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The United States is deploying the aircraft carrier strike group "Theodore Roosevelt" and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to the Middle East, expected to arrive by the end of November, increasing the number of Navy and Marine personnel by about 10,000. The "Roosevelt" carrier strike group has approximately 6,000 Navy personnel, while the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the "Makin Island" Amphibious Ready Group typically consist of about 4,200 personnel.

Tesla and Alipay have officially signed a cooperation agreement for the in-car assistant project. Tesla's in-car system in China plans to launch Alipay's in-car assistant smart parking service, allowing car owners to make quick and secure payments for parking fees on the car screen.More convenient features for in-car life scenarios are under development.

According to the content from the 1inch official help center, the 1inch Card service will be closed on December 18, 2026, and new user registrations have currently been stopped.Cardholders are advised to spend or withdraw their balance before the deadline. Account closures, KYC, and data-related requests will be handled by the card issuer, Crypto Life.

SolanaFloor posted on platform X that Cardboardtrade, regarded as the Solana version of Papertrade's perpetual contract protocol, currently has an average daily trading volume of approximately 1 billion dollars. It is reported that the platform offers up to 1000x leverage trading for BTC, ETH, and SOL, with a total liquidation amount exceeding 564 million dollars and an open interest (OI) reaching 38 million dollars.A data screenshot provided by SolanaFloor shows that the total trading volume of the protocol is approximately 4.4 billion dollars.

According to The Block, payment company Mastercard has launched the Stablecoin Security tool to screen for fraud and sanction risks in stablecoin payments.This tool is aimed at stablecoin payment scenarios, helping relevant institutions identify fraudulent activities and sanction compliance risks during transaction processing. Mastercard did not disclose more product parameters and launch scope in the summary of the report.

According to CoinDesk, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson stated that he is personally developing a new programming language for the Cardano network and collaborating with Input Output Global engineer Lucas Rosa. Lucas Rosa is a co-creator of Aiken, one of Cardano's main smart contract languages. Hoskinson posted on the X platform that this will be the first programming language to combine user transaction completion intentions with cryptographic proofs.It is reported that the language will support three tools: transaction intent, data with carry proofs, and Groth16 proofs. Transaction intent allows users to specify the goals they want to achieve, while leaving the specific steps to the application, for example, traders can request that a token be exchanged for another only when the final price meets certain conditions, without specifying the exact path.Data with carry proofs can attach cryptographic evidence to information, proving that it complies with specific rules, allowing other applications to verify without recalculating. Groth16 is a widely used proof system that can generate small-sized, fast-verifying proofs, demonstrating that conditions have been met without exposing private data.With the combination of the three, developers can build applications that coordinate transactions, check complex conditions, and pass verified information between services, ultimately verified by Cardano with a small proof. Currently, Cardano developers mainly use Haskell-based Plutus and Aiken to write smart contracts, while Input Output Global, founded by Hoskinson, has its own privacy blockchain Midnight with its language Compact. The name, public code, and release date of this new language have not yet been announced.

Despite the stablecoin circulating supply experiencing almost no growth in the first 9 months before 2026, its payment usage is accelerating. During the same period, stablecoin payments reached $482 billion, a year-on-year increase of 45%; the number of transactions rose to over 1 billion, a year-on-year increase of 71%. On-chain stablecoin card spending reached $3.9 billion, ten times that of the same period last year, with transactions under $50 accounting for 84% of the increase in card transactions.Mastercard, Stripe, and Visa launched services this week to integrate stablecoins into existing payment systems. In the first three quarters, out of $97.9 trillion in original transfers, only 2.5%, or $2.4 trillion, belonged to end-user activities, with $482 billion being the payment amount under this metric; stablecoin card spending in the second quarter accounted for only 0.03% of Visa's $4 trillion payment volume during the same period.

Binance founder Zhao Changpeng responded to community user Spigg regarding the suggestion to launch a BNB phone, stating that he rarely disagrees with Spigg but holds a reserved attitude towards the idea of "walking around with a cryptocurrency phone."Previously, Spigg had proposed launching a BNB phone that natively supports wallets, instant payments and transfers, and can centrally access dApps in the BNB Chain ecosystem, believing that this model would provide a different experience on the BNB Chain.

The NFT project Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) officially announced the launch of the physical and digital collectible card series Mudwater based on Solana, and has airdropped 6,551 Totems paired with all BAYC and MAYC for claiming card packs. Each BAYC can claim 10 packs, each MAYC can claim 2 packs, each pack contains 10 cards, and there are a total of 10,000 boxes with 24 packs each.The series includes 120 pieces of artwork and features flash cards, numbered cards, and cracked ice rare cards, among which 8 cracked ice cards are 1/1 exclusive cards. The physical cards are printed by Orange Cap Games using their orange core paper.2.5% of each transaction will be used to purchase APE and distributed according to the proportion of collectors holding the Mudwater series. Totems, card packs, and cards are now available for trading on OpenSea, and future support will allow card packs to be upgraded to boxed and case versions.

According to a report by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Aiden Pleterski, who claims to be the "King of Crypto," is on trial in the Ontario Superior Court. A senior forensic accountant from the Ontario Securities Commission testified that between 2020 and 2022, investors invested $36.3 million with him, of which he used nearly half for personal expenses. Specific expenditures included approximately $5.6 million on luxury cars, $4.9 million in credit card bills, $870,000 on travel and private jets, $598,000 on security costs, and nearly $3.7 million transferred to his parents. At the same time, he paid investors about $16.1 million as "returns."The accountant pointed out that investor funds were never transferred to the trading platform FXChoice as promised in the contracts, with only about $113,000 flowing to other forex and cryptocurrency platforms. The prosecution alleges that he guaranteed investment returns but did not actually trade, instead using the funds for personal consumption. Pleterski denies the charges of fraud and money laundering, and the case is still ongoing.

According to The Defiant, Coinbase is expanding its partnership with payment infrastructure company Marqeta to launch a stablecoin card product aimed at businesses, allowing companies to fund their card programs around the clock.According to the plan, Coinbase will be responsible for holding the relevant fund balances, while the Base network will provide on-chain settlement infrastructure.

The cryptocurrency payment card data platform PayGlass Beta version is officially launched, aiming to provide users with comprehensive, accurate, and timely cryptocurrency card payment data. Currently, RedotPay, KAST, and Plasma One occupy the top three positions on the list.It is reported that PayGlass (https://www.payglass.io/) systematically compiles and analyzes different card projects around the core indicators and key features of cryptocurrency cards, covering multiple dimensions such as transaction volume, fee rates, cashback and promotional benefits, and issuing teams, helping users to better understand the product characteristics, cost structures, and service differences of various cryptocurrency cards.

The Korea Exchange has launched a sidecar mechanism for the KOSDAQ index.

The second-generation Tesla Roadster supercar has been unveiled, equipped with a cold air propulsion system developed in collaboration with SpaceX. Musk stated that Tesla will begin production of the Roadster sports car in 2028. In August of this year, Tesla, Inc. applied to register the "Roadster" trademark, classified internationally as a vehicle, with the current trademark status being in the application process.

On October 15, the American aerospace company SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying out a classified mission for the United States Space Force.The payload and specific objectives of the mission were not disclosed to the public.

Ledger released a report on the investigation of hardware implant attacks, stating that a highly organized criminal gang purchased genuine Ledger devices over several months, disassembled them, and implanted custom hidden components to steal users' recovery phrases when initializing the devices. They then resold the devices through Southeast Asian distributor channels.The attackers invested millions of dollars to build infrastructure for collecting recovery phrases, asset transfers, and money laundering, coordinating actions to transfer victims' assets. Ledger emphasized that this incident was not caused by vulnerabilities in the chip, operating system, or servers, but rather a localized distribution channel attack that occurred after the devices left the company's control. Currently, Ledger has requested authorized distributors and resellers in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong to suspend sales and conduct random checks on inventory and retail channel devices, finding no other tampered devices.Additionally, Ledger has requested authorized distributors not to resell any returned devices, even if the packaging is intact; they have also immediately prohibited displaying products on shelves or in display areas, requiring devices to be stored at the back of the store and delivered upon purchase. The company is working with law enforcement and the security community to track the stolen funds and will disclose more technical details in the future.

Stripe announced a collaboration with Plasma to develop a multi-currency stablecoin card, aimed at allowing individuals and businesses to spend the currencies they already hold in their accounts, reducing unnecessary currency conversion and foreign exchange costs. Plasma will serve as the design partner, integrating with Stripe's stablecoin card infrastructure, enabling customer account balances to be used for payments through the multi-currency card.The expanded infrastructure will support US dollars, Brazilian reais, euros, Mexican pesos, and Colombian pesos; stablecoins include USDC, OUSD, and qualified stablecoins that meet the requirements of the GENIUS Act. The Stripe stablecoin card service currently covers over 30 countries, with plans to expand to over 100 countries by 2027.For example, users holding euros will be able to spend directly in euros in the future, without needing to convert to US dollars first; businesses can issue currency cards that match their spending needs. Stripe also plans to support cardholders in spending from multiple account balances and automatically selecting the appropriate currency at the time of purchase.

BVNK announced the launch of a global currency platform that connects stablecoins with Mastercard's payment network, enabling stablecoins to facilitate fund transfers through Mastercard's card organization channels.The first planned integration partners for the platform include payment service providers Nuvei and Marqeta. BVNK stated that the platform's local withdrawal coverage is expected to further expand by 2027.