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According to Bloomberg, South Korean AI chip startup FuriosaAI announced the completion of a $620 million Series D funding round, raising its valuation to $2.9 billion, approximately four times the previous round's valuation of $735 million.Investors include U.S. Infinitum Partners, South Korea's National Growth Fund (which contributed $280 million), Jericho Capital, Worldline Capital, Singapore's QUDA Capital, Abu Dhabi's NeoFort Holding, and existing shareholders Naver, Korea Development Bank, DSC Investment, Nextrans, and Kakao Investment also participated. The Export-Import Bank of Korea made its first direct investment in a startup.FuriosaAI was founded in 2017 and began mass production of its RNGD inference chips in January of this year, collaborating with Broadcom to develop the third-generation accelerator. TSMC will produce 20,000 RNGD chips for it this year, with plans to increase to over 40,000 by 2027.

Researchers disclosed a zero-click vulnerability in the Telegram sticker feature at a security conference held in Tokyo, demonstrating that an attacker could execute code on iOS devices without any user interaction.However, Telegram disputed the risk assessment of the vulnerability.

AMD (AMD.O) stated that the Helios rack-level solution is running on Meta Platforms (META.O).

According to official news, IOSG Ventures announced an investment in Fun, betting on a global funding infrastructure aimed at the internet market. Fun provides fiat trading, payment routing, and cross-chain fund settlement services for prediction markets, on-chain perpetual contract platforms, and DeFi applications, helping users transfer funds between different fiat currencies, digital assets, and blockchain networks.According to IOSG, all fiat trading for Polymarket is processed through Fun, and platforms like Lighter and Aave are also using its services. Fun currently processes an annualized funding volume of $100 billion, covering over 150 countries and regions and more than 50 payment methods.IOSG believes that as prediction markets, on-chain trading platforms, and tokenized asset applications expand, the smooth entry and exit of funds will directly affect user conversion rates and platform growth. Fun aims to reduce the complexity of platforms integrating fiat channels, wallets, stablecoins, and multiple blockchains through a unified funding access layer. The company was founded by Alex Fine in 2022.

According to official news from Bitget, the platform announced a collaboration with the structured product liquidity service provider VETA Finance to upgrade its stock dual-currency investment products. This upgrade expands the product pool on top of existing popular targets such as NVIDIA (rNVDA), Google (rGOOGL), and AMD (rAMD), enriching the investment duration options; relying on deeper liquidity support, it offers more competitive annualized returns while optimizing product structure and settlement mechanisms, bringing users a better trading experience and more diverse income opportunities.Currently, Bitget's stock dual-currency investment supports two strategies: "buy low" and "sell high." Users can use USDT or eligible U.S. stock tokens for subscription, and based on preset target prices and investment durations, complete corresponding asset conversions according to the settlement price at maturity and receive corresponding interest income.In addition, Bitget also plans to launch structured products such as accumulation purchase and accumulation sale options (AQ) with VETA Finance based on the rToken ecosystem, expanding the product layout from standardized wealth management to customized solutions, further enriching multi-asset wealth management options under the panoramic exchange (UEX) ecosystem.

According to Bloomberg, the UK government has announced an investment of £100 million (approximately $134 million) to build an artificial intelligence biosafety laboratory, supported by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind. According to a statement from the UK government, the laboratory will utilize artificial intelligence to detect and monitor biological threats.In addition to the aforementioned funding, OpenAI and Anthropic will also provide up to £200 million in usage credits for artificial intelligence models. The laboratory will also collaborate with Google DeepMind and life sciences company Basecamp Research, with the UK government allocating an additional £65 million for developing responses to pathogens.The announcement also includes an additional £120 million to the Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute, which is responsible for regularly assessing cutting-edge artificial intelligence models; and an additional £23 million to the under-construction Artificial Intelligence Economic Research Institute for analyzing the impact of artificial intelligence on the economy.

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.

Vitalik Buterin posted on the X platform stating that he does not predict that defense will automatically lead over offense, but believes that cybersecurity will ultimately trend towards a favorable outcome for defense, although the transition process will be very difficult.He pointed out that "good people discovering vulnerabilities in released software before bad people" does not belong to a game where defense has the advantage. To truly tilt the game towards defense, a deeper methodological shift is needed, including formal verification, radical reduction of the Trusted Computing Base (TCB), etc., and currently, these shifts have only just begun. He also stated that this is an important reason for his friendly attitude towards slowing down or pausing AI development, and called for investing more than 1% of GDP into cybersecurity, biosecurity, and the fortification of the physical world.

According to market information, the small-cap altcoins DOOD, IOST, and MPLX have daily increases of 113%, 81%, and 42%, respectively. There are currently no significant positive news for these cryptocurrencies. They rank 1st, 2nd, and 6th in trading volume on Upbit, with DOOD exceeding 100 million USD in trading volume on Upbit, accounting for 10% of the platform's total daily trading volume. Upbit may be the driving factor behind the related increases.

BlockBeats published an in-depth article titled "All in One is the Only Way Out," focusing on the industry trend of cryptocurrency trading platforms transforming into comprehensive financial services, using Gate Money as an example to analyze the development potential of integrated global asset trading, daily payments, and wealth management.The article points out that as user demands extend from cryptocurrency trading to multi-asset allocation, cross-border consumption, and idle fund management, All in One is becoming an important direction for trading platforms to explore business growth. Gate currently supports over 5,400 digital assets and 12,800 stock assets, while Gate Money further integrates multi-currency accounts, exchanges, payments, and wealth management functions, supporting over 60 currencies and planning to expand services for stocks, ETFs, and gold. At the same time, the platform connects eligible stock assets with consumption scenarios through an automatic recharge feature, with Money Earn offering an annualized yield of up to 3.6%.BlockBeats believes that as financial demands become increasingly diversified, the ability to allow assets to flow freely between investment, management, and payment, while continuously meeting users' actual needs, will become an important direction for cryptocurrency platforms to build long-term competitiveness. Gate Money not only integrates product functions but also connects global assets with real financial needs, promoting cryptocurrency platforms to extend into broader and more frequent financial service scenarios, opening new space for the evolution of the global financial service landscape and long-term industry growth.

The security organization SlowMist has released an in-depth threat intelligence report on the DarkSword Trojan backend and iOS attack chain. The report tracks the evolution of this attack infrastructure and reveals its high danger to cryptocurrency asset users.According to SlowMist's analysis, after the relevant exploit code was made public in March 2026, DarkSword-PROV2 appeared on GitHub in July, and its attack infrastructure was observed to be operational by late September.The SlowMist team not only tracked its online infrastructure but also correlated its management panel with public GitHub repositories, dissecting the exploit code, delivery chain, and post-compromise capabilities. The report highlighted several key findings of this attack framework: a highly automated complete attack pipeline that integrates vulnerability delivery, device and data collection, data theft, and cryptocurrency wallet fund aggregation functions.The extensive and deep data theft capabilities of this toolkit target not only keychains, files, and information but also specifically cryptocurrency wallet data, with the ability to decrypt wallet data and aggregate funds. Although the toolkit claims to support iOS 13 and above, code analysis confirms that its actual effective exploit window is concentrated in the iOS 18.6--18.7.2 and iOS 26--26.1 version ranges. The publicly available vulnerability components have been weaponized and integrated into a deployable attack framework, significantly lowering the threshold for launching complex iOS attacks.In response to this threat, SlowMist has provided clear security recommendations. Users should keep their iOS systems updated and avoid clicking on untrusted links, as merely opening a malicious page in the Safari browser could trigger vulnerabilities. If a device has accessed suspicious landing pages, users should consider their mnemonic phrases and private keys as compromised and must create new wallets and transfer assets using a clean device that has never accessed that page.Additionally, users should thoroughly check for abnormal transactions and token authorizations across various chains and immediately revoke unnecessary authorizations.

According to The Block, Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer of the cryptocurrency asset management company Bitwise, stated that regardless of whether artificial intelligence drives economic prosperity, investment bubbles burst, or growth remains moderate, Bitcoin will ultimately benefit.Hougan mentioned that if the artificial intelligence-related market crashes, Bitcoin may initially decline. He anticipates that subsequent government bailouts and monetary expansion will drive Bitcoin prices up.

Apple plans to launch Apple Smart through the iOS 27.3 system update in December, with the first batch of AI features released two years ago in the United States, covering iPhone, iPad, and Mac.Alibaba provides AI model capabilities, while Baidu is responsible for Siri and visual intelligence features.

X user Irene Patrikios (@crypto_irene) announced that she has been appointed as the Chief Business Officer of the fully homomorphic encryption company Zama. She stated that she has been working in the cryptocurrency industry for nearly 12 years and believes that blockchain requires institutions, enterprises, and individuals to publicly operate financial activities, a gap that has long existed and is difficult to support large-scale funds on-chain. She joined the company in November 2025, before the launch of the Zama mainnet, and stated that confidentiality is the infrastructure that enables institutions holding global capital to truly go on-chain, and Zama is providing this capability.Irene Patrikios also mentioned that over the past year, Zama's business team has reached collaborations with several major participants to launch confidential DeFi and establish a business pipeline. Zama's CEO Rand Hindi and the board are increasing support for the next phase of the team's development. She expressed her gratitude to Rand Hindi, the board, and the Zama team.

Zhao Changpeng stated that users should pay attention to asset security (Stay SAFU out there) and clarified that he does not oppose hardware wallets or self-custody.Zhao Changpeng added that different wallets and products are suitable for different use cases, and their security implications and best practices vary. He also disclosed that YZi Labs has invested in hardware wallet projects such as OneKey and SafePal, as well as mobile wallet products like Trust Wallet.

On October 9, the decentralized stablecoin USDD sponsored and attended the Cointelegraph CONNECT event held in Singapore. USDD's Head of Communication Yvonne Chia will participate in a thematic discussion alongside executives from projects such as ether.fi, Mercuryo, and FinHarbor. This discussion focuses on how stablecoins can truly enter daily consumption scenarios through payment infrastructures like cards and wallets.USDD is a multi-chain decentralized over-collateralized stablecoin, currently issued simultaneously on the TRON network, Ethereum Chain, and BNB Chain. Leveraging its seamless compatibility with major DeFi protocols and multi-chain layout advantages, USDD is committed to building a secure, transparent, and efficient decentralized stablecoin product, while continuously exploring the greater value of stablecoins in the real economy.

Huawei announced that Huawei and Qualcomm have reached a multi-year, broad patent licensing agreement, which includes cross-licensing of patent portfolios in multiple fields such as 5G, computing, artificial intelligence, and networking, as well as Qualcomm's acquisition of some of Huawei's U.S. patents.The transaction will be completed upon obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals. The agreement reflects the two companies' shared commitment to intellectual property protection and adherence to licensing practices that are fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory.

According to Arkham monitoring, a suspected IOSG Ventures institutional wallet staked 75,000 LINK this morning, worth approximately $1.06 million. The address then also withdrew over $11,000 in LINK staking rewards.Monitoring shows that the staked LINK tokens mainly came from another wallet address 0x18a, rather than being purchased through centralized or decentralized exchanges.