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Paraguayan President Santiago Peña announced his resignation on Thursday due to a political crisis triggered by the collapse of digital bank Ueno Bank. In a video posted on the X platform, Peña stated that his resignation was to maintain national stability, social peace, and democratic institutions, with his primary task being to protect the Paraguayan people who entrusted their savings to the financial system.The Central Bank of Paraguay announced on Tuesday the initiation of liquidation procedures for Ueno Bank after discovering that its solvency ratio had fallen below half of the regulatory minimum requirement. Peña is facing political scrutiny due to his previous business ties with Grupo Vázquez, the holding company of Ueno Bank; according to the Associated Press, he remained a business partner of the group until March 2025. Peña denied any wrongdoing, stating that the controversy initially was merely a regulatory issue that escalated into a political dispute.This banking crisis is also accompanied by rising quotes for Tether's USDt in the peer-to-peer market targeting Paraguay, with a bid on Thursday morning quoted at 1 USD to 6942 Paraguayan Guarani, approximately 13% higher than the Central Bank's reference rate of 6144.02 on November 4. According to Reuters, lawmakers are debating impeachment proceedings over allegations of conflicts of interest, pension abuse, and institutional cover-ups. Peña was elected in April 2023 and took office in August of the same year, with a five-year term originally set to end in 2028; if Congress accepts his resignation, Vice President Pedro Alliana will assume the remaining term.

Bitcoin mining company Riot Platforms has signed a $28 billion AI leasing agreement, covering the entire site of its Corsicana campus.To fund the construction of data centers, Riot has sold a total of 20,264 bitcoins this year. The company's third-quarter performance shows that the mining business still contributes about 64% of its revenue.

According to the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People's Bank of China and the Central Bank of Oman signed a memorandum of cooperation on central bank digital currencies, and both parties will exchange expertise and experience on related technologies.The two central banks also signed a currency swap agreement. The Governor of the Central Bank of Oman stated that the agreement aims to support economic development, strengthen financial stability, and enhance international partnerships. The relevant documents were signed on November 2 in the presence of the leaders of both countries.

According to the official website of the People's Bank of China, the Governor of the People's Bank of China, Pan Gongsheng, recently signed the "Renminbi/Omani Rial Bilateral Currency Swap Agreement" and the "Memorandum of Understanding on Strengthening Cooperation in Digital Payments and Central Bank Digital Currencies" with the Governor of the Central Bank of Oman, Ahmed Al-Mousaami, under the witness of the leaders of both countries.The scale of the swap agreement is 30 billion Renminbi/1.5 billion Omani Rials, with a validity period of 5 years. On the same day, both parties met to exchange views on topics such as bilateral economic and financial cooperation. The central bank stated that the agreement aims to deepen monetary and financial cooperation between the two countries, enhance the facilitation level of cross-border digital payments, and maintain financial market stability.

According to reports from the Abu Dhabi Media Office and CNBC, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Chairman of the Executive Council Sheikh Khaled and witnessed the signing of multiple cooperation agreements with Abu Dhabi, covering areas such as energy, investment, and government.In the energy sector, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ADNOC, G42's Inception42, and OpenAI reached an agreement to deploy OpenAI's cutting-edge models in ADNOC's operations, making it the first company in the energy industry to implement this technology; the related capabilities are based on the GPT model and utilize inference infrastructure within the UAE. In terms of investment, the sovereign investment fund Mubadala, Inception42, and OpenAI agreed to use advanced AI for investment analysis, opportunity identification, and risk assessment.On the government side, the Abu Dhabi government and OpenAI launched the "Machine-Readable Government" initiative, converting some policies and regulations into machine-readable formats to assist with routine assessments such as licensing and compliance, while final decision-making remains the responsibility of government officials.Additionally, according to a press release, Inception42 and OpenAI also signed a five-year agreement to promote cutting-edge AI in the UAE's government, business, and education sectors. CNBC reported that OpenAI is seeking to raise up to approximately $20 billion in a new round of financing, led jointly by UAE investors.

According to a report by Bloomberg, OpenAI has signed multiple agreements to deploy its technology to energy companies, investment institutions, and government departments in the UAE to deepen cooperation while seeking billions of dollars in financing from state-backed investors in the country.According to a statement released by the Abu Dhabi Media Office on Monday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has traveled to Abu Dhabi to hold talks with Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

On October 30, X user daN'SKi (@TheNotoriousSKi) posted that the prediction market platform Polymarket requires users affected by its so-called security incident to disclose personal identification information and sign a legally binding contract before their funds will be returned. The post stated that this requirement contradicts the platform's previous claim that all affected users would receive full compensation and questioned its legality. The post included multiple screenshots of documents, with the text on the pages showing a sample settlement and release agreement.On October 29, Polymarket stated on X that a third-party service provider of its international platform Polymarket.com had been breached, the issue has been identified and resolved, and the incident has been referred to the relevant law enforcement agencies, with affected users set to receive full compensation. The platform had suspended trading but later announced that trading had fully resumed and stated that it would fully compensate all affected traders. According to CNBC, Polymarket informed users on Discord that funds with losses below $10,000 would be restored by October 30, while users with losses above that amount would need to sign a waiver agreement to receive compensation.CNBC cited data analysis from Betting Intelligence and Polysights, stating that on that day, one account withdrew at least $2.7 million from 710 wallets. Sources told CNBC that the issue stemmed from the website performance monitoring service DebugBear being breached, and Polymarket has referred the incident to UK law enforcement. The Polymarket US platform was not affected by this incident. In June of this year, Polymarket also stated that a third-party vendor had been breached and promised refunds to affected users.

According to a report by Reuters citing informed sources, Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT.O) has signed agreements with Bloomberg, quantitative trading and market-making giant Hainar International, and Jump Trading to obtain posts released by Trump more quickly.

Documents from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) show that Meta Platforms (META.O) has signed forward sale agreements with Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.

Zilliqa stated that the investigation into the recent security incident is still ongoing, with affected components including the X-Bridge and certain liquidity pools using ZRC2 proxy contracts, involving tokens such as zUSDT, SEED, kUSD, and Zoge.Zilliqa emphasized that the native ZIL and Zilliqa EVM network were not affected, and the X-Bridge will remain suspended; users are advised not to use the cross-chain bridge and the affected liquidity pools for the time being.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a memorandum of understanding with the NBA to jointly maintain the integrity of professional basketball events in prediction markets. According to the agreement, both parties will share information, maintain regular communication on integrity matters, and collaborate to ensure that relevant markets are fair and transparent. CFTC Chairman Michael Selig stated that the NBA, along with MLB and NHL, has taken a responsible step to protect sports integrity and market participants from abuses such as insider trading and fraud, and thanked NBA President Adam Silver for prioritizing the integrity of professional basketball and the U.S. financial markets.The agreement reflects that betting on sports event outcomes is rapidly migrating to CFTC-regulated platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket, where users can trade event contracts based on real-world outcomes. Such memorandums of understanding with regulatory agencies aim to establish channels for marking suspicious activities. Previously, the NHL became the first major league to authorize trademarks for prediction markets, while MLB signed an integrity agreement after collaborating with Polymarket. The NBA's involvement is particularly noteworthy, as the league is still affected by one of the largest betting scandals in recent years: in October 2025, an FBI operation arrested Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and a coach, accusing them of participating in a gambling scheme to manipulate game outcomes to influence betting.This collaboration comes amid a jurisdictional dispute over prediction markets. The CFTC recently defined event contracts as swaps within its jurisdiction and excluded casino-style gambling; the lawsuit between the NFL and Kalshi has drawn the attention of the Supreme Court, with the NFL to date refusing to sign related agreements, contrasting with its cooperation with the NBA. Bernstein analysts expect that by the end of this decade, prediction markets could generate billions of dollars in revenue, with new participants continuously entering, and Blockchain.com is one of the latest seeking CFTC approval to offer event contracts.

According to disclosures from the U.S. SEC, Bitcoin Treasury Company Strive has signed a sales agreement with seven institutions including Cantor Fitzgerald, Barclays, Clear Street, StoneX, B. Riley Securities, Maxim Group, and H.C. Wainwright, planning to periodically sell up to 15% of Series A perpetual preferred stock with a total issuance price of up to $1 billion through ATM (at-the-market) offerings, with the stock ticker SATS.The document shows that the annual dividend yield for the preferred stock issued this time is 15%, with a set amount of $100 per share. Strive may issue shares based on market conditions through existing trading markets such as Nasdaq or other legal means, with the relevant institutions acting as sales agents, with a commission of up to 2% of the total proceeds from each sale.This issuance is considered an additional offering and does not include the previously issued 7 million shares of SATS preferred stock. The document states that Strive may issue shares periodically based on market conditions, and the actual issuance scale and timing will depend on the company's arrangements and market conditions.

Market news reports that Siemens has signed a cooperation agreement with Nvidia (NVDA.O) for an industrial artificial intelligence operating system.

According to a report by THE ELEC, Samsung Electro-Mechanics announced on October 19 that it has signed a supply contract for packaging substrates for memory semiconductors with a large global company, amounting to 360.5 billion Korean won. The contract period is from January 1, 2027, to December 31, which is equivalent to 3.2% of the company's consolidated revenue last year.This is the first time Samsung Electro-Mechanics has disclosed a long-term supply contract for packaging substrates. With this addition, the number of long-term supply contracts disclosed by the company this year has increased to seven, with a total amount of approximately 4.3 trillion Korean won. Previous contracts were mainly focused on components such as silicon capacitors, multilayer ceramic capacitors, and inductors, and this expansion includes the packaging solutions business, which produces products such as FC-BGA substrates and BGA substrates.Last month, Samsung Electro-Mechanics announced plans to invest 42.7 trillion Korean won in the Sejong FC-BGA production facility and 25.1 trillion Korean won in the Vietnam packaging substrate production equipment. The company also stated that as part of a large government project, it plans to invest 80 trillion Korean won in the Sejong business site and 150 trillion Korean won in the Busan business site by 2040, and will produce FC-BGA in Busan, Sejong, and Vietnam. A related person from Samsung Electro-Mechanics stated that the growth of the AI and high-performance computing market makes high-performance packaging substrates more important, and the company will strengthen customer supply cooperation and establish a stable supply system.

According to Bitcoin.com News, the European Union has signed an additional protocol to the Council of Europe’s Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure, and Confiscation of the Proceeds of Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (the "Warsaw Convention") with eight countries: Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, and the United Kingdom.This protocol includes virtual assets and virtual asset service providers (VASP) within its scope, aiming to address transnational crimes such as money laundering and terrorist financing using cryptocurrency. Key measures include allowing the emergency freezing/confiscation of virtual assets without prior notice when there is a risk of transaction; expanding the powers of Financial Intelligence Units (FIU) to suspend cryptocurrency transactions suspected of money laundering; requiring countries to establish dedicated asset recovery and management offices; prioritizing victims in reclaiming confiscated assets; and generally dividing recovered funds exceeding 10,000 euros among participating countries, while encouraging the use of confiscated assets for social welfare or public purposes.

According to news from the Anthropic official website, Anthropic announced the opening of its fifth office in the Asia-Pacific region in Singapore and signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Communications and Information of Singapore. Both parties will collaborate in areas such as AI safety, model evaluation, and responsible AI adoption.Singapore is one of the most active markets for Claude globally, with over a thousand government agencies and enterprises, including GovTech Singapore, DBS, Grab, and GIC, already deploying Claude. Among them, over 1,500 engineers at GovTech Singapore have adopted Claude Code to advance the modernization of government systems, while Grab saves approximately 40,000 hours of manpower each quarter with the help of a Claude-driven sales assistant.

On October 12, the Pan-African commercial bank Ecobank signed a memorandum of understanding with the Cross-Border Interbank Payment System Co., Ltd. (CIPS) to strengthen the connectivity of RMB payments between China and Africa. The signing ceremony was held under the witness of the Minister of Finance and Budget of the Republic of Togo, coinciding with the official visit of the President of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Togo, Faure Gnassingbé, to China.Ecobank Group CEO Jeremy Awori stated that the cooperation will enhance the connectivity between the Chinese RMB payment ecosystem and Ecobank's African network, aiming to facilitate Chinese companies' access to the African market and help African companies participate more effectively in the Chinese market. China is Africa's largest trading partner, with bilateral trade expected to reach approximately $348 billion by 2025. The cooperation is anticipated to make RMB payments smoother, reduce settlement complexity, and improve the accessibility of cross-border payment channels.Ecobank has had a presence in China since 2012 and has officially opened a new office in Beijing, with Chinese business teams in West Africa, Central Africa, and East Africa, providing services such as trade financing, payments, cash management, and cross-border investments. The group's operations cover 34 countries in sub-Saharan Africa as well as France, the UK, the UAE, and China, employing over 14,000 people and serving more than 32 million customers. Recently, it has also collaborated with institutions such as Bank of China (Mauritius), XTransfer, YiBao Payment, and Wanlihui.

According to The Block, KB Kookmin Card has signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan's SBI Holdings to test AI agent-based identity verification and explore cross-border cryptocurrency payments.The two parties will study ways for Japanese tourists to pay Korean merchants using cryptocurrency assets, including stablecoins. KB Kookmin Card is a credit card company under KB Financial Group, and SBI Holdings is a Japanese financial holding group.

According to TheEnergyMag, Bitcoin mining company Bitdeer’s subsidiary Bitdeer AI has signed an 8-year agreement in Malaysia to build a 60 MW A103 AI cloud data center, expected to be powered on in the first quarter of 2028.The facility will join the existing A101 and A102 data centers to form the Cyberjaya campus, increasing the total capacity to approximately 71.5 MW. Bitdeer AI has secured 333.5 MW of its global capacity target of 350 MW, completing about 95%, with its AI cloud business projects exceeding $10 billion in scale.

Nasdaq-listed company AsiaStrategy (stock code: SORA) announced on October 1 that it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with the institutional asset open financial platform Plume to explore the establishment of a joint venture aimed at investors in Asia and other markets outside the United States, focusing on the structuring, issuance, and distribution of tokenized financial products.According to the memorandum, Plume will provide tokenized infrastructure, technical capabilities, and regulatory qualifications, including registrations and licenses in several jurisdictions; AsiaStrategy and the broader Sora Ventures network will provide project initiation, distribution, and capital market channels for the Asian market, covering Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates. The two parties plan to first advance products that combine mature asset classes with compliant on-chain distribution, with the product range, structure, and launch sequence still under discussion, and no products have yet been launched or offered to investors.Jason Fang, Chairman and Co-CEO of AsiaStrategy, stated that tokenization will become the default method for the issuance and holding of many financial assets, with Asia leading the way. The company is registered in the Cayman Islands and headquartered in Hong Kong, with its business having expanded from luxury watch trading to Bitcoin vault management, digital asset collateralized lending, and related financing and tokenization initiatives. Plume's flagship protocol, Plume Vaults, opens assets from institutions such as Apollo, WisdomTree, and Hamilton Lane through compliant, non-custodial vaults, with investors including Apollo Global Management, Galaxy Digital, and Brevan Howard.