Odaily News: According to on-chain analyst Ember Monitoring, over the past day, a certain whale/institution continued to sell 288.9 BTC, exchanged for 23.48 million USDC, and then bought 9,820 ETH. Over the past 5 days, this whale/institution has cumulatively sold 1,601.1 BTC, exchanged for 132 million USDC, and bought 53,095 ETH at an average purchase price of $2,497.

Odaily reports: According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (October 15, U.S. Eastern Time), U.S. spot ETFs for XRP and ZEC recorded total daily net outflows of $104,500 and $14,763,300 respectively, for a combined net outflow of $14,867,800; spot ETFs for NEAR recorded total daily net inflows of $1,126,000.

On the XRP side, the Franklin XRP ETF (XRPZ) recorded daily net inflows of $3,644,800, with cumulative historical net inflows of $513 million; the Bitwise XRP ETF (XRP) recorded daily net outflows of $3,749,400, with cumulative historical net inflows of $685 million. As of press time, the total net asset value of XRP spot ETFs stands at $1.528 billion, with a net asset ratio of 1.81% and cumulative historical net inflows of $1.803 billion.

On the ZEC side, only the Zcash ETF (ZCSH) recorded net outflows on the day, amounting to $14,763,300, with cumulative historical net inflows of $164 million. As of press time, the total net asset value of ZEC spot ETFs stands at $674 million, with a net asset ratio of 3.21% and cumulative historical net inflows of $164 million.

On the NEAR side, only the Bitwise NEAR ETF (NRR) recorded net inflows on the day, amounting to $1,126,000, with cumulative historical net inflows of $80,440,700 for the fund. As of press time, the total net asset value of NEAR spot ETFs stands at $86,142,500, with a net asset ratio of 1.24% and cumulative historical net inflows of $80,440,700.

Odaily News: According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a whale that accumulated ETH at the peak of this bull market began building its position in September 2025 at around $4,600, then continued to add to its position as prices declined, withdrawing a total of 15,810 ETH worth $63.85 million at an average price of $4,101.85. Between October 2025 and October 2026, this whale deposited a cumulative total of 15,361.1 ETH worth $49.55 million to exchanges, with deposits made at price levels including $4,478 and $1,910 during this period. The most recent deposit occurred 5 hours ago, bringing the final average deposit price to $3,226.22. If the aforementioned ETH is sold, it would result in a loss of $13.45 million. Currently, 572 ETH remains on-chain.

Odaily News: Spout Finance announced the completion of a $2 million strategic funding round, with participation from Draper Dragon, Anchorage, Flow Traders, Vessel Capital, Solayer, 2Square, and Bering Waters Group, among others, as well as strategic support from Solana Labs. The project's main business is providing Solana-based DeFi lending services, enabling users to borrow stablecoins such as USDC using their tokenized US stocks as collateral, without paying interest.

1. Farcaster changes hands again, acquired by Balaji's Network School;

2. New MSCI rules set to take effect, Strategy and Metaplanet may face potential removal;

3. Some investors reportedly lower Anthropic valuation expectations to $1.5 trillion;

4. AMC CEO issues another warning: opposes Robinhood issuing AMC stock tokens in the US, which could affect the company's capital structure;

5. Binance US plans to raise $100 million at a target valuation of approximately $1 billion, down about 78% from its 2022 valuation;

6. Meta releases open-weight AI model Muse Spark Open;

7. Motion to vacate $5 million settlement agreement denied, judge rules Gemini and CFTC lacked sufficient grounds;

8. Worth $15.25 million, whale Hamr4x sells another 145,010 SOL after two months.

Odaily News: Data shows that meme coin projects typically reach their all-time highs 17.2 days after their first trade, with a quarter of projects peaking within 1.6 days; the median time from peak to "death" — defined as a 95% price decline — is 370 days, and only 3% of projects are able to return to their all-time highs. Analysts believe that the flood of new tokens, the lifecycle of rapid pump-and-dump, and the diversion of attention by AI and prediction markets are gradually cooling the meme coin speculation sector. Its cultural expression attribute still exists, but in a more low-key manner. (Bloomberg)

Odaily reports: Lightning Labs announced on X the launch of LayerTree, a non-custodial scaling solution built on Bitcoin that can connect with the Lightning Network.

According to the introduction, LayerTree utilizes Covenants technology to enable a single UTXO (unspent transaction output) to be shared by up to one million users. Users can receive funds without staying online, and can exit at any time through a single transaction. Funds also do not expire due to timeouts.

Odaily News: A phishing attacker has converted $2 million worth of DAI stolen from a Bofur Capital address into 825.5 ETH.

According to Odaily, citing Gate data, South Korea's KOSPI index intraday gains widened to 3.3%, currently standing at 5,737.91 points. SK Hynix rose 2.22%, and Samsung Electronics rose 1.79%.

According to official news, SBI Holdings and Startale have announced their participation in Open Standard. The two companies will explore interoperability between OUSD and JPYSC, aiming to enhance the international liquidity of yen-denominated assets. Both companies will continue to deepen collaboration with Open Standard's global partner network to build a secure, trusted, and interoperable stablecoin ecosystem for the on-chain era within applicable regulatory frameworks.

Yoshitaka Kitao, Chairman and President of SBI Holdings, stated: "We are participating in Open Standard and exploring the proof of concept for interoperability between OUSD and JPYSC. SBI Group has become the first company in Japan to offer USD-denominated stablecoins USDC and RLUSD, and will continue to promote broader adoption of digital assets through collaboration with leading partners in Japan and overseas."

Sota Watanabe, CEO of Startale, stated: "We believe that piloting interoperability between JPYSC and OUSD is of great significance. The Japanese yen and the US dollar are the two most powerful and trusted currencies in the world, and enabling them to be seamlessly exchanged and used on-chain could unlock significant opportunities."

It is reported that JPYSC is a yen-denominated, trust-backed stablecoin issued by SBI Shinsei Trust Bank Co., Ltd. Open Standard is a stablecoin alliance composed of more than 140 leading global companies, including Visa, Stripe, Mastercard, BlackRock, and Coinbase, dedicated to promoting the adoption of the stablecoin Open USD (OUSD).

Odaily reports: Prosecutors stated that in the case involving former NBA guard Malik Beasley allegedly manipulating his personal stats for betting purposes, 3 of the remaining 5 defendants plan to plead guilty, while 2 others have not yet accepted plea deals. The case involves conduct during Beasley's time playing for the Milwaukee Bucks.

Malik Beasley's lawyer stated that he currently does not intend to plead guilty and is still reviewing evidence and possible defense arguments; former NBA player Ed Davis also attended the hearing. Co-defendant William Brown has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Prosecutors allege that Beasley conspired with Davis to adjust his personal stats in 4 games to reduce his gambling debts, while other defendants used the related information to place bets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. The trial is tentatively scheduled to begin on May 17, 2027. (Bitcoin.com News)

Odaily News: According to Lookonchain monitoring, Bitcoin treasury company Hut 8 holds 10,300 BTC, worth $846 million, and appears to be selling Bitcoin. A wallet associated with Hut 8 (bc1q...xqka) has deposited 1,589 BTC, worth $130 million, to multiple exchanges over the past two days.

Odaily reports: According to MSX.COM data, U.S. stocks closed with the Dow up 1.08%, the S&P 500 up 0.33%, the Nasdaq up 0.08%, and the VIX fear index down 2.43%. AI-related stocks rose broadly, with SoundHound AI up 7.95%, The Trade Desk up 7.8%, EPAM up 6.66%, ServiceNow up 6.14%, and Atlassian up 6.09%.

It is reported that MSX is a leading RWA trading platform and has cumulatively listed hundreds of RWA tokens, covering popular U.S. stocks and ETF token targets such as Nvidia, GOOGL, MSFT, AMZN, META, TSM, and AMD.

Odaily reports that according to the latest Gate data, the price of gold has fallen to $4,156.44 per ounce, with an intraday decline of 0.36%. The price of silver has dropped to $57.192 per ounce, with an intraday gain of 0.29%.

In forex, USD/CNH rose 0.02% intraday, with the current exchange rate at 6.69038. USD/JPY rose 0.11% intraday, with the current exchange rate at 158.156.

In global stock indices, the Euro Stoxx 50 (EUSTX50) rose 0.81% intraday, at 6,189.73 points; the UK FTSE 100 (UK100) rose 0.21% intraday, at 10,826.2 points; and the Germany DAX 40 (GER40) rose 0.11% intraday, at 25,504.5 points.

In commodities, WTI crude oil fell 0.2% intraday, at $97.71 per barrel. Brent crude oil fell 0.12% intraday, at $107.53 per barrel.

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Odaily reports: Ledger has released an investigation report on the hardware implant attack, stating that a highly organized criminal group purchased genuine Ledger devices over several months, disassembled them to implant custom hidden components designed to steal users' recovery seed phrases during device initialization, and then resold them through distribution channels in Southeast Asia. The attackers invested millions of dollars to build infrastructure for seed phrase collection, asset transfer, and money laundering, and coordinated their efforts to move victims' assets.

Ledger emphasized that this incident was not caused by vulnerabilities in the chip, operating system, or servers, but rather was a localized distribution channel attack that occurred after the devices left the company's control. Currently, Ledger has asked authorized resellers and distributors in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong to suspend sales and conduct sample inspections of inventory and retail channel devices, and no other tampered devices have been found.

In addition, Ledger has required authorized resellers not to resell any returned devices, even if the packaging is intact; it has also immediately prohibited displaying products on shelves or in display areas, requiring devices to be stored at the back of the store and handed over at the time of purchase. The company is working with law enforcement agencies and the security community to trace the stolen funds and will disclose more technical details in the future.

Odaily Report: Pirate Chain has released an update on its investigation into the exploit incident. On October 14, a transaction verification vulnerability was discovered in the Pirate Chain source code, which led to the unauthorized creation of approximately 39.8 million ARRR, increasing the total token supply by about 20%. These newly generated tokens were subsequently transferred into the Sapling privacy pool. After NonKYC detected suspicious deposits, it restricted the relevant accounts and blocked withdrawals. This exploit involved the failure of two verification steps: first, bypassing the inflation check, and second, incorrectly parsing the output script.