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QuickSwap announced that its deployment interface on the Soneium network will cease operations on December 31, 2026, and advised liquidity providers and other users to withdraw assets and liquidity positions through the interface before this date.QuickSwap stated that after the interface stops service, users can still retrieve their assets through the official Soneium block explorer. The project team also released a list of usernames holding Soneium liquidity positions for relevant users to check.

On October 21, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Consultation Paper 26/36 titled "Guidance on the Regulatory Scope of Cryptoassets," which explains how to determine whether related activities require authorization when the business model involves a certain degree of decentralization.The FCA pointed out that the use of software, smart contracts, distributed ledger technology, distributed governance mechanisms, or other technological arrangements does not, by itself, determine whether there are regulated activities that require authorization. Automation merely describes the manner in which functions are executed and does not determine whether that function constitutes part of a regulated activity. The so-called "true DeFi" is not a statutory concept in the "Regulated Activities Order" or the "Cryptoasset Regulations"; the degree of decentralization is a continuum and does not constitute an independent or separate regulatory framework.At the same time, the FCA also published Guidance Consultation Paper 26/7, which explains how regulated firms should manage DeFi risks, focusing on operational resilience and financial crime risks, and provides examples of measures that firms may consider taking. Both consultation papers will close for comments on November 18, and the FCA plans to publish the final guidance in January 2027. Starting from October 25, 2027, the new regulations will bring new cryptoasset activities under regulatory oversight, and firms wishing to continue related business must submit authorization applications by February 28, 2027.

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced the official launch of the personalized trading interface Binance AI for global English users. This free tool is based on generative UI and can customize market information, portfolio tracking, and trading functions according to users' interests and trading experience levels, with more language versions being rolled out gradually. A Binance spokesperson revealed to The Block that since testing began on September 7, approximately 150,000 users have participated in the trial.The features of Binance AI include AI-generated portfolio performance summaries, analysis of popular volatile assets, voice alerts, and on-demand text or audio market briefings. The product was demonstrated in a live broadcast last week, alongside the upcoming Binance AI Pro. Binance's Vice President of Product, Jeff Li, stated that the market is becoming increasingly complex, but tools for understanding the market should be easier to use. This interface aims to make market information more accessible to users, whether they are novice traders or managing more complex positions.Binance Co-CEO Richard Teng described the product in an announcement on October 5 as part of the company's efforts to make financial information more accessible. He stated that finance has always been built for those who already understand it, blockchain allows everyone to enter the market, and AI empowers everyone with the knowledge to navigate the market. In April of this year, Teng discussed the company's super app strategy with The Block, which includes plans on how to utilize artificial intelligence.

According to Wu's Blockchain report, the /coins/perps interface of the Pump.fun front-end API has displayed data related to Hyperliquid perpetual contracts, covering cryptocurrency assets such as BTC, ETH, SOL, as well as stock and commodity contracts like Nvidia, Tesla, gold, and crude oil.The interface returns information including contract prices, funding rates, open interest, 24-hour trading volume, and maximum leverage, with some assets coming from the Hyperliquid HIP-3 market. Wu stated that it is currently unclear whether Pump.fun plans to launch perpetual contract trading features, and the official has not yet announced related product plans.

At the OKX Now 2026 Summit in Singapore, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated that AI is demonstrating the ability to break out of sandboxes, attack websites, and discover software vulnerabilities, while also helping the Ethereum protocol identify vulnerabilities, implement complex cryptography, and conduct formal verification.He believes that higher levels of security will become feasible and necessary, as AI will continuously discover exploitable vulnerabilities within systems.Vitalik revealed that about a month ago, he updated ENS information for the first time without using a user interface (UI), only requiring a local AI agent to write a script, which was completed in about 5 minutes. He anticipates that executing complex on-chain operations directly through AI will gradually become the norm, with AI becoming a new user interface in more scenarios.He cited the Safe-related hacking incident involving approximately $1.4 billion in losses as an example, pointing out that the attacks targeted the interaction layer between users and on-chain systems, rather than the on-chain contracts. Directly handling transactions with AI may reduce the risks associated with reliance on web interfaces, but it will also introduce new challenges, including whether the AI itself is secure, whether it can resist prompt injection, and whether it correctly understands on-chain operations. As interaction methods change rapidly, some issues will be resolved, while new security challenges will also emerge.

The supply chain reports that the capacity for high-end testing interfaces for AI chips is tight. NVIDIA has significantly raised prices to secure the capacity of mainstream testing interface vendors' probe cards and test sockets, causing some R&D and engineering validation demands to be squeezed out.Including wafer foundry TSMC and chip manufacturers, multiple supplier validations have been initiated to cope with the supply pressure after capacity has been locked.

EthHub founder Eric Conner stated that he has written a new ERC proposal, ERC-8391, aimed at providing an asset status interface for tokenized stocks and RWAs. Tokenized stocks can be traded on-chain around the clock, but the New York Stock Exchange is only open for 32.5 hours a week. Smart contracts find it difficult to distinguish whether outdated prices are due to the weekend market closure or due to price feed failures or a company being acquired during the market closure; both scenarios have the same on-chain bytes, but the correct responses are opposite. Information such as trading halts, price locks, and redemption windows cannot be reflected in the price.This standard will regulate the queryable issues of contracts, covering market phases, trading halts, valuation activity, and redemption windows. Oracles can feed data into it, and tokens will respond.

According to on-chain detective Specter, the victim claims to have transferred funds from Bitcoin to Ethereum due to a hack on Coldcard. However, on-chain data shows that 73 BTC (worth $4.6 million) originally came from the Whirlpool mixer two weeks ago, with some of it crossing over to Ethereum and subsequently deposited through a phishing Tornado Cash interface.Two mixers were used during the related fund transfer process. The individual was also found to be present in Telegram groups related to private key searches and brute force cracking. On-chain detective Specter indicates that the victim may be a threat actor, and their funds may have also been stolen by another threat actor.

The decentralized trading platform Oxium on the Sei network announced that it will gradually cease operations.The team stated that due to the long-term adverse market environment, the platform's revenue can no longer support ongoing operations, and therefore, they have decided to shut down related services. Among them, the Oxium front-end interface will officially go offline on August 1, 2026.Oxium reminds users to cancel any unfilled orders, close existing positions, and withdraw assets in a timely manner before the interface shuts down.The team also emphasized that user assets are always controlled by the users themselves and are not held on the platform. Even after the front-end interface is closed, users can still access and retrieve their funds directly through smart contracts.

The fintech company Antalpha (NASDAQ: ANTA) announced a strategic expansion into the field of AI infrastructure and intelligent routing systems, positioning it as a new growth engine for the company's long-term technology roadmap.To advance the implementation of this strategy, Antalpha has launched a self-developed MCP (Model Context Protocol) framework, aimed at supporting intelligent routing and coordination across data and execution environments. Based on this underlying architecture, the company has recently launched an early agent interface layer named "Nina."Antalpha officially stated that the company expects intelligent routing and coordination technology to become a core component of future infrastructure architecture. In the future, its long-term strategy will focus on the research and development of such intelligent infrastructure and digital coordination technologies to support increasingly intelligent and interconnected digital systems and Web3 scenarios.

RootData has completed a comprehensive upgrade of its API, which includes: new synchronization update interfaces for people and financing based on the original project types; a new RD Growth Index Top 300 project interface; a new X关注关系 interface, including information on Top followers; a new calendar event interface, including types such as token unlocks, latest token issuance, product dynamics, etc.; the original project interface has added fields for the country of origin, token distribution, RD Growth Index, and the original people interface has added a field for educational background.Currently, the total number of interfaces for the RootData API has reached 21, with over 200 total fields. Major clients include Ethereum Foundation, Binance, OKX, CertiK, Gate, Blockworks, Amber Group, CMT Digital, BlockBeats, Mask Network, Token Pocket, and others.

According to official news, Consensys submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stating that the SEC's latest interpretive framework for crypto assets may leave regulatory gaps, creating compliance uncertainty for self-custody wallet providers like MetaMask.Consensys requests that the SEC clarify through a targeted safe harbor or other exemption measures that self-custody, user-led interfaces that only support the trading of non-security crypto assets potentially attached to investment contracts do not need to register as broker-dealers.Consensys stated that this move aims to ensure that U.S. users can continue to use open, neutral peer-to-peer blockchain tools.

According to official news, the BTTC cross-chain bridge interface has been completely upgraded. The new design fully incorporates user feedback, making the interaction experience smoother. Users can transfer assets through the BTTC address and move them to Ethereum without paying additional cross-chain fees, only bearing the Gas fees. The entire process is completely decentralized, with assets fully controlled by the user, and private keys and asset information are not accessible to any third party.

A crypto user lost approximately $50 million in a token swap transaction on Thursday. On-chain data shows that the user exchanged about $50.43 million worth of aEthUSDT for aEthAAVE through the CoW Protocol, but due to insufficient liquidity pool depth, the transaction experienced a slippage of over 99%, ultimately resulting in the user receiving only about 327 aEthAAVE, worth approximately $36,000, with the difference being captured by arbitrage traders and network intermediaries.Aave founder Stani Kulechov posted on the X platform that the user purchased AAVE using $50 million USDT through the Aave interface. Due to the unusually large size of the single order, the interface issued an extreme slippage warning to the user and required confirmation. After accepting the warning on a mobile device, the user proceeded with the transaction.Kulechov stated that the CoW Swap router operated as expected and followed industry-standard operating procedures, but the outcome was clearly not ideal. Kulechov mentioned that Aave plans to contact the user and refund approximately $600,000 in fees charged from the transaction. Days before this incident, about $27 million in positions on Aave were liquidated, and some market participants believe that this liquidation may be related to a temporary pricing issue with wstETH.

The global cryptocurrency trading platform Gate has announced the upgrade of its AI Agent infrastructure, Gate for AI. Today, the DEX MCP has been fully upgraded to provide native full-scenario market insights and cross-chain trading capabilities for AI Agents.Gate for AI has now connected CEX and DEX, building five major capability systems. First, centralized trading capabilities (CEX), supporting the invocation of products such as spot, contracts, wealth management, and IPOs; second, on-chain trading capabilities (DEX), supporting Swap, on-chain perpetual contracts, and Meme coin trading, deeply aggregating liquidity from 20+ mainstream public chains, and achieving optimal price execution through smart routing; third, wallet and signature systems, supporting wallet creation and on-chain signing; fourth, real-time information and sentiment data systems, providing structured market news and event data; fifth, on-chain data and industry information query capabilities, supporting queries on currencies, projects, addresses, and risk information.Gate for AI connects centralized and on-chain markets through a unified interface, allowing AI to conduct research, strategy generation, and trade execution within the same framework. After developers integrate mainstream AI systems, AI can directly invoke trading and data capabilities.This system adopts a dual-layer architecture of MCP + Skills, aiming to extend the exchange capabilities from traditional user interfaces to infrastructure that can be invoked by AI. This upgrade marks a gradual shift of trading platform capabilities towards AI-native infrastructure, and Gate will continue to promote the application of AI Agents in the digital asset market.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin stated that it is clear that the next generation of wallets will heavily utilize artificial intelligence. I would not trust local lightweight clients (LLM) to handle transactions or funds worth millions of dollars. In high-value situations, the best workflow is "AI proposes solutions, local lightweight clients simulate execution, users review the operations and simulated results, and manually confirm."All of this needs to be done with caution and a strong emphasis on security, but it could bring great convenience; completely removing the user interface of decentralized applications (DApps) could address a large number of attack vectors (including theft and privacy breaches).

The first on-chain DEX incubated by Bybit, Byreal, founder emilyrealfreeman stated on social media that the Byreal Command Line Interface (CLI) has been open-sourced, marking its first protocol interface designed for AI agents.Unlike ordinary API wrappers or chatbot interfaces, Byreal CLI redefines the interaction between protocols and machines from an architectural level, providing deterministic execution, intent-constrained driven operations, and an Agent functionality focused on understanding users, making the system inherently safer and more reliable. Byreal CLI offers AI Agents a complete set of three primitives: identity, wallet (asset control), and a permissionless execution environment, which can only be supported simultaneously by cryptographic technology.Agents can freely discover, execute, and learn through a single command, including one-time liquidity pool analysis (APR estimation, risk scoring, LP range suggestions), with documentation and interfaces designed for AI execution. The new feature Copy Farmer allows Agents to automatically replicate top liquidity provision strategies. Byreal believes that within approximately two years, DeFi trading volume will flow more through AI Agents rather than front-end interfaces, and projects that optimize protocols for Agents in advance will win the routing layer, while those that do not keep up may become forgotten backend systems.

Polymarket developer Suhail Kakar posted on the X platform that the Polymarket CLI (Command Line Interface) has been launched, which is the fastest way for AI agents to access the prediction market, built using Rust. Users' agents can directly query the market, trade, and retrieve data in the terminal.

Uniswap announced on platform X that it has set all interface fees for its applications and APIs to zero.It is reported that the "Proposal to Activate Fee Switch" for Uniswap has passed the final governance vote. After a two-day time lock period, the fee switch for Uniswap v2 and v3 will be activated on the Unichain mainnet, triggering the destruction of UNI tokens. This proposal will destroy 100 million UNI tokens from the Uniswap Foundation treasury and implement a protocol fee discount auction system to enhance liquidity provider returns.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jin10 data reports, Sam Altman and OpenAI will invest $250 million to support the brain-computer interface startup Merge Labs to compete with Musk's Neuralink.