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The B.AI platform announced the official launch of Anthropic's latest Haiku model, Claude Haiku 5.5, with both API and Web Chat now open for use. Optimized for high-frequency calls and latency-sensitive workloads, the model achieves a superior balance between speed, cost, and intelligence, making it highly suitable for well-defined sub-agent tasks.
According to official announcements, Ondo's Ondo Private Markets announced that the OpenAI Private Markets Note is now listed for trading on the Ondo Perps spot orderbook.
Odaily — RWA platform Ondo's Ondo Private Markets has announced that the OpenAI Private Markets Note is now listed on the Ondo Perps spot order book, allowing users to trade on-chain 24/7.The product is designed to provide accredited investors with economic exposure tied to OpenAI's private market valuation performance, tracking the per-share realized value of the reference company's common stock through a tokenized note. Users can gain exposure to the relevant market without waiting for OpenAI to go public.Ondo stated that the note offers three key features: first, it supports round-the-clock trading, allowing users to buy and sell on the Ondo Perps spot order book; second, it supports self-custody, enabling users to store tokens in personal wallets and transfer them among accredited investors; third, it is built on Ondo's existing tokenized asset infrastructure, with the platform currently holding approximately $3.9 billion in TVL and more than 1 million holders.Ondo emphasized that the note does not represent OpenAI shares or equity, and holders do not enjoy OpenAI shareholder rights. Ondo has no affiliation, partnership, or endorsement relationship with OpenAI.
Odaily — Polkadot has officially announced that the stablecoin dotUSD has officially launched on the Polkadot network. The stablecoin has no single issuing company or controlling entity; instead, it is managed by the DOT DAO through the OpenGov on-chain governance mechanism. Polkadot stated that dotUSD aims to become a native stablecoin governed by the network itself, thereby reducing reliance on centralized issuing institutions.
According to CoinDesk, asset tokenization platform Securitize has announced the launch of tokenized US stock products on the Solana blockchain, with the initial batch covering shares of 12 companies including Apple, NVIDIA, and Tesla. Each token is pegged 1:1 to the underlying actual shares and retains corresponding shareholder rights. Trading supports USDC settlement, with liquidity provided by Jump Trading. Additionally, the product plans to expand in the future to the digital trading platform under the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the OKXICE platform.
Odaily News: Digital asset securitization platform Securitize has brought 12 US stocks, including Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, and Microsoft, onto Solana. The tokens are pegged one-to-one to the underlying stocks and are designed to preserve shareholder rights.Trading will initially launch on Securitize's PropAMM platform, with Jump Trading providing liquidity and RQD supporting clearing, custody, and settlement. Listings on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and OKXICE are planned for later.The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is exploring an innovation exemption for tokenized securities, and the ICE-OKX joint venture is also seeking to launch tokenized stock trading under the US regulatory framework. (CoinDesk)
security firm CrowdStrike released an intelligence report stating that an unidentified hacker, between late September and early October, combined large language models (LLMs) with the domestic open-source AI penetration testing tool ARTEX to launch targeted cyberattacks against multiple South Korean financial institutions and steal data.After analyzing the hacker's exposed open directory, it was found that they employed a dual-server architecture centered on a Hong Kong IP, and used models including Claude Code, GLM-5.3, Grok 4.6, and DeepSeek v4.1-flash accessed through an API proxy to orchestrate the attack process. The hacker also asked Claude how to monetize the leaked South Korean data in Telegram groups. According to estimates by South Korean media, at least seven South Korean financial institutions were attacked, including KB Kookmin Bank, Shinhan Bank, and Hana Bank, with personal data of approximately 68,000 people leaked, involving sensitive information such as annual income and loan limits.
Odaily report: Sources familiar with the matter say Tencent Holdings is considering issuing offshore bonds to raise approximately $5 billion to meet the funding needs of its artificial intelligence business expansion. It is reported that the issuance may be denominated in both US dollars and offshore renminbi, and could launch as early as this month. Analysts note that as demand for AI infrastructure construction and computing power investment continues to rise, global tech companies are increasingly turning to bond financing to raise capital. The fundraising plan is still in the discussion stage, and the final issuance size and timing have not yet been finalized. (Bloomberg)
According to the official announcement, HTX will open spot trading and grid trading for the NMR/USDT pair on October 8 at 21:30 (UTC+8). NMR deposit services are now open, and withdrawal services will be open on October 9 at 21:30.
According to the official announcement, Huobi HTX will open spot trading and grid trading for QNT/USDT on October 8 at 21:00 (UTC+8). QNT deposit services are now open, and withdrawal services will be available on October 9 at 21:00.
According to Reuters, NVIDIA-backed AI infrastructure startup Upscale AI has announced the launch of the Token Fabric platform, designed to help customers connect AI chips from different vendors within the same data center. Built on devices leveraging NVIDIA's Spectrum-X technology, the platform combines hardware and software to enable cross-vendor AI processor interconnectivity.
Four.Meme, a Meme issuance platform in the BNB Chain ecosystem, has announced an upgrade to its Stock Meme feature, adding 76 new bStock assets that can be used as pool assets and optimizing its token issuance mechanism.It is reported that Four.Meme will abolish the previous model of setting fixed amounts for different bStocks. All bStock pools will now adopt a unified fundraising target of $10,000 equivalent, regardless of the underlying stock asset. Meanwhile, the platform will support more stock-type assets as the basis for creating Stock Memes. Popular stocks will be displayed by default, and users can also view all supported bStocks through the search function.In addition, Four.Meme has lowered the fundraising threshold for BNB, USDT, USD1, and UUSD to $10,000, aiming to provide Stock Meme creators with more asset options and a more flexible issuance method.
Odaily reports: Crypto travel booking platform Travala has announced the launch of a native AI travel agent, allowing users to search for and book hotels through the AI agent and complete payments using USDT on BNB Smart Chain. The service is jointly supported by BNB Chain, Travala, and Binance Pay. BNB Chain provides the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) SDK and agent framework, while Binance Pay handles the payment settlement infrastructure. Users do not need to install additional apps or configure developer tools — they simply select a hotel through the AI agent on the Travala website and authorize payment using a self-custodial BSC wallet.
Odaily News: Chainlink has launched CCIP Vault Adapters, enabling DeFi vaults to directly accept user deposits from more than 80 blockchains without needing to redeploy the vault on each chain. The product is now live, with protocols including Aave, Lombard, United Stables, Veda, and Venus already beginning to adopt it. The relevant vaults cover areas such as stablecoins, lending, yield strategies, digital credit, and tokenized assets.
Bybit today added three new stock perpetual contracts: Nike (NKEUSDT), Lululemon (LULUUSDT), and Accenture (ACNUSDT), supporting up to 25x leverage. Alongside the listing, enjoy limited-time trading fee discounts: 0% for limit orders and 50% off for market orders.
According to TASS, the Moscow Exchange plans to provide cryptocurrency trading services under the new regulatory framework starting December 1. Boris Blokhin, Senior Managing Director of the Moscow Exchange, stated that the exchange will continue conducting relevant testing before its official launch.
Proposal 39 of Ethereum Layer 2 network Taiko has passed the community veto window and completed execution on both Ethereum L1 and Taiko L2. Following the upgrade, the ERC20Vault of the Taiko bridge now supports Permit and Permit2, allowing users to bridge tokens without initiating a separate Approve transaction; the Ether gas payment limit of the Taiko bridge has also been raised, and a new BridgedERC20V2 template has been deployed on both L1 and L2. Taiko stated that the related features have completed end-to-end testing, covering ETH, ERC20, ERC721, and ERC1155 assets as well as bidirectional bridging scenarios.
According to Chainwire, blockchain post-quantum security firm Project Eleven and Quantus have announced a partnership to integrate the post-quantum Quantus network into Strongpoint, Project Eleven’s institutional-grade custody platform, with Quantus acting as a development partner to facilitate the integration, which is expected to go live in Q1 2027.
Odaily reports: The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has stated that EU crypto asset service providers authorized under MiCA should cease offering services involving stablecoins that do not comply with the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) to EU clients, and should address existing related exposures no later than January 8, 2027.The guidance covers trading platforms, exchange services, order execution, custody, transfers, investment advice, and portfolio management. ESMA requires firms to take technical, contractual, and organizational measures to prevent EU clients from gaining or increasing exposure to unauthorized stablecoins.Regulators may allow firms to provide limited services such as liquidation, conversion, withdrawals, transfers, and safekeeping to help clients exit existing positions, but such activities must be temporary arrangements and subject to strict supervision. This update extends the relevant guidance published by ESMA in January 2025. (Cointelegraph)
community member ugurmersin has proposed an alternative to Proposal 613, suggesting that custody of the Ecosystem Protection and Continuity Fund (EPCF) and mainnet Chainlink SVR revenue be transferred from the Safe controlled by the Compound Foundation to a Community Multisig, adopting a 9-party 5/9 multisig mechanism. The proposal does not advocate shutting down the EPCF, but rather preserving its purpose, size, 48-month term, and emergency fund deployment capability.As of October 8, the EPCF held 500,000 USDC and 4.5834 million USDC deposited in cUSDCv3, while mainnet Chainlink SVR revenue held 355.95 ETH. The proposal states that the original Proposal 613 had planned to shut down the EPCF and transfer the funds to the Governor Timelock, and was canceled by the Proposal Guardian on October 7.