According to ChainCatcher, Sygnum has launched a market-neutral ETH Alpha Fund that combines staking, options and arbitrage strategies. The fund targets annual returns of 8% to 10% after fees.

Binance Wallet announced on X that its on-chain smart money signals can now trigger automated trades through Agentic Wallet’s On-Chain Copy Trading Skill. The skill buys when a signal appears, with stop-loss and take-profit rules attached. Users can select the signals as a trigger source, set the chain, budget and position size, and configure those rules. Binance Wallet said users can run a cost-free dry run, refine the strategy and then switch to live trading. The copy trading runs automatically 24/7 once set up.

Ethereum research group Ethlabs said Wednesday it will withdraw its proposal to accelerate block production from the planned Hegotá upgrade, shifting its focus to preparing the network for quantum-related threats by 2027. According to Cointelegraph, Ethlabs presented “pqai27,” a proposed roadmap intended to protect Ethereum from risks posed by quantum computing and increasingly capable artificial intelligence, and argued that unrelated upgrades should be reconsidered. The group had previously supported Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP)-8198, known as Quick Slots, which would initially reduce Ethereum’s slot time from 12 seconds to 10 seconds. Ethlabs said it would redirect resources toward pqai27 while continuing to pursue faster slots in 2028. The proposal changes the group’s near-term priorities for Hegotá, but it has not abandoned its effort to speed up slots. Ethlabs said work on the quantum-readiness roadmap should take precedence over unrelated changes to the network. For Hegotá, Ethlabs said the planned FOCIL censorship-resistance feature should move forward only if it does not put quantum readiness at risk. The group described Frame Transactions, which would allow more flexible account authentication, as central to the proposed transition. Ethlabs also said the Glamsterdam upgrade, which is scheduled before Hegotá, should proceed as planned. Ethereum core developers have not approved the proposal, and the Ethereum Foundation’s published roadmap continues to target December 2029 for quantum resistance. At Devcon, researcher Justin Drake said he hopes to complete the transition in 2028. The timeline proposed by Ethlabs would therefore bring quantum readiness into focus earlier than the target currently published by the Foundation, though the group’s roadmap remains a proposal. Its withdrawal of the Quick Slots proposal from Hegotá is part of the shift toward that priority, while faster slots remain an objective for 2028.

Chainstack suffered an AI-powered attack that exposed customer names, emails and password hashes. The company has contained the breach and urged customers to update their passwords and credentials.

MegaETH, which has rebranded as MEGA, allocated $30 million from its treasury to develop in-house products, with a decentralized AI inference marketplace set to be its first offering and expected to launch in December. According to PANews, Bankless reported that the network's TVL fell from a peak of $245 million in May to less than $10 million. A co-founder said the project set out to build the fastest public blockchain but had not found product-market fit. The white paper focuses on privacy de-identification and long-term computing-power contracts.

According to CNBC, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine was investigating fresh disruptions to SpaceX’s Starshield service, with military units reporting problems along the front line and in temporarily occupied territories for several days. He said the restrictions imposed an effective speed limit of 161 kilometers per hour (100 miles per hour) on terminals, making it harder for Ukraine to intercept Russian jet-powered drones. The reports follow similar speed limitations imposed last month. U.S. special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow for further talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin after U.S.-brokered peace talks concluded in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.

After Jensen Huang admitted to having an extramarital affair, Nvidia lost over $400 billion in revenue in two days, prompting the board to launch an independent investigation and bringing the risks associated with key figures to the forefront.

With the Hong Kong dollar stablecoin HKDAP integrated into Solana, Hong Kong's competitiveness in digital finance may be diluted if it only has the right to issue coins but lacks the underlying infrastructure.

UK bank Griffin has raised $20 million in a Series B round to expand its card issuance and stablecoin-related services. According to PANews, Octagon Partners led the round, which valued the company at more than $100 million. Existing investors Notion Capital, A+ Ventures, NordicNinja, and Breega also participated. Griffin previously raised $24 million in March 2024 in a round led by MassMutual Ventures, NordicNinja, and Breega. The company received a full banking license at that time.

Wells Fargo & Co.-backed Norwest has raised $4 billion for its latest fund, which will invest in early-stage AI startups and sectors overlooked by much of the market, according to Bloomberg. The firm plans to announce the fund Thursday.

Foreign inflows into Indian stocks may sustain their strong momentum amid improving earnings, cheaper valuations and light positioning, BofA Global Research said, according to Bloomberg.

According to the announcement from Binance, depositary banks will charge American Depositary Receipt (ADR) fees for 13 U.S. equities, with fees ranging from 0.01 to 0.05 USDC per share. The applicable record dates and fees are: LG Display Co. Ltd. (LPL), 2026-09-30, 0.02 USDC; Noah Holdings Ltd. (NOAH), 2026-09-30, 0.02 USDC; AXIA Energia S.A. Co. (AXIAY), 2026-10-01, 0.02 USDC; Lixiang Education Holding Co. Ltd. (LXEH), 2026-10-01, 0.02 USDC; Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (TLX), 2026-10-01, 0.03 USDC; HDFC Bank Ltd. (HDB), 2026-10-02, 0.01 USDC; Dr. Reddy’s (RDY), 2026-10-02, 0.02 USDC; 36Kr Holdings Inc. (KRKR), 2026-10-07, 0.02 USDC; Intchains Group Limited (ICG), 2026-10-09, 0.02 USDC; Pony AI Inc. (PONY), 2026-10-14, 0.02 USDC; Ericsson (Telefonakt) (ERIC), 2026-10-20, 0.02 USDC; Hello Group Inc. (MOMO), 2026-10-20, 0.02 USDC; 51Talk Online Education Group (COE), 2026-10-20, 0.05 USDC; and Biodexa Pharmaceuticals (BDRX), 2026-10-22, 0.03 USDC. The announcement lists Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, BNY Mellon and Deutsche Bank as the relevant depositaries.

Nima Momeni, the man convicted of murdering Cash App founder Bob Lee, is preparing to challenge the legal outcome of the case after receiving a sentence of 16 years to life in prison.

South Korea will allow crypto exchanges to freeze deposits and withdrawals when a hack is suspected, without waiting for confirmation, while introducing stricter security requirements. The FSC also wants all 28 registered crypto businesses to receive cybersecurity support from the Financial Security Institute, which is investigating a breach of its own systems.

A Singapore-based company that became Nvidia's largest AI chip buyer in Southeast Asia within three years is now at the center of questions over how Chinese companies continued accessing the US chipmaker's advanced computing hardware despite Washington's export restrictions.

MegaETH has invested $30 million in AI inference, attempting to make the AI ​​provided by different service providers verifiable, and then turn the AI ​​usage into tradable contracts.

PSB Bank has asked a Russian court to declare BitRiver founder Igor Runets bankrupt over unpaid debts of more than 770 million rubles (about $9.3 million), linked to a loan he guaranteed for a group subsidiary that defaulted. Runets is already in custody on tax evasion and fraud charges, and several BitRiver companies are facing bankruptcy proceedings of their own.

From MEXC to Binance and OKX, the United States is using law enforcement, investment, and dollar-denominated stablecoins to bring global cryptocurrency exchanges more deeply into its financial regulatory framework.

Jensen Huang has once again been exposed for having an extramarital affair with a direct subordinate. On Polymarket, the probability of his departure once surged to 88%. Analysts estimate that if he leaves, Nvidia's valuation may shrink by $1 trillion to $1.2 trillion.