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The Chief Information Security Officer of Slow Fog, 23pds, tweeted that public WiFi itself does not steal coins. The losses are caused by phishing pages opened by fake WiFi and the actions of users themselves signing transactions or importing private keys. What websites are accessed and what operations are performed after connecting are the core factors that determine whether asset losses occur.Previously, X user Xiaoyu_184CM tweeted that after connecting to free WiFi at Singapore Airport, a wallet that had not been used for a month had 3.7 BNB transferred away. Binance founder CZ responded that he has always advised against connecting to public WiFi, but merely connecting to WiFi does not lead to wallet theft, and asked if there were any other operations in between. Crypto KOL AB KuaiDong speculated that someone might have specifically set up free WiFi or modified the router, and Xiaoyu indicated that he felt this was likely the case.

According to the WeChat public account "Du Jia," ByteDance's AI assistant Doubao has added a utility payment feature. Users can initiate payment instructions for water, electricity, gas, and other services through voice or text in the Doubao app, with other life service scenarios also in development. Sources close to Doubao told "Du Jia" that Doubao is gradually building capabilities for handling tasks in life scenarios, including travel services and utility payments."Du Jia" claims to have tested that after issuing commands for paying electricity and water bills in the dialogue box, corresponding service cards pop up and redirect to the utility payment page. The interface is divided into electricity, water, and gas fees, with some regions showing that services are not yet available, while some cities have fully or partially opened them. The relevant framework has been established, and city coverage and service provider integration are still in progress, with actual payments requiring further permission to be granted.Currently, the dialogue only serves to invoke services; steps such as binding account numbers, confirmation, and payment will still be retained, and users will not be charged directly with a single command. Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen integrated utility payments earlier and can complete payments within the dialogue; Doubao at this stage redirects to handle tasks after invoking the card, and capabilities like food delivery have not yet been launched. The above content comes from "Du Jia" reports and tests, not an official announcement from Doubao.

According to Glassnode data, over 6 million Bitcoins are under publicly visible public keys on the blockchain, accounting for 31.2% of the circulating supply, which is about 5 to 6 percentage points higher than the low point in 2023. Rafael Schultze-Kraft, co-founder of Glassnode, stated that since the company's report in May, the exposed supply has increased by 222,000 BTC (approximately 18.2 billion USD), while the total Bitcoin supply during the same period has only grown by 64,000 BTC.Among them, exchanges contributed an incremental 123,000 BTC, currently holding 1.79 million BTC that are publicly visible. There are significant differences among institutions: Coinbase has an exposure ratio of 10%, while Binance reaches as high as 83%; Fidelity holds about 375,000 BTC with an exposure ratio of only 2%, Grayscale is at 49%, Revolut is at 99%, and Robinhood is at 100%. According to this statistical method, the holdings of the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, and El Salvador do not show exposure.Public keys can be reused through addresses or become visible directly in certain Bitcoin output types, including early pay-to-public-key outputs and Taproot. A sufficiently capable quantum computer or hypothetical mathematical breakthroughs could allow attackers to derive the corresponding private keys.

A community user posted that after connecting to the free Wi-Fi at Singapore Airport, a "small wallet" that had not been traded for a long time had 3.7 BNB transferred away, and reminded users not to casually connect to public Wi-Fi. The user stated that the wallet had no transaction records for the previous few months, but the assets were transferred after connecting to the airport's free network.In response, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao stated, "I have always advised everyone not to connect to Wi-Fi, especially public Wi-Fi. But just connecting to Wi-Fi shouldn't lead to a wallet being stolen, was there some other operation in between?"

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo stated during a panel discussion at the Token2049 conference with OKX CEO Star Xu that if the cryptocurrency industry wants to push for federal-level cryptocurrency legislation, it must maintain a balance between supporting the Democratic and Republican parties. He pointed out that the industry previously "believed that heavy investment in the Republican Party" would help pass the CLARITY Act, but "when you heavily invest in the Republican Party, you inherently alienate the Democratic Party."According to data tracked by Tech Influence Watch, cryptocurrency-related political action committees have spent $54.3 million supporting the Republican Party and $26.2 million supporting the Democratic Party in the 2026 election cycle, with an additional $23.2 million spent opposing Democratic candidates. Cuomo stated that passing legislation requires support from both the Democratic and Republican parties and should be more balanced. He also refuted the notion that the Democratic Party is inherently opposed to cryptocurrency, arguing that cryptocurrency is actually well-suited for the Democratic Party because it empowers individuals who previously could not access financial products. Prediction market Kalshi data shows that the probability of the Democratic Party winning both houses of Congress is about 61%.In terms of background, the House of Representatives passed the CLARITY Act in July 2025 with the support of 78 Democratic representatives and 216 Republican representatives, while 134 Democratic representatives voted against it; in June 2025, the Senate passed the GENIUS Act with support from 18 Democratic senators.

Hong Kong digital asset company FDUSD issuer First Digital has reached a final merger agreement with Nasdaq-listed CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, with a pre-transaction valuation of $250 million. After the transaction is completed, both parties expect to establish a new holding company and list on Nasdaq, anticipated to be completed in the first half of 2027, but still subject to regulatory approval and other closing conditions.As of June 30, 2026, FDUSD's cumulative trading volume has exceeded $4.7 trillion. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, the company achieved revenue of approximately $87 million. First Digital stated that the FDUSD reserve assets consist of cash and cash equivalents, held in segregated accounts, and are independently verified monthly. The company's Finance District platform has currently launched four products but has not yet generated significant revenue.

According to informed sources, Solidigm, a subsidiary of SK Hynix's flash memory business, has selected Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as the lead underwriters for its U.S. IPO, planning to go public as early as 2027, aiming to raise approximately $10 billion, with a valuation potentially reaching $100 billion. JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and UBS will also participate in this issuance, and Solidigm is simultaneously preparing for pre-IPO financing.Solidigm was formed from the restructuring of Intel's flash memory business acquired by SK Hynix in 2021, and currently focuses on providing high-capacity solid-state drives for AI data centers. In August of this year, the company reached a multi-year partnership agreement with CoreWeave to provide enterprise-level storage support for its AI cloud platform. SK Hynix responded that Solidigm is evaluating various options to enhance business competitiveness, and specific IPO plans have not yet been confirmed.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the market prediction event on Polymarket for "Dota 2: Yellow Submarine vs Blasterbl - PARI Universe Qualifiers," the sub-market "Ends During the Day" for the "Yes" option has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 90.5% (a fluctuation of 40.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to PRNewswire, the publicly traded company Universal Safety Products (UUU) announced that it will be renamed DeFi Capital Markets on October 19 and will trade under the new ticker "DCM." In the future, it will gradually cease its original product business and focus on asset tokenization, digital assets, market making, as well as quantitative trading and blockchain financial markets.

Polymarket's CEO Shayne Coplan stated during a fireside chat at the Token2049 conference in Singapore that cryptocurrency trading is evolving into a game of "irrational exuberance," where traders compete to be the first to find the next hundredfold token. He pointed out that people think they are buying something valuable, but in reality, it is worthless; however, as long as there is a possibility of it rising to 100 times, they want to sell before it goes to zero. Coplan mentioned that some traders can gain considerable wealth through this strategy, but it is essentially a game of "irrational exuberance and hot potato," where rising asset prices will eventually fall back.Coplan indicated that the continuous growth of Polymarket's user base shows that some traders are looking for betting opportunities with more predictable odds, rather than the next skyrocketing cryptocurrency. He explained that trading these markets on Polymarket does not have exponential upside potential, but informed traders will continue to place bets on future events with more predictable odds. According to data from DefiLlama, Polymarket is the second-largest prediction market, with a trading volume of $1.21 billion in the past seven days, while the largest market, Kalshi, had $2.3 billion.The growth of prediction markets has also attracted more attention from U.S. regulators. It was reported that JPMorgan terminated its banking relationship with Polymarket on August 14 due to regulatory concerns but expressed interest in acting as an underwriter if Polymarket seeks to go public.

ChainCatcher live report, at the Token2049 conference in Singapore, Gemini co-founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss stated that Zcash is the cryptocurrency version of Bitcoin, just as the early internet was HTTP, Zcash is HTTPS. They also announced that they have submitted a spot Zcash ETF application to the SEC.

Hyperliquid Policy Center CEO Jake Chervinsky stated at the Digital Asset Summit 2026 Asia in Singapore that "every exchange," including CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), will adopt public chain infrastructure in the next decade to remain competitive. He emphasized that Hyperliquid is not an exchange but an infrastructure available for different participants, comparing it to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, arguing that there is no reason for public chains to register as exchanges.Chervinsky mentioned that Hyperliquid does not intend to compete with Kalshi, Coinbase, Robinhood, and CME, but rather exists on the next layer of the tech stack, which these institutions can use to improve their products. He anticipates that in ten years, whether it is crypto-native exchanges like Kraken and Coinbase or traditional exchanges like ICE and CME, they will need to integrate this technology to compete. He also pointed out that, aside from regulated perpetual contracts, on-chain markets need to come under U.S. regulatory oversight, which he expects to happen "in the near future."This statement comes in the context of Payward announcing in September plans to deploy a licensed perpetual contract market on Hyperliquid for U.S. customers, with Bitnomial, regulated by the CFTC, responsible for creation and clearing. Previously, Trump announced that the CFTC would compliantly introduce Hyperliquid to the U.S.

Bitcoin Treasuries stated that Strive's SATA has raised enough funds this week to purchase over 680 Bitcoins. SATA's average daily purchase amount is equivalent to 75% of the daily output of Bitcoin miners.

Elon Musk stated that if TSMC is willing, they might be able to sublease part of the TeraFab area, but only limited to this.

IMF President Kristalina Georgieva stated that global public debt is about to exceed 100% of global GDP, with developed economies performing the worst in terms of high debt burden.

The Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) has issued a circular on the audit of reserve assets, clarifying the minimum requirements for independent audits of Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP). VASP must maintain reserves of no less than 100% of customer liabilities throughout the review period and hold the same virtual assets in a 1:1 ratio, conducting daily reconciliations.The audit scope must cover hot wallets, warm wallets, cold wallets, third-party wallet infrastructure, and third-party custodial assets, and verify customer asset segregation, wallet control, and whether there is any re-staking, lending, or other usage scenarios.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Dota 2 Team Synapse vs Yellow Submarine" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Any Player Goes Godlike" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 91% (a fluctuation of 41%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to market news, Winklevoss has submitted a spot Zcash ETF application to the U.S. SEC, which is planned to be listed on Nasdaq under the ticker WINK.

According to Crowdfund Insider, Grayscale's research director Zach Pandl pointed out in the latest research report that by September 2026, the AI-related cryptocurrency asset sector will rise by 54%, significantly outperforming the overall cryptocurrency market, which is expected to rise by 24% during the same period, making it the strongest category among the six cryptocurrency asset sectors defined by Grayscale.

SATA under Strive has started increasing its Bitcoin holdings, having raised enough funds to purchase over 450 Bitcoins so far this week. STRC is approaching a par value of 100 dollars.Relevant information is supported by Apyx_fi, which claims to offer double-digit returns for all users.