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Decentralized trading platform Aster announced on X that, in light of recent developments related to PAPER and potential market risks, it has immediately adjusted the PAPER pre-market perpetual contract market to reduce-only mode.Aster stated that the contract will be officially delisted at 9:45 AM Beijing time on October 20, and advised users still holding open positions to proactively close them before the delisting.The platform said this move is a precautionary risk management measure aimed at maintaining orderly market trading.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin launched a "paranoid mode" for his AI agent on October 16, designed to conceal user identity, request origins, and payment traces. The solution packages zkAPI, Tor, additional obfuscation traffic, and local large language model prompt rewriting into an OpenAI-compatible daemon, with an outer wrapper designed for the agent framework pi. The system is already running on the Ethereum mainnet and supports ETH and USDC deposits. Vitalik stated that the system is "already quite usable," but starting new conversations is relatively slow, and the agent is confined to a software sandbox.
Odaily News: StandX officially announced on X that it will airdrop DUSD to users. The airdrop will have no lock-up period, and the platform will not conduct a token issuance. The airdrop claim window will open on November 1 and close on December 31.In addition, StandX's perpetual contract business will switch to reduce-only mode starting October 20. All positions will be closed on January 15, 2027, and withdrawal and redemption services will be shut down on January 31, 2027. The team stated that a full announcement detailing the specific arrangements will be released later.
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.
Odaily News: Dragonfly Managing Partner Haseeb Qureshi stated that the "bunker mode" proposed by Ethereum researcher Justin Drake to address the risk of AI cracking cryptographic signatures amounts to "cryptographic doomerism," and argued that migrating tokens to new addresses is not a real solution.Qureshi said that "bunker mode" can only protect assets that users have not yet transferred out of new addresses. If tokens in other addresses are attacked and heavily sold off, those assets could still lose value. He suggested that blockchain networks adopt a "Cryptographic Recovery Mode," using hash-based backup signature schemes that allow users to bind recovery mechanisms in advance, so that validators can assist in recovering assets after cryptographic signatures are cracked.Previously, Ethereum researcher Justin Drake warned that with the rapid improvement of AI mathematical capabilities, the ECDSA signature algorithm protecting crypto wallets could face the risk of being cracked within "months rather than years," and advised users to gradually migrate funds to new wallets that have not exposed public keys. Glassnode data shows that approximately 6.26 million BTC are currently held in addresses with potential risk. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily News: According to blockchain security firm Blockaid's monitoring, More Markets (More Labs) on Flow EVM has been exploited. The attacker leveraged Ankr's liquid staking tokens and the E-Mode mechanism to drain More Markets' WFLOW lending reserves, transferring approximately 15.5 million WFLOW from the mFlowWFLOW reserve. The detected impact amount is approximately $9.3 million, and the related attack transaction cluster also includes post-exploit fund transfer operations. At present, the specific losses and the destination of the attacker's funds are still under further confirmation.
Tibo, a core member of OpenAI Codex, posted on X platform stating that previously, it was too easy for users to enable high-compute mode without fully explaining its impact on usage quotas. The large-scale revamp of the desktop application made common features like chats and projects difficult to find. Additionally, promotional efforts overly focused on ChatGPT Work, leading some Codex users to mistakenly believe that Codex would be phased out in the future. Furthermore, the new version also caused issues with some multi-agent workflows, plugin functions, and other user experiences.In response to the above issues, OpenAI has already rolled out the first batch of improvement measures, including adjusting default settings and the model selector to prevent users from accidentally using high-cost configurations, fixing several plugin submission issues, optimizing the presentation of Codex within the product, and resolving some desktop experience problems.Additionally, over the past 24 hours, OpenAI has been continuously collecting user feedback, analyzing usage patterns, and communicating with users. Although the market has shown strong interest in GPT 5.6 Sol and the web and mobile versions of ChatGPT Work, OpenAI also acknowledges that this update has multiple issues.As of now, two rounds of Codex and ChatGPT Work usage quota top-ups have been completed. The next larger-scale update will be released next week, when chat and project features will return to the sidebar in a more familiar and customizable form. The platform will also enhance the visibility of usage quotas and reset times, further clarifying the respective applicable scenarios for ChatGPT Work and Codex.
The B.AI platform has officially launched its “Self-Selected Service Provider” feature, marking a new era of high-flexibility customization for large-model API calls. This innovative feature introduces a dual-track mechanism: “BAI Official Mode” and “Self-Selected Service Provider Mode.” The former connects directly to the original vendor’s API, delivering maximum stability and high-concurrency support for core production environments; the latter targets testing and cost-sensitive scenarios, offering transparent, pay-as-you-go pricing discounts as low as 20% off list rates. To further help developers and enterprises reduce costs and improve efficiency, the platform simultaneously offers up to a 1:1 top-up bonus on top of the already ultra-low self-selected service provider discounts—enabling users to precisely control usage costs through compounded savings and accelerating AI innovation deployment. Users can now visit the B.AI platform to create their own customized API keys and experience this new service.
Bitget has announced the launch of Delta-Neutral Mode in its Unified Account. When an account meets predefined delta-neutral conditions, this feature applies a differentiated Auto-Deleveraging (ADL) ranking mechanism to eligible hedged positions, thereby reducing the likelihood of forced liquidation for properly hedged strategies during extreme market conditions. Delta-Neutral Mode enables users to combine spot, cross-margin leveraged trading, and cross-margin perpetual contracts within the Unified Account framework. The system simultaneously assesses directional exposure at both the account and asset levels. This feature supports funding rate arbitrage, basis trading, multi-market hedging strategies, and quantitative neutral strategies.