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According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Chainlink Reserve today increased its holdings by 106,300 LINK, accumulating a total purchase of 6.68 million LINK, valued at approximately 75.06 million USD.In the past 30 days, Chainlink Reserve purchased 471,200 LINK, valued at approximately 5.36 million USD.

According to Bitcoin News monitoring, Coinkite CEO Rodolfo Novak (NVK) stated that a new AI model discovered a Coldcard vulnerability that was missed by human reviewers, which Bitcoin developers have disputed. This vulnerability exists in firmware versions 4.1 and later and can bypass the hardware random number generator.Between July 30 and August 4, over 5,200 addresses lost approximately 1,816 BTC, worth about $116 million. NVK mentioned that there had been at least 15 prior reviews.James O'Beirne stated that he privately pointed out issues with Coldcard's random number generation in May 2025. Firmware updates can fix issues for new devices but cannot fix old mnemonic phrases; affected users need to generate new mnemonic phrases.

Ukrainian President Zelensky stated that the Ukrainian military discovered serious operational anomalies with the American "Starlink" system within Ukraine, with a speed limit of 161 kilometers per hour, affecting the entire front line.This has increased the difficulty for the Ukrainian military to intercept Russian drones. The Ukrainian side is communicating with the United States to clarify the situation.

Spider Digital Technology Ltd., a cryptocurrency mining pool operator headquartered in Singapore, announced that it has signed a definitive business combination agreement with Starlink AI Acquisition Corporation, a blank check company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (stock ticker OTAI), on October 30, 2026. The agreement sets the valuation of Spider Digital at $250 million to determine the merger consideration. Upon completion of the transaction, Spider Digital and Starlink AI will become wholly-owned subsidiaries of Spider Digital Technology Group, which is expected to go public in the United States after meeting applicable listing requirements and obtaining approval.According to the agreement, PubCo's wholly-owned subsidiary Merger Sub I will merge with Spider Digital, after which Merger Sub II will merge with Starlink AI, and both companies will continue to exist after their respective mergers. The completion of the transaction is subject to approval by both parties' shareholders, the effectiveness of PubCo's F-4 registration statement, approval for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, and other customary closing conditions. Spider Digital claims that it operates its own mining pool system and has independent block production capabilities, without sharing pool control or hash power scheduling rights with third parties. The company's founder, chairman, and CEO Chen Hua, along with Starlink AI's chairman and CEO Gus Liu, both commented on the proposed merger.

According to Decrypt, Chainlink and Moody's Ratings have completed a pilot project demonstrating how to simultaneously distribute credit ratings across multiple blockchains. The test was announced on Tuesday, using Chainlink's cross-chain interoperability protocol CCIP to distribute Moody's ratings to both permissioned and permissionless chain networks.The pilot operates through Moody's Ratings Token Integration Engine TIE, which was built by the 125-year-old rating agency to disseminate credit assessments and related data in a blockchain environment. Both parties stated that the pilot proves that ratings can be transmitted across chains through a single interoperability layer while retaining Moody's existing publishing and governance processes. Moody's has rated or assessed over 70 digital issuances, including digital bonds and tokenized funds, from January 2017 to October 2026.Johann Eid, Chief Business Officer of Chainlink Labs, stated that as more financial assets go on-chain, credit intelligence must flow cross-chain and accompany every rating change. Fabian Astic, Global Head of Digital Economy at Moody's, believes that the future of tokenized finance is unlikely to exist solely on a single blockchain, platform, or market infrastructure.This pilot runs entirely on a testnet using representative test data and has not published any actual rating actions on-chain; it is a proof of concept rather than a live product. Previously, Moody's launched TIE on the institutional-grade Canton Network and subsequently expanded to Solana.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, the hacker-associated address of UXLINK liquidated nearly 30,000 ETH long positions (approximately 6.466 million USD) held for almost three months through TWAP 11 hours ago, with an average closing price of 2,135.2 USD, resulting in a final loss of 1.106 million USD.At its peak, this position had an unrealized profit of nearly 16.8 million USD.

Former Chainlink Head of Product Marketing Michael Robinson tweeted that he has joined the Monad Foundation and will be responsible for marketing-related work in the future. Michael Robinson worked at Chainlink from 2021 to 2026.

SharpLink's revenue for the third quarter was 13.5 million USD, a year-on-year increase of 24%, with staking revenue at 13.1 million USD, a year-on-year increase of 27%. The company's net profit for the quarter was 751 million USD, with a diluted earnings per share of 3.45 USD; net profit for the same period last year was 104 million USD. The net profit mainly came from 677 million USD in unrealized gains due to the increase in the fair value of held ETH, as well as 75.2 million USD in realized gains from cryptocurrency assets. Management expenses were 11 million USD, a year-on-year decrease of 8%; as of September 30, the company held cash and cash equivalents of 47.9 million USD.

According to The Defiant, security company PeckShield discovered a Hyperliquid account holding long positions in ETH that may be related to a theft incident involving the Web3 social protocol UXLINK through an intermediary wallet. Subsequent dashboard snapshots show that the position is approximately 20,919 ETH, valued at around 44 million dollars, with an unrealized loss of about 652,000 dollars, an average entry price of 2,134.45 dollars, using 15x full leverage, and an estimated liquidation price of 1,630.63 dollars.The report states that the connection is based on an intermediary address transferring 11 million USDC to the trading account, and this intermediary address had previously interacted with an address marked as the UXLINK attacker; this indirect link alone cannot prove that the trader controls the attacker’s wallet. Previously, related addresses had begun to gradually close out long positions in ETH, SOL, and XRP, with the original position's total value being approximately 148 million dollars.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale has withdrawn approximately 1.98 million dollars worth of LINK from Binance over the past two days, involving 10 transactions. One of the transactions was a withdrawal of approximately 281,600 dollars worth of LINK to its multi-signature wallet.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, the UXLINK hacker (0xde8d...9524) began to liquidate their long positions on Hyperliquid using the TWAP tool, involving 30,282 ETH, 550,000 SOL, and 35.03 million XRP, with a position value of approximately 148 million dollars.It is expected to be fully executed by around 6 AM tomorrow, with an anticipated loss of 3.3 million dollars after closing the positions.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a giant whale withdrew a total of approximately 57,000 LINK from Binance in four transactions over about 18 hours, worth approximately $612,550.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a certain address (0xBA2...aB9ff) has accumulated 740,000 LINK and 3046.68 ETH over the past five days, with a total expenditure of 15.15 million USD.Currently, this address holds a total of 787,000 LINK, and after averaging down, the cost basis has decreased to about 11.24 USD, with an unrealized loss of 366,000 USD.

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As the global tech stock sell-off spreads to Asia, the wealth of SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son and several Asian business tycoons has significantly shrunk. According to calculations, as of 10 AM Beijing time, the combined wealth of 22 billionaires from countries such as China, Japan, and South Korea, who are among the world's 500 richest people, had decreased by more than $21 billion at one point, and later fell to over $18 billion.Masayoshi Son is the one who suffered the largest loss, with his personal wealth decreasing by $3.9 billion, bringing it down to about $29 billion. The companies at the core of the AI boom were hit the hardest. Billionaires whose personal wealth shrank by at least $1 billion include Takizaki Takemitsu, founder of electronic sensor manufacturer Keyence, and Zhang Qiansheng, the richest person in Singapore and head of semiconductor packaging and testing company ASE Technology Holding. Lee Jae-Yong, a shareholder of Samsung Electronics, along with his mother and sister, saw their family's wealth decrease by about $2.5 billion; this family is one of the richest in Asia.

According to a report by the Korean News Agency, following the U.S. midterm elections, concerns regarding AI data center regulation have intensified, leading to fluctuations in the stock market. In this context, the South Korean Ministry of Economy and Finance held a seminar with semiconductor experts to examine trends in the relevant industries and future demand prospects.Participants conducted a comprehensive assessment and concluded that, considering the progress of major AI companies' large-scale investments and future plans, as well as the expansion of semiconductor demand brought about by the proliferation of intelligent AI, the medium- to long-term growth expectations for the AI and semiconductor industries remain valid. They noted that despite some concerns in the financial markets, no significant signals have been detected that would lead to a contraction in AI investment or semiconductor demand. Furthermore, taking into account factors such as the expansion of long-term supply contracts for domestic semiconductor companies in South Korea, it is expected that the demand base will remain stable in the short term.

According to a report by Business Insider citing informed sources, the artificial intelligence company Thinking Machines Lab, founded by former OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, is raising $5 billion at a pre-money valuation of $40 billion. The company had previously completed a $2 billion seed round financing earlier last year at a valuation exceeding $10 billion, but subsequent attempts to raise funds at a $50 billion valuation encountered negotiation breakdowns.Thinking Machines Lab has released its second-generation model Inkling 2 Small, which uses a MoE architecture with a parameter scale of 594B-A17B, undergoing four stages of pre-training and 9 days of joint reinforcement training. The lab stated that Inkling 2 Small scores significantly higher in analytical intelligence compared to previous models, showing improvements in intelligent coding, vision, knowledge work, and reasoning. The model will have its weights open-sourced under the Apache 2 license next week.

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued a security advisory stating that the hacker group "Crafty Falcon" is utilizing publicly available artificial intelligence tools to conduct high-speed automated intrusions, having breached non-bank lending institutions, fintech companies, and cryptocurrency exchanges. The agency described the related threats as "ongoing and persistently active."The advisory specifically named four intrusion tools: ARTEX, PentAGI, Cairn, and CyberStrikeAI. Cybersecurity researchers indicated that at least two of these tools are associated with China. CrowdStrike previously stated that ARTEX, developed in China, has been used to attack South Korean banks since the end of September, and a hacker group linked to China has used this tool to target over 200 organizations in at least 14 countries. CERT-In did not specify the attackers or the operational location of the group, nor did it state that the attacks were state-sponsored or led; all of the aforementioned tools are available for free.