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Liquid Capital founder Yi Lihua stated that the global financial markets have been quite volatile recently, and one cannot expect to make money every moment in investments and trading. He mentioned that even Duan Yongping has to endure significant unrealized losses, with some stock investors previously making ten times their investment now facing an 80% retracement, and the situation for ordinary stock and cryptocurrency investors is even worse. The overall environment is still in a rate hike cycle, and Bitcoin has become a relatively well-performing asset.Yi Lihua reiterated that the upward trend is not a straight line, nor is the pullback; he still sees a bullish market trend and continues to wait for the right pullback. With the midterm elections approaching, market volatility and trading opportunities are increasing. He also mentioned that Coinbase has launched a global derivatives trading competition with a maximum prize pool of 2 million USDC, believing that this event provides a platform for communication and testing trading strategies, and he himself will participate and learn.

According to Gate market data, Oracle (ORCL.N) has seen its increase expand to over 7% due to management providing an optimistic performance outlook.

According to CoinDesk, Ethereum developers have fixed a vulnerability in the Glamsterdam upgrade that could allow operators to withdraw ETH intended for new validators from the staking service. The fix changed the handling rules for validator deposits and was merged on Monday, after developers had rejected the modification a week earlier.Researcher avsetsin discovered that if an operator first registers as a builder with a specific public key, and the staking service subsequently deposits ETH using the same key to activate the validator, the draft rules would credit both deposits to the builder. Avsetsin stated that this is a conditional code discovery and not a confirmed real-time exploit; existing checks can prevent the attack, and there are currently no reports of losses. The new rules treat deposits as sorted by withdrawal receipts, ensuring that validator deposits still belong to the validators.Glamsterdam has been running on the Sepolia testnet, but the launch on the Hoodi testnet has been delayed, with a new date to be determined before the mainnet launch.

The chief economist of the American asset management firm Apollo, Torsten Sløk, released five charts, believing that AI has not yet brought significant financial returns to large American companies outside of the tech giants. The per capita revenue and profit margins of the seven tech giants continue to rise; excluding them, the 493 companies in the S&P have seen these two metrics remain basically stagnant, and the data on total factor productivity in the U.S. has not shown significant signs of AI-driven growth.Apollo cited data from the corporate payment platform Ramp, stating that among its clients, the top 10% of companies by spending contributed 99.5% of the model hosting and inference costs. Among the top 1% of companies with the highest AI spending, about 80% have venture capital backgrounds; for companies at the median spending level, this ratio is only 13%. A large amount of AI computing power consumption is concentrated in a few companies, many of which rely on venture capital support.Previous statistics from Apollo indicated that during the second quarter earnings season of 2026, 69% of S&P 500 companies had disclosed that they were actually using AI, but only 2% reported metrics for ongoing tracking of effectiveness. Another NBER study updated in October this year surveyed nearly 9,000 corporate executives from seven countries, with respondents estimating that over the past three years, AI has only improved the annual growth rate of labor productivity in companies by about 0.2 percentage points.

Blockstream Chief Marketing Officer Peter Bain stated in a recent interview that Bitcoin has maintained the $81,000 mark amid stock market sell-offs, rising 10-year U.S. Treasury yields, and turmoil in Europe, which he described as "a very, very strong signal." He made this statement during a conversation with Grace Remington and Sean Hagan.Bain emphasized that technological development precedes price and discussed topics such as adoption, stablecoins, and tokenized stocks. He introduced Blockstream's new center established in Lugano and a new consulting department aimed at institutional clients, while explaining why treasury companies are mainly concentrated in the United States and why Switzerland will become the next market—Switzerland's clear regulatory framework and strong banking foundation make it an ideal launch market.Regarding quantum computing, Bain believes that the related threats will take decades to materialize, and that Bitcoin's real weaknesses lie elsewhere. He referenced the PHP vulnerability incident, stating that the industry needs to rethink the way software is released, and introduced Blockstream's research on quantum-resistant signature solutions, how consensus can be reached for quantum upgrades, and the Bitcoin Security Alliance. Additionally, he provided the first update on the Liquid Network event progress: the exchange service has been restored, the network is back online, and users can transfer Bitcoin back to the main chain. Looking ahead to 2027, Bain stated that institutional clients believe Bitcoin "is expected to usher in a major bull market."

Apollo Global Management's Chief Economist Torsten Slok stated that despite companies investing heavily in artificial intelligence, AI has not yet brought tangible returns to U.S. businesses outside the technology sector. Slok pointed out that the per capita income of employees in 493 companies in the S&P 500 index remains flat, and corporate profit margins have not seen growth.

According to Slow Fog monitoring, Yapeswap suffered an attack, resulting in a loss of approximately $21,900. The root of the incident lies in the WorkersUnion governance mechanism, where the quorum requirement is zero, allowing a proposal that received only about 0.000055% voting support to transfer the feeToSetter authority of YapeFactory to the attacker.The attacker subsequently deployed a malicious Registry contract, causing latestVault() to return a forged vault address, while vaults() still listed the real vault. YapePair accounted for the deposits to be transferred as farm assets, but did not receive redeemable shares, ultimately leading to a loss of funds. This incident involves contracts such as YapeFactory, YapePair, and YapeWrapper.

According to Slow Fog's Yu Xian monitoring, users should promptly update their iPhone and iPad systems and be vigilant about certain installed apps being poisoned by DarkSword.DarkSword mainly targets iPhone cryptocurrency users for pinpoint attacks and coin theft, exploiting iOS-related vulnerabilities to break through the sandbox and steal various passwords and other private data from the Keychain, as well as local wallet private key files, memos, and other private data.

Slow Fog released a threat intelligence report stating that they recently received user feedback about a GitHub repository named sol-live, which disguises itself as a Solidity interview practice project. However, it hides commands in the .vscode/settings.json file to download and execute remote scripts, which may trigger malicious payloads when users start the project with custom terminal configurations.Slow Fog's analysis shows that the related malicious payloads can collect browser login databases, wallet extension storage, and macOS Keychain files. They also have the capability to scan and upload local files, execute remote commands, provide interactive Shell access, and monitor the clipboard. In macOS and Linux environments, the malicious terminal configuration must be actively initiated by the user to execute; the attack chain on Windows has not been confirmed due to issues with quote handling.

The hedge fund Bridgewater's China business department informed investors that the institution's bullish stance on gold has decreased and that it holds a cautiously optimistic view on the domestic Chinese stock market. The Shanghai-based hedge fund stated in a letter to investors in September that it has gradually reduced its previously overweight position in gold.Bridgewater China noted that rising interest rates have increased the opportunity cost of holding gold, while rising oil prices have suppressed demand from energy-importing countries like India. The institution also expressed optimism about Chinese assets, believing that the current stock market valuation is not high, the policy direction is favorable for long-term capital formation, and that there may be more funds flowing into the stock market in the future against a backdrop of lower bond yields.

Bill Ackman, the CEO of Pershing Square Capital, believes that the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Iran war, and persistently high inflation and interest rates are suppressing what should be a stronger market environment. With geopolitical risks easing and energy prices falling, he expects the market outlook to improve significantly and calls 2027 a year that will be stunning.In an interview with CNBC on Thursday, Ackman stated that if the uncertainty brought by the war dissipates, especially if the situation in Ukraine develops positively, energy prices could drop significantly, which would benefit the decline in inflation and the performance of financial markets. He also referred to the Iran war as an exceptionally well-executed war and believes that achieving peace in the Middle East would not only benefit the region but ultimately also benefit the United States.

SlowMist released a security alert stating that NEM suffered an attack, resulting in a loss of approximately $821,920. The root cause lies in NemTokenV2 recording the tokens transferred to the liquidity pool (LP) as sell volume without verifying the exchange settlement.The attacker exploited this vulnerability, executing the transfer, calling skim() to clear the incoming tokens, and calling flushLpSellRecycle() a total of 42 times, destroying the original reserves of the liquidity pool and lowering the NEM reserve balance, and then selling the remaining NEM at an inflated price to withdraw USDT.

A recent Reuters survey shows that the market's judgment on the Federal Reserve's interest rate outlook is changing. The expectation for an interest rate hike in October has cooled, but the surveyed economists collectively expect the Federal Reserve to raise rates again in December.In the survey conducted from October 16 to 20, 94 economists expect the Federal Reserve to maintain the federal funds rate in the range of 3.75% to 4.00% at the meeting on October 27 to 28. This judgment is consistent with the expectations reflected in market pricing, and this meeting is just days before the U.S. midterm elections in November.The interest rate expectations for December have shifted. In last month's survey, less than half of the economists expected the Federal Reserve to raise rates in December; in this survey, all 100 respondents expect a rate hike at that time.

According to the Straits Times, Edward Robinson, Chief Economist of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, stated at the Beijing Financial Street Forum on October 20 that once artificial intelligence leads to widespread productivity improvements, central banks may relax monetary policy. However, currently, the AI investment boom is driving demand, and policies should maintain appropriate restrictions. He pointed out that AI-related investments are driving economic growth, but the technology has not yet brought significant productivity improvements to the broader economy, and he called for a gradual, data-driven approach.The Monetary Authority tightened monetary policy in April and July 2026 due to rising inflation risks, and maintained the policy unchanged in October. An October 14 statement warned that if the AI boom generates broader economic spillovers and raises unit labor costs, domestic inflation may remain high. Robinson noted that AI-driven electronic products accounted for over 70% of this year's export growth in Asia, but the growth of industries producing AI-related technologies mainly stems from increased investment and more intensive use of existing resources, rather than efficiency improvements. He cited OECD estimates stating that if sufficiently widespread and appropriately invested, AI could increase total factor productivity growth by up to 0.6 percentage points annually.

A Reuters survey shows that 100 surveyed economists expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December 2026, while action may be paused in October.Among them, 94 expect that by the end of 2026, the federal funds rate will rise to 4.00% - 4.25%. In contrast, in the September survey, only 29 economists held this expectation out of 76 respondents.

According to Slow Fog's Yu Xian monitoring, Qubic Wallet may have leaked most of its private keys, which can be restored through 6 connections.

According to a report by Jinshi, Citic Securities' research report indicates that Harness is expected to become a key component for DeepSeek in transitioning from model supply to platform ecology, transforming open-source and engineering advantages into user base, ecological influence, and commercialization capabilities. As competition among Agents expands from model capabilities to stable and user-friendly task delivery, DeepSeek is expanding user and task coverage through plug-ins, scenario presets, and cross-Agent collaboration, extending its infrastructure advantages from hardware-software synergy to complete task execution.The research report states that its long-term value lies in the accumulation of demand through ecological expansion, enhancing product stickiness through configuration and process sedimentation, and supporting safe governance with traceability capabilities, collectively creating conditions for sustained use and enterprise deployment. Based on official model calls, the company can also explore platform services and ecological transactions, transforming ecological accumulation into more diverse revenue sources and supporting reinvestment in products and ecology. Citic Securities is optimistic about the continued rise of domestic large models.

According to CoinDesk, institutions have differing views on Bitcoin's year-end performance, with optimists eyeing $100,000 and cautious analysts focusing on inflationary pressures. Bitwise Research Director Ryan Rasmussen believes that Bitcoin could surpass $100,000 by the end of 2026, driven by institutional purchases through ETFs, ongoing corporate buying, concerns about inflation and government debt, and a clearer regulatory environment.LO:TECH Research Director Adam Morgan McCarthy expects Bitcoin to fluctuate between $85,000 and $95,000 before the end of the year, with inflation pressures and Federal Reserve policies remaining market headwinds; to return above $100,000, the market may need to lower expectations for a rate hike in December, while a drop in oil prices and easing inflation could facilitate this change.CoinShares Research Director James Butterfill pointed out that the contradiction between persistent inflation and a weakening job market will affect the Federal Reserve's subsequent policy space: cooling inflation may provide room to address job weakness, while renewed inflation could keep monetary policy restrictive.