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UPBIT will launch Bubblemaps (BMT) on October 24 at 12:00 and support KRW trading. Users should note that only BMT deposits and withdrawals through the Solana network are supported.

Bitcoin infrastructure company Blockstream announced the launch of consulting services for financial institutions and established an office in Lugano, Switzerland. This business enables banks, asset management institutions, and others to directly connect with Blockstream's engineering team and Bitcoin infrastructure. Blockstream Consulting Services will assist institutions in assessing, designing, and implementing Bitcoin-based financial infrastructure, as well as developing related solutions such as tokenized asset issuance and confidential settlements, covering areas such as technology strategy, system architecture, integration, and implementation.Blockstream stated that the Lugano office will serve Swiss clients, including those in Zurich, Geneva, and Zug, and will act as its European business hub, supporting client relationships, strategic partnerships, and collaboration with local financial and technology communities. The company's Chief Marketing Officer Peter Bain stated that Switzerland has a long-standing banking tradition and a regulatory framework supporting digital assets, making it an important market for Blockstream; the company aims to provide local expertise in markets where it sees demand for Bitcoin infrastructure, and the consulting business along with the Lugano office will bring customized Bitcoin solutions to European financial institutions.Founded in 2014, Blockstream's business covers Bitcoin custody, settlement, payments, asset issuance, and self-custody, with products including the sidechain Liquid Network, Elements, Simplicity, Core Lightning, Jade hardware wallet, and Blockstream App. The company has launched Simplicity smart contracts on the Liquid network and added Lightning Network support for the Jade hardware wallet. Co-founder and CEO Adam Back stated that the next phase of Bitcoin adoption is to integrate into the existing financial system, and the company's experience in Bitcoin cryptography, protocol development, and engineering can address the related complexities. This announcement did not disclose the pricing of the consulting services, the size of the Lugano office's staff, or the names of clients.

Meta Platforms Chief AI Officer Alexander Wang stated that the company plans to launch paid enterprise services and will charge sellers a commission on purchases made by users through AI agents. Additionally, there will be no advertisements placed internally within Muse, and there are currently no related plans.

According to official news, YZi Labs announced the launch of the first phase of the Atlas Scout program, recruiting four students from Stanford University, Yale University, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Los Angeles, to participate in early investment projects in the fields of Web3, artificial intelligence (AI), and biotechnology.The program aims to allow outstanding university students to gain early exposure to venture capital, participate in project discovery, preliminary research, due diligence, and investment judgment, and encourage them to organize entrepreneurial communities on campus and explore investment opportunities. YZi Labs will provide a maximum of $1 million in intended investment for related investment opportunities in this program and open its ecosystem network composed of over 300 portfolio companies.YZi Labs stated that many potential entrepreneurs often begin their explorations in laboratories, open-source projects, campus entrepreneurial organizations, and technology communities before entering traditional financing channels, and their peers who learn and work with them usually discover their potential earlier. The Atlas Scout program hopes to leverage students' own campus networks to help these early entrepreneurs obtain capital, mentorship, and industry resources. Eligible entrepreneurial teams will also have the opportunity to connect with YZi Labs' EASY Residency program or further discuss investment collaboration.The Atlas Scout program not only expands financing and resource channels for early entrepreneurs but also allows participating students to accumulate venture capital experience through practical projects, enhancing their project evaluation, founder communication, and investment judgment skills.YZi Labs stated that Scouts can independently carry out campus activities based on their interests, such as organizing technical exchanges, gathering entrepreneurial teams, or discovering potential investment projects, while receiving guidance and ecosystem resource support from YZi Labs in the process. The program aims to establish connections before entrepreneurial projects gain widespread attention, allowing initial ideas on campus to have the opportunity to develop into actual projects, while cultivating a new generation of investors who can identify technological trends and entrepreneurial potential earlier.

According to Arbitrum monitoring, one month after the launch of Arbitrum One, it has generated $300,000 in priority fee revenue, during which 21 million transactions used PGA.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the inspection priorities for the fiscal year 2027, continuing to conduct risk-oriented inspections of over 34,000 registered entities, focusing on investment advisors, funds, brokers, clearing agencies, and other market participants.The SEC stated that the fiscal year 2027 will focus on the fiduciary duty and conflicts of interest of investment advisors, retail investor protection, private funds and private credit, brokers' anti-money laundering and transaction supervision, operational resilience, and cybersecurity, among other areas. Emerging technologies and market infrastructure are also listed as priorities.Among these, the SEC will pay attention to the impact of advanced technologies, including "superintelligence," on market operations, compliance, fraud prevention, and investor protection, while also assessing the risks brought by government bond clearing reform, tokenization, and related changes in market structure.

Kalshi is planning to launch a futures market linked to U.S. inflation for large global banks and hedge funds, with exchange-traded futures contracts expected to be launched in December, tracking the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and core inflation metrics.The company has hired former Barclays trader Michael Ashton to design the contracts, making it the only futures product in the market directly linked to the CPI.

According to Bitcoin Magazine, payment company Block has launched its first Bitcoin advertising campaign aimed at the general consumer, titled "Bitcoin Does," targeting approximately 60 million American users who are curious about Bitcoin but have yet to take the first step. The campaign is led by Maria Pesce, Block's head of Bitcoin marketing, who is responsible for Bitcoin-related marketing across three business lines: Cash App, Square, and Proto.Maria Pesce stated that the advertisements intentionally skip over the science of mining and blockchain principles, directly showcasing how Bitcoin can be used in real-life scenarios. She mentioned that the related creative ideas came from customer research: one Square merchant referred to Bitcoin as "a more honest currency," while topics such as inflation, relief, and private equity formed the narrative backdrop of the advertisement films. Additionally, fixed supply, self-custody, and the choices of younger users are also key points of communication.Block also set up an interactive installation called "Lightning Lake" at the ComplexCon event, where participants could fish for Bitcoin and complete payments through the Lightning Network. Square currently charges a 0% processing fee for Bitcoin transactions, and Block hopes to make the experience of using Bitcoin as commonplace as sending an email.

According to Bloomberg, the prediction market platform Kalshi plans to launch exchange-traded futures contracts tracking the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) and core CPI in December. They are promoting related products to major banks and hedge funds and have hired former Barclays trader Michael Ashton, known as "Mr. Inflation," to design the contracts and expand institutional clients.If launched, this would become a unique futures product directly tracking the CPI, helping institutional investors hedge against inflation and the risks of changes in Federal Reserve interest rates, and allowing Kalshi to further enter the traditional derivatives market dominated by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). Kalshi has confirmed that it is developing CPI futures but has not disclosed specific launch details.

Heatbit, which previously launched a heater with a built-in Bitcoin mining machine, has announced the release of a heating element for water heaters named Bitwater. This element replaces the resistance wire in standard electric water heater elements with 20 Bitcoin mining chips, using the heat generated by the chips to directly heat the water in the tank. Heatbit stated that this electricity was originally intended for heating water, "the same heat, the same electricity, plus Bitcoin." The company claims that global households use approximately 300 TWh of electricity annually for heating water, which exceeds the entire Bitcoin network's consumption of about 170 TWh, advocating for the decentralization of mining to households.Bitwater uses 20 Bitmain BM1370 chips, with a maximum hash rate of 34 TH/s, a maximum power consumption of 600 watts, and an energy efficiency of 12 joules/TH. Due to water cooling, this element requires no fans and produces no noise. The installation process is DIY: turn off the circuit breaker, drain the tank, unscrew the old element, and then screw in the Bitwater using the included wrench. It is compatible with the one-inch standard interface of 30 to 80-gallon electric water heaters commonly found in the United States and Canada, including brands such as A. O. Smith, Rheem, Bradford White, Whirlpool, and GE, without the need for plumbing modifications or additional circuits.Users can check water temperature, hash rate, and earnings through an app, and choose to mine individually or join a mining pool, with mined Bitcoin sent to an address controlled by the user. The initial "genesis batch" pre-order price is $899, with subsequent batches priced up to $1,299, and pre-orders are refundable, with plans to ship in the first quarter of 2027. Heatbit claims to have tested the entire winter in four and five-person households in New York and Florida. Based on the current hash price of approximately $36.73/PH/s/day, the full load of 34 TH/s could mine Bitcoin worth about $1.25 per day, totaling approximately $455 annually.

On October 23, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology to Support the Construction of Employment-Friendly Development Models" (Guo Ban Fa [2026] No. 29). The document proposes to adapt to the development of artificial intelligence technology, enhance the positive effects of job creation, empower traditional positions, and mitigate the impact of job replacement.The opinions point out that the role of artificial intelligence should be leveraged to improve the employment environment, enhance occupational safety levels, and improve work quality and efficiency, with priority given to promoting applications in positions with labor shortages and high-risk environments; it is essential to cautiously manage the scope, intensity, and pace of artificial intelligence applications in labor-intensive industries to minimize the impact on workers. The document also encourages enterprises to explore the establishment of an unemployment buffer period system, to inform affected workers in advance during the large-scale promotion of artificial intelligence applications, and to provide support for job transition and transformation.The opinions also outline deployments in areas such as strengthening job creation effects, constructing employment-friendly upgrade paths, enhancing workers' digital literacy and employment capabilities, promoting artificial intelligence-enabled employment policy services, improving workers' rights protection and social security, and perfecting employment monitoring, early warning, and risk response mechanisms. The document is dated October 16, 2026, and is marked for public release.

According to Digital Asset, the security platform OpenSourceMalware revealed in a program on October 21 that a North Korea-linked hacking group is using a technique called Contagious Interview, luring job seekers in the cryptocurrency industry through LinkedIn to invite them to visit private code repositories and install software packages required for development tasks.The attackers set up a .npmrc configuration file in the repository, causing npm to download dependencies from a specified external package repository instead of the public registry, which could potentially execute malicious code during the installation process and reduce the likelihood of being detected by public security scans. Paul McCarty, co-founder of OpenSourceMalware, stated that this type of technique has been observed recently among attackers. The specific number of victims, affected companies, or the amount of digital asset losses has not yet been disclosed.

OKX will launch the CT (Concrete) Flash Profit Lite event from October 28 at 15:00 to November 3 at 15:00. Users can share a reward of 1,000,000 CT by subscribing to BTC, ETH, OKB, or CT.During the event, users must complete identity verification to participate. Sub-accounts and institutional users are not allowed to participate.

Early investment institution ZhenFund has launched Ask AI on its official website. Entrepreneurs can directly inquire about which teams ZhenFund has invested in, what fields they are currently focusing on, and what activities are suitable for them.ZhenFund has compiled publicly available information about its investment team, invested companies, areas of interest, entrepreneurial activities, and contact information into a bilingual zhenfund.md. After users click on any AI entry point, the website will redirect to Kimi, ChatGPT, Claude, or DeepSeek, and pre-fill the prompts, allowing the model to read the document before answering questions.

Tether-supported Utexo has now opened early access to Utexo Mint, allowing professional operators to test the cross-chain version of USDT on the Bitcoin Signet (Bitcoin testnet), with the official launch date set for November 28.In the Bitcoin Signet sandbox environment, operators can test minting, privacy transfers, and redemption functions. Utexo will also provide related tools for managing cross-network liquidity and facilitating exchanges between fiat currency and the Utexo cross-chain version of USDT. According to previous news, Tether-supported Utexo plans to issue USDT on the Bitcoin network this month, supporting privacy transfers and direct exchanges with BTC.

The Browser Company announced that it will completely cease the operation of the macOS and Windows versions of the Arc browser on December 22, 2026, and has closed new user registrations. Starting from November 23, the AI features on mobile, login, and tab synchronization will gradually be disabled, and the team will fully shift its focus to the AI browser Dia.Arc was launched in 2022, initially limited to Mac users through invitations, and was fully opened in 2023, with plans to gradually launch on Windows and mobile platforms in 2024. The product design includes a vertical tab bar, independent workspaces, automatic tab organization, split-screen browsing, and allows users to directly modify the appearance of web pages. The official disclosure indicated that Arc had over 1 million weekly active users.Founder Josh Miller stated in 2025 that Arc was too complex for ordinary users, with a high learning cost, and only 5.52% of daily active users frequently used multiple workspaces. The team stopped developing new features that year and shifted to Dia. In October of the same year, the parent company was acquired by Atlassian for approximately $610 million. The reason for the shutdown was that browser security in the AI era requires continuous investment, and engineering and security resources must be concentrated on Dia.

Bitget has launched perpetual contracts for DHR (Danaher) and TSTOCK (AT&T). The above contracts are settled in USDT, supporting up to 20x leverage and 24/7 trading. As of now, Bitget supports a total of 376 stock perpetual contract underlying assets.

As the sell-off of technology stocks intensifies, investors are returning to the bond market in search of safety. An indicator measuring the "inverse relationship" between U.S. Treasuries and AI-related stocks has risen back to levels seen a year ago. Nomura Holdings strategists stated that the market is reassessing the likelihood of a "growth panic" in the U.S. based on the "reset" of the AI boom.

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched two parallel consultations aimed at seeking industry input on the applicability boundaries of DeFi and its upcoming regulatory framework for crypto assets. Both consultations will close on November 18, 2026; the FCA plans to publish final guidance in January 2027 after reviewing feedback from various parties.The first consultation primarily targets FCA-regulated firms that use DeFi protocols or facilitate access to DeFi protocols. The guidance is not intended to introduce a new rulebook but aims to clarify how existing regulatory requirements should apply when firms provide services through highly automated, distributed ledger-based systems. The second consultation explores the scope of crypto asset regulation in the context of recent legislative changes (i.e., the "regulatory boundary").