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The Financial Services Commission (FSC) of South Korea stated that after investigating 16 companies (including cryptocurrency exchanges) involved in a previous security incident, it plans to implement stricter cybersecurity requirements for financial institutions. The agency noted that in an industry review covering 555 financial companies, 130 companies were found to have cybersecurity deficiencies, with approximately 100,000 pieces of customer information leaked, including names, contact details, and identification numbers.Affected companies include Streami, the operator of Gopax, and the cryptocurrency trading platform Prabang, which previously disclosed that a hacking incident on October 2 led to the leakage of some customers' personal information. The FSC indicated that it is still investigating whether these incidents involved the use of artificial intelligence or if they are related to the same group of attackers.According to the proposed reforms, larger financial institutions will undergo vulnerability assessments at least twice a year. The regulatory agency also plans to improve the information-sharing system and is considering using artificial intelligence for security monitoring of small businesses. Additionally, the FSC is considering allowing supplementary cybersecurity inspections outside of the regular assessment schedule in the event of an urgent threat to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.

On the 11th, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates stated in a television interview that AI is the most dangerous technology ever invented by humanity, with risks exceeding those of cars, airplanes, and pharmaceuticals. He mentioned that the real threat at present is not AI going out of control, as that scenario is still years away from becoming a reality; rather, the more immediate threat is criminals using AI to carry out extortion, manipulate the stock market, and other crimes.Gates indicated that as criminals crack and bypass the security protections of the latest AI models, there will be a significant number of negative events in the cybersecurity field over the next year. He also mentioned concerns about biosecurity, stating that AI has significant implications for fields such as healthcare, but the potential risks still outweigh those of traditional industries that are already under strict regulation. Currently, there is no effective regulatory framework established globally, and within the next year, industry governance will have to move beyond mere self-regulation, while existing resource investments are far from sufficient.According to reports cited by the Financial Associated Press, Ken McCallum, the director of the UK's MI5, stated in the annual threat assessment that AI is exacerbating the cyber offense and defense game and may change the risk landscape of biological weapons. MI5 has announced the establishment of an AI threat assessment center. Additionally, reports indicate that executives from laboratories such as OpenAI and Anthropic have recently privately simulated disaster response plans, believing that a likely scenario involves cyberattacks impacting financial services, internet connectivity, or water and electricity supply.

Hyperliquid HIP-3 has generated a total revenue of 75 million USD, of which 37.5 million USD goes to the deployer, and another 37.5 million USD is used for the buyback and destruction of Hyperliquid's native tokens.HIP-3 is the mechanism for the deployer to launch perpetual markets on Hyperliquid, allowing the deployer to define the oracles and contract specifications and be responsible for operations, while reusing the protocol's order book and clearing infrastructure. The related market fees are usually shared between the deployer and the protocol in proportion, and the protocol's revenue can be used for buyback and destruction.

Binance will launch bStocks tokenized securities trading pairs: BBB/USDT, MDBB/USDT, PENGB/USDT, and UVXYB/USDT on October 14 at 20:00, and will enable spot algorithm trading bots and smart position trading bot services.Within one hour of the bStocks launch, users can exchange for BTC, USDT, or other tokens without any fees, and the zero maker fee promotion will last until November 1 at 07:59.

San Francisco-based cybersecurity company Reach Security announced on October 13, 2026, the completion of over $50 million in Series B financing, led by Top Tier Capital Partners, with participation from Ballistic Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Microsoft's venture fund M12, and existing investors. The funds will be used for product innovation, expanding integration partnerships, international expansion, and growth in the U.S. enterprise and federal markets.At the same time, Reach Everywhere was launched, integrating security control insights into exposure management, security operations centers, incident response, compliance platforms, and AI security environments through the Reach API, MCP servers, and technology partners. The company claims its AI reads the real-time configurations of existing security products in enterprises, determines whether exploitation paths are blocked, and points out the specific rules that dictate that outcome, allowing for immediate remediation when protection is bypassed.According to VulnCheck, less than 1.3% of vulnerabilities were exploited in the wild in the first half of 2026; citing CrowdStrike, AI-enabled adversary actions increased by 89%, with the shortest time for attackers to breach being as little as 27 seconds. The number of customers has doubled in the past 12 months, including Autodesk, Insurity, MPS, and Ensemble Health Partners. Independent analysis by TAG Infosphere states that organizations using Reach save over 160 hours weekly on control reviews, situational assessments, and incident investigations, with a return on investment of 156%.

According to Metaplanet's announcement, the company has terminated the stock repurchase program of approximately $481 million (75 billion yen) set for October 2025, during which no shares were repurchased. The company stated that it prioritized using borrowed funds to purchase Bitcoin during this period.The company also mentioned that it prioritized advancing mergers and acquisitions, such as the acquisition of Metaplanet securities and strategic investments in Super League Enterprise, and was unable to implement repurchases while holding significant undisclosed information. Metaplanet announced the establishment of a new stock repurchase program of approximately $385 million (60 billion yen) on the same day.

According to reports from Major Factory Daily, ByteDance released a company-wide letter on October 13, initiating a new round of stock option repurchases, with a pre-tax repurchase price of $241.35 per share, the same as the price circulated in early September. Participants in this repurchase include former employees, with those who recently left due to business adjustments receiving the same repurchase price per share as current employees, with no discount.According to the company-wide letter, the repurchase amount is calculated based on each granted option. For total package and other types of options, such as those granted upon joining and adjustments to total packages, 50% of the shares that have vested in each batch can be applied for repurchase after vesting, increasing by 10% for each additional year thereafter. For performance-based options granted before January 1, 2026, 100% of the shares that have vested in each batch can be applied for repurchase after vesting; for grants on or after January 1, 2026, 55% can be applied for repurchase after vesting, increasing by 15% for each additional year thereafter. For bonus-based options, 50% of the shares that have vested can be applied for repurchase one year after the first vesting date, and 100% can be applied for repurchase after two years.The company-wide letter also indicated that total package options granted upon joining require approximately 5 years to achieve 100% vesting, while options granted for outstanding performance require about 3 to 4 years to achieve 100% vesting.

Bybit co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou stated in the keynote speech "Make Your Move" that Bybit is collaborating with Mantle to develop a tokenized stock product called mStocks, which is set to launch next month. According to him, mStocks will be backed 1:1 by real stocks, and users will be able to convert between real stocks and mStocks on the Bybit platform around the clock, with DEX trading supported on Mantle through AMM liquidity pools.The converted mStocks can enter the Bybit Unified Trading Account (UTA) as collateral for other trades, although the specific collateral conversion ratio has not been disclosed. Ben Zhou also mentioned that the recently launched Bybit Stocks has supported over 1,000 U.S. market stocks and assets, with stocks being custodied by partners, and there are plans to support stock lending and transfers from other brokerages in the future.

Bybit announced the launch of stock trading, allowing users to directly trade U.S. stocks and ETFs on the platform. Bybit stated that it has over 80 million global users, and this service is supported by the brokerage infrastructure provider Alpaca.Eligible Bybit users can invest in over 1,000 U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs, with some eligible securities supporting fractional shares, and various trading strategies can be used in both traditional markets and digital asset markets. Trading covers U.S. pre-market, regular, and after-hours sessions, available 5 days a week, 24 hours a day.

Bitget launches a dual CandyBomb event, with participation time from October 9, 18:00 to October 19, 18:00 (UTC+8).Exclusive for new contract users: Complete specified net recharge and contract trading tasks to participate in sharing a prize pool of 0.2 BTC, with a maximum of 0.002 BTC per person.Exclusive for new TradFi contract users: Trade specified contracts such as SanDisk and Micron to participate in sharing a prize pool of 8 rSNDK, with a maximum of 0.08 rSNDK per person.

Hong Kong Cyberport personnel clearly stated to RootData that, after internal verification, Cyberport is not an investor in Metafyed and does not hold any equity in the company.According to RootData, Metafyed is a blockchain-based real-world asset (RWA) tokenization platform, involved in private credit and project financing. The project previously disclosed completing a $5.5 million financing round and stated in the financing press release that it received "incubation and support" from Hong Kong Cyberport, Draper, and the Stellar Development Foundation.RootData marked this financing as "questionable" in March of this year. RootData reminds users to pay attention to the risks associated with the project, to prudently assess the relevant financing information, and welcomes users to provide verifiable information and correction leads to jointly supervise the platform's data quality, enhancing the accuracy and reliability of the data.

According to Bloomberg, cybersecurity consultant Jonathan Spalletta was found guilty by a New York jury for stealing nearly $55 million from the cryptocurrency trading platform Uranium Finance. Prosecutors accused him of carrying out two attacks in 2021, after which the platform was shut down due to the theft of funds. The jury reached a verdict after more than two hours of deliberation. Spalletta faces up to 20 years in prison for money laundering charges related to the use of cryptocurrency mixing services like Tornado Cash.U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff has set the sentencing date for February 16. Law enforcement seized over $3 million worth of rare Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering cards from his residence in Maryland, along with approximately $31 million in cryptocurrency assets. Prosecutors stated that he also spent over $600,000 to purchase a commemorative ancient Roman coin marking the assassination of Caesar and bought a piece of the Wright brothers' original aircraft that was taken to the moon by Armstrong for $137,000. The defense attorney argued that he was merely using publicly available functions within smart contracts, rather than forging credentials or using malicious code, and therefore did not constitute hacking.

Binance will launch bStocks tokenized securities trading pairs on October 7 at 20:00: JPMB/USDT, LLYB/USDT, SECZB/USDT, and USDEB/USDT. The spot algorithm trading robot will be activated simultaneously with the spot listing, and the smart holding robot will be activated within 24 hours after the launch. Within one hour of bStocks going live, users can exchange for BTC, USDT, or other supported tokens without any fees. The zero maker fee promotion will last until November 1 at 07:59.

Anthropic announced the expansion of access to its state-of-the-art AI models, allowing verified institutions to use models such as Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, and Claude Mythos 5.1 for cybersecurity testing.U.S. government agencies, financial institutions, and large software vendors participating in the "Project Glasswing" project will gain open eligibility, and newly joined institutions must be jointly reviewed by Anthropic and the U.S. government.

According to The Block, Nasdaq-listed Solana Treasury company DeFi Development Corp. (DFDV) announced that it has approved an open-ended buyback plan to repurchase all outstanding shares of its CHAD preferred stock, including any shares that may be issued in the future.The plan gives the company flexibility to repurchase when the trading price of CHAD is below the $10 par value. The company stated that it does not intend to immediately buy back CHAD but hopes that the preferred stock will stabilize near the par value first.DeFi Development CEO Joseph Onorati stated that the company's primary goal is simple: to bring CHAD back to par value. He mentioned that this is not an announcement to buy CHAD today, but rather to set up the infrastructure, so that once CHAD stabilizes near par value, if it subsequently falls below par, the company will have an additional tool available. He also stated that the company views CHAD as a long-term financing platform rather than a one-time issuance.This open-ended authorization adds a potential funding allocation tool to DeFi Development's existing $300 million At-the-Market (ATM) issuance plan for CHAD, which the company previously stated would be used to raise funds for increasing its holdings of SOL. The company paid the first dividend on CHAD on October 1.Additionally, the company stated on Monday that preliminary estimates for the third quarter show that as its Solana Treasury increased to 2.56 million SOL over the past week, the net asset value per share has more than doubled compared to before. DFDV's stock price rose 3.3% during Tuesday's trading session.

CrowdStrike, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and NVIDIA expand their global cybersecurity startup accelerator, aiming to define the next generation of innovation in the era of intelligent agents.

"On-Chain Detective" ZachXBT stated that he once disguised himself as a client to infiltrate a criminal gang suspected of laundering money for the North Korean-backed hacker organization Lazarus Group, and assisted in freezing funds related to the 2025 Bybit attack incident.ZachXBT indicated that after Bybit was attacked for $1.5 billion in February 2025, he discovered over 15 accounts seeking help with transactions related to the stolen funds in public Telegram and Discord groups. He then contacted a Telegram user using the alias "Jimmy Green" and built trust through multiple transactions.According to his disclosure, on March 6, 2025, he transferred $3.497 million USDC to an Ethereum address for exchanging USDC with TRON chain USDT. The Gas funds for that address trace back to the Bybit attack funds and have been publicly marked as a Bybit attack blacklist address.ZachXBT stated that in subsequent communications, the other party revealed that their team had participated in handling the stolen funds from Bybit and disclosed in advance that the funds would be transferred on chains such as Solana. By matching transaction times, amounts, and on-chain data, he discovered a wallet cluster involving over $12 million of Bybit attack funds, with funding paths including BTC→ETH→SOL→TRON and others, among which approximately 442,000 USDT had been frozen by Tether. The gang also attempted to launder money through Uniswap liquidity pools and low liquidity tokens.In addition, the other party revealed that they had helped other clients handle approximately $3 million in scam proceeds, and ZachXBT tracked the related funds flowing to sanctioned Huione Guarantee-related wallets.ZachXBT disclosed that during this investigation, he initially invested $3.497 million and bore about 5% loss risk for each transaction. The intelligence obtained was promptly provided to relevant investigative agencies and law enforcement. Since 2022, he has assisted in freezing over $75 million related to North Korea-related incidents.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a Gnosis Safe wallet associated with the synthetic dollar protocol Ethena withdrew 62.58 million ENA from the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit approximately 37 minutes ago, worth about 14.86 million USD.The account also noted that in the past 9 hours, the aforementioned wallet has cumulatively withdrawn 117.58 million ENA from Bybit, valued at approximately 27.96 million USD based on the price at that time.

Cronos Network posted on platform X that both proposals for the token economic model have been approved by community voting. According to the proposal results, 228 million CRO in the Cronos community pool has been successfully burned, bringing the total amount burned to 428 million CRO.At the same time, 100% of the revenue generated from Cronos Ult and Cronos Launch will be used for open market repurchases of CRO, with monthly burns conducted, and each transaction hash will be made public. Cronos stated that the staking reward mechanism remains unchanged, and the related rewards will continue to be funded by the Strategic Reserve.