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Elon Musk stated that SpaceX (SPCX.O) expects its annual recurring revenue to be between 500 billion and 1 trillion dollars by the end of 2027.

According to the official announcement, the Gate Idle Money Treasure × Yu Bi Bao second phase interest rate increase activity is ongoing. This phase of the activity covers USDT current financial products, and users who meet the specified net recharge conditions can receive additional interest rate rewards.In the Idle Money Treasure activity, users who accumulate net recharges of BTC, ETH, and USDT to reach the specified threshold during the activity period and activate Idle Money Treasure can receive additional interest on top of the basic earnings. Specifically, if the cumulative net recharge reaches 10,000 USDT, users can enjoy an additional 1% interest rate, resulting in a comprehensive annualized yield of 4%; if it reaches 50,000 USDT, users can enjoy an additional 2% interest rate, resulting in a comprehensive annualized yield of 5%. The upper limit for the principal eligible for interest rate increases in both tiers is 50,000 USDT.The Yu Bi Bao activity is open to VIP 2 to VIP 14 users. If the cumulative net recharge of USDT reaches 100,000 USDT and users subscribe to a 7-day fixed-term financial product in USDT, they can enjoy an additional 7.3% interest rate on top of the 3.7% basic annualized yield, resulting in a comprehensive annualized yield of 11%. The upper limit for the principal eligible for interest rate increases is 100,000 USDT. Users must continuously meet the net recharge requirements during the subscription and the order's duration to receive the additional interest rate rewards.

According to Beating reports, Lei Feng Network interviewed several headhunters and found that major domestic internet companies are tightening their recruitment quotas but are still willing to break salary limits for top AI talents. Headhunters revealed that this year, some outstanding fresh graduates in foundational model directions have annual packages reaching 2 million yuan; ByteDance Seed and Xiaohongshu's highest offers have reached 4 million to 5 million yuan, while Baidu is in the range of 2 million to 3 million yuan.The high salaries for talent are exacerbating internal salary discrepancies. An internet professional stated that some employees in foundational models have lower job levels but earn more than their higher-level colleagues. Similar situations emerged as early as 2017; an experienced engineer recalled that at that time, a returnee fresh graduate who joined a year later and was at a lower job level had a monthly salary 10,000 yuan higher than his own, leading to a monthly turnover of about 10% in a team of over thirty people.Headhunters noted that application-side positions are shrinking, while foundational model teams still lack individuals who can truly train large models. Coding Agents, model evaluation, pre-training data, and Agent infrastructure have become new focal points for talent acquisition; DeepSeek has recently been expanding its recruitment for backend developers and Agent Infra engineers, while the hiring enthusiasm in areas like AI search has decreased. Companies are not only looking at academic qualifications and papers but also place greater importance on whether candidates have actually trained large-scale models in leading teams; the salaries and responsibilities of scarce talents can be negotiated separately, while competition among ordinary AI job seekers is more intense.

The 2026 Financial Street Forum Annual Conference opened in the afternoon on Financial Street, Beijing, and will last until October 22. The theme is "Openness · Cooperation · Inclusiveness ------ Building a New Ecosystem for Global Financial Development Together," with over 400 guests from more than 40 countries and regions attending.Pan Gongsheng, Governor of the People's Bank of China, Ding Xiangqun, Director of the Financial Regulatory Administration, Wu Qing, Chairman of the Securities Regulatory Commission, and Zhu Hexin, Director of the Foreign Exchange Bureau, will deliver keynote speeches. The forum plans to hold 21 thematic activities and 3 special conferences, among which the Financial Technology Conference will focus on topics such as blockchain and artificial intelligence, and aims to release results such as the central bank's digital renminbi system and the digital renminbi smart contract ecological service framework.

Strategy officially stated that the company has conditionally declared a daily dividend for its variable rate A series perpetual preferred stock STRC from November 1 to November 30, 2026, maintaining an annualized regular dividend rate of 12.00%.This arrangement depends on the approval of the daily dividend amendment by Strategy shareholders at the special shareholder meeting on October 28, and the completion and effectiveness of the relevant preferred stock terms revision. If conditions are met, STRC will use each calendar day as the dividend record date starting from November 1, including weekends and U.S. holidays; the corresponding dividend will be paid on the next business day after the applicable record date.This adjustment will change the cash flow rhythm of STRC. The product currently adopts a bi-monthly dividend mechanism, and future holders will receive more frequent, smaller dividend payments; Strategy emphasizes that the adjustment will not change the annualized dividend rate or the total annual dividend amount. If the amendment is not approved, STRC will continue to pay dividends according to the existing semi-monthly rhythm.According to the proposed terms, the 12% rate will cover the entire month of November; thereafter, STRC's applicable dividend rate will be determined monthly, and the company must announce the next month's rate by the 15th of the previous month.

According to Beijing Daily, the 2026 Financial Street Forum Annual Conference will be held from October 19 to 22 on Financial Street in Beijing, with over 400 guests from more than 40 countries and regions attending. This is the fifteenth session, approved by the State Council, with the theme "Openness · Cooperation · Inclusiveness ------ Building a New Ecosystem for Global Financial Development Together."The annual conference plans to hold a main forum and parallel forums with a total of 21 topic activities and 3 special conferences. Among them, the Insurance Conference will be hosted for the first time by the National Financial Regulatory Administration, and the Investment Conference will make its debut, forming a matrix of special conferences with the Financial Technology Conference. More than a hundred achievements, including credit risk control strategy sandbox agents and quantum fusion algorithm intelligent evolution platforms, will be launched for the first time. The annual conference will expand its African sub-venue for the first time, initiate a three-city connection between Beijing, Hong Kong, and London, and hold 7 events in 5 overseas sub-venues in Hong Kong, London, Paris, Toronto, and Nairobi.The Financial Technology Conference in 2026 will further innovate its format and expand its scale, setting up 13 topic activities around cutting-edge issues such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and smart finance. The People's Bank of China will host the Chengfang Financial Technology Forum within the framework of the conference and hold a seminar on artificial intelligence financial applications and risk prevention and control, continuing to organize a series of activities such as the Financial Technology Application Scenario Competition, and plans to release relevant achievements such as the central bank's digital renminbi system and digital renminbi smart contract ecological service framework.

Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick expects that the annual spending in the field of artificial intelligence will remain around $1 trillion in the next 5 to 10 years. He stated that the role of banks is to regulate the pace of AI capital expenditures to adapt to market demand.

According to The Block, research institution K33 believes that although Strategy's financing through preferred stock STRC has helped it acquire nearly 100,000 bitcoins in the first half of 2026, the ongoing dividend costs may offset the gains. K33 estimates that STRC increases Strategy's annual dividend obligations by approximately $725 million, which is equivalent to about 8,740 BTC at a price of $83,000 per bitcoin.If we exclude the approximately $7.5 billion raised through STRC in the first half of the year and redirect the dollar reserves, STRC buybacks, and most dividend expenditures towards purchasing bitcoins, Strategy's holdings would only be about 4,947 BTC more than this hypothetical scenario; based on the aforementioned annualized costs, it would take about seven months to offset this difference. K33 believes that the preferred stock financing model "is a mistake" and prefers that it raises funds through common stock ATM and other methods.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank annual meetings are being held this week in Bangkok, gathering central bank governors from multiple countries. Federal Reserve Chair Waller will deliver a speech on Friday, with key topics including economic growth, debt, and geopolitics. IMF President Kristalina Georgieva hinted that the new edition of the World Economic Outlook is not optimistic due to high energy prices, record global public debt, and tensions in the bond market. Conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, as well as AI regulation, will also be focal points of attention.

The six-year vesting period for Filecoin is about to end, at which point approximately 68 million FIL tokens will be removed from annual releases. Based on the current mining rate, the annualized increase from vesting and block rewards will drop from about 89 million FIL to 21 million.After the vesting period ends, rewards for storage providers will continue to be distributed. Filecoin is a decentralized storage network, and FIL is its native token used to incentivize storage and retrieval services within the network.

Since the beginning of 2026, Bitcoin has experienced 10 "3 standard deviation" trading days, exceeding the 8 times seen throughout the bear market of 2018. Although Bitcoin's annualized volatility has decreased from 84% in 2018 to about 46%, extreme market conditions still occur frequently relative to recent price volatility levels. "3 standard deviation" is used to measure the extent to which prices deviate from the recent normal volatility range. Data shows that the average price fluctuation for Bitcoin during such extreme conditions this year is about 7%, lower than the approximately 10% seen in 2018.Since 2024, Bitcoin's volatility has been around 47%, similar to Nvidia, but during the same period, Bitcoin has had 26 "3 standard deviation" trading days, far exceeding Nvidia's 8 times, the S&P 500's 16 times, and gold's 12 times. Market participants point out that macro shocks and the leverage and concentrated positions in the derivatives market are important factors contributing to the continued occurrence of extreme volatility. When investors sell options in large quantities, betting on market calmness, sudden news can force related concentrated positions to close, further amplifying price fluctuations.Deribit CEO Luuk Strijers stated that traditional Value at Risk (VaR) models struggle to adequately measure tail risks during extreme market conditions, and investors should pay more attention to risk indicators such as Expected Shortfall. Meanwhile, increased institutional participation, deeper liquidity, and improved risk management are also enhancing the market's ability to withstand shocks, but this does not mean that extreme volatility will disappear.

According to a report by Nomura Securities, AI company Kimi under the brand Moonlight's Dark Side is estimated to achieve an annual recurring revenue of $1.2 billion in September. Bloomberg previously reported that Kimi's annual recurring revenue in August had surpassed $1 billion, with a year-end target of $2 billion.The K2.8 Preview, launched on September 11, is estimated to contribute about 40%--45% of the annual recurring revenue, exceeding the flagship model K3's 30%--35%. The K2.8 Preview is priced lower and primarily targets programming and everyday agent tasks. Experts estimate that K3 has a gross margin of about 35%--40%, while lower-priced models like K2.8 Preview have about 20%--25%. The API is Kimi's largest source of revenue, with overseas markets contributing more than half.

According to informed sources, OpenAI expects its annual revenue to reach or exceed $70 billion by the end of this year, driven by growth in its enterprise business. As of the end of September, OpenAI's annual revenue was approximately $50 billion. OpenAI disclosed this data to investors during discussions about its latest round of financing.

According to the official schedule of the Bangkok Annual Meeting released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Federal Reserve Chairman Waller has confirmed his attendance and is scheduled to deliver a public speech on October 16 local time. This schedule has been included in the agenda by the IMF Bangkok Annual Meeting Organizing Committee.The related agenda indicates that his speech will focus on the current macroeconomic situation and monetary policy framework, with the specific content of the speech to be disclosed on-site.

According to the Financial Times, OpenAI recently informed investors that its annualized revenue was approaching 50 billion dollars by the end of September.

Greece is preparing to legislate a 10% tax on capital gains from cryptocurrencies. The draft bill was published on Thursday local time and has entered the public consultation phase, with a submission to parliament expected in November.According to the draft, individuals can be exempt from tax on capital gains from cryptocurrencies up to 500 euros per year, which is approximately 559.95 USD. Greece currently lacks a complete tax legal framework for cryptocurrencies, and officials have stated that it is difficult to accurately estimate the size of the country's cryptocurrency market due to the vast majority of investors using offshore platforms. The government has not made specific predictions regarding the fiscal revenue generated by the new tax.

Founder of Strategy Michael Saylor posted on platform X, stating that since the company adopted the "Bitcoin Standard" in 2020, the annualized return rates for MSTR, representing digital equity, and BTC, representing digital capital, have reached 52% and 38%, respectively.Michael Saylor added that both have outperformed traditional assets such as stocks, gold, real estate, and bonds during the same period, and stated, "The future of capital belongs to digital."

According to Cointelegraph, the cryptocurrency exchange OKX has launched the stablecoin savings and payment application OKX Money in parts of Latin America, Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East. The application allows users to deposit into their accounts using over 50 supported currencies, with deposits converted into a dollar-backed stablecoin.Users can hold USDG, USDC, or USDT for transfers and spend using a virtual card or physical card. Eligible customers can earn up to 10% annual percentage yield (APY) on qualifying USDG balances without the need for staking or locking.An OKX spokesperson stated that the product is rolled out market by market to comply with local requirements, and the relevant legal entities and regulatory frameworks vary by jurisdiction. OKX did not disclose specific initial markets. Users can achieve higher tiers by meeting a 30-day average deposit threshold, spending over 30 days, or reaching a higher exchange VIP level. The spokesperson mentioned that rates and eligibility vary by region and customer, and declined to comment on the source of the yields.OKX joined Paxos' Global Dollar Network in July 2025, allowing its users to transact and transfer using USDG. According to Chainalysis data, cross-border flows of stablecoins grew by 77.5% to $22.03 billion in the 12 months ending June 2026, with trade, remittances, and savings being the main use cases. The U.S. GENIUS Act prohibits stablecoin issuers from paying interest or yields, while the EU MiCA prohibits issuers and crypto service providers from offering interest on single currency stablecoins.

Hyperdash co-founder Hans stated that Hyperliquid's AQAv2 mechanism has formed a new source of revenue. The AQAv2 treasury wallet completed its first payment, paying $14.58 million for the USDC reserves held by the trading platform over the past 30 days. The related funds will enter the aid fund for purchasing HYPE.According to this mechanism, after users bridge USDC to Hyperliquid, Circle will mint the corresponding assets on HyperEVM and charge a daily fee on the treasury balance, settling every 30 days. Coinbase and Circle each staked 500,000 HYPE; if they fail to make payments on time, Coinbase could lose 2% of its staked amount daily. Hans mentioned that Hyperliquid's previous revenue mainly came from trading fees, while AQAv2 allows the platform to earn revenue from the margin deposits themselves, regardless of whether the related funds participate in trading.The first payment covers the period from August 26 to September 24, with an implied average rate of about 3.14%, estimating an annualized revenue of approximately $193 million based on the current scale. From January 1 to September 30 of this year, Hyperliquid's open contracts increased from $7.72 billion to $16.4 billion, and the platform's margin rose from $4.34 billion to $7.22 billion. During the same period, perpetual contracts had a cumulative trading volume of about $2 trillion, and the protocol earned $493.3 million in fees, equivalent to about 2.46 basis points per dollar of trading volume.Based on this year's average trading speed and the current AQAv2 fee rate, each $1 of margin can contribute approximately 15.4 cents in revenue to the protocol annually, with about 12.5 cents coming from trading fees and about 2.8 cents from AQAv2. Hans expects that under a baseline scenario where the stablecoin scale grows by 20% annually and Hyperliquid maintains its current market share of about 8.7%, the protocol's annual revenue could increase from the current approximately $1.11 billion to $2.4 billion by the end of 2030.

Nike's U.S. stock fell over 8% in pre-market trading, as the company predicts a decline in annual revenue, with first-quarter sales for fiscal year 2027 falling short of expectations.