Odaily News: Starknet has announced the launch of shadow accounts, allowing users to participate in public DeFi activities through independent addresses under their own control, while keeping the connection between that address and their primary wallet confidential. Shadow accounts are independent pseudonymous addresses on Starknet, funded from users' protected STRK20 balances, with the first integration set to go live tomorrow. The balances, transaction records, and positions across various applications of shadow accounts will still be publicly visible on-chain, but STRK20 is able to protect information about their association with users' primary wallets.

Odaily News: 21Shares has launched a synthetic exchange-traded product (ETP) based on Anthropic's valuation on the Vienna Stock Exchange, with ticker symbol CLAU, providing investors with unleveraged exposure to Anthropic's pre-IPO valuation.

The ETP does not represent direct ownership of Anthropic shares, whether before the company's listing or after the IPO is completed. Its return exposure comes from a Total Return Swap that tracks a reference rate constructed by Kaiko, which is based on Anthropic perpetual futures prices on Binance.

21Shares stated that the product is designed to allow investors to participate in the valuation changes of private AI companies through traditional financial market instruments, providing a new investment channel for high-growth technology companies that have not yet gone public.

Odaily News: Ripple has partnered with Privy, a wallet infrastructure company under Stripe, to bring XRP Ledger (XRPL) support to the Privy developer platform. Following the integration, developers will be able to integrate XRPL wallets into their applications without having to build wallet infrastructure themselves, enabling wallet creation and management, transaction signing, and more, with support for XRP, Ripple-issued RLUSD stablecoin, and other assets on the network.

Odaily: U.S. President Trump stated that we will make a decision on Iran very soon, the Houthis' actions are very bad, and he has already spoken with the Saudi Crown Prince. (Jinshi)

Odaily News: Solana research and development company Anza has announced that Alpenglow will go live on Solana mainnet-beta on October 21 at approximately 22:50 (UTC+8), with the migration completed within a single slot. The upgrade, which took 18 months of development, will replace the TowerBFT consensus protocol that Solana has used since the public network's launch, reducing block finality time from several seconds to about 150 milliseconds. Alpenglow combines the latest consensus research with erasure-coded data dissemination technology and is designed for use cases such as high-frequency trading, institutional financial services, Web3 applications, and the AI agent economy.

Odaily reports that Strategy stated its "Bitcoin Banking Adoption Index" rose to 34% in the third quarter of 2026, indicating that major global banks' adoption of Bitcoin and digital asset-related services continues to increase, though the overall level remains at an early stage. Among them, Fidelity ranked first at 77%, JPMorgan Chase at 47%, and BNY at 46%.

Strategy noted that the index increase this quarter was mainly driven by several developments, including expanded access to Bitcoin ETF/ETP products, growth in institutional custody services, and the development of lending businesses using BTC as collateral. Meanwhile, advancements in stablecoins and asset tokenization also contributed to the index increase. As traditional financial institutions gradually explore digital asset infrastructure, Bitcoin-related services are extending from investment products to custody, financing, and financial application scenarios.

Odaily reports that the Coinbase Quantum Advisory Council has released a position paper on quantum computing and blockchain, recommending that preparations for Bitcoin's post-quantum migration begin before the threat from quantum computing becomes clear, and stating that adjustments to consensus rules and migration across the entire ecosystem could take years. Coinbase currently custodies approximately 5% of Bitcoin's total supply and is advancing post-quantum preparations for its own systems while discussing related proposals with Bitcoin developers and researchers. The paper recommends evaluating P2MR, P2TRv2, and hybrid schemes that run traditional signatures in parallel with post-quantum signatures, while also comparing candidate algorithms such as ML-DSA, SLH-DSA, and FN-DSA; the paper is not a final proposal or formal conclusion.

Odaily Report: Wells Fargo CEO stated that Wells Fargo is preparing for potential crypto stablecoin opportunities in the United States.

Odaily News: Goldman Sachs Group CEO David Solomon downplayed recent rumors about a possible leadership transition at the company, calling them just "noise." Goldman Sachs Chief Operating Officer John Waldron has long been seen as a potential successor to Solomon.

Recent reports suggested that Solomon could step down as early as next year, bringing the timing of Goldman Sachs' leadership transition back into the market spotlight. Speaking Tuesday on an earnings call with analysts, Solomon said: "Let me be clear — there is no succession transition currently underway at Goldman Sachs, nor is there a timeline for one. The board and I are fully focused on the company's growth strategy and on continuing to deliver exceptional service to our clients." He added that he is pleased with the company's progress, which has made him enjoy his work even more.

Odaily News: According to monitoring by Bitcoin News, well-known hardware security researcher and computer engineer Joe Grand (social media account @joegrand, also known as "Kingpin") stated that in August 2025, a man in Thailand contacted him, claiming to have discovered a compromised Ledger Nano X. The man had previously purchased a cheap Ledger device online to replace the battery in his existing device. After taking the device apart, he found that it contained a smaller battery, unauthorized circuitry, extra wiring, and an antenna. After the man posted his findings on Reddit, he reportedly did not receive much attention from local police, and subsequently contacted Grand to launch an investigation. This discovery came more than a year before the Ledger supply chain attack sparked major public controversy this week; according to reports, nearly $100 million in cryptocurrency was stolen this week.

Odaily reports that Morpho has officially announced the appointment of Brian Foster, former institutional business executive at Coinbase, as Head of GTM. Foster spent over seven years at Coinbase, where he led strategic partnerships with BlackRock and federal government business in the United States, covering areas including ETFs, trading-as-a-service, and stablecoin payments. At Morpho, Foster will focus on driving the adoption of onchain credit products among fintech companies and traditional financial institutions.

Odaily reports, according to Lookonchain monitoring, trader 0x26b6 accumulated losses of approximately $637,000 in PaperTrade trading. The trader incurred trading losses of about $1.71 million while receiving 136 million $PAPER token rewards. Additionally, the trader earned approximately $1.07 million in USDC rewards through staking, of which $943,000 has been claimed, with about $130,000 still pending. After combining trading losses and reward earnings, 0x26b6's net loss amounts to approximately $637,000.

Odaily News: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is conducting an early-stage review of the online sports betting industry, focusing on allegations of false or misleading advertising by bookmakers such as FanDuel and DraftKings. It is reported that prediction market platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket are not expected to fall within the scope of this review. (The Block)

Odaily News: Payy posted on the X platform stating that in response to security concerns raised by users submitting seed phrases in the claims form, the company explained that the seed phrase in this process is only used to confirm the user's wallet balance and will not be used to control assets.

Payy stated that because it adopts a ZK privacy architecture, only the user themselves can know the wallet balance through the seed phrase or private key, and the platform cannot confirm the amount of USDC held by the user without the seed phrase. Therefore, the company requires users to provide identification (ID) and relevant verification information to reduce the risk of claims fraud.

Payy stated that due to known and potential vulnerabilities in Aztec's zero-knowledge proof (ZK) framework, the company cannot fully rely on the ZK proofs submitted by user wallets for balance verification, otherwise it could lead to false claims.

In addition, Payy stated that the user's Payy seed phrase was previously only used for Payy Wallet. Since the on-chain funds of Payy have now all been stolen, the seed phrase no longer has fund control value and is only used to identify the amount of USDC previously held by the user's wallet.

Payy acknowledged that this process is not an ideal solution, but stated that it is currently the way to ensure the accurate execution of the asset compensation process. Previously, Payy users raised community security concerns because the claims process required the submission of seed phrases.

Odaily News: Bitcoin treasury company Strategy repurchased a total of $3.687 million in STRC from September 28 to October 11, while purchasing only 584 Bitcoins during the same period, with the repurchase amount being approximately 7 times the amount spent on Bitcoin purchases. During this period, Strategy repurchased 3,705,947 shares of STRC, and the amount spent on Bitcoin purchases was $50.2 million.

Strategy's Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock (STRC) closed at $99.88 on October 12, the highest closing price since May, rebounding significantly from its June low of $71.25. From October 5 to October 9, Strategy's repurchase amount accounted for approximately 30% of STRC's trading volume during the same period.

Strategy disclosed on September 30 that STRC's annual dividend rate remains at 12%, and management will recommend maintaining this rate until STRC trades consistently and healthily near $100. The aforementioned repurchases are expected to reduce annual dividend expenses by approximately $44.5 million.

As of October 11, the remaining funds under Strategy's preferred stock repurchase program amounted to $354.8 million. October 15 is the STRC dividend record date, and a special shareholder meeting will be held on October 28 to vote on the daily dividend payment arrangement. (Bitcoin.com News)

Odaily News: According to market reports, Interactive Brokers has launched an Ethereum staking service powered by ZeroHash.