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At the same time, the company signed a basic cooperation agreement for lightning network routing business with ALC, using the BTC held by ALC as the liquidity for the channels operated by the company, jointly building local routing infrastructure in Japan. The raised funds will be used to pay for infrastructure development, talent recruitment, routing business, and research and development, with a focus on promoting the lightning payment service "aurora" that can be accessed through the existing payment systems of merchants via API.

The Hang Seng Index Company announced that the Hang Seng Hong Kong American Technology Index will add Anthropic, PBC (stock code: ANT.O) to the list of designated U.S. listed constituent stocks, provided that Anthropic confirms its listing. The weight of the 9 U.S. listed constituent stocks will be recalculated to equal weight after the close of trading on the 7th trading day following Anthropic's listing, with the new constituents and new weights taking effect on the 11th trading day.The index will also update the stock selection criteria, constituent stock selection methods, rapid inclusion mechanisms, and replacement rules for temporarily removing constituent stocks, and will introduce new liquidity requirements. The new methods will be adopted starting from the index review ending on September 30, 2026, with the relevant constituent stock changes taking effect on December 14, and the index name and code will remain unchanged.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Dragonfly Capital (0xF70...3a5) transferred 30,000 hyperliquid to FalconX, worth 2.33 million dollars, possibly for over-the-counter sales.A month ago, this address transferred 41,400 hyperliquid to FalconX, worth 3.21 million dollars. It currently still holds 296,100 hyperliquid, worth 22.96 million dollars.

According to a report by Reuters cited by Phoenix Technology, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon informed employees in an internal memo that the company will initiate performance-focused global layoffs following the annual employee evaluations, with notifications set to begin in November. The memo reviewed by Reuters was sent out on Monday, and Amon stated that this move aims to establish a stronger performance culture and address the company's ongoing failure to meet expectations.The memo did not disclose the number of layoffs, and Reuters is currently unable to determine the scale. Amon mentioned that the layoffs will take into account business priorities, organizational needs, skills, and expertise; as the business expands, the required capabilities and skills are also changing, and it is essential to have the right people in the right positions. Qualcomm has not yet responded to Reuters' request for comment. As of September 2025, Qualcomm has approximately 52,000 employees worldwide, most of whom are full-time, with the fiscal year typically ending in late September.As one of the world's largest smartphone chip manufacturers, Qualcomm has been impacted this year by sluggish sales of consumer electronics, and soaring memory chip prices have suppressed demand in key markets. Since the beginning of the year, Qualcomm's stock price has increased by about 1.5%, while the S&P 500 index has risen by over 12% during the same period, and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index has seen an increase of nearly 60%. On Tuesday, Qualcomm's stock price fell by about 1% in pre-market trading. In the most recent earnings report released in late July, Qualcomm projected that quarterly profits would fall below market expectations and indicated that revenue from Apple products would decline faster than previously anticipated, while stating that by fiscal year 2027, growth in data centers and other non-mobile businesses would be sufficient to offset the aforementioned losses and provide additional growth.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched the Bandwagon-5 carpool mission into orbit from Florida.

CME Group announced that FalconX and GSR have completed the first block trade of CME's newly launched Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Uniswap (UNI) futures.CME stated that the new contracts further expand its single cryptocurrency futures product line, which now covers assets such as BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, ADA, LINK, XLM, AVAX, and SUI.

SpaceX announced that Falcon 9 Bandwagon-5 will conduct a rideshare launch mission from Launch Complex 40 in Florida, with a target launch time of 7:04 AM Eastern Time, and a favorable weather probability of 95%.

SpaceX plans to launch the Falcon 9 rocket on October 20 (Tuesday) local time, sending the Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission payload into orbit.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Counter-Strike: Aurora Gaming vs Team Falcons," the option "Aurora Gaming" in the sub-market "Match Winner" has experienced severe fluctuations in winning probability, dropping from 39.5% an hour ago to the current 19.5% (a fluctuation of 20%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, the probability of the "Team Falcons" option in the sub-market "Map 2 Winner" for the event "Counter-Strike: Team Falcons vs. BetBoom Team" on the prediction market Polymarket has experienced severe fluctuations, dropping from 74% an hour ago to the current 22.5% (a fluctuation of 51.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring on-chain data, significant capital movements are predicted in the Polymarket market. A large whale invested $69,310 in the "Counter-Strike: Team Falcons vs. BetBoom Team (BO3) - Thunderpick World Championship Playoffs" event, targeting the "Match Winner." Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding winning probability for this item is 29%.

According to a report by Seoul Economy on the 16th, Samsung Electronics is experiencing performance degradation due to overheating in Qualcomm's next-generation application processor intended for the high-end model Galaxy S27 Ultra, which is set to be released early next year. The MX division of Samsung's DX department is conducting final performance validation on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme 6th generation that will be equipped in this model and has requested Qualcomm to resolve the overheating issue by mid-month.Several related individuals stated that the chip repeatedly exceeded temperature benchmarks during recent internal testing, leading to a decrease in processing speed under sustained high load. Samsung informed Qualcomm of the results last month, and as of the report, the overheating stability required by Samsung has not yet been achieved, with both parties still working to enhance performance and revalidate. This chip is Qualcomm's highest-end mobile application processor publicly announced last month, focusing on handling complex AI tasks on the device side and improving the performance of the CPU, GPU, and more.Mass production of the Galaxy S27 series is scheduled for the end of this year, and Samsung plans to confirm the results of the overheating improvements and finalize the application processor selection by mid-month. If the standards are met, Snapdragon will be used as originally planned; if not resolved, the Exynos 2700, designed by Samsung's System LSI and utilizing the second-generation 2-nanometer process SF2P from its foundry division, may be considered as an alternative. Since the global use of Qualcomm application processors began with the Galaxy S23 Ultra in 2023, if the Exynos 2700 is adopted in next year's Ultra, it will mark a return to the highest-end model after about five years since 2022. Industry insiders indicate that Qualcomm's application processor has not been completely ruled out.

On October 15, the American aerospace company SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying out a classified mission for the United States Space Force.The payload and specific objectives of the mission were not disclosed to the public.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the predicted market on Polymarket for the event "Counter-Strike: 9z vs Team Falcons - Thunderpick World Championship Group A," the sub-market "Map Handicap: FAL (-1.5) vs 9z (+1.5)" option for "Team Falcons" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, rising from 63% an hour ago to the current 81.5% (a fluctuation of 18.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event on Polymarket "Counter-Strike: Team Falcons vs NIP - Thunderpick World Championship Group A", the option "Team Falcons" in the sub-market "Map 1 Winner" experienced a sharp fluctuation in win rate, soaring from 65.5% an hour ago to the current 87.5% (a fluctuation of 22%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

On October 13, chip company Qualcomm announced in San Diego that a jury found Arm in violation of the long-standing architecture license agreement (ALA) with Qualcomm, failing to fulfill related commitments and deliberately disrupting Qualcomm's business.Qualcomm stated that, combined with the previous court victory, this outcome further indicates Arm's intention to harm Qualcomm and its ecosystem. Qualcomm called this result a victory for innovation and competition and will continue to develop and deliver semiconductor products, including the Oryon CPU.

The institutional crypto trading platform FalconX and the synthetic dollar protocol Ethena are operating a collateralized lending arrangement with a scale of 1 billion dollars, funded by the reserve assets of the stablecoin USDe. The related loans are over-collateralized, with Ethena holding the first priority collateral rights.FalconX's cumulative trading volume has exceeded 25 trillion dollars. This arrangement was disclosed by the market intelligence account msbintel and mentioned the official account of Ethena.

The Falcon 9 rocket for SpaceX's 35th commercial resupply mission of the "Dragon" spacecraft has been vertically erected at Launch Complex 40 in Florida, with a planned launch on the 13th at local time, targeting a launch time of 6:33 AM Eastern Time (18:33 Beijing Time on the same day).

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "Shanghai Rolex Masters: Zizou Bergs vs Carlos Alcaraz," the sub-market "Shanghai Rolex Masters: Zizou Bergs vs Carlos Alcaraz" option "Zizou Bergs" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 10.5% an hour ago to the current 55.5% (a fluctuation of 45%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.