🔥 TODAY: Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade is set to go live at 13:20 UTC, aiming to cut finality time from 12.8 seconds to just 150 milliseconds.

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🇺🇸 JUST IN: The US OCC has finalized rules under the GENIUS Act for stablecoin issuers, covering reserve backing, redemptions, and custody.

The rules are set to take effect on January 18, 2027.

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🚨 Two critical vulnerabilities have been fixed in software running on roughly 75% of PHP-powered websites.

Site administrators should apply the updates immediately.

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🚨 UPDATE: Grayscale says GPU rental prices have reached record highs, while computing stocks remain close to their one-year lows as demand for AI agents surges.

Is the market underestimating the appetite for AI?

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🇺🇸 JUST IN: Polymarket traders give Democrats a 67% chance of winning the Senate in 2026, compared with 34% for Republicans.

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⚡️ CISA is advising users to be extra cautious online in the coming days. Websites that haven’t fixed two actively exploited PHP vulnerabilities may put your passwords and devices at risk.

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🇺🇸 BREAKING: TSV LLC, OKXICE TSV, and Perpetualscom have applied to operate tokenized securities platforms under the SEC’s new Innovation Exemption.

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🚨 UPDATE: Zcash Network Upgrade 7 is scheduled to activate on mainnet at block 3,543,405, around November 5.

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🇬🇧 OPINION: The UK aims to become a crypto leader, yet regulations due in 2027 could leave regulated firms unable to use DeFi.

Coinbase’s Katie Harries cautions that the proposals could block regulated users from DeFi, driving them to platforms beyond the FCA’s oversight.

Read: https://ct.com/opinion/uk-crypto-rules-regulated-defi-access

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🚨 BREAKING: Fireblocks has denied an Axios report that Visa is negotiating to acquire the company for $2.5 billion.

“We’re hearing this for the first time, and it’s not true at this time,” a Fireblocks spokesperson told Cointelegraph.

Visa declined to comment.

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🏀 WATCH: NBA champion Tristan Thompson opens up about his biggest crypto trading loss—and how he bounced back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylM6T3xsJZY

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🇺🇸 Major US banks—including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo—are scrambling to prevent unauthorized AI agents from accessing customer accounts, Axios reports.

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🇮🇷 JUST IN: Trump accused Iran of orchestrating attacks to push oil prices higher ahead of the U.S. midterms. He also repeated that Tehran must never be allowed to develop nuclear weapons.

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🚨 BREAKING: A new lawsuit alleges Trump and World Liberty Financial unlawfully profited from more than $2 billion in crypto deals tied to the UAE.

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🇺🇸 JUST IN: The US Treasury has proposed curbs on American investments in AI, supercomputing and other advanced technologies in China, Russia and other “countries of concern.”

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⚡️ UPDATE: CZ says fears of AI hacking crypto are exaggerated, noting that the internet and banking systems rely on weaker encryption. But he warns:

“AI doesn’t need to crack Bitcoin’s cryptography to cause harm. Leaked data is already fueling more phishing, social engineering, and other attacks.”

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🇭🇰 HSBC is making its HKD-backed stablecoin, RedCoin, available to more than 3.3 million PayMe users, SCMP reports.

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🇺🇸 BREAKING: The US is prepared for a prolonged confrontation with Iran and can maintain its blockade of Iranian ports indefinitely, US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz told the Financial Times.

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🇦🇪 BREAKING: A UAE-led probe has tracked more than $39 billion in cash and crypto linked to scams, resulting in over 960 arrests across 30 countries.

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🇨🇳 China aims to have most of its national blockchain network up and running by 2030, powering applications across trade, finance, manufacturing and agriculture.

https://ct.com/news/china-2030-national-blockchain-network-buildout

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🇺🇸 JUST IN: The SEC has announced its examination priorities for fiscal year 2027:

• Risks tied to tokenization
• AI and other emerging technologies
• Cybersecurity
• Investor protection
• Private funds and private credit
• Anti-money laundering compliance

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