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According to official sources, in response to recent security incidents involving Bybit, Bitget, and Binance, OKX founder and CEO Star stated that security should not be an area of commercial competition, but rather a shared responsibility of the entire crypto industry. Over the past decade, major exchanges have made significant progress in private key protection, but potential risks remain in access control and wallet management systems. He emphasized that no system is absolutely secure, and any major security breach at any exchange could undermine trust in the entire industry.Star called on major exchanges in the crypto industry to strengthen cooperation and jointly establish stricter industry security standards and coordinated response mechanisms, including adding verification and security delays for large withdrawals to unknown addresses and smart contract authorization transactions, and implementing key security restrictions at the cryptographic signing layer. Meanwhile, the industry should establish real-time security incident reporting, joint monitoring of suspicious funds, and rapid response mechanisms, and promote collaborative research in areas such as quantum-resistant cryptography and AI-driven security threat defense. He emphasized that no single company can safeguard the future of the crypto industry alone.
Odaily reports: According to monitoring by on-chain analyst Yu Zhan, Binance appears to have suffered a large-scale security incident in the early hours of today, with approximately $3.43 billion in assets stolen. This figure excludes about $2.43 billion in stablecoins that stablecoin issuers helped freeze.Among the stolen assets, the largest single item was 18,270 BTC, worth approximately $1.44 billion, and the relevant BTC has not yet been moved. Meanwhile, the hacker is converting other altcoins into ETH, and the ETH held has now reached approximately 467,000, worth about $1.06 billion.
Odaily reports: Bitcoin rose about 0.8% since midnight (UTC) on Monday to $81,400, after briefly falling below $80,000. Ethereum gained 0.9%, Asian chip stocks led a tech rebound, South Korea's KOSPI rose 6.6%, SK Hynix climbed about 11% on roughly 7x year-over-year profit growth, and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.5%.The Federal Reserve is about to announce its rate decision, and the CME FedWatch tool shows the market sees about a 92% probability of rates being held steady. Traders will focus on Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's press conference to gauge whether there is any possibility of a rate hike ahead. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net inflows of $176 million on Tuesday, marking a second consecutive trading day of inflows.On the derivatives side, crypto futures trading volume rose 7.5% over the past 24 hours to $163.2 billion, open interest increased only 1.3%, and liquidations rose 38% to $183.6 million. Bitcoin rose 2.3% while open interest actually fell 0.1%; Ethereum rose 2.7% with open interest up 1.7%, indicating the price rebound has not yet been accompanied by large-scale new leverage. ZEC open interest grew 14%, higher than its 6.3% price gain over the same period, making it one of the large crypto assets with the most obvious new position building.In the options market, Deribit data shows that Bitcoin's one-week put/call skew has dropped from nearly 10% a week ago to less than 1%, indicating that demand for short-term downside protection has weakened somewhat, though the one-month, three-month and six-month tenors remain clearly skewed toward puts. Meanwhile, gold futures open interest fell 10%, while open interest for Tether's gold token XAUT rose 11.6%, showing divergent capital flows. (CoinDesk)
A Galaxy Research report shows that Meme coins' share of Solana trading volume has fallen from over 50% at the end of 2024 to 15%–20% in Q2 2026. In addition, SOL has declined nearly 20% year-to-date, and U.S.-listed spot and staked SOL ETFs recorded outflows for two consecutive weeks this month, totaling approximately $50 million. Meanwhile, Solana's share of on-chain perpetual contract trading volume has dropped from 17% to 6%. The Solana Foundation has reportedly issued a statement saying that Solana's transformation is underway, attempting to shift from a growth model reliant on Meme coins and speculative trading toward more mainstream financial applications such as stablecoins and tokenized assets, in a bid to win adoption from Wall Street institutions.However, with the crypto market downturn and the rise of competitors such as Hyperliquid, Solana faces challenges in transforming its growth model. Market analysts point out that the key to Solana's future lies in whether it can attract stable assets, developers, and users, rather than relying solely on speculative trading to drive growth. (Bloomberg)
Odaily Report: Zcash co-founder Sean Bowe has submitted a proposal to stop the automatic allocation of block rewards to the Zcash Community Grants (ZCG) program and redirect the remaining 8% of block rewards originally allocated to the program to the Network Sustainability Mechanism (NSM). He stated that ZCG currently holds over $125 million in funds and will receive several million more before the funding inflow stops, and that the existing grants program was not designed to manage funds of this scale.According to the draft proposal, ZCG holds 91,452.98 ZEC and approximately $8.8 million in USD-denominated assets, with $2.4 million in outstanding grant commitments. Bowe noted that the current 8% allocation mechanism generates over $68 million worth of ZEC per year, while the Financial Privacy Foundation disclosed that ZCG's spending in the first quarter of 2026 was only $1.53 million. If the proposal is approved, the original allocation percentage will be redirected to the NSM, and the total Zcash issuance will not increase. Meanwhile, the separate 12% of block rewards allocated to the Coinholder-Controlled Fund will remain unchanged. ZCG will still be able to retain and manage its existing assets, continue approving grants, and fulfill outstanding commitments.The proposal has not yet specified an activation block height and has not been included in the currently planned NU7 network upgrade; it would require a future network upgrade to take effect. (The Block)
Odaily Report: Bitcoin fell below $80,000 on Tuesday, down about 0.4% since UTC midnight and touching a low of around $79,700. Ethereum dropped 0.5%, while the DeFi index fell 1.8%, the largest decline among CoinDesk-tracked indices. Meanwhile, South Korea's KOSPI rose 3.1% as Asian tech stocks strengthened, but the crypto market failed to follow the rebound.On the macro front, the Federal Reserve will begin its two-day policy meeting on Tuesday and announce its rate decision on Wednesday. CME FedWatch data shows the market sees about a 90% probability that the Fed will keep rates unchanged, with traders watching whether there is still any chance of a rate hike this year.In the options market, the $72,000 put expiring December 25 was the most-traded Bitcoin option over the past 24 hours, and the 25 Delta put/call skew for Bitcoin options across maturities is positive, indicating the market still has demand for downside protection. (CoinDesk)
Meanwhile, Fidelity FBTC saw a net outflow of $116.6 million, ARK Invest's ARKB recorded $99.6 million in net outflows, Grayscale GBTC posted $51.8 million in net outflows, and Bitwise BITB faced $18.5 million in net outflows.
Odaily reports: U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw a net outflow of $635.6 million on Thursday, the largest single-day net outflow since June. Among them, BlackRock's IBIT saw a net outflow of $254.1 million, Fidelity's FBTC saw a net outflow of $217.5 million, and Ark Invest and 21Shares' ARKB saw a net outflow of $109.4 million. Morgan Stanley's MSBT bucked the trend with a net inflow of $2.3 million; since its launch in April this year, the fund has recorded only one single-day net outflow.Despite the large outflow on Thursday, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs still recorded cumulative net inflows of $442.7 million this week. Since their launch in January 2024, such ETFs have accumulated more than $57 billion in net inflows, with assets under management exceeding $100 billion. Meanwhile, U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs saw a net outflow of $110.6 million on Thursday, Solana and Hyperliquid ETFs also saw outflows, while XRP ETFs recorded a net inflow of $3.6 million.In the market, Bitcoin fell to about $81,500 at one point on Friday, down 3.4% over the past 24 hours. The selloff in U.S. tech stocks spread to Asian markets, compounded by concerns over AI spending and geopolitical tensions, weighing on crypto market performance. Over the past 24 hours, liquidations of leveraged positions in the crypto market totaled at least $440 million, of which about $397 million were long liquidations. Jeff Anderson, head of STS Digital's U.S. division, said the market has recently remained in a trading range of $80,000 to $86,000, and attention should be paid to the direction of a breakout from the range. (The Block)
Odaily reports: Bitcoin's market dominance rose to 60% on Wednesday, reaching its highest level since May of this year and holding near that level, reflecting investors' preference for holding Bitcoin over altcoins. Meanwhile, Bitcoin fell below $82,000 on Thursday, giving back gains from the previous day's brief break above $84,000. Small-cap tokens saw more pronounced declines, with the CoinDesk Memecoin Index dropping over 5%, the Computing Select Index falling 3.5%, and the DeFi Select Index down 2.5%.Joel Kruger, market strategist at LMAX Group, said that the crypto market's prior outperformance relative to other assets has shifted to trading more closely in line with equity markets, with investors awaiting new industry catalysts. Vikram Subburaj, CEO of Indian exchange Giottus, noted that Bitcoin ETF inflows have yet to form a sustained trend, and investors should avoid chasing rallies while monitoring ETF fund flows and Federal Reserve policy signals. (CoinDesk)
on October 22, Binance Square launched the second installment of its US stock earnings season content, focusing on the Q3 earnings reports of Tesla (TSLA) and Meta (META). Both companies will release their results after the US market close on October 21 (ET), with market attention centered on whether AI investments can translate into actual revenue, profit, and cash flow.For Tesla, despite Q3 deliveries reaching 486,532 vehicles, beating analyst consensus, automotive business profitability remains a key focus — particularly automotive gross margin excluding regulatory credit revenue. In addition, energy storage business performance, progress in Full Self-Driving (FSD), Robotaxi, and Optimus robot commercialization, as well as capital expenditures and free cash flow, will also influence market judgments on its growth outlook.For Meta, the market will focus on advertising business growth and AI investment returns. Investors should watch revenue, ad impressions, and average price changes to assess whether AI recommendation systems and advertising tools can improve monetization efficiency. Meanwhile, Meta expects capital expenditures to reach $130 billion to $145 billion in 2026. Whether these expenditures can drive corresponding profit and cash flow growth, along with full-year expenses and forward guidance, are all key points of this earnings report.It is understood that Binance Square will continue to follow both companies' earnings performance through earnings previews, post-earnings analysis, and live streams with analysts in both Chinese and English. Users can follow Binance Square's earnings-related topics and participate in discussions via #EarningsSeason to share their views on earnings performance and market trends.
Odaily reports: Bitfinex stated that despite repeated downward pressure, Bitcoin has continued to hold the lower end of its range, and BTC is expected to remain range-bound between $81,300 and $84,400 ahead of the Federal Reserve's FOMC interest rate decision on October 28. If the price tests the upper boundary of the range, short-term traders taking profits could introduce some selling pressure.On the market data front, spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net inflows of $526.7 million on October 19, indicating somewhat stronger spot demand, but BTC price is still fluctuating narrowly between $81,724 and $83,470 and remains below the average cost basis of ETF investors at $84,333. Meanwhile, futures open interest on major exchanges has rebounded 4.2% from its October 12 low to 645,410 BTC, and funding rates are normalizing, suggesting leveraged long positions have recovered somewhat.In the options market, notional open interest for options expiring on October 23 stands at $1.23 billion, with the max pain point at approximately $82,000; monthly options expiring on October 30 total $11.2 billion, with a max pain point of $76,000. On-chain data shows that the $82,224 cost basis range added approximately 145,000 BTC, while the $80,353 cost basis range shed about 62,000 BTC, indicating some holdings are migrating toward higher cost basis ranges. The short-term holder SOPR is approximately 1.003, and the share of profitable supply is around 70%.
Odaily reports: AI company Anthropic posted a net loss of approximately $80.7 billion in the first half of 2026, a significant widening from $13 billion in the same period last year. Meanwhile, the tens of millions of dollars in equity awards granted to the company's co-founder siblings have sparked considerable controversy.It is reported that Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei and his sister, company president Daniela Amodei, each receive a base salary of approximately $655,000, but when stock and option awards are included, their total annual compensation reaches approximately $18 million and $16.5 million respectively.Market observers believe Anthropic is facing a wave of FUD-driven public pressure, which may be linked to concerns in both traditional financial markets and the crypto market about potential liquidity drain from a large-scale IPO. Neither traditional financial markets nor the crypto market wants to see another massive liquidity outflow like the one that occurred during the SpaceX IPO. (New York Post)
On-chain analytics platform Arkham announced the launch of Arkham Enterprise, an enterprise-grade crypto analytics platform designed for professional investigators, compliance teams, and transaction researchers, offering features such as on-chain fund tracking, risk scoring, case management, and transaction analysis. Meanwhile, Arkham has also updated the feature access for its free platform: Tracer 2.0, transaction screening, complete transaction history, creating custom tags and entities, and the counterparty section on the browser page will now be exclusively available to enterprise users. Free users' access to transaction records for individual addresses or entities will be limited to the most recent 100 transactions, but they will still be able to use Visualizer 2.0, the block explorer, prediction markets, and Arkham tags.
According to Bitcoin Magazine, Chainalysis' latest report indicates that the United States became a net inflow country for bitcoin in 2026, marking the first time since 2022. The report notes that US institutional investors have continuously purchased bitcoin this year, while retail investors as a whole have predominantly sold. Chainalysis stated that since the launch of spot bitcoin ETFs in 2024, the US share of global bitcoin activity has consistently risen in each statistical period. Meanwhile, the scale of the US crypto economy is approximately $2.78 trillion, down 2.2% from prior levels. In the stablecoin sector, USD stablecoins continue to expand their usage in overseas payments, peer-to-peer transactions, and cross-border business activities.
According to Cointelegraph, the Bank of Russia has issued new guidelines confirming that direct peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency transactions between individuals will be banned starting July 1, 2027, at which point all such transactions must be conducted through authorized intermediaries. Additionally, individuals are prohibited from transferring crypto assets from digital accounts to self-custody wallets. Meanwhile, the Bank of Russia has approved the country's largest bank, Sberbank, to provide cryptocurrency exchange services, and will bring exchange operators and custodial institutions under central bank regulatory oversight starting September 1 this year. Russia currently continues to prohibit the use of cryptocurrencies for payments for goods and services.
According to GlobeNewswire, SkyAI (Nasdaq: SKYA) major shareholder Bastion Trading (holding approximately 9.99%) has publicly questioned the company’s cash tender offer plan. Bastion Trading noted that SkyAI quietly divested approximately 70% of its SOL treasury reserve (falling from over 2 million to roughly 600,000 tokens) in less than a month without timely disclosure to shareholders, potentially violating information disclosure regulations. Meanwhile, the company’s board of directors faced overwhelming opposition votes at the 2026 annual general meeting, casting doubt on its legitimacy. Bastion Trading demands that the company fully disclose the SOL sales details, restructure the board of directors, and improve the acquisition terms (increasing the offer price from $3.00 to at least $3.50); otherwise, it will not participate in the current tender offer and reserves the right to take legal action.
According to Cointelegraph, Ethereum researcher Justin Drake warned that the rapid advancement of AI could accelerate mathematical attacks against the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA), potentially breaking existing cryptographic systems within months under the worst-case scenario, and called on the industry to initiate "bunker mode"—transferring assets to new addresses with previously unexposed public keys to mitigate risk. Several industry insiders, however, expressed reservations. Coinbase Chief Cryptographer Yehuda Lindell stated there is currently "no evidence" that the mathematical assumptions underpinning ECDSA have been weakened; Trezor Bitcoin analyst Lucien Bourdon similarly noted that migrating assets could backfire and inadvertently create opportunities for scams. MetaMask founder Taylor Monahan was even more direct, asserting that if elliptic curve cryptography were truly compromised, "the entire world would go to zero," rendering bunker mode ineffective. Meanwhile, Ethereum has laid out a post-quantum roadmap based on hash-based signatures and ZK proofs, while public blockchains such as Solana and NEAR are also exploring their own quantum-safe alternatives, though concrete deployment timelines remain unset.
According to data from Trader T, US spot Ethereum ETFs recorded a net inflow of $24.84 million on October 13, ending a streak of 10 consecutive trading days of net outflows. Among them, Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust (ETH) saw a net inflow of $16.73 million, while Fidelity FETH recorded a net inflow of $8.11 million. Meanwhile, net flows for other institutional ETFs such as BlackRock ETHA, Grayscale ETHE, and Bitwise ETHW were all $0 on the day.
Odaily News: According to on-chain analyst Ember Monitoring, last week Bitcoin treasury company Strategy increased its holdings by 250 BTC, with a purchase amount of approximately $21.55 million and an average purchase price of approximately $86,194 per BTC.As of now, Strategy holds a total of 848,250 BTC, with a position value of approximately $70.532 billion. The cumulative average cost is $75,444 per BTC, with a current unrealized gain of approximately $6.536 billion and a return of approximately 10.2%.Meanwhile, Ethereum treasury company Bitmine increased its holdings by 12,532 ETH last week, with a purchase amount of approximately $32.6 million and an average purchase price of approximately $2,601 per ETH.Currently, Bitmine holds approximately 6,028,946 ETH, with a position value of approximately $15.319 billion. The cumulative average cost is $3,334 per ETH, with a current unrealized loss of approximately $4.781 billion and a loss of approximately 23.8%.In addition, Bitmine's subsequent ETH accumulation plan may be nearing a phased conclusion. Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee previously stated at the TOKEN2049 conference in Singapore that once the company's ETH holdings reach 5% of the total supply, it will stop further accumulation. Currently, Bitmine is still about 77,442 ETH away from the 5% target. Based on the recent pace of accumulation, it is expected to reach this target in about one month.
Odaily News: According to Bitcoin News monitoring, the attacker behind the Ledger supply chain theft has moved nearly 3,000 ETH through Tornado Cash in three separate transactions, and transferred the funds into the Zcash privacy pool before converting them to USDC. Investigator @YFarmX stated that despite the use of privacy tools, they have traced 108 transactions completed through Zcash by exact value matching. An estimated $2.85 million in stolen USDC is still held in 3 wallets, and Circle may be able to freeze the related funds. Meanwhile, Tether is reported to have frozen $10 million in stolen USDT; wallets associated with the attacker still hold approximately $38.6 million in ETH and $16.9 million in BTC.