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On October 13, 2026, the real-world asset market HyperDex announced the launch of a spot and perpetual contract aggregator, placing spot routing, cross-chain transfers, and the newly announced perpetual aggregation on the same interface. The announcement did not disclose the trading volume upon launch, and the perpetual section did not specify the venue, supported contracts, collateral rules, or liquidation mechanisms; the product is currently labeled as beta.The interface provides quotes for each exchange and cross-chain transaction between exchanges, cross-chain bridges, and intent resolvers; users sign with their own addresses, and funds are routed through audited contracts to the selected target, with the platform not holding custody. The team claims to have integrated with LI.FI, RIFT, Enso, Ravn, and specifically mentions Relay, Across, NEAR Intents, Chainflip, among others, totaling over 70 venues and more than 19,000 tokens, including tokenized stocks, gold, government bonds, and credit issued by Ondo, Backpack, Coinbase, Robinhood, etc. The supporting chain documentation states that routing covers 69 mainnets, 36 bridges, and 39 exchanges, including EVM, Bitcoin, Solana, Sui, and Zcash.After selecting tokens, chains, and quantities, the system requests quotes and sorts them by the best price or fastest completion, refreshing quotes every 20 seconds. Before signing, it displays the minimum received amount, network fees, HyperDex fees, and estimated completion time; standard transfer fees are 0.50%, private exchanges are 0.75%, and protocol fees are deducted from the sent tokens. On-chain settlements are reportedly completed atomically, and any slippage beyond the limit will roll back; if a cross-chain bridge is completed but the target chain exchange fails, users will receive the bridged assets on the target chain. The routing contracts are claimed to be audited, open-source, and have a bug bounty program.

The Japanese Bitcoin financial company Metaplanet announced that the company's board of directors has decided to implement a share buyback through the Tokyo Stock Exchange ToSTNeT-3 off-market trading mechanism. According to the announcement, Metaplanet plans to use the closing price of 261 yen per share on October 13, 2026, as the buyback price, and will execute buy orders through ToSTNeT-3 at 8:45 AM on October 14. The number of common shares intended for repurchase is 96,934,800 shares, accounting for approximately 7.1% of the total issued common shares after deducting treasury shares as of September 30, 2026, with an expected total buyback amount of approximately 25.2999828 billion yen.The company stated that the number of shares to be repurchased will not be adjusted, and the final transaction results will be announced after the trading ends at 8:45 AM on October 14. In addition, Metaplanet had previously approved a larger-scale share buyback plan, intending to repurchase up to 200 million shares through market trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange from October 14, 2026, to October 13, 2027, accounting for approximately 14.7% of the issued shares, with a total buyback amount cap of 60 billion yen.

According to Metaplanet's announcement, the company has terminated the stock repurchase program of approximately $481 million (75 billion yen) set for October 2025, during which no shares were repurchased. The company stated that it prioritized using borrowed funds to purchase Bitcoin during this period.The company also mentioned that it prioritized advancing mergers and acquisitions, such as the acquisition of Metaplanet securities and strategic investments in Super League Enterprise, and was unable to implement repurchases while holding significant undisclosed information. Metaplanet announced the establishment of a new stock repurchase program of approximately $385 million (60 billion yen) on the same day.

The Japanese-listed Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet announced plans to issue zero-coupon convertible bonds in European yen, totaling approximately $333 million (52 billion yen), maturing in 2031, marking the company's first issuance of such bonds. Merrill International will act as the exclusive bookrunner, with an issuance price of 102.5% of face value. The bonds will be listed on the Singapore Exchange, with net proceeds of approximately $333 million (51.9 billion yen).Of this amount, approximately $151 million (23.6 billion yen) will be used to repay credit financing secured by Bitcoin, and up to approximately $181 million (28.3 billion yen) will be used for stock repurchases. These funds will not be used to purchase Bitcoin. As of September 30, the company holds 44,000 Bitcoins, with a credit financing borrowing balance of approximately $650 million, accounting for about 17.7% of the net asset value of Bitcoin, exceeding the company's set target cap of 10%. The company plans to repurchase up to approximately $162 million (25.3 billion yen) in stock through ToSTNeT-3 on October 14, and establish a total repurchase limit of approximately $385 million (60 billion yen).

According to Arkham monitoring, Tesla spent $1.5 billion to purchase Bitcoin in February 2021, and then sold about 4,670 Bitcoins from March to April 2021, making a profit of approximately $100.2 million.During the LUNA crash in May 2022, Tesla transferred about 30,690 Bitcoins to Coinbase, leading the market to believe that it had sold off most of its holdings. Since then, its Bitcoin holdings have undergone adjustments, and it currently still holds about 8,430 Bitcoins, valued at approximately $960 million. Tesla did not further reduce its Bitcoin holdings during the FTX crash in 2022.

According to monitoring by PeckShield, hackers minted 19 million THEO tokens on the Base chain, then exchanged them for 700.8 ETH (approximately 1.76 million USD), and transferred the ETH to the Ethereum mainnet via a cross-chain bridge.As a result of this incident, the THEO token has fallen by 92% in the past 24 hours.

According to K33 Research, the U.S. government transferred approximately 17,733 BTC to Coinbase Prime this week, including 12,267 BTC related to the Bitfinex hacking incident. After the transfer, the government's marked holdings decreased from 324,527 BTC to 306,795 BTC. If we include unmarked suspected government wallets, the total amount of BTC transferred to Coinbase Prime is about 21,500 BTC.Analysis suggests that this transfer is likely a custody operation rather than a sale—Coinbase Prime has been the custodian for the U.S. Marshals Service since 2024. The cryptocurrencies related to Bitfinex are still in the claims process, and the Department of Justice has requested that victims be compensated in BTC; the ban on the strategic Bitcoin reserve only covers cryptocurrencies that have been fully confiscated. Additionally, about 1,200 BTC from FTX and HashFlare were transferred simultaneously, which may be paid to victims in cash through compensation channels.It is noteworthy that approximately 15,000 BTC related to Bitfinex claims were transferred within two days, which may indicate that the distribution plan or related rulings are progressing.

Bybit co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou stated in the keynote speech "Make Your Move" that Bybit is collaborating with Mantle to develop a tokenized stock product called mStocks, which is set to launch next month. According to him, mStocks will be backed 1:1 by real stocks, and users will be able to convert between real stocks and mStocks on the Bybit platform around the clock, with DEX trading supported on Mantle through AMM liquidity pools.The converted mStocks can enter the Bybit Unified Trading Account (UTA) as collateral for other trades, although the specific collateral conversion ratio has not been disclosed. Ben Zhou also mentioned that the recently launched Bybit Stocks has supported over 1,000 U.S. market stocks and assets, with stocks being custodied by partners, and there are plans to support stock lending and transfers from other brokerages in the future.

On October 13, Tesla CEO Elon Musk stated on social media platform X: Once China masters the manufacturing methods for a certain type of product, its ability to scale production often exceeds that of the rest of the world combined. He cited lithium batteries and solar energy as examples, claiming that China has demonstrated this characteristic in these fields. This statement was in response to a discussion about memory manufacturer Changxin Storage.The poster Melvin believes that Changxin is already a competitor that cannot be ignored, but whether new technology can stably achieve large-scale mass production still depends on yield, cost, and reliability. He also noted that memory demand is still growing, and an increase in production capacity does not mean that the market will immediately experience oversupply. Regarding memory, Musk mentioned that about three years ago, memory was still a low-margin commodity, with LPDDR5 and LPDDR6 designed according to common standards, and China seems to be rapidly solving related technical issues.Musk also pointed out that the new generation of high-bandwidth memory architecture is more difficult to tackle. Another challenge is placing a layer of SRAM beneath the logic chip and stacking RAM in three dimensions above it while addressing the heat dissipation issues of the logic chip. Phoenix Technology cited public information stating that on September 7, Changxin Storage announced that LPDDR6 has entered mass production and was first commercially used in the Xiaomi 18 Fold, with a capacity of 16 GB, compliant with JEDEC's LPDDR6 standard. Subsequently, Changxin announced that its fifth-generation DRAM process platform has achieved mass production and launched two LPDDR5X products based on this platform, aimed at smartphones and portable consumer electronics, with a single bare chip capacity increased by 50% compared to the previous generation of similar products.

Federal Reserve Governor Waller stated that the safety premium of U.S. Treasury bonds no longer exists.

According to DeFiLlama data, Bitget has seen a net inflow of $52.02 million in the past 24 hours, ranking second among centralized exchanges (CEX), only behind Binance.

According to the market information platform Liquid247.xyz, the Hyperliquid address 0xecb63c...2b00 currently holds a short position of 9,509.1 ETH, with a nominal value of 24.059 million USD.At the time of publication, ETH is quoted at 2,530.10 USD.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the "Shanghai Rolex Masters: Alex De Minaur vs. Karen Khachanov" event on the prediction market Polymarket has seen significant fluctuations in the "Over" option of the sub-market "Shanghai Rolex Masters: Alex De Minaur vs. Karen Khachanov First Set O/U 8.5," dropping from 99.95% an hour ago to the current 51% (a fluctuation of 48.95%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Coinglass data, the Coinbase Bitcoin premium index has remained negative for 20 consecutive days, currently reported at -0.1398%, setting a recent low, indicating that purchasing power in the U.S. market continues to weaken.The Coinbase Bitcoin premium index is used to measure the difference between the Bitcoin price on Coinbase and the global market average price. A negative premium typically reflects significant selling pressure in the U.S. market, a decline in investor risk appetite, increased market risk aversion, or capital outflows.

The unresolved ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine has led to a rebound in crude oil prices, and the market's bets on another interest rate hike before the end of the year are heating up, putting pressure on the gold and silver markets once again. According to CoinGlass data, gold (XAU) is currently priced at $4,183.22, with a 24-hour decline of 0.61%; silver (XAG) is currently priced at $60.25, with a 24-hour decline of 1.42%.During the market fluctuations, the trading volume of related contracts on Gate has continued to rise: the trading volume of Gate silver contracts reached $124 million in 24 hours, ranking second in the industry; the trading volume of Gate gold contracts reached $363 million in 24 hours, firmly holding third place in the industry; meanwhile, the open interest of Gate XAU gold contracts reached $411 million, ranking second in the industry.Gate has pioneered the trading sector for perpetual metal contracts and CFD contracts, covering mainstream metal trading targets such as gold, silver, and platinum, supporting 24/7 trading and USDT settlement. Relying on Gate's innovative unified account system, users can configure diverse assets such as stocks, metals, foreign exchange, indices, and commodities without cross-platform operations, helping users achieve a more flexible and efficient one-stop global asset strategy layout amid volatile markets.

According to the updated data from the official website of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, the virtual asset trading platform license application submitted by Matrixport HK was withdrawn on October 12.Matrixport HK had submitted the virtual asset trading platform license application to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission on February 26, 2024.

Sushi CEO Alex McCurry retweeted the tweet "Blur will deprecate the frontend on November 12" and stated, "Should we acquire Blur? If anyone on the team wants to reach out, I would be happy to discuss."