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New York Governor Hochul officially signed a new bill on Wednesday, prohibiting minors from using artificial intelligence chatbots with virtual companion attributes. This is one of the most comprehensive regulatory measures in the United States regarding consumer-grade AI models to date. The bill requires relevant operators, including ChatGPT under OpenAI, to implement reasonable age verification measures, prohibiting the provision of high-risk chatbot features listed in the bill to users under 18 or those whose adulthood has not yet been confirmed.According to the bill, the relevant chatbots are not allowed to output content that may mislead minors into believing they possess life, human attributes, or real emotions. They must not induce adolescents to have the illusion of a mutual emotional, professional consulting, or authoritative guidance relationship, nor can they package generated content as personal opinions. The system is also prohibited from retaining sensitive privacy data related to the mental and physical health of minors. Hochul stated at the signing ceremony that the core goal of the legislation is to sever the emotional binding chain of AI impersonating minors' "friends" or "lovers," protecting the mental and physical health of young people.The children's media advocacy organization Common Sense Media expressed support for the bill, calling it the strictest children's AI safety law in the United States. The tech industry has strongly pushed back, criticizing the overly broad definitions of the provisions and emphasizing that minors should not be deprived of access to cutting-edge learning tools. As of now, companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic have not publicly responded to this.

According to a notice from the global securities financing technology company EquiLend, Goldman Sachs has begun using its distributed ledger platform 1Source built on the Canton Network, joining the ranks of Bank of New York Mellon and National Bank of Canada.The platform aims to reduce issues such as duplicate reconciliation, inconsistent transaction records, and settlement failures between traditional financial institutions by synchronizing securities lending transactions and subsequent changes through a shared ledger. Bank of New York Mellon and National Bank of Canada started transmitting real transaction data to the platform in October 2025.

CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr.'s latest report indicates that the rolling distribution volume of Bitcoin long-term holders (LTH) has decreased by 22% in the past week, showing that the potential selling pressure from long-term holders has eased.However, despite Bitcoin's price remaining above the average cost basis of long-term holders, their unrealized profit margin continues to narrow. Adler points out that the distribution activity of long-term holders has weakened, but the shrinking profit buffer is still worth noting.

According to Rootdata, yesterday (Eastern Time, October 28), the total net inflow of Bitcoin spot ETFs was $137 million.The Bitcoin spot ETF with the highest single-day net inflow that day was BlackRock ETF IBIT, with a net inflow of $136 million. As of that trading day, IBIT's historical cumulative net inflow was $66.562 billion.Following that was Bitwise ETF BITB, with a single-day net inflow of $1.3 million.

On October 28, the payment network Visa released its performance for fiscal year 2026 and the fourth fiscal quarter. The fiscal year 2026 spans from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026, and the fourth fiscal quarter spans from July 1, 2026, to September 30, 2026.In fiscal year 2026, Visa's total operating revenue was $45.903 billion, a year-on-year increase of 15%; operating profit was $28.11 billion, a year-on-year increase of 17.15%; the operating profit margin was 61.24%, an increase of 1.25 percentage points year-on-year. The net profit attributable to the parent company was $23.504 billion, a year-on-year increase of 17%; operating cash flow was $23.728 billion. Basic earnings per share were $12.34, diluted earnings per share were $12.32, a year-on-year increase of 21%; the debt-to-equity ratio was 61.73%.In the fourth fiscal quarter, Visa's total operating revenue was $12.139 billion, a year-on-year increase of 13% and a quarter-on-quarter increase of 4.35%; operating profit was $7.262 billion, a year-on-year increase of 18.12%; the operating profit margin was 59.83%, an increase of 2.5 percentage points year-on-year. The net profit attributable to the parent company was $6.002 billion, a year-on-year increase of 18% and a quarter-on-quarter increase of 6.65%; both basic and diluted earnings per share were $3.19, a year-on-year increase of 22%; the debt-to-equity ratio was 61.73%.

Samsung Electronics announced its official financial report for the third quarter of 2026. The company's revenue for the quarter reached 195.3 trillion Korean won, slightly higher than the previously announced preliminary data, with an operating profit of 107.4 trillion Korean won for the third quarter. The net profit for the quarter was 75.2 trillion Korean won, falling short of market expectations of 83.6 trillion Korean won. Following the release of the financial report, Samsung Electronics' stock price briefly fell, then slightly rebounded, currently up 0.2%.The semiconductor business remains the main source of performance. The operating profit of the chip division for the third quarter was 106.5 trillion Korean won, with significant growth in the foundry business revenue. The company expects double-digit growth in this business's revenue in the fourth quarter. The display business recorded an operating profit of 1.1 trillion Korean won, while the mobile division reported an operating loss of 600 billion Korean won in the third quarter.Samsung Electronics announced that it will distribute a dividend of 4,601 Korean won per share for the third quarter, with a total dividend payout of 30 trillion Korean won. Management expects demand for memory chips to continue to expand in the fourth quarter and stated that the chip supply shortage situation will further worsen next year.

Advanced packaging company Shenghe Jingwei released its financial report for the third quarter of 2026. The operating revenue for the first three quarters was 5.12 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.45%; the net profit attributable to the parent company was 636 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 18.48%. The operating revenue for the third quarter was 1.71 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 8.33%; the net profit attributable to the parent company was 186 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 45.96%, a decrease of 27% compared to the 258 million yuan in the second quarter.The company stated that the changes in profit were mainly due to tight supply of core materials, a year-on-year decrease in revenue, and ongoing capacity expansion, along with an increase in depreciation costs year-on-year. The announcement on the same day showed that for the first three quarters of 2026, a total of 265 million yuan was provisioned for credit impairment losses and asset impairment losses. The net cash flow from operating activities for the first three quarters was 2.08 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 30.60%. The company stated that this was mainly due to a year-on-year decrease in government subsidies, the return of customer credit deposits during the period, and increases in material procurement and employee compensation.As of the end of September 2026, the balance of monetary funds was 8.558 billion yuan, total assets were 28.144 billion yuan, an increase of 24.51% compared to the end of the previous year; the equity attributable to shareholders of the listed company was 19.294 billion yuan, an increase of 33.73% compared to the end of the previous year. At the end of the period, fixed assets were 12.172 billion yuan, an increase of over 20% compared to the end of the previous year, and construction in progress was 1.558 billion yuan. In the company's 2.5D business, SmartPoser-Si has been mass-produced, and SmartPoser-BD has completed full-process verification.

The criminal case involving Aiden Pleterski, who claims to be the "King of Crypto" in Canada, related to a Ponzi scheme involving digital assets, will be submitted to the jury for deliberation after closing arguments this week. Presiding Judge Shaun Nakatsuru has given the jury final instructions, and the jury is set to begin deliberations on Thursday. Pleterski is accused of defrauding approximately $30 million from fans on social media between 2021 and 2022, and was charged with fraud in 2024, subsequently awaiting trial for over two years.In his closing arguments, Pleterski declared his innocence. He stated, "I am not guilty of these charges, which is why I am not pleading guilty. This would have been proven if I had not been forced to represent myself. That's all I have to say." Due to his choice to represent himself, he is acting on his own behalf in court. If convicted of fraud, he faces a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.In another criminal case, five men are charged with kidnapping and torturing Pleterski in 2022, some of whom are reportedly victims of his scheme. Defendant Deren Akyeam-Pong has pleaded guilty to nine charges and is awaiting sentencing. Pleterski is one of several figures in the crypto industry facing fraud charges; former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted in 2023 and is serving a 25-year sentence in the United States.

Alphabet (GOOG.O) attributed a loss of $8.2 billion in other income to the decline in SpaceX's stock price.

Federal Reserve Chairman Waller stated that our duty is to reduce inflation.

According to PR Newswire, the on-chain credit platform Ibis announced on October 28 that it has emerged from stealth mode and secured a $250 million credit facility from FalconX to provide structured credit to eligible crypto trading companies.Ibis also completed its pre-seed funding round, led by FalconX, with participation from executives at Anchorage Digital, Innovating Capital, as well as Erebor, Revolut, Injective Foundation, Selini, Pyth, and others. The specific amount of funding has not been disclosed. Among them, Anchorage Digital Bank will serve as the custodian, banking, and design partner, with collateral held by its regulated custody system.Ibis is responsible for initiating, tokenizing, managing risks, and servicing structured credit financing, initially focusing on crypto and prediction markets, with plans to expand into emerging fields such as GPU, robotics, and venture capital in the future.

The funding scale of the Zcash development grant program continues to expand, with the current net funding estimated at approximately 125 million USD, far exceeding current expenditure needs. Sean Bowe, co-founder of Zcash and current head of Tachyon, has proposed a draft suggesting the termination of the current 8% block reward allocated to ZCG in a future network upgrade.There are currently four proposals in the community regarding the development funding mechanism, which involve terminating ZCG grants, canceling the entire development fund grant mechanism, or gradually reducing the grant proportion to zero. Supporters believe that the current mechanism allows funds to accumulate as the price of ZEC rises, but ZCG is not directly controlled by holders; opponents worry that cutting development funds without alternative solutions may impact the subsequent development and maintenance of the protocol. All proposals are still in the discussion stage and have not yet been finalized.

According to official data from Bitget, the platform's "Peer Program" has completed the final batch of reward distributions. As of now, the program has distributed a total of 8,936,975 USDT in rewards, with a total of 7,308,958 participants receiving rewards. Users can visit the relevant event page to claim their corresponding rewards.

According to Solid Intel, Brazil's largest bank Itaú Unibanco has become the first bank to officially engage in cryptocurrency trading and custody services under the new regulations set by the Central Bank of Brazil. The bank has reported the relevant business to the Central Bank of Brazil on Tuesday, ahead of the deadline of October 30.

Binance announces that users holding Predict Points (PP Points) can prepare to receive the PREDICT airdrop tokens. The deadline for submitting the form is November 26, 2026, at 17:00. Users can choose Plan A to receive 35% of the tokens immediately or Plan B to receive 100% of the tokens after staking for one year. The tokens will be distributed to Binance Alpha accounts or Binance wallets based on the holding path.

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.

According to Rootdata, yesterday (Eastern Time October 27), the total net inflow of Bitcoin spot ETFs was $176 million.The Bitcoin spot ETF with the highest single-day net inflow that day was BlackRock ETF IBIT, with a net inflow of $152 million. As of that trading day, IBIT's historical cumulative net inflow was $66.426 billion.Following that was Fidelity ETF FBTC, with a single-day net inflow of $24.5 million. As of that trading day, FBTC's historical cumulative net inflow was $10.368 billion.

The Bitcoin ecosystem blockchain Core officially announced that the project is entering the next stage of decentralization. Since the DAO began transferring block production responsibilities to independent validators, the network has maintained zero downtime during the transition period. The official statement indicates that decentralization has been the direction of Core since the genesis block, and various affairs of the DAO are gradually being handed over to independent community operators.As part of this transition, early contributors Rich Rines and Brendon Sedo will step down from their DAO positions. The community will take on greater management responsibilities in areas such as ecological construction, growth plans, and directional decision-making. The official also stated that in the coming months, there will be more independent operators, community-led projects, and Coretoshi involved in shaping the future development of Core.