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According to TradingBeats, on October 15, SK Hynix mapped contracts on Hyperliquid showed significant price divergence. The Korean stock futures contract SKHX declined 10.46% to $938.71, while the U.S. ADR mapped contract SKHY fell 7.80%, creating a 2.66 percentage point performance gap. The implied premium of SKHY relative to SKHX expanded from 42.89% at midnight to 47.14%, an increase of 4.25 percentage points. A large trader running a short SKHX, long SKHY strategy has accumulated net unreali

According to Arthur Hayes, Maelstrom co-founder, on October 15, market confidence should be built on cash flow. In The Rollup interview, Hayes said he is more interested in projects with real paying customers that return value to token holders. He believes the next opportunity will likely come from established DeFi protocols that have survived since the 2020 DeFi Summer and remain profitable, despite significant price drops and reasonable valuations. Hayes does not expect major opportunities fro

According to CCTV News, China's embassy in Saudi Arabia issued a security alert regarding the current situation on October 15.

According to the Chinese Embassy in Saudi Arabia, airports and key facilities in Riyadh and Dammam have been subjected to continued missile and drone attacks on October 15, resulting in significant losses and casualties. King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh currently has no confirmed timeline for resuming operations, with widespread flight disruptions across multiple airports.

According to Applied Materials, on October 13, the US-based semiconductor equipment supplier unveiled the EPIC Center in Sunnyvale, California. The 600,000 square foot facility includes nearly four acres of cleanroom space designed to bring chipmakers, equipment suppliers, and university researchers together to develop AI chipmaking technologies. Founding partners include TSMC, Intel, Samsung, Micron, and SK hynix. Applied Materials expects capital spending to reach approximately $5 billion over

According to Zhitong Finance, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 1.47%, down 358 points to 23,955 in early trading on October 15. The Hang Seng Tech Index declined 2.94%. Morning trading volume reached HK$113.8 billion. Inflation concerns and worries over AI valuation bubbles pressured AI hardware stocks. Fiber optic and semiconductor-linked equities led losses, with technology stocks broadly declining alongside sell-offs in consumer electronics and metals sectors.

CAI Holdings (00080) announced its unaudited net asset value per share as of September 30, 2026, at approximately HK$0.15.

According to public disclosure, LONG Investment Group (02312) reported an unaudited net asset value per share of approximately HK$0.29 as of September 30, 2026.

According to Liquid247.xyz, Ethereum currently trades at $2,361.52 with Binance perpetual futures showing $63.37 million in sell orders versus $49.65 million in buy orders, a $13.73 million imbalance favoring sellers.

According to CoinGecko data, as of today (October 15), the top three global derivatives exchanges by 24-hour open interest are Binance ($334.57 billion), Hyperliquid ($154.30 billion), and Gate ($134.71 billion).

According to BlockBeats, DeepSeek experienced a service outage starting at 8:11 AM on October 15, lasting over 3.5 hours as of 11:53 AM. The company identified the root cause at 9:08 AM and began implementing repairs. The outage impacted DeepSeek's web chat interface, V4 Pro API, and V4.1 Flash API services. As of the latest update, the recovery remained incomplete.

According to Jin10, DeepSeek's web and mobile app services went down starting at 8:11 AM on October 15, with the official status page indicating "partial service disruption." As of 11:30 AM, the service remained offline, marking over 3 hours of downtime. The company's status page showed no resolution updates during this period.

According to Google's March 31 research, future quantum computers could threaten Bitcoin security by breaking the cryptography used to authorize payments. On October 14, New York City announced a $29.2 million investment in a quantum fabrication facility at NYU, with the university contributing an additional $255 million for construction and operations. The facility, expected to open in 2030, will provide equipment for developing and testing quantum chips and components. Google's study estimates

According to TradingBeats, SKHX on Hyperliquid declined nearly 15% in the past 24 hours on October 15, dropping to $939.46 from approximately $1,070 following yesterday's CPI release. Three major whale accounts liquidated cumulative positions worth $3.88 million, realizing combined losses of $887,000 due to both voluntary stop-losses and forced liquidations. One whale cleared $1.49 million in long positions with $347,000 in losses, while two other accounts accumulated respective losses of $261,0

CK Asset Holdings (01113.HK) dismissed rumors on October 15 that 98-year-old Li Ka-shing had passed away, with company insiders stating the claims were "absolutely untrue."

According to Guru Club on October 15, Anthropic reported third-quarter revenue of $16.8 billion, positive free cash flow, and an adjusted gross margin of 85 percent, signaling returns on its artificial intelligence investments. The company expects to complete its initial public offering by the end of 2026. While the results may strengthen IPO viability, market participants noted that the strong financials are unlikely to significantly ease investor concerns about global AI stocks, which face pre

According to Vitalik Buterin via X, today (Oct 15), he congratulated zkSync's airbender team on reaching a milestone and declared the zkEVM "speed competition" definitively won. He called for the primary focus to shift entirely toward security, emphasizing the need for formal verification of three key areas: arithmetic equivalence with Ethereum specifications, strict maximum bounds on proof costs relative to block gas, and the security of the proof system itself.

According to BlockBeats, Bitcoin tested the $81,000 support level for the third time on October 15 (following similar moves on October 9 and 12). Crypto analyst Murphy analyzed on-chain realized loss data, which shows a clear declining pattern: losses on October 12 were lower than October 9, and while October 15 losses expanded slightly from October 12, they remained below October 9 levels. Murphy noted this suggests October 9 marked the peak of short-term momentum-driven holder liquidations, wh

According to Bithumb, the exchange has suspended MAPO (Map Protocol) deposits and withdrawals effective October 15 at 11:40 UTC+8 due to the MAPO network halting block generation. Trading will remain unaffected during the suspension. The exchange will resume deposit and withdrawal services once network stability is restored.

According to Foresight News and Ember monitoring, the trader account 'MaJi Dage' was liquidated after Ethereum dropped below $2,400, with only $20,000 in collateral remaining. The account was leveraged long across multiple rollovers, starting from $150,000, peaking at $12.3 million, and declining to the current $20,000 following repeated stop-loss liquidations. Since last year to present, cumulative losses from rolling long positions on Ethereum amount to approximately $36.68 million.