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Aster has launched pre-market perpetual futures for the Predict.fun token $PREDICT with up to 5x leverage, opening synthetic price discovery before the token generation event.

Decentralised exchange @Aster_DEX has launched pre-market perpetual futures contracts for $PREDICT, the token of prediction market protocol @predictdotfun. The listing opens synthetic price discovery ahead of the protocol's token generation event (TGE).

The new market allows up to 5x leverage. That gives traders and funds a way to take a view on the value of the protocol before spot exchange listings begin.

What the Aster listing offersPre-market perpetuals are derivatives that track an expected price for a token that is not yet trading in the spot market. Because no spot price exists, the contract price reflects what market participants think the token will be worth at launch. Leverage amplifies both gains and losses, so positions carry a higher risk of liquidation than unleveraged trades.

The listing appeared on Aster's trading list on October 21. TechFlow reported that the page showed up to 5x leverage and that trading was expected to go live at 8 PM that evening.

Aster describes itself as a decentralised exchange. BitMEX Research notes that it was created through the merger of DeFi protocols Astherus and APX Finance in 2025 and supports perpetual contracts for stocks, commodities and forex settled in crypto.

Predict.fun and the token's path to launchPredict.fun is a prediction market on BNB Chain where users trade the outcomes of real-world events. According to Bitrue's overview, users trade with USDT or USDC while earning DeFi yield on their collateral.

Interest in the token has built for several weeks. ChainCatcher reported that the project teased a token with a post reading "Soon" earlier this month. Coingabbar reported that a separate pre-market on Aspecta opened on October 9 at an $800 million fully diluted valuation (FDV). The same report said no TGE date had been confirmed at the time.

Pre-market prices are indicative and can diverge sharply from where a token trades once spot markets open. Traders should check the contract terms, funding mechanics and settlement rules on each venue before taking a position.

SourcesTechFlow: Predict.fun token pre-market on Aster
Coingabbar: Predict.fun token pre-market on Aspecta
BitMEX: Aster overview

UK High Court approves appeal by Chinese victims in the Qian Zhimin case over property rights to more than 60,000 Bitcoin.

According to Caixin, just four days after the UK High Court of Justice ruled that the property rights dispute over more than 60,000 bitcoins in the Qian Zhimin case is subject to Chinese law, around 16,000 Chinese victims participating in the UK asset recovery process have been granted the chance to challenge the ruling further. The UK High Court held a fresh hearing, with the judge approving the Chinese victims’ appeal against the October 12 ruling on applicable law. Lawyers from all parties also discussed issues including litigation costs related to the earlier applicable law dispute, whether the approximately 16,000 individual claimants will continue to pursue their claims, and how to opt out of the proceedings.

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Analyst: Short-term Bitcoin whales' unrealized profit falls 53%, with over 10,000 BTC transferred to CEX in a single day.

CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr stated in a post that Bitcoin short-term whales’ unrealized profit dropped 53% from a record $9.8 billion on September 22 to $4.6 billion on October 20, though the whales remain profitable. On the same day, whales transferred 10,605 BTC to centralized exchanges (CEXs), the highest single-day volume since October 8, roughly 2.8 times the 3,815 BTC average daily amount over the past 30 days. The decline in unrealized profit does not indicate reduced holdings, nor do transfers to exchanges equal actual sales, but analysts point out that the increased inflow signals a rising potential sell-off risk.

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Crypto market liquidity crunch: Binance's stablecoin reserves hit their lowest level of the year.

According to crypto analyst Darkfost's data, centralized exchange (CEX) stablecoin reserves have been declining recently, with Binance's stablecoin reserves hitting their lowest level this year. Data shows Binance's stablecoin market capitalization has been on a downward trend since June, dropping approximately 4.7% over the past 90 days. Darkfost also pointed out that the decline in stablecoin reserves is not unique to Binance. This stablecoin outflow dynamic will continue to exert pressure on the market, and the lack of inflowing liquidity is exacerbating the current market weakness. To reverse the situation, the market needs to see capital flowing back into CEXs, which is a sign of demand recovery.

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Zcash developers confirm the NU7 upgrade will roll out in November, cutting the block time to 25 seconds.

Zcash developers have reached consensus on the NU7 upgrade, set to activate at block height 3,543,405 (estimated around November 5). The upgrade will reduce block time from 75 seconds to 25 seconds, tripling transaction confirmation speed. Additionally, 60% of fees collected per block will be removed from circulation, with plans to return these funds to miners starting February 2031, while the original block reward halving schedule remains unchanged in the interim. Furthermore, Zcash’s original privacy protocol Sprout will be permanently shut down after the upgrade; funds not transferred in time will become inaccessible. The proposal was put forward by developer Sean Bowe and approved by the Zcash Improvement Proposal (ZIP) editing team, but it still needs to be formally merged into deployment specifications and integrated into node software before it can officially take effect.

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US pre-market trading: All three major indices rise, SpaceX surges nearly 9% pre-market, and AI stocks rebound sharply.

Before U.S. stock market opens, all three major index futures rose, with the Nasdaq 100 futures up around 0.80%. In terms of individual stocks, according to BIT (bit.com) market data, boosted by strong quarterly results, SpaceX gained nearly 9% to $161.08. Additionally, driven by merger rumors, Tesla rose 2.67% to $383.68. AI-related stocks mostly advanced before the market open: Nvidia was up 1.8%, AMD up 2.5%, Intel up 2.9%, SanDisk up 2.9%, Western Digital up 2.1%, and Seagate Technology up 2.4%. Meanwhile, optical communications and Neocloud-related stocks saw notable gains: Credo (CRDO) jumped over 5.2%, Lumentum (LITE) rose around 3.98%, and CoreWeave (CRWV) gained around 2.95%. For crypto-related stocks, BNB Standard (BNC) surged over 7.8%, and Strategy (MSTR) added around 1.99%.

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Sources: Bank of Japan will decide at next week's meeting whether inflation has reached the 2% target.

According to Kyodo News, a source familiar with the matter revealed on Wednesday that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will assess whether the underlying inflation rate has hit its 2% target at next week’s policy meeting. A confirmation would mark a symbolic turning point for the BOJ, signaling an end to its long-standing monetary policy stance aimed at combating deflation. The BOJ first set the 2% inflation target in January 2013. Despite implementing aggressive monetary easing programs, the central bank has repeatedly pushed back its timeline for achieving the goal. If the target is ultimately met, it will come nearly 14 years after the target was first introduced.

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Paragon had already halted its PAPER market and settled open positions at $0.026296 after Papertrade ruled out token transfers for now.

Paragon had already halted its PAPER market and settled open positions at $0.026296 after Papertrade ruled out token transfers for now.

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Aster launches pre-market trading on PAPER, with up to 3x leverage.

This lesser-known altcoin is up +337% on the week!

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According to Lookonchain monitoring, trader 0xC7Fd opened a 2x leveraged long position on 20.5 million AGT tokens on Aster DEX, with the position valued at approximately $1.63 million. The unrealized profit on this position has now exceeded $1.26 million, translating to a 155% return.

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Paper Trade User Generates $10.1B Volume on Day 1, Loses $979K but Earns 252M $PAPER Tokens Worth $1.73M

Meet this guy who really knows how to make money on @papertrade_xyz! He's made $762K so far. On the first day of @papertrade_xyz's launch, he generated $10.1B in trading volume and lost $979K, earning 252M $PAPER tokens. He then stopped trading and has since claimed $1.73M in

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Upbit will suspend deposits and withdrawals of digital assets worth 1 million Korean won or more with BitMEX.

Upbit official announcement: Due to BitMEX terminating access to the travel rule solution VerifyVASP, Upbit will suspend digital asset deposits and withdrawals of 1 million KRW or more between the two exchanges starting October 16. Deposits under 1 million KRW will remain supported as normal. Manual deposits of 1 million KRW or more from BitMEX to Upbit will be discontinued from 14:00 on December 18. Any such assets received after that will enter a refund process, and users must retrieve them in accordance with the refund procedure.

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BonkGuy's portfolio value increased by over $1 million in the past 24 hours.

Trader BonkGuy’s portfolio value has surged by over $1 million in the past 24 hours, now standing at $11.43 million. His current positions boast unrealized gains of roughly $5.63 million from PONS, $1.57 million from USELESS, and $1.43 million from MarsCoin, keeping him the top-ranked trader on the Fomo platform.

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Data: Papertrade’s loss mining period lasted less than 6 days, with the top three addresses by trading volume each exceeding $10 billion.

According to EmberCN’s monitoring, since the Papertrade platform on the Hyperliquid chain launched loss mining on the 10th, the three addresses with the highest trading volumes have all surpassed $10 billion each in less than six days. The top address posted a trading volume of $11.6 billion, with trading losses of $780,000, earning 46 million PAPER tokens at an acquisition cost of $0.017 per token. The second address recorded $10.3 billion in trading volume, $930,000 in trading losses, and received 85 million PAPER tokens at an acquisition cost of $0.011 per token. The third address saw $10.1 billion in trading volume, $980,000 in trading losses, and obtained 252 million PAPER tokens at an acquisition cost of $0.0039 per token. The acquisition cost excludes PAPER token dividends; factoring in dividends would lower the cost further, with the third address potentially even holding a negative cost.

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Bonk Guy's Portfolio Surges $1M+ in 24H, Maintains #FOMO Leaderboard Lead

As the market rebounds, Bonk Guy(@theunipcs)'s portfolio has grown by $1M+ in the past 24 hours. He remains No. 1 on both #FOMO's 24H and All-Time leaderboards.

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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) aims to transition to T+1 settlement in the second half of 2028.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) has published a consultation summary document on shortening the settlement cycle of Hong Kong’s spot stock market, which shows widespread market support for implementing a T+1 settlement cycle in Hong Kong’s securities market. Based on feedback from various stakeholders, HKEX plans to complete the relevant transition in the second half of 2028, provided the market is ready and regulatory approval is obtained. The consultation received a total of 109 non-duplicate responses from market stakeholders including brokers, custodians, investment managers, industry associations, technology vendors, and investors. Respondents supported Hong Kong’s adoption of a T+1 settlement cycle, agreeing that this move will help enhance market efficiency, reduce settlement risks, improve capital efficiency, and consolidate Hong Kong’s competitiveness as an international financial center.

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Aster DEX will spend the last of its roughly 1.4M USDT strategic buyback reserve on ASTER over 14 days from October 15, on top of its fee-funded buybacks.

Aster DEX will use the last ~1.4M USDT in its strategic buyback reserve to buy $ASTER over 14 days, starting Thursday, October 15. At about 100,000 USDT a day, the purchases will be spread evenly across the two-week window.

The reserve buyback runs alongside the protocol's regular repurchases. Those are funded by 99% of platform fees, with the bought tokens going to users who lock up ASTER. @Aster_DEX has positioned the program as a way to tie the token to platform activity.

How the buyback program has evolvedThe strategic reserve dates back to the project's Stage 5 buyback program. Stage 5 began on December 23 and allocated up to 80% of platform fees to $ASTER, with 40% of daily fees going to automatic buybacks and another 20% to 40% held in strategic reserves. A Stage 6 program followed on February 4, 2026, again allocating up to 80% of daily platform fees to repurchases.

The structure changed again in June. Aster announced a tokenomics upgrade on June 17, 2026, directing 99% of daily platform fees into automatic $ASTER buybacks for veASTER stakers, with matching burns aimed at cutting total supply toward 3 billion. Since that date, the buybacks have run through a TWAP on Aster Spot, and the purchased tokens are distributed to veASTER holders on top of a 300,000 $ASTER base reward pool each epoch.

Permissionless listings add a further source of funding. Each permissionless token listing on Aster Spot requires a 50,000 USDT fee, which also goes toward ASTER purchases.

What to watchThe size of the regular buyback depends on trading activity. Because each buyback tracks daily fees, a quieter quarter lowers staker rewards and slows the pace of burns. The reserve purchases are a fixed amount, so they do not depend on volume over the 14 days.

Independent scrutiny of the mechanism is also worth noting. Analytics platform Tokenomist has reported that the burn leg has largely stalled, with roughly one hundred million ASTER burned in early 2026 against a target reduction of about five billion. The reserve buyback, by contrast, is a direct market purchase of the token.

Past rounds have not always moved the price. When the strategic reserve was activated in January, ASTER dropped to $0.55 around the time the DEX confirmed buybacks were live. Buybacks reduce available supply but do not guarantee a price response, and the outcome will depend on broader market conditions and liquidity.

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BeInCrypto: Aster expands its token buyback program
Datawallet: Aster DEX review, buyback and burn mechanics
SQ Magazine: Aster DEX Stage 5 buyback program

Starknet launches shadow accounts, enabling users to anonymously link their main wallets with DeFi activities.

According to an official announcement, Starknet has launched Shadow Accounts, allowing users to participate in public DeFi activities via an independent, self-controlled address while keeping the link between this address and their main wallet confidential. Shadow Accounts are independent pseudonymous addresses on Starknet, funded by users’ protected STRK20 balances. The first integration will launch tomorrow. While the balance, transaction history, and application positions of Shadow Accounts remain publicly visible on-chain, STRK20 protects the connection between these accounts and users’ main wallets. This means users do not need to hide their DeFi activities themselves, while reducing the likelihood that external observers can trace those activities back to their main wallets.

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Applied Materials forecasts its services business revenue will grow by more than 20% by 2026, and top $12 billion by 2030.

Applied Materials (AMAT.O) said it targets a non-GAAP gross margin of 54% and operating margin of 40% by 2030. It projects its services business revenue will grow by over 20% in 2026, and exceed $12 billion by 2030. The company plans to expand its R&D labs and manufacturing capacity to more than double current levels by 2030, return 80% to 100% of its free cash flow to shareholders by 2030, and lift its wafer fabrication equipment (WFE) market share by more than 2 percentage points between 2025 and 2030.

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Perspective: Bitcoin investors who accumulated positions at high levels have their cost prices capping upside potential, with selling pressure having notably eased.

Glassnode stated that the cost basis of investors who purchased Bitcoin at high levels continues to cap its upside potential. Following Bitcoin’s rebound to around $88,000, investors with 1 to 2-year holding periods sold off heavily, and this price level is also near the break-even point for investors who have held Bitcoin for 6 to 12 months. Bitcoin’s price subsequently faced resistance below this level, and this selling pressure has now eased significantly.

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21Shares Launches Synthetic Anthropic ETP on the Vienna Stock Exchange

21Shares has launched a synthetic Anthropic ETP on the Vienna Stock Exchange, trading under the ticker CLAU, providing investors with non-leveraged exposure linked to the pre-IPO implied valuation of the artificial intelligence startup. The ETP does not grant investors direct ownership of Anthropic shares, either before or after the firm goes public. The product accesses this exposure via total return swaps (TRS), tracking a reference rate compiled by Kaiko, which is calculated based on Anthropic’s perpetual futures prices on Binance.

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Ripple partners with Stripe-owned Privy to introduce embedded wallet functionality for the XRP Ledger.

Ripple has partnered with Stripe-owned wallet infrastructure firm Privy to integrate support for the XRP Ledger (XRPL) into Privy’s developer platform. The integration eliminates the need for developers to build their own wallet infrastructure, allowing them to add XRPL wallets to their applications with features including wallet creation and management, transaction signing, plus support for XRP, Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin, and other assets on the network.

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Aster’s official announcement states that ASTER has now integrated into the Solana ecosystem via Sunrise, providing users with additional cross-ecosystem access and trading options for ASTER.

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US crypto-related concept stocks reversed earlier losses to trade higher, with MSTR rising 2.04%.

According to market data from BIT (Bit.com), US crypto-related stocks have turned from losses to gains, with the following performance: MSTR up 2.04%, COIN up 2.08%, CRCL up 0.91%, SBET up 0.93%, BMNR up 1.01%, HOOD up 0.34%, and ABTC up 6.73%.

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Palantir hits an all-time high, with U.S. AI application software stocks remaining active.

According to market data from BIT (Bit.com), U.S. AI software stocks remain active. Palantir (PLTR.US) rose over 1% to hit a new high, while ServiceNow (NOW.US), Shopify (SHOP.US), and Salesforce (CRM.US) gained more than 3%. SAP SE (SAP.US), Snap (SNAP.US), and Workday (WDAY.US) each climbed over 1%. On the news front, Bank of America Securities upgraded Salesforce’s rating from Underperform to Buy, sharply lifting its target price from $160 to $285. In its report, BofA noted that although revenue directly tied to AI still accounts for a small share, it is optimistic about the long-term prospects of the company’s enterprise AI. Additionally, Ben Schneider, chief U.S. equity strategist at Goldman Sachs, and TMT expert Pete Callahan pointed out that the AI investment narrative is shifting from semiconductor capital expenditure to application-layer areas such as the "inference economy" and personal agents. Callahan bluntly stated that "programming AI is no longer a market secret", adding that the market is urgently searching for the next major AI story.

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AMD unveils Helion AI agent rack solution, with each rack supporting up to 32,768 CPU cores.

Beating AI News (from Dongcha) – AMD today announced the launch of the AMD Helion Agent AI Rack Solution. Built on an open infrastructure design compliant with Open Compute Project (OCP) specifications, the solution is engineered to meet the computing power demands of large-scale AI agent tasks, supporting flexible combinations of CPUs and GPUs.
It offers two primary configurations: The first is a CPU-only rack powered by 6th Gen AMD EPYC processors, supporting up to 32,768 CPU cores, designed for hyperscale deployments, providing dedicated computing power for agent tasks and connecting to separate model inference infrastructure. The second is an integrated rack combining AMD EPYC CPUs, AMD Instinct MI350P GPUs, and general-purpose compute nodes, targeted at enterprise-grade agent AI applications.
AMD states that Helion supports both liquid and air cooling configurations, allowing customers to adjust CPU and GPU resources based on their workload, performance, power consumption, and cost needs. The solution also integrates open-source software and hardware plus a built-in token router, enabling the distribution of agent model calls to both frontier and open-source models.
AMD plans to submit the Helion specifications to the OCP for further community development and adoption. Currently, the solution is being developed in collaboration with ecosystem partners, with a launch scheduled for November 2026.

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Head of Microsoft’s AI Agents Bets on 2027: AI Will No Longer Wait for Queries, Delivering Work Results Directly via Information Streams

Beating AI News: Nicolas Bustamante, head of Microsoft’s proactive AI Agent team, predicts AI streams will become the mainstream interaction method by 2027. Chat-based models leave too much work to users—requiring them to figure out AI’s capabilities, write prompts, provide context, and repeatedly direct agents. For billions to use agents daily, not everyone can be expected to master these tasks. Bustamante’s envisioned AI stream works like an auto-updated to-do list: AI drafts emails needing responses; when sales data refreshes, team reports are prepped. Users browse it like social media, approving, editing, or ignoring items, only turning to chat for complex issues. Meta’s Muse already proactively suggests and executes tasks. The model also has commercial logic: as users open the stream daily, AI recommends restaurants, goods or services based on their plans, with clearly labeled ads covering the agent’s operational costs.

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A crypto whale reallocated its UBTC holdings into 16,700 ETH, worth $42.46 million.

According to monitoring by AI Aunt, a crypto whale address swapped its UBTC holdings for 16,704.47 ETH over the past 22 hours, worth approximately $42.46 million, at an average purchase price of around $2,541.89.

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Microsoft's stock price has hit a nearly one-year high, and the company announced plans to massively deploy its in-house developed AI chips.

According to BIT (Bit.com) market data, Microsoft’s stock price hit a near one-year high, rising 0.8% intraday. On the news front, Microsoft plans to gradually increase the use of its self-developed AI chips in data centers to reduce reliance on NVIDIA GPUs. Microsoft stated that it will mainly rely on its self-developed Maia chip architecture to handle AI model requests in the future, and plans to deploy several gigawatts of computing power on the Maia series chips. Microsoft unveiled its third-generation AI accelerator chip, the Maia 300, on Monday, which is expected to enter production in 2027. Each data center rack can hold 96 Maia 300 chips, double the number of the previous-generation Maia 200; compared with GPUs, its AI token processing capacity per rack can reach up to 7 times higher, and the number of tokens processed per megawatt increases by approximately 40%. Microsoft said the Maia 300 is expected to boost AI service performance and lower data center operating costs. Evercore ISI analysts forecast that by the first quarter of 2027, Maia chips will account for around 10% of Microsoft’s AI chip spending.

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LUMIA fiyatı son yedi günde yaklaşık %100 yükselirken, Aster DEX’te işlem yapan altı cüzdanın toplam gerçekleşmemiş kârı 949 bin dolara ulaştı. Lookonchain’in paylaştığı verilere göre cüzdanlar, 3x kaldıraçla toplam 11,7 milyon LUMIA için long pozisyon açtı. Pozisyonların toplam değeri yaklaşık 1,9 milyon dolar.

Cüzdanlardan birindeki getiri %160’ı aşarken, bu kazançların henüz kesinleşmediğini hatırlatmak gerekiyor. Pozisyonlar açık kaldığı sürece LUMIA fiyatındaki ters hareketler kârı azaltabilir.

LUMIA Yükselişinde 6 Cüzdan Ne Kadar Kazandı? Paylaşılan CoinGecko verisinde LUMIA 0,1673 dolar seviyesinde işlem görüyor ve token son yedi günde %96,4 yükselmiş durumda. Piyasa değeri yaklaşık 40,2 milyon dolar, son 24 saatteki işlem hacmi ise 106,89 milyon dolar.

Lookonchain’in aktardığı verilere göre altı cüzdan, Aster DEX üzerinde toplam 11,7 milyon LUMIA için yükseliş yönlü pozisyon aldı. Bu pozisyonların büyüklüğü yaklaşık 1,9 milyon dolara ulaştı.

Pozisyonlardaki toplam gerçekleşmemiş kâr 949 bin dolar civarında. En yüksek getiri ise %160’ı aştı. LUMIA’nın fiyatındaki hızlı yükseliş, kaldıraçlı işlem açan bu cüzdanların kazançlarını büyüttü.

949 Bin Dolarlık Kâr Kesinleşti mi? Hayır. Açıklanan 949 bin dolar, cüzdanların pozisyonlarını kapatarak elde ettiği kesinleşmiş kazancı değil, açık işlemlerindeki gerçekleşmemiş kârı gösteriyor.

Altı cüzdanın kullandığı 3x kaldıraç, LUMIA yükseldiğinde getiriyi artırıyor. Fiyat ters yönde hareket ettiğinde ise aynı mekanizma kayıpları büyütebiliyor ve pozisyonları tasfiye riskine yaklaştırabiliyor.

LUMIA’nın son haftadaki yükselişi bu işlemleri kâra taşımış olsa da asıl belirleyici, fiyatın bundan sonra nasıl hareket edeceği olacak. Cüzdanlar pozisyonlarını kapatmadığı sürece 949 bin dolarlık tutar değişebilir; dolayısıyla bu rakamı gerçekleşmiş kazanç olarak değerlendirmek doğru değil.

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ASML to Uniformly Hike Prices of Lithography Machine Components for Samsung and SK Hynix by 10%, As AI Production Expansion Boom Drives Up Equipment Costs.

According to South Korean media reports, ASML has notified Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix that it will implement a uniform 10% price increase on EUV and DUV lithography machine components for the South Korean market. The adjustment covers regularly replaced consumable parts and core components required for fault repairs, including optical systems, light sources, and precision drive units. After consultations between the procurement departments of both sides, the two memory chip giants have accepted the price hike plan, with the adjustment set to take effect in January next year. This uniform across-the-board price increase is relatively rare; ASML previously typically adjusted prices only individually for components facing rising raw material costs or tight supply of specific materials. Meanwhile, the company is in negotiations with key clients over price hikes for new equipment. According to earlier reports, equipment manufacturers including Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron have also raised product prices, and the price hike trend in the semiconductor equipment sector is spreading. AI data center investment is driving memory chip and foundry players to expand production capacity, leading to a concentrated surge in demand for equipment and components. With suppliers taking time to ramp up production, coupled with inflation and raw material cost pressures, bargaining power in the equipment supply chain is shifting toward suppliers. The report noted that TSMC had previously opposed ASML’s equipment price hikes, indicating that different clients still have varying levels of acceptance of rising costs.

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Apple places a 30% additional order for iPhone Duo, while the total volume of the iPhone 18 Pro series remains unchanged.

According to sources from Apple's supply chain, the tech giant is making structural adjustments to its 2026 fall new iPhone orders: it has placed an additional 30% order for the iPhone Duo, though the total volume still remains below 10 million units; it has cut orders for the iPhone 18 Pro by 10% to 15%, while increasing orders for the iPhone 18 Pro Max by 10% to 15%, leaving the total order volume for the entire iPhone 18 Pro series unchanged. An Apple supply chain source said, "This means sales are shifting toward higher-value products, which is overall positive for the performance of Apple's supply chain companies."

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A crypto whale adds to HYPE buy orders, with planned buy-the-dip positions totaling $10.8 million.

According to TradingBeats monitoring, a crypto whale has added 7 new limit buy orders for HYPE at prices ranging from $64.099 to $77.93, totaling roughly $2.52 million. Combined with orders placed on October 8 that are still active, the account holds a total of 30 buy orders spanning $61.26 to $81.94, with a combined value of approximately $10.828 million. The account currently has no open positions. HYPE is trading at around $84.22 at press time, and its highest buy order price of $81.94 is roughly 2.7% lower than the current spot price; order amounts are distributed across the entire price range.

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Claude Code Projects has fully lifted its waitlist, enabling Pro and Max users who were on the waitlist to now use the service.

Beating AI Express (Insight) – Anthropic announced that all waitlisted Pro and Max tier users who applied for Claude Code Projects have now been granted testing access. The feature launched in September, initially available only to a small subset of users. While its scope has expanded, it remains in Beta testing and is not yet fully open to all paid subscribers. Claude Code Projects functions as a project management agent: users only need to submit requests, and it automatically splits tasks and assigns them to multiple concurrent Claude Code sessions. Each session independently writes code, runs tests, submits pull requests (PRs), and reports back to the manager, eliminating the need for users to assign tasks or track progress manually. These sessions share project data and memory, run on the cloud by default, and can continue operating even when the user’s computer is powered off. For tasks requiring local files or software, users can also designate execution on their own device.

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2 New Wallets Withdraw 280.75M $龙虾 ($12.21M) From Exchanges in 3 Days

2 newly created wallets (0x4d28 and 0x5a42) withdrew 280.75M $龙虾 ($12.21M) from exchanges over the past 3 days, 28.08% of the total supply.

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Supermicro contractor pleads guilty; $2.5 billion server order tied to smuggling case.

Beating AI Express News: Ting-Wei Sun, a former contractor of Supermicro, has pleaded guilty in a New York federal court in the U.S. He was involved in illegally diverting servers equipped with NVIDIA high-end AI chips to China, admitting to four charges: conspiracy to violate export controls, conspiracy to smuggle, conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government, and obstruction of justice. Previously, U.S. prosecutors indicted three people total. Besides Sun, the defendants include Supermicro co-founder Yih-Shyan Liaw and Ruei-Tsang Chang, general manager of the company’s Taiwan office. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) disclosed earlier that between 2024 and 2025, a Southeast Asian middleman purchased approximately $2.5 billion worth of equipment from the involved U.S. server manufacturer. Prosecutors allege that at least $510 million worth of these servers were illegally diverted to China in just a few weeks in 2025. The involved servers were typically first shipped via Taiwan to Southeast Asia, then repackaged and sent to China. To evade inspections, the suspects placed thousands of non-functional dummy servers in warehouses and used hair dryers to remove labels and serial numbers. Prosecutors said Sun participated in arranging the dummy servers and made false statements during inspections by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Supermicro was not named as a defendant in the case and has cut ties with the three involved individuals. An independent investigation released by the company in August found no evidence that current executives were aware of the smuggling scheme.

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Aster has completed another round of its fee-powered buyback and burn cycle, removing an additional 3.1 million $ASTER tokens from supply. The latest update brings total all-time burns across all programs to more than 207 million tokens, the project said on October 6.

How the Burn Works The most recent burn covered activity between September 21 and October 5, with the buyback funded by 99% of platform fees collected over that period. Bought-back tokens are distributed to stakers, while a matching number of $ASTER is permanently destroyed from reserves.

Building Toward a Smaller Supply Under Aster's upgraded tokenomics, cumulative burns have now reached 29.6 million $ASTER.

With each biweekly cycle adding to the cumulative burn tally, the protocol continues to use its own trading revenue as the primary engine for supply reduction.

Sources:
Crypto Briefing: Aster executes first token burn under upgraded tokenomics
Aster DEX Official Tokenomics Documentation
AMBCrypto: Aster directs 99% of platform fees to ASTER buybacks

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The quickest way to trade crypto, US stocks, gold and FX as perpetuals from one account is a multi-asset venue: EVEDEX lists 52 perpetual contracts across those classes, tradable 24/7 from a single cross-margin balance. Aster covers crypto, stocks and commodities; Hyperliquid reaches equities and commodities through builder-deployed markets; dYdX and GMX stay crypto-only. This comparison sets the five venues side by side on asset range, fees, leverage and access, with every figure read on 21 September 2026.

Key takeaways EVEDEX lists 52 perpetual contracts. 39 crypto, 5 US stocks, 1 index, 3 commodities, 2 FX pairs and 2 pre-IPO markets, from one USDT cross-margin balance (16 September 2026). Trading fees are fixed at 0.015% maker and 0.045% taker, level with Hyperliquid’s base rate, above Aster’s 0% maker / 0.04% taker on USDT perpetuals. Leverage reaches 200x on BTC, ETH and SOL for positions up to $50,000 notional, above Hyperliquid (40x), dYdX (20x) and GMX (100x), below Aster (1001x on select pairs). EVEDEX runs no traditional KYC to trade; deposits pass automated on-chain AML screening. Minimum deposit is 6 USDT; margin is cross-only, posted in USDT. Independent benchmark: EU regulator ESMA found 74–89% of retail CFD accounts lose money, leverage cuts both ways. Platform Asset classes Max leverage Maker / taker (base) Margin & collateral KYC Settlement EVEDEX Crypto, US stocks, index, commodities, FX, pre-IPO Up to 200x (BTC/ETH/SOL, ≤$50k notional) 0.015% / 0.045% (fixed) Cross only; USDT No traditional KYC; on-chain AML  Off-chain matching, on-chain settlement on Arbitrum (L2) Hyperliquid Crypto; equities/commodities/FX via HIP-3 builder markets Up to 40x (BTC/ETH) 0.015% / 0.045% Cross & isolated; USDC None (self-custody) Own L1 (HyperCore) dYdX Crypto Up to 20x (majors) 0.01% / 0.05% Cross + isolated sub-accounts; USDC None (wallet-based) Own L1 (Cosmos SDK) GMX Crypto Up to 100x 0.04%–0.06% position fee (open & close) Isolated per-market pools; multi-collateral None (no account) Arbitrum, Avalanche, MegaETH Aster Crypto, stocks, commodities Up to 1001x (select pairs) 0% / 0.04% (USDT perps) Cross & isolated; USDT None (non-custodial) Aster Chain (L1) + multi-chain Fees, leverage, margin and asset classes: each venue’s own documentation, read 21 September 2026; EVEDEX figures built from the client project passport dated 18 September 2026, market count per CoinGecko. GMX charges a position fee rather than maker/taker rates.

One account, several asset classes Breadth is where EVEDEX competes hardest. EVEDEX is a hybrid perpetual futures exchange: orders match off-chain in its order book while settlement runs on-chain on Arbitrum. That structure lets a single USDT balance back positions across every listed class, so trading on EVEDEX means moving between a BTC perp, a Tesla perp and a gold perp without switching venues. The 52 markets break down as 39 crypto, five US equities (TSLA, COIN, MSTR, CRCL, SPCX), the SPY index, three commodities (gold via XAUT, silver and WTI crude), two FX pairs and two pre-IPO markets.

The other venues sit at different points on that range. Aster documents perpetuals on crypto, stocks and commodities. Hyperliquid began as a crypto venue and now reaches equities, indices and commodities through HIP-3 builder-deployed markets, which are run by third-party deployers rather than the core protocol. dYdX and GMX remain crypto-focused. For a trader who wants equities and commodities alongside crypto natively, EVEDEX and Aster carry the widest documented range.

What you pay per trade On headline cost, EVEDEX is mid-pack. Its fees are fixed at 0.015% maker and 0.045% taker, with no volume tiers; a cashback programme later returns part of the fees already paid rather than discounting the posted rate. A taker round trip on a $10,000 position therefore costs about $9.00 before any cashback, the same as Hyperliquid at its base rate.

Two venues undercut that. Aster charges 0% maker and 0.04% taker on USDT perpetuals, so a market-maker pays nothing and a taker round trip runs about $8.00. dYdX starts at 0.01% maker and 0.05% taker at its base tier, dropping to a maker rebate at high volume. GMX works differently: it applies a 0.04%–0.06% position fee on both open and close, plus borrowing and funding, so a round trip is roughly $8–$12 per $10,000 before holding costs. Fees are only part of total cost — funding, spread and slippage often matter more on a position held over time.

Leverage and the distance to liquidation High leverage narrows the margin for error, and this is where EVEDEX sits near the top. At 200x, the initial margin is 0.5% of notional, so a move of roughly half a percent against the position can exhaust the buffer and trigger liquidation; maintenance margin makes the real trigger slightly closer. The same logic puts GMX’s 100x at about 1%, Hyperliquid’s 40x at about 2.5%, dYdX’s 20x at about 5%, and Aster’s 1001x at about 0.1%. Higher ceilings widen the range of strategies but shrink that buffer.

The base-rate reminder matters more than any single platform: EU regulator ESMA found that 74–89% of retail CFD accounts lose money, with average losses of €1,600 to €29,000 per client. Leverage raises both the gain and the loss on the same move.

Access, custody and funded accounts None of these venues runs traditional identity checks to trade, and EVEDEX adds a documented compliance layer: no traditional KYC, with deposits screened on-chain. The others are wallet-based and self-custodial. EVEDEX is not intended for UK retail clients and is not available to sanctioned persons. For traders testing size without their own full capital, EVEDEX also offers funded trading with no evaluation stage: a trader posts margin — 165 USDT for a 5,000 USDT nominal, 835 USDT for 25,000 keeps 100% of profit, and cannot lose more than the margin posted.

Where each venue fits EVEDEX has real limits. Margin is cross-only, so one losing position draws on the whole account balance; a trader who wants to ring-fence risk per position will prefer a venue with isolated margin, such as Hyperliquid or GMX. Its 0.015% maker fee is higher than Aster’s 0% maker on USDT perpetuals, so a pure market-maker pays more. And its open interest about $700 million on 18 September 2026, is smaller than the largest perpetual DEXs. These are trade-offs to weigh against the asset range.

For deep BTC and ETH liquidity, Hyperliquid and dYdX are strong; for the lowest posted fees, Aster leads; for the widest native asset set, EVEDEX and Aster stand out. EVEDEX is the clearest fit for a trader who wants to move between a Tesla perp, a gold perp and a BTC perp from one USDT cross-margin balance, at up to 200x, without traditional KYC.

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September 28th, 2026 – George Town, British Virgin Islands

Aster, the privacy-first onchain trading platform backed by YZi Labs, today announced the launch of its Liquidity Pool Mining campaign, a four-week incentive campaign featuring a total reward pool of up to 140,000 ASTER and running from September 28 to October 25, 2026 (UTC).

To celebrate the launch of Perpetual Grid 2.0, the program is open to all Aster users running Perpetual Grid strategies on eligible trading pairs.

Rewards will be distributed hourly based on each eligible Grid’s share of trading volume. The base reward pool is set at 10,000 ASTER per epoch, with additional rewards available based on market conditions and trading activity on the platform. Participation is automatic, with no registration required.

“As Aster continues to bring more emerging assets and opportunities onchain, we’re also focused on building the tools traders need to navigate increasingly dynamic markets. Perpetual Grid offers a flexible way to capture opportunities amid market volatility, and Grid 2.0 takes this experience further with greater flexibility and independence. This upgrade is another step toward our broader vision of building the frontier of onchain trading,” said Leonard, CEO at Aster.

Incentivizing Automated Perpetual Trading

The campaign builds on Aster’s expanded Perpetual Grid infrastructure, giving users a new way to participate in automated trading while earning additional ASTER rewards from eligible Grid activity. Both Maker and Taker volume count toward the campaign, while manual trading and activity outside the Grid strategy are excluded.

An Estimated Bonus APY is also displayed to provide an indication of potential annualized ASTER rewards based on recent campaign activity. The estimate can change as trading volume, participating Grids and other campaign conditions change, and does not guarantee future rewards or returns.

Grid 2.0 Separates Automated and Manual Strategies

Alongside the campaign, the newly upgraded Perpetual Grid 2.0 enables Grid strategies to operate independently from users’ regular Perpetual trading. Each Grid runs through a dedicated Grid Bot subaccount, keeping its positions and margin separate from the main Perpetual account.

With support for both Cross and Isolated Margin, users can run automated Grid strategies while continuing to trade Perpetuals manually, including on the same trading pair. Isolated Margin supports up to 50 independent Grid strategies per account, with no per-pair limit.

Discover Strategies Through Grid Marketplace

Aster’s Grid Marketplace further simplifies strategy discovery by allowing users to browse active Grid strategies and review metrics such as PnL, ROI, runtime, price range, leverage and trading activity.

Users can use an existing strategy as a starting point through Copy, or switch its direction through Reverse, turning a Long strategy into Short or vice versa. Copied or reversed strategies remain independent from their source and do not automatically synchronize with the original Grid.

The Liquidity Pool Mining campaign is available on designated eligible trading pairs, with the Week 1 eligible pairs including OURA/USD1, POLYMARKET/USD1, and META/USD1. The reward pool is shared across participating pairs. Individual rewards are determined by each Grid’s eligible trading volume relative to the total eligible volume generated during the relevant hourly period.

More eligible trading pairs may be added in subsequent weeks to reflect the latest market trends. For more information about the campaign, eligible trading pairs and current campaign parameters, please visit the official campaign page.

About Aster

Aster is a privacy-first onchain trading platform backed by YZi Labs, with unique features like Hidden Orders to protect user trading activity. It pioneers the frontier of on-chain trading through perpetual futures, spots, and earn products for top-trending assets, including RWAs, memes, and core crypto markets. It is powered by Aster Chain, a Layer 1 blockchain built to power the future of decentralized finance.

Users can learn more about Aster on the official website or follow Aster on X.

Contact Marketing Manager
Lola Chen
[email protected]

 

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George Town, British Virgin Islands, September 28th, 2026, Chainwire

Aster, the privacy-first onchain trading platform backed by YZi Labs, today announced the launch of its Liquidity Pool Mining campaign, a four-week incentive campaign featuring a total reward pool of up to 140,000 $ASTER and running from September 28 to October 25, 2026 (UTC). To celebrate the launch of Perpetual Grid 2.0, the program is open to all Aster users running Perpetual Grid strategies on eligible trading pairs.

Rewards will be distributed hourly based on each eligible Grid’s share of trading volume. The base reward pool is set at 10,000 $ASTER per epoch, with additional rewards available based on market conditions and trading activity on the platform. Participation is automatic, with no registration required.

“As Aster continues to bring more emerging assets and opportunities onchain, we’re also focused on building the tools traders need to navigate increasingly dynamic markets. Perpetual Grid offers a flexible way to capture opportunities amid market volatility, and Grid 2.0 takes this experience further with greater flexibility and independence. This upgrade is another step toward our broader vision of building the frontier of onchain trading,” said Leonard, CEO at Aster.

Incentivizing Automated Perpetual Trading

The campaign builds on Aster’s expanded Perpetual Grid infrastructure, giving users a new way to participate in automated trading while earning additional $ASTER rewards from eligible Grid activity. Both Maker and Taker volume count toward the campaign, while manual trading and activity outside the Grid strategy are excluded.

An Estimated Bonus APY is also displayed to provide an indication of potential annualized $ASTER rewards based on recent campaign activity. The estimate can change as trading volume, participating Grids and other campaign conditions change, and does not guarantee future rewards or returns.

Grid 2.0 Separates Automated and Manual Strategies

Alongside the campaign, the newly upgraded Perpetual Grid 2.0 enables Grid strategies to operate independently from users’ regular Perpetual trading. Each Grid runs through a dedicated Grid Bot subaccount, keeping its positions and margin separate from the main Perpetual account.

With support for both Cross and Isolated Margin, users can run automated Grid strategies while continuing to trade Perpetuals manually, including on the same trading pair. Isolated Margin supports up to 50 independent Grid strategies per account, with no per-pair limit.

Discover Strategies Through Grid Marketplace

Aster’s Grid Marketplace further simplifies strategy discovery by allowing users to browse active Grid strategies and review metrics such as PnL, ROI, runtime, price range, leverage and trading activity.

Users can use an existing strategy as a starting point through Copy, or switch its direction through Reverse, turning a Long strategy into Short or vice versa. Copied or reversed strategies remain independent from their source and do not automatically synchronize with the original Grid.

The Liquidity Pool Mining campaign is available on designated eligible trading pairs, with the Week 1 eligible pairs including OURA/USD1, POLYMARKET/USD1, and META/USD1. The reward pool is shared across participating pairs. Individual rewards are determined by each Grid’s eligible trading volume relative to the total eligible volume generated during the relevant hourly period.

More eligible trading pairs may be added in subsequent weeks to reflect the latest market trends. For more information about the campaign, eligible trading pairs and current campaign parameters, please visit the official campaign page.

About Aster

Aster is a privacy-first onchain trading platform backed by YZi Labs, with unique features like Hidden Orders to protect user trading activity. It pioneers the frontier of on-chain trading through perpetual futures, spots, and earn products for top-trending assets, including RWAs, memes, and core crypto markets. It is powered by Aster Chain, a Layer 1 blockchain built to power the future of decentralized finance.

Users can learn more about Aster on the official website or follow Aster on X.

ContactMarketing Manager
Lola Chen
[email protected]

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