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Marinade, the Solana staking service protocol, released its Q3 2026 report. As of September 30, the amount of SOL staked was 7.94 million, a quarter-over-quarter increase of 21.2%, mainly driven by the non-custodial native staking product Native and the institutional-focused Select. The amount staked in Native increased by 47.3% quarter-over-quarter to approximately 3.77 million, while Select grew by 38.7% to about 1.68 million, and mSOL decreased by 6.8% to around 2.27 million.Revenue for the third quarter was approximately $1 million, corresponding to 10,918 SOL, a quarter-over-quarter increase of 25.9%, primarily from validator margin settlement income, which grew by 38.1% quarter-over-quarter. In the staking auction market, 48 out of 51 epochs in the quarter had yields higher than the Solana staking index, with an average yield before Marinade fees of 5.93%, compared to 5.67% for the index during the same period.In governance, since the implementation of MIP-22 in July, Marinade has used 10% of auction fees to repurchase MNDE on the open market. In the third quarter, a total of 4.2 million MNDE was repurchased with 906.6 SOL, and the first distribution opened on October 1. The report also disclosed that on September 25, attackers exploited a vulnerability in the DAO voting process to submit two malicious proposals, one of which involved transferring DAO treasury assets; the council vetoed both proposals within about 6 hours, and the fix was completed that night, with no funds being transferred.

CoinGecko's report on the cryptocurrency industry for the third quarter of 2026 shows that the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies increased by 39.6% quarter-on-quarter, rising by $840.1 billion to approximately $3 trillion, ending three consecutive quarters of decline and marking the largest quarterly increase since the fourth quarter of 2024. However, the total market capitalization is still down 4% year-to-date.In terms of mainstream assets, Ethereum (ETH) rose 71% in the quarter to $2,684, outperforming Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies, with net inflows into spot ETH ETFs reaching $3.1 billion for the quarter. Hyperliquid (HYPE) surged to an all-time high of $98, driven by favorable regulatory news in the U.S., with a quarterly increase of 40.5%. Meanwhile, trading activity failed to keep pace with the price rebound. The average daily trading volume in the cryptocurrency market decreased by 8.6% quarter-on-quarter to $73.3 billion, while the spot trading volume of the top ten centralized exchanges fell by 14.2% to $1.65 trillion. Binance's spot market share rose to 42.7%, up from 38.7% in the second quarter; the total open interest in perpetual contracts on centralized exchanges grew by 40.6% quarter-on-quarter, surpassing $100 billion at the end of the quarter for the first time since the third quarter of 2025.

According to official news, Futu Securities has opened BNB deposit and withdrawal services for qualified professional investors in Hong Kong, further expanding the virtual asset service chain.Qualified professional investors can now deposit funds via the BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) network between self-custody wallets and Futu crypto accounts, or withdraw to verified whitelist addresses, achieving compliant interconnection between on-chain assets and the securities trading ecosystem.

According to the market intelligence platform Liquid247.xyz, Hyperliquid perpetual BTC has approximately 201.43 buy orders placed at $81,800, with a nominal value of about $16.48 million, retracting about 0.01% from the mid-price of approximately $81,812 at that time.The total near-end market buy orders amount to approximately $27.08 million, while sell orders are about $536,000, resulting in a net buy of approximately $26.55 million, accounting for 96.12% of the total depth.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, trader BOOMER (@solanadoomer1) currently holds a short position worth $30.55 million on the decentralized derivatives trading platform Hyperliquid. Among them, the $2.53 million HYPE short position is currently facing an unrealized loss of $39,700.Overall position data shows that this account currently has an unrealized profit and loss of a profit of $129,800, a loss of $2.11 million in the last 30 days, and a historical cumulative realized profit and loss of a profit of $22.58 million.

Market research firm Counterpoint Research data shows that in the third quarter of 2026, major personal computer manufacturers experienced double-digit declines in sales, with HP down 31%, Dell down 25%, Lenovo down 23%, and Apple down 11%. The firm expects that personal computer shipments will decline by another 27% in the fourth quarter, with business demand being better than consumer demand, but not enough to offset the overall contraction.In terms of shipments, Lenovo shipped 15 million units, with a market share of 26.3%; HP shipped 10.3 million units; Dell shipped 7.6 million units; Apple shipped 5.6 million units, with a share of 9.8%, up from 8.7% in the same period last year, as the MacBook Neo alleviated the decline. ASUS saw a shipment decline of 7%.Counterpoint analyst Minsoo Kang stated that rising memory and component costs are pushing up system prices, causing consumers to delay upgrades. David Naranjo mentioned that the industry is undergoing structural adjustments, with component costs, system prices, and longer upgrade cycles reshaping the market. The report also stated that the increase in DRAM and NAND prices may slow down in the first half of 2027, and Micron indicated that the chip shortage may last until 2028.

According to Digital Asset, the Bank of Korea will require virtual asset transfer service providers to report monthly to the foreign exchange information system the end-of-month holdings of users who have conducted cross-border cryptocurrency asset transfers to overseas exchanges, personal wallets, etc., since July 19, 2024, starting from December 2. Even if there are no cross-border transactions in that month, reports must still be submitted.The report covers the number of coins held, the converted balance in Korean won, and the total amount of cross-border inflows and outflows for the month. Dormant accounts, delisted assets, and staked assets are also included in the scope and must be submitted by the 10th of the following month at 17:30. It has not yet been determined whether there will be a requirement to retrospectively submit records of cross-border transfer transactions conducted before the implementation of the reporting system.

Financial Associated Press, October 22 - China Telecom (601728.SH) announced that its operating revenue for the third quarter was 121.089 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 3.01%; the net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company was 6.620 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 14.65%.The announcement showed that the operating revenue for the first three quarters was 380.099 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 3.59%; the net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company was 26.207 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 14.84%. In the first three quarters of 2026, the company fully implemented the strategy of transforming cloud into data and then into intelligent benefits, maintaining stable operational performance.The company stated that it adheres to the main line of Token management, accelerates the creation of a leading AI service provider, moderately advances the construction of a new generation of communication networks and computing power networks, continuously upgrades the Star TokenHub platform, and experiences rapid growth in daily Token usage, promoting the accelerated implementation of "Smart Cloud Cities," and launched the Star Super Intelligent Agent TeleAgent.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Elon Musk Tweet Count Prediction" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option in the sub-market "260-279" has experienced severe fluctuations in winning probability, dropping from 52.5% an hour ago to the current 36.5% (a fluctuation of 16%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to the market information platform Liquid247.xyz, the Hyperliquid address 0x7fdafd...17d1 currently holds a short position of 22,577.74 ETH, with a nominal value of 54.3514 million USD; at the same time, it holds a short position of 574.29 BTC, with a nominal value of 47.0081 million USD.At the time of publication, ETH is quoted at 2,407.30 USD, and BTC is quoted at 81,854 USD.

According to Coinglass data, if ETH breaks through $2,528, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.213 billion. Conversely, if ETH falls below $2,289, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $826 million.

According to sources, the cryptocurrency trading platform Gate (Gate Future entity) has recently obtained the Introducing Broker (IB) qualification in the United States and signed a cooperation agreement for the prediction market with relevant partners.Currently, Gate is advancing the technical integration and development of its products, planning to launch prediction market services in the United States, with the earliest possible launch by the end of 2026.

The NFT project Ptah launched last night with a total of 100,000 pieces available for minting, and all were sold out by this morning. As of the time of writing, the floor price for this NFT is reported at $23, with a cumulative transaction volume reaching $928,000.Public information shows that the uniqueness of this project lies in the requirement for users to mint using a Binance Agent ID / Agentic Wallet (.ai Agent ID). Regular wallets cannot mint directly, but operations such as trading, synthesizing, and claiming are open to all wallets. Each Agent ID can mint a maximum of 4 Relics (with payments calculated in total using USDT and BNB). The total supply of 100,000 Relics includes 95,000 for public minting and 5,000 reserved by the team (for tutorials, demonstrations, rewards, gifts, etc.). Additionally, users can choose to burn 10 Relics to synthesize a Loom (mining machine).According to market news, the related project is still in its early stages, with high uncertainty and significant price fluctuations; users should invest with caution.

According to Coinglass data, the current whale holdings on the Hyperliquid platform amount to 8.251 billion dollars, with long positions totaling 3.814 billion dollars, accounting for 46.22% of the holdings, and short positions totaling 4.437 billion dollars, accounting for 53.78% of the holdings. The profit and loss for long positions is 159 million dollars, while the profit and loss for short positions is -119 million dollars.Among them, the whale address 0x5b5d..60 has shorted ETH with a 5x leverage at a price of 2322.73 dollars, currently showing an unrealized profit and loss of -7.1826 million dollars.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was 475 million dollars, with long positions liquidated at 435 million dollars and short positions liquidated at 40.4714 million dollars. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at 135 million dollars, Bitcoin short positions at 4.5004 million dollars, Ethereum long positions at 74.0966 million dollars, and Ethereum short positions at 9.0259 million dollars.

Bill Ackman, the CEO of Pershing Square Capital, believes that the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Iran war, and persistently high inflation and interest rates are suppressing what should be a stronger market environment. With geopolitical risks easing and energy prices falling, he expects the market outlook to improve significantly and calls 2027 a year that will be stunning.In an interview with CNBC on Thursday, Ackman stated that if the uncertainty brought by the war dissipates, especially if the situation in Ukraine develops positively, energy prices could drop significantly, which would benefit the decline in inflation and the performance of financial markets. He also referred to the Iran war as an exceptionally well-executed war and believes that achieving peace in the Middle East would not only benefit the region but ultimately also benefit the United States.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC breaks through $85,210, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on major CEXs will reach $2.167 billion. Conversely, if BTC falls below $77,734, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on major CEXs will reach $1.428 billion.

Gold prices have stabilized near a three-month low, with spot gold prices hovering around $4,020 per ounce. Global X ETFs analyst Justin Lin stated that gold may recently face liquidity-driven selling, as market expectations for further interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve have cooled, which should provide support for gold prices in the short term.Despite facing downward pressure, gold prices may see a V-shaped rebound.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Dragonfly Capital (0xF70...3a5) transferred 30,000 hyperliquid to FalconX, worth 2.33 million dollars, possibly for over-the-counter sales.A month ago, this address transferred 41,400 hyperliquid to FalconX, worth 3.21 million dollars. It currently still holds 296,100 hyperliquid, worth 22.96 million dollars.

SpaceX stated that any potential merger with Tesla must be further approved by the company's special committee, board of directors, and controlling shareholders.