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Former President Donald Trump's latest post: "I have asked Vice President Pence to focus all his energy on the massive corruption and criminal activities occurring in Democrat-run cities and states across America. The mismanagement and rampant corruption in Democrat-led states like Minnesota, California, and Illinois is nothing short of a disaster. Billions of dollars are stolen every month.As long as we correct this massive criminal activity, our budget can quickly achieve balance. Corruption has seeped into the blood of the Democrat leadership! We do not currently need to reach an agreement with Iran; that era has long passed. We control hundreds of billions of dollars of their (Iran's) funds and also control their straits! Thank you all for your attention to this matter."

The cryptocurrency trading platform Backpack announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement with the Japanese digital bank Minna Bank. Minna Bank is part of one of Japan's major regional bank groups, FFG. Both parties will utilize Backpack's on-chain infrastructure to explore the provision of digital banking services related to cryptocurrency assets in Japan. Backpack is positioned as a cryptocurrency trading platform and multi-chain wallet. According to RootData, the project completed a strategic financing of 20 million dollars in 2022 and will complete a Series A financing of 17 million dollars in 2024.

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.

U.S. Secretary of State Rubio stated that if there is a negotiable agreement, the United States is ready to negotiate with Iran at any time.

Anthropic has reached agreements with partners such as AMD, Broadcom, Google, Micron, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and TSMC.

According to Gate market data, Middle Eastern media reported that negotiations on the U.S.-Iran nuclear issue have made progress, with proposals from Qatar and Pakistan reactivating substantive talks. Both sides are expected to reach a preliminary agreement on Iran's uranium enrichment issue, with the U.S. allowing Iran to enrich uranium to a concentration of 3.67% and requiring a reduction in the existing 60% enriched uranium concentration.The Strait of Hormuz will reopen, and the U.S. will release $6 billion to $9 billion of Iranian assets. As a result, the Nasdaq's intraday gains expanded to 3%, spot gold and silver prices surged briefly, and oil prices fell by more than $1.50.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hussein stated that Iraq has reached an agreement with the United States to allow the export of oil through the Strait of Hormuz.Iraq has lost up to 60 billion dollars during the Iran war and the interruption of oil exports. In October, oil exports increased from 2.65 million barrels per day in September to approximately 3.5 million barrels per day.

According to official news from Gold House, the parent company of the social platform Gold House has reached a strategic cooperation with the Canadian MSB licensed company LUMINOUS FINANCE LIMITED. The two parties will collaborate on digital currency exchange, fiat currency exchange channels, cross-border fund transfers, and merchant payment settlement, exploring the application of digital assets in global payment and commercial settlement scenarios.This cooperation will combine the resources of both parties in the digital asset ecosystem, financial services, and related compliance businesses, improving Gold House's business layout in the field of digital asset payment and settlement, and providing users and merchants with more digital asset settlement service solutions.

The United States, Russia, and Ukraine plan to restart working-level negotiations in Abu Dhabi, UAE, from November 10 to 11. This will be the first face-to-face talks among the three parties in nine months. U.S. President Trump stated that the parties are very close to resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict and are expected to reach a significant agreement covering Ukraine and even all of Europe.Ukraine is taking a cautious attitude towards the outcomes of the negotiations. The head of the Ukrainian President's Office, Budanov, stated that they do not expect breakthroughs from this meeting but believe that restarting face-to-face negotiations is already a progress. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba emphasized that security guarantees, de-escalation of the Black Sea situation, energy ceasefire, repatriation of Ukrainian children, and prisoner exchanges will be the priorities for Ukraine, reiterating that no decisions regarding Ukraine can be made without Ukraine's participation.Currently, there are still significant differences between Russia and Ukraine on core issues such as territory and security guarantees, and fighting on the battlefield has not ceased. Meanwhile, Europe continues to advance military and economic assistance to Ukraine.

U.S. Vice President Vance has been directly involved in indirect talks with Iran over the past two weeks, seeking to reach a new ceasefire agreement and restart nuclear negotiations. Vance has communicated almost daily with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed and Pakistani Army Chief Munir, with U.S. President Trump's envoys Witkoff and Kushner also participating.

Cloud service company Iren expects to make significant investments in the foreseeable future, including capital requirements related to agreements with Microsoft and Nvidia.

According to documents submitted by the Bitcoin mining company Riot Platforms to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the lease agreement between Riot and Anthropic for the Corsicana data center became effective on November 4, and is expected to provide 910 megawatts of critical IT load capacity. The project is planned to be delivered in three phases, with the first capacity target set to be operational on June 28, 2027, and the third phase target set to be operational on July 30, 2028.Riot will reimburse Anthropic for part of the data center module costs, calculated based on the actual achieved critical IT power capacity, up to $4 million per megawatt, provided that Riot secures financing under market conditions acceptable to it. If such financing cannot be obtained despite commercially reasonable efforts, Riot will amortize the cost and 12% annual interest through rent deductions for the remainder of the initial lease term.

The Nasdaq-listed trading and investment platform eToro announced on November 4 that it has reached an agreement to acquire the Argentine comprehensive financial application LB Finanzas. The company stated that this acquisition will strengthen its presence in Latin America, with Argentina serving as a regional hub.LB Finanzas was founded in 2018 in Rosario and provides investment and account services within a single application for individuals and businesses, covering stocks, ETFs, crypto assets, and money market funds, as well as offering Argentine peso and US dollar accounts and payment solutions. The company has seen significant growth in user scale and trading volume, currently serving hundreds of thousands of users, regulated by the Argentine National Securities Commission and the Central Bank.eToro co-founder and CEO Yoni Assia stated: Both parties believe that everyone should have access to the tools and knowledge needed to grow wealth. By combining local expertise with eToro's global scale and products, we can advance faster and further in the region. LB Finanzas co-founder and CEO Camilo Cristia stated: For existing customers, current services will remain unchanged, and we will increase products and scale in the future. The transaction is subject to the completion of customary closing conditions and marks eToro's fourth acquisition in 2026; the company previously agreed to acquire the self-custody crypto wallet Zengo in April, acquired the Israeli crypto exchange Bit2C in May, and announced an agreement to acquire the US brokerage TradeZero in August.

The traditional inventory financing platform Settle has reached a forward loan purchase agreement with the crypto lending platform 3Jane, with an initial amount of 50 million USD, which can be expanded to 100 million USD.3Jane has purchased 18 million USD of existing loans from Settle and will continue to purchase eligible new loans. 3Jane stated that it will use stablecoin liquidity to finance these loans.

Bitcoin mining company Riot Platforms has signed a $28 billion AI leasing agreement, covering the entire site of its Corsicana campus.To fund the construction of data centers, Riot has sold a total of 20,264 bitcoins this year. The company's third-quarter performance shows that the mining business still contributes about 64% of its revenue.

According to a report by Reuters on November 4, citing the Financial Times, Oracle has canceled a multi-billion dollar chip leasing contract with Tencent. The report stated that U.S. officials had expressed concerns to Oracle about the deal, and Oracle abandoned the agreement under pressure from the Trump administration.It was reported that Tencent also hosted high-level officials from Guangdong Province, who requested the company to support domestic chips. Reuters stated that it was unable to immediately verify the above report, and Oracle, Tencent, and the White House did not respond to Reuters' request for comment.The Financial Times reported last month that Tencent signed its largest overseas leasing agreement with Oracle, valued at approximately $7 billion. The five-year agreement covered multiple data centers of Oracle in Southeast Asia and was originally expected to allow Tencent to obtain about 100,000 advanced AI chips that could not be acquired in China due to related restrictions between Washington and Beijing.

According to the official website of the People's Bank of China, the Governor of the People's Bank of China, Pan Gongsheng, recently signed the "Renminbi/Omani Rial Bilateral Currency Swap Agreement" and the "Memorandum of Understanding on Strengthening Cooperation in Digital Payments and Central Bank Digital Currencies" with the Governor of the Central Bank of Oman, Ahmed Al-Mousaami, under the witness of the leaders of both countries.The scale of the swap agreement is 30 billion Renminbi/1.5 billion Omani Rials, with a validity period of 5 years. On the same day, both parties met to exchange views on topics such as bilateral economic and financial cooperation. The central bank stated that the agreement aims to deepen monetary and financial cooperation between the two countries, enhance the facilitation level of cross-border digital payments, and maintain financial market stability.

According to reports from the Abu Dhabi Media Office and CNBC, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Chairman of the Executive Council Sheikh Khaled and witnessed the signing of multiple cooperation agreements with Abu Dhabi, covering areas such as energy, investment, and government.In the energy sector, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ADNOC, G42's Inception42, and OpenAI reached an agreement to deploy OpenAI's cutting-edge models in ADNOC's operations, making it the first company in the energy industry to implement this technology; the related capabilities are based on the GPT model and utilize inference infrastructure within the UAE. In terms of investment, the sovereign investment fund Mubadala, Inception42, and OpenAI agreed to use advanced AI for investment analysis, opportunity identification, and risk assessment.On the government side, the Abu Dhabi government and OpenAI launched the "Machine-Readable Government" initiative, converting some policies and regulations into machine-readable formats to assist with routine assessments such as licensing and compliance, while final decision-making remains the responsibility of government officials.Additionally, according to a press release, Inception42 and OpenAI also signed a five-year agreement to promote cutting-edge AI in the UAE's government, business, and education sectors. CNBC reported that OpenAI is seeking to raise up to approximately $20 billion in a new round of financing, led jointly by UAE investors.

According to a report by Reuters, an official familiar with the talks stated that the Iranian negotiating representatives left discussions with the Qatari mediators on Sunday, and a draft agreement aimed at ending the U.S.-Iran war is being circulated, with further meetings still possible. The official noted that the departure was not due to difficulties in the negotiations.Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Baghaei confirmed that Deputy Foreign Minister Karibabadi had previously exchanged information with Washington through Qatari mediation in Doha, and the current discussions are still based on the "seven-step plan" proposed by Iran in September. The core of this plan includes the U.S. ending its blockade of Iranian ports, Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. granting exemptions for Iranian oil exports, and canceling recent new sanctions, among other points. Baghaei stated that the plan could now be compressed to about two days for implementation, but the premise remains that the U.S. must meet Iran's conditions; when asked if the transfer of high-enriched uranium stocks was discussed, he explicitly denied it.Reports indicate that on Monday, oil prices fell nearly 4% due to external hopes for this round of mediation, but sources from Iran believe that the likelihood of a new round of U.S. military strikes remains higher than reaching an agreement. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and the Russian Foreign Ministry both called for a political solution and opposed the resumption of military actions on the same day. U.S. President Trump had previously rejected Iran's original seven-step plan and stated that there would be no new attacks on Iran before the midterm elections.