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According to Salus monitoring, the CryptoBilis attackers deposited 1,200 ETH, approximately 2.78 million USD, into Tornado Cash on October 27, 18 days after a large-scale wallet theft incident. Ledger confirmed on October 11 that there was an unauthorized hardware implant in one victim's device.The attackers used wallet 0x468b...2a4e to send 600.1 ETH to two new wallets, which then made parallel deposits, completing a total of 12 deposits of 100 ETH each between 14:24:59 and 14:27:23 UTC. The theft on October 9 affected users who purchased Ledger devices through the Southeast Asian dealer CryptoBilis, with Bitquery estimating losses of approximately 102 million USD across multiple chains.

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed an appeal, attempting to reinstate a nationwide ban against the artificial intelligence company Anthropic. The next day, the General Services Administration (GSA), responsible for government procurement, announced an expanded collaboration, allowing government agencies to use Claude at a 40% discount, paying based on actual usage without a commitment to a minimum expenditure. Anthropic disclosed that approximately 500 federal, state, and local government organizations in the U.S. are currently using Claude, with usage by federal civilian agencies increasing about 20 times over the past year.The GSA publicly supported Trump's ban on Anthropic in February of this year and removed Claude from the government procurement list. In March, a California court halted the comprehensive ban, and the GSA restored procurement eligibility in April. In August, the court further ruled that the government's broad ban was illegal. Although the Department of Justice has appealed, the relevant ruling will not automatically become invalid as a result.

On October 28, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng stated that four data breaches were reported that day. In the cryptocurrency sector, Coinbase vendor Amplitude exposed some users' contact data, but funds were unaffected; South Korean trading platform Bithumb experienced a user data breach.In traditional finance, South Korean securities firms Mirae Asset and Daishin Securities also experienced data breaches. Zhao Changpeng mentioned that it is impossible to prevent breaches from occurring, but users can protect themselves. The leaked trading platform data includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, addresses, identification documents, and transaction records, most of which are used for phishing, SIM card hijacking, and social engineering attacks.Zhao Changpeng suggested reducing the information shared and using separate email aliases for each trading platform, so that in the event of a breach, it cannot be linked to other accounts while identifying which service experienced the breach.

The Federal Reserve will announce its October interest rate decision at 2 AM Beijing time on the 29th. The market generally expects the federal funds rate target range to remain unchanged at 3.75%--4.00%, with a probability of maintaining the status quo at over 90%. The wording of the statement and whether Chair Waller's press conference will release more hawkish signals, as well as how this will affect the market's significantly priced probability of a 25 basis point rate hike in December, have become the focus of attention.Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Credit Agricole all expect a pause in October and a 25 basis point hike in December. Goldman Sachs stated that if rate hikes continue every other meeting through 2027, a hike in March may be considered, but the baseline forecast does not expect a hike in March. Citigroup mentioned that if the stock market continues to weaken, leading to a sharp tightening of financial conditions, the likelihood of a shift to rate cuts will significantly increase. Moody's believes there will not and should not be another rate hike this week. Nomura Securities expects no change in October and stated that while the Federal Reserve guides expectations for a pause, it retains flexibility for a rate hike in December.TD Securities expects no change in October and anticipates two more hikes in December and March. Huatai Securities expects no change in October, with two hawkish voters possibly casting dissenting votes, with the baseline scenario being one rate hike in December this year and two hikes next year. Morgan Stanley expects a 25 basis point hike in both December and March next year. Bank of New York Mellon expects rates to peak slightly above 4.5%. Bank of America believes there is ample reason to raise rates in October; if they remain unchanged, they will only retain one option for a future hike.

Binance announced that due to abnormal situations such as restricted deposits and withdrawals and price deviations in the spot markets of multiple exchanges, it will enable the latest price protection (LPP) mechanism for the BULLAUSDT U-margined perpetual contract at 14:00 (UTC+8).During the protection period, the mark price will be calculated based on the average transaction price over the past 10 seconds, with a fluctuation limit of ±1% per second; the upper and lower limits of the funding rate will be adjusted from ±2% to ±0.005%.

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.

The Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily reporter Huang Xinyi exclusively learned that Baidu plans to disclose the research and development progress and results of its world model in the coming days. The world model is one of the popular directions in the current AI field, focusing on modeling and predicting physical environments. It is reported that if this model is used for autonomous driving, it could enhance prediction and decision-making capabilities in complex scenarios, providing support for the large-scale implementation of driverless cars.In the past year or two, Baidu's autonomous driving service, Luobo Kuaipao, has covered 28 cities worldwide and has accumulated a certain scale of real road data. In recent years, Baidu has also been continuously making strategic layouts in the field of embodied intelligence, serving more than 50 key enterprises in the industrial chain, including the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, Zhiyuan, Xinghaitu, and Yushu. As for the specific applications of this model and its relationship with Luobo Kuaipao, it is currently unclear, and Baidu has not commented as of the time of publication.

Binance will launch trading pairs for bStocks tokenized securities APPB, BSPB, GEVB, SKDDB, and SKUUB on October 28 at 20:00. Users can exchange bStocks for BTC, USDT, or other supported tokens without fees within one hour after the launch. In addition, the zero maker fee promotion for all bStocks trading pairs has been extended to December 1 at 07:59.

According to the token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, Momentum (MMT) will unlock approximately 17.7 million tokens at 10:00 AM Beijing time on November 4, with a value of about 2.51 million USD.

On October 28, the prediction market platform Predict.fun released an official statement regarding a security incident. It has been confirmed that a small number of users experienced unauthorized fund transfers, involving approximately 400,000 USDT.Preliminary investigations suggest that the issue may be related to an intrusion of a third-party hosted API documentation website, and the specific cause is still being verified. For security reasons, the official has temporarily shut down the related documentation website.Predict.fun promises that all users who directly suffered financial losses due to this incident will receive full compensation. A complete review will be made public after the investigation concludes, including the specific reasons and subsequent security improvement measures, along with updates on new developments.

On October 27, WEEX Exchange announced that the WEEX "U.S. Stock Earnings Prophet" event is ongoing, with a countdown of 10 days. Two new companies, Apple (AAPL) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), have been added to the financial predictions, along with SanDisk (SNDK), Google (GOOGL), and Intel (INTC), making a total of 5 companies available for participation. The prize pools are 1,000 USDT, 1,000 USDT, 2,000 USDT, 1,000 USDT, and 1,000 USDT, with each prediction prize pool being independent.Users can earn points through contract trading, inviting friends, and other tasks. New users receive points upon registration. By using points to choose "Bullish" or "Bearish," they can participate in predicting the market's rise or fall after the release of U.S. stock earnings. Regardless of the prediction outcome—win, lose, or draw—participants can share in the USDT prize pool. Additionally, participating in predictions can accumulate points, and the top 20 users in points ranking can receive VIP5 to VIP7 benefits for 30 days.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Vitalik Buterin (0xfEB...03B2) transferred 1 million USDC to his charitable project Kanro Fund, equivalent to approximately 1 million dollars.

According to Ai Yi's monitoring, the address 0x2da...65e69 has operated PEPE again after a year, transferring 14.5 trillion tokens to the new address 0x803...1E213.This giant whale accumulated a total of 40.3 trillion PEPE from May 2023 to August 2024, with an average cost of about 0.000001185 USD. Currently, its remaining holdings have an unrealized profit of about 5.106 million USD, while at the end of 2024, the unrealized profit once reached 32.77 million USD.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "Milwaukee Brewers vs. Tampa Bay Rays," the option "Tampa Bay Rays" in the sub-market "First 5 Innings Spread -1.5" experienced a drastic fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 27.5% an hour ago to the current 12% (a fluctuation of 15.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

Blockaid stated that it has detected that the Tranche Vault related to Valinor Digital on Avalanche is currently under attack. The attacker is using a flash loan to mint an inflated number of tiered shares, and then redeeming the remaining USDC from the vault.As of the time of posting, the attacker has transferred approximately $1.01 million from the vault through about 2 transactions.

According to an exclusive report from "Du Jia," Tencent Games' Public Technology Line has launched the Motus AI independent platform, focusing on the full chain of 3D character animation. It has integrated over 90 internal and external projects of Tencent and has been applied in multiple games such as "Peacekeeper Elite," "PUBG MOBILE," "Delta Force," "Honor of Kings," "Rock Kingdom," "League of Legends," and "Teamfight Tactics."Motus AI has built a large model matrix that spans the entire production chain of character animation, covering aspects such as skeleton generation, skinning generation, text/video-based motion generation, keyframe interpolation, motion refinement, and real-time intelligent driving. It supports seamless integration into existing production workflows in the form of plugins. The platform includes task management, custom skill packaging, industry terminology understanding, and node-based asset pipelines, positioning itself as an animation production assistant rather than merely a text-to-motion tool. It aims to delegate repetitive tasks such as basic skeleton building, motion pre-generation, and collision checking to AI, allowing animators to focus on refining the quality of performance.Previously, the Motus AI team made its debut at the Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, in August 2026, showcasing the technical practices of end-to-end intelligent pipelines in the field of digital character creation.

The cryptocurrency industry has spent approximately $176 million in this round of the U.S. midterm election cycle, covering over 100 elections, aiming to establish a bipartisan network of congressional allies to continue advancing legislative demands after Trump's departure. As of October 20, the super political action committee Fairshake and its affiliated organizations have spent about $150.8 million, with other cryptocurrency organizations spending around $25 million, major funders including Coinbase, Ripple, and a16z.Fairshake claims that among the 58 candidates it supported in primaries or special elections this year, 53 won. The organization supported bipartisan candidates in the House elections; after Senate Democrats blocked the CLARITY Act from reaching a final vote, it decided to support only Republican candidates in the Senate elections.The industry's spending in the Ohio Senate election has exceeded $68 million, focusing on long-time critic of the cryptocurrency industry Sherrod Brown, with related advertisements mostly avoiding mentioning cryptocurrencies and instead focusing on issues like taxes. Pushing for the passage of the CLARITY Act is a core goal of the industry, but the bill has stalled in this Congress. JPMorgan analysts indicate that without the bill, rules set by regulators during Trump's term may be overturned by subsequent administrations.

Web3 infrastructure and payment network Diamante announced that its ecosystem has experienced a security breach involving unauthorized activities by malicious actors. Upon discovery, the team immediately activated emergency security protocols and coordinated with exchange partners, market makers, liquidity providers, and listing partners to suspend affected withdrawals and transfers, restrict unauthorized asset movement, and prevent further exploitation.Diamante stated that the investigation has identified the suspected attackers and is coordinating with law enforcement agencies, government entities, and jurisdictional partners in multiple countries to seek legal action and asset recovery. A comprehensive incident review has been initiated to determine the cause of the breach, the sequence of events, the scope of affected assets, and to strengthen the infrastructure. Diamante is committed to ensuring that every affected participant is fully compensated and will continue to update the incident scope, asset recovery progress, and protective measures upon obtaining verified information.

The managing partner of the cryptocurrency venture capital firm Dragonfly, Haseeb Qureshi, stated that Rob Hadick and Tom Schmidt have been promoted to managing partners.In the future, the two will co-lead Dragonfly with Haseeb Qureshi and Bo, forming a four-person management structure.