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Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev stated during the third quarter earnings call held this morning that the future plan is to build Robinhood Chain into the best place to hold and trade all tokenized assets, starting with stock tokens and perpetual contracts, and then expanding significantly.Regarding support for builders, Vlad said, "We are currently putting a lot of effort into researching how to further scale and how to better support community development. Many developers have provided feedback that we can do more in supporting the community. I believe everyone will see us increasing our investment because we want to make it the best developer ecosystem and the best on-chain community in the world. So, you will see us increasing investment because the development of emerging ecosystems like this is rare."He also confirmed, "Robinhood is working hard to do more for the community. We had to form a team, and I think in the near future, you will see us providing more support for developers."

According to official news, the WCTC × Gate event market "Macro Prophet" activity has started and will last until November 25 at 16:00 (UTC+8), with a total reward value of 70,000 USDT. Eligible users who complete the WCTC S9 main event and register for this activity will be able to participate in the distribution of a reward pool valued at 20,000 USDT, provided that the daily effective trading volume in designated sectors related to the U.S. midterm elections and macro data reaches 200 USDT for at least 3 cumulative days.A separate cumulative trading volume leaderboard has a reward pool valued at 50,000 USDT, where users meeting the corresponding conditions can receive event market experience vouchers worth up to 8,250 USDT in total. The Gate event market has also launched a macro market special page, which visually displays the event probabilities, trading volumes, and market expectations for topics such as Federal Reserve interest rates, inflation, and employment, providing users with a reference for observing macro trends.Meanwhile, as of October 27, the total prize pool for the 11th phase of the Gate event market points activity has reached 70,049 USD, with the points prize pool being 11,074 USD and the lucky prize pool being 58,974 USD. The top position on the points leaderboard is expected to receive 4,152.75 USD. In conjunction with the ongoing League of Legends World Championship, Gate's "Summit Prediction Competition" is simultaneously offering a total reward pool valued at 150,000 USDT, covering initial predictions, phased trading tasks, canyon power rankings, and championship predictions, combining event result judgments with multi-stage participation tasks.

Cryptocurrency trader Ansem posted that he is currently bearish on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and large-cap stocks, but he does not believe that ordinary retail speculation will significantly cool down as a result. He expects significant two-way volatility in the market in the fourth quarter, and some on-chain assets are still expected to perform well.Ansem pointed out that this week's Federal Reserve interest rate decision and important earnings reports from several companies will bring significant event risks. AI popular stocks have formed lower highs after peaking and have lost their original trend. However, the current judgment is not bearish on the longer-term market trend; the market may still experience a round of correction before continuing to rise.

According to Bloomberg, SpaceX's proposed $40 billion AI financing plan has been reported to encounter obstacles. Sources revealed that SpaceX intends to raise funds through a special purpose vehicle (SPV) structure, which can move related liabilities off the balance sheet to protect SpaceX's own investment-grade credit rating.However, recent volatility in the credit market has complicated negotiations over borrowing costs, and investors have begun to reassess the risks associated with financing large-scale AI infrastructure projects. Currently, Goldman Sachs is leading discussions with investors, including Apollo Global Management.

The ENS official announcement states that the ENSv2 Ethereum mainnet activation proposal has opened for DAO voting, which is scheduled to close on October 25. If the proposal is approved and executed, new domain registrations for ENSv1 will stop, but existing domains can still be renewed.ENS Labs will open ENSv2 registration and existing domain upgrades after completing the final synchronization and will transfer the remaining management rights to the DAO. ENS indicates that existing .eth domains can continue to be used, and there is no deadline for upgrades. ENSv2 will enhance the management of domains and subdomains through a layered registry and flexible permission settings.

According to Bitcoin Magazine, crypto investor and YouTuber Lark Davis stated in a video interview with Bitcoin Magazine that although Bitcoin is consolidating in the $80,000 range, the next major cycle is just around the corner. He cited about a dozen on-chain technical indicators, including record whale accumulation and the two-week MACD, to determine that the market bottom has formed at $57,000.Davis believes we are still in the early stages of a new bull market, with opportunities in both Bitcoin and altcoins. He pointed out that Bitcoin dominates the inflow of ETF funds and mentioned the perspective of observing the market by the proportion of ETF inflow relative to market capitalization; he also discussed whether the "four-year cycle has failed," drawing an analogy with the development of gold ETFs to illustrate how ETFs are changing the market structure of Bitcoin.He described this bear market as the shortest and shallowest in history and discussed how traumatic bear market experiences make it difficult for investors to believe that the market will improve. Additionally, he mentioned the regulatory outlook for the U.S. strategic Bitcoin reserves and the Clarity Act, believing that if Bitcoin reserves are written into law, it would add legitimacy to them.

According to Bitcoin Magazine, James Thorne, Chief Market Strategist at Wellington-Altus Private Wealth, stated in a conversation with Grace Remington and Sean Hagan that Bitcoin is entering a "generational supercycle" and claimed that "the next round of Bitcoin's market will be recorded in history." He combined his research experience on commodity supercycles and believes that the current changes in market structure make this round of market different from previous ones, concluding that Bitcoin's traditional four-year cycle has ended.Thorne also discussed the Federal Reserve's policy path and the phenomenon of hedge funds changing roles in the bond market, exploring whether artificial intelligence could bring about a market environment similar to the Greenspan era. He believes Bitcoin solves the settlement problem and conducted an analysis around Strategy, quality collateral, and Bitcoin volatility harvesting.He further mentioned that tokenization will end the situation of innovation delays and discussed whether Bitcoin's market capitalization could potentially surpass that of gold. James Thorne is currently the Chief Market Strategist at Wellington-Altus Private Wealth.

The Q3 earnings season for U.S. stocks kicks off this week. According to Zacks data, the year-on-year earnings growth for S&P 500 constituents is expected to reach 24.3%, marking the eighth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth, with the technology sector expected to grow by 43.3%, being a major contributor.The AI narrative has entered its fourth year, and investors are shifting their focus to evidence of stable profit growth. If companies fail to meet market expectations, stocks that previously rose due to AI prospects may face greater downward pressure. The earnings release dates for major tech companies include: SML on October 14, TSMC on October 15, Netflix on October 20, Tesla on October 21, Western Digital on October 22, SK Hynix on October 27, Alphabet and Microsoft on October 28, Intel, Amazon, and SanDisk on October 29, Kioxia on October 30. In November, Apple and Palantir on November 2, AMD and SpaceX on November 3, Meta and Arm on November 4, Cisco on November 11, Applied Materials on November 12, NVIDIA on November 18, Dell on November 24. On December 1, Marvell and CrowdStrike will release their earnings. The above dates are forecasts, and the actual disclosure times may be adjusted.

Papertrade's official response to the allegations of price manipulation and the existence of obvious loopholes in the protocol states: It has never been possible for small orders to have the same priority as large orders. If this were done, the front end would suffer from congestion due to junk trading, and the consequences would be much worse than the existing queuing mechanism.Under these constraints, we have designed the fair launch to be as inclusive as possible.Last night, the attempts to manipulate BTC/ETH on Hyperliquid BBO were not due to flaws in the mechanism that took six months to design. These situations had already been considered; it was only because the position limits were set very loosely in the early stages to cope with congestion that such occurrences were possible. If position limits were set during peak demand for launching, it would only exacerbate the slow experience, and the queuing mechanism itself, due to the uncertainty of opening/closing confirmation times, naturally provides protection against manipulation.As congestion eases, we have begun to tighten position limits on-chain and at the relay level. In such a system, manipulation attacks are always possible— the key is whether the attempt is economically viable. The official goal is to set parameters to a point where it is almost never profitable; even if successful, the tail risk is extremely high, and the expected value is negative.

The 14-day public announcement period for the Sun Yuchen Award regarding question numbers 305, 371, 381, 526, 866, and 1001 has officially ended. The official confirmation states that there were no unresolved objections during the announcement period, and the qualifications of the relevant awardees have been finally confirmed, entering the written confirmation and prize distribution process for the first batch of awardees.According to the previous announcement information, the awardees for questions 305, 371, and 381 are formal verifiers, while the awardees for questions 866 and 1001 are problem solvers. Question 526 received rewards for both roles. Additionally, candidates for problem-solving for questions 239 and 327 have been under public announcement since September 30 and are still ongoing.The Sun Yuchen Award was established by Sun Yuchen, the founder of TRON, with a maximum single-question prize of 1 million USD. The prize pool on-chain address has already deposited 10 million USD. The confirmation of this first batch of awardees also signifies that the Sun Yuchen Award has completed its first complete public announcement loop and initiated substantial prize redemption.

Supermicro has now begun shipping rack systems equipped with NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72.

According to PR Newswire, Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee stated, "We believe that the cryptocurrency bull market has begun, starting at the end of June, driven by multiple factors including funds rotating from AI back to the crypto market, the continued strengthening of the crypto industry's fundamentals surrounding tokenization and AI, and the end of the four-year cycle.With just over a week left in the third quarter of 2026, ETH's performance advantage as a macro asset continues to expand. In our view, ETH significantly outperformed other macro assets in the third quarter of 2026, which may indicate a stronger rally in the fourth quarter of 2026.Due to institutional investors having a low allocation to crypto assets in 2026, partly because of the strong performance of AI stocks at the beginning of 2026, we expect institutions to significantly increase their exposure to crypto assets in the last three months of 2026. This could provide further upside potential for the gains since June 30."

According to CoinDesk, hackers claiming to hold Revolut user data have begun to publicly release related documents, which include passports, selfies, and Bitcoin transaction records.The hackers threatened that if Revolut does not pay the ransom, they will continue to leak data daily. Currently, Revolut has not publicly responded.

Santiment posted that the open interest in BTC has decreased from 321,497 contracts on September 3 to 278,151 contracts on September 11, a reduction of 43,346 contracts, representing a decline of 13.5%. During the same period, the price of BTC dropped by about 5%, so the decrease in open interest was not caused by the drop in coin price.In this regard, Santiment stated that the current market open interest is about 20% lower than the level before the rise in mid-August. The open interest stopped declining on September 11 and has slightly rebounded for two consecutive trading days, indicating that the market's risk-off operations mainly occurred before the announcement of important events this week, rather than during the events themselves.

The Minister of Interior of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq stated that the international coalition led by Washington has officially begun its withdrawal from the region, and the complete withdrawal is expected to be completed by the end of September.

"New Bond King" Gundlach stated that the Federal Reserve's benchmark interest rate should be raised by 50 basis points.

According to Midi Libre, a couple in Alès, France, was recently attacked at home by two masked armed individuals. The two suspects, armed with a handgun and a knife, bound the victims and threatened them for over two hours, while their young children were also in the house.The attackers allegedly attempted to force the victims to hand over their cryptocurrency assets, but fled the scene after neighbors called the police. The case has been taken over by the relevant police department in Nîmes for investigation. The victims later stated that they had decided to no longer hold any cryptocurrency assets to avoid encountering similar incidents again. Reports indicate that since January of this year, France has recorded about 80 similar incidents.