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According to Guru Club, New York gold futures broke through $4,210 per ounce today (October 9), gaining 1.28% intraday.

According to Citrini's recent announcement, Pendle has been identified as a significant second-order RWA (Real-World Assets) trade in response to Wall Street's increasing focus on onchain transactions. This recognition reflects growing institutional adoption of decentralized finance solutions and positions Pendle as a strategic player in the evolving landscape of tokenized assets. Pendle Finance enables users to tokenize yield-bearing assets within the decentralized finance sector. The designati

According to ChainCatcher, Solana plans to reduce its target block time to 200 milliseconds on Friday when entering Epoch 1053, down from the current 250 milliseconds. This adjustment marks the latest in a series of reductions that began in August from 400 milliseconds. The upgrade is expected to enable the network to produce 5 blocks per second while maintaining overall processing capacity by lowering per-block compute limits.

The UK government advises against all but essential travel to five regions in Saudi Arabia: Riyadh, Asir, Najran, Jazan provinces, and Taif city and Taif International Airport. The government also continues to advise against travel to any location within 10 kilometers of the Yemen border.

According to Jin10 Futures, on October 9, China's toluene and mixed xylene prices surged strongly after the National Day holiday. In Jiangsu ports, toluene rose 215 yuan/ton (up 2.43%) compared to the last trading day before the holiday, while mixed xylene jumped 315 yuan/ton (up 3.56%). Mixed xylene reached a new year-to-date high, though toluene remained below its September peak.

Tianjian Zhiji Holdings (stock 01520) signed a strategic partnership memorandum with Australian AI company OZBeat AI Group PTY LTD on October 9, focusing on AI-generated content (AIGC), AI content identity and digital copyright infrastructure, AI digital employee systems, and creator services. The collaboration spans three key areas: applying the ISRC-AAM-CID AI music recognition framework (draft version 2.0 released in August 2026) to provide identification, AI participation disclosure, and sou

OpenAI projects its annualized revenue will reach $700 billion by the end of 2026, according to the company's financial guidance.

According to Coinglass data cited by ChainCatcher, the cryptocurrency Fear & Greed Index currently stands at 58, down 5 points from yesterday. The 7-day average is 66, while the 30-day average is 67.

According to TheStreet, D.A. Davidson analyst Gil Luria raised Micron Technology's (MU-US) price target to $3,000 from $2,100 on Thursday, reiterating a buy rating. Luria believes the market underestimates Micron's transformation as AI fundamentally shifts memory from a cyclical commodity to a mission-critical infrastructure component. Luria projects Micron is on a 3-to-5-year growth track with memory demand expected to exceed supply in 2027 and 2028. Supporting this view: Micron's fiscal 2026 Q

According to Odaily, crypto markets liquidated $1.19 billion over the past 24 hours, with long positions accounting for over $1 billion of the total. Ethereum saw $356 million in liquidations compared to Bitcoin's $298 million, representing a clearance rate approximately six times higher than Bitcoin when adjusted for market capitalization. Interest rate concerns, geopolitical tensions, and artificial intelligence-related warnings pressured leveraged markets. Bitcoin rebounded to around $82,200

According to X user an0n2498.hl, Variational's second-largest whale by trading volume, the account will buy VAR spot heavily at token generation event (TGE) and simultaneously open long positions. An0n2498.hl previously received a $15 million HYPE airdrop from Hyperliquid.

According to SEC filings, Robinhood CEO Vladimir Tenev sold 375,000 shares of HOOD at an average price of $113.72 per share for approximately $42.645 million on October 5. On the same day, General Counsel Daniel Martin Jr sold 10,000 shares at $113.71 per share for approximately $1.137 million. The two executives reduced their combined holdings by approximately $43.78 million.

According to China Earthquake Networks Center, a 3.8 magnitude earthquake struck Baoxing County, Yaan City, Sichuan Province on October 9 at 12:21 CST. The epicenter was located at 30.29°N, 102.85°E with a depth of 23 kilometers.

According to ChainCatcher, on October 8, XRP Ledger activated PermissionDelegationV11, enabling account owners to delegate specific tasks to other accounts without surrendering master keys. The upgrade required support from over 80% of trusted validators for two consecutive weeks; with 35 current validators, at least 29 votes were needed. The feature had previously reset in September when support fell below threshold. The functionality allows enterprises to enforce role-based permission separati

According to ChainCatcher and Fortune, Anthropic launched a presidential candidate engagement initiative in October, establishing an internal team to collaborate with both-party candidates on artificial intelligence policy ahead of the 2028 U.S. election. The company is hiring a political program director to build and operate the program, identify potential candidates, provide AI policy education on equal terms, and prepare executive dialogue and platform planning. The role requires 12+ years of

According to ChainCatcher, Spain's government approved Royal Decree 813/2026 on October 8, mandating identity verification for all cryptocurrency ATM transactions within the country. The new regulation tightens anti-money laundering requirements, eliminating the previous exemption for small-value transactions at certain terminals. Operators have been granted an 18-month transition period to deploy advanced electronic identification systems.

According to ChainCatcher, Anthropic's Claude announced today that it is pausing the Claude Startups program benefits, including Team access and $1,000 API credits, due to unexpectedly high application volume. The program has already received hundreds of thousands of applications, and the team is conducting a comprehensive review to support as many startups as possible. Accounts that have already claimed the benefits will retain them; pending and approved-but-unclaimed accounts will enter a re-r

According to ChainCatcher, Stone Yang, former head of ByteDance's AI coding tool TRAE, left the company in early October to co-found an AI office startup with Fu Yue, ByteDance's former AI data and security head. The startup, which has completed its first funding round, is valued at approximately $200 million, though the company name, funding amount, and investors have not been disclosed.

According to three sources directly involved in the discussions, Australia will submit legislation next week to require liquefied natural gas (LNG) producers to reserve up to one-fifth of their output for domestic buyers. The plan, formally called the Domestic Gas Reserve Measure, was initially drafted in May with a mandatory 20% reservation requirement, but the government's position softened after industry lobbying. Under the revised approach, LNG producers must reserve a maximum of one-fifth o

According to Foresight News, Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission issued 11 crypto ETF regulations on October 9, effective October 16. In the initial phase, ETFs are permitted to invest only in Bitcoin and Ethereum using passive investment strategies. Single crypto assets must maintain annual average net exposure of at least 80% of fund net assets, with holdings managed by regulated digital asset custodians. The regulations also allow mutual funds and private funds to invest in Thai cry