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According to a report by Sina Finance, this summer, Nvidia founder Jensen Huang convened a meeting with core financial executives to assess the risks associated with providing billions of dollars in guarantees to companies that cannot afford chips. During the meeting, Huang harshly criticized the interim CEO Colette Kress, who has taken over the leadership of Nvidia.An insider stated that when Kress was reporting, Huang interrupted her, saying she looked like "a deer caught in headlights," and commented that she was merely a "CFO focused on accounting," unable to help define strategy or make critical decisions. The report indicated that many related transactions were led by Huang's son-in-law Nico Caprez, aimed at providing financing to emerging cloud vendors and data center developers in exchange for long-term chip customers. After initiating a round of large-scale transaction expansion, Huang himself began to question whether the steps taken were too large. The meeting took place in August.

The Trump family's cryptocurrency project World Liberty Financial (WLFI) announced that it executed its first $1 million buyback in less than 72 hours. The project stated that all operations are verifiable on-chain and provided the corresponding BscScan transaction link as public proof.Previously, WLFI planned to launch a token buyback program, supported by funds such as USD 1 reserve earnings.

A security research organization, Claroc, discovered that among the 37,571 online applications created by Grok Build, 35,578 (approximately 94.7%) can be accessed without logging in, with an estimated 650 to 800 of them involving private or sensitive data. The exposed information includes internal corporate documents, medical records, employee information, and plaintext passwords, involving six Fortune 500 companies.Among them, 24 applications were created by employees of Elon Musk's SpaceXSI and X, involving internal sales plans, customer data, and confidential advertising proposals aimed at U.S. federal agencies. Researchers pointed out that Grok application sharing links can be discovered through DNS records, and some applications lack access controls. SpaceXSI has removed the 24 applications related to itself, but applications related to other users are still accessible.

U.S. Republican Senator Kevin Cramer accepted an interview with POLITICO and publicly called for Jensen Huang to resign as CEO of NVIDIA. He believes that Huang's extramarital affair poses a serious potential blackmail risk, especially considering that NVIDIA holds highly sensitive AI chip technology. Cramer stated, "The risk of being blackmailed is just too great; I think he must go."Cramer is a member of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, which is reviewing several bills aimed at strengthening export controls on advanced AI chips. He believes that while it is certainly possible for NVIDIA's board to initiate an internal investigation, it is far from enough. Earlier that day, Larry Kudlow, the former director of the White House National Economic Council during Trump's first term, also publicly urged on Fox Business, "Mr. Huang, resign now." He believes this is a reasonable action for Jensen Huang to take at this time.As the controversy escalates, the U.S. Congress is also accelerating its scrutiny of NVIDIA's chip exports. The three bills under consideration by the Senate Banking Committee involve strengthening export approvals for advanced chips, tracking the destination of chips, and restricting the export of certain semiconductor manufacturing equipment. These bills are vying to be included in the annual National Defense Authorization Act and have not yet been fully passed.

According to reports from the Financial Associated Press, the Japanese AI company Sakana AI is preparing for an initial public offering (IPO), which could take place as early as the fall of 2027 in Japan or the United States. The company has hired Goldman Sachs as its IPO advisor.Sakana AI is expected to become the first GenAI development company in Japan to go public, and this listing is also anticipated to rank among the largest startup IPOs in Japanese history. The funds raised are planned to be directed towards model development, talent recruitment, and sales marketing. Sakana AI was founded in 2023, focusing on sovereign artificial intelligence scenarios, and has successively launched several routing models. In November 2025, the company raised funds in a Series B financing round at a valuation of 400 billion yen.

Robinhood confirmed that it does not oppose its stocks being traded on the tokenized stock trading platform OKXICE, launched in collaboration with OKX and the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, ICE, becoming the third company to explicitly state its non-opposition after Securitize and BitGo. According to the list disclosed by OKXICE on November 5, 56 out of the first 62 companies proposed for launch have already expressed opposition, accounting for about 90%.The 6 companies that have not publicly opposed are closely related to the cryptocurrency industry, including Robinhood, Securitize, BitGo, Circle, Coinbase, and Strategy. The platform intends to trade tokenized stocks through an automated market maker (AMM) based on the SEC's five-year innovation exemption mechanism, allowing token holders to enjoy the same dividends and voting rights as the underlying stocks, while the issuing company can raise objections within 30 days after receiving notification.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently stated on ABC's program "The View," calling for the new Congress to hold individuals like Elon Musk accountable immediately after taking office in January next year. She accused these individuals of manipulating data to influence decision-making and emphasized that the government must take action and not let them go unpunished.Hillary stated, "People like Elon Musk, we need the government to take action. I advocate for holding these individuals accountable starting from the new Congress in January. They cannot evade responsibility by manipulating data to influence decision-making."Previously, Musk donated approximately $290 million to Republican candidates and related causes in the 2024 election and spent about $470 million supporting the Republican Party during this midterm election cycle. After Trump's victory, he appointed Musk as a senior advisor and co-led the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE, officially dissolved in July 2025). The Democratic Party has previously been brewing investigations into Musk's related affairs, which may involve federal contract conflicts of interest, data access and layoffs during DOGE, and issues related to the algorithm of the X platform. The new Congress is expected to officially take office in January 2027.

On November 4, NASDAQ-listed company SVRN, Inc. (Ticker: SVRN) announced the appointment of Patrick O'Kain as Chief Operating Officer, effective November 3. O'Kain will be responsible for operations, product strategy, and corporate development, including the integration of acquired businesses. David Schwed, who has served as Chief Operating Officer since October 2025, will transition to Senior Advisor starting January 1, 2027, and will continue to advise management on technology and security.O'Kain has over 20 years of experience in venture capital, institutional consulting, federal law enforcement, and national security. He previously served as a General Partner at the digital asset investment firm Borderless Capital, where he was responsible for building and managing the venture capital fund business, covering fundraising, investment, and operations. Earlier, he was involved in establishing and expanding KPMG's cryptocurrency consulting business, providing advisory services to banks, fintech companies, and other institutional clients, and worked alongside SVRN CEO Sal Ternullo. He served as a special agent for the U.S. Department of Justice, where he was involved in developing cryptocurrency investigation strategies and leading related investigations, starting his career in U.S. intelligence, and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.SVRN was formerly OceanPal Inc., with business focused on NEAR Protocol, including managing NEAR-based digital asset reserves, promoting commercial adoption of NEAR products, and supporting, building, and acquiring related businesses. The announcement stated that over the past year, the company has expanded from managing digital asset reserves to operating critical NEAR infrastructure, participating in network governance, and completing its first acquisition of FastNEAR. Schwed played a foundational role in the company's transformation from OceanPal Inc. to SVRN, Inc. Sal Ternullo stated that he has worked with O'Kain at KPMG for many years and is confident that O'Kain is suited to drive the company's next phase of development.

According to CoinDesk, Nasdaq-listed software company Next Technology Holding (NXTT) announced that its board has authorized the sale of approximately 5,833 BTC it holds, or to use these bitcoins as collateral for financing, valued at about $449 million based on the reported price.The company cited the theft from Binance, security vulnerabilities of trading platforms, and the potential threat of quantum computing to Bitcoin's cryptography as reasons for the decision, emphasizing that its bitcoins are not stored on Binance or held through Binance.The specific timing, price, and scale of the transaction will be determined by CEO Weihong Liu. The authorization allows for sales through trading platforms, private negotiations, or Bitcoin collateral financing, but does not guarantee that any transaction will ultimately be completed.NXTT closed on Friday with a market capitalization of approximately $7.8 million, and the disclosed value of its Bitcoin holdings exceeds 50 times the company's market value. The company's annual report stated that almost all bitcoins are held in custody by a Japanese institution, but the name of the custodian was not disclosed.

Binance co-founder He Yi responded to the "self-theft" allegations arising from the Binance theft incident on the X platform.He Yi stated that investing is often a test of judgment, logical reasoning, and the ability to extract effective information from complex data. Regarding some users' concerns about Binance's solvency, she expressed understanding and pointed out that Binance's trading volume, transaction fees, user scale, and BNB quarterly burn data are all publicly available information.

Anthropic publicly submitted its Nasdaq IPO application, with the stock code "ANT".Anthropic's revenue for the first half of the year was $16.3 billion. Anthropic may not be able to achieve or maintain profitability in the future.As of June 30, 2026, Anthropic reported a net loss of $80.7 billion for the six-month period. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are leading Anthropic's IPO.Anthropic disclosed that the company expects to pay Google up to approximately $11.45 billion before 2033 and to pay approximately $161.2 billion in rent under its leasing arrangements with Broadcom during the lease term (excluding interest).Anthropic stated that computing and infrastructure costs are expected to continue to increase in absolute terms and will become the company's largest operating expense in the foreseeable future. The company believes that its existing cash and cash equivalents are sufficient to meet operational funding and other needs for at least the next 12 months, but also warned that it may need to seek additional financing earlier than currently anticipated.In terms of safety, Anthropic mentioned that it has recently delayed the pre-training of its next-generation cutting-edge foundational model by more than a month to strengthen safety measures and prevent the leakage of model weights. The company also noted that as AI systems gradually automate AI research and development, associated risks will increase.

AI company Anthropic is expected to publicly file its IPO prospectus on October 26, U.S. time, with plans to go public in mid-November. The company submitted documents to the U.S. SEC in secret this June. There was previous market discussion of a $2 trillion valuation; however, as AI-related stocks have come under pressure, some investors have recently lowered their expectations to about $1.5 trillion. The prospectus has not yet been officially released, but Reuters and The Wall Street Journal have obtained a draft.In the first half of this year, revenue was $16.3 billion, compared to $1.1 billion in the same period last year. The net loss during the same period was $80.7 billion, of which about $72 billion came from valuation adjustments of financing instruments such as convertible bonds, rather than actual cash burned. Revenue for the third quarter was $16.8 billion, a quarter-over-quarter increase of about 45%, with the previous quarter's growth exceeding 140%. The company stated that it achieved profitability in the third quarter on an adjusted basis.Future commitments for infrastructure such as cloud computing, chips, and data centers have exceeded $60 billion and will occur over the coming years. By 2025, 47% of revenue will be generated through Amazon and Google's cloud platforms, which are both investors and computing power suppliers. The company plans to allow the seven co-founders to collectively hold 50.1% of the voting rights through a special equity structure, while a long-term public trust composed of non-shareholders will still have the authority to appoint and dismiss the majority of board members. The formal prospectus will need to further clarify the actual revenue contributions from the two major clients, the specific costs of computing power contracts, and whether existing shareholders can sell their stocks first at the time of the IPO.

The UK-listed company The Smarter Web Company, with the stock code SWC and a share price of 0.0219 USD, has purchased an additional 20 bitcoins, increasing its total holdings to 2850 bitcoins, ranking 30th among companies holding bitcoins.

Early investment institution ZhenFund has launched Ask AI on its official website. Entrepreneurs can directly inquire about which teams ZhenFund has invested in, what fields they are currently focusing on, and what activities are suitable for them.ZhenFund has compiled publicly available information about its investment team, invested companies, areas of interest, entrepreneurial activities, and contact information into a bilingual zhenfund.md. After users click on any AI entry point, the website will redirect to Kimi, ChatGPT, Claude, or DeepSeek, and pre-fill the prompts, allowing the model to read the document before answering questions.

According to a post by Bitcoin News on the X platform, Super League shareholders approved the relevant transaction on October 16, with Metaplanet injecting 2,100 BTC and 2.5 million USD to acquire 44.86 million shares at a price of 3 USD per share.After the transaction is completed, the company will be renamed Superplanet, and the stock ticker will change to SUPA, with Metaplanet holding over 90% of the shares during a five-year lock-up period. Superplanet plans to further purchase Bitcoin by issuing perpetual preferred shares, with the transaction expected to be completed in the fourth quarter.

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8 AM Eastern Time on October 19, 2026, the total net purchase of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) for the week was $360 million, an increase of 1,500% compared to two weeks ago.Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) purchased 267 Bitcoins last week at a price of $82,900, spending approximately $22.1 million, bringing its total holdings to 848,517 Bitcoins.The Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase any Bitcoin last week.In addition, three other companies announced their Bitcoin purchases or holdings last week. Asset management company Strive announced on October 19 that it spent approximately $330 million last week to purchase 4,045 Bitcoins at a price of $81,734, bringing its total holdings to about 36,818 Bitcoins; the UK Bitcoin treasury company The Smarter Web Company announced on October 19 that it invested $6.93 million to purchase 83 Bitcoins at a price of $83,542, bringing its total holdings to 2,830 Bitcoins; Ethereum asset company Bitmine announced on October 19 that it purchased 1 Bitcoin, without disclosing the specific purchase amount, bringing its total holdings to 215 Bitcoins.As of the time of publication, the total amount of Bitcoin held by the global listed companies (excluding mining companies) in the statistics is 1,161,643 Bitcoins, with a current market value of approximately $95.41 billion, accounting for 5.8% of Bitcoin's circulating market value.

Web3 game developer Unagi announced on the X platform that the company has entered a court-ordered judicial liquidation process in France, and all assets will be publicly sold under the supervision of a court-appointed liquidator.Unagi's products include Persona Journey, Ultimate Champions, and Records. The assets for sale include: the intellectual property of Persona Journey, NFT contracts and creator royalty rights, 957 Persona NFTs in the treasury, community accounts, and related AI products; the token UNA and its contracts; the fantasy football and basketball game Ultimate Champions and its NFT card economy; a white-label fantasy sports platform; the completed but unreleased prediction game Fantasy Brainz; and the AI user-generated content platform Records launched in March this year.Each asset can be acquired separately, with the bid deadline set for November 2.

According to CoinDesk, Paul Atkins, the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), issued a statement on October 13, approving the rule change submitted by Cboe Global Markets. This change allows binary options linked to the key performance indicators (KPI) of 23 publicly listed companies in the United States. The metrics related to the cryptocurrency industry include: trading volume of Coinbase (COIN), number of customers and revenue of Robinhood (HOOD), and Bitcoin production of MARA Holdings (MARA).These contracts are cash-settled, European-style options that can only be exercised at expiration. The settlement data is derived from documents submitted by the companies to the SEC, rather than from earnings presentation materials. Cboe plans to launch these contracts this month, and Robinhood is expected to be the first brokerage to offer this product to retail investors. However, trading will not begin until the clearing agency Cboe Clear U.S. obtains temporary registration, and another related application is still under review.

On October 15, a staff member from the public relations department of CK Hutchison Holdings told reporters that Li Ka-shing currently has no plans to make a public appearance to respond. Recently, rumors circulating online claiming "Li Ka-shing has passed away" have attracted attention.CK Hutchison Holdings issued a statement on the same day, stating that the related rumors are completely unfounded. The accompanying image in the report is a recent photo of Li Ka-shing published by the Li Ka-shing Foundation in May, and the text also includes the statement issued by CK Hutchison Holdings regarding the death rumors and a stern statement from the Ta Kung Pao.