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2026/10/30
Robotics firm Machenta secures $40M in seed funding, the largest for UK startups
Beijing News reports that Machenta, a spin-off company from Imperial College London, has announced the completion of a $40 million seed round led jointly by Creandum and Union Square Ventures. This is reportedly the largest seed funding round to date for a UK robotics company. The company has emerge
Circle Announces Retirement of CCTP V1 on December 1, Noble Chain Excluded from New Version
Author: Shenchao TechFlowDeepChain Overview: The underlying cross-chain architecture of major stablecoins is undergoing a critical generational transition. On October 30, Circle officially announced the phased decommissioning plan for the Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP), gradually reducing the
Initia L1 and Rollups to Resume Operations on November 2 with MoveVM Patch
Odaily Planet Daily reports that, according to Initia monitoring, Initia L1 and Rollups are scheduled to resume operations on November 2, 2026. At that time, the chain upgrade will apply a MoveVM patch audited by an independent party to isolate the attacker’s remaining forged balances and enable add
Trezor Warns of Suspected Hardware Implant in Safe 5 Wallet from Reseller CryptoBilis
Trezor is investigating a suspected hardware implant in a Safe 5 wallet purchased from reseller CryptoBilis.Customers who bought Trezor devices from CryptoBilis since March 2026 are urged to transfer funds to new wallets.No customer losses have been reported, and four inspected devices showed no evi
zkLink Nova suffers attack, losses estimated at $797,000
ChainCatcher report: According to analysis by blockchain security firm GoPlus, on October 29, an attacker extracted 22.43 ETH and 11 ERC-20 tokens in a single transaction from Ethereum L1 custody contracts of the aggregated Layer 2 network zkLink Nova, with a total value of approximately $797,000 at
Whale closes $10M BTC and ETH long positions, realizes $17.78M in profits, and opens a 20,000 ETH short position.
ME News reports that on October 30 (UTC+8), according to on-chain analyst Yujin, a diamond-handed whale that held positions for nearly four months just closed out $100 million in long positions in BTC and ETH, realizing a profit of $17.78 million. Subsequently, the whale opened a short position of 2
Ripple CTO David Schwartz reveals that Vitalik Buterin once stayed on his couch before founding Ethereum.
CoinMarketCap reports:Ripple’s former Chief Technology Officer, David Schwartz, said on Ripple Swell that Ripple nearly recruited Vitalik Buterin in its early days, before he went on to found Ethereum.Schwartz told the live audience that in the company’s early days—when it was likely still called Op
Address closes BTC and ETH long positions for a $17.78M profit, opens a 20,000 ETH short position.
ChainThink reports that, according to Ember monitoring, an address starting with 0x15a closed $100 million in long positions on BTC and ETH on Hyperliquid, realizing a profit of $17.78 million, then opened a short position of 20,000 ETH at $2,228, worth $44.6 million.This address opened long positio
Circle to Deactivate CCTP V1 on Dec 1; Noble Chain Excluded from New Version
Author: Shenchao TechFlowDeepChain Overview: The underlying cross-chain architecture of major stablecoins is undergoing a critical generational transition. On October 30, Circle officially announced the phased retirement plan for the Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP), gradually reducing the cross
Whale closes $10M BTC and ETH long positions for a $17.78M profit, opens 20,000 ETH short
Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to on-chain analyst Yujin, a diamond-handed whale that held positions for nearly four months just closed out $100 million in long positions on BTC and ETH, realizing a profit of $17.78 million, and subsequently opened a short position of 20,000 ETH at $2,228, w
Circle to Reduce CCTP V1 Limits and Plans to Deactivate Contracts by December 1
According to Huoxing Finance, Circle will begin reducing the limits on the legacy USDC cross-chain protocol, CCTP V1, starting October 31, and plans to suspend the contract on December 1. Additionally, the Noble chain will not be integrated with the new CCTP. Circle intends to suspend its USDC contr
Yoshida Securities to Issue $190 Million in Tokyo Office Digital Securities for Retail Investors
ME News reports that on October 30 (UTC+8), a fund under the Yamaichi Securities Group will acquire the majority of the assets of the Tokyo composite facility "Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho" (formerly the site of the Akasaka Prince Hotel) from Blackstone for over $1.9 billion (300 billion yen), and w
Address Profits of $138M from SKHX Short Position, Switching from Long to Short
Odaily Planet Daily reports that, according to Odaily monitoring, a certain address currently holds 2,467.099 SKHX short positions, having reversed from a previous long position of 2,973.125 SKHX, resulting in a net change of 5,440.224 SKHX. Within this period, approximately $3.4 million worth of SK
Amazon and Intel See Sharp Stock Declines Amid AI Infrastructure Challenges
The aftershocks from Google's 13% single-day plunge yesterday haven't yet subsided, as both Amazon and Intel plunged sharply in after-hours trading this morning.Interestingly, the most standout segments in both earnings reports were AI-related businesses: AWS revenue grew nearly 40% year-over-year,
South Korea’s FIU orders block of two unreported virtual asset providers; DAXA refers three for investigation.
According to ChainThink, on October 30, South Korea's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) requested the Korea Communications Standards Commission to block access to TetherMax and SuperTrust within South Korea, including termination of services.On the same day, the Digital Asset Exchange Alliance (DAXA
