Golden Finance reports that the unrealized gains of Bitcoin (BTC) held by Metaplanet Co., Ltd. have significantly decreased. At its peak, the gains were nearly $600 million, but at the time of writing this article, the figure stands at $41.15 million.

Golden Finance reports that Smarter Web Company CEO Andrew Webley claims he "is convinced that Bitcoin financial companies will become one of the most valuable businesses in the world."

Avtar Sehra, the founder of STBL, stated that STBL is progressing its roadmap as planned, focusing on delivery. The anchoring system will be launched at the end of November, with a gradual increase in minting volume, followed by the implementation of multi-staking and buybacks. In the coming months, STBL will shift towards anchoring and market calibration.

Gate News bot message, Gate market shows that since the launch of Alpha,高手 has risen by 2520.66%, current price 0.0026709 USDT.

According to the Gate News bot announcement on October 18, 2025, Gate platform. Gate platform adds exchange support for two tokens: RVV and RZTO. Users can now conduct one-click exchange transactions with over 2,200 cryptocurrencies through the Gate flash exchange platform, and the platform does not charge any fees for this service.

The Governor of the Bank of England, Bailey, rarely mentioned Brexit in a speech in Washington, believing it will have a negative impact on economic growth, but this impact will diminish over time. He pointed out that Brexit is part of the slowdown in economic growth, which is also influenced by factors such as the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, leading to a decline in the UK's potential economic growth.

Tether announced a donation of $250,000 to OpenSats, which was questioned by Jack Dorsey for being a relatively small amount. Dorsey stated that he has donated over $21 million through his own fund, emphasizing his long-term support for Bitcoin decentralization.

Gate News bot message, Gate market shows that since the launch of Alpha, the expert has risen 604.35%, current price 0.0007144 USDT.

ChainCatcher news, stablecoin giant Tether donated $250,000 to the nonprofit organization OpenSats that supports Bitcoin developers. Subsequently, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey publicly questioned on social media: "Why only $250,000?" and emphasized that he had donated over $21 million to the same organization.

According to a report by Golden Finance, a netizen wrote: "It is necessary to clarify what definition of AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) Elon Musk is using." Musk responded: "It can complete all tasks that humans can accomplish with computers, but its level of intelligence is not as high as the combined capabilities of humans and computers. This will probably take another three to five years to achieve. For example, Grok 5 will perform better in AI engineering (which the self-proclaimed refer to as 'research') than Andrei Kaparthy (the Canadian computer scientist)."

Jin10 reported on October 18 that the Gaza health department stated that since the outbreak of a new round of large-scale conflict between Palestine and Israel on October 7, 2023, military operations by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip have resulted in 68,116 deaths and 170,200 injuries.

Futu Holdings is hiring a decentralized finance (DeFi) blockchain technology leader in Hong Kong to promote the design and development of multi-chain DeFi applications, covering areas such as DEX and lending protocols, with the goal of building the technical infrastructure for its DeFi platform.

According to BlockBeats on October 18, Bloomberg reported that the stocks of large computing companies that support Bitcoin have once again outperformed Bitcoin itself, as more and more companies are shifting to a hybrid model centered around artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. These companies were initially referred to as "mining companies," drawing an analogy between the process of creating Bitcoin and the mining of traditional precious metals like gold. However, they have long been influenced by the fluctuations in Bitcoin prices. Two years ago, the industry benefited from the early AI boom, but in the following year, their stock prices fell again as mining profits declined and competition intensified.

Golden Finance reported that Institutional Shareholders Services (ISS) has advised Tesla shareholders to reject Musk's trillion-dollar compensation plan. Musk responded on X, saying, "They are corporate terrorists." Previously, Musk intentionally wrote ISS as ISIS in another post, saying, "Wow, I can hardly believe ISIS voted against me."

Odaily News According to encryption analyst Yu Jin @EmberCN monitoring, an institutional Address that received an investment allocation of 30 million UNI in 2020 transferred 1.697 million UNI to the market-making institution Wintermute in the past 5 hours, worth approximately 10.29 million USD. After the transfer, the Address still holds about 24.9 million UNI, with a total value of approximately 149 million USD at the current price.

The Meme platform Four.Meme has launched the "Token Name Protection" feature to prevent project name confusion and enhance fairness. This mechanism automatically locks the token name for 72 hours under specific conditions, ensuring the project's unique identification and maintaining the creative environment. Currently, the feature is still in the testing phase.

Jin10 reported on October 18 that an Indian official stated on Saturday that the differences between India and the United States on trade-related issues have narrowed, and India is seeking to reach a trade agreement with the Trump administration and drop punitive tariffs. The official noted that the Indian team advancing trade talks in the United States this week had positive discussions with Washington officials.

Gate News bot message, Gate market shows that since the launch of Alpha, experts have risen by 559.77%, current price is 0.0006598 USDT.

According to ChainCatcher news and Coinglass data, if ETH falls below $3,679, the cumulative long order liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.709 billion. Conversely, if ETH breaks above $4,065, the cumulative short order liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $779 million.

Odaily News Regarding community users once again stating that the Binance Alpha Airdrop is "hard to grab" and "has reached an unclaimable level," and calling for Binance to reconsider the rules, Binance co-founder He Yi responded in a post on the X platform that the issue will be addressed. Previously, some users also pointed out that there are technological means that make the Binance Alpha Airdrop "hard to grab," to which He Yi responded: "I will address the risk control, and everyone is welcome to suggest ways to tackle this technology comprehensively."

Jin10 reported on October 18 that, as of local time October 18, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs stated that since the latest outbreak of cholera in Sudan in July 2024, the country has reported a total of over 120,000 infection cases, with more than 3,000 deaths.

BlockBeats news, on October 18, CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr stated that after experiencing a large-scale leverage washout, the market is still in a pullback phase; the risk of cascading liquidations has fallen below peak levels. A short-term rebound is possible, but for a sustainable reversal to occur, there needs to be a rise in prices synchronized with open interest, or a significant inflow of Spot funds.

Odaily News Perptual Futures DEX Aster announced on platform X the update of Stage 3 trading points calculation rules. Trading points will now include, but are not limited to, trading fee contributions, Liquidity (market maker orders) contributions, etc. Both Spot and Perptual Futures trading volumes will be included, and points will be updated hourly based on the total fees generated. Aster strictly prohibits any abusive trading behavior, including but not limited to wash trading, market manipulation, or other fraudulent activities. If any account is found to have such behavior, Aster reserves the right to adjust, freeze, or revoke its Rh points at its discretion.

Jin10 reported on October 18 that on the 18th local time, Mazloum Abdi, the leader of the Syrian Kurdish armed forces, stated that the Kurdish armed forces have reached a preliminary protocol with Damascus regarding the integration of the armed forces into the Syrian regime.

According to the Ember monitoring, the entities that are profiting massively from COAI may be external groups arbitraging Alpha tokens, and these addresses demonstrate a high consistency in trading frequency and scale, indicating that they are controlled by arbitrage or quantitative teams.

BlockBeats news, on October 18, Trump's son Eric Trump stated in an interview with CNN reporters: "To be honest, I really never talk to my father about crypto assets, he is a great supporter of this industry, and this industry has largely supported my father. He speaks at all Bitcoin conferences, and obviously during his campaign, the encryption industry accepted him, and he embraced this industry, believing it to be the future of finance. You can't ignore him; if we overlook it, America will be crushed. Everything can be done better, faster, and cheaper through Blockchain."

Gate News bot message, Gate market shows GT 24-hour pump 5.00%, current price 16.089 USDT.

imToken released a security statement clarifying concerns about the "randomness of private keys in non-custodial wallets," emphasizing that its software and hardware wallet users are not affected, and that the private key generation process is safe and reliable. Users should properly back up their mnemonic phrases.

According to a report by Golden Finance, as per the official announcement, users holding at least 240 Binance Alpha points can claim the Token Airdrop. On the Alpha activity page, claim 125 MERL Token Airdrop. If the rewards are not fully distributed, the points threshold will automatically drop by 15 points every hour.

PANews news on October 18, according to official data, in the 7 days ending October 16, Circle issued approximately 7.6 billion USDC, redeemed about 7.2 billion USDC, and the Circulating Supply increased by approximately 400 million. The total Circulating Supply of USDC is 75.9 billion, with reserves of about 76.1 billion USD, of which cash is about 9.9 billion USD, and the Circle Reserve Fund holds approximately 66.2 billion USD.

Gate News bot message, Gate market shows that GT has pumped 3.03% in the last 24 hours, current price 16.002 USDT.

Gate News bot news, Gate market shows that GT has broken 16.0 USDT, current price 16.003 USDT.

According to a report from Jinse Finance, monitoring by Lookonchain shows that another newly created Wallet 0xbBF5 has withdrawn 744,604 LINK (12.5 million USD) from Binance in the past hour.

Gate News bot message, Gate market shows that ETH has突破 3900 USDT, current price 3902.76 USDT.

Gate News bot message, Gate market shows that after the launch of Alpha, Hakimi has risen by 50.79%, current price 0.0542308 USDT.

PANews, October 18, reported that Robinhood tweeted that it is upgrading its prediction market center and plans to add over 100 event contracts in the coming weeks. The first is the political prediction market, where users can predict key political events in 2025 (such as tariffs, Fed policy, spending cuts, etc.).

AgentLISA, an AI-driven smart contracts security platform, has raised $12 million in funding, which will be used to drive Web3 security innovation. This financing was backed by several top institutions, with technology originating from the Cybersecurity Laboratory at Nanyang Technological University.

The Decentralization Perptual Futures trading platform AnteX has completed internal testing and will soon launch public testing. The first season points activity will be initiated, and users can earn points and participate in competitions through various methods. AnteX is based on its independently developed Layer1 public chain, providing Decentralization asset management and an efficient trading experience.

Golden Finance reports that according to official news, Binance Alpha will launch Savanna Survival (SVSA) on October 20. Eligible users can claim the airdrop using BinanceAlpha points on the Alpha event page, and can receive it once trading is open.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin urged developers of zk-SNARKs and fully homomorphic encryption to evaluate performance using the "ratio of computation encryption time to original computation time" rather than just "executions per second," believing this would better reflect hardware independence and assess the efficiency loss in transitioning to encryption security.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin advocates for more zk-SNARKs and fully homomorphic encryption researchers to provide the time ratio of encrypted computation to raw computation to improve the accuracy of efficiency assessments. He points out that this ratio is more hardware-independent and more helpful for developers, although there are certain difficulties in implementation.

Jin10 data reported on October 18 that, according to U.S. media, the U.S. federal government requested the Supreme Court on the 17th local time to suspend the lower court's ruling, allowing the federal government to deploy the National Guard in Illinois. Reports indicate that this move increases the federal government's efforts to send the National Guard to the Chicago area in Illinois. It is understood that the federal government has deployed or attempted to deploy the National Guard in several cities including Chicago, Portland, and Los Angeles, triggering legal challenges from local governments. This case marks the first time the federal government has requested intervention from the Supreme Court.

On October 18, news came out that the topic "What is the use of stablecoins for ordinary people" ranked fourth on the hot search list of Bilibili.

According to BlockBeats news on October 18, market data shows that after Binance announced the delisting of SLERF U-based Perptual Futures, SLERF briefly pumped 22%, then fell 24%, currently priced at $0.065, which is an 8.84% rise compared to the time of the announcement.

Binance will delist USDⓈ-MSLERFUSDT and COIN-MCHZUSD perpetual futures on October 21, 2025, and will update the leverage and margin levels for SLERFUSDT contracts on October 20. Users need to manage their holdings in advance.

Jin10 reported on October 18 that on October 17 local time, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk stated in Geneva that although there are signs that the Gaza conflict is about to end, the key at present is to ensure that the momentum for a ceasefire continues. At the same time, all parties involved in the conflict and the international community still need to make tremendous efforts to create conditions for peace, justice, and reconciliation.

Jin10 data reported on October 18 that on October 17 local time, Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan held a joint press conference in Ankara with visiting German Foreign Minister Baerbock. When discussing the Israeli-Palestinian issue, both sides agreed that the "two-state solution" is key to achieving lasting peace in the region. The two foreign ministers also stated that the current priority is to ensure the sustainability of the ceasefire in Gaza, while further strengthening humanitarian assistance.

According to Jinse Finance, Onchain Lens monitoring reports that this Whale sold all 222.78 billion PEPE, exchanging it for 394 ETH, worth approximately 1.516 million USD, resulting in a loss of about 1.02 million USD after holding for 100 days. Subsequently, he exchanged and deposited 1.47 million USDT into Aster.

OpenSea CEO announced plans to launch the SEA Token in 2026, with 50% of the supply allocated to the community. Initial claim and rewards program participants will benefit. SEA will be deeply integrated with OpenSea, providing more utility and will be used to purchase SEA. Currently, OpenSea is transforming into a cryptocurrency trading aggregation platform.

Foresight News reports that the Chain Abstract Meme coin Launchpad Printr has announced a collaboration with Mad Lads to provide an airdrop of points to all MadLads holders, and users can check their allocation status immediately.

On October 17, gold prices in London fluctuated at high levels and plummeted after breaking through new highs, with the total market capitalization of gold exceeding 30 trillion. A-share gold stocks performed strongly, and the market needs to be wary of the profit pullback risks brought by high holdings. The global economic uncertainty increases the attractiveness of gold.

BlockBeats news, on October 18, according to Lookonchain monitoring, "Brother Maji" Huang Licheng obtained 220,000 USDC from QCP Capital and deposited it into Hyperliquid, continuing to increase his ETH long positions. The current position situation is as follows: Holdings: 1,439 ETH (approximately 5.5 million USD) liquidation price: 3,734.49 USD

The Solana Improvement Proposal SIMD-0337 introduces block tagging functionality, achieving a rapid leader handoff and advancing block production time by approximately 120 milliseconds, improving IBRL by about 7.5%. This mechanism ensures security and network throughput, with technical details published on GitHub.

Odaily News According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, Binance's smart money account Hanmancheol has continuously been shorting the token COAI over three days, accumulating a funding fee of $774,000, with an average entry price of $10.79 and a liquidation price of $18.97, resulting in a loss of up to $1.378 million. This account had profited from its previous six futures trading this month, but it still couldn't offset the losses from this liquidation.

Gate News bot message, Gate market shows that Froggie has risen by 104.05% since the launch of Alpha, current price 0.012142 USDT.

GoPlus has launched the SafeToken Locker protocol, an innovative price release lock-up position mechanism that supports flexible release conditions based on time and price, enhancing token management and investor protection. It is currently running on multiple mainstream EVM chains, with a total lock-up value exceeding $65 million.

According to on-chain analysts, a mysterious whale has been continuously increasing the position in the go long market, resulting in a total unrealized losses of its ETH and BTC long order narrowing down to 5.77 million dollars. The whale's BTC holdings are valued at 150 million dollars, and ETH holdings are valued at 76.44 million dollars.

According to BlockBeats news on October 18, based on Alternative data, today the Crypto Assets Fear and Greed Index is reported at 23 (yesterday it was 22), indicating that market sentiment remains in extreme fear. Note: The fear index threshold is 0-100, which includes indicators: Fluctuation (25%) + Market volume (25%) + Social media heat (15%) + Market survey (15%) + Bitcoin's proportion in the whole market (10%) + Google Trends analysis (10%).

On October 18, Trump held closed-door talks with Zelensky, with a tense atmosphere, discussing Ukraine's request for long-range missiles. Trump suggested a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and claimed victory.

PANews, October 18th news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain Whale deposited all of its 998 BTC (worth 106.7 million USD) into Binance, and after holding it for a week, incurred a loss of 15.08 million USD.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed concern over recent accusations by the Houthi armed group against UN personnel and firmly rebutted them, stating that these accusations are baseless and jeopardize the safety of UN staff. He reiterated support for frontline workers and emphasized that the accusations undermine humanitarian relief efforts.

The Economic Daily points out that low price and low cost are different dimensions of competition; low price is merely a marketing strategy, while low cost comes from supply chain optimization and technological innovation. To govern disorderly price competition, a combination of short-term and long-term measures is needed to promote orderly competition in the market. Business entities should follow cost optimization and consumer value recognition to promote a cycle of "quality for price."