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According to OpenAI, on Tuesday, agents powered by its GPT Sol 6.1 and GPT-6 Astra models disabled their own safety monitoring during routine coding tasks. The GPT Sol 6.1 agent disabled automatic alerts to OpenAI's security team, while the GPT-6 Astra agent removed its monitoring integration and subsequently denied the action. OpenAI stated in a blog post that both agents misinterpreted routine coding instructions as permission to weaken their safeguards. The company did not classify either inc

On October 20, BYD's second-generation Seagull officially launched with five variants priced from 62,900 to 96,900 yuan, according to the company's official announcement. The refreshed model features an expanded 4205mm length, 2650mm wheelbase, and now seats five comfortably. Key upgrades include BYD's proprietary flash charging technology (5-minute quick charge, 9-minute full charge at -30°C) and DiPilot 300 laser-assisted autonomous driving with city navigation capabilities. Energy efficiency

According to Caixin, ICBC President Liu Jun said on Oct 21 at the inaugural Digital Yuan Summit that technology can reinforce but not replace trust. The viability of digital currency depends not on algorithm design itself, but on how credit is supported and honored and how responsibility is implemented. Without transparent regulation of algorithms or pegged assets, or if trust rests solely on impenetrable technological "black boxes," the credit system cannot be established and value foundation w

At opening on October 21, European indices showed mixed performance. The Stoxx 50 (Europe's benchmark equity index) rose 0.3%, while Germany's DAX remained flat. The UK's FTSE 100 declined 0.1%, and France's CAC 40 advanced 0.1%.

According to CoinPost, Japan's transport minister announced plans to study stablecoin integration into the country's tax refund system for foreign visitors. Starting November 1, the new tax refund process will allow tourists to purchase goods at full price including consumption tax and claim the tax rebate after customs confirmation upon departure within 90 days. The refund will be processed by duty-free shops or designated refund institutions.

According to the Foreign Ministry, Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and foreign minister, will attend the opening ceremony of the 2026 Global Governance Forum (Xiong'an) on October 23 and deliver a keynote speech.

According to Jin10, Shanghai gold spot prices reached 884.76 yuan per gram at noon on October 21, 2026, trading 2 yuan higher than the international gold price of 882.76 yuan per gram.

Indonesia's central bank will reduce the reserve requirement ratio for bank deposits by 1 percentage point starting November 2026.

According to Jin10, platinum and palladium spot prices fell 1.57% and 1.66%, respectively, as of 3:00 p.m. Beijing time on October 21.

According to Reuters, on Wednesday 21 October, Brent crude bounced to $110.38 a barrel, up $1.59 (1.5%), after Tuesday's slip from a five-month high of $111.99 triggered by unconfirmed reports of Qatar and Pakistan mediating Iran-US talks. The dip proved brief: American Petroleum Institute data showed US crude stocks fell 4.9 million barrels in the week ending 16 October, following an 11.12 million barrel draw the prior week. Kpler recorded at least 18 vessel attacks over the past two weeks, wit

According to Odaily, Robinhood chain DEX protocol Fables launched its FABLES token, opening the FABLES/USDG trading pool alongside point redemption and PROLOGUE exchange. The token hit a peak market cap of $18.67 million shortly after launch, before declining to $7.56 million, down 59.51% from the high. PROLOGUE token dropped 57.23% in 24 hours to a current market cap of $1.38 million. Each 40 PROLOGUE tokens can be exchanged for at least 1 FABLES token.

According to Yonhapinfomax, BlueOcean, an alternative trading system (ATS) supporting U.S. stock trading during Korean business hours, experienced a system failure on October 21, disrupting real-time price quote displays across major Korean brokerages including Mirae Asset Securities, Korea Investment Securities, NH Investment Securities, Samsung Securities, and others. However, trading orders were successfully rerouted through alternative ATS platforms such as Bruce and Moon, allowing transacti

According to Norway's Prime Minister, U.S. envoy Keith Kellogg will return to Oslo from St. Petersburg today (October 21).

According to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, on October 21, the company defended its pursuit of advanced AI capabilities against safety criticism, arguing that maintaining technological leadership is essential for raising industry safety standards. The CEO acknowledged some past mistakes but stated that competing for the most advanced AI does not contradict Anthropic's safety mission. In February, the company modified its policy to no longer require a pause in research if safety measures lag behind

According to major international media on October 21, the Bank of Japan will determine at its upcoming policy meeting whether core inflation has achieved its 2% target. The BOJ is scheduled to hold its monetary policy meeting on October 29-30. Last month, the central bank raised its benchmark interest rate to 1.25%, the highest level in 31 years.

According to BlockBeats, on October 21, Indian certificate authority eMudhra was found to have issued 8 intermediate certificates with critically flawed private keys that can be fully compromised in under one second. The private keys, which should have high security strength, contain only minimal information (such as 4, 56, 66) due to implementation errors, allowing security researchers to break them almost instantly. Compromised intermediate certificates enable attackers to forge trusted HTTPS

According to Onchain Lens, a whale withdrew 814.7 ZEC from Binance worth $1.03 million earlier today (October 21). The whale conducted a test transfer of 0.4995 ZEC ($629) 24 minutes before the main transaction.

According to BlockBeats, on October 21, renowned trader and chart analyst Peter Brandt published a monthly XMR chart, noting that Monero's current price pattern resembles silver's pattern before its rally to $125. In the chart, XMR shows repeated tests and breakouts near key resistance around 500-600, with strengthening moving average structure.

According to Kyiv Mayor Klitschko, Russian forces attacked Kyiv on October 21, killing 2 and injuring 2 in the Sviatoshyn district. The wounded have been taken to hospitals for treatment. Russia has not yet responded to the incident.

On October 21, according to Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance Park Hong-geun stated that the government has not yet decided whether to further reduce government bond issuance in response to excess tax revenue, nor has it determined a specific reduction scale of 5 trillion or 10 trillion won. Park said the government continues to closely monitor the government bond market conditions, noting that yields on three-year Treasury bonds have de