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According to IMF, on Oct 13, the International Monetary Fund warned UK Chancellor John Hunt that living cost subsidy measures should be used "cautiously" to avoid reigniting inflation. IMF advised that debt-burdened countries like the UK should keep any relief measures "targeted and temporary" to avoid complicating efforts to control prices. IMF projects UK inflation will average 3.3% this year and decline to 2.8% in 2027, while the UK is close to achieving sustainable public finances.

According to RootData, Sapien will unlock approximately 19.58 million SAPIEN tokens worth around $1.32 million on October 20 at 00:00 UTC+8.

According to ChainCatcher, Rome Protocol announced the launch of its native token ROME today (October 13). ROME will serve as gas for Rome's own chain and is available for transactions on the network immediately upon launch. The protocol connects EVM applications with Solana, enabling Solidity contracts and users to interact with Solana programs and assets while settling atomically on Solana. The mainnet program has been audited by Halborn, with deployment binaries reproducible from public repos

According to RootData, KAITO will unlock approximately 12.11 million tokens worth about $3.68 million on October 20 at 12:00 PM Beijing time.

According to RootData, LayerZero (ZRO) will unlock approximately 25.71 million tokens worth about $53.73 million on October 20 at 11:00 AM Beijing time.

According to Foresight News, Sight, a prediction market on Robinhood Chain, unveiled a three-month development roadmap. The updates include transitioning its prediction market infrastructure to an Automated Market Maker (AMM) architecture to support broader market formats, and launching the SightEVM Layer 2 testnet for smart contract deployment and ecosystem testing. Additionally, Sight plans to introduce an SGT-ETH cross-chain bridge, with SGT serving as the native token of SightEVM, and deploy

According to EToday, in the first week of South Korea's Korea Exchange (KRX) after-hours trading market (September 14-18), retail investors accounted for 90.4% of trading volume, while foreign and institutional investors made up just 6.7% and 2.6% respectively. The market's skewed investor composition has raised concerns about potential liquidity shortages and heightened individual stock price volatility, with analysts noting further improvements to pricing mechanisms and night-trading oversight

According to PANews, Blockaid co-founder Ido Ben-Natan stated on October 13 that on-chain security incidents have reached record highs each month since the platform published its mid-year report in August. Attackers focus on exploiting on-chain infrastructure due to its high return on investment for hackers. As AI agents gain access to larger amounts of capital, this trend is expected to intensify, with the company now operating at its busiest level due to a surge in hacking attacks.

According to IMF's World Economic Outlook report released on Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund expects Japan's central bank to gradually raise interest rates toward neutral levels, even as the economy slows. The IMF forecasts Japan's economic growth will decline to 0.7% in both 2026 and 2027, down from 1.2% growth in 2025. The gradual rate hikes reflect monetary policy normalization as energy shocks subside, while fiscal support measures will partially offset rising energy prices.

According to OKX data, BLUR fell 32.7% in the past 24 hours to $0.01275 on October 13. The NFT market platform Blur announced it will discontinue its frontend on November 12, with Blend halting the facilitation of new lending deals.

According to Guru Club, Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman announced on October 12 that the kingdom plans to increase daily capacity of the East-West pipeline to around 10 million barrels. The announcement was made during his participation in the 25th World Petroleum Council Energy Conference.

According to Goldman Sachs, the bank updated its "China Select AI Portfolio" to 50 stocks on October 13, covering five layers: power, semiconductors, infrastructure, large language models, and applications. The power layer includes Weichai Power, Yingliugufen, Costin, CATL, Siyuan Electric, and Hongfa. Semiconductors: Shengyi Tech, Anji Micro, Tianyue Advanced, SMIC, Huahong Semiconductor, Chipmos, Thinkforce, Birentech, Cambricon, ChangXin Memory, Gigadevice, Lanqi Tech, North Huachuang, AMEC,

According to Goldman Sachs on October 13, the potential release of 50 million barrels from European strategic diesel reserves could reduce wholesale diesel prices in the U.S. Gulf Coast and Europe by $11 per barrel. The bank stated that Russia's announced diesel release is expected to have no significant impact on global diesel prices.

According to Yidu Cloud, the company's clinical evidence intelligence platform "Yidu Zhixun" recently launched a nephrology-specific decision support tool in partnership with "JianJun Library," a professional platform for nephrologists. The tool provides second-level response times and traceable evidence sources to support clinical decision-making for kidney specialists. Yidu Cloud's AI medical products have been deployed across 40+ major hospitals nationwide, including Peking Union Medical Coll

According to the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook report released yesterday (October 12), monetary policy should firmly focus on price stability and prevent secondary inflation effects, with policy stance sufficiently contractionary to return inflation to target quickly. The IMF also warned that sustained commodity price increases and ongoing artificial intelligence-related investments may intensify inflationary pressures, requiring more restrictive monetary policy. The IMF f

According to CriptoNoticias, Brazilian police in Santa Catarina state seized approximately $1.7 million in cryptocurrency during Operation ClickFix, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tron, and USDT from a criminal group. The assets held in three self-custody wallets have been transferred to state custody. Total seizures in the operation reached $3.2 million, including $1.1 million in real estate and $480,000 in vehicles, while bank accounts with balances up to $17 million have been frozen.

According to Musk on X, reported by PANews on October 13, China's large-scale production capacity typically exceeds that of all other regions combined once it masters product manufacturing, a pattern already visible in lithium-ion batteries and solar energy. Musk noted that China is rapidly achieving proficiency in LP5 and LP6 low-power memory technologies that follow unified standards, though newer HBM and advanced memory architectures present greater technical challenges.

According to Le Dépêche, a 22-year-old video game developer in France's Tarn region was robbed at gunpoint in early September. Two masked men wearing gloves forced entry through an open garage door, demanding he transfer his cryptocurrency assets while threatening him with a gun. After resisting, the assailants fled. The developer subsequently announced on social media that he has sold all his cryptocurrency holdings.

According to SAP, the German software company launched SAP Pay on October 12 (local time), integrating payment and settlement capabilities directly into its cloud-based ERP system. The service supports stablecoin-based cross-border transactions alongside electronic fund transfers, bank transfers, and checks. Previously, companies had to use separate banking systems to process payments after approving invoices, then reconcile transactions with accounting records. SAP Pay consolidates these functi

According to the IMF Chief Economist, Thailand's gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to grow 2.1% this year (2026).