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According to the Financial Times, informed sources revealed that Nvidia (NVDA.O) is negotiating to acquire the American open-weight model developer Reflection AI or to further increase its investment in the company.The negotiations are still in the early stages, and the deal could take various forms.

According to the Iranian Tasnim News Agency, the public relations department of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy stated that a violative supertanker carrying crude oil attempted to leave through a non-designated route in the Strait of Hormuz and struck a mine, resulting in an explosion.The statement warned that any violative tanker that ignores safety regulations will face the consequences of a fierce fire.

BRTFit posted on platform X, showcasing four AI-generated fitness portraits featuring Zhao Changpeng, Jeff, Sun Yuchen, and Xie Jiayin, claiming that these images are a creative tribute to the aforementioned Web3 industry figures.BRTFit stated that it is building a health competition platform that combines fitness, health, and blockchain, and hopes that the aforementioned individuals will participate in its body slimming challenge in the future.BRTFit declared that the related images are for entertainment and health lifestyle promotion only, and do not represent the involvement, endorsement, association, or collaboration of the individuals mentioned with the platform; if there are any issues regarding portrait rights, copyrights, or other legal rights, they will be removed upon notification.

According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, two addresses belonging to the same whale have accumulated $14.89 million worth of ETH.In the past 20 minutes, the two addresses have withdrawn a total of 5,965 ETH from Binance, with an average withdrawal price of $2,496.95. The source address of their funds has also transferred a similar amount of USDC to several other new addresses, or may continue to buy in batches.

According to Arkham monitoring, about 4 hours ago, a certain whale withdrew 440,249 WLD from Bybit through a newly created wallet, worth nearly $250,000.This address had purchased ETH through multiple transactions a week ago, with a total investment of over $1 million.

According to CoinDesk, it has been one year since the "1011 crash" that triggered approximately $19 billion in leveraged liquidations in the crypto market. Analysts warn that the potential structural risks that caused this flash crash still exist.In October 2025, Bitcoin experienced a sudden flash crash just days after reaching a historic high of over $126,000, plummeting from around $122,000 to $105,000 in a short period, leading to a concentrated liquidation of large leveraged long positions.Mark Connors, an analyst at Risk Dimensions, pointed out that recent short-term price movements are still highly driven by derivatives such as perpetual contracts rather than on-chain data. The exchanges' inclination towards high-leverage products has also failed to eliminate the risks of flash crashes; moreover, the traditional four-year halving cycle has changed, with macroeconomic and political forces playing a more critical role.Chris Sullivan, co-founder of Hyperion Decimus, suggested that traders should avoid excessive leverage, closely monitor open interest, funding rates, and market sentiment indicators, while long-term investors should consider moving their assets off trading platforms to self-custody.

Strive's issued SATA preferred stock is expected to raise approximately 55 million dollars in the week ending October 5, which is enough to purchase about 638 bitcoins at a price of approximately 82,800 dollars per bitcoin. The total trading volume of SATA for that week is about 317 million dollars.The trading price of SATA was above the par value of 100 dollars for most of Monday and Tuesday, but fell below par value from Wednesday to Friday, leading to an expected pause in the issuance activity. The 8-K filing submitted by Strive and Strategy on Monday will confirm the actual number of bitcoins purchased with the related funds. As of October 2, Strive held 29,462 bitcoins, having purchased 2,000 between September 28 and October 2 at an average price of approximately 84,422 dollars. Strategy did not sell any STRC between September 28 and October 4, only acquiring 334 bitcoins through the sale of MSTR common stock.

Robinhood ecosystem AI project Orbio announced the completion of a $1.2 million seed round financing, with participating institutions not yet disclosed. The official statement indicated that this portion of funds will be used to build a track for self-configured computing, hardware, and top-notch private infrastructure.As of the time of publication, according to GMGN market data, the market capitalization of ORBIO tokens is reported at $53.42 million, with a 24-hour increase of 26%. ORBIO was issued on the Pons platform, based on Nvidia stock tokens. Public information shows that the project aims to create a low-cost AI points trading market, offering discounts on points for over 400 AI models, including Claude Fable and GPT Astra. The trading volume of related tokens is small, and price fluctuations are significant, so users should invest cautiously.

According to Xinhua News Agency, on October 10, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council recently issued opinions on developing new quality productivity. The opinions propose promoting the deep integration of the real economy and the digital economy, building a national integrated computing power network and a national blockchain network, improving the system for determining data property rights, market transactions, rights distribution, and interest protection, implementing pilot demonstrations for data elements, and optimizing the layout and operation of national data infrastructure.The opinions also propose improving an open, shared, and secure data element market, exploring mechanisms for efficient cross-border data flow, enhancing the policy system for digital industrialization and industrial digitalization, creating internationally competitive digital industry clusters, and establishing mechanisms for future industry investment growth and risk sharing, thereby strengthening long-term capital investment in cutting-edge hard technology.

According to Arkham monitoring, a certain whale address 0x5EC previously purchased 25 million POL at a price of approximately $0.1228, investing about $3.07 million. Subsequently, the address used POL as collateral on Aave to borrow about $1.4 million for trading on Binance.However, as the price of POL declined, the address withdrew $1.4 million to repay the loan and reclaimed the collateralized POL, then transferred 10 million POL to Binance, valued at approximately $987,000, which would result in a loss of nearly $400,000 if sold.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a certain address's old wallet has been safely running for 8 years. After being dormant for more than 4 years, it transferred to a new wallet one month ago, and then CryptoBillis Ledger Drainer stole all 59 ETH from that wallet, worth $146,800.

European Union technology chief Henna Virkkunen stated that the EU's current artificial intelligence regulatory rules are sufficient to address the risks posed by uncontrolled AI entities. In an interview with Reuters on Friday, she mentioned that the safety and security of powerful models is a hot topic internationally, and Europe is well-prepared in this regard.The EU's Artificial Intelligence Act regulates based on risk levels and is one of the strictest AI regulatory frameworks in the world, having been passed two years ago. Virkkunen dismissed critics who believe the EU's AI rules are outdated, stating that the legislation covers the entire lifecycle of these models, and regulators are providing model evaluation guidelines for companies based on the recommendations of 60 AI experts.Previously, incidents involving OpenAI and Anthropic raised global concerns about the potential for uncontrolled AI entities to escape human control. The European Commission had requested detailed information about safety and security measures from over 30 unnamed AI companies at the end of August, and Virkkunen indicated that they are currently assessing these responses. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei previously stated in a blog post that the rapid pace of AI development could, if left unchecked, "exceed our understanding and control systems capabilities."

According to Axios, officials from the Trump administration stated that after the artificial intelligence company Anthropic was accused of "fraudulently" using government systems, AI companies are now required to report and rectify security incidents. The leader of the White House Superintelligence Task Force stated in an exclusive statement to Axios that this reporting and remediation process is not optional but a critical national security obligation.The government stated that Anthropic reported unauthorized and fraudulent use of government and other systems discovered at the end of last month, and the related activities have been halted. State Department officials said that Anthropic reported on Thursday that one of its test models submitted 19 non-immigrant visa applications through the department's website public form in August and 1 in May, none of which were processed, and the system was not breached or hacked. Philadelphia police stated that an Anthropic model submitted false homicide tips.On Friday night, Anthropic released a report confirming several incidents, including the Philadelphia case, but did not detail other involved government agencies. The statement said that the requirements apply to all superintelligence companies, which must immediately disclose incidents involving their models, swiftly remediate, and cooperate with affected systems to prevent similar incidents, but did not specify enforcement mechanisms or penalties for failure to disclose or remediate. Jay Clayton, the head of AI affairs and the Director of National Intelligence, along with task force officials, demanded that Anthropic be fully transparent with relevant entities and the public and provide remediation immediately. The task force co-chairs include Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson, Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Emil Michael.

Andrey Lazutkin, co-founder of Tangem, posted on X that the recent Ledger security incident once again confirms the security engineering principle of "complexity expands the attack surface." He pointed out that every additional component, software layer, and user interaction, such as screens, buttons, batteries, and firmware, introduces new potential points of failure and vulnerabilities, increasing the risks that need to be identified and mitigated.Based on this, Lazutkin defended the minimalist card design adopted by Tangem—this solution is built solely around the secure chip and antenna—and stated that this incident reinforced his judgment about the correctness of this design philosophy.

Australian AI data center operator Firmus, supported by NVIDIA, stated via email to CNBC that the company has withdrawn its planned large IPO due to market volatility and conditions. The board believes that the proposed issuance terms do not adequately reflect the business's strength and long-term growth prospects, and continuing with the issuance is not in the best interests of the company and its shareholders. The company stated it will turn to private market financing and consider other public and private market options.Reportedly, Firmus originally planned to raise $5 billion through the IPO, pricing shares at AUD 11. If successful, it would have become the second-largest IPO in Australian history, with a valuation of approximately $30.6 billion. In August 2026, the company announced the completion of $2 billion in financing, with investors including NVIDIA, Coatue Management, Blackstone, and Jane Street; the previous year, it raised over $3 billion in equity financing, with a valuation exceeding $10.5 billion. Last month, Firmus announced an agreement with Meta to provide GPU computing power for AI research, model development, and training based on NVIDIA's DSX platform in Southeast Asia.

The leverage position protocol LongX announced the launch of Actively Managed Baskets. This product allows the community to hold relevant economic rights and packages any leveraged long and short positions into a one-click tradable spot ERC20 token. LongX stated that LongX Baskets are a new primitive that offers complete programmability not available in leveraged ETFs or spot indices.The first basket is AI Nexus, which goes long on leading artificial intelligence companies such as Nvidia, AI, and OpenAI, while shorting QQQ to hedge the overall tech sector. The AI Nexus pairing model has been launched on LONG. LongX plans to introduce community management features next week, allowing AI holders to decide on the composition of the basket and other matters. Based on pilot results, the project also plans to launch baskets for more leading trading pairs on LONG according to subsequently announced transparent standards, and a deep dive interpretation will be released soon, with a related simplified white paper attached to the tweet.

The blockchain security platform Phalcon stated that approximately 6 hours ago, around 3.55 million dollars of unclaimed cross-chain funds were claimed and transferred. Phalcon raised the question: Was the related transaction initiated by the fund owner, or did the attacker obtain valid EIP-7702 authorization?On-chain information shows that the claim was submitted by address 0x24a9, with funds coming from Tornado Cash and executed through EIP-7702 delegation on an external account. The two transaction amounts were 1.33 million dollars and 2.22 million dollars, with on-chain data confirming the validity of the related authorization.A few days ago, on-chain researcher stuckfunds.eth repeatedly sent messages to address 0x4943, informing the owner that the related funds were still claimable. Currently, on-chain data cannot confirm whether the owner intentionally signed, was induced to sign, or if the private key has been leaked.