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DeepSeek has announced that the DeepSeek API now supports web search and crawling, charging based on the number of requests, with a unit price of 5 yuan for every 1000 successful requests.The announcement states that current users accessing the Search/Fetch interface through the Server-side tools in DeepSeek Harness/Claude Code/Codex will not be charged for these Search/Fetch interface calls at this time, and fees will start to be charged per call from 00:00 Beijing time on November 1, 2026.

According to the market information platform Liquid247.xyz, OKX perpetual BTC has approximately 102.76 sell orders placed at $81,675, with a nominal value of about $8.39 million, which is about 0.02% above the mid-price of approximately $81,656 at that time.The total buy orders at the near end of the market amount to approximately $14.44 million, while sell orders are about $29.49 million, resulting in a net sell order surplus of approximately $15.06 million, accounting for 34.28% of the total depth.

According to Bitcoin.com News, the European Union has signed an additional protocol to the Council of Europe’s Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure, and Confiscation of the Proceeds of Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (the "Warsaw Convention") with eight countries: Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, and the United Kingdom.This protocol includes virtual assets and virtual asset service providers (VASP) within its scope, aiming to address transnational crimes such as money laundering and terrorist financing using cryptocurrency. Key measures include allowing the emergency freezing/confiscation of virtual assets without prior notice when there is a risk of transaction; expanding the powers of Financial Intelligence Units (FIU) to suspend cryptocurrency transactions suspected of money laundering; requiring countries to establish dedicated asset recovery and management offices; prioritizing victims in reclaiming confiscated assets; and generally dividing recovered funds exceeding 10,000 euros among participating countries, while encouraging the use of confiscated assets for social welfare or public purposes.

According to the market information platform Liquid247.xyz, Coinbase's spot BTC has about 61.22 sell orders at the price of $81,887, with a nominal value of about $5.01 million, which is an increase of about 0.39% from the mid-price of approximately $81,566 at that time.The total buy orders at the near end are about $18.11 million, while the sell orders are about $25.34 million, resulting in a net sell order surplus of about $7.24 million, accounting for 16.66% of the total depth.

According to The Block, nine companies including CoreWeave, Broadcom, Verizon, and UnitedHealth have expressed opposition to the tokenized version of their stocks being traded on OKXICE. OKXICE is a joint venture platform established by the cryptocurrency trading platform OKX and the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE).Nasdaq also stated that it will opt out and will not tokenize its own stocks under the relevant framework of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

According to official data from Bitget, the sixth batch of rewards for the platform's "Peer Program" has been fully distributed, with a total of 6,182,523 USDT awarded to 4,515,913 participants.In addition, users who enter the event page to claim their rewards will also receive an additional chance to participate in the 8th Anniversary blind box lottery. The event will last until October 26.

On October 15, 2026, U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein denied the motion to revoke the $5 million settlement agreement reached between the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), with the fines paid and permanent injunctions remaining in effect. Previously, the CFTC had stated that the original lawsuit should not have been filed. The controversy stemmed from Gemini's involvement in proposed Bitcoin futures contracts.The CFTC filed the lawsuit in June 2022, accusing it of misleading regulators regarding trading safeguards, customer financing, special rate arrangements, and activities that could affect contract pricing; the parties settled in January 2025, with Gemini neither admitting nor denying the related allegations. In May 2026, after an internal review, the CFTC jointly filed a motion with Gemini to revoke the settlement, citing issues with whistleblower credibility, evidence, and enforcement practices. The judge found that the relevant circumstances existed prior to the settlement, and the change in enforcement focus was insufficient to revoke a binding court order; the CFTC still retains enforcement discretion.

According to the market intelligence platform Liquid247.xyz, Coinbase's spot BTC has approximately 61.84 sell orders at the price level of $81,869, with a nominal value of about $5.06 million, which is an increase of about 0.47% from the mid-price of approximately $81,483 at that time. The total buy orders on the near-end market amount to approximately $26.26 million, while the sell orders are about $24.59 million.Coinbase's spot buy orders net a surplus of approximately $1.67 million, accounting for 3.29% of the total depth. This sell order is the most prominent selling pressure at the near-end.

AWS Chief Financial Officer John Felton stated that spending on AI infrastructure and services is sustainable because it drives substantial innovation. AWS's AI capital expenditures are yielding returns, with a backlog of nearly $500 billion, including clients from large enterprises and small to medium-sized businesses.Felton mentioned that the return on investment for AI servers is less than three years, and AWS is achieving significant returns on investment and productivity improvements, planning to further increase its investments.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event on Polymarket "Dota 2: Team Synapse vs. Dawn Bulls - DreamLeague Western Europe Closed Qualifiers Playoffs", the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Both sides defeat Roshan" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 90.5% (a fluctuation of 40.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

The cross-chain exchange protocol NEAR Intents released a post-mortem report attributing a $3.8 million vulnerability to a flaw in the deposit notification feature. The protocol deploys a public settlement contract on NEAR that maintains an internal ledger of deposited tokens, while withdrawals transfer tokens out via a cross-chain bridge. The report was published by NEAR Intents General Manager Alex Shevchenko on October 16, stating that the attacker withdrew $3.8 million before the protocol was shut down on October 1 and returned all funds within 36 hours of detection, with all affected users fully compensated.The report indicates that the feature notifies third-party contracts when tokens are deposited. The attacker created a contract that intentionally caused the notification to fail, allowing the token contract to refund the deposit while NEAR Intents retained the corresponding ledger credit. Through 23 failed deposit transactions, the attacker accumulated $3.8 million in unsupported balance, referred to in the report as ghost funds, and subsequently withdrew real tokens based on this and transferred them to other chains via the Omni infrastructure. Shevchenko stated that this was a vulnerability in the NEAR Intents contract, not in the Omni infrastructure.Withdrawals occurred between September 29 and October 1. The settlement contract was paused and reopened on October 1, with affected routes gradually restored, and contract-side deposits resumed on October 2. The report noted that the vulnerability went undetected because monitoring only compared the original chain assets with the total balance of NEAR side tokens, without comparing the total internal user balances with the actual tokens held by the contract; the team has since added this check and will automatically pause the contract when there is a balance inconsistency. The fix for the October vulnerability was deployed on October 2, but another serious vulnerability report regarding the same feature prompted its complete removal on October 7, with the relevant researcher receiving a $300,000 reward.

According to the CoinShares market report, the U.S. September CPI rose by 0.6% month-on-month and 3.7% year-on-year, exceeding the market expectation of 3.6%. Gasoline prices increased by 9.1% for the month, accounting for about half of the overall increase. The core CPI rose by 0.3% month-on-month and 2.6% year-on-year. During the same period, U.S. September retail sales grew by 0.8% month-on-month, higher than the expected approximately 0.3%, with August data revised up to 1.3%. However, retail sales excluding gasoline only grew by 0.2%, lower than August's 1%.The report pointed out that inflation remains high, and economic demand also remains resilient, leading the market to reprice the Federal Reserve's policy in a hawkish manner, causing Bitcoin and the overall digital asset market to decline. Data shows that since the CPI was released, market sentiment has significantly weakened, with global digital asset investment products seeing an outflow of $434 million so far this week. Regarding interest rate expectations, as of October 15, Polymarket data shows that the probability of the Federal Reserve maintaining interest rates at the October meeting is about 75%, while the probability of a 25 basis point rate hike is about 25%. After the CPI release, the futures market clearly shifted to a hawkish stance, with expectations for another rate hike within the year rising significantly.

Upbit's official announcement states that due to BitMEX terminating the integration of the travel rule solution VerifyVASP, Upbit will suspend deposits and withdrawals of digital assets of 1 million Korean Won and above with BitMEX starting from October 16. Deposits below 1 million Korean Won will continue to be supported as usual.Manual deposits of over 1 million Korean Won from BitMEX to Upbit will cease at 14:00 on December 18, and any similar assets credited thereafter will enter the refund process, which users must follow to retrieve.

According to Bank of America citing EPFR data, in the week ending Wednesday, emerging market stocks saw an inflow of $17.7 billion, the highest since July; among them, Brazil recorded an inflow of $4.7 billion.

According to the official announcement, Upbit has listed HBD and DNT as trading warning coins, and deposit and withdrawal services have been suspended.

The Solana Accelerate China team announced on October 16 that due to logistical considerations regarding the venue, the event originally scheduled for that morning in Shanghai has been postponed, with the specific time to be confirmed and communicated to registered attendees. The official apology for the hasty adjustment was issued, and attendees are asked to pay attention to notifications and emails from Luma.According to on-site sources, law enforcement personnel were stationed at the Shanghai Shangri-La Hotel, and participants were blocked from entering the venue for over an hour. The team has not provided further details regarding the specific reasons for the postponement or the new event arrangements.

User KawzInvests posted about the hedge fund VARA AI Fund. The user stated that this fund had 9 employees at the end of June, approximately 16 months after its launch, managing about 26.4 billion dollars, and mentioned that rumors were circulating in the market that the fund had already faced a liquidation.KawzInvests also listed the results of the fund's 13F filing as of March 31, calculated at the day's prices, stating that the relevant positions covered 60 securities, totaling about 13.1 billion dollars. Among the larger positions were NBIS approximately 1.28 billion dollars, BE approximately 1.27 billion dollars, LITE approximately 1.03 billion dollars, CRWV approximately 889 million dollars, STX approximately 728 million dollars, VRT approximately 720 million dollars, WDC approximately 624 million dollars, CLS approximately 537 million dollars, COHR approximately 492 million dollars, FIX approximately 426 million dollars.

According to Gate quotes, the Japanese and South Korean stock markets opened higher today but the gains have slightly retreated.The South Korean KOSPI opened up 1.80% to 5653.99 points, currently reported at 5623.72 points, with an intraday increase of 1.25%; KOSDAQ opened up 1.49%. The memory chip sector continues to lead the gains, with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix both rising over 2%. The South Korean stock market saw a significant drop yesterday, triggering a circuit breaker, and today is experiencing a recovery rebound. The Japanese Nikkei 225 opened up 0.78% to 64925.29 points, briefly surging to 1% after opening, and is currently maintaining a high-level fluctuation.

According to a report by ZDNet Korea on October 15, Samsung Electronics has lowered its production plan for mid-range and low-end smartphones in the fourth quarter. The reasons include rising prices of memory chips and disruptions in the supply of glass fiber used in PCB raw materials CCL. Japan's Nitto Denko is shifting more production capacity towards T-glass for AI semiconductors, reducing the output of E-glass for smartphone PCBs, leading to supply shortages and price increases. E-glass is used in semi-cured sheets for smartphone motherboards HDI and RFPCB.The report states that after the rise in storage prices increased manufacturing costs, Samsung reduced orders for related components. Models like the Galaxy A have lower profitability, making it difficult to significantly increase production. This year, the prices of basic mid-range models have risen by more than 100,000 Korean Won compared to the previous generation. The outlook for component orders communicated to partners for the fourth quarter corresponds to an annual smartphone shipment volume of just over 230 million units, which is below the component industry's expectation of 240 million units and represents a decrease of 20% to 30% compared to before the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. Plans for the mobile business next year have not been shared with partners as in previous years.The monthly production outlook for the fourth quarter in mid-September was 14.3 million units in October, 9.5 million units in November, and 7.6 million units in December, totaling 31.4 million units. This was adjusted at the beginning of this month to 9.9 million units in October, 7.6 million units in November, and 6.7 million units in December, totaling 24.2 million units, a reduction of 23%. While the production of mid-range and low-end models has been lowered, the shipment plans for flagship models like the Galaxy S27 at the beginning of next year remain at a high level, and the shipment volume for foldable phones is also planned to increase. The MX and Network divisions reported a loss of 735 billion Korean Won in the second quarter, with the securities industry projecting an annual loss of 400 billion Korean Won.

According to the market intelligence platform Liquid247.xyz, Coinbase's spot ETH has approximately 2,913.62 buy orders at the price level of $2,328.00, amounting to about $6.7829 million, which is a pullback of about 4.55% from the mid-price of approximately $2,438.89 at that time. The total buy orders on the near-end market are about $19.4933 million, while the sell orders are about $10.9181 million.Coinbase's spot buy orders have a net long position of about $8.5752 million, accounting for 28.20% of the total depth. This buy order is the most prominent support at the near-end, and if a large market order occurs, it may have a significant impact on the current price.