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According to sources familiar with the matter, Yaoyao Liu is departing Vitol Group, the commodities trading giant where he built a career generating billions of dollars through oil derivatives trading. The 39-year-old had stepped back from daily trading operations around mid-2026. His trading desk has posted significant losses for two consecutive years prior to his departure, though Liu had reportedly begun planning his retirement as early as 2025.

According to Abacus Data, support for Alberta remaining in Canada rose to 68% in a poll released Saturday, up from 64% last month. The survey of 1,021 eligible voters showed 24% would support initiating a legal process that could lead to separation, unchanged from the previous month. Voters undecided or planning not to vote declined to 8% from 12%, per the October 7-13 survey.

According to CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis in a May 1, 2025 podcast interview, Bitcoin is not truly anonymous but pseudonymous, allowing U.S. intelligence to track adversaries including drug cartels and terrorist organizations. Ellis clarified that while Bitcoin activity is tied to addresses rather than legal names, the gap between an address and a real person can be closed by authorities. "We can disrupt our adversaries' use of it and we can use these technologies to collect more intelligen

Nine crypto organizations launched the Quantum Alliance on October 15-16, 2026, with a mission to define and test quantum-resistant standards for blockchain networks and verify claims of quantum resistance against verifiable criteria. Founding members include Quantus, American Fortress, and Intmax. The alliance has established four working groups focused on blockchain migration, post-quantum zero-knowledge proof systems, wallet and key security, and cross-chain compatibility. The group will publ

According to reports published October 15-16, 2026, Cognition, the startup behind autonomous coding agent Devin, introduced an internal system that grades engineers on their AI productivity efficiency. The grading converts each Devin session into equivalent human engineering hours, then divides by session token costs to calculate an efficiency score. Engineers meeting productivity quotas receive dynamically higher spending limits, reversing traditional tokenmaxxing incentives. The system, which

According to reports, Antithesis, a software-testing startup based in Tysons Corner, Virginia, raised $105 million at a $525 million post-money valuation on December 3, 2025. Jane Street, the quantitative trading firm, led the Series A round and is also a major customer of the company. Annualized recurring revenue has grown more than 12 times over the past two years and now stands at approximately $10 million. The company's valuation represents a multiple of over 50 times its ARR. Total funding

According to Crypto Briefing, Anthropic submitted a draft federal AI safety bill to US lawmakers in October 2026, proposing to regulate AI models exceeding 10^25 FLOPs as "frontier" systems requiring regulatory oversight. Companies meeting the definition must either generate over $500 million in annual AI-derived revenue or spend more than $1 billion annually on AI research and development. Covered developers would face transparency obligations including implementing formal safety frameworks, pu

According to Vitalik Buterin via X (formerly Twitter), Bitcoin mining costs are split 50/50 between compute capital expenditures (capex) and electricity. The Ethereum co-founder shared this breakdown recently, highlighting the resource allocation dynamics in Bitcoin mining operations.

According to Farsi News Agency, Yemen's parliament speaker urged Egypt not to join the conflict on Oct 18, warning that involvement would pose a serious threat to Egyptian national security and domestic stability. He called on Egypt to take a firm stance and avoid following Saudi Arabia's policies to prevent the region from sliding into greater turmoil.

According to ChainCatcher, Coinbase's crypto lending program launched in January 2025 has reached $2.3 billion in outstanding principal. Eligible U.S. users outside New York can collateralize Bitcoin to borrow USDC through Morpho, a decentralized lending protocol on Base. The platform expanded supported collateral to include XRP, DOGE, ADA, and LTC. As of mid-September 2026, variable-rate loans exceeded $1.4 billion, backed by approximately $3 billion in collateral.

According to Pirate Chain developers, a validation flaw in the privacy-focused network led to the creation of approximately 39.8 million unauthorized ARRR tokens in mid-October. The incident represented a substantial portion of the existing supply. The project's privacy features, which use shielded transaction pools, made it difficult for network participants to track the affected funds once they entered the privacy layer.

According to ChainCatcher, MSCI modified its global investable market index qualification rules on October 15, tightening the definition of 'non-operating companies' and subjecting bitcoin-holding firms to stricter scrutiny. MicroStrategy has not been removed from the index. MSCI stated that it will evaluate whether companies are 'non-operating' based on their business and financial characteristics, noting that enterprises holding digital assets may still conduct genuine operations. Existing ind

According to Gate trading data, GT/USDT fell below $10 today, with a 24-hour decline of 2.91%.

U.S. stock markets closed lower on Friday (October 16) as technology shares faced intense selling pressure amid concerns over artificial intelligence investment returns, corporate debt expansion, and Chinese competition. The Nasdaq Composite fell 2.15% on the day, while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) dropped 3.83%. The fear index VIX broke above 22 intraday for the first time in four months, reflecting elevated market volatility concerns. For the week, the Nasdaq declined 4.5%, marki

According to HTX, Ethereum fell below $2,400 to $2,398.84 in 24-hour trading, down 0.89%.

According to Houthi authorities and Masirah TV, Saudi warplanes conducted four airstrikes on Taiz Province's western Makbana district on October 17, killing at least 9 people including women and children and injuring 16 others. The strikes targeted residential areas; an unspecified number of people remain trapped under the rubble.

According to Google Quantum AI, the company's Willow processor achieved a 40-fold reduction in errors when preparing magic states on October 15, advancing a quantum computing technique relevant to cryptocurrency security. The experiment, published in Science, demonstrated approximately 99.99% logical fidelity. However, only 8% of preparation attempts survived the researchers' error checks. Google acknowledged that substantial scaling challenges remain before such systems could pose practical thr

According to Iran's PressTV, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday (October 18) that Tehran is willing to provide all necessary assistance to end the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. During a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister, Araghchi emphasized that the 12-year tensions and conflict have demonstrated that problems between the two countries cannot be resolved through military means. According to Iran's Foreign Ministry statement, Araghchi reiterated that Tehran i

According to ISIS, the extremist organization claimed responsibility on Tuesday for an attack on a military base in Nigeria that resulted in multiple deaths.

A Canadian court heard testimony that cryptocurrency trader Aiden Pleterski allegedly spent approximately $16.3 million of investor funds on personal luxuries, according to forensic accountant evidence presented during ongoing criminal proceedings. The accountant reviewed approximately $36.3 million collected from investors, finding that a substantial portion was directed toward personal purchases and payments to other investors rather than deployed into promised cryptocurrency and foreign excha