Standard Chartered Bank: Ethereum Poised to Break Above $4,000 in Treasury Purchase Trend

Irish fintech firm Quantmatix’s crypto analytics platform Quantofi has partnered with Crypto.com to launch an AI-powered cryptocurrency trading analytics platform, enabling users to access market analysis signals and execute trades directly via Crypto.com Exchange. The platform, which covers 215 crypto assets, officially launched globally for commercial use on October 10. Its core is Quantmatix’s proprietary Q Score engine, which tracks over 10,000 financial instruments across more than 50 countries and regions. For the crypto market, Quantofi analyzes price momentum across five timeframes: 1-hour, 4-hour, daily, weekly, and monthly. It also provides target prices, stop-loss levels, and expected value metrics for each trading signal to quantify potential returns and risks. According to announcements from both parties, Quantofi is a Gold Tier partner in Crypto.com’s broker ecosystem. Its analysis signals are integrated with Crypto.com Exchange’s liquidity and order matching systems, aiming to combine market research and trade execution into a single platform. However, Quantofi has not disclosed independently verified historical trading performance or signal return data, so whether these metrics can consistently work in real-world markets remains to be seen.

Crypto community member Johannes posted that two Ledger hardware wallets he bought from separate MediaMarkt locations in Europe were found to contain suspected spyware and hardware tampering—including extra cables and LTE modules—and urged Ledger to immediately recall the affected products. Johannes noted MediaMarkt staff confirmed the second device was not a returned item, adding that returned Ledger products are sent directly back to the manufacturer rather than being resold as new. Store records indicate the inventory in question came from supplier Aqipa GmbH. Since this firm runs distribution operations across Europe, Johannes suspects the issue may extend to a broader range of retail stock, though no evidence has yet confirmed that Ledger’s supply chain across Europe has been widely compromised. Johannes said he has submitted the first device to relevant personnel for analysis, plans to send the second to Ledger for investigation, and released an unboxing video as proof. He warned users that if purchasing devices from non-official Ledger channels, they should inspect for any irregularities. To date, these claims stem primarily from the user’s personal disclosure; the cause of the device compromise, scope of impact, and whether a supply chain attack is involved remain unconfirmed by relevant parties including Ledger.

Renowned trader Killa posted that Bitcoin is currently retesting the price range it broke through earlier, and the market needs bulls to actively buy at current levels to confirm the range still holds support. If BTC breaks below the range again and fails to reclaim it, this could signal a breakdown in the current structure, leading to a further pullback below $80,000. Killa noted that roughly $2 billion in liquidations have already hit the market, so there is no need to sweep previous lows again to secure liquidity. If prices continue to weaken, this would instead indicate market weakness rather than bulls building up strength. He warned that the defense around $80,000 earlier may have only lured traders into positions, after which prices could still dip to the $76,000 to $78,000 range; if Bitcoin hopes to continue its upward trajectory, buying activity in the current area will be critical.

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%.

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.

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.