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The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy announced that on the 23rd local time, two super tankers attempting to illegally cross the southern Strait of Hormuz hit mines and exploded. The explosion caused the engine room to be incapacitated, the tankers were carrying over 4.5 million barrels of crude oil, and the crew had abandoned the ship to escape.

According to Israeli media i24, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to develop a blockchain-based plan to address potential financial sanctions that Israel may face in the future. Currently, the specific details and implementation plan of the relevant proposal have not been disclosed.

Bankless co-founder David Hoffman posted that a batch of tokens he referred to as "Bitcoin clones from the 2017 era" has recently attracted market attention again.Among them, PRL rose 30% this week, with a fully diluted valuation (FDV) reaching $4.2 billion; QTC increased by 300% this month, achieving a valuation of $1.8 billion with a total supply of 21 million tokens. Interestingly, tokens with a fixed supply of 21 million have garnered billion-dollar valuations, which is quite noteworthy.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has instructed the Israel Defense Forces and security forces to immediately besiege the city of Hebron and prepare for a comprehensive lockdown of the entire Judea and Samaria region starting today.

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) data shows that a tanker flying the Maltese flag, carrying 40,000 tons of Russian diesel, is heading to New York, USA.Previously, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump reached an agreement, with Russia agreeing to lift the diesel export ban and supply diesel to the global market to lower fuel prices.

Anthropic announced that it will donate the Agent Skills standard to the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) under the Linux Foundation. This format was designed by Anthropic while developing Claude Code, set to launch in October 2025 and open as a cross-platform standard in December. Currently, over 70 agent platforms, including ChatGPT, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot, have integrated it.Anthropic describes Skills as reusable work manuals prepared for AI agents, where developers can write task steps in SKILL.md and attach scripts and reference materials for different agents to read as needed. MCP is responsible for connecting external tools and data, while Skills explain how agents complete specific tasks. What is being donated includes the standard name, logo, GitHub organization, and official website domain.AAIF was jointly initiated by Anthropic, OpenAI, and Block in 2025 and has previously received MCP. In the future, engineers from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google will jointly maintain the Skills standard in their personal capacities, no longer solely led by Anthropic. Vercel statistics show that the skills.sh directory has recorded approximately 1 million skills, with nearly 280 million installations. Snyk has confirmed 76 malicious skills in ClawHub's skill samples, and Anthropic has proposed establishing version control, formal proposal processes, and security guidelines.

Morgan Stanley raised the target price for Tesla Inc. from $400 to $410.

According to The Block, holders of Starknet (STRK) supported a research proposal with over 93.5% of the voting power, which aims to explore the transformation of Starknet from an Ethereum Layer 2 network to an independent Layer 1 network with quantum resistance.StarkWare plans to release a draft white paper in November to further investigate the relevant technological pathways. It is important to note that this vote only supports the initiation of transformation research and does not mean that the transformation plan has been officially approved. Further governance approval will still be required to advance the related transformation.

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 information from GitHub, a core protocol draft named "Decoupled Consensus" has appeared in the Ethereum EIP repository. It proposes to separate the beacon chain's head voting from the finality proof voting to enhance fork choice security, shorten finality time, and lay the groundwork for a subsequent transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQ).The proposal is co-authored by Francesco D'Amato, Roberto Saltini, Yann Vonlanthen, Mikhail Kalinin, and Ben Edgington, and is currently still in the early draft stage, with multiple details yet to be determined. The submitters primarily hope to obtain an EIP number at this stage. The proposal is pending further review and has not yet been merged.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Iran had stored millions of barrels of crude oil on dozens of tankers to generate cash, but as of mid-October, these reserves have been completely depleted. Kpler analysts noted that the U.S. Navy's blockade has hindered Iran's ability to replenish its crude oil supplies.

Global remittance giant Western Union (NYSE: WU) has chosen stablecoin payment infrastructure provider Noah to provide the underlying on-chain banking network for its Receiver Redirect service. This service allows recipients of Western Union transfers to receive funds in the form of USDPT stablecoin, covering over 60 currencies and more than 200 countries and regions, aiming to reduce cross-border transfer times from several days to a few hours while significantly lowering fees. The global remittance market size is approximately $905 billion annually.Receiver Redirect is based on the USDPT stablecoin issued by Western Union, which is issued by Anchorage Digital Bank on the Solana blockchain. Remitters can initiate transfers through Western Union's network of over 500,000 agent locations worldwide, while recipients will receive USDPT into their Western Union wallets and can hold this stablecoin asset indefinitely using the Stablecard, which will be launched in August 2026. Noah will provide the necessary fund management and licensing for pre-funding, exchange, and distribution of USDPT to recipients, while ensuring compliance with local regulatory requirements.Malcolm Clarke, Global Head of Digital Assets at Western Union, stated that customers are increasingly seeking greater flexibility in receiving, holding, and using funds, and this new capability will seamlessly connect Western Union's global money transfer network with the digital asset ecosystem. Noah completed a $38 million seed round financing on October 7, 2026, and obtained a cryptocurrency asset service provider license and payment institution license under the EU MiCA framework on October 15.

According to The Block, Standard Chartered has signed a final agreement to acquire 100% of the equity of the cryptocurrency custody institution Zodia Custody, with the transaction pending regulatory approval.Under the arrangement, Zodia Custody's custody business will be integrated into Standard Chartered, while its software business will be transferred to an independent company supported by Standard Chartered's venture capital division, SC Ventures.

BNB Standard, a Nasdaq-listed company (stock ticker: BNC), announced that it will ring the Nasdaq opening bell on October 26 to celebrate the company's name change and the new management team's appointment. At that time, the company's CEO will attend the bell-ringing ceremony along with board members, the management team, investors, and ecosystem partners.

The Blockchain Association submitted a letter to the SEC regarding the "Regulation of Crypto Assets" proposal, suggesting raising the startup exemption limit to $10 million and the fundraising exemption to $150 million (supporting on-chain transparency as an alternative to audits and excluding airdrops), and establishing a third-party registration safe harbor for existing tokens.The Blockchain Association calls for clear objective decentralization standards for tokens to escape the "investment contract" attribute (such as open source and no unilateral review rights), while strengthening federal regulations' priority jurisdiction over state legislation, supporting 24/7 trading on exchanges and self-custody.

Elon Musk stated that SpaceX will attempt to recover both the booster and the spacecraft simultaneously during the 15th test flight of Starship.