Apple Intelligence has released the latest iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia15.2 updates, and developers will experience ChatGPT integration for the first time. At the same time, Apple has also launched other intelligent features including Genmoji, Image Playground, Visual Intelligence, and Image Wand.

Tesla has not sold any more Bitcoin since it reduced its holdings by 75% in the second quarter of 2022. Elon Musk's SpaceX also holds about $560 million in Bitcoin. The two companies together own about 19,788 Bitcoins with a total market value of about $1.3 billion.

MANTRA, a Layer1 blockchain focused on RWA assets, announced on the X platform that its mainnet is now live, and users will be able to perform several important activities, including: bridging OM tokens from ERC-20 to MANTRA mainnet tokens to gain access to future RWA tokens; users can stake OM to help secure the network and receive on-chain staking rewards; OM will become an important part of the RWA ledger. Earn KARMA by completing new tasks on the mainnet.

Nate Geraci, president of The ETF Store, posted on the X platform: “575 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been launched in the United States since 2024. 14 of the top 30 by inflows are Bitcoin or Ethereum spot ETFs, including 6 of the top 10. There are also 2 ETFs related to MSTR (a company that holds a large amount of Bitcoin) in the top 30. The traditional financial industry’s interest in cryptocurrencies is real.”

As the BRICS summit kicks off in Kazan, Russia, cryptocurrency is one of the topics on the agenda. Russian lawmakers are pushing the idea that Russian miners could sell their tokens to international buyers, who could then use Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to pay for imports, effectively circumventing Western sanctions. Sanctions have hit Russia hard, but cryptocurrencies offer an alternative to the traditional financial system that relies on the dollar and banks.

The Bank of Canada cut interest rates by 50 basis points on Wednesday, bringing its benchmark rate to 3.75% from 4.25%, the biggest reduction in borrowing costs since the early days of the pandemic in March 2020. The central bank said this was a sign that the country was returning to an era of low inflation. In response to soaring prices, the Bank of Canada had previously raised interest rates to a 20-year high, but has cut rates four times since June. Inflation fell to 1.6% in September, below the 2% target.

Variational, a crypto derivatives trading protocol built on Ethereum’s Layer 2 network Arbitrum, has raised $10.3 million in a seed round led by Bain Capital Crypto and Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia India and Southeast Asia), with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Dragonfly Capital, North Island Ventures, Hack VC, and other investors.

An address suspected to be related to the Ethereum Foundation (0xd7...c1f4) transferred 100 ETH to the CoW Protocol. Subsequently, the address received approximately 257,400 DAI from the CoW Protocol and transferred these DAI to the address starting with 0x9eE marked as "Ethereum Foundation" on the chain.

Crypto sleuth ZachXBT revealed on the X platform: “A Chinese OTC trader named ‘Wang Yicong’ has helped Lazarus Group convert tens of millions of dollars of cryptocurrencies stolen from various hacker attacks into cash through bank transfers since 2022. A few months ago, a follower I was contacted by Wang (an OTC trader who has used pseudonyms such as Seawang, Greatdtrader, and BestRhea977) after his trading account was frozen after completing a P2P trade. They then shared with me a Tron wallet address of Wang Yicong from a screenshot of the WeChat conversation: THsSCBGazjjho7u2BQQsmrpbDv1Q237FL4. Recently, Wang Yicong contacted them and asked them to place a larger USDT to CNY order on August 13, 2024, involving approximately $1.5 million, at an exchange rate far below the market rate. The address in question is THjaAygUNkzoXufwEoKCzbUZHpsehL9rAZ. When reviewing the blockchain data associated with Wang Yicong, you will notice a large amount of illicit funds from Irys co-founder Alex Labs, as well as the integration of funds from other hackers (EasyFi, Bondly, Maverick co-founders, etc.).”

dYdX posted on the X platform: "dYdX v3 Sunset process reminder, all transactions, oracle price updates and fund payments are scheduled to stop at 20:05 Beijing time on October 28. We encourage users to make plans to close their positions and withdraw USDC from the dYdX v3 smart contract." According to the previous announcement, this change only affects dYdX v3 users, and users of dYdX Chain, dydx.trade or v4 API are not affected by this change.

Ubisoft's first Web3 game on the Oasys blockchain, "Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles", has been announced to be launched.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently criticized the views of MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor. In a recent interview with the New Zealand Herald, Saylor said that concerns about using regulated entities to custody Bitcoin mainly come from "paranoid crypto anarchists." He made the case for Bitcoin as a superior digital asset and a store of value, and advocated that it should be considered "a digital currency that is essential to human progress." However, his views on regulated custody have sparked a strong response within the Bitcoin community, especially from advocates of self-custody, who have harshly criticized it, and some even questioned whether Saylor truly understands the essence of Bitcoin.