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According to ChainCatcher, WTI crude oil (CLUSDT) on Gate rose to $93.67 on October 14 amid geopolitical premium and supply risks, up 2.09% in 24 hours. Contract open interest reached $131 million, ranking third industry-wide, with 24-hour trading volume of $79.01 million.

According to CoinDesk on October 13, the Philippines' Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is considering punitive action against Coins.ph, one of the country's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, over allegations that its services were used to facilitate transactions involving restricted offshore gambling businesses. Sources suggest the violations could be serious enough to threaten the exchange's operating license. On September 29, the BSP reportedly restricted DCPay Philippines, which handles peso

According to Red Star News, Hong Kong actor and singer Francis Ng recently disclosed that he suffered significant losses from NFT investments. Ng stated he has not revealed the loss amount to his family, noting that his NFT losses exceeded his previous stock trading losses.

According to BlockBeats, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points to 3.75%-4.00% on October 14, completing the first rate hike of this monetary policy cycle. Markets have already priced in expectations for a pause in October.

According to Zhitong Caijing, Environmental Interconnect (01473) released a positive profit forecast on October 12, projecting consolidated profit of at least 80 million Hong Kong dollars for the six months ending September 30, 2026, representing a year-over-year increase exceeding 400%. The stock nonetheless fell 12.5% on the announcement. Revenue is expected to grow over 80%, driven by increased sales orders for 200Gb/s indium phosphide photodiode products used in AI data center applications.

On October 14, China's National Intellectual Property Administration and General Administration of Customs jointly issued an opinion to strengthen intellectual property protection. The framework aims to coordinate efforts between IP management authorities and customs to advance comprehensive IP protection across the full chain.

According to Bloomberg, South Korea's Financial Services Commission discovered on October 14 that approximately 100,000 personal records from 16 financial companies were exposed due to cyberattacks. The regulator said no information directly enabling fraudulent transactions was found in the leaked data. The Financial Services Commission will conduct a comprehensive security review of affected institutions as investigations continue based on attackers' IP addresses.

According to PANews, on October 14, Bybit announced a partnership with Mantle to launch mStocks, a tokenized stock product. mStocks is fully backed by real assets at a 1:1 ratio and supports 24/7 two-way redemptions. The product will be available on Mantle's AMM liquidity pools, enabling users to trade through decentralized exchanges.

According to Citadel Securities analyst Scott Rubner, retail investors made net purchases of $9.1 billion in U.S. equities last week through the platform, marking the largest single-week net inflow in 15 years. The bulk of inflows concentrated on AI-related stocks and ETFs, with semiconductor stocks attracting approximately $2.6 billion in net purchases and AI infrastructure-related equities drawing roughly $2.4 billion.

According to TrendForce, the combined capital expenditure of the world's top nine cloud service providers (CSPs) is projected to surpass $1.5 trillion in 2027, with a year-over-year growth rate of 60%, up from the previously forecast 50%. The nine CSPs include Google, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, ByteDance, Tencent, Alibaba, and Baidu. For 2026, their aggregate capex is estimated to exceed $957 billion, representing a 106% year-over-year increase.

According to FinanceFeeds, BNY and Citadel Securities completed the first transaction involving a tokenized US Treasury security on a major triparty repurchase agreement platform on October 13, 2026. The transaction involved purchasing a two-year US Treasury note, which was recorded on BNY's private digital ledger and subsequently pledged as collateral for overnight financing. Settlement occurred within minutes, compared to the conventional T+1 settlement cycle for Treasury securities.

According to Jin10, Fujairah oil inventories fell by 7.49 million barrels week-over-week to 6.825 million barrels as of October 12. Light distillates rose 2.01 million barrels to 7.6 million; middle distillates increased 4.82 million barrels to 27.74 million; heavy distillates and residual fuel oil declined 14.32 million barrels to 32.91 million.

According to ChainCatcher, DWS portfolio manager Sabrina Reh forecasts that U.S. Treasury yields will decline modestly over the next 12 months. The forecast follows recent increases in Treasury yields, which DWS said have enhanced investment appeal. Reh attributed potential yield declines to moderating economic growth and easing inflation pressures.

According to MetaversePost, ZKsync unveiled Airbender Prime on October 14, a zero-knowledge proof system capable of generating real-time proofs on a single GPU. In internal testing, a single NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU processed 7,200 consecutive Ethereum mainnet blocks, completing 99% in under 10 seconds each. The system uses post-quantum-secure hash-based STARKs instead of elliptic curve pairings and is built on the open RISC-V instruction set. Airbender Prime currently leads the ETHproo

According to Guru Club, Shanghai tin futures fell over 5% on October 14, trading at 376,460 yuan per ton.

According to RootData's latest ranking, Binance, Hyperliquid, and Gate rank in the top three among stock derivatives exchanges. Binance leads with a score of 95.4, 24-hour trading volume of approximately $16.86 billion, and 43.23% market share. Hyperliquid ranks second with a score of 94, $2.618 billion in 24-hour volume, and 6.72% market share. Gate ranks third with a score of 93, $746 million in 24-hour volume, and 1.91% market share.

According to Shanghai Futures Exchange data released on October 14, precious metals and base metals warehouse receipts showed mixed movements: copper increased 14,050 tons to 23,457 tons, while aluminum declined 2,385 tons to 92,920 tons, zinc fell 1,396 tons to 76,891 tons, and lead dropped 4,030 tons to 38,026 tons. Nickel rose 486 tons to 93,267 tons and tin decreased 70 tons to 3,536 tons. Alumina warehouse receipts gained 3,590 tons to 229,174 tons while alumina factory receipts held at 12,

According to Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) data reported by Jin10, low-sulfur fuel oil warehouse inventory decreased by 11,610 tonnes on October 14 compared to the previous trading day. Other energy and chemical futures warehouse and factory inventory positions, including pulp, coated paper, fuel oil, bitumen, and medium sour crude oil, remained unchanged.

According to Bloomberg, the U.S. Department of Justice is reviewing whether Binance violated its 2023 settlement agreement, as the agency investigates allegations that the cryptocurrency exchange failed to prevent transactions violating U.S. sanctions on Iran. The Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office filed a motion in September to seize $61 million from Binance, claiming the funds originated from illicit Iranian oil sales and were laundered through the platform. Under the 2023 settlement, Binance ad

According to ChainCatcher, OPPO announced today a collaboration with AI Agent product Manus, integrating Manus capabilities directly into its system assistant AI Mind Pilot. This marks the first system-level partnership between Manus and a smartphone manufacturer. The integration will debut on the Find X10 series running ColorOS 17, allowing users to handle multi-step tasks through the system assistant without separately launching the Manus app.