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According to the official public account of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, the smart agent identification and identity network has officially launched its trial operation and is open for access to the public.This network relies on trusted interconnection centers for smart agents in Beijing, Xiamen, and other locations, providing services such as identity registration, identity verification, addressing resolution, and capability discovery. It adopts a "Blockchain + DID + Super Smart Agent" technical route, compatible with various DID methods, and adapts to mainstream interconnection protocols such as A2A and ANP.

According to the token unlock data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, GoPlus Security (GPS) will unlock approximately 10.925 million tokens at 7:00 AM Beijing time on October 16, worth about 1.15 million USD.

Adena Friedman, CEO of Nasdaq, stated at the TOKEN 2049 conference in Singapore that tokenizing government bonds, stocks, money market funds, and funds can enhance collateral liquidity and unlock billions of dollars of trapped capital in the global financial system. Over the past year, institutional interest in tokenization has significantly increased, partly due to the U.S. GENIUS Act establishing a regulatory framework for stablecoins.She mentioned that institutional interest is converging with retail demand for around-the-clock trading. The retail ecosystem is about 10 years ahead, but moving towards a fully 7×24 hour market is a massive undertaking for the financial industry, requiring continuous real-time risk and collateral management. She also pointed out that AI is crucial for 7×24 hour trading, and Nasdaq has launched digital agents on its risk management platform, initially providing recommendations, with banks able to take more direct actions in the future. Arjun Sethi, co-CEO of Kraken, stated that companies outside the U.S. are also very interested in tokenization and entering the U.S. capital markets, including a company with approximately $25 million in revenue and larger international firms. Friedman cautioned that not all assets have sufficient liquidity to support a 7×24 hour trading environment.

The blockchain network Solana plans to reduce the target block time from 250 milliseconds to 200 milliseconds when it enters Epoch 1053 on Friday, completing a series of reductions that began from 400 milliseconds in August.This upgrade will allow the network to produce 5 blocks per second while lowering the computational limit for each block to keep the overall processing capacity roughly unchanged. Faster block generation may reduce transaction delays and transaction arbitrage activities, but it will also increase the demand for validator voting, put pressure on network connections, and shorten the transaction validity window.

According to the token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, vana (VANA) will unlock approximately 2.57 million tokens at 19:00 Beijing time on October 16, worth about 2.58 million USD.

According to the token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, Alaya (AGT) will unlock approximately 164.17 million tokens at 0:00 Beijing time on October 16, with a value of about 4.39 million USD.

On October 8, blockchain software company Consensys and post-trade infrastructure company ClearToken announced a collaboration aimed at enabling banks to transfer tokenized assets and cash through 24/7 infrastructure. The two parties plan to connect Consensys's blockchain system with ClearToken's regulated post-trade entities for the settlement of eligible securities using fiat currency, tokenized bank deposits, or stablecoins.The announcement did not put a new public blockchain or settlement venue into production but outlined how the two parties plan to connect tokenization, wallets, distribution, cash flow, and the legal finality of securities settlement. Consensys will provide cryptographic finality, which is the technical certainty that on-chain transactions are immutable; ClearToken is responsible for settlement finality, which is the legal certainty that the transfer of funds or securities is final and irrevocable. ClearToken's securities custody has passed Gate 2 of the Bank of England's Digital Securities Sandbox, and its independent clearing entity still requires authorization from the Bank of England.ClearToken CSD Limited plans to convert eligible securities held by different banks into interchangeable tokenized instruments, using the same ISIN as the corresponding traditional securities. At launch, the custody plan will support FTSE 350 stocks, GBP government bonds, GBP corporate bonds, and non-GBP corporate bonds. The sandbox custody limits are set at £600 million for government bonds, £900 million for GBP corporate bonds, and £1.8 billion for non-GBP corporate bonds. The announcement did not name participating banks, networks, wallet products, or the date of the first transaction.

Tokenization company Securitize announced today that it will bring 12 U.S. stocks, including Apple, NVIDIA, Tesla, and Microsoft, to the Solana blockchain, launching a new product called "Securitize Stocks." The first batch of covered companies includes Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Netflix, Circle, Strategy, and Palantir.Each stock token is backed 1:1 by actual shares, structurally retaining applicable shareholder rights such as dividends and voting rights, but representing securities interests rather than direct ownership on the company’s shareholder register; once tokenization is adopted by the issuer, it may provide a conversion channel. Initially, the product will be traded on Securitize's existing Solana platform, with liquidity provided by Jump Trading, settled in USDC stablecoin, and is expected to also launch on the NYSE's planned 24/7 digital trading platform and the upcoming OKXICE tokenized securities venue, which is a joint venture between the NYSE's parent company Intercontinental Exchange and OKX, both of which must meet listing and regulatory requirements.

Programmable privacy infrastructure Soda Labs has completed a $3 million seed round financing, led by NextBlock. Over the past two and a half years, Soda Labs has developed a cryptographic privacy solution that combines garbled circuits with multi-party computation (GC-MPC), relying on proven standard cryptography such as AES and SHA256. Its privacy engine runs on standard cloud CPUs without the need for dedicated hardware, enabling applications to achieve privacy computing while maintaining a connection to existing public blockchain infrastructure.

According to official news, Chainlink announced the launch of CCIP Vault Adapters, allowing decentralized finance (DeFi) vaults on a single network to directly receive one-click deposits from over 80 supported blockchains, without the need to redeploy vaults across different chains.

The U.S. stocks of storage chip company SK Hynix will face the end of the lock-up period on Wednesday, which prohibits the company, its affiliates, and management from selling shares. Meanwhile, the market is questioning how long the storage chip boom can last. The company's American Depositary Receipts recorded their largest drop in three weeks on Monday.As of Tuesday's close, SK Hynix ADR is trading at a 38% premium relative to its domestic Korean shares, the highest among major Asian issuers tracked by Bloomberg. Despite a recent pullback, this price is still more than 20% higher than the listing price. There are currently no signs that the company plans to issue shares again like some Asian artificial intelligence companies have recently done.

According to the token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, deBridge (DBR) will unlock approximately 66.833 million tokens at 0:00 Beijing time on October 15, with a value of about 12.33 million USD.

Financial technology company Block, founded by Jack Dorsey, gifted a participant at the ComplexCon event in Los Angeles with 1 Bitcoin, which was valued at approximately $85,000 at the time. Block participated in this annual event organized by Complex Networks to introduce Bitcoin to new users through "culture, shopping, and entertainment."Block's Cash App set up a fishing game booth called "Lightning Lake" at the event, where participants could win small amounts of Bitcoin, and one player caught a whole Bitcoin. Maria Pesce, Block's Bitcoin marketing lead, stated that the goal is to make Bitcoin approachable, tangible, and fun, "so that people can go from never having used Bitcoin to making payments with it while walking around the lake." She mentioned that Block's aim is to make Bitcoin a daily currency.Block has long promoted Bitcoin adoption through its products: Cash App allows users to send, receive, and buy Bitcoin, while Square's point-of-sale systems accept Bitcoin payments via the Lightning Network. The company, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, also launched an advertising campaign this month to encourage people to use Bitcoin as a medium of exchange. Dorsey left Twitter in 2021 to focus on payment and Bitcoin adoption and has repeatedly expressed his desire for Bitcoin to become a global currency and "everyday money." During the event, Kanye West's daughter North West was also spotted trying to fish for Bitcoin with rapper French Montana at Lightning Lake.

According to Saudi media outlet Hadass, citing senior sources, Washington has conveyed a message to Iran, requesting that Iran will not receive any concessions before limiting its nuclear capabilities.The progress of US-Iran negotiations depends on whether Iran responds to the Trump administration's demands regarding its nuclear capabilities. As Iran has lost control over the Strait of Hormuz, the United States no longer considers the Hormuz issue a priority.

Lamine Brahimi, co-founder and managing partner of the cryptocurrency custody and tokenization company Taurus, stated in an interview with CoinDesk that banks need to meet three conditions to access the newly launched blockchain ledger by Swift: a proprietary permissioned chain that interacts with the Swift ledger, wallet capabilities, and tokenization and smart contract capabilities to integrate Swift's smart contracts.He pointed out that this means the Swift ledger is not a replacement for banks' internal systems, but rather acts as an orchestration layer, helping institutions achieve cross-border, round-the-clock transfers of tokenized deposits, with final settlement still completed through existing arrangements. Banks still need to hold and manage tokenized deposits, digital asset wallets, and related smart contracts themselves. In July, Swift announced that 17 banks were preparing for real-time transactions of tokenized deposits; in August, HSBC and Standard Chartered completed the first real-time interbank transaction, followed by DBS and Citibank completing weekend cross-border USD payments, reducing settlement time from a maximum of two business days to just a few minutes.Brahimi stated that additional infrastructure should not be seen as a flaw in Swift's design; the ledger is still an early product but provides banks with a choice between existing payment channels and tokenized deposits that can circulate around the clock. Taurus announced in August that it had completed Swift integration, providing the aforementioned three layers of capability through a single platform. He added that tokenized deposits were used very little before Swift's announcement, primarily adopted by larger global banks like JPMorgan. The Swift model retains deposits on the banks' balance sheets, distinguishing it from stablecoins issued outside the banking system.

Bitget, in collaboration with the digital asset research institution Block Scholes, has released the latest research report analyzing the synergistic effects of tokenized stocks and crypto assets within a unified trading account. In the report, Block Scholes simulated an investment portfolio with a total size of $1 million, covering AI and semiconductor tokenized stocks, BTC and ETH perpetual contracts, as well as Nasdaq 100 ETF perpetual contracts. Under a structure where accounts are mutually independent, the total margin required occupies about $340,000 in capital; however, in Bitget's cross-asset unified account, tokenized stocks can simultaneously be counted as collateral, reducing the required capital to about $175,000, a decrease of approximately 48.5%.The research report also analyzes the risk characteristics associated with higher capital efficiency. Stress tests show that when collateral and positions are driven by the same macro factors, the simulated portfolio using tokenized stocks as collateral reaches the estimated liquidation point after a market decline of about 21% in correlation; when using equivalent USDT as collateral, it withstands a decline of about 27% in correlation. The study indicates that while improving capital efficiency, it is also necessary to comprehensively assess the correlation between collateral and positions as well as their own volatility.Bitget CEO Gracy Chen stated that putting assets on-chain is just the first step; more importantly, it is to enhance the efficiency of capital usage across different markets. Bitget is promoting the collaborative operation of crypto assets, tokenized stocks, and other global assets under a unified capital framework through the UEX model. Currently, Bitget's cross-asset unified account (UTA) supports over 370 types of collateralizable assets, including 125 types of tokenized U.S. stocks. Eligible crypto assets and tokenized stocks can enter the same margin system, sharing collateral value and meeting margin requirements for different positions.

According to Iranian media Fars News, an advisor from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard stated that they will soon block the "illegal" shipping routes in the Strait of Hormuz.

On October 6, GasFree will launch a lucky money-drawing interactive experience at Token2049 in Singapore on October 7. Attendees can shake and draw on-site for a chance to win lucky draws, limited merchandise, and surprise rewards.You are welcome to visit the GasFree booth to check in, shake the lucky money-drawing machine, try your luck, and take home exclusive good fortune, limited merchandise, and surprise rewards.