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Cryptocurrency analyst Darkfost pointed out that the Uniswap token UNI has performed strongly since the beginning of the year, with its TVL reaching a new high for the year in September (over $4 billion), and DEX trading volume also peaking at $93.6 billion. The price has risen by as much as 370% from the low in June. However, due to the increase in the number of tokens flowing into exchanges, UNI is currently in a distribution phase. The inflow of UNI on Binance reached its highest level of the year, with the Z-score exceeding 4 multiple times in late September, and daily inflows exceeding $40 million. Although the inflow momentum seems to have weakened, the overall inflow remains quite active. If the inflow continues to decline, UNI may be expected to bottom out, ending a correction of over 30% since its recent high of $10.9.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde stated that the sell-off in the bond market has led to an increase in borrowing costs in the Eurozone, which has hindered economic growth and ultimately suppressed inflation. She pointed out that tightening financing conditions and rising long-term interest rates will slow down economic growth and weaken the transmission effect of prices.

According to the market information platform Liquid247.xyz, the Hyperliquid address 0x3ff54f...f705 currently holds a BTC short position of 731.145 coins, with a nominal value of 59.7213 million USD.At the time of publication, BTC is quoted at 81,682 USD.

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 a report by 404 Media, newly submitted court records reveal the specifics of how Telegram provided user data to U.S. authorities after receiving a court order. The documents include a letter written by Telegram, which provides the phone numbers, user IDs, and IP addresses of specific users. This report was completed in collaboration with the independent media outlet Court Watch. It should be noted that the full article requires registration to view, and the currently visible content does not disclose the identities of the users involved or the specific background of the case.

Analysts from IT Tech pointed out that in the past 30 days, only 4.4% of BTC held for 6-12 months flowed into exchanges, while this proportion was as high as 40.4% in mid-June. These BTC mainly come from holders who bought near or after the peak in 2025.The monthly moving volume remains between 143,700 and 216,500 BTC, but the proportion flowing to exchanges has continued to decline significantly: mid-June: 40.4%, mid-July: 30.9%, mid-August: 9.8%, mid-September: 3.7%, mid-October: 4.4%. Analysts believe that high-position buyers have basically stopped selling, which alleviates the resistance to price increases. However, the market still needs new buying pressure to drive prices up, and currently, new buying pressure has not yet appeared significantly.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the event "Number of Musk Tweets from October 15 to 17, 2026" on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option in the sub-market "90-114" experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 66.5% an hour ago to the current 82.5% (a fluctuation of 16%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Anthropic's AI model Claude cracked a 25-year-old puzzle in the field of cryptography in less than 30 minutes, tracing a set of numbers provided by the National Security Agency (NSA) to the U.S. government in the late 1990s back to a common random number generator that used timestamps from 1997 and 1998. These numbers have long been suspected of hiding a backdoor.In 2000, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) adopted a set of elliptic curves provided by the NSA, but the NSA never explained where the partial numbers (seeds) used to generate these curves came from. After Edward Snowden disclosed that the NSA had attempted to undermine cryptographic standards, suspicions about its hidden backdoors intensified. Cryptographers Neal Koblitz and Alfred Menezes discussed this controversy in a 2015 paper, and security researcher Steve Weis spent years searching for answers. In 2023, Filippo Valsorda and others even set up a bounty for this.Claude traced the five NIST curve seeds back to the random number generator lrand48 in an old C software library and reproduced the widely used P-256 curve sequence, finding an exact match with the published seeds among the 1842 candidates. Anthropic stated that this significantly reduces the possibility of hidden weaknesses, and users of NIST curves do not need to make any changes. Bitcoin is unaffected, as its wallets use the simpler secp256k1 curve, which has almost no room for secretly implanted weaknesses. The bounty of $36,864 will be donated to the nonprofit organization Internet Security Research Group behind Let's Encrypt.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde emphasized the importance of maintaining sound public finances, calling it a key pillar of economic stability. She pointed out that countries should ensure that fiscal measures to address energy shocks are temporary and targeted.Lagarde reiterated that the economic outlook for the Eurozone faces downside risks, while inflation risks are tilted to the upside.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shared that the cost of Bitcoin mining is roughly half derived from capital expenditures on computing power equipment and the other half from electricity consumption; in contrast, the cost of AI inference is almost entirely dominated by capital expenditures on computing power. This difference reflects the distinct cost structures of the two computing businesses. Bitcoin miners need to continuously pay for electricity and determine their profit margins based on mining machine efficiency, coin prices, and network difficulty changes; AI inference, on the other hand, relies more on investments in expensive hardware like GPUs, as well as equipment utilization and computing efficiency.The industrial boundaries of both are also changing. As the demand for AI computing power grows, some Bitcoin mining companies are beginning to shift their existing electricity resources and data center facilities towards AI and high-performance computing businesses, hoping to transition from pure mining to computing infrastructure services. Some mining companies are leveraging previously allocated electricity capacity for mining to enter the AI data center market. However, transformation does not mean that cost pressures disappear: mining operations are more directly exposed to fluctuations in electricity prices and Bitcoin prices, while AI computing businesses must bear risks related to GPU procurement, depreciation, and underutilization. Both types of businesses compete for electricity and computing resources, but ultimately, profitability depends on how these resources are converted into revenue.

According to official data from Bitget, the sixth batch of rewards for the platform's "Peer Program" has been fully distributed, with a total of 6,182,523 USDT awarded to 4,515,913 participants.In addition, users who enter the event page to claim their rewards will also receive an additional chance to participate in the 8th Anniversary blind box lottery. The event will last until October 26.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event on Polymarket "Valorant: Team Vitality vs 100 Thieves (BO5) - VCT Championship Playoffs," the "Map 3 Total Rounds: Over/Under 21.5" sub-market's "Over" option win rate has experienced significant fluctuations, soaring from 31% an hour ago to the current 50% (a fluctuation of 19%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget announced that it will terminate services for certain users, with different deadlines for different accounts. According to The Defiant, Bitget's terms of service list Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan as prohibited jurisdictions. An affected user stated that the service deadline for their account is October 21.

According to Coinglass data, the cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index is currently at 54, down 10 points from yesterday. The average over the past 7 days is 59, and the average over the past 30 days is 67.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket event "Manchester City vs Ipswich," the "Over" option in the sub-market "Second Half O/U 0.5" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 87.5% an hour ago to the current 70% (a fluctuation of 17.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to Arkham monitoring, the whale trader 0x9c6 is long on SOL with 20x leverage on Hyperliquid, currently holding a position worth approximately 57.5 million USD, with an opening price of 80.86 USD.Based on the current SOL price of 104.43 USD, this position has an unrealized profit of about 13 million USD. The trader opened the position about a month ago and has not closed it yet. Their Hyperliquid account is currently valued at approximately 24.2 million USD.

According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time October 16) the total net outflow of Ethereum spot ETFs was $69.6827 million.The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest single-day net outflow yesterday was Blackrock ETF ETHA, with a single-day net outflow of $69.6827 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow of ETHA has reached $12.494 billion.As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is $14.946 billion, and the ETF net asset ratio (market value compared to the total market value of Ethereum) is 5.07%. The historical cumulative net inflow has reached $12.940 billion.

According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time October 16), the total net outflow of Bitcoin spot ETFs was $82.3893 million.The Bitcoin spot ETF with the highest single-day net outflow yesterday was Blackrock ETF IBIT, with a single-day net outflow of $71.7803 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow of IBIT has reached $6.5568 billion.Next was Fidelity ETF FBTC, with a single-day net outflow of $10.6090 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow of FBTC has reached $1.0455 billion.As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Bitcoin spot ETFs is $104.290 billion, and the ETF net asset ratio (market value compared to the total market value of Bitcoin) is 6.35%. The historical cumulative net inflow has reached $5.6878 billion.