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U.S. stocks closed higher on Wednesday, with technology shares strengthening, Dell surging, and oil prices stabilizing. U.S. Treasury yields approached 5%, and global stock markets may face a 5%-8% correction. Trump said the strikes on Iran would end soon and that the Strait of Hormuz would be renamed the Trump Strait. The former British prime minister warned that failure to control debt would force emergency spending cuts. The Beige Book said the U.S. economy grew moderately, with AI and data centers serving as key supports. Tron’s USDT supply surpassed Ethereum’s for the first time. Broadcom’s Q3 results exceeded expectations, and its AI revenue guidance was raised. Robinhood Chain generated $3.75 million in daily fees, exceeding the combined total of Solana, ETH, and Base.

ME News, according to Lookonchain: On October 9, an address sold 262.78 ETH for approximately 643,000 USDC and deposited the funds into Hyperliquid. About 40 minutes ago, the account opened a 40x leveraged BTC short position with a size of 305.51 BTC and a notional value of approximately $25.4 million. The entry price was $83,067.70, the liquidation price was $84,086.03, and the position is currently showing an unrealized profit of approximately $17,000. Source: BlockBeats.

ME News, October 9 (UTC+8) — CleanSpark released its unaudited Bitcoin mining operational update for September 2026. It produced a total of 529 BTC during the month and 5,432 BTC year to date. During the month, it sold 700 BTC through the exercise of call options and 2 BTC on the spot market. As of September 30, it held 13,530 BTC, of which 3,475 BTC were pledged as collateral for derivatives trading. Its current operating hashrate is 50 EH/s. The company stated that it will switch to standard quarterly reporting and will no longer release monthly operational updates. CleanSpark’s wholly owned subsidiary, CSDC Finance

ME News, October 9 (UTC+8) — Tesla is downplaying the name “Full Self-Driving” to seek approval for its driver-assistance system in Europe. Tesla has used the name “Tesla Assisted Driving” on its European website, while its U.S. website still calls it “Full Self-Driving.

South Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance issued an advance administrative notice on amendments to the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), proposing that crypto-asset service providers retain information on external personal wallets and overseas wallet addresses involved in transactions for six years. For any single transaction of $50,000 or more, both the recipient merchant and the payer will be required to report it. The move accompanies CARF’s implementation starting January 1, 2027. South Korea has again designated 55 information-exchange jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom, Japan, Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, and the United Arab Emirates. The United States will participate in information exchanges through bilateral agreements.

ME News reported on October 9 (UTC+8) that the U.S. Treasury Department has appointed Judy Shelton as an adviser to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Previously, Shelton failed to win U.S. Senate approval for a position on the Federal Reserve Board due to her controversial economic views. The U.S. Treasury Department said Shelton will advise Bessent on monetary policy.
Before joining the U.S. Treasury Department, Shelton was a senior fellow at the Independent Institute, which advocates free-market ideas. She previously also worked at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. In 2019, Trump nominated Shelton to the Federal Reserve Board, but the nomination faced bipartisan opposition in the Senate, including from all Democratic senators and a minority of Republican senators. The controversy mainly centered on three issues: her views on the Federal Reserve's independence, her support for the gold standard, and her doubts about whether the United States needs a central bank. (CNBC) (Source: O

ME News, October 9 (UTC+8) — The XRP Ledger has activated its permission delegation feature, allowing enterprises to assign permissions for specific on-chain operations to independent accounts without handing over the master account keys. The feature is designed to enhance institutional security and operational flexibility in scenarios such as stablecoin issuance and custody, enabling enterprises to authorize different accounts to perform routine on-chain tasks while retaining control of the master keys. (Source: ODAILY)

Base founder Jesse Pollak said the upcoming tokenization supercycle will be dominated by tokenized stocks and non-dollar stablecoins. The market has underestimated the growth potential of non-dollar currencies. He believes countries will maintain monetary sovereignty, with daily payments still primarily conducted in local currencies, but non-dollar stablecoins could play an important role in the future.

ME News, October 9 (UTC+8) — The Litecoin project's official account posted that the Reddit community r/CryptoCurrency is coordinating to restrict any positive content about Litecoin. It stated that LTC supporters who only post general news should not be banned or have their accounts suspended, and called for an end to the related restrictions. (Source: ODAILY)

U.S. stock index futures strengthened, oil prices pulled back, and precious metals rose; European stock indexes climbed across the board. Technology and policy developments: Lumentum’s optical component supply is tight through 2029; Apple is raising prices and cutting production of components for new iPhones due to rising memory costs; Intel’s packaging technology has gained recognition, and Nvidia may mass-produce Foveros in 2028; SpaceX is acquiring 800 MHz low-band spectrum licenses to expand satellite communications; Zimbabwe will implement a ban on lithium concentrate exports in January next year to increase value-added processing; El Niño could be the strongest of the season; UBS said gold could test $4,000 in the short term, reach $4,600 by year-end, and rise to $5,000 in 2027.

ME News reported on October 9 (UTC+8) that Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said concerns about the lack of breadth in the recent U.S. stock market rally have been repeatedly raised, but this phenomenon does not necessarily mean investors need to worry. Citing market data from the past 100 years, he said that only about 4% of stocks created all of the net wealth generated by the U.S. stock market, while roughly half of companies underperformed U.S. Treasuries over the long term, indicating that stock market returns have long been highly concentrated in a small number of companies. Balchunas further pointed out that the large technology companies currently driving the U.S. stock market higher differ from large companies in the traditional sense, as they have integrated vast business systems through extensive acquisitions. For example, Microsoft and Google have each acquired approximately 270 companies. Therefore, he believes investors should not understand the market solely through the names of individual publicly listed companies.

ME News reported on October 9 (UTC+8) that the term premium has surged to levels not seen in more than a decade over the past few weeks, triggering a new round of U.S. Treasury sell-offs and pushing Treasury yields to their highest level in 24 years. Frank Rybinski, head of macro strategy at Aegon Asset Management, said the rising term premium indicates that the market trend is likely to persist. Barclays noted that factors including macroeconomic uncertainty and increased bond supply have jointly driven the recent rise. (Source: ChainCatcher)

The Trump administration is assessing the timeline for economic pressure on Iran. Sanctions and the port blockade have not forced Tehran to make concessions, and the campaign could continue for months or even longer. Although the blockade has reduced oil exports, Iran is still maintaining revenue through inventories and overland exports. The United States will continue targeting banks, aviation, shipping, and intermediary networks, while pressuring foreign financial institutions and curbing the shadow fleet used to evade sanctions. The core demands remain unchanged: Tehran wants the port blockade lifted, oil sanctions relaxed, and its assets released. A prolonged blockade could bring higher military, shipping, and energy costs.

Ripple co-founder and billionaire Chris Larsen donated at least $22.5 million to federal candidates and super PACs during this midterm election cycle and plans to contribute even more, making him a major donor in U.S. federal politics. He focuses on issues including artificial intelligence, clean energy, cryptocurrency, and taxes on the wealthy.

A Glassnode co-founder said, based on on-chain data, that the public keys of approximately 6.26 million BTC addresses have been exposed, representing 31.2% of the current supply, up from 24.8% in early 2021. Of this amount, approximately 4.33 million BTC were exposed due to address reuse, while approximately 1.94 million BTC were related to script types. He emphasized that this statistic does not mean quantum attacks are currently feasible in practice, nor can it be used to assess the security of exchanges or custodial institutions.

ME News reported that Wall Street’s largest banks are expected to post combined equity trading revenue of approximately $19 billion for the third quarter next week. As capital markets cool, performance gaps among banks are widening, with some banks outperforming the industry. Unlike the market conditions in the first half of the year, most of the five major banks benefited from the trading boom. Analyst estimates are as follows: Goldman Sachs, $5.1 billion; Morgan Stanley, $4.9 billion; JPMorgan Chase, $4.5 billion; and Bank of America, approximately $2.6 billion.

Blockchain.com has applied to the CFTC to become a designated contract market (DCM) and a futures commission merchant (FCM), with plans to offer event contracts and crypto derivatives trading to retail and institutional customers in the United States. The CEO said he hopes to manage digital assets, derivatives, and real-world event trading on the same platform. The company is also moving forward with an IPO, having previously confidentially submitted a draft registration statement to the SEC, with a target valuation of approximately $4–6 billion.

ME News reported that on October 9 (UTC+8), Telegram released version 13.0, bringing interface adjustments, connection method updates, and improvements to video messages. Although the update includes multiple feature changes, Telegram still described it as “bug fixes and minor improvements,” and has not yet published detailed release notes on its official blog.
On the wallet front, the former Telegram Wallet service has been renamed Walt and removed from Telegram Settings. It can now be accessed through a mini app interface. The update also adds support for web proxies, allowing users to establish secure connections in another way. A pause button has been added during AI bot replies, and users can also report mini apps that violate the platform’s rules.

ME News reported on October 9 (UTC+8) that the Zcash privacy-focused public blockchain’s development team plans to introduce opcodes related to quantum-resistant signatures to the network in January 2027, supporting transaction verification through hash-based signatures to reduce the threat that future breakthroughs in quantum computing may pose to wallet key security. However, the official activation time for this feature has not yet been determined.
Zakura engineer Roman Akhtariev said the team plans to integrate post-quantum signature opcodes into Zcash next January. This mechanism is designed to prevent attackers from deriving private keys from public keys and forging transaction authorizations.
The upgrade primarily targets Zcash’s transparent transaction system. Data shows that, as of Thursday, approximately 11.96 million coins

ME News消息，10月9日（UTC+8），据CoinMarketCap行情数据显示，SOL现报价111.98美元，24H涨幅达3.1%。（来源：CoinMarketCap）

ME News, October 9 (UTC+8) — According to CoinMarketCap market data, ETH is currently priced at $2,515.45, up 3.3% over the past 24 hours. (Source: CoinMarketCap)