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According to Digital Asset, the security platform OpenSourceMalware revealed in a program on October 21 that a North Korea-linked hacking group is using a technique called Contagious Interview, luring job seekers in the cryptocurrency industry through LinkedIn to invite them to visit private code repositories and install software packages required for development tasks.The attackers set up a .npmrc configuration file in the repository, causing npm to download dependencies from a specified external package repository instead of the public registry, which could potentially execute malicious code during the installation process and reduce the likelihood of being detected by public security scans. Paul McCarty, co-founder of OpenSourceMalware, stated that this type of technique has been observed recently among attackers. The specific number of victims, affected companies, or the amount of digital asset losses has not yet been disclosed.

OKX will launch the CT (Concrete) Flash Profit Lite event from October 28 at 15:00 to November 3 at 15:00. Users can share a reward of 1,000,000 CT by subscribing to BTC, ETH, OKB, or CT.During the event, users must complete identity verification to participate. Sub-accounts and institutional users are not allowed to participate.

Early investment institution ZhenFund has launched Ask AI on its official website. Entrepreneurs can directly inquire about which teams ZhenFund has invested in, what fields they are currently focusing on, and what activities are suitable for them.ZhenFund has compiled publicly available information about its investment team, invested companies, areas of interest, entrepreneurial activities, and contact information into a bilingual zhenfund.md. After users click on any AI entry point, the website will redirect to Kimi, ChatGPT, Claude, or DeepSeek, and pre-fill the prompts, allowing the model to read the document before answering questions.

Tether-supported Utexo has now opened early access to Utexo Mint, allowing professional operators to test the cross-chain version of USDT on the Bitcoin Signet (Bitcoin testnet), with the official launch date set for November 28.In the Bitcoin Signet sandbox environment, operators can test minting, privacy transfers, and redemption functions. Utexo will also provide related tools for managing cross-network liquidity and facilitating exchanges between fiat currency and the Utexo cross-chain version of USDT. According to previous news, Tether-supported Utexo plans to issue USDT on the Bitcoin network this month, supporting privacy transfers and direct exchanges with BTC.

Bitget has launched perpetual contracts for DHR (Danaher) and TSTOCK (AT&T). The above contracts are settled in USDT, supporting up to 20x leverage and 24/7 trading. As of now, Bitget supports a total of 376 stock perpetual contract underlying assets.

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched two parallel consultations aimed at seeking industry input on the applicability boundaries of DeFi and its upcoming regulatory framework for crypto assets. Both consultations will close on November 18, 2026; the FCA plans to publish final guidance in January 2027 after reviewing feedback from various parties.The first consultation primarily targets FCA-regulated firms that use DeFi protocols or facilitate access to DeFi protocols. The guidance is not intended to introduce a new rulebook but aims to clarify how existing regulatory requirements should apply when firms provide services through highly automated, distributed ledger-based systems. The second consultation explores the scope of crypto asset regulation in the context of recent legislative changes (i.e., the "regulatory boundary").

The NFT project Ptah launched last night with a total of 100,000 pieces available for minting, and all were sold out by this morning. As of the time of writing, the floor price for this NFT is reported at $23, with a cumulative transaction volume reaching $928,000.Public information shows that the uniqueness of this project lies in the requirement for users to mint using a Binance Agent ID / Agentic Wallet (.ai Agent ID). Regular wallets cannot mint directly, but operations such as trading, synthesizing, and claiming are open to all wallets. Each Agent ID can mint a maximum of 4 Relics (with payments calculated in total using USDT and BNB). The total supply of 100,000 Relics includes 95,000 for public minting and 5,000 reserved by the team (for tutorials, demonstrations, rewards, gifts, etc.). Additionally, users can choose to burn 10 Relics to synthesize a Loom (mining machine).According to market news, the related project is still in its early stages, with high uncertainty and significant price fluctuations; users should invest with caution.

According to community reports, on October 23, crypto influencer kimchi posted an image containing a QR code, which points to the meme coin kimchi. Relevant information indicates that the kimchi address holds over 50% of the token, and it is different from the previously mentioned "speedrun 30 million dollars" token. The co-founder of the meme coin issuance platform pump.fun, alon, subsequently retweeted the post.The new kimchi token briefly surged to a market value of about 10 million dollars. Afterward, alon canceled the retweet, kimchi deleted the post, and removed the mention of pump.fun from his personal profile, leading to a rapid decline in the token's value, which was then about 190,000 dollars. According to GMGN market data, the previous Kimchi token also accelerated its decline that morning, with a market value of about 12.81 million dollars at that time.These actions have sparked dissatisfaction within the community, with some crypto investors accusing kimchi and alon of potentially illegal behavior. Kimchi has frequently flaunted wealth on social media and claimed to have profited significantly from investing in the TRUMP token. Recently, alon stated that Kimchi is the first person to truly bridge the gap between the crypto industry and pop culture, and is the first case of a trader becoming a public figure.

Korean storage substrate manufacturer TLB has started the development of the AI server low-power memory module specification SOCAMM3 substrate with two large domestic and foreign storage manufacturers. According to industry news on the 22nd, TLB recently began negotiating design directions and manufacturing processes with two existing storage customers, with specifications yet to be determined. The storage manufacturers plan to complete the design with the substrate manufacturers before finalizing the specifications, with actual substrate mass production expected in 2028.SOCAMM will make the low-power DRAM for mobile devices into a detachable AI server module, which will be first used by NVIDIA in its own AI servers. SOCAMM2 has developed into a JEDEC standard. Currently, each NVIDIA Vera CPU is equipped with 8 SOCAMM2 based on LPDDR5X, with a maximum capacity of 1.5TB per CPU and a bandwidth of 1.2TB per second. The SOCAMM2 substrate requires five layers, and the number of layers for SOCAMM3 will increase, raising the difficulty of processes such as micro-hole processing. The applicable systems have not been disclosed, and the mass production timeline in 2028 coincides with NVIDIA's roadmap. NVIDIA announced in March this year at GTC that it will launch the Feynman GPU and the new CPU Rosa in 2028.TLB's SOCAMM2 substrate has already entered mass production earlier this year, with production volume and sales in the second quarter increasing more than three times compared to the previous quarter. The production time and unit price are both about twice that of existing module substrates. The industry expects TLB's SOCAMM substrate sales to be around 70 billion Korean won this year, and about 140 billion Korean won next year. Brokers estimate the company's overall revenue this year to be about 350 billion to 370 billion Korean won, a year-on-year increase of about 40%, and around 450 billion Korean won next year. The company will begin construction of its second factory next month in the An Phu Industrial Park in Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam, aiming for production in the fourth quarter of next year, but SOCAMM substrates will still only be produced at the headquarters in Ansan in the short term.

Cross-chain trading application Fomo recently announced the official public launch of its self-built internal cross-chain bridge (Fomo Bridge) and router. Official data shows that after integrating the self-built system, its cross-chain transaction confirmation time is less than 1 second, and the transaction execution speed is 50% faster than existing market solutions.Fomo stated that its internal router can average optimize execution prices by 0.5% and optimize the worst-performing 10% of transactions by over 2%. Currently, Fomo's cross-chain trading volume is more than 10 times that of other trading applications. As a large cross-chain trading application that possesses both a cross-chain bridge and routing system, Fomo has thus gained control over the entire trading stack, including pricing, indexing, bridging, and routing, ensuring that users can still achieve a fast and low-cost trading experience even in extreme market conditions.

The official listing account of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken announced that the token SFI of the peer-to-peer risk-adjusted protocol Saffron will be launched soon, with trading starting on October 23. According to the introduction, Saffron's smart contracts will restructure the underlying decentralized finance yields based on the risk preferences indicated by users.

According to Bloomberg, the Commodity Markets Council, representing derivatives exchanges such as the CME Group and commodity traders, has informed the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that perpetual futures pose a significant risk to market integrity and urged regulators not to approve the perpetual oil futures contract proposed by the prediction market platform Kalshi.The organization also called on the CFTC to close regulatory loopholes to prevent retail investors from accessing offshore trading platforms.

Google (GOOG.O) announced the official launch of the Claude model deployment option managed by Anthropic on Google Cloud.

Aave posted on platform X: The first batch of externally curated markets for Aave V4 is now live, with strategies developed by @SentoraHQ. Users can borrow RLUSD, PYUSD, and OUSD using yield-bearing assets and blue-chip assets as collateral in three new markets on Ethereum.

The Bitcoin ecosystem USDT issuer Utexo announced the early access to Utexo Mint, aimed at professional operators ready to support and provide USDT on Bitcoin, with the public launch scheduled for November 28. Utexo stated that existing partners are preparing for the launch, and it is currently open for access to exchanges, wallets, market makers, OTC desks, trading companies, and other professional operators interested in supporting USDT on Bitcoin.Utexo Mint is a dedicated platform for verified operators to mint and redeem USDT on Bitcoin. In the sandbox environment, operators can test the operation of USDT based on RGB, including minting, confidential transfers, and redemptions, to validate transaction processes and complete integration before the launch. Utexo will also provide tools for managing USDT liquidity across supported networks and for fiat to USDT exchanges. Utexo Mint is not owned or operated by Tether, and USDT on Bitcoin is supported by USDT through Tether's USDT0 protocol.USDT was first launched on Bitcoin in 2014, and this return will bring stablecoin liquidity to the ecosystem and expand scenarios such as trading and BTC collateralized lending. Utexo stated that USDT on Bitcoin is launched by Utexo rather than Tether, designed with privacy features, and USDT on RGB avoids address reuse. In terms of compliance, Utexo claims it will monitor all sourced USDT, check AML scores, and monitor RGB-side risks, while collaborating with Crystal Intelligence for AML efforts. The launch will occur in two phases: on November 28, USDT will be publicly available on the Bitcoin network through RGB, accessible via partner wallets and exchanges; the second phase is planned for the first quarter of 2027 to expand USDT to the Lightning Network for payments.

NVIDIA announced the launch of the Minerva platform, achieving end-to-end observability for AI factories.

Domain infrastructure company D3 announced the launch of the Frontier Hyperliquid Vault, a membership program that provides participants with priority access to a new round of top-level internet domains. Nasdaq-listed Hyperion DeFi (NASDAQ: HYPD) is listed as the launch partner for the vault. D3 is a core contributor to the Doma Protocol and one of the few ICANN-accredited Web3 registrars, with investors including Paradigm.At the launch of the program, ICANN opened the second round of new top-level domain applications in internet history in August 2026, receiving over 1,600 applications covering suffixes such as .agent, .crypto, .wallet, .sol, .robot, and .hype is also included in this round of applications. The last expansion occurred in 2012, resulting in approximately 1,200 new top-level domains, which are now used by tens of millions of websites.The participation process is as follows: users deposit qualified assets with supported custodians on Solana and Hyperliquid to earn Frontier Points, and then gain priority in registering domain names by committing points before formal registration. As part of the initial commitment, Hyperion DeFi will receive a distribution of DOMA tokens in future potential token generation events based on incentive arrangements with the Doma Foundation. The Doma Protocol is a DNS-compatible blockchain aimed at tokenizing the domain market, which is valued at approximately $36 billion.

The decentralized lending protocol Morpho has incorporated stock tokens issued by Robinhood into its stablecoin lending market, allowing users to collateralize these tokens to borrow stablecoins.According to the disclosure, the first markets launched include NVDA and SPCX, both with a liquidation threshold of 62.5%; the liquidation threshold for SPY is 77%. The borrowing asset for the aforementioned markets is the stablecoin USDG.

U.S. Vice President Vance stated that European countries have almost unanimously decided to initiate a regulatory and licensing battle against SpaceX, but now they are all requesting SpaceX to do what they need.