Odaily reports that Zcash developer Sean Bowe has submitted a proposal to set the NU7 mainnet upgrade activation height at 3,543,405, expected to correspond to November 5. The height has been agreed upon at the ZIP editors' meeting, but the proposal has not yet been merged and still needs to be incorporated into the upgrade specification and node software. NU7 plans to shorten the target block interval from 75 seconds to 25 seconds and temporarily remove 60% of transaction fees from circulation; the upgrade will also disable v4 transactions, at which point funds still remaining in the Sprout privacy pool will be unable to be spent, and relevant holders need to migrate in advance.

Odaily reports: According to MSX.COM data, SpaceX and Super Micro Computer reported strong quarterly results, and US AI-related stocks are rising in pre-market trading. Nvidia is up 1.74%, AMD is up 2.52%, Intel is up 2.82%, SanDisk is up 2.8%, Broadcom is up 1.27%, Marvell Technology is up 2.60%, Micron is up 2.79%, Western Digital is up 2.09%, and Seagate Technology is up 2.13%.

Odaily reports: On October 21, B.AI announced that its Web Chat has officially added a model search feature. As the platform's model matrix continues to expand to 70+ models, users no longer need to browse through them one by one—simply entering the model name in the model selection window allows them to quickly locate the target model, significantly reducing switching costs and improving efficiency in high-frequency usage and multi-model collaboration scenarios. This feature lets users go from a vast selection to precise direct access, further optimizing the AI experience.

Odaily reports that Bitget Wallet has announced a deep integration with decentralized perpetual contract trading platform PopDEX. Bitget Wallet users can now directly connect their PopDEX accounts, deposit assets, and conduct on-chain perpetual contract trading through the wallet's in-app trading portal, further lowering the barrier for users transitioning from wallet to trading market. To coincide with this integration, Bitget Wallet and PopDEX will simultaneously launch a joint user campaign. When trading on PopDEX, Bitget Wallet users can participate not only in wallet-side cash rewards but also in PopDEX's MegaPop mechanism and enjoy additional participation benefits.

PopDEX officially fully opened on October 19 and launched MegaPop, a weekly uncapped on-chain rolling prize pool for real traders. It is a trader-centric decentralized perpetual contract trading platform incubated by Foresight Ventures with a $30 million investment. The platform focuses on low net trading costs, CLOB order book, on-chain transparent trading, unified accounts, and multi-asset market expansion, and hopes to channel the value generated from trading back to real traders, the community, and ecosystem contributors through MegaPop, Referral, Affiliate, and ecosystem activities.

Through this deep integration, Bitget Wallet will further expand its on-chain trading and derivatives service scenarios, providing users with an integrated gateway from asset management and market discovery to on-chain trading; PopDEX will leverage Bitget Wallet's product gateway, global user base, and community network to connect with more real traders and professional trading communities.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Hyperliquid repurchased and burned 21,790 HYPE at an average price of $80.27 in the past 24 hours, worth $1.75 million. A cumulative total of 49.69 million HYPE has been burned, accounting for approximately 4.97% of the 1 billion maximum supply, with a cumulative value of approximately $4.05 billion. Estimated fee revenue over the past 24 hours was $1.65 million.

Odaily — Japanese yen stablecoin issuer JPYC has announced that on October 20 it signed a memorandum of cooperation with SBJ Bank and LINE NEXT to conduct a proof of concept for a bank account-linked top-up feature. The three parties will combine SBJ Bank's account infrastructure, LINE NEXT's Unifi digital wallet, and JPYC's issuance and redemption capabilities to verify the technical and operational feasibility of top-up processes between bank accounts and stablecoin wallets.

Odaily reports: Crypto research firm Delphi Digital has published a report titled "The House Always Wins: Why Speculation Is the Theme of the Next Decade," listing Robinhood (HOOD), Hyperliquid (HYPE), and Lighter (LIT) as targets for participating in this investment theme. The report argues that technological change along with economic and monetary system pressures are jointly driving speculative demand, and proposes allocating to platforms capable of sustainably generating revenue from trading activity, with a focus on profitability, fee-capture capability, and user acquisition advantages. The report's authors disclosed holdings in the aforementioned targets.

Odaily reports: Hong Kong police stated that over the past week, they received more than 50 reports of investment fraud cases, involving losses exceeding HK$30 million. Among them, a retired woman in her sixties earlier met a man on a property trading platform who claimed to be interested in renting a flat. The man claimed to be an investment expert and persuaded her to invest in cryptocurrency, providing a fake investment website. The woman made 20 separate purchases of USDT at physical cryptocurrency exchange shops and transferred the funds to wallets designated by the man, purportedly to "buy ETH." Initially, she was able to withdraw some funds; later, when she applied to withdraw, the man demanded she first pay USDT equivalent to approximately HK$7 million as "tax," at which point she realized she had been scammed, ultimately losing more than HK$4.5 million.

Odaily reports: According to MSX.COM data, SpaceX (SPCX.O) stock surged over 9% in pre-market trading.

SpaceX previously released its Q3 financial report. For the third quarter of 2026 ending in September, the company's revenue grew 161% year-over-year to $14.58 billion, more than 10% above analysts' expectations of approximately $12.8 billion; net profit was approximately $4.4 billion, 2.3 times analysts' expectations of $1.88 billion; adjusted EBITDA surged 306% year-over-year to $8.81 billion, exceeding expectations by over 30%.

According to MSX.COM data, Super Micro Computer (SMCI.O) rose over 13% in US pre-market trading, after the company previously projected first-quarter revenue above expectations.

Odaily Report: Following Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix's large-scale share buyback also concluded on the 21st. SK Hynix announced that the company completed a two-month share buyback worth 40 trillion KRW on the Korea Exchange (KOSPI) that day. Previously, SK Hynix announced it would invest 40.0434 trillion KRW to repurchase 24.07 million shares of the company's stock and cancel all shares after the buyback was completed. The repurchased shares accounted for approximately 3.3% of the company's total issued shares, making it the largest share cancellation by a listed company in South Korea. SK Hynix originally announced a buyback period from August 20 to November 19, but the actual buyback was completed approximately one month ahead of schedule. (Yonhap)

Odaily: Bitget has launched perpetual stock futures for ELICE (Elice Inc.). The contract is settled in USDT and supports up to 20x leverage with 24/7 trading. As of now, Bitget supports a total of 369 stock futures underlying assets.

Odaily reports: According to GMGN data, Robinhood ecosystem ORBIO has surged over 110% in 24H and is now reported at $42.33 million.

On the news front, orbio announced that it will launch a token issuance platform, where all tokens issued on the platform will use ORBIO tokens as the paired asset. The platform is built on Mosh, with a portion of the token supply controlled by AI agents that also provide market making.

Odaily reminds users that Meme coin prices are highly volatile, and investors should participate with caution.

Odaily reports that according to ZachXBT monitoring, an institution had a total of 973,000 MORPHO tokens stolen from two addresses hours ago, valued at approximately $2.3 million, with the related funds having been deposited into Tornado Cash. Both victim addresses were involved in EIP-7702 account delegation transactions. According to his tracking, one of the addresses' affiliated entity had also been hacked for approximately $3.5 million on October 9 previously. These assets originated from claims on an old cross-chain bridge, then bridged from Ethereum to Zcash via NEAR Intents, and entered the Ironwood privacy pool. ZachXBT also noted that the victim address has an on-chain association with an address suspected to belong to Nima Capital.

According to MSX.COM data, BNB treasury company BNC, a US-listed stock, rose more than 4% in the overnight session, with its share price now at $5.30.

On the news front, Nasdaq-listed company BNB Standard Corporation (ticker: BNC) announced that it will ring the opening bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square at 9:30 AM ET on October 26.

Odaily reports: Liu Jun, President of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), stated at the inaugural Digital RMB Annual Meeting held during the 2026 Financial Street Forum Annual Conference that technology can only reinforce trust, not replace it. Whether a digital currency can become a currency hinges on how credit is supported and honored, and how responsibility is implemented. If algorithms or pegged assets lack transparent regulation, or if trust is built solely on an impenetrable technological "black box," its credit system cannot be established, and its value foundation will be fragile.

Liu Jun pointed out that digital currencies offer new possibilities for cross-border settlement, but technology cannot create a currency's international status out of thin air—the discourse power of digitally anchored currencies ultimately depends on comprehensive national strength. RMB internationalization requires the introduction of diverse market participants and the establishment of a global regulatory coordination mechanism and regulatory technology that keep pace with the times.