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According to CNBC, Richard Bernstein, Global Macro Head at Janus Henderson, stated that the sell-off in AI stocks could benefit small-cap stocks. He believes capital previously flowed into the AI data center industry under loose conditions, while other companies faced tighter financing; if overall market valuations pull back, borrowing costs across the broader economy are expected to decline. Last Thursday, a major chip ETF closed nearly 14% below its October high, with chip stocks falling for eight consecutive trading days, marking a record not seen in 16 years. Bernstein said the Federal Reserve is in a tightening cycle and hiked rates by 25 basis points on September 16, the first increase since 2023. He disputes the market's expectation of "just one rate hike," pointing out that the rise in U.S. core import prices has outpaced core consumer prices, reversing a 30-year trend. "The U.S. is importing inflation." He also noted that the consumer staples sector has performed relatively well, reflecting market concerns about a recession.
According to Bloomberg, South Korean data center infrastructure and neocloud service provider Elice Inc. will list on the tech-focused KOSDAQ market on Tuesday. The IPO aims to raise 201 billion won (approximately $151 million), making it the largest offering of the year on the exchange. Elice's issue price is set at 90,500 won per share, at the upper end of the pricing range, with a post-listing market cap expected to exceed 1 trillion won.
According to The Block, NASDAQ-listed company OpenWorld (ticker: OPNW) has signed a merger agreement to acquire AI agent company Blocksight. Blocksight's AI agents are expected to serve as the operating layer for OpenWorld's recently announced tokenized financing program, responsible for transaction structuring, asset verification, and daily reporting, with the total financing amount exceeding $1.1 billion.
Matt Cole, CEO of Bitcoin treasury company Strive, stated on X that the long-term trend of currency debasement will continue to drive the appreciation of scarce assets. As digital gold, Bitcoin is still in its early stages, and as the market gradually matures, its long-term performance is expected to surpass gold.Cole noted that over the past 55 years, gold's compound annual growth rate has exceeded the growth rate of the U.S. M2 money supply in multiple periods. Since 1970, these rates were 9.0% and 6.7% respectively; since the global financial crisis, 9.5% and 6.3% respectively; and since the COVID-19 pandemic, 18.3% and 6.5% respectively.Cole believes that as the debt crisis continues to worsen, the long-term excess performance of scarce assets relative to the U.S. dollar may further expand. For Strive, the key to determining whether it can outperform Bitcoin lies in maintaining a high Bitcoin exposure multiplier and sufficient liquidity, rather than simply reducing financing costs.He emphasized that establishing and sustaining high Bitcoin exposure over the long term while avoiding financial risk is extremely challenging, and the market still underestimates Strive's competitive advantages in Bitcoin exposure amplification capability and liquidity management. Its core investment philosophy is to reduce U.S. dollar exposure and increase Bitcoin allocation over the long term.
Odaily reports: Anthropic officially announced on X: "We are committing to allocate a portion of Anthropic's shares to the 'Anthropic Public Benefit Fund' — a newly established entity wholly owned by us and fully dedicated to the public interest. The fund will initially hold 5% of our shares. On top of the established baseline, for every 50% increase in the company's valuation, subject to Board review and approval, we may allocate up to an additional 2% of shares. This means that approximately 20% of Anthropic's total shares will be dedicated to public welfare causes. Our co-founders have committed to donating 80% of their personal equity; in addition, under the equity matching program we established since our founding, about half of our employees are also donating a portion of their respective equity."
Odaily reports: Michael Passalacqua, Senior Counsel to CFTC Chairman Mike Selig and head of the Innovation Working Group, introduced that after the Clarity Act stalled, the CFTC's Reg CAM, or "crypto asset market" framework, aims to provide crypto asset trading platforms with a path to voluntarily opt into CFTC-led unified national regulation. The arrangement is mainly targeted at platforms offering retail customers leveraged, margin, or financed trading, enabling them to escape the patchwork regulatory landscape of state money transmission licenses; pure spot trading without leverage generally remains outside this mandatory framework. Passalacqua said the rulemaking is currently in the public comment phase, and whether the industry finds the proposal attractive remains undetermined.
Odaily Sees: Bitcoin News posted on X that Strive, after weeks of sustained buying, reportedly holds 35,600 BTC and has drawn attention from Wall Street. TD Cowen raised its price target on Strive's stock from $44 to $56 on October 16. Strive priced an offering of 7 million preferred shares at $90 per share, raising approximately $630 million in gross proceeds (before fees); this approach avoids immediate dilution of common stock but requires dividend payments. Strive's stock fell 6.1% on Friday, in sync with Strategy.
Cryptocurrency analyst Darkfost stated in a post that after Bitcoin encountered resistance around $87,000, the MVRV metric fell below the historical 30th percentile (25.7%), indicating that the market has reentered a transitional phase following capitulation selling. Darkfost further pointed out that this indicator does not simply measure the ratio of Bitcoin's market capitalization to its realized market capitalization, but instead compares current MVRV levels against their historical context. The current valuation level accounts for only about 25% of historical time, which still aligns with the characteristics of a market accumulation phase. However, Bitcoin has now moved out of the extremely undervalued range, which has historically coincided with market bottoms.
As reported by Cointelegraph, enterprise-grade AI agent infrastructure company AIsa has completed a seed round extension financing, with Tether and HIVEN joining as strategic investors, bringing its cumulative funding to over $9 million. Previous investors also include Alibaba, Tribe Capital, Sumitomo Corporation, Draper Associates, and Saison Capital.
Enterprise AI agent infrastructure company AIsa has announced the completion of a seed extension round, with stablecoin issuer Tether and HIVEN joining as strategic investors. This round brings its cumulative funding to over $9 million.Tether and HIVEN join the existing investor lineup that includes Alibaba, Tribe Capital, Sumitomo Corporation, Draper Associates, and Saison Capital. AIsa founder and CEO Jordan Liu stated that the company will build infrastructure to support global discovery, access, and payment for resources by AI agents.AIsa's network integrates resource discovery, access, and transactions, connecting enterprise AI agents with external data, AI search, models, APIs, software tools, and industry services, while providing permission management, usage metering, billing, and settlement. (Cointelegraph)
According to Bloomberg, CoreWeave's financing developments are exacerbating market concerns over the funding capabilities of AI companies. Following statements from its co-founders that they are exploring entry into the investment-grade debt market and securing insurance company capital, its high-yield bond yields rose to 15% this week, reaching a level typically viewed as indicative of distressed debt. Some creditors are concerned that the company will continue to incur significant debt in the future.
Odaily reports: Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said during the October 13 earnings call that tokenization is becoming an important trend spanning multiple asset classes and could bring more products, clients, and business. The bank has already tokenized bonds, money market funds, and real estate for some clients.DeFi, prediction markets, and automated trading are also under discussion, but Goldman Sachs has not announced related specific products. Solomon said blockchain-related activity remains relatively small in scale at present.Goldman Sachs uses its proprietary GS DAP platform to provide blockchain-based financial asset infrastructure and participated in the tokenization service launched by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) in July, and is evaluating scalable applications. Solomon said tokenization can reduce costs, automate processes, and improve liquidity across asset classes.Solomon said Goldman Sachs supports the passage of the CLARITY Act, despite reservations about some provisions, and is participating in discussions with regulators on market rules. The bank reported third-quarter net revenue of $18.68 billion, with equities business revenue up 72% year-over-year to $6.4 billion. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily reports: BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes said on the Convergence program on October 16 that OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX are all unprofitable, and that AI model companies rely on debt financing, equity financing, and implicit support from the U.S. government.The Nasdaq 100 index fell 2.5%, and chip stocks declined for an eighth consecutive day, marking the longest losing streak since 2008. On October 17, Bitcoin's price was close to $81,400. A Bank of America analyst said the $1 trillion AI investment boom may follow a typical boom-and-bust cycle.Hayes believes that the bigger the AI bubble, the larger the subsequent bailout will be, and the higher Bitcoin's price will go. He also said Bitcoin can reflect wasted capital. He also criticized token issuance methods, saying that retail investors who bought at TGE and then suffered a 95% drop were the ones who got hurt. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily reports: U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein on October 15, 2026, declined to vacate the $5 million settlement agreement between crypto exchange Gemini and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), leaving the paid fine and permanent injunction in effect. Previously, the CFTC had stated that the original lawsuit should never have been brought.The dispute stemmed from Gemini's involvement in proposed Bitcoin futures contracts. The CFTC filed suit in June 2022, alleging that Gemini misled regulators regarding trading safeguards, customer financing, special fee arrangements, and activities that could potentially affect contract pricing; the two parties settled in January 2025, with Gemini neither admitting nor denying the allegations.In May 2026, following an internal review, the CFTC and Gemini jointly sought to vacate the settlement, citing issues with whistleblower credibility, evidence, and enforcement practices. The judge found that the relevant circumstances had existed prior to the settlement and that a change in enforcement priorities was insufficient to vacate a binding court order; the CFTC retains its enforcement discretion. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily reports: White Hair Stock Oracle Serenity stated that the memory chip industry is gaining unprecedented long-term demand visibility, with major cloud service providers such as Google even seeking to sign long-term supply agreements extending to 2035. However, the market remains affected by concerns over the sustainability of AI infrastructure investment and financing risks.Serenity also cited Dell CEO Michael Dell's view that the memory chip supply shortage may last about 4 years, as the construction cycle for new wafer fabs is lengthy, and the relevant capacity is expected to be released only between 2029 and 2030. Dell expects that the supply-demand imbalance in memory chips may further deteriorate in 2027.
According to The Block, TD Cowen analysts Lance Vitanza and Jonnathan Navarrete raised their price target for Strive (ASST) on Friday from $44 to $56. Strive's bitcoin holdings have increased to 35,595 BTC, valued at approximately $2.9 billion, up from 28,000 BTC at the end of September. This represents an acquisition of nearly 7,600 BTC over two weeks, surpassing TD Cowen's previous forecast of adding 4,750 BTC in the fourth quarter. The purchases include 3,311 BTC acquired on Tuesday (approximately $280 million, marking its largest single transaction since January) and 2,822 BTC on Wednesday. Strive is now the publicly traded company with the fourth-largest bitcoin treasury, marginally ahead of MARA's reported holdings. Strive has simultaneously expanded its SATS preferred stock offering to 7 million shares at $90 per share, targeting $630 million in proceeds, with completion expected by October 20. The company plans to reserve cash sufficient to cover dividend payments for 18 months. TD Cowen expects the offering to fund future bitcoin acquisitions without necessitating additional common stock issuance.
PPP prediction market tool monitoring shows that Polymarket's "Papertrade FDV above $100 million one day after launch" probability has risen to 80%, up 27% in 24 hours.If Papertrade's token has a fully diluted valuation (FDV) above the specified threshold one day after launch, the market will resolve to "Yes"; otherwise, it will resolve to "No."Only official tokens formally issued by Papertrade after the creation of this market are eligible. Stablecoins, meme coins, liquid staking tokens (LSTs), and synthetic tokens do not qualify.The token must be publicly tradable to be considered officially launched.FDV is calculated as the token's total supply multiplied by the token price."One day after launch" is defined as 4:00 PM ET on the day following the token's launch.The market will use the most liquid available price source as the basis for resolution.If Papertrade fails to issue a token before 23:59 ET on December 31, 2027, the market will resolve to "No."Join the PPP signal push community to stay one step ahead and seize the advantage.
According to an official announcement from Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, in collaboration with Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, The Mizuho Bank, and TISI Co., Ltd., it completed a pilot experiment from July 17 to 23, 2026, regarding the joint issuance of Japanese yen stablecoins and the optimization of cross-border payments. Supported by the Financial Services Agency's "Fintech Pilot Hub・Payment Advancement Project," the experiment verified the feasibility of a multi-bank co-issuance model for stablecoins and explored the application potential of blockchain technology in international remittances and intercompany payments. The experimental results demonstrate that stablecoin issuance and circulation are operationally viable, providing significant reference for the future societal implementation of digital payment services and blockchain financial assets.
Odaily News: AI data center developer Nscale plans to raise up to $3 billion through an IPO as early as this month, but has been revealed to be facing challenges including construction delays, equipment failures, regulatory issues, and employee complaints. Its flagship project—originally planned to build a 30-megawatt data center—is approximately 6 months behind schedule overall, and to accelerate construction, the company arranged for hundreds of construction workers to stay in a floating hotel. Additionally, the project has experienced liquid cooling system leaks and transformer fires. Local safety inspections also identified 10 violations, including ungrounded exposed components in high-voltage systems.Nscale was spun off from crypto mining company Arkon Energy in 2024. It has secured over $103 billion in contracts but has almost no data centers in operation. As of August, its actually built target compute capacity was less than 1% of its overall plan, relying heavily on leased capacity from other data center operators to fulfill contracts. The company's IPO filings show that Microsoft and Anthropic account for approximately 85% of its contract scale; Anthropic has committed to spending approximately $44.6 billion on dedicated AI chip infrastructure for the Monarch campus in West Virginia, but Nscale has yet to secure the financing and long-term chip supply agreements needed to fulfill that contract.Meanwhile, Nscale is seeking an IPO valuation of up to $35 billion. CEO Josh Payne previously summarized its model as "owning land, power, data centers, chips, and software," but multiple projects have yet to achieve this vertically integrated model, with power supply, grid connection, construction progress, and customer delivery all constituting potential bottlenecks. (Bloomberg)
Bernstein assesses that CoreWeave faces rising financing costs, weakened contract protections, substantial debt obligations, and challenges to its long-term business model. The firm maintains an Underweight rating with a $74 target price, representing 12% upside from the $65.78 close on October 14.