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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, October 10 (UTC+8) — According to on-chain data monitored by Catcher Predict, a large fund movement occurred on the prediction market Polymarket. A whale purchased $259,514.06 in a single transaction for “Match Winner” in the event “Counter-Strike: Team Falcons vs. Spirit - ESL Pro League Playoffs.” Based on the current trading price, the latest implied win probability for this outcome is.

ME News, October 10 (UTC+8) — According to the agenda released by the U.S. SEC, the SEC will add a special briefing on crypto assets to its National Compliance Outreach Seminar for investment companies and investment advisers, to be held on November 19. Taylor Lindman, chief counsel of the SEC’s Crypto Task Force, will participate as a speaker, while staff from the Division of Examinations and the Division of Investment Management will also attend. The seminar will be held online, and advance registration is not required. (Source: PANews)

ME News reported that on October 10 (UTC+8), Bitcoin News posted on X that Strike launched the Stacks Bitcoin savings envelope system, allowing users to divide their holdings into up to 5 custom-named buckets. Each bucket supports fee-free recurring purchases. Transfers between Stacks and the main balance are fee-free and unlimited, but funds must first be transferred back to the main balance before they can be withdrawn. On the same day, Strike added 3.6% interest on USD cash balances, paid in Bitcoin, while the relevant assets remain held by Strike.

ME News, October 10 (UTC+8) — According to monitoring by Lookonchain, a user bought 80 BTC four months ago at an average price of approximately $65,000 (about $5.2 million), at one point recording an unrealized profit of $1.38 million. About a week ago, the user purchased a Ledger device from the dealer CryptoBillis and deposited all 80 BTC into it. The entire amount has now been stolen. On-chain data shows that the BTC was deposited on September 29 and transferred on October 9 to a theft address previously flagged by analysts. (Source: PANews)

ME News reported on October 10 (UTC+8) that former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès disclosed that a Ledger hardware wallet he received appeared to have been implanted with a spy module. The device came from Malaysia, and the shrink wrap on the outer packaging was intact. Even after opening it, the anomaly was difficult to detect immediately, as the implant was hidden in the position where the screen’s original cushioning pad should have been. Karpelès further explained that the module contained an LTE communications component, an antenna, an eSIM, and a microcontroller connected to the Ledger SPI bus. It could analyze the characters displayed by the device to the user and send the relevant data after the recovery phrase setup was completed. The attacker could then monitor the victim’s wallet addresses and choose an opportune time to transfer the assets. He reminded users to follow Ledger

Karpelès pointed out that Ledger devices may contain hidden surveillance devices and SIM cards capable of stealing seed phrases and capturing screen displays, triggering fund transfers from multiple wallets; the initial suspicion is a hardware supply-chain compromise, but whether it is directly related to the transfer incident has not yet been confirmed.

ME News reported that on October 9 (UTC+8), Nasdaq-listed TruGolf Holdings announced the completion of its acquisition of Canadian asset tokenization company Polymath Research Inc. Polymath Research Inc. focuses on institutional-grade asset tokenization and is responsible for developing Polymesh, a Layer 1 blockchain for regulated assets. Following the completion of the acquisition, Polymath Research Inc. will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of TruGolf Holdings. TruGolf Holdings will continue its existing businesses, including golf simulators and the E6 platform, establishing two business lines: golf technology and blockchain infrastructure. As of December 2025.

ME News reported on October 9 (UTC+8) that, according to data provided by France’s Ministry of the Interior, France recorded 90 cases involving cryptocurrency-related kidnappings, extortion, threats, and violent robberies between January 1 and mid-August 2026, averaging approximately one case every two and a half days. From January through July this year, 223 people were arrested and 126 were imprisoned in connection with related cases. The ministry said that no comparable statistics were available for 2025, making a direct year-on-year comparison impossible. (Source: PANews)

MistTrack reported that Tether has frozen large amounts of USDT across multiple addresses related to the incident, with the losses approaching $90 million. Some affected users have contacted the team for assistance, and MistTrack is following up on the relevant cases. As of now, the specific cause of the incident, the affected protocols, and the attacker’s identity have not been disclosed.

ME News, October 9 (UTC+8) — Nasdaq-listed BTQ Technologies announced a strategic partnership with MoonPay Korea to provide post-quantum cryptography (PQC) security solutions for its Korean won-supported stablecoin infrastructure. The two parties will jointly develop a quantum migration roadmap and conduct a proof of concept for BTQ’s Quantum-Safe Stablecoin Network (QSSN) with Korean banking institutions, exploring quantum-resistant security mechanisms covering stablecoin issuance, distribution, wallets, and settlement. MoonPay Korea is building infrastructure connecting South Korea’s emerging stablecoin market with MoonPay’s global network. MoonPay’s global network covers approximately 180 countries and regions, with more than 35 million customers and over 1,500 corporate clients. This collaboration

ME News reported that on October 9 (UTC+8), Bitcoin briefly fell to $80,350 on Thursday before rebounding. It climbed back above $83,000 at the U.S. stock market open on Friday and then fluctuated around $82,500. Despite reports that Ledger hardware wallet users had their funds stolen, the crypto market has yet to see significant selling pressure. Analysts believe that Bitcoin may remain range-bound before the U.S. CPI data is released on October 14, with a primary trading range of $81,300 to $86,500, and may repeatedly test $84,000. The market is also watching whether Bitcoin can hold the key level of $82,500 before the weekly close. (Source: ODAILY)

ME News reported on October 9 (UTC+8) that Linguard Labs is a fintech infrastructure company headquartered in California, USA, founded by former Visa Head of Mobile Innovation Drew Weinstein, with former JPMorgan Global Chief Architect John Davies serving as Chief Technology Officer. Linguard Labs has obtained El Salvador

ME News reports that on October 9 (UTC+8), prediction market data showed that the 24-hour trading volume for “DOTA 2: Team Spirit vs Aurora (BO3) - BLAST Slam Playoffs” reached $1.6M, with market participation increasing significantly.

ME News reported on October 9 (UTC+8) that the Federal Reserve’s latest Survey of Consumer Finances shows that debt pressures on U.S. households are intensifying, with more borrowers falling behind on loan payments or needing to use a larger share of their income to repay debt. The survey showed that the median U.S. household debt service-to-income ratio rose to 15.4%, up 2 percentage points from 2022. The Federal Reserve noted that this may be related to rising mortgage and consumer loan interest rates during the same period. Meanwhile, the proportion of households with a heavy debt repayment burden rose from 6.5% in 2022 to 8.6% in 2025, reaching its highest level since the survey began in 2013. For these households, debt payments accounted for at least 40% of income. More notably, from 2022 to 2025, the proportion of households reporting loan delinquencies surged from approximately 12% to nearly 20%. These data indicate that as borrowing costs rise

ME News, October 9 (UTC+8), according to data from MSX.COM, shares of major U.S. hyperscale cloud providers rose across the board. Alphabet Class A shares rose 1% to $351.745 per share, with a total market capitalization of $4.30 trillion. Microsoft shares rose 2% to $533.060 per share, with a total market capitalization of $3.96 trillion. Amazon shares rose 2.42% to $260.210 per share, with a total market capitalization of $2.81 trillion. Oracle shares rose 5.37% to $142.455 per share, with a total market capitalization of $431.9 billion. (Source: ODAILY)

The University of Michigan’s preliminary consumer sentiment index fell to 46.3 in early October, its lowest level since May. The current conditions index hit a record low of 44.7, while expectations rose to 47.3. Inflation expectations stood at 4.7% for the next year and 3.5% over the next 5–10 years. Sentiment declined markedly among low-income consumers and small-scale stock investors, while a sharp drop among independents offset improved sentiment among supporters of both parties. Overall, respondents believed the economic outlook had weakened compared with before the conflict with Iran erupted at the beginning of the year.

StarkWare announced that it verified the quantum-safe locking mechanism QSB on the Bitcoin mainnet without requiring a soft fork. The first transaction was spent in block 964,199 on 2026-08-26, with GPU costs reduced to approximately $50. QSB is centered on hash locking, but each transaction still requires substantial computation. Transactions moved into this scheme still require conventional quantum-risk handling and do not comply with Bitcoin Core’s default relay policy. There is not yet a wallet/address format or recovery process. QSB is an emergency research solution; a long-term solution requires introducing post-quantum signatures through a soft fork. Starknet’s quantum resistance also depends on Ethereum’s upgrade progress.

CZ posted on X to remind Ledger hardware wallet users to remain vigilant, especially those who purchased devices recently. Based on the information currently available, the incident appears to involve only a localized supply chain attack affecting a single distributor, and a small number of users may have purchased counterfeit or tampered Ledger devices. He said the BNB ecosystem and the industry as a whole are expected to help track and recover the funds. Ledger previously said it was investigating an incident involving the theft of user funds linked to Southeast Asian distributor CryptoBillis. (Source: PANews)

ME News, October 9 (UTC+8) — The U.S. House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party released a 23-page report on Wednesday, stating that the ownership structure, technical team, infrastructure, and data transfers of Webull, a brokerage that provides cryptocurrency trading services, have ties to China, and that its data processing practices pose risks to U.S. investors. On the day the report was released, Webull’s stock closed down 19% at $5.89. A Webull spokesperson responded that the report contained significant inaccuracies and unsupported conclusions, and that the committee had not contacted the company in the more than 20 months before its release. Webull’s U.S. operations are conducted through its global headquarters in Florida and its New York office. U.S. customer data is stored within the United States, and access to sensitive data is controlled by the U.S. side. (Source: Foresight News)