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Turkish Minister of Justice Akın Gürlek confirmed on Saturday that Ethereum ecosystem token Hex and PulseChain founder Richard Heart were detained in Istanbul. Gürlek stated on the X platform that Heart, whose real name is Richard James Schueler, was detained along with his wife during an operation in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul on Wednesday, and the police subsequently detained three individuals confirmed to be his bodyguards. The operation was carried out by the Istanbul Chief Prosecutor's Office in conjunction with the city's police intelligence and financial crimes department, with support from Turkey's intelligence agency MİT.Gürlek indicated that the police conducted searches at 15 addresses in the Beşiktaş, Üsküdar, and Sarıyer districts, seizing $7.15 million in cash, six cold wallets, 160,000 Turkish lira, 28 watches, 97 pieces of jewelry, 300 bags, and 19 graphics cards, while also confiscating four long-barreled rifles, three unlicensed handguns, and 1,400 rounds of ammunition. Gürlek stated that judicial procedures and the examination of seized items are still ongoing. Turkey's state news agency Anadolu reported separately that the police seized nine vehicles registered under Heart's wife's name. According to CoinGecko data, Hex has dropped about 14% in the past 24 hours.Gürlek linked Heart's red notice to the $1 billion cryptocurrency fraud charges involving the United States and Finland. The notice was issued in December 2024 at the request of Finnish authorities, who sought his arrest on charges of serious tax evasion and assault. In the United States, a federal judge dismissed the Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit against Heart in February 2025 on jurisdictional grounds, and the agency decided not to refile the lawsuit in April of that year.

According to the market information platform Liquid247.xyz, the current price of ETH is $2,402.15. The thickest order book is on Binance perpetual: sell orders amount to $45.83 million, buy orders amount to $37.30 million, with sell orders exceeding buy orders by $8.52 million.The buy orders on Binance spot and Coinbase spot are also thicker than sell orders, but the scale is much smaller than that of the perpetual market. If a large buy or sell order suddenly appears, exchanges with thinner order books will be affected first, and price fluctuations will be more pronounced.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket event "Texans vs. Jaguars," the "Jaguars" option in the sub-market "2H Spread -5.5" experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, plummeting from 50% an hour ago to the current 30.5% (a fluctuation of 19.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

The outstanding balance of Coinbase's crypto asset collateralized loans has reached $2.3 billion, with the product launching in January 2025. Eligible users outside of New York State can stake Bitcoin to borrow USDC without selling their holdings, with loans routed through the Morpho decentralized lending protocol on the Base network.Coinbase has added fixed-rate loans through Morpho Midnight, expanding the stakable assets to XRP, DOGE, ADA, and LTC; as of mid-September 2026, the scale of floating-rate loans has exceeded $1.4 billion, supported by approximately $3 billion in collateral. JPMD tokenized deposits from JPMorgan Chase have been operating on Base for institutions since mid-2026, while Citigroup and BNY Mellon are also advancing related layouts, and several UK banks plan to launch related networks in 2027.

On October 15, MSCI revised the eligibility rules for constituents of the global investable market index, tightening the definition of "non-operating companies" and subjecting Bitcoin treasury companies to stricter scrutiny. The Strategy led by Michael Saylor has not been removed from the MSCI index.MSCI stated that it will assess whether a company qualifies as a "non-operating" company based on its operational and financial characteristics, and companies holding digital assets may still have genuine operational activities; existing constituents are still subject to a buffering mechanism, and the relevant consequences will need to be clarified further in the November index review.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event on Polymarket "LoL: MVK Esports vs FURIA Esports - World Championship Qualifiers", the "MVK Esports" option in the sub-market "Game 4 Winner" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, rising from 48.5% an hour ago to the current 73.5% (a fluctuation of 25%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

Iranian Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian stated that Tehran has proposed a seven-day plan aimed at restoring normal navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, with the decision resting in the hands of the United States.Amir-Abdollahian mentioned at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation meeting that Iran has conveyed the proposal through Qatar, and if the conditions are met, the strait will be reopened within seven days.

Approximately half of the market value of the tokenized stocks issued by Coinbase has been deployed in DeFi protocols on the Base network, involving fractional shares of large companies such as Apple and Nvidia, and is open to eligible non-U.S. users on the Base platform. As of the time of reporting, approximately $262.4 million of such assets have been deployed in DeFi protocols, an increase of about 18 times compared to $14.66 million at the beginning of 2026.Related assets can be traded on decentralized exchanges and used as collateral for lending. Coinbase previously disclosed that the trading volume of tokenized U.S. stocks on Base reached $1.5 billion on DEX in the past 30 days, an increase of 313% compared to the previous 30 days.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, two dormant whales that had been inactive for 12 to 13 years transferred 416.6941 BTC to the same address. Among them, the wallet that had been dormant for 13 years transferred 167.8402 BTC, worth 13.62 million dollars; the wallet that had been dormant for 12 years transferred 248.8539 BTC, worth 20.20 million dollars.The original value of the aforementioned BTC was approximately 105,400 dollars, and its current value has increased by about 33.71 million dollars.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, the probability of the "Team Falcons" option in the sub-market "Map 2 Winner" for the event "Counter-Strike: Team Falcons vs. BetBoom Team" on the prediction market Polymarket has experienced severe fluctuations, dropping from 74% an hour ago to the current 22.5% (a fluctuation of 51.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring on-chain data, significant capital movements are predicted in the Polymarket market. A large whale invested $69,310 in the "Counter-Strike: Team Falcons vs. BetBoom Team (BO3) - Thunderpick World Championship Playoffs" event, targeting the "Match Winner." Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding winning probability for this item is 29%.

Michael Saylor posted on the X platform, stating that this week at ParaFi Investor Day, he introduced digital capital, credit, and equity, and had a fireside chat with Jeff Park discussing digital assets, digital intelligence, and the future of finance.The speech covered topics such as Bitcoin as digital capital, CLARITY regulation, the adoption of Bitcoin banking, reshaping gold-backed credit with STRC, STRC returning to par value, Bitcoin earnings per share, the Strategy triple flywheel, shifting from quarterly dividends to daily dividends, Bitcoin-backed stablecoins, the adoption of digital credit institutions, as well as digital currencies, derivatives, exchanges, regulation, and product development in the AI era.

Analyst Killa posted on platform X, stating that Bitcoin has risen for the past three weekends, followed by a reversal on Monday. When there is greater downward pressure over the weekend, the market typically shows an opposite trend; if Bitcoin rises to a weekly closing, Monday is worth close attention. If it starts to decline over the weekend, a similar situation occurred last time when Bitcoin subsequently rose.

According to CoinGlass data, the total liquidation amount in the cryptocurrency market in the past 24 hours was 222 million dollars. Among them, long positions accounted for 160 million dollars, and short positions accounted for 61.4383 million dollars, with long positions making up 72.3%. A total of 71,183 people were liquidated.By coin type, BTC had a liquidation of approximately 43.5224 million dollars (long positions 36.3862 million dollars, short positions 7.1362 million dollars). ETH had a liquidation of approximately 36.3222 million dollars (long positions 27.5461 million dollars, short positions 8.7761 million dollars). SOL had a liquidation of approximately 9.1886 million dollars (long positions 7.5828 million dollars, short positions 1.6058 million dollars). ZEC had a liquidation of approximately 8.8026 million dollars (long positions 6.7587 million dollars, short positions 2.0439 million dollars). CL had a liquidation of approximately 7.648 million dollars (long positions 0.117 million dollars, short positions 7.6363 million dollars). SOXL had a liquidation of approximately 6.324 million dollars (long positions 6.2116 million dollars, short positions 0.1124 million dollars). XRP had a liquidation of approximately 4.767 million dollars (long positions 4.5276 million dollars, short positions 0.2394 million dollars). NEAR had a liquidation of approximately 4.2293 million dollars (long positions 3.0669 million dollars, short positions 1.1624 million dollars).

According to Bloomberg, citing informed sources, SoftBank is considering acquiring Allied Universal, the largest security services company in the United States, with a potential equity valuation of up to $18 billion. The company also has about $12 billion in publicly traded loans and bonds, and including related debts, the total transaction value could approach $30 billion.Masayoshi Son is exploring the application of AI robots across various industries. The report indicates that SoftBank hopes to have robots undertake some security tasks for Allied in the future, but the deployment of humanoid security robots may take longer. Relevant discussions are still in the early stages, and matters including pricing have not been finalized.

StepFun, an AI startup invested by Tencent, has released the STEPX Neo phone, which features an AI intelligent agent directly built into the operating system rather than as an external application. The phone began pre-sales on the evening of October 13, priced at 3999 yuan (approximately 560 USD), with its official sale starting on October 16. Pre-sale channels include JD.com, Tmall, and Douyin. Users do not need to open a ride-hailing app to input addresses and select vehicles; they simply need to inform the destination, and the intelligent agent can autonomously complete the subsequent steps. StepFun stated at the launch event that in the era of intelligent agents, AI is no longer an additional feature of smartphones but is the product itself.The device runs on the Step AOS 1 system, which the company claims is designed from the ground up for intelligent agents, featuring long-term memory, task scheduling, and security control capabilities, composed of a mix of Android, Linux, and real-time operating system components. The system uses the MCP protocol to break down functions such as messages, applications, files, and settings into small modules that can be directly called by the intelligent agent, giving users two entry points: a traditional application grid and an intelligent agent space. The intelligent agent is named Amoo, which saves two types of memory: user factual preferences and task execution experiences. Simple commands are processed by a small model on the device, some of which can run offline, while complex cross-application requests are handled by a large model in the cloud. A second MiniLED screen on the back of the device can display Amoo's execution status.Nearly 100 companies and products, including Alipay, Tencent, Trip.com, Didi, and Meituan, have integrated with Amoo. Payments, travel bookings, and content creation are still completed by their respective platforms. This is an alternative path for StepFun in response to the major application blockages faced by ByteDance's Doubao, which previously used screen reading and simulated clicking solutions. StepFun was founded in 2023 by former Microsoft Vice President Jiang Daxin. Its self-developed flagship large model, Step 5 Preview, was launched in September, with a parameter scale of 600 billion and a single activation of 27 billion, supporting a context of 1 million tokens; the earlier released Step 3.5 Flash was open-sourced under the Apache 2 license. The price of 3999 yuan includes a 12-month STEPX Token plan, providing 100 billion tokens per month, while the AI costs after the first year have not yet been announced.

BitTorrent announced that its brand upgrade is officially launched, and it has simultaneously completed the first quarter BTT buyback and destruction.BitTorrent now operates as a unified master brand, integrating content distribution, decentralized AI inference computing services, and Layer 2 infrastructure into an integrated service loop aimed at Web3 and AI. Meanwhile, 100% of the Q3 revenue generated from decentralized services has been used to buy back and permanently destroy 21,621,611,570,729.6 BTT (approximately 7.6 million USD) from circulation.The implementation of the unified master brand and deflationary economic model not only strengthens brand synergy and ecological resource integration but also transparently binds ecological growth and token value through buybacks and destruction, building a more sustainable infrastructure for Web3 and AI applications. Welcome to explore the upgraded BitTorrent and check the official announcement and destruction details.

On October 17, the decentralized stablecoin USDD announced an additional reward of 16,000 USDD for the ongoing Gate DEX Bonus event, covering both Ethereum and BNB Chain, raising the total prize pool to 154,000 USDD. The enhanced event will run from October 18 at 18:00 (Singapore time) to November 27 at 18:00.Among them, the daily reward for the Ethereum chain event has been increased from 1,000 USDD to 1,200 USDD, with a total prize pool of 68,000 USDD; the daily reward for the BNB Chain event has been increased from 1,300 USDD to 1,500 USDD, with a total prize pool of 86,000 USDD.Previously, on September 28, USDD announced the launch of a new dual-chain Bonus event in collaboration with Gate DEX, which will run from that day until November 27. The official reminder states that users can participate through the Gate DEX-Earn-Stablecoins-Bonus section, and existing user earnings will automatically and seamlessly connect. Please ensure that there is enough BNB or ETH in your wallet for Gas fees before participating.