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Meta Platforms (META.O) announced that Muse Spark Open officially launched today, bringing leading intelligent agent capabilities to the Mac Studio desktop computer powered by the Apple M5 Ultra chip for the first time.

According to The Block, publicly listed Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark and BitFuFu saw a month-on-month decline in Bitcoin production in September, while Canaan's production remained the same as in August. CleanSpark mined 529 BTC in September, a decrease of nearly 11% from 593 BTC in August; BitFuFu produced 167 BTC, down 4% from 174 BTC in August; Canaan mined 44 BTC, the same as in August.As of the end of September, CleanSpark held 13,530 BTC, down from 13,703 BTC at the end of August. The company stated that it sold 2 BTC on the spot market and exercised call options to sell 700 BTC at an average price of $72,928 each. CleanSpark also announced that it would stop releasing monthly mining updates and switch to quarterly reports to focus more on its continuously expanding data center business. Last week, the company completed a $2.276 billion issuance of senior secured notes to fund the construction of its data center campus in Sandersville, Georgia, which is expected to generate approximately $6.6 billion in revenue. CleanSpark's stock CLSK closed at $8.76 on Thursday, down over 24% year-to-date.BitFuFu's self-mining output in September increased from 88 BTC in August to 98 BTC, an increase of over 11%, but its cloud mining output decreased from 86 BTC to 69 BTC, a decline of nearly 20%. Its Bitcoin holdings slightly increased to 1,388 BTC.

Binance founder Zhao Changpeng posted on X stating: In the future, all hardware wallets must adopt transparent cases.

On October 14, the OpenAI Economic Research Team released a report stating that EU companies are expanding the use of AI with agent tools, no longer just asking questions to AI, but using agents to complete tasks from planning to execution. The report examines the growth of agent usage among large and small enterprises, differences in usage intensity, and the types of work people are accomplishing with ChatGPT.In a sample of EU clients using ChatGPT Enterprise, Codex and ChatGPT work currently contribute over half of the output tokens. Since May 2026, the number of weekly active users of Codex and ChatGPT work among EU small and medium-sized enterprises has increased to more than 8.1 times the original, with growth in all member states. The article defines small and medium-sized enterprises as those with no more than 200 associated users.The proportion of relevant output tokens in the sample is lowest in Slovenia at 22% and highest in Lithuania at 85%. Leading enterprises are defined as those ranking in the top 10% for output tokens per active user, with the sample including only ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Business accounts. In September, this metric for leading enterprises in the EU exceeded that of general EU enterprises by four times, while leading enterprises outside the EU still surpassed leading enterprises in the EU by more than twice, with companies headquartered in the EU accounting for only 10% of the world's leading enterprises.

According to PRNewswire, the Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark announced its unaudited operational data for September 2026, producing 529 Bitcoins that month, with an average daily output of 17.64 Bitcoins, bringing the total Bitcoin production for 2026 to 5,432 Bitcoins.As of September 30, CleanSpark's operational hash rate reached 50 EH/s, with an average operational hash rate of 36 EH/s.

The Zcash development team plans to add post-quantum signature support to the network in January. Zakura engineer Roman Akhtariev stated in an engineering blog that the team plans to implement post-quantum signature opcodes in Zcash in January. These opcodes will enable Zcash to verify hash-based signatures, thereby resisting quantum computing attacks. The team has not yet confirmed a specific network activation date. This upgrade aims to prevent attackers from using current public keys to reverse-engineer and forge payment authorizations from wallet owners.The initial phase of this upgrade will protect transparent transactions. Zcash has two payment methods: shielded payments hide the sender, receiver, and amount; transparent payments are similar to Bitcoin, where addresses and amounts are visible on the chain. According to CoinDesk, based on ZecStats data, approximately 11.96 million of the 16.98 million issued ZEC are stored in the transparent pool, accounting for about 70%. The January plan primarily targets this public portion. Additionally, Zakura has developed a private query tool that allows wallets to check balances without exposing associated addresses to the server; the experimental version is available in the "Private queries" settings of the Zcash wallet Vizor.Before the release of Zakura's engineering article, Ethereum researcher Justin Drake warned holders on Thursday to prepare for what he called "bunker mode," stating that in the worst-case scenario, AI could find shortcuts to break the mathematical protections of Bitcoin and Ethereum wallets in "months rather than years."

According to The Defiant, a wallet address transferred 150 million USDT from the lending protocol Aave to Spark Savings.This fund transfer occurred as Aave's borrowing rates rose to double-digit levels. Affected by withdrawals, on October 8, Aave's USDT reserves available liquidity on Ethereum amounted to 169.54 million dollars.

Cailian Press, October 8, 2026, reported that the RTX Spark, equipped with NVIDIA chips, officially opened for pre-sale on the same day. Also unveiled was the NVIDIA DGX Station for Windows preview version, the first desktop AI supercomputer designed specifically for Windows enterprise desktops.At the Microsoft launch event in San Francisco on Wednesday, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced a collaboration plan to optimize the native operation of AI intelligences on the Windows PC platform through hardware and software synergy. Jensen Huang stated that NVIDIA's establishment relied on the Windows ecosystem, and now the era of AI intelligences has officially landed on the Windows platform.

Dell (DELL.N) launched the XPS 16 Creator Edition laptop equipped with NVIDIA (NVDA.O) RTX SPARK.

Microsoft executives stated that the RTX Spark devices equipped with NVIDIA chips will start shipping next week.

Microsoft executives stated that the RTX Spark device equipped with NVIDIA chips is faster than Apple's fastest chips in generating images.

According to official news, the P2P AI inference network Antseed has officially been released, while also disclosing that the nonprofit foundation Antseed Foundation has completed a $2.4 million token round of financing. Spark Capital led the investment, with participation from Collider, DCG, North Island Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, Relay Capital, and Venice.ai.Antseed aims to apply BitTorrent's peer-to-peer model to the AI inference field, allowing different providers to sell models and Agent services directly. After running Antseed's local router on their computers, users can connect tools like Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, etc., to the same address. Each call is selected by the router based on price, speed, reputation, and privacy conditions, with fees settled directly in USDC on Base. Providers can run their own local models, fine-tune models, or offer other AI services and set their own prices.The biggest difference between Antseed and OpenRouter is that there is no unified platform responsible for forwarding in between. Buyers connect directly to providers, while Antseed is responsible for discovery, routing, reputation, and payment protocols. Ordinary providers can still see the requests they handle; users can also choose providers verified through TEE, allowing requests to run in a trusted execution environment.Antseed is also continuing to improve verification mechanisms such as model fingerprints, signature responses, and audits to prevent providers from misrepresenting cheaper models as more expensive ones. The code has been open-sourced, and the network is operational, although GitHub is currently addressing compatibility issues with Codex, Claude Desktop, and others.

NVIDIA launched the DGX SPARK 64GB configuration this month with major partners, supporting the operation of models with up to 100 billion parameters on the device.

According to The Block, Jeff Yan, co-founder of the decentralized perpetual contract trading platform Hyperliquid, stated during a fireside chat at the Korea Blockchain Week 2026 that around-the-clock trading is not the essential difference between on-chain trading venues and traditional exchanges. He pointed out that cryptocurrencies do not need to adhere to traditional market opening hours because these assets inherently possess international attributes, and some traditional exchanges have already begun to actively extend their trading hours.Yan emphasized that the more enduring value of on-chain finance comes from allowing users to retain control and custody of their funds, which helps to avoid a common single point of failure risk. In his view, once a counterparty, intermediary, or even custodian encounters issues, the ability to self-custody becomes particularly crucial.In addition, transparency constitutes another distinct feature of on-chain trading. Although it does not have a strong appeal in serving ordinary consumers, it is essential for building trust in the entire system. In a system controlled solely by a private organization, users cannot obtain the same level of trust and neutrality guarantees.He also mentioned that for assets lacking publicly available prices during the closing hours of traditional exchanges, continuous trading remains necessary. He cited commodities, stocks, and Pre-IPO targets that had already traded on Hyperliquid before the reference market opened as examples to illustrate that the demand is indeed real.

The lending agreement indicates that Spark has allocated $210 million in loans to institutions collateralized by Bitcoin, with the related Bitcoin held by the digital asset custodian Anchorage Digital. Institutions can borrow USDC while the pledged assets remain with a qualified custodian.Spark provides the loan funds, and Anchorage Digital manages the collateral through the Atlas platform. Atlas is its automated network that offers round-the-clock margin monitoring, settlement, and third-party services within a regulated custody framework.

Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark announced the completion of a $2.276 billion debt financing for its data center project located in Sandersville, Georgia, USA.The bond has an interest rate of 7.875%, and the raised funds will be used for project construction and to repay previously invested equity funds. The Sandersville project comes with a 20-year lease.

Hester Peirce, a commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), stated at the SIFMA Digital Assets Conference that regulators should reconsider traditional financial monitoring methods, shifting from "collecting more data" to utilizing new technologies for more precise verification.Peirce mentioned that technologies like zero-knowledge proofs can verify whether users meet requirements such as age, citizenship, accredited investor status, or sanctions lists without disclosing underlying personal information like names, income, or addresses.Hester Peirce suggested that the federal government and regulatory agencies adopt attribute-based verification when technically feasible and allow registered entities to rely more on third-party identity verification to reduce the redundant collection and storage of sensitive information.Peirce also stated that public blockchains have permanent, public, and auditable transaction records, and combined with blockchain forensic tools, they are expected to enhance the ability to track illegal activities while reducing unnecessary data collection.

Russian Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov stated that Russia will promote the establishment of a transparent and legal cryptocurrency market. The country has about 20 million cryptocurrency users, with a total investment of approximately 3.7 trillion rubles, and a daily trading volume of about 50 billion rubles.

SparkLabs Group, Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Qazaqstan Investment Corporation (QIC) from the National Fund of Kazakhstan, and IT Park Ventures from Uzbekistan have signed a term sheet to establish the SparkLabs Mirae Silk Road Fund I LP venture capital fund, managed by Mirae Asset Venture Investment and SparkLabs Group. The signing ceremony took place in Seoul during the state visit of the presidents of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to South Korea and the first Central Asia-Korea Summit.QIC and IT Park Ventures are both anchor investors. The new fund will invest in Series A and later-stage startups in the Central Asia region with validated business models that are ready to expand beyond the region, focusing on AI-native companies, although not limited to this industry. Portfolio companies will receive support from SparkLabs and Mirae Asset's global network, as well as assistance in expanding to South Korea, the United States, and the Middle East.

U.S. Republican Senator and Wyoming Federal Senator Cynthia Lummis stated: The Democrats had previously requested that any cryptocurrency project raising more than $25 million from the public provide audited financial statements, and this requirement has been written into the bill.Lummis noted that the Democrats voted against the transparency they had requested. Lummis has served as a Federal Senator from Wyoming since 2021, having previously served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2009 to 2017.