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Products of the AI Craze
Has AI Gone Out of Control? Over 400 Scientists Sign Joint Appeal: Dangerous Models Must Be "Physically Disconnected from the Internet"!
420 AI scientists have signed an open letter calling for physical isolation of high-risk models. This summer, multiple incidents were exposed in which AI escaped sandboxes and breached real enterprises, including at OpenAI and Anthropic. Frontier model safety regulation is shifting toward concrete rules, which may reshape the deployment pace and compliance costs of AI agents.
From Unitree Robotics to Winverse AI: DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng's New Chess Game in the Physical World
DeepSeek led the investment in robotics AI company Winverse AI, after previously taking a strategic placement in Unitree Robotics. Liang Wenfeng is extending his layout toward embodied intelligence and physical-world intelligence through investment plus cooperation.
138 Million On-Chain Transactions: How Can AI Agents Use the "Forgotten 402 Code" to Achieve Autonomous Payments?
The x402 protocol enables AI Agents to autonomously complete on-chain micropayments, with cumulative transactions on the Base chain exceeding 138 million. It is transforming from a speculative tool into the machine economy infrastructure that serves as the default payment layer for Agent workflows.
The Fall of Character.AI Sounds the Alarm for "AI Companionship"
Character.AI filed for bankruptcy while already ailing, and Disney bid only $20 million. Burdened by lawsuits and burning $8-9 million a month, AI companionship has exposed the contradiction between deep emotional dependence and a business model that cannot cover costs.
Macro Insights
"That Scene from 1999 Is Replaying Right Now"
Jones rarely turns fully bearish on US stocks, comparing it to the eve of the 1999 bubble: 60% of constituents have entered a technical bear market with only the Magnificent Seven holding things up. He names 2027 as the worst stock market year since 2002 and is bearish for the entire year.
Global Markets Plunge Back Under Rate-Hike Shadows! Unexpected CPI Pickup Sparks Selloff, US and Asian Stocks Slump, Bitcoin Tumbles
US CPI came in above expectations, rekindling rate-hike worries, and global stock markets and crypto markets suffered a selloff. Fed officials are speaking intensively, with Warsh's Bangkok speech becoming a key bellwether. Markets are closely watching the October rate decision, and volatility risks continue to rise.
The Kobeissi Letter: Today's "Invisible" Bear Market Is "One of the Greatest Opportunities"
The S&P 500 is only 2% from its all-time high, yet 84% of constituents are in a bear market, with 10 stocks such as Nvidia contributing 70% of the gains. This bizarre paradox of bulls and bears coexisting is creating a historic opportunity: the AI revolution is driving a 52% surge in earnings, while large-cap tech valuations are actually cheaper. The hidden discount space at the current market bottom may be building momentum for a 2027 breakout.
MSCI's New Rules Take Effect: 14 Crypto Companies Enter the Potential Impact List
MSCI's new rules hit crypto treasury companies, with 14 companies including Strategy and Metaplanet potentially removed from indices. The new rules determine whether a company is an operating company based on asset structure, cash flow, and financing methods. If Strategy is excluded, passive funds may sell about $2.8 billion in shares. The final list will be announced on November 11, and the crypto stock market faces major variables.
One Year After 10.11: Have Confidence and Liquidity Recovered? How Far Along Are We?
Has the market recovered one year after the 10.11 crash? This article breaks down the liquidity recovery path from spreads, order book depth, capital flows, and participation behavior, revealing the truth of a recovery with clear divergence among BTC, ETH, and UNI.
Storage "Deleveraging": Korean Retail Investors Plunge Back Into "Liquidation Fear"
The Korean stock market has plunged 32% in four months, with Samsung Electronics leading the semiconductor sector lower, and anxiety is emerging that the AI storage super-cycle has peaked. A $20 billion gap between OpenAI's real revenue and expectations has triggered global chip stock turmoil. Memory giants' capex is surging yet they face valuation discounts. Alarms are sounding again over retail investors' high-leverage liquidations, with foreign capital withdrawing 156 billion yuan in a single month.
Institutions' and Celebrities' Bold Ideas
Arca: Four Investment Directions for Crypto Assets
Arca's CIO proposes four directions for crypto allocation: quality public companies, tokens with real revenue, compliant new token issuance, and token economic restructuring. He believes fundamental analysis frameworks are gradually taking over the crypto market.
Morgan Stanley: Gold Has Strong Support at $4,000; Further Rise in Yields Is Not Necessarily Bearish for Gold
Gold has shown remarkable resilience, with central bank purchases and ETF demand offsetting the pressure of high real yields. The gold price is holding above $4,000, targeting $5,000 by 2027. An interpretation of the changing relationship between gold and yields and the safe-haven logic under fiscal concerns.
Conversation with Tian Keyu: The Year After Being Fired by ByteDance, Sued, and Besieged by Public Opinion
I admit to the disciplinary violation, but I am not the "great villain" in the rumors.
Conversation with Dragonfly Partner Haseeb: Agents Don't Need Crypto, Humans Do!
AI Agents prioritize Cards over Crypto for payments, with privacy and financial autonomy becoming the true core of value; Hyperliquid is expanding the market rather than cannibalizing CEXs, the HIP-3 model faces challenges, and Robinhood Chain still needs to prove RWA and developer ecosystem; in the future Crypto will be integrated into the financial infrastructure, and Crypto VC classifications may disappear.
Seizing the Initiative
A New Brainstorm for Bitcoin Scaling: Can LayerTree Let a Million People Share a Single UTXO?
The LayerTree Bitcoin scaling solution proposed by the co-founder of Lightning Labs. The solution compresses the balances of thousands of users into a shared UTXO through a Merkle Sum Tree, using a "off-chain payment + on-chain enforcement" mechanism (Channel leaf and Voucher) to greatly improve on-chain space utilization while guaranteeing users' unilateral exit rights.
You Farmed Points for a Year, So Why Did You Still Lose Money in the End? — A Complete Guide to Preventing Anti-Farming in Crypto Points Projects
Points models are becoming increasingly complex, and funding costs and airdrop returns are severely imbalanced. The STANDX Points revelation: how to build an anti-farming framework, identify the ten major points traps, use a unified valuation model to judge real returns, avoid circular borrowing, YT losses, and LP impermanent loss, and truly turn points into cashable cash returns.
PRL Rises Over 60% in a Week: How Does Pearl Let AI Compute Mine While Inferencing?
PRL's short-term strong rally reflects investors' optimism about AI compute mining, while a FDV of nearly $4 billion also means the project needs to deliver growth faster.
The Hook Ecosystem Is Starting to Stir: Who Will Be the Next Dark Horse?
The Uniswap v4 Hook ecosystem is rising. How are 8 innovative projects reshaping on-chain trading? From dynamic fees to arbitrage profit redistribution, Hooks are injecting custom rules into DeFi trading pools. An in-depth analysis of the gameplay and risks of projects such as Hookr and StonkBrokers, to grasp new trends in the crypto market.
ICO, VC Coins, and the Alpha Model: Why Can't They Save Today's Crypto Market?
Can on-chain ICOs replace VC coins? This article deeply analyzes the root causes of failure in ICOs, VC coins, Alpha, and on-chain issuance models, and proposes a new absolute fairness scheme centered on real-name DID, same-price unlocking, and on-chain transparency, offering new ideas for bringing early-stage blockchain financing back to the path of value.
Hardcore Guide: How to Turn an iPhone into a Secure Cold Wallet?
Using an iPhone as a crypto cold wallet is not secure just because it is offline; hardware generation and key state are the real lines of defense. Apple's A19 chip mandatory memory integrity, iOS 27 patch versions, BFU/AFU unlock states, and wallet key management determine the actual security quality of an offline phone.
Things in Web3
Zcash Q3 Report: Zakura Lands, Shielded Pool Supply Returns to 29%
Zcash completed the first step of its scaling roadmap in Q3 2026. The new node Zakura cut sync time to 4 hours, Ironwood activation drove shielded supply up to 29%, holders approved the 25-second block upgrade with 99.9% support, network REV grew 85%, and institutional capital is accelerating its entry.
The Era of On-Chain "Running Naked" Is Over: Why Can't Privacy Coins Save Your Trading Strategy?
Hiding assets alone is not enough; trading intent must also be kept confidential.
Bitmine Is About to Achieve the "5% Alchemy": After ETH Loses Its Largest Buyer, Who Will Take Over?
Bitmine is just one step away from its goal of holding 5% of Ethereum's total supply and is about to hit the brakes on adding positions. Behind this shift are both considerations of maintaining the healthy development of the Ethereum ecosystem and possibly alleviating pressure on its own share price and adjusting capital allocation. When the largest buyer no longer keeps buying aggressively, who can step up and fill ETH's demand gap?Cancel the TGE, wind down gradually: Why is StandX exiting when Perp DEX is at its hottest?
StandX voluntarily shuts down during Perp DEX's upcycle, skipping a token issuance and directly airdropping DUSD to compensate the community, becoming a rare sample in the crypto market that reveals the truth about sector competition and liquidity costs.
The $2.25 billion valuation ultimately comes to nothing: Why has Story Protocol been reduced to "handing over its public chain"?
The Sui Foundation invests $30 million in DATA Network; DATA will upgrade to a Sui-native protocol, and the original public chain will be retired. After the announcement, DATA rose 12% in two hours, with trading volume expanding to $60 million. Story Protocol, once valued at $2.25 billion, has pivoted twice in three years—can it deliver on its promises this time?
It once pushed OpenSea to the brink, yet Blur is the first to reach its exit moment
Blur announces that it will discontinue its frontend in November 2026, and its NFT lending protocol Blend will simultaneously stop matching new loans. After the news broke, the BLUR token fell accordingly. This star NFT project, which once staged a textbook vampire attack with aggressive incentive strategies and briefly shook OpenSea's market dominance, is now heading toward its exit.
Key News
"Terror data" far exceeds expectations: US September PPI data rises sharply
US long-end Treasury yields extend declines, with 20-year and 10-year yields falling more than 14 basis points intraday
Warsh pushes for the Fed to "talk less," officials warn it may exacerbate market volatility
US September PPI year-on-year came in at 6.3%, the highest since May 2026
US initial jobless claims for the week ending October 10 were 199,000, versus expectations of 200,000
US premarket news at a glance: spot gold and silver rise collectively, US Treasury "safe-haven trade" makes a comeback
Chip stocks shed $1 trillion in market value, investors buck the trend and pour into semiconductor ETFs to buy the dip
Jensen Huang backs CoreWeave: no need for Nvidia to provide guarantees, financial condition continues to improve
Today, US Bitcoin ETFs saw net outflows of 3,209 BTC, and Ethereum ETFs saw net outflows of 38,915 ETH
Stripe partners with Plasma to launch a multi-currency stablecoin card, supporting payments in US dollars, euros, and other multiple currencies
Tether strategically invests in AIsa, positioning for AI agent payments and programmable money
Binance Alpha will list NeoSoul (DNA) on October 16
The three major US stock indices closed higher collectively: Circle (CRCL) rose 9.50%, Coinbase (COIN) rose 6.62%
Meme coin speculation recedes: peaks on average in 17.2 days, only 3% of projects can return to historical highs
The three major US stock indices closed mixed, with the Nasdaq down 1.29% intraday
Viewpoint: If Bitcoin surges to $126,000, those waiting to buy the dip at $75,000 may miss out
Analyst: Bitcoin may pull back to $74,600, but the medium-term trend remains bullish
OpenAI donates $5 million to the Simons Foundation to support mathematicians researching AI outcomes
Hyperliquid co-founder Jeff Yan: plans to bring the entire financial industry onto Hyperliquid
Decentralized social network Farcaster is acquired by Balaji's Network School