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According to Gate market data, the escalation of the Middle East conflict has led to a frantic sell-off of precious metals, with international spot gold falling below the 4,000 mark and Shanghai silver futures dropping over 6%.The Federal Reserve's interest rate decision is about to be announced, creating uncertainty in the precious metals market.

Google announced a breakthrough in the field of quantum computing, stating that its Willow chip has overcome a critical resource bottleneck.Google stated that a technology called magic state cultivation is now running on the Willow chip, reducing errors by approximately 40 times and achieving an accuracy of 99.99%. This research was published in the journal Science, and Google also mentioned that it still needs to prove the effectiveness of this technology under large-scale conditions.

Arthur Hayes stated on the X platform that he is uncertain whether AI-related assets will experience a significant drop and is unwilling to bet on their direction of rise or fall.He prefers to trade around the expected eventual multi-trillion dollar bailout and expresses a bullish stance on BTC and ETH.

According to Glassnode data, over 6 million Bitcoins are under publicly visible public keys on the blockchain, accounting for 31.2% of the circulating supply, which is about 5 to 6 percentage points higher than the low point in 2023. Rafael Schultze-Kraft, co-founder of Glassnode, stated that since the company's report in May, the exposed supply has increased by 222,000 BTC (approximately 18.2 billion USD), while the total Bitcoin supply during the same period has only grown by 64,000 BTC.Among them, exchanges contributed an incremental 123,000 BTC, currently holding 1.79 million BTC that are publicly visible. There are significant differences among institutions: Coinbase has an exposure ratio of 10%, while Binance reaches as high as 83%; Fidelity holds about 375,000 BTC with an exposure ratio of only 2%, Grayscale is at 49%, Revolut is at 99%, and Robinhood is at 100%. According to this statistical method, the holdings of the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, and El Salvador do not show exposure.Public keys can be reused through addresses or become visible directly in certain Bitcoin output types, including early pay-to-public-key outputs and Taproot. A sufficiently capable quantum computer or hypothetical mathematical breakthroughs could allow attackers to derive the corresponding private keys.

According to a report by Reuters, reprinted by Nikkei Asia, the union representing employees at Micron Technology's Taoyuan plant in Taiwan announced on Wednesday that it has obtained authorization for a strike, with the focus of the dispute being the company's bonus plan. The union stated that 1,994 members voted in favor of the strike, accounting for 99% of the voters, while details such as the timing of the strike are still under discussion. Micron has approximately 15,000 employees in Taiwan, with independent unions in Taoyuan and Taichung, and the two unions together represent over 80% of Micron's employees in Taiwan. Micron Taiwan is the company's largest manufacturing base.Taiwan is a key production site for Micron's DRAM and high-bandwidth memory, with related chips being important components for AI servers. Mediation with the Taoyuan union did not reach an agreement in September, and the Taichung union is still in negotiations. In September, Micron announced that it would distribute bonuses for the fiscal year 2026 to over 60,000 employees worldwide, stating that the company had experienced an "extraordinary year," with Taiwanese employees receiving a cash bonus of 1 million New Taiwan Dollars, approximately 31,400 US dollars. The Taoyuan union stated that the plan did not address the request for a permanent profit-sharing mechanism and criticized Micron for announcing the bonuses without first reaching an agreement with the union during the mediation period.

On October 7, Google launched the web platform Playground, where users can describe game ideas in natural language and obtain playable, shareable game versions without writing code. Users can also continue to adjust physical effects, rules, characters, or scenes through dialogue and share their creations via links. This tool is currently open to users over 18 in the United States, with creation permissions tiered according to the user's Google AI subscription level.Games in Playground can run in browsers on mobile phones and laptops. Creators can set their works to private or publish them to the community gallery, and all games must pass a security review, with some categories supporting leaderboards and multiplayer modes. Google refers to it as "an early experiment," and the announcement did not disclose pricing or specify which AI models power the tool.The upgrade path points to Unity Spark, and Google stated that Playground will soon integrate this tool to meet the needs of creators requiring professional-level mechanics and high-fidelity 3D. In a joint statement, Google and Unity announced that Spark will launch later this year, with closed testing starting soon. Previously, DeepMind released the Genie model in 2024, and in January, Google opened Project Genie based on Genie 3 to users of the AI Ultra subscription in the United States.

According to Arkham monitoring, the whale mtAAVEbank.ETH sold over 138,000 LINK six hours ago, worth 1.9 million dollars, at which time BTC had not yet fallen below 84,000 dollars.This whale is suspected of funding its 8x leveraged CRCL position on Hyperliquid by selling LINK, with its position once showing an unrealized loss of over 1.25 million dollars. It currently still holds over 21 million dollars in digital assets, mainly in stablecoins, with over 10% of the funds coming from Aave loans.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen criticized Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and others for their warnings about AI existential risks in an interview with Axios, stating that merely sounding alarm bells without providing solutions is not leadership. She urged lab leaders to take safety responsibilities and to accelerate development safely.

Binance will support SpaceX (SPCXB) airdrop plan for MarsCoin (MARSCOIN) holders, as well as Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQB) airdrop plan for Bullish holders. Effective holdings will be counted starting from September 2026, with the first distribution taking place in early October 2026. Users must complete identity verification (KYC) and be from eligible jurisdictions.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessenet told reporters after several hours of talks in New York with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and other officials that the discussions were "very successful," covering topics such as artificial intelligence, trade, and investment. The talks took place on September 20 at JPMorgan Chase headquarters, occurring ahead of the summit this week between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.Bessenet stated that both sides agreed to establish a dialogue on artificial intelligence, aimed at reaching a common understanding of goals and threats, and plan to meet again. Li Chenggang, China's representative for international trade negotiations at the Ministry of Commerce, said the atmosphere of the talks was good, and the working group would continue discussions on Monday.

Nathan Allman, the founder of Ondo Finance, suddenly passed away in May this year at the age of 32 without leaving a will. His parents, Kathleen Allman and Lawrence Allman, inherited the estate, including a controlling stake in Ondo and a large number of ONDO tokens. Subsequently, Kathleen Allman sued acting CEO Ian De Bode, accusing him of attempting to seize control of the company and arranging a compensation package of approximately $11 million for himself.Now, this inheritance crisis has escalated further. Nathan's half-sister, Lani Clinton, a medical professor at Duke University, along with Ondo investor David Chen, has applied to the Hawaii court for limited oversight of Kathleen Allman's share of the estate, accusing her of having a long-term alcohol use disorder and progressive cognitive impairment, as well as engaging in extravagant behavior. Documents show that Kathleen had purchased a yacht worth about $4 million, requested the company to cover six-figure charter costs, and stayed at hotels costing about $4,000 per night. Her son also purchased a $18.5 million beachfront residence for his parents in June 2025.Kathleen Allman, through her lawyer, denied the above allegations, stating they are unfounded, and claimed that the application was made by associates of De Bode, representing a last-ditch effort after his attempt to seize power in the Delaware Chancery Court failed. Ondo Finance declined to comment.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will attend a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee tonight at 10:00 PM, with the theme being the state of the international financial system. The market is focused on whether she will release new signals regarding fiscal policy, government bond issuance and repurchase plans, debt management, and the outlook for the dollar and interest rates.If her remarks lean towards controlling the deficit, it may alleviate upward pressure on U.S. Treasury yields; if they lean towards fiscal expansion, caution is needed as yields may rise further.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessenet stated on social media: The CLARITY Act is crucial for ensuring that the United States wins the global new technology race. This is also the reason Congress passed the GENIUS Act, aimed at ensuring the construction of revolutionary financial technology infrastructure for stablecoins in the United States.Bessenet noted that ensuring the continued prosperity of the U.S. community banking sector has been a consistent focus since he took office. The government's dual emphasis on promoting the development of new digital technologies and appropriately adjusting community bank regulations is key to driving U.S. economic growth in both sectors. The final draft of the CLARITY Act advances this mission by granting the Treasury Secretary additional powers to take action when changes in the facts of deposit outflows adversely affect community banks.Bessenet stated: If stablecoins harm community banks, he will not hesitate to use these tools to ensure they are fully protected. Community banks are vital to the performance of the U.S. economy and Main Street growth; economic security is national security, and community banks play an important role in this principle.

According to Bitcoin News monitoring, DART stated that it, along with independent white hat researchers, has recovered over 50 BTC from wallets affected by the COLDCARD entropy vulnerability, completing the transfer before malicious attackers could steal them. DART is a digital asset recovery organization that collaborates with white hat researchers to protect vulnerable funds and coordinates their legal return to the owners.The white hat researchers did not request a bounty and will return the Bitcoin to the owners. The recovered BTC has been transferred to the Crypto Recovery Trust. This trust is a dedicated statutory trust established under Wyoming state law to hold recovered digital assets and return them after confirming and verifying the legitimate owners.The trust will document the recovery process, separating the BTC from DART and the researchers' funds, conducting blockchain analysis, ownership verification, and sanctions screening, and providing a legal return process for verified owners. If there is a dispute over ownership, or if the related funds are involved in sanctions or criminal proceedings, the BTC will be handled according to applicable legal procedures. DART stated that other vulnerable assets and recovery leads are still under review.

According to Gate market data, as hostilities in the Middle East escalate, industrial metal prices have pulled back. The London Metal Exchange (LME) six-base metal composite index has reached a historic high, with copper and aluminum prices rising, and zinc prices breaking through $4,000 per ton. The intensifying U.S.-Iran conflict has caused Brent crude oil to rebound to nearly $100, heightening inflation concerns.

According to Fox News, senior U.S. officials stated that the U.S. military has struck targets near Hormuz Island and Jask, including Iranian oil tankers. This is part of a larger operation to economically squeeze Iran, with strategies that include sinking and incapacitating Iranian crude oil tankers.

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