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The U.S. Department of Commerce will allocate up to $389 million to support chip research and development.

The Kremlin stated that Russian President Putin has in principle agreed to resume trilateral peace talks between Russia, Ukraine, and the United States around November 10, potentially to be held in Abu Dhabi.Putin held a three-hour meeting with U.S. envoy Whitaker in St. Petersburg to discuss plans to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

According to Cointelegraph, Yat Siu, co-founder of Animoca Brands, pointed out that the crypto industry is gradually evolving into a "digital Wall Street," deviating from its original mission of decentralized finance. He believes that to bring the next billion users on-chain, the industry needs a new solution, rather than just relying on tokenization or new wallets. Siu emphasized that only AI agents capable of independently holding user keys and interacting with the blockchain can truly achieve autonomous control of user assets.Siu questioned the current AI agent platforms on the market, particularly Meta's Muse. He noted that Meta's terms of service allow it to "remove user agents at any time and for any reason," which constitutes a significant trust flaw. He believes that personal agents relied upon by users should not be owned and controlled by centralized platforms. Animoca is building the MINDS agent, a multi-agent orchestration system designed to provide user autonomy and support various communication channels and AI model choices.Siu estimates that currently only about 10% of crypto asset holders are truly on-chain, and he believes that AI agents will be a key factor in changing this ratio. He further pointed out that since AI agents use code as their native language, their capabilities in handling complex security issues will surpass those of ordinary users, providing a new perspective for the secure development of the crypto field.

According to official news from Bitget, the platform announced the acquisition of the digital asset exchange and brokerage GMO-Z.com Cryptonomics (Thailand) Co., Ltd., headquartered in Bangkok. This acquisition involves the complete shares of the target company held by GMO Internet and its related subsidiaries.GMO-Z.com Cryptonomics (Thailand) holds licenses for digital asset exchange and brokerage business in Thailand. This acquisition will leverage its existing compliance foundation and local market experience to strengthen Bitget's localized operational capabilities in Thailand and further improve the strategic layout in the Southeast Asian market.Bitget CEO Gracy Chen stated that Thailand is an important digital asset market in Southeast Asia, and this acquisition will help Bitget establish a localized operational system, gradually expanding its global trading service capabilities in the Thai market while complying with local regulatory requirements.

The cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase stated on X that stablecoins can complete cross-border transfers in seconds, but the funds still need to enter channels that the recipient can actually use.Coinbase mentioned that it is collaborating with the cross-border payment company Thunes to connect its stablecoin infrastructure to local bank accounts and mobile wallets worldwide.

The Zakura team, which operates the Zcash network, released a technical article stating that they plan to allocate a unique viewing key for each ZEC exchange completed through NEAR Intents, in order to block future quantum computers from exploiting public refund addresses to piece together user payment histories. NEAR Intents supports cross-chain token exchanges, and when users exchange the privacy coin ZEC for USDC, the service will publish a Zcash address for the user on the NEAR public blockchain, which will be used to return any unused ZEC.The Zcash address contains a public key generated by the wallet's viewing key, which cannot be reverse-engineered by ordinary computers, but large quantum computers running Shor's algorithm could theoretically deduce the key from the address. Zcash wallets can generate multiple seemingly unrelated addresses, but they typically share the same viewing key. Once an attacker cracks it, they can associate all payments received by the account and read the amounts and notes. Zakura's solution allocates a unique viewing key for each exchange, while the spending key remains in the user's main account. Even if the future refund address is compromised, the attacker would only be able to see payments related to that specific exchange.This design also addresses a practical issue: wallets conducting hundreds of exchanges would generate hundreds of keys, requiring each key to scan the entire Zcash chain during backup recovery. Zakura's solution is a privately queryable database that uses private information retrieval technology, so when the wallet inquires about the refund destination, the database will not know the address being queried. Zakura claims that wallets built on its open-source library (including Vizor) will be able to add this feature in the coming weeks, and hardware wallets will follow after firmware support, ahead of the January quantum-resistant payment target set by Zcash developers this month.

According to Bloomberg, citing informed sources, Nscale, an AI data center developer supported by Nvidia, initially sought an IPO valuation of about $30 billion, but some investors recently advocated for a valuation between $16 billion and $19 billion to attract buyers.Nscale is addressing comments from the U.S. SEC regarding its listing application documents and plans to initiate a roadshow after resolving these issues. Relevant discussions are still ongoing, and no final decision has been made. Previously, Microsoft withdrew from its collaboration with Nscale on a data center project in the UK due to project delays caused by limited power supply.

According to Philippine crypto media BitPinas, in response to CoinDesk's previous report regarding Coinsph facing the risk of license revocation due to alleged involvement in offshore betting transactions, the Philippine crypto trading platform Coinsph stated that its virtual asset service provider (VASP) license under Betur Inc. and the electronic money issuance (EMI) license of DCPay Philippines are currently both valid, and it denies providing services to non-compliant offshore betting operators.Coinsph stated that the restrictions imposed by the Philippine central bank only involve fiat currency top-ups to DCPay through InstaPay and PESONet, while cryptocurrency trading, withdrawals, and other payment services are still operating normally. The company also acknowledged that the central bank has requested it to improve its internal control measures and is currently cooperating with regulatory requirements. The Philippine central bank declined to comment on specific regulatory matters.

Recently, TRON founder Justin Sun shared his views on personal assets outside of TRON during a 3.5-hour offline discussion with Jin Ming. The core configuration points are as follows:BTC: As a base asset, there has been no reduction in holdings over the past year. Although concerned about the impact of quantum computing and AI algorithms, believing the market has not fully priced in the related risks, he still insists on holding and has adopted a cold wallet sheltering mode for isolation.ETH: Reduced holdings by about 80%-90% in the $3600-$4000 range last year, currently retaining only about 20% of the base asset for observation, and has not repurchased. Most of the funds from the reduction have been transferred to U.S. stocks.NVIDIA: Main position in U.S. stocks, positioned as a base asset in the AI field, heavily invested and not reduced.NASDAQ 100: Heavily held. Slightly bearish in the medium term (due to capital clustering, high interest rates, etc.), but no short positions taken, and the position is retained.A-shares: No holdings. Overall bearish on traditional assets, more inclined towards AI applications and Web3 directions.In the interview, Justin Sun emphasized that ETH is an aggressive asset, BTC is a base asset, and he is optimistic about applications in AI health management, while being bearish on certain hardware sectors. The above is a summary of the interview points, not a complete balance sheet.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin posted on the X platform that he has integrated zkAPI, Tor, additional obfuscation traffic, and local LLM prompt rewriting into a daemon compatible with the OpenAI interface, and created a "paranoid mode" wrapper for his AI agent tool pi. The relevant code has been open-sourced on GitHub.The main mechanism of this solution is as follows: each conversation uses a separate Tor line, with requests mixed in random obfuscation traffic; zkAPI is used to prevent identity leakage through payment links; all prompts are first rewritten by a local model, which the user can choose, with Vitalik himself using qwen3.8-flash-next. The outer layer of the proxy tool is wrapped in a bwrap sandbox, and then another layer of torsocks is added, ensuring that all network operations go through Tor.Vitalik stated that this solution is already quite usable, but the latency has significantly increased, especially slow when starting a new conversation. He pointed out that Tor is far from the best privacy solution in this scenario: obfuscation traffic can prevent passive eavesdropping, but if the LLM service provider colludes with the Tor entry node and actively manipulates timing, the protective effect will be greatly weakened.

Ant International and Huaxia Fund (Hong Kong) jointly announced that Ant International has recently completed the allocation of the Huaxia Renminbi Digital Currency Fund (3461.HK / 83461.HK) and has incorporated it into its treasury allocation.The related fund transfer was initiated by Ant International at the Shanghai Pudong Branch of China Construction Bank, with digital renminbi assets being transferred in real-time from Shanghai to Hong Kong, ultimately deposited into the relevant account at Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong), and the fund allocation completed in offshore renminbi, achieving a full-link connection for cross-border allocation of digital renminbi and investment in offshore renminbi assets.The announcement stated that this practice opens up the channel for offshore asset management of digital renminbi and corporate treasury applications, and verifies the feasibility of digital renminbi in the cross-border fund allocation scenario between Shanghai and Hong Kong. The above news was reported by Huang Xinyi from the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily.

Ledger released a report on the investigation of hardware implant attacks, stating that a highly organized criminal gang purchased genuine Ledger devices over several months, disassembled them, and implanted custom hidden components to steal users' recovery phrases when initializing the devices. They then resold the devices through Southeast Asian distributor channels.The attackers invested millions of dollars to build infrastructure for collecting recovery phrases, asset transfers, and money laundering, coordinating actions to transfer victims' assets. Ledger emphasized that this incident was not caused by vulnerabilities in the chip, operating system, or servers, but rather a localized distribution channel attack that occurred after the devices left the company's control. Currently, Ledger has requested authorized distributors and resellers in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong to suspend sales and conduct random checks on inventory and retail channel devices, finding no other tampered devices.Additionally, Ledger has requested authorized distributors not to resell any returned devices, even if the packaging is intact; they have also immediately prohibited displaying products on shelves or in display areas, requiring devices to be stored at the back of the store and delivered upon purchase. The company is working with law enforcement and the security community to track the stolen funds and will disclose more technical details in the future.

Analyst Jukan published a discussion on the storage industry's cycle, believing that computing power and storage will tighten or loosen in sync, and that there will not be a situation where computing power is continuously in short supply while storage alone turns to surplus. He also stated that the logic of shorting storage while going long on hard drives does not hold, as hard drives are tied to the storage cycle; if this cycle declines, hard drives will struggle to remain secure on their own.Jukan noted that the market lacks a clear judgment on trends after 2027. Historically, prices often peak one to two quarters before supply increases, followed by an expansion in shipments and a contraction in profit pools. He believes that this cycle is different from those of personal computers, smartphones, and general-purpose servers, as the products used are not standardized, and the triggering factors are also different. Some investors who still view storage through the lens of past experiences of profits during upswings and losses during downswings dominate pricing, leading to a low valuation of storage. He stated that a sharp collapse similar to previous ones is unlikely to reoccur, but a gradual decline is possible; even if Samsung and SK Hynix's profit margins are halved from current levels, the price-to-earnings ratio may still be in the teens, about half of the valuation of hard drive companies.He also believes that when storage prices decline, other demands will absorb supply at various price levels, with local AI-driven personal AI demand expected to emerge. If the storage prices pushed up by hyperscale cloud providers cannot be controlled, local AI will struggle to spread. Referring to the transition from mainframes to personal computers and from cloud to smartphones, he anticipates that this AI cycle will shift from cutting-edge laboratories to local open-source AI, with the latter absorbing storage demand. He simultaneously stated that storage prices will not remain high for over ten years; prices will eventually decline, but new consumer demands driven by local AI and open-source initiatives may provide bottom support.

Hyperliquid HIP-3 has generated a total revenue of 75 million USD, of which 37.5 million USD goes to the deployer, and another 37.5 million USD is used for the buyback and destruction of Hyperliquid's native tokens.HIP-3 is the mechanism for the deployer to launch perpetual markets on Hyperliquid, allowing the deployer to define the oracles and contract specifications and be responsible for operations, while reusing the protocol's order book and clearing infrastructure. The related market fees are usually shared between the deployer and the protocol in proportion, and the protocol's revenue can be used for buyback and destruction.

AI Economic Settlement Agreement AEON announced the addition of local bank transfer payments in Chile, allowing users to enter amounts in Chilean Pesos (CLP) and complete payments using cryptocurrency assets. AEON is responsible for asset conversion and settling with merchants through local banks. This integration further expands AEON's local settlement network in Latin America, enabling AI Agents to make real-world purchases using familiar banking payment systems in the future, providing broader real purchasing power for the AI economy. AEON is currently operational in several Latin American countries, including Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia.

DeFi yield protocol infiniFi announced the token economics of its native token INFI and announced an upcoming Token Generation Event (TGE).According to the allocation plan, 45% is allocated to the ecosystem, with the team and investors each accounting for 20%, and the foundation accounting for 15%. infiniFi adopts an on-chain partial reserve model, primarily providing stablecoin deposits and yield management services.

According to on-chain analyst AI Yi's monitoring, the TRUMP team allocated an address that transferred 11.78 million dollars worth of tokens to a new address after 12 days, which may be deposited into an exchange.Twelve days ago, he transferred 8.87 million dollars worth of Solana to the address 52RDq...rkaD1: 6p6xgHyF7AeE6TZkSmFsko444wqoP15icUSqi2jfGiPN. This portion of tokens was subsequently deposited into OKX through two addresses.

According to Bloomberg, Sarah Breeden, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, stated at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual meeting in Bangkok that given the many innovative developments currently underway in the digital payment sector, the UK has no urgent plans to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC) to the public.Breeden pointed out that whether to advance a retail CBDC (i.e., "Britcoin") will depend on whether equivalent benefits of tokenization and financial innovation can be achieved through other means.

Cryptocurrency analyst Darkfost pointed out that Bitcoin has entered a phase where selling pressure has significantly increased. Recently, the rebound pushed Bitcoin's price above $85,000, and the Seller Exhaustion indicator has signaled that potential selling pressure is rising.This indicator combines profit supply and volatility to identify risk and calm phases, making it highly valuable for short-term reference. This rise has been quite sudden, especially reflected in short-term holders. The current level of the indicator is approaching the threshold seen at multiple local tops in this cycle. Analysts indicate that it is necessary to observe whether demand can improve and whether volatility converges to suppress potential pullbacks and allow the indicator to return to normal.