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2026/10/27
Address opens 25x ETH short position worth $22.46M, with a floating loss of $48K
Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to on-chain analyst Aunt Ai, a certain address opened a 25x leveraged ETH short position this evening, holding 9,700 ETH worth approximately $22.46 million, with an entry price of $2,311.92 and a current unrealized loss of $48,000. The address has set a take-pr
Anthropic Reaffirms No Ads in Claude Chat in IPO Filing
PANews, October 27: According to The Decoder, Anthropic reaffirmed in a letter accompanying its IPO prospectus (S-1) that no advertisements will be displayed in Claude chats. Anthropic stated that it wants Claude’s sole motivation to be providing helpful responses, as incorporating advertising into
Trader Loses $48,000 on 25x ETH Short Position
ChainCatcher report: According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, a trader opened a significant short position this evening, shorting 9,700 ETH (approximately $22.46 million) at 25x leverage, with an average entry price of $2,311.92. The position is currently showing a paper loss of $48,000.Its set t
Predicate Completes $8M Series A Funding Led by Blockchain Capital
Odaily Planet Daily reports that on-chain compliance platform Predicate has announced the completion of an $8 million Series A funding round led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from Paxos, 1kx, and Tribe Capital. Predicate provides pre-trade compliance screening and risk control for stable
Ripple and Bank of New York Mellon Expand Digital Asset Custody and Tokenized Trade Finance
CoinDesk reports:Ripple has expanded its strategic partnership with BNY Mellon to support institutional digital asset custody and explore tokenized trade finance on the XRP Ledger (XRPL).Bank of New York Mellon now supports XRP and Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin on its digital asset custody platform. The
Bitcoin Profit-Taking Cools as Analysts Weigh Market Outlook Ahead of FOMC
Glassnode said the share of Bitcoin short-term holder supply in profit has declined to about 70% from nearly 100% in late September. Glassnode said on Tuesday that recent Bitcoin buyers had moved out of the zone associated with strong selling pressure. Almost all short-term holder supply was profita
General Motors to Move Listing from NYSE to Nasdaq Amid AI and EV Push
General Motors plans to transfer its stock listing from the New York Stock Exchange to Nasdaq as GM accelerates autonomous-vehicle development and AI-powered manufacturing. GM expects its shares to remain on the NYSE through the market close on November 16. GM expects its common stock to start tradi
Apple Releases iOS 27.2 with Siri AI Language Expansion and Over 160 Security Fixes
Apple has released iOS 27.2 for iPhones and iPads, expanding Siri AI capabilities and adding messaging suggestions. Siri AI now supports French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish in beta. Apple says Siri AI can retain details from earlier conversations and respond using those details.Siri can
Meta and Anthropic Announce Simultaneous Equity Fundraisings Amid AI Sector Competition
The author argues that AI companies may be grouping equity offerings together to compete for investor attention, resembling the competitive clustering described by economist Harold Hotelling. Meta announced plans on Monday to raise up to $95 billion in equity. Meta plans concurrent common-stock and
Bitcoin's Q-Day Debate: Skeptics Say It's a Decade Away but Preparations Are Running Late
Casa security chief Jameson Lopp says a quantum computer able to break Bitcoin (BTC) is orders of magnitude away. Yet the same skeptic warns that preparations for Bitcoin’s Q-Day are already running late.That tension puts about 2.6 million BTC, worth roughly $207 billion, at the center of the debate
CAP Crypto Drops 19% Amid $682K Spot Outflows
Cap [CAP] has had a sluggish start to the day, with the asset declining roughly 19% in the past day at press time, as bearish selling pressure continues to weigh on its price.However, activity in the perpetual and Spot markets, alongside traders’ positioning for a potential bull run, could drive a r
SUN Completes Its 52nd Buyback and Burn, Destroying 7.23 Million Tokens
ChainCatcher report: On October 27, SUN announced the completion of the 52nd round of $SUN buyback and burn. A total of 7,232,977.17 SUN tokens were repurchased and permanently destroyed, funded by a portion of protocol revenue generated between July 25, 2026, and October 25, 2026. With this round,
Michael Burry Compares Current Market to Dot-Com Peak
Michael Burry says the stock market's latest record high resembles the March 2000 dot-com peak more closely than any other modern market top. Burry analyzed 982 S&P 500 record closes since 1980 in an October 24 Substack post. Burry evaluated each close using seven measures of market internals, i...
Bitcoin Mining Firm Luxor Raises $16M to Scale AI Compute Trading and Hardware
Seattle-based Luxor Technology Corporation announced a $16 million strategic investment round on Tuesday to expand AI hardware brokerage and compute trading. Luxor has moved from bitcoin mining into AI compute. CMT Digital, the venture capital business of Chicago-based CMT Group, led the investment.
Meta increases its stock financing plan to $97.5 billion; potential total could reach $103 billion.
ChainThink reports that on October 27, Meta Platforms announced plans to raise $97.5 billion through a stock offering to support investments in artificial intelligence, up from its previous plan of $95 billion.The company increased the size of its common stock offering from $22.5 billion to $25 bill
