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On October 23, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology to Support the Construction of Employment-Friendly Development Models" (Guo Ban Fa [2026] No. 29). The document proposes to adapt to the development of artificial intelligence technology, enhance the positive effects of job creation, empower traditional positions, and mitigate the impact of job replacement.The opinions point out that the role of artificial intelligence should be leveraged to improve the employment environment, enhance occupational safety levels, and improve work quality and efficiency, with priority given to promoting applications in positions with labor shortages and high-risk environments; it is essential to cautiously manage the scope, intensity, and pace of artificial intelligence applications in labor-intensive industries to minimize the impact on workers. The document also encourages enterprises to explore the establishment of an unemployment buffer period system, to inform affected workers in advance during the large-scale promotion of artificial intelligence applications, and to provide support for job transition and transformation.The opinions also outline deployments in areas such as strengthening job creation effects, constructing employment-friendly upgrade paths, enhancing workers' digital literacy and employment capabilities, promoting artificial intelligence-enabled employment policy services, improving workers' rights protection and social security, and perfecting employment monitoring, early warning, and risk response mechanisms. The document is dated October 16, 2026, and is marked for public release.

According to the Korea Herald, global investment bank Barclays plans to cut 5,000 jobs, about 5% of the company's total positions, while expanding the application of artificial intelligence. This includes 1,000 positions already cut in the first half of this year, with 60% of the layoffs coming from support departments such as developers. Barclays CEO Venkat Krishnamurthy stated in a conference call that the company will apply AI on a large scale, and said, "AI is not the cake, but the frosting on the cake."Previously, Barclays announced a cost-cutting plan in February, but some investors reacted negatively to the scale of costs shown in its semi-annual report. Among peers, HSBC is considering cutting up to 20,000 jobs over the next few years, while Standard Chartered plans to reduce support department positions by more than 15% by 2030.

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand (SEC) stated to Cointelegraph that several asset management companies have consulted with them regarding the launch of cryptocurrency ETFs, but no asset management company has submitted an application for the establishment of a crypto ETF. The SEC did not disclose the names of the relevant companies.The Thai SEC also mentioned that it is still too early to determine whether the first batch of products can be approved by the end of 2026; the timeline depends on the preparedness of the applying institutions, the progress of regulatory review, and investor protection requirements. The new regulations for crypto ETFs in Thailand took effect last Friday, allowing asset management companies to establish and list spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs locally.Previously, some companies provided Bitcoin exposure to Thai investors through products linked to overseas ETFs. ONE Asset Management became the first Thai asset management company approved for a Bitcoin ETF-linked fund in 2024, followed by MFC Asset Management, which launched a fund investing through BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT).

According to official news, the parent company of the Web3 payment integrated application Gold House has signed an agreement to acquire the Canadian MSB company THREESTONES VENTURES LTD. This transaction is currently entering the subsequent phase of the acquisition process.It is reported that this proposed acquisition is a strategic move by Gold House to expand its digital asset business, fiat-to-cryptocurrency capabilities, and cross-border payment infrastructure, aiming to further strengthen its Web3 payment ecosystem and connect digital assets with traditional financial services.Upon completion of the acquisition, Gold House plans to leverage the regulatory registration and operational capabilities of the acquired entity (subject to applicable regulatory requirements) to explore new opportunities in digital asset payments, merchant services, and cross-border settlements. As a Web3 ecosystem that integrates social networking, digital asset management, and payments, Gold House is committed to connecting digital assets with real-world commerce and expanding access to seamless, diverse payment solutions.

Phoenix Technology reported on October 22 that the latest "Refused Operation Application List" from ByteDance's Doubao Mobile Assistant has increased from 151 to 166 applications, with 22 new applications added.The newly added applications cover categories such as travel and business travel, recruitment and workplace, tools and health, and entertainment, including Didi, Didi Enterprise Edition, Air China, Huazhu Club, Lantu Automobile, related apps from Autohome, 58 City, Zhilian Recruitment, Zhiwukong, Keep, Roborock, Tides, Hikvision, Hupu, Mango TV, WiFi Universal Key, Scan All-in-One, Himalaya, and WorkBuddy within the Tencent ecosystem.This adjustment merges financial-related applications under a unified name and will no longer list them separately. Unlike before, where third-party application authorization was required, Doubao Mobile Assistant has changed to directly restrict operations for financial applications, covering areas such as banking, trust services, payments, internet finance, and credit. When this list was first published last week, it included a total of 151 apps.

According to Bloomberg, informed sources revealed that humanoid robot manufacturer Noetix Robotics has secretly submitted an initial public offering (IPO) application in Hong Kong, aiming to raise hundreds of millions of dollars.The company's official name is Songyan Power Beijing Technology Co., and it may go public as early as next year.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated that since its launch in September, the user base of Meta's AI application Muse has exceeded 10 million. The main use case for Muse is shopping, with over a quarter of users purchasing goods through the app, and the average transaction amount exceeding 200 dollars.After the release, Meta's stock price rose 5% in after-hours trading and topped the Apple App Store charts.

Meta Platforms (META.O) CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated that the revenue generated per user by Muse AI in the future may exceed that of its Family of Apps.

According to Cointelegraph, blockchain security company CertiK stated that although Google, Apple, and Microsoft have blocked 8 affected certificates issued by the Indian digital certificate authority eMudhra, cryptocurrency trading bots and exchange applications may still be exposed to related vulnerability risks, and browser fixes may not cover software that uses independent security systems.Peiyu Wang, Senior Director of Digital Asset Security at CertiK, pointed out that attackers could exploit the compromised certificates to impersonate exchanges, wallet interfaces, and APIs, replace deposit addresses, or induce users to approve malicious transactions. However, such attacks also require intercepting or redirecting network traffic, and the compromised certificate authority keys alone cannot expose wallet private keys. Cryptocurrency service operators should update software and certificate trust stores and ensure that applications reject affected certificates.

Italian telecommunications company TIM will collaborate with NVIDIA to provide advanced capabilities for the development and deployment of artificial intelligence applications.

According to CoinDesk, Dogecoin Labs was established with the support of the Dogecoin Foundation, integrating the MyDoge wallet, DogeOS application platform, and Such App payment products into a single independent organization, with Jordan Jefferson serving as CEO. The company will focus on consumer applications, payments, commerce, DeFi, and gaming, while the foundation will continue to be responsible for ecosystem maintenance and open-source development.According to the plan, developers can build applications on DogeOS, DOGE holders can discover and use these applications through MyDoge, and merchants can accept payments via Such App. The beta version of Such App currently supports invoice and offline QR code payments, but the connection with DogeOS is still in the planning stage.MyDoge stated that its user base has exceeded 500,000. DogeOS opened its public testnet on September 30, allowing developers to use test DOGE to build lending, trading, and gaming applications similar to Ethereum. However, the secure connection between DogeOS and the Dogecoin mainnet has not yet been completed, and the related rule modifications are still in draft stage.

Oracle announced the launch of Oracle AI Agent Studio for Industry Applications, a low-code and no-code AI agent development platform aimed at industry business processes, supporting the creation, testing, orchestration, deployment, and management of agents.This platform is based on the existing Oracle AI Agent Studio for Fusion Applications, allowing customers and partners to build and customize AI agents using existing application data, tools, and business processes, and embed them into daily workflows to reduce manual operations and enhance productivity.

NVIDIA announced an expansion of its open model product portfolio, covering areas such as vision and language, information retrieval, structured business data, biomedicine, robotics, and quantum computing. The new products include the Nemotron 3.5 series language and vision models, Kumo model, Cosmos world model, Alpamayo 2 Edge, BioNeMo RFD4-Proteina, and Ising model.

The German Savings Bank Group Sparkassen has opened Bitcoin trading through DekaBank's banking application. DekaBank currently lists five savings banks participating in this service, and over 230 savings banks have expressed their intention to participate.According to information disclosed by DekaBank, each Bitcoin transaction incurs a fee of €0.99 plus a spread, and withdrawals are limited to custodians approved by them. DekaBank is a securities service and asset management institution under the German Savings Bank Financial Group, and this time it directly connects Bitcoin trading to the existing banking applications of the savings banks.

Fortune Protocol officially announces a collaboration with the AI Agent platform X-Agent. The two parties will jointly explore the combination of prediction markets and proactive Personal Agents, promoting the extension of prediction markets from information inquiry tools to personalized, proactive information service scenarios.In this collaboration, Fortune Protocol will provide prediction market scenarios and related market data capabilities, while X-Agent will leverage its advantages in Personal Agent technology and application design to jointly explore how AI Agents can continuously track events of interest to users, identify changes in market probabilities, provide contextual interpretations, and take further actions with user authorization.The two parties will first advance the design of application scenarios and the development of conceptual prototypes, exploring the application potential of prediction markets in the next generation of personal AI Agents and the Agent Economy.

Apple Inc. announced the expansion of App Store review rules to include the regulation of AI-generated non-consensual intimate images. The platform had previously banned pornographic content, and the new rules require developers to proactively prevent and remove AI-generated deepfake content. If effective action is not taken, applications containing such violations will be forcibly removed from the store.The updated Clause 1.2 specifically mentions applications that create AI content and names controversial products such as Grok. Previously, users complained that Grok, a product of xAI, was used to create nude and sexually suggestive deepfake images. Earlier this year, Apple warned xAI that if such content continued to spread, Grok would be removed from the App Store; subsequently, xAI implemented safety measures, and the updated version was approved.The newly added Clause 2.5.19 targets so-called "bait-and-switch" tactics, stating that if developers hide new features or modules outside of the submitted review version, especially harmful features like "de-clothing" that are activated only after approval, they may be removed from both the App Store and the Apple Developer Program. Updates to Section 5 will also extend the ban on applications promoting human trafficking or child exploitation to alternative application distribution channels. Apple stated that when developers violate these guidelines, the related applications will be removed, and the developer's eligibility will be terminated.

According to Bloomberg, Hyperliquid Labs co-founder Jeff Yan is seeking the United States to establish rules that can protect its blockchain. He believes that Hyperliquid's regulatory responsibilities should fall on the financial institutions operating markets based on that blockchain, namely the application layer, rather than the blockchain network itself. This regulatory division allows Hyperliquid to enter Wall Street without bearing the full compliance burden of traditional exchanges.Jeff Yan also stated that Hyperliquid is currently not open to U.S. customers, and Hyperliquid prefers to be the underlying trading technology used by traditional financial institutions, rather than replacing existing market participants, positioning itself similarly to how Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides computing infrastructure for businesses.

According to Blockworks data, Solana's core financial metrics fully rebounded in the third quarter. Application revenue increased by 48% quarter-over-quarter to $299.1 million, reaching a new high since the third quarter of 2025; the quarterly trading volume of tokenized stocks reached a record $7.1 billion, with September alone hitting a historical peak of $4.4 billion.The spot DEX trading volume was $197.2 billion, accounting for 36% of cross-chain spot trading volume, maintaining above 30% for the ninth consecutive quarter. This quarter, the on-chain transaction volume reached a record of 14.2 billion transactions, approximately 1,790 transactions per second.

According to Bitcoin.com, asset management company Vaneck has applied to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to withdraw the registration documents for the Lido Staked Ethereum ETF. The document is dated October 14, 2026, the registration statement never became effective, and the fund has not sold any shares.The product was originally planned to hold liquid staking tokens stETH issued by the Lido protocol, rather than staking Ethereum directly through designated validators. The total locked value of Lido is currently about $23.6 billion, down from $33.3 billion a year ago.BlackRock launched ETHB, which stakes Ethereum directly through validators, in March 2026, with a net asset value of $409.8 million as of March 31.