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Zilliqa stated that the investigation into the recent security incident is still ongoing, with affected components including the X-Bridge and certain liquidity pools using ZRC2 proxy contracts, involving tokens such as zUSDT, SEED, kUSD, and Zoge.Zilliqa emphasized that the native ZIL and Zilliqa EVM network were not affected, and the X-Bridge will remain suspended; users are advised not to use the cross-chain bridge and the affected liquidity pools for the time being.

According to a report by Financial Associated Press, Microsoft announced on October 26 local time that it will offer a voluntary severance compensation plan to approximately 60,000 employees to reduce costs and adjust its workforce for the AI era. More than a quarter of the total employee count is eligible, marking the company's third round of workforce adjustments this year.A spokesperson stated that some vice presidents and below in the United States, Canada, India, and the United Kingdom are eligible to apply, and those who accept the plan will receive benefits similar to standard severance packages. According to informed sources, departments such as Xbox, Windows, Copilot, and finance will fully participate, while some employees in data centers, sales, marketing, cybersecurity, and quantum computing will not be eligible. Chief Human Resources Officer Amy Coleman mentioned in an internal letter that the plan provides an option for employees considering leaving to transition with the company's support, and it is another way for departments to adjust their teams. The spokesperson also noted that if top talent accepts the plan, the company will attempt to retain them in some cases.In April this year, Microsoft launched its first voluntary retirement program for about 8,750 eligible U.S. employees, with over 30% ultimately accepting; in July, it announced layoffs of approximately 4,800 people, accounting for about 2.1% of the total workforce. The spokesperson expects the number of acceptances this time to be far less than the voluntary retirement program. As of the end of June, Microsoft had a total of 223,000 employees. According to the financial report on July 29, capital expenditures for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 were $41 billion, a year-on-year increase of about 70%, and capital expenditures for the first quarter of fiscal year 2027 are expected to be about $50 billion.

OKX Global Managing Partner and Chief Marketing Officer Haider Rafique announced that after nearly seven years at OKX, he will step down and take a temporary break to focus on family and personal matters.According to insiders, Haider plans to leave before the end of 2026. He joined OKX in March 2020, where he led the brand upgrade and was involved in facilitating the Intercontinental Exchange's strategic investment of $200 million in OKX this March.

According to Bloomberg, citing informed sources, Haider Rafique, Global Managing Partner and Chief Marketing Officer of OKX, plans to leave by the end of 2026. Both an OKX spokesperson and Rafique declined to comment.Rafique joined OKX in March 2020, leading the exchange's brand overhaul and driving collaborations with institutions such as the McLaren F1 team and the Tribeca Film Festival. He was also involved in facilitating Intercontinental Exchange's $200 million strategic investment in OKX this March, which valued OKX at $25 billion.

According to the Wall Street Journal, sources say that the Vice President of Tesla (TSLA.O) Energy and Charging Business has left the company.

According to Crypto Briefing, Marc Vanlerberghe, the Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer of the public blockchain Algorand Foundation, resigned on October 14. He joined the foundation as Chief Marketing Officer in March 2024 and held the title of Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer at the time of his departure, serving for about two and a half years.Previously, the foundation's Chief Technology Officer Bruno Martins left around October 9. Former CEO Staci Warden stepped down in August this year, and William Herkelrath took over on August 31, with the foundation officially announcing this on September 9.Reports indicate that the new CEO is re-evaluating the foundation's projects and partnerships, aiming to promote institutional adoption and financial sustainability. The foundation previously disclosed that it had reduced its team size by about 25% in the first quarter of 2026.

According to The Block, there has been another personnel change at the White House regarding digital asset regulation, as Patrick Witt has concluded his term as the White House Chief Crypto Advisor. A White House official stated in an email to The Block on Wednesday that Witt's "detail has expired" and expressed gratitude for his work during the Trump administration, wishing him success in the future. Previously, Crypto In America reporter Eleanor Terrett reported that Witt was an employee of the Department of Defense and held a temporary position on the White House Crypto Council.Witt, in his role as Executive Director of the President's Advisory Council on Digital Assets, led the Washington effort to push for the broad crypto legislation known as the Clarity Act. The House version of the bill was passed over a year ago, after which he was responsible for coordinating negotiations in the Senate. However, the Senate version faces multiple obstacles, including disagreements between the banking sector and the crypto industry on the treatment of stablecoin rewards, as well as how to address the conflicts of interest arising from President Trump's substantial crypto assets. The latter became a major reason why the bill failed to pass its first procedural vote last month, as Democrats were concerned that the relevant provisions would not be enforceable, since decisions on whether to take enforcement action against the president would be made by the Department of Justice rather than the states.Witt is the third high-level crypto official to leave the White House. David Sacks, who was in charge of crypto and artificial intelligence affairs, departed in March, stating that his 130-day term as a special government employee had ended; Witt's deputy director, Harry Jung, also left in July.

Bitcoin mining pool operator Foundry announced on October 8 that its founder and CEO Mike Colyer will step down after seven years in office.For the next six months, Colyer will remain at Foundry as a strategic advisor, assisting with the company's transition and the CEO selection process.

According to SEC filings, Coinbase submitted an 8-K form on October 2, disclosing that Chief Accounting Officer Jennifer Jones notified the company of her retirement decision on September 29.She will continue to serve until her successor takes over, while the company has initiated the search for a successor. This decision was not due to any disagreements with the company regarding operations, policies, or practices.

Stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) disclosed in an 8-K filing submitted on September 25 that co-founder P. Sean Neville has resigned from the board for personal reasons, effective immediately, reducing the board size from 8 to 7 members.On the same day, Chief Financial Officer Jeremy Fox-Geen notified the company of his intention to resign, but will remain until the end of 2026 to assist with the transition. Circle has engaged an executive search firm to find successors. The company stated that the departures of both individuals were not due to disagreements regarding the company's operations, policies, or practices.

Hester Peirce, a commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), announced she will resign on October 2. She published her resignation letter on social media platform X on Friday, revealing this date. Peirce is known in the industry as "Crypto Mom," having long advocated for clear rules for the crypto industry. During the tenures of Jay Clayton and Gary Gensler as chairmen, the SEC took a tough enforcement stance on crypto, while she continued to push for industry regulation. During the Trump administration, she was involved in rule-making and was appointed last year to lead the newly established SEC crypto working group.Her work in crypto encompasses policy statements and guidance on areas such as mining, staking, and meme coins, with the most important aspect being the classification and definition of various crypto assets to clarify regulatory jurisdiction. Recently, the SEC began proposing formal rules, the first being "Regulation Crypto Assets," which establishes a framework for issuing crypto assets that does not trigger strict securities regulation. The SEC also opened a path for tokenization of securities, known as "innovation exemptions," to initiate the era of securities tokenization with a five-year limited period.Peirce will become an associate professor at Regent University School of Law. After her departure, the SEC will have only two commissioners left, Atkins and Mark Uyeda, and the rules allow the two to constitute a quorum. On the same day, the SEC released a frequently asked questions document on crypto assets, addressing how to avoid triggering the "necessary managerial efforts" determination when marketing tokens, and discussing issues such as when staking receipt tokens and secondary markets are considered "promoters" of investment contracts.

Based on RootData's character and X influence data, and combined with market samples from 28 projects that launched on Binance Spot in the past two years, the dynamics of individuals and project performance show a noteworthy accompanying relationship.In terms of onboarding, among the 24 projects where character and influence data can be matched, in the months where 77 projects recorded new member entries, 65 saw a month-on-month increase in X influence, accounting for 84.4%, which is higher than the 67.4% in months without recorded new members. The median month-on-month growth rates for the two groups were 3.4% and 1.6%, respectively. For example, Vana added three new positions for growth, ecology, and product directors in August 2024, and its average monthly X influence rose from 189.14 in August to 607.50 in November, an increase of 221.2%.In terms of departures, 7 projects formed 18 comparable three-month observation windows, of which 15 saw a decline in coin prices; among the 17 windows with market capitalization data, 14 experienced a decrease in circulating market capitalization. The head of AI agency business at BIO Protocol left in October 2025, and from the end of that month to the end of January 2026, the coin price and circulating market capitalization decreased by 60.1% and 46.7%, respectively.The above statistics reflect accompanying phenomena. Continuously updating information on personnel onboarding, departures, and position replacements can help users track team expansion, organizational adjustments, and core talent loss, providing more basis for interpreting changes in influence and valuation.

Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon announced his resignation and is preparing to leave the AI industry. He has conducted pre-training research at OpenAI and Anthropic over the past three years. He pointed out that neither company has responsibly advanced AI and are competing to create superintelligence that can continue to enhance its own capabilities, "betting our lives on it."He switched from OpenAI to Anthropic this year because the latter places more emphasis on model safety. Coxon acknowledged that Anthropic's safety work is serious, but believes that as long as companies are racing to be the first to create AGI (artificial general intelligence that surpasses humans in a wide range of tasks), safety compromises are unavoidable, and self-discipline from a single company cannot solve the problem. His assessment of the two companies is: many people inside OpenAI still do not truly realize how great this risk is; Anthropic knows the risks but believes others are unreliable, so they must create it themselves first.Coxon stated that some AI practitioners are much more pessimistic privately than they express publicly, and are even worried that AI could destroy humanity before the end of this decade. He personally judges that in the most radical scenario, AI could go out of control by the end of next year, so such decisions should not be made solely by the engineers of a few companies.

According to TheEnergyMag, Argo Blockchain's CEO Justin Nolan has stepped down on August 30. Under the terms of the agreement, Justin Nolan will receive a one-time cash compensation of $250,000, which will be subject to standard tax withholding. The agreement will officially take effect after the seven-day period expires and the right of rescission has not been exercised.During the board's search for a successor, the current management team will be responsible for daily operations under the supervision of the board. The company is specifically seeking candidates with experience in capital raising and operational execution in the data center and artificial intelligence technology sectors.

According to CoinDesk, American Bitcoin (ABTC), a Bitcoin mining company associated with the Trump family, announced that President and interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Matt Prusak will leave on August 4 to join AI and energy infrastructure company Giga Energy as Chief Business Officer and interim CFO.Prusak stated that after "years of building the Bitcoin business," he will shift to the upstream energy infrastructure sector, focusing on the current power supply issues that limit the development of Bitcoin mining and AI computing.American Bitcoin was co-founded by Eric Trump and supported by Hut 8, and it is a publicly traded Bitcoin mining company listed on NASDAQ. Prusak was previously responsible for driving the company's Bitcoin accumulation strategy, including expanding hash power and increasing the BTC holdings per share.Giga Energy, headquartered in Houston, primarily develops power equipment and AI data center infrastructure. The company stated that it has delivered over 6.5GW of power infrastructure and is developing over 500MW of AI data center capacity.Industry insiders believe that Prusak's transition reflects the accelerating migration of the Bitcoin mining industry towards the AI infrastructure sector. As competition in the mining business intensifies and profit margins are pressured, more mining companies are beginning to leverage their own power resources, land reserves, and data center capabilities to enter the AI computing infrastructure market.As large tech companies compete for power and data center capacity, energy supply has become a core bottleneck for the expansion of AI computing, and companies with the ability to integrate power resources are gaining more attention.

According to CoinDesk, Grayscale's Chief Financial Officer Edward McGee has resigned for personal reasons, effective July 2. The company stated that his departure was not due to any disagreements regarding the company's operations, policies, or practices, and appointed Kathryn Masci and Daniel Plourde as interim co-Chief Financial Officers, with Masci also serving as Chief Financial and Accounting Officer and joining the board. This personnel adjustment comes months after the departure of John Hoffman, the head of distribution and partnerships, who joined Ondo Finance. Currently, Grayscale has suspended its IPO preparations, having previously submitted a confidential application for a U.S. listing last November.

According to an 8-K filing submitted to the SEC, AVAX One Technology (AVX), a Nasdaq-listed digital infrastructure company, announced that CEO Jolie Kahn resigned on July 3, and COO Pete Wylie has been appointed as interim CEO. The company stated that the departure was "mutually agreed upon" and did not involve any operational, policy, or practical disagreements. Under the separation agreement, Kahn will receive a one-time cash compensation of $160,000 and common stock valued at $250,000. The board has engaged global executive search firm ZRG Partners to find a permanent successor.This leadership change comes as AVAX One faces compliance pressure from Nasdaq, as the company previously received a notice for its stock price falling below the minimum requirement of $1. Shareholders approved a 1:12 reverse stock split on May 29, which took effect on June 15. AVAX One's main business includes mining Bitcoin in Alberta and Ohio with approximately 300 PH/s of computing power, holding a strategic treasury of AVAX to earn staking rewards, and building modular data centers aimed at AI and high-performance computing.

Brantly Millegan, the Operations Director of ENS Labs, stated that he has decided to leave ENS and will gradually shut down ethid.org.Brantly mentioned that team members are currently open to new job opportunities. Most projects, such as GrailsMarket, ENSMarketBot, and EFP, will cease operations in the coming weeks, but the code will remain open source.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the "Starmer Resignation Timing" event on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option in the sub-market "June 22" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 61% an hour ago to the current 82.5% (a fluctuation of 21.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.