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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Farsin on October 15 during the CICA (Shanghai Cooperation Organization/Caspian Summit) in Baku.

According to PANews, Grayscale announced a partnership with Republic today (October 15) to offer qualified investors access to its investment products, including the Grayscale DeFi Fund, Grayscale Decentralized AI Fund, and Grayscale Data Network Trust.

According to Bitfinex, Bitcoin whales have accumulated approximately 60,000 BTC since late August, with most purchases made at prices between $80,000 and $86,000. The exchange noted that these price levels are roughly aligned with Bitcoin's current market price. Bitfinex added that if whales continue holding these bitcoins through the current pullback, price levels just above $80,000 may receive support.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Bahraini Foreign Minister Zayani on October 15 during the Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) summit in Baku.

According to X, SkyAI, a treasury management company with ties to Solana, announced plans to completely exit its SOL holdings. The company has already sold approximately 1 million SOL at a reported loss of $107 million. SkyAI will liquidate its remaining 210,000 SOL to fund a buyback of up to 95% of its outstanding shares and warrants. The company holds $204.6 million in cash for the share repurchase program.

According to Saudi Arabia's state television, the Saudi-led coalition will hold a press conference in the coming days to provide details on the attack against King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and recent military operations against Houthi facilities.

According to Pendle's official announcement on X, the protocol has launched PPLUS, a new RWA vault strategy designed to provide fixed yield on leveraged credit. The strategy was developed in collaboration with Bitwise and is managed on Ember Protocol, with a target maturity date of January 2027.

According to PANews, on October 15, Stripe and Plasma launched a multi-currency stablecoin card designed to reduce currency conversion costs for cross-border transactions. The card supports five fiat currencies—US dollar, Brazilian real, euro, Mexican peso, and Colombian peso—alongside stablecoins USDC and OUSD. The infrastructure currently covers over 30 countries and regions, with plans to expand to more than 100 by 2027. Future features will enable cardholders to maintain balances in multiple

According to Guru Club, various commodity futures on Chinese exchanges opened with mixed performance on October 15. 20# rubber jumped 1.19%, synthetic rubber gained 0.95%, and Shanghai gold rose 0.71%. Shanghai nickel declined 2.23%, methanol fell 1.81%, and styrene dropped 1.97%.

According to Guru Club, on October 15, Cursor employees investigating their internal testing tool GrokBot (project codename Sand) found that the data it generated may contain customer and partner confidential information that could have been transferred to SpaceX's AI division SpaceX SI. A Cursor lawyer cautioned that training models with such data lacks legal authorization and would trigger a major trust crisis if disclosed. The company launched an internal audit, required employees to use corp

According to The Verge, Google launched its Universal Cart AI shopping tool on October 15 in the United States, rolling out across Google Search and the Gemini app. The tool allows users to save products from multiple retailers in a single unified cart and works across different Google platforms. Users can add items found through Gemini or Google Search AI Mode and receive notifications about price drops and restocks. The cart displays relevant promotional codes and allows users to checkout usin

LPG futures main contract dropped 2.00% during today's trading session, currently trading at 7,392 yuan per ton.

According to The Block, Mert Mumtaz, CEO of Solana infrastructure company Helius, has joined the NEAR Foundation board of directors. He will assist in guiding product strategy, ecosystem growth, and governance. The board's existing members include NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin and Anchorage Digital co-founder Diogo Mónica.

According to PANews, OneKey founder Yishi stated today (Oct 15) that SafeOS is built on FreeRTOS and developed in-house by the team. OneKey will continue as a portable security accessory for iPhone and Mac, providing offline hardware security for real-world assets (RWA), crypto assets, and FIDO keys with 2FA support. The team plans to expand compatibility with wallets including BlueWallet, Sparrow, Rabby, OKX Wallet, MetaMask, and Electrum.

According to BlockBeats, on October 15, Elon Musk responded on X to posts about Amazon blocking Grok orders, suggesting "maybe we should start a company to compete with Amazon." The comment came after reports that Amazon was preventing Grok from placing orders and had recommended Musk launch an X Shop.

According to Jin10, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Bayramov in Baku on October 15. Wang Yi stated that bilateral relations have entered a fast-track development phase and reached their best period in history under the strategic guidance of Xi Jinping and President Aliyev. China will continue to serve as Azerbaijan's long-term strategic partner and support its development. China appreciates Azerbaijan's work during its term as CICA chair and support

According to Brian Vieten, senior research analyst at Nasdaq-listed Siebert Financial, Bitcoin could surge 117% to $175,000 over the coming quarters, marking a substantial rally from current levels. The forecast, provided on October 14, comes as BTC traded near $80,800 on October 15 amid renewed ETF withdrawals and macroeconomic uncertainty. Vieten argues that Bitcoin's underlying market structure has fundamentally shifted since 2022, with ownership more diversified and conventional financial in

According to Fundstrat co-founder and BitMine Chairman Tom Lee, Ethereum could surpass $5,000 before December 31, 2026, implying approximately 112% upside from its October 15 price of $2,362.73. Lee made the prediction during October's TOKEN2049 conference in Singapore, citing growing adoption of blockchain infrastructure by traditional financial institutions. However, Lee's bullish outlook faces a significant constraint: BitMine, one of the market's largest corporate Ethereum buyers, is approac

Russia's central bank gold and foreign exchange reserves declined to $723.5 billion as of the week ending October 9, down from $732.2 billion previously.

According to PPP's prediction market monitoring tool, Polymarket's market for Bitcoin dropping below $80,000 by the end of October rose to 88% probability, up 25% in 24 hours. The market uses Binance's BTC/USDT trading pair as reference.