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According to ChainCatcher citing Liquid247.xyz data, Bitcoin traded at $83,443 on October 14, with the thickest sell-side pressure concentrated on Binance perpetual contracts. The exchange's sell orders totaled $42.08 million while buy orders reached $32.50 million, creating a $9.58 million net selling imbalance. Coinbase spot market also showed heavier sell pressure, though at a smaller scale.

According to Jin10, on October 14, Anthropic requested a federal appeals court in Washington to reconsider the September 25 ruling that upheld the Trump administration's designation of the AI company as a national security supply chain risk. Anthropoic argued that the judge misinterpreted the law by allowing the Department of Defense to take action without any prior determination process. The company also claimed clear evidence shows the designation was retaliation for its public statements on a

According to Binance official announcement, the exchange will halt trading and delist all spot trading pairs for EpicChain (EPIC) and QuickSwap (QUICK) on October 28, 2026, at 03:00 UTC. Binance Futures will close positions and auto-settle the aforementioned contracts on October 20 at 09:00 UTC, with new position openings prohibited from 08:30 UTC on the same day. Withdrawal services for both tokens will terminate on December 28, 2026, at 03:00 UTC.

According to President Zelensky, Russia launched 39 ballistic missiles and over 120 unmanned drones at Ukraine's energy and critical infrastructure overnight on October 14.

According to Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf, the bank is preparing digital payment infrastructure for stablecoin opportunities in the United States, despite uncertain near-term demand, the executive said during the bank's earnings call yesterday (October 13). Scharf told analysts the institution is increasing investments in blockchain-based financial services. Wells Fargo launched tokenized deposits in September 2026. Wells Fargo is among 21 international financial institutions establishing a co

On October 13, 2026, Coinbase outlined recommendations for preparing Bitcoin against quantum-computing threats, disclosing that it custodies approximately 5% of all existing Bitcoin (roughly 1 million BTC). The recommendations address the possibility that sufficiently powerful quantum computers could compromise the elliptic-curve digital signatures used to authorize Bitcoin transactions. Coinbase proposed introducing Bitcoin output structures capable of accommodating different quantum-resistant

According to Anza, the developer behind Solana's Agave validator client, Solana is scheduled to activate its Alpenglow consensus upgrade on October 21, 2026, with mainnet-beta activation approximately 14:50 UTC. The Solana Foundation identifies epoch 1064, beginning around 15:00 UTC, as the expected activation window. Alpenglow replaces the existing Tower Byzantine Fault Tolerance (TowerBFT) mechanism with Votor, a consensus protocol enabling validators to finalize blocks through direct communic

A dormant Bitcoin whale transferred 4,581.94 BTC worth approximately $377 million to five new addresses on October 12, according to on-chain data. The transfer coincided with Bitcoin's overnight rebound above $84,000, before the price eased back to $83,389 by October 13. CryptoQuant data showed whale holdings (excluding exchanges and mining pools) reached 3.03 million BTC, the highest level since November 2025, with the fastest monthly balance growth since February. Preliminary data indicated $1

Spot silver declined more than 1% intraday on October 14, currently trading at $58.57 per ounce.

Large-scale transfers to major exchanges were detected on-chain in recent days. A suspected whale moved approximately 1,162 BTC worth $96.77 million through Wintermute, likely for sale. Concurrently, a smart contract address transferred 100,000 HYPE tokens to Kraken, bringing cumulative transfers to over 260,000 HYPE. Additionally, a Galaxy Digital OTC client deposited 134,000 LINK tokens (valued at $1.73 million) to Binance, potentially for liquidation.

South Korea plans to implement a new tax on cryptocurrency transactions beginning in January 2027, according to recent policy announcements. However, regulatory authorities acknowledge that overseas transactions and transfers between private crypto wallets currently remain outside the tax framework, creating potential compliance gaps as enforcement begins.

According to Gate data, South Korea's KOSPI index turned negative during the morning session on October 14, erasing its earlier 2.6% gain.

According to Guru Club, on October 14, Shanghai tin futures primary contract fell 4% to 381,240 yuan per ton.

According to Japan's Ministry of Finance, the bidding ratio for five-year government bonds reached 3.56x in today's auction, up from 3.42x in the previous sale. The tail, an indicator of bidding strength, narrowed to 0.02 yen from 0.04 yen previously. Following the auction, the five-year yield rose 0.49 basis points to 2.3502%.

According to Yoshimasa Maruyama, an economist at Sumitomo Mitsui DS Securities, the Bank of Japan should accelerate increases in its policy rate amid accelerating inflation, on October 14. Maruyama expects the BoJ to raise rates to 1.50% in December 2026 and further to 1.75% by March 2027, following a quarterly hiking pace. The forecast reflects rising consumer prices in Tokyo and elevated corporate costs partly driven by Middle East tensions.

According to Korea Financial Supervisory Service filings on October 14, SK Chairman Chey Tae-won sold 972,493 SK shares worth 544 billion Korean won (approximately $408 million) to DFO Public Investments, the family office of Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell, on October 2. The share price was 559,387 Korean won per share. DFO manages investments for the Dell family; SK Hynix and Dell Technologies maintain a collaboration in AI servers and memory sectors. Chey also sold 681,431 SK shares wo

According to Guru Club, Thailand's central bank Deputy Governor Pittidit Sisaiata stated during the IMF and World Bank annual meeting on October 14 that AI-driven productivity improvements will take longer to materialize than many expect. While AI infrastructure investments have already driven demand-side growth in Thailand, boosting domestic investment and exports, the supply-side changes that would actually enhance productivity remain distant. "You will not see productivity gains either now or

According to Jin10 Data, the U.S. September CPI-W report released tonight (October 14) will finalize the 2027 Social Security benefit cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) based on the third-quarter average. The U.S. Social Security Administration calculates annual COLA from the average CPI-W for July, August, and September compared to the prior year. Labor Department data shows July CPI-W at 327.104 (up 3.4% YoY) and August at 328.481 (up 3.5% YoY). Economists surveyed by Dow Jones and The Wall Stre

According to a report on October 14, Quek Ser Leang, senior technical strategist at United Overseas Bank's global economics and markets research division, stated that the dollar index's upward momentum is weakening, suggesting limited room for further gains. The index may enter a consolidation phase or experience mild weakness, with potential support at the 21-day exponential moving average (EMA) currently positioned at 101.50.

According to a Bloomberg interview on Tuesday, New York Federal Reserve Chair John Williams stated that AI equipment supply could require more than two years to match demand, potentially adding to inflation pressure. Williams said AI infrastructure buildout is driving up chip and commodity prices. When asked if supply and demand would balance within two years, he responded: "I think it will take longer. Assuming demand pressures continue as expected, which is a big assumption." Williams reiterat