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According to Israel's Channel 12, the proposal submitted by the Chief of Staff of the Pakistan Army to senior Iranian officials has been approved by the United States, and Iran has also tentatively agreed. The proposal partially responds to Iran's demand for the return of frozen funds, stipulating that the interest generated from the 6 billion dollars frozen in a Qatari bank will be transferred to Iran.Affected by this news, both WTI and Brent crude oil prices fell short-term by about 0.8 dollars, currently reported at 97.51 dollars per barrel and 105.76 dollars per barrel, respectively. On the news front, reports indicate that the U.S. and Iran have tentatively recognized Pakistan's mediation proposal.

Brian Armstrong posted on the X platform that the order response median speed of Coinbase's new matching engine has improved by 60 times, and the tail latency has improved by 480 times.Coinbase Advanced supports trading cryptocurrencies, stocks, commodities, and foreign exchange.

According to a report by BBC, multiple X platform accounts under the Irish police (An Garda Síochána) were hacked, including @GardaTraffic with 600,000 followers and @GardaInfo with nearly 300,000 followers. The hackers removed the original brand information from the accounts and posted cryptocurrency promotional content, while also altering the account's geographical location to Amsterdam.Some posts have been flagged by the platform as being associated with banned accounts. The Irish police have been contacted for comments, and the investigation into the incident is still ongoing.

According to Bloomberg, ByteDance is close to reaching an agreement with MediaTek to procure semiconductors for data centers. Sources familiar with the matter say that the Chinese social media company is in deep discussions with MediaTek regarding the supply of custom chips, which will be used to operate ByteDance's data centers.Sources indicate that MediaTek will provide an unspecified number of application-specific integrated circuits, which are chips customized for the client's platform. If the deal is finalized, ByteDance could become MediaTek's second-largest customer for such chips after Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet, and it would help the Taiwanese chipmaker compete with Qualcomm. Due to the private nature of the arrangements, the sources requested anonymity.

After briefly publishing the rumor-refuting content "Cheung Kong Responds to Li Ka-shing's Death: Absolutely Not True," mainstream Chinese financial media outlets including The Paper and Jinshi Data collectively deleted the news, with the deletion occurring on October 15.Currently, Caixin still retains this report, but its source is also The Paper.

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase stated that its custody holds about 5% of the total existing Bitcoin and urged Bitcoin developers to immediately address the threat of quantum computing. Coinbase pointed out that changes to Bitcoin consensus and ecological migration may take years and cannot wait until quantum computers capable of breaking signatures appear.Coinbase suggested adopting a flexible "container" design similar to BIP-360 to gradually replace quantum-resistant signature systems; it also proposed a phased implementation of a "1-of-2" scheme, allowing the same funds to be spent during the transition period using either traditional keys or quantum-resistant keys. This scheme also needs to be compatible with multi-party computation (MPC) key splitting mechanisms. Coinbase stated that dormant, lost, and Bitcoin held from the Satoshi era are separate governance issues, and any rescue mechanism itself must also possess quantum resistance. In January of this year, Coinbase established a quantum advisory council; in July, it joined the Bitcoin Security Alliance with BlackRock and Strategy, committing a total of $15 million for Bitcoin's quantum-resistant transformation.

The well-known financial media FX168 has reached a cooperation with the Web3 asset data platform RootData, which will utilize RootData's tokenized stock data to provide more support for its news, in-depth reports, and investment research content, in order to enhance the coverage efficiency of the integration trends between TradFi and Crypto. It is reported that the RootData tokenized stock sector has tracked real-time trading data for over 8,000 tokenized stocks and contracts, covering mainstream trading platforms such as Binance, OKX, Gate, Bitget, and Kraken, with indicators including trading volume, liquidity depth, open interest, and price volatility.FX168 Finance is a leading financial media and data service provider, dedicated to providing real-time market insights, in-depth analysis, and intelligent content distribution services across a wide range of asset classes including foreign exchange, commodities, stocks, digital assets, and macroeconomics. As the RWA narrative heats up, tokenized stocks are becoming an important asset class connecting traditional finance and the Web3 market, and this cooperation will provide readers with more timely and quantifiable cross-market references.

Jeonbuk Bank is reportedly the first commercial bank in South Korea to start issuing Korean won loans secured by Bitcoin, according to local media. The Bitcoin is held by a third-party custodian; the effective changes to the execution rules allow the bank to sell the collateral through a court ruling for recovery without actually receiving the Bitcoin.The loan scale, interest rate, and loan-to-value ratio have not been disclosed. A representative from Jeonbuk Bank told Chosun that one loan has already been issued.

Ledger stated on platform X that it has coordinated with German retailer MediaMarkt Saturn to suspend the sale of Ledger devices both online and in physical stores to assist with the relevant investigation.Previously, a German user reported finding a suspected implant in the device they purchased. There have been no reports of financial loss, and Ledger has stated that there are no signs that its infrastructure, systems, or services have been compromised. Ledger customer service is reviewing the reports submitted by users, and its cybersecurity team Donjon will inspect the received devices.Ledger reminds users that if they have any questions about their purchased devices, they can contact the support team through the official customer service website. Ledger will never proactively call or message users, nor will it ask for the 24-word recovery phrase.Many claims and data circulating online have not been verified, and scammers may exploit such incidents to carry out fraud. Users should obtain the latest information only through official channels of Ledger and MediaMarkt Saturn.

TrendForce reported on October 12, citing Chosun Biz, that as AI packaging accommodates more computing and storage chips, the intermediary layer connecting computing chips and HBM is expected to significantly increase in size, making next-generation HBM cooling more important. Samsung Electronics is preparing multiple technologies to address the cooling challenges of HBM4E, which is scheduled to begin mass production next year.Currently, the area of the AI intermediary layer is about 5.5 times the maximum exposure area of 858 square millimeters of an EUV lithography machine. Semiconductor equipment industry insiders expect that the intermediary layer carrying HBM could expand to 9 times, 12 times that area, and ultimately about 40 times. Reasons include limitations in process miniaturization and the popularity of chiplet-style 2.5D packaging, where multiple computing chiplets and HBM stacks are placed on the same intermediary layer, making it difficult for a single advanced process chip to meet AI computing power demands.Samsung is considering hybrid copper bonding and thermal path blocks. The former replaces the micro bumps between stacked DRAM chips with direct copper-to-copper connections, which can reduce inter-layer gaps, make the stack thinner, and improve heat dissipation, a technology Samsung showcased at NVIDIA GTC in March 2026. The thermal path block establishes a dedicated thermal path in the D2D PHY area responsible for high-speed transmission between HBM base chips and GPUs, which Samsung is validating with HBM4E and plans to implement in HBM5. According to ETNews, SK Hynix's iHBM places high thermal conductivity but electrically insulating cooling materials around the heat-concentrated D2D PHY, which is expected to reduce thermal resistance by about 30%.

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a newly created wallet received 110,000 HYPE (approximately 9.73 million USD) from another wallet and immediately staked all the tokens after receiving them.

According to informed sources, the crypto media company Cointelegraph is seeking to sell, but the amount it is looking for has not been disclosed. The source requested anonymity due to the private nature of the matter. The long-term sluggish and sideways movement of crypto prices has shifted user attention away from crypto news, adversely affecting several digital asset news organizations.Cointelegraph's traffic has been severely impacted by Google. After Google issued a manual penalty in October 2025, the crypto news website's organic traffic dropped by about 80%, and the site disappeared from Google search results. Previously, in June 2025, its website also suffered a front-end vulnerability attack. Data from Similarweb shows that the site had over 12 million monthly visits in December 2024, while as of September 1, the monthly visits were just slightly above 700,000.Cointelegraph was founded in 2013, and its LinkedIn page shows that it has over 200 employees. The company's MENA business was acquired by Luna Media Corporation in July 2022 to support its global and regional expansion. Cointelegraph did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

According to Saudi media outlet Hadass, citing senior sources, Washington has conveyed a message to Iran, requesting that Iran will not receive any concessions before limiting its nuclear capabilities.The progress of US-Iran negotiations depends on whether Iran responds to the Trump administration's demands regarding its nuclear capabilities. As Iran has lost control over the Strait of Hormuz, the United States no longer considers the Hormuz issue a priority.

According to Iranian media reports, Iran is reviewing a new proposal from the United States transmitted through Qatar. This proposal outlines a roadmap and timeline for final negotiations based on the Islamabad framework, but seeks to initiate nuclear talks sooner.Iran continues to insist that the United States must first fulfill its commitments, including sanctions relief and the release of frozen funds, with its seven main conditions remaining unchanged. Negotiations with Oman regarding a new shipping route in the Strait of Hormuz have also made progress.

The Core Lightning team, which develops the open-source Bitcoin Lightning Network node software, has issued an urgent alert stating that reports indicate attackers are targeting nodes that have not installed patches, urging operators still running old versions to upgrade immediately. The team stated: "Emergency security update: If you are using version 26.06.7 or earlier, please upgrade to the latest release as soon as possible."Prior to this, Core Lightning began investigating a potential issue that could affect its experimental features and, in turn, impact user funds on September 16, and approximately six days later, version 26.06.8 was released. This update not only fixed several defects but also provided patches for security vulnerabilities reported responsibly by multiple parties, thanking the Bitcoin Red Team and 12 other individuals and organizations in the release notes, while also acknowledging anonymous reporters.According to the changelog, this round of fixes covers a bug that could cause sender nodes to crash, requests that could exhaust REST interface memory, and a vulnerability that could result in user funds facing confiscation losses when closing payment channels. To provide operators with ample upgrade windows and prevent attackers from taking advantage of reverse engineering and exploitation, this version intentionally obscured some testing content. Additionally, in August of this year, the project initiated a collaborative fixing process after reviewing a large number of AI-generated general vulnerability disclosure reports, and two days later released version 26.06.7 to close confirmed vulnerabilities.

The core provisions of the regulatory framework for payment stablecoins in Florida, USA, will take effect on October 1, 2026.According to the state's Bill 2026 Chapter 176, engaging in the business of qualified payment stablecoin issuers in the state generally requires a license or must meet exemption conditions; qualified issuers must maintain at least a 1:1 identifiable reserve, which includes cash, funds in Federal Reserve accounts, qualified bank deposits, U.S. Treasury securities with a remaining maturity of no more than 93 days, and qualified government money market funds, among others. They must also publicly disclose redemption policies, disclose reserve composition monthly, accept monthly audits by certified public accountants, and be certified by the CEO and CFO.If the total issuance of payment stablecoins by state-level issuers reaches $10 billion, unless a federal exemption is obtained, they must transition to the corresponding federal regulatory framework within 360 days or suspend new issuances until the scale falls below the threshold.

According to Quit monitoring, the Payment Processor V2 (PPV2) vulnerability attack is still ongoing. Even if users are not affected by the incident, as long as the relevant authorization has not been revoked, assets may still be at risk, and it is recommended to revoke the authorization immediately.About 1 hour ago, a certain address lost 0.15246 WETH in the next block after accepting a quote and receiving funds. The attacker paid 99% of it as a tip to Titan Builder, keeping only about 0.0015 ETH, which is almost impossible to recover through front-running. Quit suggests that OpenSea should check whether there are still risk authorizations before users accept quotes and require users to revoke them first; when transferring NFTs, it should also check whether the receiving address has relevant authorizations left.

U.S. President Trump stated that U.S. officials spoke with mediators aimed at ending the U.S.-Iran conflict on September 28.Reports indicate that the U.S. and Iran are expected to hold talks again through mediators on the 28th or 29th. Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif and the Qatari mediators are currently in the U.S., and the discussions will focus on negotiating revisions to Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days, which was presented during the United Nations General Assembly.