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According to Iran's Tasnim News Agency, Iran's top security official said on October 11 that the country is fully prepared and will demonstrate new capabilities if war breaks out again. The official stated that the U.S. holds high-value assets in the UAE and around the Strait of Hormuz that have not yet been targeted, and warned that regional cables, data centers, and AI facilities would be destroyed in any renewed conflict. The official estimated these facilities are worth over $2 trillion.

According to PeckShield's monitoring, CryptoBillis Ledger Drainer transferred approximately $3.89 million in crypto assets to Binance deposit addresses over the past two days (October 9–11), via Tron network. The transfer comprised 3.685 million USDT and 615,000 TRX (worth approximately $204,000). The hacker is known for stealing over $90 million in crypto assets.

According to Bitcoin News and researcher @0xJohannes, a Ledger hardware wallet purchased weeks ago from an official European distributor was discovered to contain unauthorized spy components. The device contained suspicious circuitry not present in genuine Ledger hardware, suggesting physical tampering before sale. Funds on the affected device have not been stolen. Similar suspected cases have been reported across Asia, South America, and Europe. Ledger's Genuine Check software cannot detect una

According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Simon's center is approaching Mexico's west-central coast as of October 11, bringing extremely dangerous conditions.

According to Axios, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today that former U.S. President Donald Trump's ceasefire statement came as an unexpected development. Zelenskyy added that if Russia agrees to an energy truce, Ukraine will also consent to it.

According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the death toll from a maritime disaster in Djibouti has risen to 139 people.

According to a statement from the Saudi-led coalition, air defense systems intercepted a missile near Riyadh airport. The coalition did not provide additional details regarding the origin of the missile or any resulting damage.

According to ChainCatcher, Bitmine chairman Tom Lee predicts Ethereum will surpass $5,000 by the end of 2026. Lee expects ETH to reach approximately $7,500 if Bitcoin climbs above $100,000 during the current cycle. However, market data shows traders currently assess the probability of ETH reaching $5,000 by year-end 2026 at only 4%.

RippleX addressed a critical payment-engine overflow bug on September 25 in XRP Ledger version 3.4.1 that could have allowed attackers to mint up to 18 trillion XRP, exceeding the network's fixed supply. The vulnerability had existed in the code since 2015. RippleX confirmed no evidence of the bug being exploited in the wild.

GRIN crashed 14.27% to $0.009361 in half an hour, down from a previous price of $0.010920. The sharp decline reflects significant market pressure, with GRIN recording a 27.15% drop over the past 24 hours. Trading volume reached $19,507.34 in the last 24 hours, with a current market cap of $8,154. The day's high was $0.01215 and low was $0.008183.

U.S. President Trump announced today that Russia and Ukraine have reached an energy ceasefire in their ongoing conflict, effective immediately. According to Trump's statement, both sides have agreed to the arrangement and violations are prohibited.

According to Jin10 data, explosions were heard in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on October 11 at 5 p.m. local time, with clear sounds reported in the northern part of the capital by local correspondents.

According to Barron's, SpaceX announced on Oct 9 that it has reached an agreement to acquire wireless spectrum from Grain Management, aimed at filling technology gaps for its Starlink Mobile service to compete as a major U.S. wireless carrier. The news drove U.S. telecommunications tower operators significantly higher on Friday. Crown Castle (CCI) surged 16%, marking its largest single-day gain since November 2008; American Tower (AMT) rose 9.3%; and SBA Communications (SBAC) gained 7.3%. Morgan

According to Yandex, the company's data center in Vladimir region suffered a drone attack, causing service disruption. The Russian tech and AI company stated that its services are now gradually being restored to normal following the incident.

According to a joint statement by the Israeli Defense Forces and Shin Bet, the military struck multiple Hamas military facilities in Gaza over the past 24 hours on October 11. The targets included a command center, a rocket launcher site, and three weapons depots. The Israeli military said the facilities contained dozens of weapons of various types, including rockets, explosives, mortars, rifles, and other combat equipment. IDF Southern Command forces remain deployed in the area and will continu

According to BlockBeats citing official data, Papertrade's open interest fell to $1.3 billion as of October 11, declining 60% from $3.3 billion 12 hours earlier, marking a sharp pullback after the synthetic perpetual protocol launched on HyperEVM yesterday. The platform's total value locked stood at $77.8 million with cumulative notional trading volume exceeding $678 billion over the first 24 hours.

According to PolyAI CTO Shawn Wen and Otter CMO Alex Gay speaking last month at the HumanX conference, voice AI models have achieved full-duplex capabilities but have not yet reached their "ChatGPT moment." Wen noted that the next challenge is to improve reasoning speed to enable natural-sounding conversations, while customers expect AI agents to sound confident and human-like, not robotic. Gay emphasized that speaker identification, intent capture, and emotional expression in virtual avatars ar

According to CoinGlass and Glassnode data, Bitcoin is trading near $83,100 on October 11, 2026, exactly one year after the crypto market's largest liquidation event. On October 10, 2025, more than $19 billion in leveraged positions were liquidated within 24 hours, affecting over 1.6 million trading accounts. Bitcoin remains roughly 34% below its October 2025 record of $126,080. Bitcoin futures open interest has risen approximately 4% over the past seven days to about 650,480 BTC. However, levera

According to the BBC, UK Defense Secretary Wes Streeting said on October 11 that the UK does not support a US-Russia agreement on Russian diesel supplies to the US and global markets. Streeting said US President Trump is pursuing the deal largely due to midterm election pressures and efforts to reduce fuel prices, which have risen following military strikes on Iran.

According to Odaily, trader Killa has stated he maintains a 10x BTC long position ahead of U.S. midterm elections, which occur in approximately 3 weeks. Killa expects Bitcoin to potentially rally to around $95,000 if it declines before the election and rebounds afterward. He noted that roughly $2 billion in long positions were recently liquidated, and historical data from the past four U.S. midterm elections shows a 75% probability of price declines within 1-2 months following the elections.