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According to BBX data, yesterday global publicly listed companies in the U.S. disclosed their latest accounts regarding digital asset treasury allocations and institutional-level ecosystem deployments. The core updates are as follows:Strive invests an additional $235 million to acquire 2,822 BTC, total holdings exceed 35,000: Strive, a publicly listed Bitcoin treasury company, announced via social media that as of Tuesday local time in the U.S., it has once again utilized $235 million to purchase 2,822 Bitcoins in the secondary market. Following this large-scale acquisition, Strive's total Bitcoin holdings have significantly increased to 35,595 BTC.Evernorth (NASDAQ: $XRPN) partners with four major institutions, deploying $648 million in XRP starting in the fourth quarter: Evernorth, which has just completed its Nasdaq reverse merger, announced that it has officially selected Ripple, Kraken, Coinbase, and BitGo as its first institutional strategic partners. The company plans to fully deploy approximately 473 million XRP (valued at about $648 million at current market prices) held in its treasury starting in the fourth quarter of this year, to deepen its liquidity provision and infrastructure development within the XRP ecosystem.

According to Axios, the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has laid off most members of a 34-person team responsible for helping portfolio companies recruit talent. Axios reports that the information comes from multiple sources, and the company spokesperson declined to comment.The report states that this service is one of the main supporting services a16z promotes to tech founders. Remaining members of the company's full stack talent team will be reassigned to specialized investment groups, such as growth investment or crypto investment, with plans for each group to build teams to meet their needs, no longer relying on a centralized team. Currently, all team members are still listed on the company website.

U.S. President Trump stated that GlobalFoundries will invest $21 billion in Malta, New York, to build two large semiconductor manufacturing facilities, with funding provided by Japan based on a previously reached trade agreement.

Deutsche Bank data shows that active fund managers are skeptical about the rise in U.S. stocks due to high U.S. Treasury yields, the Iran war, and persistent inflation, leading to stock positions dropping to historic lows.At the same time, quantitative funds continue to buy stocks due to rising stock indices and decreasing volatility. Deutsche Bank strategist Parag Thatte stated that the divergence between the two sides is nearing its limit, and a concession from one side is expected soon.

According to "Du Jia," Tencent is conducting a small-scale test of its personal investment analysis assistant "Rena Lan Cai," which has a PC version and a WeChat mini-program, supporting connection to WeChat. This product is positioned as an AI assistant for individual investors, helping users obtain and understand market and company information, and is currently in a small-scale testing phase.The web version breaks down the investment research workflow into visual modules, with core features including market quick reads, individual stock tracking, and AI Q&A. The market quick read summarizes global market dynamics, continuously updated in the morning, noon, closing, and evening, and associates market information with the user's watchlist; the left sidebar allows users to customize stocks of interest and displays real-time market data, while the right side features an intelligent Q&A panel linked to the day's quick read content, supporting follow-up questions about industry rankings, cash flow in financial reports, and more. In addition to the PC version, Rena Lan Cai is also launched as a WeChat mini-program, with basic functionality aligned across both platforms and conversation records shared. The product also appears in the WeChat chat list as a WeChat ClawBot intelligent entity, allowing users to directly access investment research capabilities in the chat window.The report states that Alibaba is also internally testing its AI investment research product Qovest, and Baidu's previously released Kuku AI is also focusing on investment research, as major companies collectively enter the personal investor AI investment research space. Rena Lan Cai essentially serves as an investment research assistance tool, not providing investment advice and avoiding direct trading compliance red lines.

According to Ai Yi's monitoring, early investors of HYPE, with a holding cost of only $3.87, have been continuously selling in batches. About 2 hours ago, this address recharged 100,276 HYPE (approximately $8.17 million) to Kraken.Since September 28, this address has transferred a total of 261,926.4 HYPE to the exchange, with a total value of $22.49 million, and an average recharge price of $85.87 (selling range from $93 to $81), expecting a profit of $21.48 million, with a return on investment exceeding 2119%.

According to a report by Bloomberg cited by Phoenix Technology, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated in the podcast "Cheeky Pint" aired on Monday that the company had to commit to investing about $100 billion or $200 billion in infrastructure last year when it was still unclear whether AI products could succeed. He said, "We can't be sure either."Zuckerberg recalled that he had asked Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang if he was certain of success. Wang stated that aside from "intuitive judgment," there was no guarantee of success, and at that time it was "completely uncertain." Chief Financial Officer Susan Li repeatedly warned that the cost of failure would be extremely high, and Zuckerberg told Wang, "I think Susan scared you quite a bit."On Monday, Meta released a new AI model, claiming a significant leap in performance and possessing "cutting-edge capabilities." Management stated that it could compete with ChatGPT and Claude in programming and financial and legal issues. Meta also launched a personalized intelligent agent called Muse for shopping, ticket booking, and appointments. Zuckerberg mentioned that he was uncertain about consumer reactions and expected further iterations. Meta will announce its third-quarter financial report after the U.S. stock market closes on October 21. Last quarter, free cash flow fell to its lowest level in years, and the stock price dropped by 8%, but as of Monday's close, it has risen over 12% this year.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, Bonk Guy (@theunipcs)'s portfolio value has dropped from a peak of 26 million dollars to 10.4 million dollars, shrinking by more than 15 million dollars.Meanwhile, PONS revenue has decreased from a peak of 11.42 million dollars to 103,600 dollars, with the token price falling by nearly 70%. Currently, Bonk Guy holds 10.9 million PONS, and the position value has decreased from a peak of about 10.3 million dollars to 3.47 million dollars.

Market news shows that Nvidia has invested in Doctolib, GenesisAI, and Pigment.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang stated that NVIDIA invested $8 billion in Europe over the past year.

Driven by SpaceX's record-breaking initial public offering, defense spending, and the construction of space infrastructure, global space economy investments are expected to exceed $100 billion for the first time in 2026.Analysis from Space Capital shows that massive investments in the space sector and the number of unicorn companies have reached an all-time high. SpaceX's IPO may prompt investors to reassess the value of other space companies.

On October 13, as the stock tokenization sector continues to heat up, Feixiaohao, relying on its background as a publicly listed company in the U.S., is collaborating with exchanges to promote stock tokenization services and build the Feixiaohao DAT ecosystem. From structural design, asset custody, on-chain issuance to trading circulation, Feixiaohao aims to bring traditional stocks into the Web3 world.On the user side, Feixiaohao AI makes analysis as simple as chatting. Users can ask questions in natural language and receive multi-dimensional interpretations of tokenized stocks regarding fundamentals, information, and market sentiment, making it easier to understand and participate in this emerging market.

On Tuesday, the global semiconductor sector faced a massive sell-off, with the decline intensifying. The trigger was Broadcom CEO Hock Tan stating that AI investments have a "casino-like" nature. He mentioned in Singapore on Monday that many investors do not even know what they are investing in and that investors have set extremely high expectations, only to find that it is just like being in a casino.The world's two largest memory chip manufacturers, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, saw their stock prices plunge by 8.8% and 9.2% at one point during the morning session, dragging down South Korea's main stock index by 7%. The two companies account for about half of the weight in the Korea Composite Stock Price Index, and their stock prices have cumulatively dropped by about 15% over the past five days. The Taiwan Weighted Stock Index, dominated by chip stocks, fell by 2.5%, with TSMC down 2%; Micron Technology dropped nearly 4% overnight, and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange Semiconductor Index fell by 2.7%.

According to Bloomberg, Tencent Holdings has begun marketing dollar and offshore renminbi bonds, with an issuance scale of approximately 5 billion dollars, and the funds will be used to support its artificial intelligence investments.According to informed sources, the preliminary price guidance for the proposed 10-year and 20-year dollar bonds is approximately 115 basis points and 140 basis points above comparable U.S. Treasury yields, respectively. The guidance for the concurrently marketed 10-year and 30-year offshore renminbi notes is approximately 2.9% and 3.5%, respectively.

The scenarios envisioned in the IMF World Economic Outlook report indicate that global GDP will decrease by 1.1% by 2028 due to the withdrawal of investments in artificial intelligence and a sharp decline in asset prices.

According to the 21st Century Business Herald, the Chaoyang Branch of the Beijing Public Security Bureau reported that it has recently filed a case for investigation into the suspected illegal activities of related companies of Yixin. Currently, several criminal suspects, including the actual controllers Tang and Zhao, have been subjected to criminal coercive measures in accordance with the law.Yixin Group had previously fully suspended the redemption of quasi-fixed income products on May 22 and issued an apology letter to relevant investors on October 11. Yixin stated that the group has incurred significant losses in multiple businesses, and the market value of asset disposal is relatively low. Preliminary findings indicate that the group may be insolvent and has a significant debt repayment gap.

According to the Financial Times, informed sources revealed that Nvidia (NVDA.O) is negotiating to acquire the American open-weight model developer Reflection AI or to further increase its investment in the company.The negotiations are still in the early stages, and the deal could take various forms.

Multicoin co-founder Kyle Samani announced on platform X that his largest personal angel investment has been made into Backpack.On September 2, Backpack announced that Multicoin Capital co-founder and early Solana investor Kyle Samani has joined the Backpack US Board of Directors. Samani has long focused on the development of DeFi, blockchain infrastructure, and global capital markets. Backpack stated that this appointment reflects a shared judgment between both parties that the future of global finance will combine institutional-level risk control with the efficiency and transparency of on-chain markets.