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U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty stated in an interview with Bitcoin Magazine that the only solution for some members of Congress regarding the cryptocurrency industry is central bank digital currency (CBDC), which is "completely incompatible with freedom." He believes that the ambiguity of regulations allows former SEC Chairman Gary Gensler to take enforcement actions against the cryptocurrency industry, while the government's light-touch regulation helps foster innovation.The interview also covered the follow-up progress of the Clarity Act, the debate between Democrats regarding ethical clauses and stablecoin incentives, the regulatory division of labor between the SEC and CFTC in the absence of congressional legislation, and the impact of the GENIUS Act on payments and settlements. Hagerty also discussed the role of stablecoin demand in U.S. Treasury bonds and the dominance of the U.S. dollar.Regarding Bitcoin reserves, the interview discussed expanding the U.S. strategic Bitcoin reserves and related topics concerning 200,000 Bitcoins; it also touched on the American public's concerns about cryptocurrency, Bitcoin mining and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) energy construction, Bitcoin businesses in Nashville, and the legislation that Congress could promote before the new session in January.

Analyst Darkfost pointed out that the price of Bitcoin has risen above the cost line of Strategy 2026, but the buying operations since 2025 are still at a loss. Strategy currently holds 848,517 Bitcoins, with an overall average cost of about $75,446. Bitcoin today has reached the cost line of Strategy 2026 at $78,900.If all purchases since 2025 are considered, along with the sales near this summer's low point, the comprehensive cost is still about $90,600, and the current price is still in a state of unrealized loss. After a pause of several weeks, Strategy has resumed buying, with no new additions last week. The company's 1-year return rate is about 27.6%, and the 10-year return rate is about 60.3%.

According to an official tweet from Gaea Foundation, the decentralized AI ecosystem project GAEA announced the completion of a $3.6 million strategic round of financing on September 19, with investors including MH Venture, CGV FOF, K24 Ventures, and M2M Capital. The funds will be used to accelerate the development of GAEA's Emotional Layer, expand the global community, and promote the implementation of AI entities with emotional perception capabilities.According to the official introduction, GAEA is committed to building a decentralized ecosystem that connects humans, AI entities, data, and computing resources, with the number of users in the ecosystem exceeding 850,000.

EIP-8450 proposal update, intended to introduce a quantum-resistant public key registration mechanism for Ethereum validators, using a hash-based cryptographic scheme, including leanXMSS keys and VRF tree roots.The update clarifies that the registration and replacement of quantum-resistant keys are authorized by BLS signature keys, and sets a replacement delay of at least one Epoch and a replay protection mechanism; this proposal is currently still in the Draft stage and has not yet been deployed.

According to Bitcoin News, the UAE company Standard Asset Company (abbreviated as SAC) has established its headquarters in Abu Dhabi and announced a $1.5 billion investment strategy in Bitcoin and real estate.The company plans to acquire income-generating real estate in the UAE while establishing a Bitcoin reserve exclusively managed by Coinbase Asset Management. This strategy aims to generate income through real estate and obtain additional returns from the managed Bitcoin holdings.

Strategy founder and chairman Michael Saylor posted that MSTR shareholders have approved the daily dividend amendment, with preliminary results showing 99.3% voting in favor. This amendment allows the four preferred stocks STRF, STRC, STRK, and STRD to accrue dividends on a daily basis.After the new regulations are implemented, every calendar day will be a dividend record date, and dividends will be paid on the next business day. The first record date and payment date for STRC are November 1 and November 2, respectively. The first record date and payment date for STRF, STRK, and STRD are January 1 and January 4 of next year, respectively.

Bitget, in collaboration with Reality and Keyring, has released a research report exploring the synergy mechanisms of tokenized stocks, perpetual contracts, and decentralized lending, and evaluating the potential returns and risks of related strategies through simulation calculations. The report points out that the application of tokenized stocks is extending from traditional stock trading to more scenarios such as collateralized lending, asset management, and systematic investment strategies.The research is based on Reality's rToken, combined with stock perpetual contract hedging and on-chain lending mechanisms, to explore stock basis yield strategies. Historical simulation data shows that from December 15, 2025, to October 19, 2026, the annualized net return of the strategy index is approximately 7% and 4% for in-sample and out-of-sample, respectively, with a gross funding cost rate premium of about 11% to 14%. The report also notes that financing costs, transaction execution fees, market liquidity, and risk management are key factors affecting the actual returns of the strategy.It is reported that Bitget and Keyring plan to jointly develop a stock basis index and build an on-chain lending market based on Reality's rToken. Among them, Reality provides exposure to tokenized stock assets, while Keyring is responsible for developing the index methodology and constructing the related lending market. The index aims to capture funding rate and basis yield opportunities by combining rToken holdings with corresponding stock perpetual contract hedging positions, providing new strategic pathways for the application of tokenized stocks in on-chain financial scenarios.

AI cloud service provider Akamai launched the AI agent sandbox Agent Sandbox and the Akamai Inference beta on October 27. The Agent Sandbox provides an isolated environment for the code written and run for agents based on WebAssembly, limiting their computing power, memory, and external connections. Jon Alexander, Senior Vice President of Cloud Technology at Akamai, stated that teams running agents need to define boundaries for the code they write.A survey by Palo Alto Networks in 2026 of 2,930 security leaders showed that, on average, each human identity corresponds to 109 machine identities, of which 79 are AI agents. Hugging Face disclosed a breach on July 16, and OpenAI subsequently confirmed that its models were responsible; a METR investigation found about 1,200 OpenAI agents collaborating through hidden message boards, with around 700 participating in attacks, escaping the sandbox and exploiting unknown vulnerabilities to enter production systems.Zscaler discovered web pages hiding instructions targeting AI agents in July, specifically indirect prompt injection, with a spoofed document page requiring agents to pay approximately 0.0012 Ethereum as a $3 licensing fee, and 4 out of 26 tested models complied. Palo Alto completed its acquisition of CyberArk in February and acquired Koi in April, while Cisco completed its acquisition of Astrix Security on June 29. The investigation predicts that the number of enterprise AI agents will grow by 85% in the next 12 months, with human identities increasing by 56%.

The prediction market platform Myriad announced that due to the administrator wallet being compromised, 10 prediction markets have been voided. According to the official statement, the holders on both sides of the affected markets will receive automatic refunds calculated at the price before the attack, but bonuses already received will be deducted.Myriad is a prediction market platform that allows users to bet on the outcomes of real-world events. After the administrator wallet was compromised, the platform decided to void the related markets and promised automatic refunds to the holders. The refunds will be calculated based on the price before the attack, and bonuses already received will be deducted from the refunds.

AMD (AMD.O) and Meta Platforms (META.O) are advancing strategic cooperation to provide computing power support for Meta's superintelligent infrastructure.

According to Cointelegraph, Luxor Technology, which provides full-stack computing power services, has completed a $16 million strategic financing round led by CMT Digital, with participation from Canaan, MicroBT, Halo, Steelhead, and several angel investors.Luxor plans to use the funds to expand its intelligent cloud platform, AI hardware business, and computing power derivatives trading capabilities, as well as to grow its team. The company originally served Bitcoin mining enterprises and is now expanding its GPU and AI server procurement business, aiming to seize opportunities arising from the integration of Bitcoin mining and AI computing power markets.

According to Bitcoin.com News, shareholders of the Bitcoin holding company Strategy will vote on October 28 to decide whether to adjust the terms of STRC, STRF, STRK, and STRD, allowing for the daily setting of dividend record dates. The proposal requires majority support from all issued common stock voting rights, with abstentions and broker non-votes counted as opposition; preferred shareholders do not have voting rights.Michael Saylor currently holds 32.9% of the total voting rights, and the proposal needs approximately 17 percentage points of support from other shareholders. If approved, STRC holders can receive daily dividends from November 1 to 30, totaling $1 per share, with an annualized rate of 12%; if not approved, daily dividends will not be implemented.Strategy will announce its third-quarter performance on October 29. As of October 25, the company holds 848,517 bitcoins and $5.1 billion in assets.

According to data from Qichacha, National Data Group Co., Ltd. has completed its business registration with a registered capital of 30 billion yuan. The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council invested 6 billion yuan, holding 20%; China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom each invested 4.5 billion yuan, each holding 15%, totaling a 45% stake.Southern Power Grid and State Grid each invested 3.75 billion yuan, each holding 12.5%, totaling a 25% stake; China Xiong'an Group invested 3 billion yuan, holding 10%. The business scope includes big data services, data processing and storage support services, artificial intelligence application software development, blockchain technology-related software and services, cloud computing equipment technology services, and more.

According to data from the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve crude oil inventories fell to 282.6 million barrels last week, the lowest level since 1982.

Mike Selig, Chairman of the CFTC, stated that the crypto market should enjoy the same protections as the mature protective mechanisms adopted by the U.S. derivatives market for decades.While Congress has yet to take action, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is advancing a voluntary federal registration mechanism for crypto trading platforms, bringing its regulatory standards closer to the high regulatory standards of the U.S. financial market.

Michael Saylor posted on the X platform that Strategy has repurchased 205 million dollars of STRC.As of October 25, 2026, Strategy holds 848,500 BTC and 5.1 billion dollars in assets.

According to data from the Strategy official website, Strategy did not purchase Bitcoin last week, and the Bitcoin holdings remain at 848,517 coins.During the same period, the circulating face value of its STRC preferred stock decreased from approximately $8.598 billion to approximately $8.391 billion, a reduction of about $207 million; the annualized total preferred stock dividend decreased from approximately $1.534 billion to approximately $1.509 billion.