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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 the official website of the State Taxation Administration, the Taxation Administration has issued a reminder for offshore trust taxpayers to declare and pay individual income tax on offshore trust income before the transition period ends on October 22. Those who complete the declaration and payment during the transition period will not incur late fees.According to the "Announcement on Matters Related to Individual Income Tax for Offshore Trusts" (Announcement No. 21 of 2026) issued by the Ministry of Finance and the State Taxation Administration on July 24, offshore trust taxpayers are required to declare and pay taxes on offshore trust income. The announcement provides taxpayers with a 90-day transition period, during which the tax authorities will offer tax guidance and tax filing services.

Former President Donald Trump expressed gratitude to Elon Musk for the "National Airdrop." Trump stated that he sincerely thanks his "legendary friend" Musk for donating SpaceX stock to millions of American children through the TRUMP account.Trump mentioned that this aligns with the vision when establishing the TRUMP account, which is to bring together the private sector, Musk, and other forces to invest in American children, ensuring that every American child can have a piece of the American Dream.Previously, Musk announced that next year he would gift one share of SpaceX stock to every child in America, calling this the first of a series of similar initiatives in the future.

On October 19, WINkLink announced that the first round of the WIN buyback and burn plan, which will be launched in the third quarter of 2026, has been completed, with a total of 67,357,364,510 WIN (approximately 6.735736 billion) burned in this round.According to the plan, 100% of the revenue generated by WINkLink will be used for the WIN buyback, forming a continuous deflationary mechanism supported by protocol revenue. The details of this round of destruction and the on-chain transaction records can be publicly queried, and the execution process is transparent and verifiable. The implementation of the first round of buyback and burn marks a substantial step for WINkLink in optimizing token economics and building a long-term ecosystem, laying a foundation for the normalization of subsequent rounds.

According to The Block, the qualified Bitcoin custodian licensed in Nevada, AnchorWatch Trust Company, has officially launched Bitcoin custody services. Its custody fees are based on a fixed amount pricing model, with a maximum of $10,000 per month, and it can provide optional insurance coverage of up to $370 million for each client.Its client base includes trustees, publicly traded companies, trust institutions, and high-net-worth individuals with qualified Bitcoin custody needs.

Financial technology company Ramp announced that it submitted an application to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on October 16 to establish Ramp National Trust Bank. If approved, the trust bank license will allow it to provide fiduciary investment management and digital asset custody services, bringing it under a unified federal regulatory framework.In addition, the proposed entity will not engage in accepting deposits or issuing commercial loans.

The Bitcoin infrastructure protocol Echo Protocol announced on platform X that it will gradually terminate the operation of the protocol due to business adjustments. The official announcement expressed gratitude to the community, partners, and users for their long-term trust and support, and committed to completing the subsequent liquidation work transparently and responsibly.Currently, all core businesses of the Echo Protocol have fully stopped accepting incremental funds. The lending protocol has halted new deposits, new loans, and interest accrual, while the strategy and LSD businesses have also ceased new deposits and new pledges.The official has now opened repayment, withdrawal, and necessary asset liquidation channels, urging users to take action as soon as possible: lending users should repay debts, release collateral, and withdraw assets promptly; strategy and LSD users should initiate exits and claims as early as possible; users holding aBTC can continue to use the Aptos-to-B² cross-chain bridge for redemption.To ensure an orderly liquidation process, the announcement specified key timelines. All borrowers with outstanding debts must complete repayments by November 14, 2026, or face collateral liquidation, with the proceeds used to repay lenders. The final deadline for users to make repayments, withdrawals, and release pledges is November 19, 2026, at 23:59 (UTC).After this, the Echo Protocol will officially cease operations, and all remaining positions will enter the final liquidation and settlement process, with the platform only retaining the redemption service of the Aptos-to-B² cross-chain bridge. Since LSD and Strategy assets depend on the request time for underlying pledges/unpledges, the actual time users can claim will be affected by this factor.

WINkLink announced that the first round of the WIN buyback and burn plan, which will be launched in the third quarter of 2026, has been completed, with a total of 67,357,364,510 WIN (approximately 6.735736 billion) burned in this round.According to the plan, 100% of the revenue generated by WINkLink will be used for the WIN buyback, forming a continuous deflationary mechanism supported by protocol revenue.

According to the summary from the Arbitrum Foundation governance forum, the Arbitrum DAO currently has 4 temperature check votes ending on October 22, involving the Ethereum Glamsterdam upgrade adaptation, L1 governance recovery mechanism, treasury ETH transfer, and USDG strategic plan.Among them, the Entropy proposal suggests setting USDG as one of the core strategic plans of the Arbitrum DAO and additionally allocating 100 million ARB from the DAO treasury to the DRIP budget, while adjusting the project cycle and allowed uses. Furthermore, it is proposed to direct the net fees from AEP into ATMC and convert them into USDG to support the growth of USDG on Arbitrum.

Aster officially announced that from October 5, 2026, 00:00 to October 19, 2026, 00:00 (UTC), 99% of the daily transaction fees on the platform will be used for buybacks, totaling 2,721,732.41 ASTER repurchased for stakers; at the same time, an equivalent amount of ASTER tokens allocated by the team has also been burned.Since adopting the upgraded token economic model on June 17, 2026, the total amount of ASTER burned has reached 32,307,874.94 tokens; the project's historical total burn amount has reached 210,088,876.51 tokens. As of now, Aster expects the annualized staking yield to be: 4.53% for a 26-week lock-up and 24.8% for a 208-week lock-up. Actual yields may vary.

According to The Washington Post, ABC News, and Ipsos joint polling, President Trump's approval rating has dropped to 33%, with a disapproval rating of 66%, among which 52% of respondents expressed strong disapproval of his performance. This approval rating is an 8 percentage point decrease compared to the same period last year and is lower than at any time during his first term.With two weeks to go until the U.S. midterm election voting day, the Republican Party is facing a severe political situation. Polls show that as inflation pressures mount and voter dissatisfaction rises, the Democratic Party's support in the struggle for congressional control is increasing; for the first time in over a decade, the Democratic Party has gained higher voter trust than the Republican Party on economic governance issues.Overall results indicate that American voters have lost confidence in the president, are deeply concerned about Trump's decision to wage war on Iran, and are experiencing the economic impacts of war, particularly the impact of rising gasoline prices on household finances.

The lending protocol Secured Finance announced that it has completed recovery and reopened on Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Filecoin. The official statement indicated that users did not lose funds, assets have been replenished, and contracts, balances, positions, and order books have all been repaired and verified.The Secured Finance lending market was attacked on September 5, resulting in a loss of approximately $104,000.

On October 16, VerityAI, an AI trust and reputation network, received investment from AURUMX Capital. AURUMX Capital possesses compliance resources in traditional finance and digital assets, holding Hong Kong SFC license number 4/9 and MSB qualification. The project has previously received investments from Titan Foundation USA and BlockX.VerityAI is dedicated to transforming market research and predictive signals into on-chain verifiable reputation assets, building a credibility assessment system for contributors in the digital market. AURUMX Capital will leverage its institutional resources to promote the application of VerityAI's verifiable reputation infrastructure in institutional scenarios. Its core product, Signal Explorer, now supports Morph Mainnet and BNB Chain, having generated nearly 20,000+ on-chain signals as of October 16, 2026.

According to a post by Ki Young Ju, the founder of CryptoQuant, the team behind TRUMP made a profit of between 779 million to 1.16 billion dollars from holders, while buyers lost 97%.

According to DeFiprime, the Arbitrum Foundation opened the Stablecoin Growth Program on October 15 for protocols with stablecoin balances of no less than 1 million USD, requiring selected teams to designate USDG as their primary stablecoin on Arbitrum One. The plan sets a reward pool of 2 million ARB, with the top 10 teams that achieve a 30-day average balance of 10 million USD in USDG each eligible to receive up to 200,000 ARB (with a cap of 200,000 USD). The reward pool is valid until December 31, 2027, and each participant can only claim once. Selection is at the discretion of the foundation, and KYC/AML must be completed; the final agreement may include exclusive terms for protocols and tokens deployed exclusively on Arbitrum. As of October 17, the circulation of USDG on Arbitrum is approximately 33.6 million USD.

In an executive order, U.S. President Trump stated that, effective immediately, certain sanctions, restrictions, and tariffs specified in the "Graham Sanctions on Russia and Iran Act" are waived.