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According to 404 Media, Telegram provided user data including phone numbers, user IDs, and IP addresses to U.S. authorities following a court order, according to newly filed court records. The disclosure was reported in collaboration with independent media outlet Court Watch. The court documents include a letter written by Telegram detailing the specific user information provided.

According to Intersect's October 9 weekly report, Cardano's 2026 treasury smart contract has managed 201.67 million ADA, 26.1 million USDCx, and 4.8 million USDM to date, decoupling part of development budgets from ADA price volatility. Two budget allocations were previously converted to Moneta Digital's USDM stablecoin: the governance and technical stewardship budget of 4.505955 million USDM, vesting until July 29, 2027, and Se7en Labs' Daedalus wallet project budget of 0.31625388 million USDM,

According to Odaily, AI model Claude solved a longstanding cryptography puzzle in under 30 minutes on October 17, tracing the National Security Agency's (NSA) elliptic curve parameters—adopted by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 2000—back to a random number generator used in 1997–1998. Claude discovered that five NIST elliptic curve seeds correlate with the lrand48 function from legacy C libraries, finding a match for the widely used P-256 curve seed at the 1,842

According to Jin10, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Friday that he had disagreed with former President Trump on matters related to war with Iran. Speaking on an aired program, Vance stated: "Even if you disagree with him on one issue, you can maintain that disagreement. I do think I had such disagreement with him." Vance noted that commentator Tucker Carlson, who has publicly criticized the conflict, shared similar concerns and expressed strong frustration on the matter.

According to BlockBeats, central banks purchased 288.9 tons of gold in the second quarter of 2026, marking a record high for the same period and representing a 62% year-over-year increase, according to World Gold Council data. Gold prices have retreated approximately 27% from January's all-time high of $5,608 per ounce to around $4,112, while silver has declined over 50% from $121.62 to roughly $56 per ounce. Meanwhile, the Silver Institute projects a global silver supply deficit of 46.3 million

According to Yonhapinfomax, Samsung Asset Management this week launched a new active exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracking the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 index, positioning itself as a Korean alternative to the popular SCHD product. The new KODEX US Dividend Dow Jones Active ETF fills a market gap created when TimePortfolio Asset Management's competing TIME US Dividend Dow Jones Active product was delisted on August 19 due to correlation coefficient requirements not being met. Samsung's existing

On Oct. 16, President Trump issued an executive order waiving Russia-related sanctions and tariffs authorized under the recently enacted Graham Act, signed into law on Sept. 18. The waiver comes roughly a week after an administration diesel deal with Russia. The Graham Act allows the president to waive sanctions if he certifies the action serves U.S. national interest. Trump's order establishes a framework with potential for steep tariffs: a 500% duty on Russian goods and up to 100% additional t

According to Barron's, U.S. Treasury yields plunged from 5.33% to 5.055% over the past three days as technology stocks and AI-related investments faced significant selling pressure. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index extended its losing streak to eight consecutive trading days, marking its longest decline since 2008 and deepening its bear market status. The "Magnificent Seven" tech stocks fell 2.1% over the past two days, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.4% this week. Market participants i

According to the UK Maritime Trade Operations Office, a tanker was struck by an unidentified projectile on Friday in waters northeast of Jubail, Saudi Arabia. All crew members were safe and have been evacuated.

According to the governor of Ukraine's Kherson region, Russian airstrikes targeted the city on October 17, killing 1 person and wounding 19 others.

According to Guru Club, 17-year-old tech prodigy Chen Guangyu announced his departure from Kimi team on October 15. The Shenzhen high school student stated, 'The past year working at Kimi has been the most wonderful time of my life. I am grateful to have worked with such excellent and supportive colleagues and learned so much.' Chen first gained attention in March when he co-authored a technical paper titled 'Attention Residuals' published by Kimi, alongside key Kimi figure Su Jianlin. The paper

According to reports on October 17, India ordered state-owned fuel retailers to halt purchases of ethanol produced from sugarcane and sugar derivatives, effective from the new supply year beginning November 1. Five major state refiners—Indian Oil Corporation, Bharath Petroleum, Hindustan Petroleum, Numaligarh Refinery, and Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals—issued a joint tender to procure approximately 11 billion liters of ethanol for the new supply year, excluding ethanol produced from suga

According to the People's Bank of China, Governor Pan Gongsheng met with central bank leaders from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Australia, Turkey, Egypt, Nigeria, and Georgia during October 14–16 while attending the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meeting. The officials exchanged views on global economic conditions and deepening bilateral financial cooperation.

QUICK's price surged 11.81% within the last 60 minutes, climbing to $0.00729 amid heightened trading activity. The 24-hour trading volume reached $704,239.89, with the asset bouncing from a low of $0.00608.

According to PANews, CZ today responded to reports of deleting old crypto-related retweets by saying he was testing an AI tool and cleaning up old posts. CZ emphasized that he did not delete any original content and urged the public not to over-interpret the matter.

According to Sky News, Ukrainian President Zelensky remained silent for over ten seconds when asked on October 16 during a Brussels press conference whether U.S. President Trump was using him as a scapegoat. He then smiled meaningfully and indicated the silence itself was his answer.

According to Liquid247.xyz, Bitcoin is trading at $81,522. Current Binance perpetual futures buy orders total $39.17 million, exceeding sell orders of $37.48 million by $1.69 million. Binance spot market also shows thicker buy orders than sells, though at a smaller scale compared to perpetuals.

According to Digital Asset, South Korea's five major cryptocurrency exchanges recorded combined weekly trading volume of approximately 16.4 trillion won for the week ending October 16, down 9.23% (about 1.7 trillion won) from the previous week. Upbit maintained the largest market share at 55.77%, though it declined 5.106 percentage points week-over-week. Bithumb's share rose to 32.98%, gaining 5.4 percentage points, while Coinone held the third position with 7.84%, down 0.389 percentage points.

According to Wall Street analyst Larry McDonald, many major U.S. stocks have plummeted 30-50% from recent highs this year despite the S&P 500 reaching record levels. McDonald, author of The Bear Traps Report, said numerous companies including Harley-Davidson (down 30-40%), Lennar (down 45%), and Nike (down roughly 50% from 52-week highs) have experienced severe declines. He attributes this disconnect to passive investing through ETFs and index funds, which concentrate inflows into mega-cap techn

According to Odaily, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shared on X platform that Bitcoin mining costs are roughly divided equally between computational hardware capital expenditure and electricity costs, each accounting for approximately 50%. In contrast, AI inference costs are almost entirely driven by computational hardware capital expenditure.