Odaily reports: OpenSea has announced that its mobile app is now open to all users, supporting trading of meme coins, artwork, trading cards, and perpetual contracts across more than 25 chains. OpenSea co-founder and CEO Devin Finzer stated that the app simultaneously launches social trading features, aggregating profiles and trading records of traders on fomo, pump, and Farcaster. Users can follow traders, view their wallet activity, import wallets to claim profiles, and filter by trading platform. Additionally, users can top up via Apple Pay, link or import existing wallets, view and trade all assets in one place, and set NFTs as onchain avatars.

Odaily reports that cryptocurrency exchange MEXC has announced that, in order to comply with global regulatory requirements, it will stop providing services to users in Russia and Belarus. Affected users will receive individual notifications outlining the timetable and procedures for closing positions and withdrawing assets; users who do not receive notifications are unaffected and may continue using the platform in accordance with the terms of service. MEXC stated that user assets are safe and reminded users to be vigilant against phishing links and impersonation accounts. The platform will not request payment or transfers via private messages, nor will it ask for account credentials or seed phrases.

Odaily report: Variational founder and CEO Lucas Schuermann participated in an X Space event hosted by The Rollup founder Andy last night, during which Lucas disclosed some details about Variational Pro. The community's key takeaways are as follows:

1. Variational Pro will focus on the institutional OTC derivatives market, covering options, interest rates, foreign exchange (FX), and structured products. OTC derivatives are one of the largest financial markets globally, with outstanding notional value of approximately $850 trillion, while Bitcoin derivatives open interest stands at around $100 billion. Although the two use different statistical methodologies, this is enough to give you an intuitive sense of the scale gap.

2. Variational Pro's business scale will ultimately surpass Variational Omni. Traditional OTC derivatives trading methods remain outdated (requiring calls to bank trading desks for quotes, manual price negotiation, back-and-forth contract exchanges, managing collateral and counterparty risk, and manual execution of clearing and settlement processes). Variational Pro aims to automate this process through multi-dealer request-for-quote (RFQ), smart contracts, and stablecoin settlement.

3. Some of Variational Pro's trading instruments (including options) may eventually be opened to retail users on Variational Omni. Currently, Variational has partnered with several mainstream institutional partners, and large clients are expected to onboard Variational Pro soon.

1. Musk announces SpaceX and Tesla have formed a special committee to formally explore a merger;

2. Cboe expands options trading hours to cover individual stocks such as Robinhood and Nvidia as well as major ETFs;

3. The Blockchain Association calls on the SEC to clarify token decentralization standards and support 24/7 trading;

4. Musk: SpaceX and Tesla's Terafab project aims to achieve chip mass production by 2028;

5. Coinbase's former head of research joins Ethereum Institutional as U.S. lead;

6. Bitmine stakes 159,728 ETH, worth $390 million;

7. JPMorgan includes Bitcoin in its long-term return forecasts for the first time, with return potential that could surpass gold and bonds;

8. ETH short positions worth $32.72 million were fully liquidated, with one address losing $1.11 million in two days;

9. Polymarket: Trading fees waived across all eight market categories, campaign runs through the end of October;

10. Six blockchain organizations sign a joint letter urging the U.S. SEC to clarify the definition of digital commodities.

Odaily report: According to Lookonchain monitoring, a certain address spent 8 SOL, or $848, 2 hours ago to buy 9.91 million Kimchi, then sold 4.88 million Kimchi and received 1,045 SOL, or $111,000. The address still holds 5.03 million Kimchi, worth $171,000, bringing the total profit to $282,000, a return of 332x.

Odaily reported: According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (October 20, U.S. Eastern Time), U.S. ZEC spot ETFs recorded a total single-day net inflow of $1.6074 million, while NEAR spot ETFs recorded a total single-day net outflow of $2.5389 million.

On the ZEC side, only the Zcash ETF (ZCSH) recorded a net inflow that day, amounting to $1.6074 million, with cumulative historical net inflows of $154 million. As of press time, the total net asset value of ZEC spot ETFs is $650 million, with a net asset ratio of 3.08% and cumulative historical net inflows of $154 million.

On the NEAR side, only the Bitwise NEAR ETF (NRR) recorded a net outflow that day, amounting to $2.5389 million, and the fund's cumulative historical net inflows stand at $85.9264 million. As of press time, the total net asset value of NEAR spot ETFs is $83.0221 million, with a net asset ratio of 1.27% and cumulative historical net inflows of $85.9264 million.

Odaily reports: According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (October 20, US Eastern Time), HYPE spot ETFs recorded total daily net outflows of $7.342 million.

The HYPE spot ETF with the largest net outflows yesterday was the Bitwise Hyperliquid ETF (BHYP), with single-day net outflows of $5.3901 million, and its historical cumulative net inflows currently stand at $133 million.

This was followed by the 21Shares Hyperliquid ETF (THYP), with single-day net outflows of $1.3857 million, and its historical cumulative net inflows currently stand at $32.5489 million.

As of press time, the total net asset value of HYPE spot ETFs is $407 million, the HYPE net asset ratio is 2.27%, and historical cumulative net inflows have reached $311 million.

According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (October 20, US Eastern Time), SOL spot ETFs recorded a total single-day net outflow of $2.649 million.

Yesterday, only Grayscale Solana Trust (GSOL) saw a net outflow, with a single-day net outflow of $2.649 million; its total historical net inflow currently stands at $157 million.

As of press time, the total net asset value of SOL spot ETFs is $1.652 billion, the SOL net asset ratio is 0.00%, and cumulative historical net inflows have reached $1.548 billion.

Odaily reports: Six blockchain organizations—Stellar Development Foundation, Hedera, Aptos Labs, Ava Labs, Cardano Foundation, and Chainlink Labs—have jointly submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), requesting that the definition of "Digital Commodity" and its non-security status be explicitly clarified in the main text of the proposed "Regulation Crypto Assets."

It is understood that the SEC's regulatory interpretation released in March 2026 has established the classification of digital commodities, but the relevant definition currently appears only in the preamble of the proposed rules and has not yet been incorporated into the binding rule text. The organizations believe that formally codifying it into the rules would help reduce regulatory uncertainty and provide a more stable legal framework for public chain developers and ecosystem participants.

Odaily: Polymarket announced on X that from now until the end of October, trading fees will be waived for prediction markets across eight categories on the platform: NBA, politics, economy, weather, finance, culture, public mentions, and technology.

Odaily reports that Project Eleven has announced that Relm Insurance will participate as a development partner in its flagship institutional custody product Strongpoint. The two parties will explore methods for evaluating institutional post-quantum security controls in digital asset insurance underwriting, covering key exposure, signature systems, transaction approvals, migration readiness, and third-party dependencies. Strongpoint combines traditional signatures with post-quantum signatures and separates institutional controls from the cryptographic layer, enabling institutions to change signature algorithms while retaining approval rules and audit records. (PRNewswire)

Monitoring shows that in the predict.fun prediction event "Spurs vs. Thunder in the NBA regular season," the probability of the Spurs defeating the Thunder is currently reported at 49%.

At 9:30 a.m. Beijing time today, the 2026-2027 NBA regular season officially tips off, with the San Antonio Spurs hosting the Oklahoma City Thunder. This also marks the first regular-season meeting between the two teams in the new season since last season's Western Conference Finals. Last season, the Spurs eliminated the Thunder 4-3 in a Game 7 to advance to the Finals, while the Thunder posted the league's best regular-season record at 64-18.

As for the starting lineups, the Spurs are expected to start Fox, Castle, Dylan Harper, Vassell, and Wembanyama; the Thunder are expected to start Gilgeous-Alexander, Cason Wallace, Jalen Williams, Holmgren, and Hartenstein.

Odaily — OKX has published its 48th asset proof of reserves (snapshot date: October 3). User BTC assets totaled approximately 142,800, up 2.10% from the previous report (September 8), an increase of 2,944 BTC; user ETH assets totaled approximately 1.862 million, up 4.26% from the previous report, an increase of 76,159 ETH; user USDT assets totaled approximately 8.742 billion, up 2.94% from the previous report, an increase of approximately 249 million USDT.

Odaily reports: According to monitoring by on-chain analyst Yu Jin, an address leveraged a short position of 13,830 ETH at a price of $2,366 on the 19th, with the short position valued at $32.72 million. The address did not set a stop-loss and added to the short position yesterday when ETH pulled back to $2,387. Ultimately, all short positions were liquidated after ETH rebounded last night. Within two days, the address lost $1.11 million, with its principal dropping from $1.25 million to $140,000.

Odaily reports: According to MSX.COM data, at the U.S. stock market close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.02%, the S&P 500 Index rose 0.28%, the Nasdaq fell 0.02%, and the VIX fear index fell 6.13%. AI concept stocks rose broadly, with Workday up 4.5%, Adobe up 3.9%, Tempus AI up 3.75%, onsemi up 3.42%, and NXP up 3.22%.

It is reported that MSX is a leading RWA trading platform and has cumulatively listed hundreds of RWA tokens, covering popular U.S. stocks and ETF token assets such as NVIDIA, GOOGL, MSFT, AMZN, META, TSM, and AMD.

Odaily reports: According to the latest data from Gate, the price of gold fell to $4,116.04 per ounce, down 0.23% intraday. The price of silver fell to $57.719 per ounce, up 0.53% intraday.

In forex, the U.S. dollar rose 0.01% against the offshore Chinese yuan (USD/CNH) intraday, with the current exchange rate at 6.67502. The U.S. dollar rose 0.12% against the Japanese yen (USD/JPY) intraday, with the current exchange rate at 158.352.

In global stock indices, the Euro Stoxx 50 Index (EUSTX50) rose 0.75% intraday to 6,141.5 points; the UK FTSE 100 Index (UK100) fell 0.01% intraday to 10,733.8 points; the German DAX 40 Index (GER40) rose 0.04% intraday to 25,423.6 points.

In commodities, WTI crude oil rose 0.34% intraday to $99.69 per barrel. Brent crude oil rose 0.35% intraday to $111.05 per barrel.

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