The total open interest for Bitcoin futures contracts across the network is 640,840 BTC, approximately $6.847 billion, down 27.2% from the historical peak; the open interest for Ethereum futures contracts is $4.225 billion, down nearly 40% from the highest value. This indicates insufficient market confidence, with traders choosing to stay on the sidelines.

Jin10 reported on October 19 that U.S. President Trump posted on social media on the evening of the 18th that the U.S. military recently struck a "drug-smuggling submarine" in the Caribbean Sea, killing two of the four people on board the submarine, while the two survivors were sent back to their home countries of Ecuador and Colombia for trial.

According to BlockBeats news, on October 19, Zerobase announced that Constantin Gao officially joined the team as Head of Governance. This position will focus on the governance structure design and relationship coordination between the ZEROBASE Foundation and the ZEROBASE DAO, promoting the independent operation of the DAO and achieving its autonomy goals. Constantin Gao has previously been active in the fields of Decentralization and encryption public service funding.

According to a report by Jinse Finance, Jay Chou's friend Cai Weize helped him hold an account to invest in Bitcoin, with an amount reaching over 100 million yuan. However, he claimed a year ago that the account was locked for some reason, and the assets have not been returned to this day. Cai Weize himself has seemingly vanished. Recently, Jay Chou posted on IG publicly seeking this person, saying, "Has anyone seen this magician who made himself disappear? Let me know. Do you think I am not a magician? If you don't show up soon, you're done for." Subsequently, Jay Chou unfollowed Cai Weize on social media.

On-chain detective ZachXBT revealed that a user from the Ripple community lost 1.2 million XRP to a hacker, who transferred the tokens to the Huione OTC market. ZachXBT stated that he would not provide assistance to the victim and emphasized the importance of self-education to avoid similar eyewash incidents.

Gate News bot message, Gate market shows that after the launch of Alpha, SCAMCOIN has risen 1895.04%, current price 0.001918 USDT.

The U.S. Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago has issued a warning, advising American citizens to avoid local government facilities due to the tense relations between the U.S. and Venezuela and recent crackdowns. Monday is Diwali, and some areas are mourning fishermen who went missing during the crackdown.

According to Jin10 data on October 19, the Washington Post reported that earlier this week, Russian President Putin "requested Ukraine to hand over key territories" during a call with U.S. President Trump. It is reported that Putin wants Ukraine to give up Donetsk, an important military objective in eastern Ukraine that has seen intense fighting throughout the conflict. Putin made this request to Trump on Thursday, just a day before Ukrainian President Zelensky arrived in Washington, D.C. for a significant meeting with the U.S. President on Friday.

Golden Finance reports that regarding the news circulating in the encryption community that "after WLFI and TRUMP, another token named USA will be launched by Barron Trump, potentially within a week," Eric Trump, the son of Trump, clarified on X platform and reminded the encryption community that the information is fake news and not to be deceived.

Gate News bot message, Tether (Tether_to) has conducted another significant USDT burn operation, destroying 1 billion USDT tokens. This burn follows a series of stablecoin reductions by major issuers in the aftermath of the October 11 market downturn. Together with Circle, stablecoin issuers have no

Golden Finance reports that Alex Thorn, research director at Galaxy Digital, believes that the current structural bull run remains intact for both crypto assets and the stock market. He pointed out that the three forces driving the next phase of the rise are artificial intelligence capital expenditure, stablecoins, and tokenization.

Recently, there has been a surge in "brain-eating amoeba" infection cases in Kerala, India, with a total of 129 cases and 26 deaths. This parasite can cause fatal amoebic meningoencephalitis, with early symptoms including headaches and fever, and a high mortality rate, with only about 3% survival.

BlockBeats news, on October 19th, the integrated liquidity hub Honeypot Finance announced the completion of a new round of financing with a valuation of 35 million dollars, with investors including Mask Network, CatcherVC, and Credit Scend, among others. The specific financing amount has not yet been disclosed. This round of financing will mainly be used to advance its AMM Perp.

The crypto market is fluctuating, with Bitcoin sideways at $107,000 and Ethereum maintaining at $3,900, for a total market capitalization of $3.723 trillion. Some altcoins experienced a slight rebound, with WAL rising by 12.3% and MITO rising by 12.1%.

According to ChainCatcher news, crypto KOL AB Kuai.Dong disclosed on the X platform that multiple sources confirmed the Aster team has acquired part of the KOL round and media round shares to be unlocked this time and in the future at a 5% discount. This repurchase will significantly reduce the selling pressure on ASTER tokens. However, analysis indicates that the last similar large-scale repurchase was conducted by SBF-led FTX and Alameda, who repurchased unlocked shares from some Solana shareholders and employees at a high multiple.

On October 19, Jin10 reported that on the 18th local time, Egyptian Foreign Minister Abdel-Atti held a phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Grossi, and the U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Affairs Hochstein to discuss the progress of the Iranian nuclear issue. Abdel-Atti stated that all parties must continue to work to ease tensions, build mutual trust, and create conditions for the resumption of negotiations to reach a comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue that takes into account the interests of all parties and contributes to regional security and stability. All parties agreed to maintain contact and follow up, hoping to achieve a breakthrough on this issue.

In South Korea, investors are actively engaging in leveraged VIX investments to hedge their U.S. stock holdings and seek speculative opportunities. The 2x go long VIX futures ETF has attracted $130 million in funds, becoming one of the popular U.S. stock ETFs, reflecting heightened concerns about market bubbles.

Hyperliquid founder Jeff responded to rumors about the platform pursuing protocol revenue, pointing out that automatic reduce position events have brought significant profits to users, emphasizing that the ADL mechanism aims to drop risks and achieve a win-win situation. He stated that the team will keep the mechanism simple and robust while continuing to research more complex Algorithms.

Odaily News Trader "Han Ba Long Wang" issued a reminder that the RVV project party is suspected of continuously selling the Lock-up Position Tokens. Previously, the top address was a multi-signature Lock-up Position, but there have now been outflow operations. The KOL stated that although there are still people in the market betting on Binance possibly intervening in the matter, based on the on-chain situation, the project party holds about 80% of the chips that are still being transferred out, which poses a very high risk.

Jin10 reported on October 19th that Dmitry Medvedev, Vice Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, stated on the 18th that the fact that U.S. President Trump did not provide Ukraine with "Tomahawk" cruise missiles does not mean that the supply of other weapons to Ukraine has stopped, and Russia must be prepared to respond to any situation.

Odaily News The UK tax authorities have issued approximately 65,000 "demand letters" to individuals suspected of owing taxes on crypto assets, doubling the number from last year. Under the current UK tax system, selling, exchanging, or spending crypto assets typically incurs Capital Gains Tax, while staking rewards and airdrop income are considered taxable income. (The Block)

According to Golden Finance, OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer denied claims that the company is abandoning non-fungible tokens (NFTs), stating that the market is "evolving" into a universal platform for trading various on-chain assets. Finzer stated: "We are building a universal interface for the entire on-chain economy - Tokens, collectibles, culture, digital and physical." He added: "The goal is simple: as long as it exists on-chain, you should be able to trade it on OpenSea, seamlessly crossing any chain while maintaining full control over your assets."

Golden Finance reports that Robinhood has tokenized 500 US stocks and ETFs for EU users on Arbitrum.

Golden Finance reported that Roman Storm, the developer of the Tornado Cash privacy protection protocol, asked the open source software community whether they are concerned about being retroactively prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice for developing a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) platform. Storm asked DeFi developers: How can you be sure that you won't be prosecuted by the Department of Justice for "MSB" (building non-custodial protocols), only to be accused later of needing to build custodial protocols? If the SDNY can charge developers for building non-custodial protocols... then what safety is there?

Golden Finance reports that Beast Holdings, associated with YouTube celebrity MrBeast, has submitted a trademark application for "MrBeast Financial" in the United States, with wording suggesting a potential foray into the Crypto Assets space. The application includes services such as Crypto Assets payment processing, Crypto Assets exchange, and trading through decentralized exchanges (DEX). This move suggests a potential entry into fintech and Web3, possibly targeting MrBeast's large audience, and may serve as an entry point or exchange for Crypto Assets.

According to Jinse Finance and reports from Bloomberg, retail investors attempting to indirectly invest in Bitcoin through fund management companies such as Metaplanet and Michael Saylor's Strategy have incurred losses of approximately $17 billion. 10X Research stated that these losses stem from excessive equity premiums, causing stock prices to be far higher than the actual Bitcoin they hold.

Golden Finance reports that River has launched a dynamic Airdrop conversion mechanism, with over 100,000 Addresses eligible to receive River Pts. Currently, approximately 11 million River Pts have been converted into 10,755 RIVER Tokens, valued at nearly $13,000.

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.).