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According to an official announcement, Binance has officially launched the financial AI agent, Binance AI Pro, for users worldwide. Part of Binance’s AI product matrix, the tool allows users to generate automated trading strategies through natural language conversations, and supports visual workflow editing and simulated trading tests.
Odaily Report: According to an official announcement, Binance has announced that it will globally launch Binance AIPro on October 19, 2026. The product is a finance-focused AI agent that allows users to convert trading ideas into tested automated strategies through conversation, without the need for programming. All users will use the free standard version by default, while the premium version costs 19.99 USDC/month and offers more credits as well as access to cutting-edge AI models such as ChatGPTSol, ChatGPTAstra, and ClaudeOpus.
Odaily reports: According to an official announcement, Binance has announced an upgrade to the "Write to Earn" program on Binance Square, adding participation rewards based on genuine engagement (comments, likes, and follows). Starting from 00:00 (UTC) on October 19, 2026, eligible creators can earn weekly participation rewards based on the quality of content engagement, in addition to trading commissions. Creators ranked in the top 100 by weekly base commission in the live streaming category can receive additional bonus commissions. Rewards will be distributed in USDC to spot accounts by 23:59 (UTC) on the Thursday of the following week.
Binance founder CZ announced that the Japanese edition of his autobiography "Freedom of Money" was released today, with more language versions to follow. All proceeds will be donated to charity.
Odaily report: In response to BNB Chain ecosystem member Spigg's proposal to launch a BNB phone that integrates a native wallet, instant payments and transfers, and consolidates all DApps in the ecosystem into one place, CZ said he rarely disagrees with Spigg, but he is not sure whether carrying a crypto phone everywhere is a good idea.
Odaily report: According to a U.S. Department of Justice announcement, law enforcement authorities in Ghana and Nigeria arrested 28 people in a joint operation targeting West African fraud networks, involving criminal activities such as cryptocurrency investment fraud. The operation was led by the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA), with participation from Binance, Coinbase, and blockchain analytics firms Chainalysis, Elliptic, and TRM Labs. Private-sector partners collectively identified more than $11 million in funds that could potentially be frozen, though the amount has not yet been confirmed as recovered assets.Coinbase stated that it assisted in tracking illicit funds, supporting asset freezes, and providing intelligence to investigators, identifying more than 65 victims still being defrauded and helping prevent over $415,000 in potential losses. During the operation, Ghanaian police arrested 19 people and seized 303 electronic devices, while another 9 people were arrested in Nigeria. Additionally, 117 human trafficking victims in Ghana are awaiting repatriation to Nigeria, and participants also provided law enforcement with leads on more than 30 suspected fraud centers. The U.S. Department of Justice said this was the first joint operation of its kind specifically targeting the West African region. (CoinDesk)
The Cysic Foundation released an incident report stating that on October 17, its cross-chain bridge experienced a security incident in which an attacker minted 10 million CYS without authorization on the BNB Smart Chain. Upon discovering the anomaly, the project team suspended the cross-chain bridge, placed related addresses on an on-chain blacklist, and hired a professional security firm to investigate the attack vectors and fund flows.
Odaily reports: The crypto project Cysic has announced that its cross-chain bridge was paused on Saturday after an attacker exploited a processing flaw to mint 10 million CYS tokens without authorization on BNB Smart Chain. Preliminary investigations indicate that the attacker may have gained unauthorized access to the database supporting the bridge.The unauthorized minting occurred at 12:31:38 UTC, and Cysic blacklisted the receiving address in the token contract at 13:47:52. The address currently still holds approximately 2.8 million CYS, and related transfers have been restricted.Cysic stated that the incident only involved cross-chain bridge message processing and token minting, and did not affect the mainnet or other operating systems, nor did it result in the theft or unauthorized transfer of existing CYS or other assets in user wallets. Token transfers, swaps, and actual losses are still under review, and the company has engaged security firms and plans to release a follow-up report. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily reports: According to Arkham monitoring, whale 0xf82 withdrew 1 million PancakeSwap (CAKE) tokens from Bybit, worth $2.16 million. In addition, the whale also withdrew 800 BNB, worth approximately $576,000.The PancakeSwap core team previously proposed a governance proposal called "The Flip," which plans to increase the proportion of trading fees from v3 and Infinity liquidity pools distributed to liquidity providers (LPs) to 88%, covering all 11 supported blockchains, while reducing CAKE's daily effective emissions from 22,500 to 7,000, a decrease of approximately 69%.
Odaily News — Singapore, October 16, 2026 — AI economic infrastructure project NeoSoul today announced the Believe Plan on the day of the DNA token TGE. Under the theme "I Have a Dream: Let DNA Live for 100 Years," the plan binds NeoSoul and DNA's long-term value across four areas: company operations, products, ecosystem, and team and shareholder interests. DNA launched today on Binance Alpha, OKX, and other exchanges.The Believe Plan states: "I have a foolish dream. In crypto, this will surely be laughed at. But after much deliberation, I've decided to say it anyway: I want NeoSoul to live for 100 years."Company OperationsNeoSoul's internal routine settlements, partial employee compensation, and external partnerships will prioritize DNA, and employees may voluntarily choose to receive more DNA as income. All related DNA will be purchased from the secondary market with no lock-up period.Products and ServicesNeoTrade will exclusively support DNA payments, and technology partners paying with DNA can enjoy discounts; in the future, holding or staking DNA will unlock higher-tier product access.Ecosystem IncentivesCommunity incentives will gradually shift toward DNA holders and sustained contributors, and NeoSoul will also launch an Agent Developer Program to incentivize developers and high-quality Agent Owners.Team and ShareholdersThe team token lock-up period remains unchanged, with linear unlocking replaced by KPI-linked vesting, and the community will be invited to participate in setting the KPIs. The original unlocking mechanism for shareholders remains unchanged, and shareholders who voluntarily extend their lock-up period will receive token rewards.
According to the official announcement, Binance will support the consolidation of the Velodrome Finance (VELODROME) token into Aerodrome (AERO) and the AERO contract replacement. All VELODROME will be converted at a ratio of 1 VELODROME = 0.044 AERO, while old AERO will be swapped for new AERO at a 1:1 ratio.
GasFree has announced that its user base has reached 500,871, cumulatively supporting over 500,000 transfers. Powered by GasFree, users can pay transaction fees directly with USDT without needing to hold TRX as gas; this capability has been extended to USDD, and Binance Web3 Wallet also supports GasFree-powered TRC-20 token transfers. No need to prepare extra TRX or worry about gas fees—GasFree is making on-chain transfers more streamlined and seamless.
According to the official announcement, Binance Alpha will list NeoSoul (DNA) on October 16. Eligible users can claim airdrops on the Alpha Events page using Alpha Points once trading opens.
Odaily News — On October 15, Binance announced that its tokenized stock product bStocks has surpassed $1 billion in assets under management (AUM), making it the fastest tokenized stock product globally to reach this scale. Since its launch on June 11, 2026, bStocks achieved this milestone in just about four months.As of now, bStocks' cumulative trading volume has exceeded $40 billion, with average daily trading volume surpassing $300 million and nearly 100 assets listed. Since launch, the 1:1 conversion volume between directly held stocks and bStocks has reached $6 billion. Binance stated that bStocks can be used as collateral in eligible scenarios and supports 24/7 trading, on-chain settlement, and wallet-to-wallet transfers. As asset scale, trading volume, and use cases continue to expand, bStocks is driving tokenized stocks from a single trading asset toward collateral and broader crypto financial applications, further exploring the integration of traditional equity assets with on-chain financial infrastructure.
According to an official announcement from Binance, Binance has officially launched Covered Call and Cash-Secured Put seller options strategies as the latest expansion of its TradFi product line. The Covered Call strategy allows users holding the underlying stock to sell call options and collect premium upfront; if the option is exercised, the stock is sold at the strike price. The Cash-Secured Put strategy requires users to sell put options while freezing sufficient USDC, and if assigned, they must purchase the underlying stock at the strike price. Both strategies support limit orders only, with trading hours from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM ET, physical settlement, and execution and custody handled by Alpaca Securities LLC. Users must complete an options suitability test and sign a disclaimer before they can start trading.
据官方公告，Binance 预计将于 2026 年 10 月 19 日 19:59（东八区时间）暂停 Filecoin（FIL）网络的代币充值、提现业务，以支持其网络升级及硬分叉。项目方将于区块高度 6,470,279（预计 2026 年 10 月 19 日 20:59 东八区时间）进行网络升级及硬分叉。
Odaily News: Ondo Finance has announced that its platform's total value locked (TVL) has surpassed $4 billion, marking a new milestone. Among this, tokenized stocks and ETF assets exceed $1.3 billion, with cumulative holders across its various products surpassing 1 million. Ondo claims it is currently the largest tokenized U.S. Treasury platform.Ondo stated that the platform is expanding from tokenized U.S. Treasuries into asset classes such as stocks, ETFs, portfolios, and private markets. Its Ondo Stocks connects to traditional financial exchange liquidity through a request-for-quote (RFQ) mechanism, and with the support of its wallet and app, enables permissionless transfers of related tokenized assets across Solana, Ethereum, and BNB Chain.
According to CoinDesk, Nasdaq-listed fintech firm Perpetuals.com (PDC) has formally submitted notice to operate a tokenized U.S. stock trading venue under the SEC’s five-year "innovation exemption" framework. The exemption permits specific markets to trade U.S. equities on public blockchains without registering as traditional securities exchanges, provided that the tokens carry identical shareholder rights to common stock, including dividend and voting rights. Perpetuals.com is the second company to apply for this exemption, following OKX and OKXICE, a joint venture between OKX and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange. Its U.S. market will be managed by Delaware-based subsidiary Kephas Corporation, facilitating trades through AMM liquidity pools on the Ethereum-compatible layer-2 network Kronos X Public, with the initial trading pair consisting of U.S. stock tokens and USDC. CEO Patrick Gruhn previously oversaw operations at FTX Europe and contributed to the development of early stock token products at both Binance and FTX. A full launch is anticipated as early as mid-November.
Odaily reports: According to an official announcement, Binance will stop trading and delist all spot trading pairs for EpicChain (EPIC) and QuickSwap (QUICK) at 03:00 (UTC) on October 28, 2026. In addition, Binance Futures will close the contract positions for the aforementioned tokens and automatically settle them at 09:00 (UTC) on October 20, and new positions will be prohibited from 08:30 (UTC) on October 20. Withdrawal services will cease to be supported at 03:00 (UTC) on December 28.
According to official announcements, the Binance trading platform will list bStocks tokenized security trading pairs on October 14, 2026, at 20:00 (UTC+8), including Blackberry (BBB), MongoDB Inc (MDBB), Penguin Solutions Inc (PENGB), and ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (UVXYB). The specific trading pairs will be BBB/USDT, MDBB/USDT, PENGB/USDT, and UVXYB/USDT. Spot algorithmic trading bots will be enabled simultaneously, while smart portfolio bots will go live within 24 hours after launch.