A trader is bucking the trend to double down on their forecast that Bitcoin (BTC) will fall to $70,000 by year-end, holding a $2.25 million short position.

Elon Musk just reposted and commented on a tweet about open-source AI IP Claudia on X. As a result, per GMGN data, the Claudia token on Solana surged nearly 40% in a short period, with its market cap temporarily hitting $5.86 million. Last weekend, Musk had already reposted a Claudia-themed video and praised in an interview that "some of Claudia's works rank among the top 10 to 20 best music videos he has ever seen." Claudia was created by anabology, co-founder of biotech firm aion, with the aim of making Claudia the open-source "Hatsune Miku" of the AI era. anabology previously stated that transaction fees for the CLAUDIA token will be used to fund related film productions. BlockBeats reminds users that relevant tokens are highly volatile, so investors should exercise caution.

Beating AI Express: AI audio company Fish Audio has officially open-sourced the weights of its Drama 3 model, allowing developers to download and deploy it independently from Hugging Face. Drama 3 launched a preview version back in September, and now it fully opens its web platform, mobile app, and API, alongside releasing model weights, inference code, and technical reports. Built on the Qwen3.5-35B-A3B language model, Drama 3 has a total of 35 billion parameters, with only around 3 billion activated per generation, supporting 83 languages. The model focuses on precise control of voice performance: users can describe emotions in natural language, adjust a line from calm to choked up, insert laughter at specified positions, and even have up to 16 characters alternate speaking in the same text. In Artificial Analysis' English pronunciation accuracy test, Drama 3 ranks first with 93.2%, outperforming the previous generation S2.1 Pro's 88.1%. Drama 3 is licensed under the Fish Audio Community License: research and non-commercial use are free. Individuals or enterprises (and their affiliates) with a combined annual revenue under $500,000 can use it for commercial purposes free of charge within the license scope. However, if the model is provided as a voice generation, cloning, or inference API service to third parties, separate authorization is required.

According to Farside Investors’ monitoring, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw a net inflow of $175.7 million yesterday. Of that total, IBIT recorded a net inflow of $65.9 million, while FBTC posted a net inflow of $103.1 million. Ethereum ETFs logged a net inflow of $24.8 million, with FETH bringing in $8.1 million and Grayscale’s Ethereum product seeing a net inflow of $16.7 million.

Standard Chartered has announced the launch of cryptocurrency trading services for high-net-worth clients in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), after securing approval from the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). Eligible clients can directly trade Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) via their existing Standard Chartered accounts, with no need for separate wallets or third-party trading platforms; the bank will handle asset custody and transaction settlement. The service is rolled out in partnership with Zodia Markets, initially targeting professional investors in the UAE, with plans to expand to other markets in the future. Standard Chartered noted that this is its first direct cryptocurrency trading service for wealth management clients, and also the first such offering by an international bank in the UAE.

According to an official announcement, Binance has decided to cease trading and delist EPIC and QUICK at 11:00 (UTC+8) on October 28, 2026.

According to HTX market data, EPIC and QUICK saw sharp short-term declines following Binance’s delisting announcement. EPIC plummeted over 8% in a short period, currently trading at $0.3822; QUICK fell more than 5% short-term, now quoted at $0.00926. Earlier, Binance announced it will cease trading and delist EPIC and QUICK at 11:00 (GMT+8) on October 28, 2026.