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Renowned trader Dr Profit posted on platform X, stating that whenever the price of Bitcoin (BTC) reaches the target range marked on his chart, it is an opportunity to further increase existing long positions.Dr Profit mentioned that he is currently adopting this strategy, believing that this price range should be viewed as a buying opportunity rather than a signal for panic selling.

According to the "Q3 2026 Report" released by Gate, the platform's institutional business continues to grow, with cross-market trading, asset custody, and professional fund services further expanding.Among them, CrossEx has seen significant improvements in several core indicators, with quarterly trading volume increasing by 63% month-on-month, asset custody increasing by 902% month-on-month, the number of trading users growing by approximately 315% compared to Q2, and the number of fund users increasing by 95%.In terms of products and infrastructure, CrossEx has added mainstream exchanges, Lighter contracts, real stocks, and ETF trading scenarios, and launched features such as RPI Orders and arbitrage opportunity displays. CrossEx Colo services have officially launched, with order placement concurrency and multiple transaction reporting delays optimized by about 50%, and the highest fees for certain trading scenarios reduced by 50%. During the same period, Gate's institutional cumulative borrowing volume increased by 412.02% month-on-month.In addition, the Gate SuperLink ecosystem has added two banking partners, ABN AMRO and Pave Bank, and deepened cooperation with custodians such as Copper and BitGo. OES clients can now access CrossEx, participating in trading across multiple exchanges through a unified margin pool under an isolated custody model, further expanding institutional clients' cross-market asset allocation and trading options.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring on-chain data, significant capital movements are predicted in the Polymarket market. A large whale invested $56,167.83 in a single transaction regarding the "Federal Reserve's October decision" event, targeting a "25 basis point increase." Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding winning probability for this target is 93%.

AI chip company Cambrian (688256.SH) announced that its operating revenue for the third quarter was 3.531 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 104.47%; the net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company was 1.404 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 147.74%.The announcement showed that the company's operating revenue for the first three quarters was 9.526 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 106.76%; the net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company was 3.715 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 131.49%. The performance change was mainly due to the company's continuous market expansion and active support for the implementation of artificial intelligence applications. The Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily noted that the company's net profit for the second quarter was 1.298 billion yuan, based on which the net profit for the third quarter increased by 8% quarter-on-quarter.

Marinade, the Solana staking service protocol, released its Q3 2026 report. As of September 30, the amount of SOL staked was 7.94 million, a quarter-over-quarter increase of 21.2%, mainly driven by the non-custodial native staking product Native and the institutional-focused Select. The amount staked in Native increased by 47.3% quarter-over-quarter to approximately 3.77 million, while Select grew by 38.7% to about 1.68 million, and mSOL decreased by 6.8% to around 2.27 million.Revenue for the third quarter was approximately $1 million, corresponding to 10,918 SOL, a quarter-over-quarter increase of 25.9%, primarily from validator margin settlement income, which grew by 38.1% quarter-over-quarter. In the staking auction market, 48 out of 51 epochs in the quarter had yields higher than the Solana staking index, with an average yield before Marinade fees of 5.93%, compared to 5.67% for the index during the same period.In governance, since the implementation of MIP-22 in July, Marinade has used 10% of auction fees to repurchase MNDE on the open market. In the third quarter, a total of 4.2 million MNDE was repurchased with 906.6 SOL, and the first distribution opened on October 1. The report also disclosed that on September 25, attackers exploited a vulnerability in the DAO voting process to submit two malicious proposals, one of which involved transferring DAO treasury assets; the council vetoed both proposals within about 6 hours, and the fix was completed that night, with no funds being transferred.

CoinGecko's report on the cryptocurrency industry for the third quarter of 2026 shows that the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies increased by 39.6% quarter-on-quarter, rising by $840.1 billion to approximately $3 trillion, ending three consecutive quarters of decline and marking the largest quarterly increase since the fourth quarter of 2024. However, the total market capitalization is still down 4% year-to-date.In terms of mainstream assets, Ethereum (ETH) rose 71% in the quarter to $2,684, outperforming Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies, with net inflows into spot ETH ETFs reaching $3.1 billion for the quarter. Hyperliquid (HYPE) surged to an all-time high of $98, driven by favorable regulatory news in the U.S., with a quarterly increase of 40.5%. Meanwhile, trading activity failed to keep pace with the price rebound. The average daily trading volume in the cryptocurrency market decreased by 8.6% quarter-on-quarter to $73.3 billion, while the spot trading volume of the top ten centralized exchanges fell by 14.2% to $1.65 trillion. Binance's spot market share rose to 42.7%, up from 38.7% in the second quarter; the total open interest in perpetual contracts on centralized exchanges grew by 40.6% quarter-on-quarter, surpassing $100 billion at the end of the quarter for the first time since the third quarter of 2025.

Recently, according to the latest weekly report jointly released by RWA Foundation and Token Terminal, from October 12 to 19, the market capitalization of USDD increased by 180.3 million USD, accounting for about 40% of the total increase of 449.1 million USD among the top ten similar stablecoin issuers during the same period, ranking first. During the same period, Sky ranked second with an increase of 86 million USD, and United Stables ranked fifth with an increase of 22.8 million USD.The report data shows that the market capitalization increase of USDD significantly outpaced other major similar stablecoin projects that week, reflecting its rapid expansion in circulation scale recently. All data in the report comes from Token Terminal, providing the latest observations on recent capital inflows and changes in issuance scale in the stablecoin market.

According to Glassnode's latest on-chain weekly report "Swept and Refilled," Gate has performed outstandingly in the tokenized gold spot and perpetual contract markets, with its position size and trading volume market share continuously increasing.The report indicates that since the beginning of 2026, Gate has contributed 42% of the net increase in the global tokenized gold perpetual contract open interest, surpassing all other tracked exchanges. At the same time, Gate's 7-day average position size for tokenized gold perpetual contracts corresponds to a gold exposure of 1.7 tons, ranking first in the world, ahead of OKX's 1.5 tons.In the spot market, Gate's market share of tokenized gold spot trading volume surged from 0.6% in 2024 to 12% so far in 2026, expanding to 20 times its original size. The report also notes that as market share continues to grow, Gate has become one of the most prominent trading platforms for the growth of tokenized gold spot market share this year. The simultaneous expansion of the spot and derivatives markets further reflects Gate's market competitiveness and growth potential in the field of tokenized gold trading.

Elon Musk stated that they are increasing the production of the integrated battery system Megapacks as much as possible.

For the week ending October 10, the number of people continuing to claim unemployment benefits in the United States was 1.728 million, higher than the expected 1.72 million, and the previous value was 1.71 million.

According to The Defiant, the number of active addresses on the Ethereum Layer 2 network Base reached 629,142 on October 21, an increase of 82.5% compared to before, setting a new high for the past 30 days.During the same period, the transaction volume on the Base network and the fees paid by users also increased.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, MAGMA has increased by over 70% today, currently priced at $0.51411.During this period, 2 wallet addresses established 2x long positions on 1.5 million $MAGMA (approximately $775,000) on Aster_DEX, with unrealized profits currently reaching $340,000 and a maximum return on investment of 105.84%.

Analyst Darkfost stated that recently, the activity of XRP whales has significantly increased, and selling pressure has notably risen. Data shows that, based on the definition of whales as addresses with single transactions exceeding 1 million XRP, the monthly inflow amount to Binance from such addresses has increased by approximately $72 million since August, reaching $112.4 million, the highest level since March of this year, surpassing the average of about $90 million over the past three months.During this period, the daily inflow amount even exceeded $400 million at one point. Darkfost pointed out that this change coincided with XRP rebounding over 30% since August, indicating that some large holders may be taking the opportunity to realize profits. Currently, the scale of whale inflows to exchanges has returned to more typical levels, showing that the related selling pressure has eased. However, subsequent trends may still change rapidly with fluctuations in XRP prices, and the flow of whale funds remains a market indicator worth monitoring.

According to Bloomberg's report on October 22, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. has secured a loan of 15 billion yuan (approximately 2.25 billion USD), amid a significant increase in chip spending for artificial intelligence-related projects. A knowledgeable source stated that this seven-year offshore yuan loan was provided by six Chinese lending institutions, including Bank of China, China Construction Bank, and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, and the funds will be used for general corporate purposes. The source requested anonymity as the discussion pertains to non-public matters.According to Moneycontrol, which reprinted the content attributed to Bloomberg, this transaction illustrates the role of domestic lending institutions in Huawei's offshore financing since the United States imposed restrictions on Huawei in 2019. Before finalizing, Huawei had exploratory contacts with international banks. Huawei, Bank of China, China Construction Bank, and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China did not immediately respond to requests for comment.The report states that Huawei's research and development expenditure increased to 121 billion yuan in the first half of this year, while stockpiling due to soaring memory costs led to a negative cash flow of 39.9 billion yuan, eroding current profits. According to compiled data from Bloomberg, this is Huawei's first offshore syndicated loan since raising 11.8 billion Hong Kong dollars (approximately 1.5 billion USD) in 2020.

Phoenix Technology reported on October 22 that the latest "Refused Operation Application List" from ByteDance's Doubao Mobile Assistant has increased from 151 to 166 applications, with 22 new applications added.The newly added applications cover categories such as travel and business travel, recruitment and workplace, tools and health, and entertainment, including Didi, Didi Enterprise Edition, Air China, Huazhu Club, Lantu Automobile, related apps from Autohome, 58 City, Zhilian Recruitment, Zhiwukong, Keep, Roborock, Tides, Hikvision, Hupu, Mango TV, WiFi Universal Key, Scan All-in-One, Himalaya, and WorkBuddy within the Tencent ecosystem.This adjustment merges financial-related applications under a unified name and will no longer list them separately. Unlike before, where third-party application authorization was required, Doubao Mobile Assistant has changed to directly restrict operations for financial applications, covering areas such as banking, trust services, payments, internet finance, and credit. When this list was first published last week, it included a total of 151 apps.

According to CoinGecko data, the trading volume on Upbit in the past 24 hours was approximately $1.252 billion, an increase of about 23.4% compared to the previous 24 hours.The top five trading pairs by volume are: AXIS/KRW (Axis Robotics, accounting for 9.8% of the trading volume, with a transaction amount of approximately $123 million); IRYS/KRW (Irys, accounting for 8.98% of the trading volume, with a transaction amount of approximately $112 million); DOOD/KRW (Doodles, accounting for 8.66% of the trading volume, with a transaction amount of approximately $108 million); XRP/KRW (accounting for 7.47% of the trading volume, with a transaction amount of approximately $93.58 million); BTC/KRW (accounting for 6% of the trading volume, with a transaction amount of approximately $75.21 million).

According to Gate market data, the intraday increase of Brent crude oil has expanded to 1%, currently reported at 107.46 USD/barrel; WTI crude oil has risen nearly 1%, reported at 98.34 USD/barrel.

IBM's revenue for the third quarter of fiscal year 2026 was 17.1 billion dollars, a year-on-year increase of about 5%. The adjusted earnings per share were 2.95 dollars, both exceeding analysts' expectations. The company raised its full-year software revenue growth guidance to about 7%–8% and increased its full-year free cash flow growth guidance to over 1 billion dollars.Previously delayed software and mainframe deals, due to customer spending shifting towards data center infrastructure, have started to sign contracts. Free cash flow for the first nine months totaled 8 billion dollars, setting a historical record for the same period. IBM's stock price fell 4.95% in after-hours trading, closing at 239.02 dollars.

According to CCTV News reports, the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center and the National Engineering Laboratory for Computer Virus Prevention and Control recently discovered multiple incidents of users encountering the "Weaxor" ransomware attack within our country, relying on the National Computer Virus Collaborative Analysis Platform.After the user's important files are encrypted, the file names are changed to the original file name with the ".weax" suffix added. The attackers leave a ransom note on the host, demanding that users contact them and pay the ransom.

Glassnode's latest weekly report shows that as of October 19, the average holding cost of the Bitcoin treasury companies it tracks is approximately $80,200.The daily closing price of Bitcoin has remained above this level since September 18, but corporate buying has not resumed with the price rebound. The monthly increase in holdings since June has been less than 10% of the peak in November 2024.