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Former Superstate engineering head Jon Walch tweeted that his new company Offworld Privacy will bring privacy cryptocurrencies like Zcash to private DeFi on Helius Privacy and Aztec Network. The first products include a trust-minimized shielded Zcash bridge and a private lending protocol.

According to a report by the Korean News Agency, the administrative department of the South Korean National Court has established a cryptocurrency enforcement procedure. The revised "Civil Execution Rules" have been implemented since November 1, officially clarifying the seizure and liquidation procedures for virtual assets (such as Bitcoin).Previously, due to the lack of physical form of virtual assets, enforcement relied heavily on the regulations regarding "other property rights." With the surge in related cases, the court has specifically formulated enforcement rules for two scenarios: custodianship by exchanges and personal wallets, covering various liquidation methods such as seizure, transfer orders, and entrusting exchanges to sell.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced the establishment of the "Superintelligence" Special Task Force (DOJ-SITF), led by Deputy Attorney General Stanley Woodward and Deputy Deputy Attorney General Stephen Weiss, specifically to oversee the misuse of advanced artificial intelligence. The task force's established mission is to ensure that the United States' leading position in the "superintelligence" field is not undermined by criminals, targeting foreign governments and their agents, transnational crime organizations, as well as businesses and individuals using AI to commit fraud and other crimes.Attorney General Todd Blanche stated that the development of "superintelligence" will continue to be driven by American innovators, and the task force will collaborate with SI Force Chairman Jay Clayton to prevent critical AI technologies from being manipulated by domestic and foreign criminals. He noted that the Department of Justice will continue to identify and prosecute individuals who violate the law using superintelligence, including malicious actions targeting American taxpayers, U.S. critical infrastructure, or other national security areas.Weiss stated that the Department of Justice also has the responsibility to enhance regular reporting on superintelligence risks and responses, and to ensure that businesses implement strict internal controls to ensure that relevant technologies "operate as intended." This task force is one of the federal-level initiatives to advance AI regulation; the SEC has included "superintelligence" in its review priorities for 2027, and U.S. banking regulator OCC also released its first AI framework this week. The Department of Justice did not specify the timeline for the task force or disclose how it will coordinate with other agencies.

According to Tech in Asia, Visa announced the establishment of six global capability centers at its new Solutions Center in Bayfront Oasis, Singapore, gathering over 1,500 professionals.These centers will focus on applying AI to agency-based commerce, digital currencies, stablecoins, programmable payments, wallets, alternative payment methods, cybersecurity, and quantum computing. Visa also stated plans to expand research, engineering, and innovation positions, with partners including DBS Bank, Nium, and StraitsX.The Singapore Economic Development Board stated that Visa's investment will create high-value job opportunities for Singaporeans. In addition, Visa has launched USDC settlement in the United States and stated that stablecoins can support faster cross-border payments and programmable currency.

According to the Business Times, HSBC, Kinexys under JPMorgan, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Societe Generale-Forge under Société Générale, and Standard Chartered Bank have established a non-profit organization in Singapore called Global Layer One Organisation (GL1 Org) to promote the development and adoption of common standards and frameworks for tokenized financial markets.The organization will continue the work of the GL1 initiative by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, facilitating interoperability among different institutions, infrastructures, and jurisdictions.

The Ethereum Foundation stated on platform X that its "Strawmap" has set a goal to achieve Lean Ethereum by 2029, and a plan has now been established to gradually advance through forks. H* will be the last fork that does not include Lean features; I* will introduce leanVM and Lean transactions; J* will add Lean proofs, data availability sampling, and PCS; by the L stage, Lean Ethereum will be completed.It is reported that Lean Ethereum is a long-term protocol restructuring vision and roadmap proposed after Ethereum enters its second decade, with the core goal of streamlining the protocol without sacrificing decentralization and security, significantly enhancing performance, addressing quantum computing threats, and restructuring the underlying technology stack.

According to The Block, digital asset infrastructure company BitGo Holdings (BTGO) announced the launch of BitGo Global Markets, its new institutional trading and financial solutions business, integrating global liquidity, trade execution, financing, derivatives, and settlement services. This division is led by former NYDIG executive Pete Janney, and BitGo completed its acquisition of NYDIG's institutional and trading business on August 27.Approximately 30 employees joined BitGo after the acquisition, bringing expertise in derivatives, financing, collateral services, and structured products. Janney initially joined the company as the head of financial infrastructure. Since 2020, BitGo has provided institutional trading services through BitGo Prime, which has now been integrated into Global Markets, merging with derivatives, collateral management, and structured financing capabilities from NYDIG.Under the new division, BitGo's Global Liquidity Layer will offer spot trading and large over-the-counter trading channels, with liquidity sourced from exchanges, market makers, and other trading counterparts; clients can use their crypto assets as collateral to borrow funds for trading positions, with BitGo responsible for qualified custody, margin monitoring, and additional margin or clearing processing.The division will also provide options, swaps, and customized structured products for qualified counterparties, as well as managed investment strategies, private funds, and research services, with clearing and settlement handled by Go Network. BitGo CEO Mike Belshe stated that Global Markets will combine custody, liquidity, trading, financing, and settlement capabilities with deeper capital markets expertise. BTGO rose 3.4% in pre-market trading on Wednesday, following a 3.7% increase the previous day.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, one of the oldest arbitrage bots on Solana, King, has accumulated a PnL of 7.2 million dollars, with approximately 786,000 dollars in assets stolen, including 4,260 WSOL, 191 SOL, and 366,000 dollars in stablecoins.The draining address is BHRayETPjvgg3BCr9H82V1D6NRwxu5v44JAaVuaod3jU, the forwarding address is Ddmy5oM8xtTs1EBC6eF2SZwQfBreewQpFgtUDm51Hkqj, and the victim address is 7dGrdJRYtsNR8UYxZ3TnifXGjGc9eRYLq9sELwYpuuUu.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced the launch of the SAGE project to promote the responsible development and application of agentic finance in Hong Kong and established an expert group on agentic finance. SAGE stands for Securing Agentic Finance with Governance and Enablement, which means combining governance and enablement to build secure and reliable agentic finance. The members of the expert group come from financial institutions, technology service providers, professional service organizations, and academia.The Monetary Authority stated that the SAGE project focuses on four areas: first, market development and application scenario exploration, including business-to-consumer (B2C) agentic shopping and daily payments, business-to-business (B2B) procurement and treasury management, as well as machine-to-machine (M2M) pay-per-use digital service fees; second, exploring methods for verifying artificial intelligence agent identities and authorization permissions, including "Know Your Agent (KYA)" and identity verification mechanisms; third, promoting discussions on interoperability standards and protocols; fourth, exchanging views on legal regulatory issues such as governance arrangements, legal responsibilities, and consumer protection.The Monetary Authority's Chief Executive, Eddie Yue, stated that agentic finance has the potential to reshape the way financial services are provided and used. The Monetary Authority hopes to consolidate Hong Kong's position in the next generation of financial technology while promoting innovation through relevant measures and communication with industry experts, ensuring that agentic finance aligns with user interests and maintains the stability of the financial system.

According to official news, Tether announced the establishment of the Swiss non-profit foundation FASE (Financial Access and Systemic Empowerment) on October 28, focusing on four main areas: financial security, financial inclusion, access to basic resources, and responsible AI and robotics.Founding members include Anchorage Digital, Bitfury, Bybit, Chainalysis, Fasanara Capital, Kraken, Opera, Pave Bank, Prosper Global (formerly Mercy Corps), and the Solana Foundation. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will provide technical consulting.The first batch of projects includes: establishing a global youth alliance with Goodwall, aiming to provide anti-fraud education to up to 10 million young people, prioritizing coverage in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia; launching a stablecoin humanitarian aid pilot with Prosper Global, initially covering up to 1 million people; and collaborating with the United Nations Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons to support survivor assistance.

According to official news, Sequoia China and the robotics company Yushu Technology announced the establishment of the "ShanYu·Innovation Plan," focusing on discovering and investing in embodied intelligence, robotic applications, and their upstream and downstream key technologies, as well as early-stage entrepreneurial projects in other cutting-edge hard technology fields.It is reported that the core strategy of this plan is "understanding technology and industry, discovering early, making quick decisions, valuing people, and not adding chaos," which will provide industrial and financial resources for promising early-stage entrepreneurs in the fields of embodied intelligence, robotics, and other cutting-edge hard technologies.

The People's Bank of China Open Market Operations Office announced the establishment of a non-bank large redemption swap facility in the bond market, referred to as BNSF. The announcement stated that this move aims to implement a scientifically sound and robust monetary policy system and a comprehensive macro-prudential management system to maintain stability in the bond market. The relevant document is the People's Bank of China Open Market Operations Announcement [2026] No. 12.According to the announcement, in specific scenarios where asset management institutions face systemic liquidity risks and the bond market experiences systemic pressure, support will be provided to bank wealth management subsidiaries, public fund managers, or corresponding parent banks, securities parent companies, etc., to borrow central bank bills from the People's Bank of China for market repurchase financing, in order to purchase eligible bonds or product shares of public products that are being redeemed by their own company or asset management subsidiaries, and to pledge to the People's Bank of China. Participating institutions must continuously meet the requirements of prudent management in the financial market and maintain market discipline.

Bitcoin infrastructure company Blockstream announced the launch of consulting services for financial institutions and established an office in Lugano, Switzerland. This business enables banks, asset management institutions, and others to directly connect with Blockstream's engineering team and Bitcoin infrastructure. Blockstream Consulting Services will assist institutions in assessing, designing, and implementing Bitcoin-based financial infrastructure, as well as developing related solutions such as tokenized asset issuance and confidential settlements, covering areas such as technology strategy, system architecture, integration, and implementation.Blockstream stated that the Lugano office will serve Swiss clients, including those in Zurich, Geneva, and Zug, and will act as its European business hub, supporting client relationships, strategic partnerships, and collaboration with local financial and technology communities. The company's Chief Marketing Officer Peter Bain stated that Switzerland has a long-standing banking tradition and a regulatory framework supporting digital assets, making it an important market for Blockstream; the company aims to provide local expertise in markets where it sees demand for Bitcoin infrastructure, and the consulting business along with the Lugano office will bring customized Bitcoin solutions to European financial institutions.Founded in 2014, Blockstream's business covers Bitcoin custody, settlement, payments, asset issuance, and self-custody, with products including the sidechain Liquid Network, Elements, Simplicity, Core Lightning, Jade hardware wallet, and Blockstream App. The company has launched Simplicity smart contracts on the Liquid network and added Lightning Network support for the Jade hardware wallet. Co-founder and CEO Adam Back stated that the next phase of Bitcoin adoption is to integrate into the existing financial system, and the company's experience in Bitcoin cryptography, protocol development, and engineering can address the related complexities. This announcement did not disclose the pricing of the consulting services, the size of the Lugano office's staff, or the names of clients.

BitGo announced the establishment of a new research and innovation department, BitGo Labs, aimed at designing, launching, and validating the next breakthrough applications in the digital asset space. BitGo stated that this department focuses on use cases that can only be achieved through cryptographic technology, such as interest rates and yields that traditional systems cannot provide, and utilizes AI to complete builds in months rather than years.Initially, BitGo Labs will focus on the intersection of AI and cryptocurrency. BitGo pointed out that the AI economy still requires cryptographic financial infrastructure to handle micropayments, achieve instant settlements, and ensure asset security. At the launch of the department, several related projects were introduced, including the consumer application Gokubu, which uses AI-driven card optimization for user spending and is now live, allowing users to be assigned personalized AI financial assistants to help them obtain better rewards and transaction value.BitGo stated that in addition to the initial projects, BitGo Labs will also release research reports, protocol prototypes, and reference implementations, and collaborate with developers, scholars, and institutions in the cryptocurrency and AI communities. BitGo CEO Mike Belshe previously stated in an interview that AI agents are likely to use stablecoins as their native currency, and human control over AI will last longer than some predict. This statement responded to Maelstrom Chief Investment Officer Arthur Hayes' view that digital currencies like stablecoins cannot serve as the native currency for AI agents because they cannot be directly converted into computing power.

On October 18, the artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced that it would allocate a portion of its company shares to the newly established Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, with the shareholding ratio of this entity increasing as the company grows. Subject to shareholder approval, the company committed to contributing 5% of Anthropic shares on that day; thereafter, for every 50% increase in company value above a set benchmark, the board may discretionarily increase the contribution by an additional 2%.The fund will be established as a wholly-owned LLC rather than a 501(c)(3) or other forms, allowing for adjustments between different donation methods. The Anthropic equity held by the fund will not be used for lobbying or political donations in the U.S. or abroad. Anthropic stated that the fund aims to advance its mission with greater flexibility and scale, such as making large donations to traditional non-profit organizations or directly allocating resources to specific populations. The company had previously committed $200 million to research and address the impact of AI on the labor market.As a public benefit corporation, most of the mission-related work is still conducted internally, including AI safety and explainability research, applied biomedical research, and providing discounts on Claude to non-profit organizations and research institutions. At the company's founding, the co-founders committed to donating 80% of their equity holdings; the company also operates an equity donation matching program, with about half of the employees participating. With this announcement, approximately 20% of Anthropic shares will be used for public benefit, and this percentage may increase after reaching specific valuation milestones. The structure, governance, and corresponding milestones of the fund will be announced in the coming months.

According to Decrypt, nine blockchain organizations including Quantus, Postquant Labs, Midnight Foundation, Keystone, Abelian, and Hacken have jointly established the Quantum Alliance, aiming to develop "quantum-ready" open standards and establish a unified approach to test the quantum resistance of blockchain networks, wallets, and infrastructure.The Quantum Alliance stated that currently, approximately 6.04 million BTC, accounting for about 30% of the Bitcoin supply, are at potential risk of quantum attacks due to the exposure of elliptic curve signature public keys. The organization will focus on promoting blockchain migration, post-quantum zero-knowledge systems, wallet security, and cross-chain compatibility, citing recent predictions that practical quantum attack windows may appear as early as around 2028.

According to Bitcoin Magazine, Amy Oldenburg, head of Morgan Stanley's digital asset-related business, stated in a video interview with Bitcoin Magazine that the investment logic of Bitcoin as "digital gold" is "quite sound." However, she hopes to see Bitcoin's trading performance align more closely with gold, rather than being highly correlated with technology-related risk assets. She mentioned that factors such as the correlation between Bitcoin and gold, demand for stablecoins, concerns about quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and inflation are all influencing the market's demand for Bitcoin.She also stated that she would not define Bitcoin's prospects based on a single day's market performance or a specific inflation data point. The interview also covered topics such as the application of stablecoins and USDT on the Bitcoin network, the client composition of Morgan Stanley's spot Bitcoin ETF, the pathways for clients to transfer self-held Bitcoin into ETF shares, and borrowing against Bitcoin ETFs and spot Bitcoin as collateral.In addition, Oldenburg introduced how Morgan Stanley assesses quantum risks and discussed how asset tokenization could change various asset classes, as well as the role of Morgan Stanley's Digital Asset Lab and AI agents in the future "agent economy."

According to CoinDesk, nine cryptocurrency companies announced the establishment of a Quantum Alliance on Thursday, planning to develop universal security standards for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other blockchain networks to address the threats posed by future quantum computers.The alliance estimates that about 6.4 million Bitcoins, or 30.2% of the supply, have their public keys exposed, and future quantum computers could reverse-engineer wallet public keys to recover private keys and steal assets. The alliance explained that since no quantum computer currently has sufficient computing power, these Bitcoins cannot be stolen in this manner for the time being. Members include Hacken, Midnight Foundation under Charles Hoskinson, the quantum-resistant layer one blockchain Quantus, and Postquant Labs.There are significant differences in the industry regarding when the quantum threat will arrive. Bryn Bennett, Chief Revenue Officer of The Vault, stated that no one knows the exact date, but estimates are continuously being revised downward, and this risk can be planned for in advance. The question for custodians is not whether the threat will appear in 2028 or 2035, but whether they can complete the migration if it arrives earlier.Richard Carback, Chief Technology Officer of Postquant Labs, believes that it is realistic for machines capable of breaking existing cryptography to emerge by 2028. Recent research has lowered the estimates of the computing power required to attack Bitcoin and Ethereum, but currently, no existing machines can break their cryptography, and related predictions remain controversial.The question of whether to freeze vulnerable Bitcoins has also sparked debate. Bennett pointed out that no one is responsible for this issue; custodians only protect client assets, not abandoned assets. Freezing tokens is a governance decision of the Bitcoin network, and any freeze would set a precedent of exchanging quantum risk for property rights and neutrality. Carback prefers to transfer vulnerable tokens and suggested placing them in a trust, allowing holders who can prove ownership to reclaim their funds.Binance founder Changpeng Zhao once suggested that if quantum technology advances and Satoshi Nakamoto's approximately 1.1 million Bitcoins remain untouched, they should be frozen; Bitcoin developer Jameson Lopp also proposed limiting vulnerable tokens to prevent theft, but critics argue that freezing someone else's Bitcoins contradicts the promise that no one can confiscate Bitcoins. Achieving quantum resistance requires replacing the digital signatures that authorize transactions, which necessitates consensus among developers, miners, wallet service providers, exchanges, and users. The new signatures may also occupy more block space, increasing transaction fees or reducing the number of transactions Bitcoin can process.

DeepSeek has integrated the Harness team along with the Web, App, and Platform teams into the Product Department, responsible for all product, design, and development work of the company, led by Cui Tianyi as the head of the Product Department.DeepSeek is currently hiring product managers, product designers, and project managers, with product managers divided into two directions: AI products and Agent Harness, covering web, App, open platform, and Harness product lines. Job requirements include experience in complete delivery, experience with Agent-type products, as well as skills in prototyping, data analysis, and communication within open source communities. The work locations are Beijing and Hangzhou, with both full-time and internship positions available.