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Tesla (TSLA.O) reported third-quarter revenue of $28 billion for 2026, compared to $28.1 billion in the same period last year, with market expectations at $27.883 billion.

According to Crypto Briefing, the decentralized perpetual contract trading platform Lighter stated during its Q3 investor call that it plans to submit a derivative brand license application to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in November 2026, aiming to become the first on-chain perpetual contract DEX approved by the CFTC. Founder Vladimir Novakovski mentioned that the team has been in communication with regulators for about 11 months.Currently, Lighter has integrated with Robinhood Chain to provide perpetual contract trading, and the number of Lighter Core accounts has exceeded 1 million. OKX market data shows that LIT has risen 22.26% in the past 24 hours, currently priced at $3.89.

Coinbase Institutional posted on platform X that chip stocks have fallen by double digits in the past two weeks, marking the second significant drop since June, but Bitcoin has shown greater resilience in both instances.The institution believes that the market no longer views Bitcoin as a high-leverage proxy asset for tech stocks, and the correlation between Bitcoin and tech stocks may be changing.

Elon Musk stated that the 15th test flight of Starship is expected to take place next month.

SpaceX's capital expenditure for the third quarter of 2026 was $19.59 billion, slightly lower than the market expectation of $19.6 billion.

According to the official announcement from 21Shares, the company has launched the Lighter (LIT) ETP and Venice Token (VVV) ETP in Europe. Both products are backed by physical tokens, with a fee rate of 2.50%.The trading code for Lighter ETP is LIHT, listed on the German exchange Xetra, supporting trading in euros and US dollars. The trading code for Venice Token ETP is VENC, listed on the Swiss stock exchange SIX, trading in US dollars.Lighter is a decentralized perpetual contract trading platform that uses zero-knowledge technology, while Venice is a privacy-focused AI platform. Investors can hold the relevant ETPs through regular securities accounts without the need to purchase, custody tokens, or manage private keys themselves.

The decentralized perpetual contract protocol Lighter announced the launch of BTC and ETH binary options on Core. Lighter is a low-latency decentralized exchange built on Ethereum zero-knowledge proofs, with order matching times, prices, and priorities all proven and published on Ethereum to ensure that transactions are verifiable and fair.Lighter's founder and CEO Vladimir Novakovski stated that the protocol is focusing on advancing options products this quarter, starting with binary options and gradually transitioning to on-chain European options, sharing the same balance sheet as perpetual contracts. Users can trade spot, options, and perpetual contracts on the same platform, enabling composite strategies such as basis trading and Delta hedging.Lighter claims its latency is in the tens of milliseconds, far lower than some competing platforms that exceed 500 milliseconds. As a U.S. company, Lighter is seeking to obtain a license from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which, if successful, will make it the first on-chain trading venue to obtain such a license.

The decentralized perpetual contract trading platform Lighter announced that its EVM development network (devnet) has officially launched. This development network is an EVM-equivalent rollup built in collaboration with Axiom and powered by OpenVM. It operates in sync with Lighter Core, both designed to settle jointly to Ethereum through a single ZK proof.Developers can deploy using Foundry, Hardhat, Viem, and Ethers, and can read accounts, balances, positions, orders, and market data from Lighter Core; they can also place, modify, and cancel orders through smart contracts, and transfer assets between the development network L1, Lighter Core, and Lighter EVM.Lighter stated that the team can be contacted via email at evm@lighter.xyz to request access. Currently, it is onboarding developers in batches to ensure a quick response to issues and will expand access to all developers in the coming weeks.

The decentralized exchange Lighter announced, "Options season. Coming soon," and accompanied it with a 14-second teaser video, indicating that options trading products will be launched.Lighter has not yet announced the launch time, types of options, or specific product mechanisms.

According to Gate market data, the S&P 500 index futures rose by 0.17%, the Nasdaq index futures rose by 0.06%, and the Dow Jones index futures rose by 0.19%.

Lightning Labs announced the launch of LayerTree on the X platform, which is a non-custodial scaling solution based on Bitcoin that can connect with the Lightning Network.According to the introduction, LayerTree utilizes Covenants technology, allowing a single UTXO to be shared by up to 1 million users. Users do not need to stay online to receive funds and can exit at any time through a single transaction, with funds not expiring due to timeouts.

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 The Defiant, the on-chain insurance protocol Firelight based on the Flare network announced on October 15 that its on-chain insurance has launched the Protected Strategies USDC vault for Kraken DeFi Earn, providing a collateral-backed compensation mechanism for specific protocol failures.The independent manager of the vault, Sentora, insures the vault rather than Kraken itself. Depositors do not need to actively choose to participate, but the insurance comes with conditions: Kraken discloses that the compensation limit for each deposit address during each insurance period is $100,000, and the total compensation amount is also constrained by the overall vault limit and available capital. Compensation is issued by Sentora in USDC to eligible wallets, and Kraken does not provide funds or guarantees.Firelight lists six types of failures that are eligible for compensation: smart contract vulnerabilities, oracle failures, governance attacks, and bad debts, depegging, or redemption failures caused by protocol mechanism failures. Insurance only applies to markets and positions recorded during the insurance period. Normal fluctuations, normal liquidations, depegging that operates as designed during redemption, and withdrawal delays caused by high organic utilization are excluded; insider theft, stolen private keys, phishing, and regulatory actions are also not covered.The trigger conditions for redemption failure are if the insured position cannot be withdrawn for more than 72 consecutive hours, or if the amount returned after deducting disclosed fees is less than 90% of fair value. Compensation does not require depositors to file claims themselves, as it is determined by a five-member risk committee through a three-fifths majority vote.On-chain records show that the insurance scale marked as "Kraken DeFi Protected" is $30.5 million.

German asset management company DWS stated that the recent rise in U.S. Treasury yields has enhanced their investment attractiveness. DWS portfolio manager Sabrina Lech expects that U.S. Treasury yields will decline slightly over the next 12 months, as slowing economic growth and easing inflation pressures may support Treasury prices.

Hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor stated that in light of recent supply chain security incidents, it has decided to reduce the number of distributors to more effectively review partners.Currently, there is no evidence that Trezor devices have been compromised. This adjustment is a precautionary measure taken out of caution.

According to Bitcoin News, the Bitcoin Lightning Network development kit LDK has fixed multiple security vulnerabilities, including a channel reconnection vulnerability that could be exploited by malicious counterparties, leading to the theft of funds. The LDK official released versions 0.1.13, 0.2.7, and 0.3-rc3 on October 3, recommending operators interacting with untrusted channel counterparties in production environments to upgrade. Currently, the related disclosures have not confirmed any actual losses caused by these vulnerabilities.

The media and conference organization NEXTPredict announced that it has executed the first trade in the flight cancellation market through Kalshi to hedge investments for its October summit, locking in $3 million in guarantees. The company paid a premium of $12,000, and if the cancellation rate of flights arriving at New York's Kennedy International Airport on October 21 exceeds 50%, the contract will automatically pay out, covering the summit costs, as October 21 is the main travel day for attendees. Susquehanna acted as the market maker for this transaction.Kalshi launched the flight cancellation market after self-certifying the contract with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on July 14, allowing participants to trade on whether the cancellation volume at specific airports exceeds preset thresholds. This market does not target individual flights and has clear anti-manipulation clauses. NEXTPredict is a media and event platform focused on the global prediction market industry, launched by the NEXT.io team. Its flagship event, the "Global Prediction Market Summit," will be held from October 22 to 23, 2026, at Convene Hudson Yards in New York, bringing together founders, executives, investors, and policymakers.NEXTPredict and Kalshi position this trade as institutional hedging, similar to how airlines hedge against fuel costs or farmers hedge against crop yields, rather than betting on the fate of the summit.

According to Gate market data, the Dow Jones Industrial Average opened on October 12 with an increase of 144.81 points, a rise of 0.28%, reporting at 51,799.76 points; the Nasdaq Composite Index opened down 12.47 points, a decrease of 0.05%, reporting at 27,353.7 points; the S&P 500 Index opened up 8.17 points, a rise of 0.1%, reporting at 7,819.71 points.

According to Bitcoin News monitoring, the Lightning Development Kit (LDK) has released a security update that fixes vulnerabilities that could allow malicious nodes to steal funds. The most serious vulnerability involves Lightning channel reconnections. According to Bitcoin Optech, malicious nodes may falsely claim that they did not receive previously confirmed channel updates.The vulnerable LDK software could subsequently sign conflicting commitment transactions without properly recording the related transactions, allowing attackers to regain Bitcoin after forwarding the payment is completed. Versions LDK 0.2.7 and 0.1.13 have fixed this vulnerability. As of the reviewed disclosure information, no confirmed losses caused by these specific vulnerabilities have been found.

According to RootData, the quotes for exchange stocks and ETF perpetual contracts have slightly diverged. Alibaba, SanDisk, Robinhood, and JPMorgan Chase have seen slight increases compared to the after-hours reference prices from the last trading day, while the iShares Bitcoin ETF has seen a slight decrease:Alibaba (BABA) is currently priced at $110.58, up 0.23% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $110.33;SanDisk (SNDK) is currently priced at $1,562.94, up 0.22% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $1,559.48;iShares Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) is currently priced at $47.52, down 0.22% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $47.63;Robinhood (HOOD) is currently priced at $110.94, up 0.21% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $110.71;JPMorgan Chase (JPM) is currently priced at $335.12, up 0.19% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $334.47.