According to on-chain data analyst @ai_9684xtpa, a whale address starting with 0x3ec withdrew a total of 7,595 ETH from Scroll over the past 9 hours and subsequently transferred it to Binance and Bybit.

data disclosed by Hong Kong media shows that Cyberport's community of startups still had strong financing performance in the past year. In the year ending September 2024, Cyberport's startups successfully raised over HKD 3.7 billion, a 23% YoY increase. Recently, Cyberport enterprises that have completed high financing rounds include KLOOK, Leapstack, Buy&ship, MediConCen, and DeBox, with a total cumulative financing amount exceeding HKD 41.2 billion. During the year, HashKey Group, the second licensed virtual asset trading platform in Hong Kong, became the eighth unicorn enterprise in Cyberport, reflecting the potential of Web 3.0 technology applications to attract investor support, and the continued effectiveness of Cyberport's promotion of the Web 3.0 industry.

the CEO of Anthropic believes that artificial intelligence may be smarter than most humans by 2026.

The number of initial jobless claims in the United States last week was 241,000, estimated at 260,000, and the previous value was 258,000.

The US dollar index DXY rose more than 20 points in the short term after the release of US economic data, now reporting at 103.66.

The US crypto ETF market has experienced significant growth in 2024, driven by Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, with market capitalizations exceeding $78 billion and $7.81 billion, respectively. However, retail investors outside the US face obstacles in accessing crypto ETFs, limiting global adoption. The US now holds 83.3% of the global market for crypto ETFs, surpassing Canada's previous 46.3% market share. While European retail investors cannot access US spot bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs due to regulations, some countries like Germany and France offer access to crypto through ETNs. Despite limitations, the direct exposure to bitcoin and Ethereum through crypto ETFs is still in its early stages, and it remains to be seen whether other countries will gain crypto ETF market share relative to the US.

The three major US stock indexes opened higher, with the Dow rising 0.25%, the S&P 500 index rising 0.57%, and the Nasdaq rising 0.9%.

Jupiter has officially launched the Ape Pro application for trading Memecoin on Solana.

OriginTrail, an ecosystem focused on creating a safe internet in the age of AI through its decentralized knowledge graph, was named the best project at the MIT Decentralized AI Summit. The summit brought together top innovators, researchers, and industry leaders to explore the future of decentralized AI technologies. OriginTrail's founder, Branimir Rakic, explained how their decentralized knowledge graph powered by Polkadot addresses important challenges in the age of AI, such as misinformation and unreliable AI. The recognition highlights OriginTrail's expected impact on driving mainstream adoption for both AI and Web3 technologies across diverse industries.

Hyve, a DA project on the chain, has completed a seed round of financing of $1.85 million, led by Lemniscap with participation from Paper Ventures and Frachtis.

According to market data, ETH has broken through $2600 and is currently trading at $2600.4, with a 24-hour decline of 0.57%. The market is volatile, please be prepared for risk control.

ZKsync has released its first governance proposal, named ZKsync Ignite, with plans to transform ZKsync Era into the liquidity center of Elastic Chain through the project. To achieve this, 300 million ZK tokens will be distributed to DeFi users over the next nine months. The proposal has been announced on the ZK Nation forum, aiming to further develop and expand the ZKsync ecosystem.

The decentralized AI data chain Masa has partnered with the on-chain AI infrastructure AutonomysNetwork to introduce high-quality, real-time, and multimodal training data into various on-chain agents and applications in the Autonomys ecosystem. Additionally, Autonomys will also use Masa's real-time data stream to support its various innovative AI agents and applications.

Mohinihan believes that if the United States does not balance its spending with economic growth, it will regret it. If this problem is not solved, the United States may lose its position as the "gold standard" of the economy.

According to Chain Analysis Analyst @ai_9684xtpa, after the airdrop ended, Puffer funds have net outflowed 60,600 ETH worth $159 million since the 14th. Two addresses redeemed 7129.5 ETH (about $18.64 million) from Puffer three hours ago and then recharged into Binance. They received a total of 420,303 PUFFER airdrops worth $297,000.

Base research team has released a proof of concept (POC) for RIP-7755, a cross-Layer2 invocation standard. This is a powerful building block that can achieve seamless interoperability between Optimism, Arbitrum, and other Ethereum L2s.

SlowMist founder, Cosmos, posted on X about the attack on Radiant Capital, reminding users to promptly revoke authorization for certain addresses to avoid secondary damage.

Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) of Thailand recently announced that it will partner with fintech company Lightnet to begin offering customers stablecoin cross-border payment and remittance services. This service will allow customers to send or receive cross-border transactions 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, while reducing transaction costs. The bank's new stablecoin service has been tested through Thailand's regulatory sandbox.

On October 17th, Bloomberg reported that payment company Stripe Inc. is in deep negotiations to acquire financial technology platform Bridge. No final decision has been made yet and either party could still withdraw from the deal.