting signals less than two months later, and that Ledger had published photos of spy implants for multiple models in a March 2026 academic article. Given the known threats, assuring users that authenticity verification can detect such modifications may constitute misleading advertising.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, Circle has minted 250 million USDC on Solana.

According to market news, a certain address contract account has accumulated earnings of over 26.51 million USD. Between October 15, 2026, 10:30 to 10:54, it increased its position by approximately 3.52 million USD in ETH long positions, with the position value rising from about 16.94 million USD to approximately 19.51 million USD. Address: 0x939f95036d2e7b6d7419ec072bf9d967352204d2.

According to BBX data, yesterday global publicly listed companies in the U.S. disclosed their latest accounts regarding digital asset treasury allocations and institutional-level ecosystem deployments. The core updates are as follows:Strive invests an additional $235 million to acquire 2,822 BTC, total holdings exceed 35,000: Strive, a publicly listed Bitcoin treasury company, announced via social media that as of Tuesday local time in the U.S., it has once again utilized $235 million to purchase 2,822 Bitcoins in the secondary market. Following this large-scale acquisition, Strive's total Bitcoin holdings have significantly increased to 35,595 BTC.Evernorth (NASDAQ: $XRPN) partners with four major institutions, deploying $648 million in XRP starting in the fourth quarter: Evernorth, which has just completed its Nasdaq reverse merger, announced that it has officially selected Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase, and BitGo as its first institutional strategic partners. The company plans to fully deploy approximately 473 million XRP (valued at about $648 million at current market prices) held in its treasury starting in the fourth quarter of this year, to deepen its liquidity provision and infrastructure development within the XRP ecosystem.

The IMF stated that the economic growth in the United States is insufficient to quickly address the expanding government debt and fiscal deficit issues, and other measures are needed to improve the fiscal situation. IMF President Kristalina Georgieva said in Bangkok that although higher economic growth helps alleviate the debt burden, relying solely on growth may not be enough to offset the pressures brought by high deficits and high interest expenditures.

Sui liquidity staking protocol Volo announced that the additional incentives for Volo Dowsure stable vault S1 participants are now online. Eligible S1 participants can now claim additional incentives denominated in USD through the exclusive claim page of the Dow Protocol.Volo stated that all eligible Sui wallet addresses and the corresponding deposit amounts have been provided to the Dow Protocol. Participants need to connect and bind their EVM wallet, and after completing the S1 participation verification, they can claim the aforementioned incentives on the Dow Protocol website.

According to EmberCN monitoring, as BTC rebounds and breaks through $83,000, the well-known trader AguilaTrades has just been forced to stop-loss on their short position, incurring an additional loss of about $250,000.AguilaTrades had not publicly opened a position for 14 months, but after returning, they have faced consecutive losses: yesterday they incurred a loss of about $300,000 on a long position, and then reversed to short, only to be forced to stop-loss again due to the BTC rebound near the low, incurring another loss of about $250,000.It is reported that their $700,000 principal has shrunk to about $150,000 in one day, with total cumulative losses rising to about $38.16 million.

According to official news, the DeAgentAI token $AIA has been launched on the South Korean exchange Bithumb's Korean Won market, opening the AIA/KRW trading pair. Its principal-protected staking financial plan has also officially opened. Users can participate with USDC, and upon maturity, the platform will return the equivalent amount of USDC in full according to the product terms, while additionally earning rewards of up to 50% of the actual staked AIA amount.The plan features three staking pools: Ultra, Boost, and Fast, with total AIA rewards over a 12-month period being 50%, 40%, and 35% of the actual amount bought and staked, respectively. The first rewards from the three pools will be distributed uniformly after the fundraising period ends in the 3rd, 2nd, and 1st months, respectively, and will then be automatically distributed monthly. The amount of USDC returned at maturity does not fluctuate with the AIA coin price, and the originally bought and staked AIA will not be returned.The initial open quota is 500,000 USDC, with a minimum participation amount of 350 USDC per transaction, and it will close once full. Users can buy AIA using USDC on the BNB Chain through the official page and complete the staking in the same transaction. For participation methods and complete rules, please refer to the official staking page.

According to a report by the Japan Economic News cited by Reference News, the Japanese government has decided to impose additional sanctions on Russia during a cabinet meeting. In principle, the Japanese government prohibits providing operational, maintenance, insurance, and financing services to 35 vessels in Russia's "shadow fleet," which secretly transports crude oil to evade Western sanctions.In addition to the sanctions against the "shadow fleet," the Japanese government will also add 33 Russian military-related groups and 9 individuals to the asset freeze list, including groups involved in using cryptocurrency to evade financial sanctions.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, the USDC Treasury address minted 250 million USDC on the Solana chain, worth approximately 250 million USD.

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.

SoftBank Group announced the completion of its third and final additional investment in OpenAI through the SoftBank Vision Fund 2, amounting to 10 billion USD. As a result, SoftBank's total investment in OpenAI has reached 64.6 billion USD, with an ownership stake of approximately 13%.

Polygon co-founder Sandeep posted on the X platform stating that the POL community has recently accumulated and permanently destroyed 100 million POL through on-chain revenue, accounting for about 1% of the total supply, and will additionally destroy approximately 25 million POL.Sandeep also mentioned that POL (formerly MATIC) is still "the most undervalued and overlooked project." According to him, Polymarket has launched perpetual contracts on Polygon, and with the recent upgrade, Polygon PoS is gradually evolving towards a more advanced blockchain, expecting to achieve a 1 millisecond confirmation time through block flow in the future. Additionally, OMS is about to enable Polygon to handle approximately 1 million new transactions daily.