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Spicenet, an on-chain financial brokerage network, announced the completion of a $5 million Series A funding round, led by dao5, with participation from Babylon and Astrarizon. Combined with the previous $3 million seed round co-led by Hack VC and Magnus Capital, the total funding amount reaches $8 million.The new funds will be used to launch the cross-platform margin account Spice Edge, issue the ecosystem token SPICE, and inject initial liquidity into network products. Spicenet is built on a dedicated L1 settlement layer supported by Celestia, and its core products also include the cross-chain one-click interaction protocol Spice Flow, as well as the in-development tokenized stock consumer application Spice Stocks.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the prediction market Polymarket for the event "Bitcoin breaks on October 27," the sub-market "80,000" for the "Yes" option has experienced significant fluctuations, dropping from 50.5% an hour ago to the current 31.5% (a fluctuation of 19%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Bitcoin Breakthrough on October 26" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option in the sub-market "80,000" experienced severe fluctuations in winning probability, plummeting from 72.5% an hour ago to the current 43% (a fluctuation of 29.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to a report from TechCrunch, Elon Musk announced that Grok would release a full-length, "historically accurate" movie version of "The Odyssey" three months later. On October 23, Grok released the first seven minutes of this AI-generated content, calling it "the first episode of our Odyssey series." This version was produced in collaboration with Wonder Studios and director Dev Walker. The Grok Imagine account posted on X, stating that viewers could comment on whether a complete production analysis is needed.The report mentioned that Musk previously criticized Christopher Nolan's version of "The Odyssey" because Nolan cast non-white and transgender actors. Although Nolan's version heavily utilized visual effects, it was still primarily a live-action film, shot across six countries with thousands of cast and crew members. After its release in July, the film achieved impressive box office results, with IMAX screenings sold out for several months, and it is considered a strong contender for the next Academy Awards.The TechCrunch author, after watching, stated that the video was not as bad as expected; some shots could be mistaken for real actors sailing on real seas, but the historical accuracy could not be determined. The author felt that the footage lacked artistry, inspiration, and warmth; the narration was lengthy, the dialogue stiff, and overall it lacked a sense of breath and momentum, making it hard to imagine that viewers would be interested in another seven minutes or even a whole movie.

TechCrunch reported that the conversational AI research and design studio Convovo, led by Cornell University professor Tapan Parikh, released a study stating that when asked to recommend only one candidate for the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, SpaceXAI's Grok 4.7 chose Republican candidates 92% of the time, while OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol chose Democratic candidates 97% of the time. The study covered nearly 500 campaigns, with the two models agreeing on recommendations less than 10% of the time.Researchers posed the same question to both models via API, asking for a specific candidate without allowing for avoidance or a tie. The report noted that consumer applications refused to answer. An OpenAI spokesperson stated that ChatGPT is designed to be objective by default, and political conversations should not carry any directional bias; the study tested the developer API, and the prompt explicitly requested a candidate recommendation, which cannot represent the user experience when asking questions through the chat application. SpaceXAI did not respond to requests for comment in time.The report indicated that Grok's responses often cited conservative sources as well as Ballotpedia, OpenSecrets, and VoteSmart, with 39% including Christian conservative voter guides, 23% including Turning Point Action, and 41% including X; GPT's results heavily relied on Wikipedia, the Associated Press, Axios, and Reddit. The study also mentioned that each time Grok was called via the xAI API, it included approximately 1,240 additional input tokens that the researchers did not write, could not view, or remove. Parikh subsequently disabled online search and sampled 30 campaigns, with GPT choosing Democrats in 24 cases, while Grok refused to choose in 27 cases.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Bitcoin will break through on October 23" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option in the sub-market "82,000" experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, plummeting from 31.5% an hour ago to the current 13% (a fluctuation of 18.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

SpaceX launched the SpaceX Super Intelligence (SI) Partner Network, with partners including Nvidia, Apollo, Databricks, and Bain Capital.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Bitcoin Breaks on October 22" on Polymarket, the winning probability of the sub-market "82,000" for the "Yes" option has experienced significant fluctuations, dropping from 65.2% an hour ago to the current 43.8% (a fluctuation of 21.4%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that Colombian cryptocurrency broker Leonardo de Jesus Zuluaga Duque was sentenced to 160 months in prison for assisting in the laundering of drug trafficking proceeds through Tether's USDT and participating in a scheme to import cocaine into the United States.Zuluaga Duque, along with five others, assisted in laundering approximately $14.5 million in USDT through a network of cryptocurrency accounts, shell companies, and fund transfers between the U.S. and Colombia from May to November 2023. The court also ordered the forfeiture of $14.75 million and the cryptocurrency held in four addresses under his control.

Bitget has launched perpetual contracts for 5 popular stocks: EBAY (eBay), IBKR (Interactive Brokers), MSCI (MSCI), HLT (Hilton), and ABBV (AbbVie). The aforementioned contracts are settled in USDT, support up to 20x leverage, and allow trading 24/7. As of now, Bitget supports a total of 374 stock perpetual contract underlying assets.

According to CoinDesk, Bybit CEO Ben Zhou stated that Bybit plans to collaborate with local established companies when entering the U.S. market to challenge platforms like Robinhood in market coverage. Zhou mentioned that seeking partners is a standard practice for Bybit when entering new regions, and the U.S. market may consider collaborating with companies like Interactive Brokers (IB).He said, "At this stage, it is best to partner with those who wish to enter the crypto space and already have a customer base in the U.S., such as IB or similar companies that have not yet ventured into crypto but have a quality U.S. customer base."Bybit is the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world by trading volume, with over 80 million registered users in more than 180 countries and regions. The exchange is continuously acquiring licenses globally to offer a range of new regulated products. In Europe, Bybit plans to launch a "super app" covering derivatives and tokenized stocks as early as the first quarter of next year. Through partnerships, Bybit can avoid the cumbersome process of applying for money transfer licenses state by state like Coinbase, which can take two to three years.Zhou suggested waiting for the Clarity Act to pass or for a clearer understanding of new laws, at which point the SEC may provide unified regulation, allowing a single license to cover federal levels. He also pointed out that the U.S. market is highly competitive and becoming saturated, with Coinbase's position solidifying and Robinhood's importance rising. In contrast, the UK remains a less concentrated and underdeveloped market, but the entry costs are high, comparable to the EU's MiCA license.Zhou revealed that earlier this year, he was invited to meet with the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and relevant institutions in the House of Lords. Bybit is looking for an office location in London but has not yet determined a specific site.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the event "Bitcoin Breaks on October 21" on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option in the sub-market "84,000" experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 30% an hour ago to the current 47% (a fluctuation of 17%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Elon Musk stated that as GrokBot continues to improve, user adoption is increasing. SpaceX will deploy GrokBot on a large scale to businesses within weeks.

Elon Musk stated that GrokBot is the fastest-growing product he has ever seen.

According to Gate market data, spot gold has risen more than 10 dollars in the short term, reported at 4,144.15 dollars/ounce; spot silver has broken through 58 dollars/ounce, with an intraday increase of 1.6%.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Bitcoin breaks through on October 20" on Polymarket, the probability of the "Yes" option in the sub-market "82,000" has experienced significant fluctuations, dropping sharply from 56.5% an hour ago to the current 37.5% (a fluctuation of 19%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to GMGN market data, PEARL has broken through $2, currently reported at $2.01, with a 24-hour increase of over 5%, and a cumulative increase of 82.2% in the past month, with a current market value of approximately $702 million. Previously, Coinbase announced that Pearl (PEARL) would be included in its listing roadmap.It is reported that Pearl is an independent public chain launched in April 2026, positioned as "AI version of Bitcoin," executing large model matrix calculations through GPU, allowing miners to provide verifiable AI computing services while participating in block production, with a total token supply of approximately 2.1 billion.

Three men from Bristol, England, broke into a man's home in the early hours of May 15, assaulted the victim, and demanded a large amount of cryptocurrency. The victim sustained head injuries and was hospitalized, while the three men failed to obtain any cryptocurrency. Terroll Paul, Mohamed Samagassi, and Pierre Madzou all pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary and were sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on October 15. Paul was sentenced to 6 years, Madzou to 5 and a half years, and Samagassi to 5 years.The victim's underage sister called the police, and the three were subsequently arrested at the scene. The police did not disclose the amount of cryptocurrency demanded by the three men. The case falls under "ransom attacks," where criminals use violence or threats to force cryptocurrency holders to hand over digital assets. Data from blockchain security company CertiK shows that in the first six months of 2026, such attacks globally resulted in losses of $124 million, a 12-fold increase year-on-year.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Bitcoin Breakthrough on October 19" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option in the sub-market "82,000" experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 90% an hour ago to the current 69.5% (a fluctuation of 20.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.