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Ethereum infrastructure company Blockspace is established and completes a new funding round, led by BlueYard Capital
Odaily News: Ethereum infrastructure company Blockspace announced its establishment, aiming to improve Ethereum's off-protocol infrastructure and facilitate more global applications' access to Ethereum blockspace.Blockspace stated that Ethereum's core business is providing blockspace. Currently, over 90% of global Ethereum blockspace traffic relies on infrastructure outside the protocol, which still has gaps in economic models, reliability, performance, and service capabilities. Blockspace recently completed a funding round led by BlueYard Capital, with participation from ether.fi Ventures, Quasar, SharpLink Gaming, and other institutions.Blockspace stated that it will collaborate with the Blockspace Forum and the broader Ethereum community in the future to accelerate the development of off-protocol infrastructure in Ethereum's transaction process. Its business model relies entirely on ETH. The company will operate and support Ethereum infrastructure, including staking operations, earning transaction fee rewards from blocks generated by its staked ETH, and then reinvesting the proceeds into staking.
Citadel Securities President States: Company May Enter Prediction Markets, Focusing on Geopolitical Hedging Rather Than Sports Events
According to The Block, Jim Esposito, President of Citadel Securities, stated on Thursday at the Semafor World Economic Forum in Washington, D.C., that the firm is “fully capable” of providing liquidity to prediction markets—but explicitly expressed no interest in sports-event contracts. Instead, he emphasized the value of prediction markets for hedging geopolitical risks, citing the U.S. midterm elections this November as “one of the greatest risks facing investors’ portfolios.” Esposito noted that as platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket continue to grow rapidly, the prediction market is poised for sustained expansion—naturally drawing Citadel Securities into the space. Notably, Zhao Peng, CEO of Citadel Securities, participated last year in Kalshi’s $185 million funding round.
MAS: Could Shift to Looser Policy After AI Boosts Productivity
According to The Straits Times, Edward Robinson, Chief Economist at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, stated on October 20 at the Beijing Financial Street Forum that while central banks may consider easing monetary policy once artificial intelligence generates widespread productivity gains, the current AI investment boom is fueling demand, requiring policies to remain appropriately restrictive. He noted that AI-related investments are driving economic growth, but the technology has yet to deliver significant productivity improvements across the broader economy, and urged a gradual, data-dependent approach. The Monetary Authority of Singapore tightened monetary policy in April and July 2026 due to rising inflation risks, and maintained its stance unchanged in October; its October 14 statement warned that if the AI boom generates wider economic spillovers and pushes up unit labor costs, domestic inflation could remain elevated. Robinson said that AI-driven electronics accounted for more than 70% of Asia's export growth this year, but growth in industries producing AI-related technologies was driven primarily by increased investment and more intensive use of existing resources rather than efficiency gains. Citing OECD estimates, he added that with sufficiently broad adoption and appropriate investment, AI could boost annual total factor productivity growth by as much as 0.6 percentage points.
Jin10 Roundup: Financial Street Forum Kicks Off, Nvidia Denies Rumors
The Financial Street Forum Annual Meeting has opened and regulators are set to speak, while leading A-share companies such as Montage Technology launch share buybacks. NVIDIA states that the RTX 5090 shortage is merely due to capacity constraints. Protests occur in multiple European countries and the euro declines, as Iran's new defense minister is approved.
Survey: 72% of South Korean Companies Believe Existing Data Centers Cannot Support Large-Scale AI
According to Yonhap News Agency, a survey released by Dell Technologies at the Dell Technologies Forum 2026 shows that 72% of surveyed South Korean companies believe existing data center environments are insufficient to support large-scale artificial intelligence and data analytics workloads; 84% of enterprises plan to advance data center modernization by integrating legacy equipment, upgrading servers, and storage facilities. The survey also reveals that the main obstacles to AI implementation center on security, regulation, and data governance: 75% of respondents find it difficult to navigate government regulations related to AI data, 65% stated that security and compliance issues have caused delays or halts in AI projects, and 60% expressed concern over entrusting critical corporate data to generative AI tools that may be accessible by third parties.
South Korean Government Launches First Stablecoin Legislation Forum, Advancing "Digital Asset Basic Act" Enactment Within the Year
According to Edaily, the South Korean government held the first stablecoin legislation forum attended by the Deputy Prime Minister for Economy on July 21, focusing on the "Basic Act on Digital Assets," with key topics covering the stablecoin issuance and circulation system, segmented regulation of the digital asset industry, and improvements to anti-money laundering rules.
Zano plans to transition to pure PoS through Zenith in 2027, reducing block time to 15 seconds
: Privacy blockchain Zano has announced that Zenith has entered the implementation phase, with a network transition planned for 2027, subject to testing, analysis, and review results. Zano has not yet announced an activation date, and the proposed operational parameters still require verification at the network level. Zenith will transition Zano from a hybrid PoW and PoS mechanism to a privacy-preserving pure PoS protocol. The proposed block time will be reduced from approximately 1 minute to about 15 seconds, the recommended number of confirmations will be lowered from 10 blocks to 4 to 6 blocks, and the typical confirmation time will be around 60 to 90 seconds. Andrey Sabelnikov, co-founder and core developer of Zano, stated that Zenith is based on over 12 years of privacy research, aiming to provide the network with the advantages of modern PoS while retaining the privacy protections that Zano users expect. PoW miners currently receive approximately 720 newly issued ZANO per day, equivalent to around 21,600 per month and 262,800 per year. After Zenith is activated and PoW mining ends, this issuance will be discontinued. Zano has also launched the official Zano Forum for technical discussions and community support.
former head of the Bank for International Settlements softens stance on stablecoins, supports coexistence with fiat currencies
former Bank for International Settlements Governor Agustín Carstens stated at the Point Zero Forum that stablecoins can promote financial innovation and inclusion while reducing costs.He pointed out that efforts should be made to create conditions for the coexistence of fiat currencies and stablecoins. If the goal is to establish a global system where stablecoins interact with global currencies, this must be a collaborative global effort. Better regulation and a level playing field for issuers could help stablecoins thrive in a dramatic way. (cointelegraph)
Polkadot Community Foundation: Fearless Wallet Browser Extension Has Private Key Leak Risk
The Polkadot Community Foundation issued a security warning on the Polkadot Forum stating that versions 3.0.1, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, and 3.0.5 of the browser extension for the third-party wallet Fearless Wallet contain malicious code, which may transmit users' private keys to attacker-controlled servers when unlocking the wallet. The relevant code was added on February 19, 2025, via a code commit titled “TON ecosystem”, and was triggered intermittently from February 2025 to October 10, 2026.
NEAR Governance Forum Proposes Reducing Token Issuance Rate from 2.5% to 1.6% Over 24 Months
Odaily News: A new proposal has been submitted on the NEAR governance forum by Sal Ternullo, CEO of Svrn AI, recommending that the NEAR token issuance rate be reduced from 2.5% to 1.6% over 24 months, with a long-term push toward a fixed total supply. The proposal is currently open for discussion among validators, House of Stake representatives, and the broader NEAR community.The NEAR team stated that the NEAR Intents incident did not involve any vulnerability in NEAR Protocol or the native NEAR token. The network continued producing blocks and processing transactions without downtime during the period.
NEAR Community Proposal Proposes Reducing Maximum Annual Token Issuance Rate, Clarifies Security Incident Does Not Involve Native Token Vulnerabilities
NEAR Protocol announced on the X platform that Sal Ternullo, CEO of NEAR Treasury Company SVRN, has introduced a new proposal on the NEAR Governance Forum to reduce NEAR's annual maximum token issuance rate from 2.5% to 1.6% over a 24-month period, and lower the staking yield from the current approximately 5.4% to around 3.5%. The proposal is currently soliciting feedback from validators, House of Stake delegates, and NEAR community members, with a complete plan expected to be published next week for voting. Following the earlier NEAR Intents security incident, NEAR Protocol further clarified that the blockchain network is operating normally. The incident was not caused by any vulnerabilities in NEAR Protocol or its native NEAR token. The NEAR Protocol network continues to produce blocks and process transactions without experiencing downtime.
Zhou Hongyi urges the cybersecurity industry to rapidly establish a framework for AI vulnerability discovery, automated defense, and agent security.
According to a report by the Securities Times, at the 4th Cyberspace Security (Tianjin) Forum, Zhou Hongyi, founder of the 360 Group, delivered a keynote presentation, stating that AI has reshaped the cyber attack and defense landscape, rendering traditional solutions unsustainable. It is essential to build a new automated cyber defense and offense system centered on "governing models with models," leveraging AI capabilities to mitigate AI risks, ensure the inherent security of large models, the reliability of generated content, and the trustworthiness of output results; and to implement full lifecycle management of AI agents, establishing control mechanisms that are auditable, subject to intervention, and capable of being blocked.
Mantle Releases MIP-35 Proposal, Drafts Core Budget for Fourth Budget Cycle
The Mantle core contributors team has published the MIP-35 proposal on the Mantle Forum, which is currently in the discussion phase. The proposal outlines the core budget for the fourth budget cycle from July 2026 to June 2027, with an overall cap of 40 million USDx and 150 million MNT. This budget covers expenditures for personnel, administrative and general management costs, marketing and distribution, ecosystem projects, and infrastructure and security.
Tether MDK Gains Support from 15 Mining Companies and Others, Advancing Bitcoin Mining Automation
Odaily — Digital asset company Tether has announced that 15 Bitcoin mining companies, ASIC manufacturers, and mining pools have committed to jointly building and maintaining integrations for its open-source mining development kit, MDK. MDK aims to unify access methods across different mining infrastructures, enabling developers to build applications and AI automation systems.Participants will develop and maintain MDK Workers, converting their respective hardware, mining pool, or system interfaces into universal interfaces; without needing to replace existing technology, they can also decide which features to open up. Existing applications can connect to different mining environments through MDK.Tether's QVAC mining agent has already connected to mining infrastructure through MDK. MDK version 0.11 will be released on October 23–24 at the Plan ₿ Forum in Lugano, with the first stable version 1.0 planned for launch by the end of 2026. (Tether News)
Polkadot Community Foundation: Fearless Wallet Browser Extension Has Private Key Leak Risk
The Polkadot Community Foundation issued a security warning on the Polkadot Forum stating that versions 3.0.1, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, and 3.0.5 of the browser extension for the third-party wallet Fearless Wallet contain malicious code, which may transmit users' private keys to attacker-controlled servers when unlocking the wallet. The relevant code was added on February 19, 2025, via a code commit titled “TON ecosystem”, and was triggered intermittently from February 2025 to October 10, 2026.
Multiple Arbitrum DAO governance proposals have entered voting, including an additional 100 million ARB to support the USDG ecosystem.
According to the Arbitrum Foundation Governance Forum summary, Arbitrum DAO currently has four temperature check votes concluding on October 22, covering the Ethereum Glamsterdam upgrade adaptation, L1 governance recovery mechanism, treasury ETH transfer, and the USDG strategic plan. Among them, Entropy proposes designating USDG as one of the core strategic initiatives for Arbitrum DAO, requesting an additional 100 million ARB from the DAO treasury allocated to the DRIP budget, while also adjusting the project timeline and permitted uses. Additionally, it is proposed to route AEP net fees into the ATMC and convert them into USDG to support the growth of USDG on Arbitrum.
Ethereum Researchers Propose New Privacy Pool Solution: Supports Post-Quantum Resistance and Recursive Aggregation, Significantly Boosting Proof Generation Speed
Ethereum Research Forum researcher Pierre proposes a faster, aggregatable, and quantum-resistant privacy pool scheme. The scheme ports a Tornado Cash-like privacy pool onto the hash-based SNARK system Flock, which may offer post-quantum security, and adopts SHA-256. It replaces large circuits with small “single-pass” compression circuits.
China's Central Bank: Ensure Effective Financial Support for AI Industry Development
At the opening ceremony of the 2026 Financial Street Forum Annual Conference, Pan Gongsheng, Governor of the People's Bank of China, stated that the rapid global development of artificial intelligence is profoundly affecting productivity, investment, employment, income distribution, and financial stability. From the perspective of the People's Bank of China, it will closely monitor and assess the macroeconomic impacts of AI development, strengthen financial support for the AI industry, and prudently advance the application of artificial intelligence in the financial sector.
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Optimism Foundation proposes rebating a portion of sequencer fees to ecosystem partners to incentivize OP Mainnet growth.
According to disclosures on the Optimism Governance Forum, the Optimism Foundation has proposed returning sequencer fees to select partners driving key business activity on OP Mainnet. The refunded funds will come from ETH fee revenue generated by related transactions, rather than from OP tokens. The proposal requires that refund amounts do not exceed the fee revenue brought in by the partners, and establishes activity milestones, a fixed partnership term, and performance requirements. The Foundation also plans to disclose the range of total refunds relative to sequencer and priority transaction fee revenue in its annual budget report. The proposal remains pending governance approval.
CFTC Chair: AI Agents Could Stake Ethereum and Mint Tokens
According to Cointelegraph, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Michael Selig stated at the commission's inaugural Frontier Forum in Washington D.C. that envisioning a refrigerator autonomously purchasing groceries using staked Ethereum proceeds, or even issuing its own memecoin, "is no longer science fiction."
Mantle Releases MIP-35 Proposal, Drafts Core Budget for Fourth Budget Cycle
The Mantle core contributors team has published the MIP-35 proposal on the Mantle Forum, which is currently in the discussion phase. The proposal outlines the core budget for the fourth budget cycle from July 2026 to June 2027, with an overall cap of 40 million USDx and 150 million MNT. This budget covers expenditures for personnel, administrative and general management costs, marketing and distribution, ecosystem projects, and infrastructure and security.
Tether MDK Gains Support from 15 Mining Companies and Others, Advancing Bitcoin Mining Automation
Odaily — Digital asset company Tether has announced that 15 Bitcoin mining companies, ASIC manufacturers, and mining pools have committed to jointly building and maintaining integrations for its open-source mining development kit, MDK. MDK aims to unify access methods across different mining infrastructures, enabling developers to build applications and AI automation systems.Participants will develop and maintain MDK Workers, converting their respective hardware, mining pool, or system interfaces into universal interfaces; without needing to replace existing technology, they can also decide which features to open up. Existing applications can connect to different mining environments through MDK.Tether's QVAC mining agent has already connected to mining infrastructure through MDK. MDK version 0.11 will be released on October 23–24 at the Plan ₿ Forum in Lugano, with the first stable version 1.0 planned for launch by the end of 2026. (Tether News)
Polkadot Community Foundation: Fearless Wallet Browser Extension Has Private Key Leak Risk
The Polkadot Community Foundation issued a security warning on the Polkadot Forum stating that versions 3.0.1, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, and 3.0.5 of the browser extension for the third-party wallet Fearless Wallet contain malicious code, which may transmit users' private keys to attacker-controlled servers when unlocking the wallet. The relevant code was added on February 19, 2025, via a code commit titled “TON ecosystem”, and was triggered intermittently from February 2025 to October 10, 2026.
ICBC President on Digital Currency: Technology Can Only Reinforce Trust, Not Replace It
According to a Caixin report, Liu Jun, President of ICBC, stated at the first Digital RMB Annual Conference held during the 2026 Financial Street Forum Annual Meeting that while digital technology is driving the development of the digital economy, it is also bringing changes to the monetary trust mechanism. Data, algorithms, and programmability are beginning to play a role in the generation and transmission of credit. Trust is shifting from being supported solely by institutional frameworks to being jointly underpinned by both institutions and technology; however, technology can only reinforce trust, not replace it. Liu Jun noted that whether a digital currency qualifies as money hinges not on its algorithmic design, but on how credit is backed and fulfilled, and how accountability is ensured. He pointed out that money is evolving from physical forms to data, shifting from multi-stage clearing reliant on accounts and intermediaries toward the simultaneous execution of payments and settlements. While the manner in which money is realized is changing, its fundamental attributes remain the same, continuing to serve its three core functions: medium of exchange, store of value, and unit of account.