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Odaily News: Near Protocol and Sunrise announced on October 15 that NEAR has connected to Solana via Sunrise, and NEAR liquidity is now accessible across Solana wallets, the decentralized exchange Jupiter, Raydium, and trading aggregators.This cross-chain pathway is powered by Near Intents, with NEAR as the first asset onboarded. The partners plan to support more assets and eventually integrate Near Intents directly into Sunrise.Following the announcement, NEAR is trading in the $5.24 to $5.30 range, up approximately 14% over 24 hours; its price has more than doubled over the past 30 days.Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz has joined the Near Foundation Council, where he will contribute to product strategy, market execution, and ecosystem development. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to Metis official (@MetisL2), Metis Andromeda will implement two adjustments in October: ceasing support for Stargate on October 23, with LayerZero V1-related routes required to be disabled by that date; and starting October 30, LayerZero Labs' DVN (Decentralized Validator Network) and Executor will no longer provide services to Metis. Additionally, Stargate V1 pools will be shut down across all chains on December 15. The official statement indicates that most holders do not need to take any action. m.USDC, m.USDT, WETH, and METIS are issued via the Metis native cross-chain bridge and are unrelated to Stargate; minting and redemptions will proceed as usual, while the Ethereum ↔ Metis native cross-chain bridge remains unaffected. Users providing liquidity to Stargate pools on Metis must withdraw their positions before October 23. If staked, assets must first be unstaked, after which users can select the Metis Andromeda network in the Stargate application to withdraw.
Odaily News: Circle published an article disclosing that in the first half of 2026, USDC onchain transaction settlement volume exceeded $36 trillion, with total minting and redemption exceeding $315 billion, averaging approximately $1.7 billion per day. As of June, USDC's share of global stablecoin transaction volume rose from 60% a year earlier to approximately 77%.Circle stated that in the first half of the year, the company generated approximately $1.4 billion in revenue, of which about $819 million was used for USDC distribution partner payouts and transaction costs, accounting for 59% of total revenue; another approximately $473 million was used for infrastructure investments including licenses, banking partnerships, settlement liquidity, compliance, and product development, accounting for about 34%, with net profit representing approximately 7% of revenue.Circle noted that more than 150 partners currently participate in USDC ecosystem revenue distribution, and partners can earn reserve income shares by expanding the scale of USDC they hold. In addition, all Circle customers can redeem USDC for free through standard channels, typically with settlement completed within two business days; eligible Circle Payments Network and Circle Platform customers can also enjoy 24/7, near-instant free redemption services.
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.
Bybit today listed the Neosoul (DNA/USDT) perpetual contract, offering up to 20x leverage.
Odaily reports, according to GMGN market data, the AI concept project NeoSoul's token DNA has risen above $0.23, now trading at $0.2313, with intraday gains exceeding 210%.It is reported that NeoSoul is dedicated to building an operating system for the AI Agent economy. Its core product NeoTrade is positioned as a universal execution layer for trading Agents, supporting AI Agents in conducting trading operations.Odaily reminds users that token prices are highly volatile, please be aware of trading risks.
Odaily News: Modular blockchain project Celestia has announced the launch of Eden, a high-performance EVM-compatible chain running on Celestia, serving as an experimental sandbox for testing AI Agent autonomous payments, trading, and model calls. Eden supports atomic batch transactions, application-sponsored gas, and larger smart contract deployments, with TIA as its native gas token. Eden's first experimental project is Botfun, currently in closed beta, where participating Agents can independently issue tokens and trade around narratives generated by other Agents; each model inference call is paid on-chain via x402.
According to CoinDesk, SEC Chair Paul Atkins issued a statement on October 13 approving a rule change filed by Cboe Global Markets. The change allows for the listing of binary options tied to the key performance indicators (KPIs) of 23 U.S. publicly traded companies. Crypto-related metrics include trading volume for Coinbase (COIN), customer count and revenue for Robinhood (HOOD), and bitcoin production for MARA Holdings (MARA). These contracts are cash-settled, European-style options that can only be exercised at expiration. Settlement data is sourced from documents filed with the SEC by the companies, rather than earnings presentation materials. Cboe plans to launch these contracts this month, with Robinhood expected to become the first broker to offer the product to retail investors. However, trading will not begin until the clearing firm Cboe Clear U.S. receives its provisional registration, as another related application remains under review.
According to the market briefing released by QCP Capital (QCP Market Colour), US September CPI rose 3.7% year-over-year and 0.6% month-over-month, with market expectations at 3.6% and 0.6%, respectively. Core CPI increased 2.6% year-over-year and 0.3% month-over-month, exceeding forecasts on both metrics. Despite the resilient inflation data, US Treasury yields retreated significantly. During the prior week, yields on 10-year and 30-year US Treasuries briefly spiked to 5.35% and 5.73%, respectively, before capital flowed into long-dated Treasuries as a safe haven, reversing the reflation trade that had previously dominated the market. QCP noted that this risk-off sentiment was primarily driven by credit stress in the AI infrastructure sector. AI compute provider CoreWeave closed down 15.5% on the day, and its five-year credit default swap (CDS) spread widened to 60%, prompting declines in the NASDAQ and South Korea’s KOSPI indices. Separately, MSCI introduced a new “non-operating company” classification framework this week, which may impact whether certain securities retain their place in the index and trigger forced redemptions from passive funds. Consequently, the index inclusion status of Strategy (MSTR) remains uncertain. QCP argued that credit quality within the technology sector is now displacing inflation and fiscal concerns as the primary constraint on risk appetite. With the tech earnings season commencing in approximately two weeks, the upcoming period will serve as a critical benchmark for determining whether AI-related credit risks could spill over into broader asset classes.
Bybit today added the Derive (DRVUSDT) perpetual contract, supporting up to 20x leverage.
stablecoin issuer Circle plans to expand into approximately 50 emerging and developing markets to meet growing demand for digital dollar payments in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.USDC circulation stands at about $73.3 billion, accounting for roughly one-quarter of the stablecoin market; USDT's market share is close to 60%, higher than that of USDC.Circle's $400 million acquisition of Tazapay, the newly launched Arc blockchain, and its approval for a federal trust bank charter are expected to support its market expansion; a clearer regulatory environment is driving stablecoin adoption. (CoinDesk)
Gerald Podobnik stated Deutsche Bank will launch its first digital asset service within weeks. In the first phase, it will roll out crypto custody in Germany, supporting major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, and will subsequently add mainstream stablecoin redemption services. The bank plans to expand its custody platform to Asian financial hubs next year and offer tokenized deposit services, helping clients issue digital bonds and other blockchain-based securities.
Odaily reports: Vitalik posted on X platform stating that he has integrated Wrapped zkAPI, Tor, additional cover traffic, and local LLM prompt rewriting into an OpenAI-compatible daemon, and built a "paranoid mode" wrapper for the agent tool pi. Each conversation is assigned an independent Tor circuit, requests include random cover traffic, zkAPI avoids identity leakage through a payment mechanism, and all prompts are rewritten locally; his agent tool runs in a bwrap sandbox with torsocks layered on top, and all operations go through Tor. This solution already has relatively high usability but increases latency; Vitalik stated that Tor is not an ideal privacy solution in this scenario, and more specialized mix networks may require higher bandwidth overhead and built-in constant cover traffic. Lower mainnet deposit and withdrawal gas costs for zkAPI are coming soon.
Odaily News — On October 16, B.AI published its weekly token ranking for domestic model brands covering October 9 to 15. Xiaomi's model token usage held steady at No. 2 for the third consecutive week, surging 49.9% week-over-week, with its platform token usage share rising 10.4 percentage points. DeepSeek continued to lead this week with a total of 1.03T tokens. Zhipu grew 44.3% week-over-week, with its platform share increasing 3.7 percentage points, ranking No. 3. Moonshot's token usage skyrocketed 286.5% week-over-week. With multiple models competing side by side, real usage bears witness to market shifts. B.AI continues to expand model options, empowering developers to flexibly access diverse AI capabilities. Log in to b.ai to explore.
According to CoinShares' market report, the US September CPI rose 0.6% month-over-month and 3.7% year-over-year, exceeding the 3.6% market expectation. Gasoline prices surged 9.1% during the month, accounting for roughly half of the overall increase. Core CPI rose 0.3% month-over-month and 2.6% year-over-year. In the same period, US September retail sales increased 0.8% month-over-month, beating the ~0.3% forecast, while August data was revised up to 1.3%. However, retail sales excluding gasoline only grew by 0.2%, down from 1.0% in August. The report pointed out that inflation remains elevated and economic demand continues to show resilience, driving a hawkish repricing of Federal Reserve policy that weighed on Bitcoin and the broader digital asset market. Data showed that market sentiment notably weakened following the CPI release, with global digital asset investment products recording $434 million in outflows so far this week. Regarding interest rate expectations, as of October 15, Polymarket data indicated a roughly 75% probability that the Fed would hold rates unchanged at its October meeting and about a 25% probability of a 25-basis-point hike. Following the CPI release, futures markets shifted markedly toward a hawkish stance, with expectations of another rate hike within the year rising significantly.
According to Xinhua News Agency, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, president of the People's Republic of China and chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspected the Chahar High-Tech Industrial Development Zone in Ulanqab City, Inner Mongolia, on Oct. 16, to learn about the region's progress in building hub nodes for the "East Data, West Computing" project and developing a green computing industry. Rich in wind and solar resources, Ulanqab has leveraged advantages such as green electricity, climate, and location to foster its green computing sector, achieving notable results in recent years. Xi Jinping pointed out that implementing the "East Data, West Computing" project and building a national integrated computing power network represent a key deployment by the CPC Central Committee. Scientific planning, resource support, and security safeguards must be strengthened to ensure the efficient operation of completed projects and the timely completion of upcoming ones. The industrial chain should be extended to promote deep integration of the digital economy with the real economy, converting computing advantages into broader developmental strengths. He also noted that the computing power network is one of the state-planned "six major networks," with the computing industry accelerating its development and holding broad prospects. He stressed implementing standards for efficiency, sustainability, and safety, while emphasizing synergy between computing and electricity, and between computing and water. Computing center projects must be effectively built and operated to contribute to the advancement of Digital China and the growth of new quality productive forces.
On October 16, Tencent Hunyuan announced the upgrade of its agent memory framework, Hy Memory, to version 2.0, alongside the open-sourcing of the specialized model Hy-Memory-30A3B, the memory framework, and the local application MemHub. The three can be used independently or combined into a complete Memory solution. Tencent Hunyuan stated that this open-source release covers the model, framework, and application layers, providing a complete end-to-end pipeline for agent memory capabilities from foundational models to deployment tools.
According to data monitored by on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), on the launch day of papertrade (@papertrade_xyz), an on-chain perpetual futures exchange built on Hyperliquid, one trader executed $10.1 billion in trading volume. Although his trades incurred a loss of $979,000, he was awarded 252 million PAPER tokens. He subsequently ceased trading and staked all 252 million PAPER tokens, having already claimed $1.73 million in USDC staking rewards to date. Over the past three days, he has averaged earnings of approximately $220,000 per day. After factoring in his trading losses, his current cumulative profit is approximately $762,000.
According to an official announcement, due to BitMEX terminating its connection to the Travel Rule solution VerifyVASP, Upbit will suspend digital asset deposits and withdrawals of 1,000,000 KRW or more between itself and BitMEX starting October 16, 2026. The specific arrangements are as follows: • Withdrawals to BitMEX: Suspended as of September 23. Withdrawals via OpenAPI are also unavailable. • Manual deposits from BitMEX to Upbit: Deposits of 1,000,000 KRW or more will be suspended at 14:00 on December 18. Assets of 1,000,000 KRW or more arriving after this time must be retrieved through Upbit's refund process. • Deposits below 1,000,000 KRW: Supported as usual.
According to The Block, Lightning Labs has launched LayerTree, a Bitcoin scaling solution designed to allow up to 1 million users to share a single UTXO. The design operates in a non-custodial model and connects to the Lightning Network, but requires changes to the Bitcoin protocol before deployment.