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According to the RootData Launchpad rankings, Pons launched 2015 memes in the last 24 hours, an increase of 35.69% compared to the previous day's 1485, with 20 graduating, a 100.00% increase from the previous day's 10.During the same period, Four.Meme launched 1879, a decrease of 28.15% from the previous day, with 1 graduating, a 50.00% decrease from the previous day's 2; Flap launched 7936, a decrease of 2.39%, with 33 graduating, a decrease of 8.33%.

Federal Reserve Chairman Waller stated that our duty is to reduce inflation.

According to CoinDesk, XRP Ledger developers are testing a new feature that aims to allow the creation of blockchain accounts with an initial balance of zero, with existing accounts bearing the reserve required for new accounts, thereby lowering the financial threshold for payment applications and automated software to create wallets on a large scale. This proposal was submitted on October 15 in the form of a SponsoredAccountCreate transaction proposal.According to current XRP Ledger rules, each account must reserve at least 1 XRP as a reserve, meaning that creating 100,000 independent accounts would require locking up 100,000 XRP. The new proposal intends for sponsored accounts to bear this reserve requirement, and a broader fee sponsorship mechanism in the future could also allow applications to pay transaction fees on behalf of users, but the overall reserve requirement for the network will not be eliminated. This feature is expected to lower the usage threshold for scenarios such as embedded wallets, RLUSD stablecoin payments, and AI agent automated payments.However, the related code is still under review, and the sponsorship mechanism it relies on has not yet gone live on the mainnet. As of October 19, the mechanism has only received 11 votes out of the 35 required validator votes, still falling short of the 29 votes needed for approval.

According to the RootData Launchpad rankings, Pump.Fun launched 52,847 memes in the last 24 hours, an increase of 12.59% compared to the 7-day average. Among them, 174 memes successfully graduated, an increase of 19.76% compared to the 7-day average.In terms of transaction fees in the last 24 hours, Pump.Fun maintained a lead with $1.96 million. Pons' transaction fees were $332,300, an increase of 5.35% compared to the previous day's $315,400. Stonk's transaction fees in the last 24 hours were $200,600, a decrease of 26.46% compared to the previous day's $272,800.

Trader Bonk Guy (@theunipcs) stated that Robinhood's latest financial report is a significant boon for the on-chain ecosystem, with Robinhood Chain playing a key role in the growth of its crypto business revenue. Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev also expressed positive expectations for the future development of the on-chain business.Bonk Guy also mentioned that PONS currently accounts for about 88% of the market share of the Robinhood Chain token launch platform. He stated that if the ecosystem has bottomed out, PONS is expected to gain substantial returns from subsequent inflows of funds and is very optimistic about PONS's future performance.

According to data from RootData Launchpad, several platforms have recently seen a rebound in revenue. The revenue for the Pons protocol was $48,800, an increase of 41.42% compared to the previous day's $34,500, but still down 37.92% from last Tuesday's $78,700, currently indicating a low-level recovery.During the same period, the revenue for the Pump.fun protocol was $1,402,100, an increase of 36.91% compared to the previous day; Flap's revenue was $162,900, an increase of 21.72%.

Former Microsoft executive Peter Sellis announced that he has joined Elon Musk's social platform X, responsible for product operations. He stated that he will promote improvements in X's product experience, as well as the growth of global users and business operations, and mentioned the goal of bringing online posting into the "interplanetary era."Peter Sellis previously led design, engineering, and growth in Microsoft's AI department and served as Senior Vice President of Product at Discord and Vice President of Product at Snap. X's former product head and Solana advisor Nikita Bier previously worked in Sellis's team at Discord.

The French Ministry of Finance, the Financial Markets Authority (AMF), the French Central Bank, and the Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR) jointly proposed amendments to the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), requiring cryptocurrency platforms to take responsibility for customer losses when they actively provide access to DeFi protocols without reviewing the protocols or ignoring known security risks.The French side proposed that platforms review relevant protocols before providing DeFi access and continuously monitor for vulnerabilities and suspicious activities, while also supporting the certification of protocols and smart contracts. These requirements will apply comprehensively to significant Crypto Asset Service Providers (CASP), with smaller platforms subject to proportionately adjusted obligations. France also proposed transferring the regulatory authority of significant CASPs from national regulators to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and lowering the current EU daily active user threshold of 15 million. Additionally, France suggested re-examining the category of Asset-Referenced Tokens (ART) and adjusting the Electronic Money Token (EMT) framework to cover multi-currency stablecoins.

According to Caixin, Liu Jun, President of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, stated at the first Digital Renminbi Annual Conference held during the 2026 Financial Street Forum Annual Meeting that while digital technology promotes the development of the digital economy, it also brings changes to the currency trust mechanism. Data, algorithms, and programmability are beginning to participate in the generation and transmission of credit, with trust shifting from being supported by institutional singular points to being jointly supported by institutions and technology. However, technology can only reinforce trust, not replace it.Liu Jun mentioned that whether digital currency can become a currency is not primarily about the algorithm design itself, but rather about how credit is supported and fulfilled, and how responsibility is implemented. He pointed out that currency is transitioning from physical forms to data, moving from multi-step clearing reliant on accounts and intermediaries to synchronous payment and settlement. The way currency is realized is changing, but its attributes remain the same, still fulfilling the three functions of a medium of exchange, a store of value, and a unit of account.

Anthropic recently submitted a draft AI safety bill to U.S. lawmakers, which has been questioned by U.S. AI safety advocates. The draft sets a high threshold for the government to urgently halt dangerous models, requiring that risks involve scenarios such as biological weapons, cyberattacks, or AI going out of control, and potentially causing more than 50 deaths or serious injuries, or losses exceeding $1 billion; some provisions may also limit state government regulatory authority.Nathan Calvin, the strategic head of the AI safety organization Encode, subsequently compiled Anthropic's decisions over the past year. In February of this year, the company modified its previously strict safety policy: it had previously committed to pausing training or releases if safety measures did not keep pace with model capabilities, but the new policy no longer requires the company to independently halt R&D at higher risk stages, citing that competitors might take advantage of the opportunity. During the same period, the company invested heavily in computing power, formed a chip team, and allowed Claude to take on more AI R&D tasks.On October 21, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei posted a lengthy rebuttal on X. He acknowledged that the company had made some mistakes but insisted that competing for cutting-edge AI capabilities did not violate its safety mission, stating that the company adheres to a race-to-the-top approach, believing that only by staying at the forefront of technology can it drive the industry to raise safety standards. He listed nine safety decisions that had cost the company commercially, including restricting the Mythos-level model's open access for months and strictly limiting biology-related requests. The safety roadmap updated by the company on October 19 states that existing policies mainly target the deployment of dangerous models, and in the future, it may be necessary to directly limit the speed of R&D, with plans to propose relevant policy options by January 15, 2027, or explain why none were proposed.

The American Blockchain Association stated that it has submitted comments on the proposed implementation rules for Section 3 of the GENIUS Act by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The association recommends clarifying the scope of "digital asset service providers" to exclude self-custody software, validators, and businesses that only trade their own assets; regarding criminal liability for participating in the illegal issuance of stablecoins, it should be based on actual knowledge and substantial assistance coordinated with the issuer.The association also suggested that trading platforms could determine the compliance of foreign stablecoins based on the official issuer list and trading bans, and adjust the criteria for determining user locations in unlicensed agreements.

According to The Block, Nasdaq-listed company OpenWorld (stock ticker: OPNW) has signed a merger agreement to acquire the AI agency Blocksight.Blocksight's AI agency is expected to serve as the operational layer for OpenWorld's recently announced tokenized financing plan, responsible for transaction structure design, asset verification, and daily reporting, with the total financing plan amount exceeding 1.1 billion dollars.

Brian Armstrong posted on the X platform that the order response median speed of Coinbase's new matching engine has improved by 60 times, and the tail latency has improved by 480 times.Coinbase Advanced supports trading cryptocurrencies, stocks, commodities, and foreign exchange.

According to Cointelegraph, French hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger received multiple reports of malicious implants months before the latest security crisis occurred. Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès stated that at least two individuals contacted Ledger starting in December 2025 to report that their devices had been tampered with, but no public warning was issued.Security researcher Joe Grand reported a malicious implant to Ledger on March 4, 2026, which was located in a Nano X purchased from Lazada in Thailand in August 2025.Ledger confirmed the findings and stated that an internal investigation would be launched, but did not proactively alert customers. Mark Karpelès believes that the increase in the number of reports and the complexity of the technology used should prompt Ledger to take action and at least remind customers to remain cautious.Ledger declined to comment on how they handled Joe Grand's disclosure, only directing to their public statement on X. The Ledger security crisis was made public on October 9, involving the loss of wallet crypto assets sold by Southeast Asian authorized dealer CryptoBilis; Ledger confirmed that one affected device contained an unauthorized implant. Trezor had also previously received reports involving unauthorized sellers tampering with devices.

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev stated on the X platform yesterday, "We hope that Robinhood will have the best builders on-chain, and we are investing to make this a reality. More details will be announced soon." This news subsequently continued to ferment within the community, with crypto KOL @rickytheirish claiming that the Robinhood chain will launch a funding program exceeding $100 million, aimed at ecological builders.According to GMGN market data, possibly influenced by the above news, the Robinhood chain's ecological tokens experienced a rebound: PONS is currently priced at $0.324, with a 24-hour increase of 16.4%; Artificial Inu is currently priced at $0.101, with a 24-hour increase of 20.7%; BUN is currently priced at $0.0563, with a 24-hour increase of 17.38%; some small-cap varieties, including PRIORS and Index, also showed significant rebounds. ChainCatcher reminds users that the related rumors have not been officially confirmed, and the prices of on-chain tokens are highly volatile, so users should invest cautiously.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, Bonk Guy (@theunipcs)'s portfolio value has dropped from a peak of 26 million dollars to 10.4 million dollars, shrinking by more than 15 million dollars.Meanwhile, PONS revenue has decreased from a peak of 11.42 million dollars to 103,600 dollars, with the token price falling by nearly 70%. Currently, Bonk Guy holds 10.9 million PONS, and the position value has decreased from a peak of about 10.3 million dollars to 3.47 million dollars.

The computing power and inference cost trading platform Itô co-founder Affaan announced that the Itô team has joined the trading company Jump Trading, responsible for its computing power trading business. Affaan and co-founder Alejandro stated that the team will lead the newly established internal computing power trading desk at Jump Trading and has begun trading in this emerging market.According to their introduction, Itô initially hoped to leverage the new contract market to help enterprises address the centralized AI supply chain risks that the existing system struggles to cover. After communicating with over a thousand funds, enterprises, venture capital institutions, and related practitioners, the team focused on the intermediate market for computing power and inference costs. They noted that the common contract duration for capacity is 3 to 5 years, with about 30% requiring prepayment, while the revenue for late seed round to Series C companies is mostly settled monthly and based on usage, and the secondary market prices for popular chips are also quite volatile.Affaan also mentioned that the total contract value for related medium market clusters sometimes ranges from hundreds of millions to several hundred million dollars. Itô previously built a platform as an end buyer, with team members' backgrounds including Goldman Sachs' credit basket business, open-source engineering tools, and supercomputing cluster research. They stated that Jump Trading's conditions in credit, risk control, trading experience, and hardware led them to choose to advance this business through an internal trading desk.