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According to the token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, Janction (JCT) will unlock approximately 12,293,000 tokens at 0:00 Beijing time on November 10, worth about 6.06 million USD.

Global stablecoin payment infrastructure service provider WasabiCard announced the formal signing of a strategic cooperation agreement with Japan Innovation Group (SOUSHIN Ltd). Both parties will integrate WasabiCard's technological advantages in global payment infrastructure, cross-border settlement, and stablecoin payments, along with Japan Innovation Group's resources in the local retail and trading ecosystem, to jointly promote the digital transformation of traditional retail enterprises in Japan and explore the application of stablecoin payments in physical business scenarios.As of now, WasabiCard has served over 700 corporate clients, with a cumulative card issuance exceeding 700,000 cards and a transaction volume exceeding 1 billion USD. The company's business covers more than 200 countries and regions worldwide and supports over 70 card BINs. This cooperation marks WasabiCard's further deepening of its market layout in Japan and accelerates the integration of stablecoin payments with the traditional retail business ecosystem.

The CEO of Saudi Aramco stated that the tanker attack resulted in a 15% loss of effective production capacity.

According to CoinDesk, Bitcoin mining company turned data center developer Cipher Digital reported a net profit of 31.6 million USD for the third quarter, despite a 63% year-over-year decline in revenue. Revenue fell from 71.7 million USD in the same period last year to 26.7 million USD, with Bitcoin mining contributing 20.8 million USD, a 71% decrease, as Cipher shifted its computing power from mining to leasing data centers to AI companies.This quarter, Cipher generated revenue from this business for the first time, with its Texas Black Pearl data center bringing in 5.9 million USD after commencing operations in August. Cipher reported an operating loss of 71.9 million USD, up from 37.6 million USD in the same period last year; adjusted EBITDA dropped from a positive 40.8 million USD to a negative 10 million USD. The net profit mainly came from a 127.2 million USD non-cash accounting gain related to warrants from Google, which does not represent cash actually received by Cipher. Recently, Cipher extended the lease term for the Barber Lake data center to 20 years, bringing the site's contract revenue to approximately 9.1 billion USD.

On November 3, the National Development and Reform Commission held a series of press conferences on advancing the "14th Five-Year Plan," introducing information on cultivating and strengthening new driving forces. Wang Ruomeng, Deputy Director of the Department of Innovation and High Technology Development of the National Development and Reform Commission, stated that there is a broad consensus in society on the coexistence of opportunities and risks in artificial intelligence. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, development and security will be coordinated, with security integrated throughout the research, application, and governance of artificial intelligence.Wang Ruomeng emphasized four key areas of work. First, improve the governance rule system, accelerate the promotion of foundational and comprehensive legislation for artificial intelligence, enhance legislation to protect common elements such as data, computing power, and algorithms, as well as to regulate key application scenarios, establish safety standards and ethical guidelines covering the entire lifecycle, and conduct periodic assessments of the implementation of these systems. Second, optimize the regulatory environment, reasonably set a transition period for regulatory policies, provide compliance guidance for applications across different industries, support the establishment of regulatory sandboxes for artificial intelligence in various fields, and improve the management mechanisms for application, testing, use, and exit.Third, clarify the collaborative governance responsibilities of government departments, industry organizations, enterprises, and the public, promote developers and operators to strengthen risk management awareness, timely disclose safety risks, and proactively report safety incidents and vulnerability information. Fourth, address the impact of artificial intelligence on society, pay attention to changes in employment structure, promote the inclusion of new professions such as model trainers and data annotators into the national occupational classification system, and strengthen monitoring and early warning of employment replacement risks; enhance traceability capabilities for issues such as algorithmic discrimination, deep forgery, and privacy breaches, while also strengthening guidance and intervention to prevent addiction and emotional dependence.

According to the official announcement, Gate will launch KOR Protocol (KOR) spot trading on November 4 at 22:00 (UTC+8), and flash exchange trading will open at 23:00 (UTC+8) on the same day. KOR Protocol is dedicated to building a verification, routing, and settlement system for creative trading in the AI era.At the same time, Gate will start the 385th Launchpool, where users can stake USDT, GT, or KOR from November 4 at 22:00 to December 4 at 22:00 (UTC+8) to share a free airdrop of 36 million KOR. Rewards will be distributed to spot accounts hourly based on the user's staking proportion and early staking will be supported.

JoAnne Bianco, Senior Investment Strategist at BondBloxx Asset Management, stated that if labor market data weakens, consumer demand slows, or financial conditions tighten, it may reduce the likelihood of a Federal Reserve rate hike in December.Current money market pricing shows a 74% probability of a 25 basis point rate hike by the Federal Reserve in December.

According to the market intelligence platform Liquid247.xyz, Binance perpetual BTC has about 141.595 buy orders placed at $76,500, with a nominal value of approximately $10.832 million, retracting about 0.12% from the mid-price of around $76,593 at that time.The total near-term buy orders amount to approximately $58.7912 million, while sell orders are about $44.7164 million, resulting in a net long position of approximately $14.0748 million, accounting for 13.60% of the total depth.

According to Kommersant, the police in Ivanovo, Russia have arrested 5 men suspected of kidnapping, robbery, and stealing cryptocurrency. The suspects identified a programmer in his 20s through photos of luxury cars and trips abroad on social media, and on September 6, they kidnapped him to a garage and threatened him with violence.The suspects stole 1 million rubles in cash, an iPhone, and a MacBook, and transferred about 10.4 BTC from his cryptocurrency wallet to an unidentified address, with total losses exceeding 84 million rubles. After the incident, the victim was abandoned in the woods.The police stated that due to a drone attack, there was a network outage in the area, and the suspects switched to using regular phones to communicate, which allowed the police to intercept the calls and capture them. All 5 have prior felony convictions, and some of the stolen money has been used to purchase real estate and cars, facing up to 15 years in prison.

The Ethereum Foundation stated that its technical core team is collaborating with humanitarian organizations to develop a proof of concept for a humanitarian aid coordination network based on Ethereum, combining decentralized identity with privacy payment rails.The solution utilizes technologies such as ERC-4337, privacy addresses, and Semaphore to keep personal data off-chain and verify credentials through zero-knowledge proofs without exposing the issuer; the relevant solution has completed performance testing on low-end Android devices, and the code has been open-sourced on GitHub.

JPMorgan conducted a scenario analysis on four potential congressional power combinations following the U.S. midterm elections. Among them, the probability of the Democratic Party winning control of both the House and Senate is the highest at 66%; the Republican Party's chance of retaining both chambers is only 7%, but this corresponds to the largest expected increase in the S&P 500 index among the four scenarios. In the scenario where the Democratic Party controls both chambers, the S&P 500 index could drop by 0.25% or rise by 0.5%. Concerns about stricter AI regulations and restrictions on data center construction may trigger a sell-off in AI concept stocks.JPMorgan believes that even if legislation restricting the development of the AI industry is passed by Congress, it would be difficult to gather enough votes to override Trump's presidential veto. Therefore, it suggests that traders consider buying during pullbacks in tech stocks. Fiscal deficit spending may decrease, and long-term U.S. Treasury yields could face downward pressure. Some corporate executives associated with Trump's political donations may face greater risks of congressional investigations. The probability of the Democratic Party controlling the House and the Republican Party controlling the Senate is 26%, with the S&P 500 index expected to rise by 0.5% to 1%. The market may welcome the legislative stalemate brought about by the distribution of power, leading to a potential decline in long-term U.S. Treasury yields, although some companies and their leaders may still face congressional inquiries.In the scenario where the Republican Party retains both chambers, the S&P 500 index is expected to rise by 1% to 1.25%. The market would not have to immediately face new congressional regulatory risks, and the additional policy pressures on tech companies would also be relatively limited; however, fiscal deficit spending may further increase, pushing long-term U.S. Treasury yields higher, and Trump may continue military actions against Iran. The probability of the Republican Party controlling the House and the Democratic Party controlling the Senate is 1%, with the S&P 500 index expected to rise by 0.25% to 0.75%. A split Congress could lead to more intense budget battles, potentially resulting in a federal government shutdown, and the Democratic Party could still conduct congressional investigations after gaining control of the Senate.

According to the market information platform Liquid247.xyz, Binance's perpetual BTC has about 405.83 sell orders placed at $77,090, with a nominal value of approximately $31.29 million, which is about 0.04% above the mid-price of approximately $77,063 at that time.The total sell orders at this venue amount to about $84.99 million, while the buy orders are about $59.52 million, resulting in a net sell order surplus of about $25.47 million, accounting for 17.63% of the total depth.

According to a report by the Korean News Agency, members of the Democratic Party in the National Assembly's Finance and Economy Committee have decided to recommend to the party leadership to postpone the taxation of virtual assets originally scheduled to be implemented next year.After a party consultation meeting, the ruling party's secretary Woo Gi-hyung stated that the majority opinion among the committee members leans towards postponing it for about 2 years.

According to on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain, the Brazilian cryptocurrency exchange Mercado Bitcoin has been hacked, resulting in a loss of over 46 million dollars, with more than 9 million dollars of stolen assets already frozen.The hackers currently hold a total of approximately 9.2 million dollars worth of altcoins, which may face selling pressure. This includes 37.29 billion PEPE, valued at about 1.79 million dollars; 12,820 AAVE, valued at about 161 thousand dollars; 769,950 PENDLE, valued at about 135 thousand dollars; and 29,830 EVA, valued at about 126 thousand dollars.Additionally, it includes 1.98 million VIRTUAL, valued at about 115 thousand dollars; 147,840 UNI, valued at about 104 thousand dollars; and 2.67 million ONDO, valued at about 103 thousand dollars.

The marketing head of mETH Protocol, Jowella Lim (X account speicherx), announced that she has rejoined the Ethereum Layer 2 network Mantle, responsible for product marketing. She stated that Mantle has the opportunity to bring global stock exposure on-chain, and the product mStocks is in progress. The official Mantle account responded by welcoming her back.Jowella Lim mentioned that she has made a clear choice regarding her career direction. She noted that this year, areas such as tokenization, perpetual contracts, prediction markets, payments, and stablecoins are developing rapidly, making the team's direction more attractive to her. Her goal is to enhance the visibility of products and assets currently on Mantle and collaborate with ecosystem partners Bybit and Byreal. She also expressed confidence that Mantle will continue to grow among projects built for on-chain adoption.According to her personal website, Jowella Lim has been engaged in marketing at Mantle since April 2024 and has served as the marketing head of the mETH Protocol, incubated by Mantle, since January 2025, being the first marketing employee. The website states that the protocol's peak locked value is $2.19 billion. On the same day, a discussion on the MIP-36 draft appeared in the Mantle forum, proposing to confirm Halo Prime Limited as a strategic partner and issuer of mStocks, describing mStocks as tokenized certificates based on Mantle and linked to listed stocks, with the discussion not involving treasury funds. According to RootData, Mantle originated from BitDAO, completing $230 million in financing in June 2021 and $356 million through an IDO in August of the same year.

The prediction market platforms Polymarket and Kalshi are optimistic about the Democratic Party controlling both the House of Representatives and the Senate in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. Polymarket gives a 78% probability, with related market trading volume exceeding $58 million; Kalshi gives a 74% probability, with related contract trading volume exceeding $100 million.The individual Senate district markets on both platforms also favor Democratic candidates: James Talarico has a winning probability of 74% to 76% in Texas, Troy Jackson has 73% in Maine, and Abdul El-Sayed has 78% in Michigan. Traditional polls also indicate that the Democratic Party may experience a "blue wave."Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour stated that this election is the first prediction market election, with related betting transactions exceeding $1.4 billion. However, the platform previously failed to predict Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's victory in the runoff, and its impact on voter behavior and electoral credibility is also under scrutiny.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp stated that Japan may gain an advantage in developing an AI technology stack suitable for its national defense needs, as the company is eager to provide AI systems to the Japan Self-Defense Forces.Karp emphasized that the Japanese private sector needs to develop, train, and control its own artificial intelligence models to protect its intellectual property.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, BitMine purchased 5,000 ETH from Kraken, worth approximately 11.37 million USD. As of now, BitMine holds about 4.9% of the total ETH supply.