Fears of an AI bubble spurred safe-haven buying, pushing U.S. Treasury yields to a three-week low.

UK-listed company Smarter Web Company has purchased an additional 83 BTC for roughly ￡5.2 million (about $6.9 million), lifting its total Bitcoin holdings to 2,830 coins. Meanwhile, the firm cut its outstanding borrowings under its Coinbase credit line from approximately ￡17 million ($22.5 million) to around ￡16 million ($21.2 million).

A DeepSeek staff member announced that from 8:11 to 13:04 Beijing Time on October 15, 2026, the company’s service system malfunctioned, rendering its API services unavailable during that period. DeepSeek has immediately launched a comprehensive investigation and thorough rectification to improve service stability, fully sorting out and eliminating single-point dependencies to firmly prevent similar issues from recurring. As compensation, DeepSeek will fully refund users for their consumption within the 7-day window from October 8 to October 14 via automatic bonus credits, which will be credited to users’ accounts automatically. API billing deductions will first be applied to the bonus account. DeepSeek apologizes again for the impact of this outage and thanks all users for their continuous trust and support.

Arthur Hayes(@CryptoHayes) bought 546,610 $AERO ($460K), 120,000 $PENDLE ($232K), and 3M $ZAMA ($197K) an hour ago.

Beating AI News Flash: Apple Executive Chairman Tim Cook confirmed in a live interview with APPSO that Apple Intelligence will launch a beta version in mainland China by the end of October. The initial features include writing tools, photo erasure, and real-time translation, but exclude the new Siri AI. Domestic Chinese users, who have waited nearly two years, finally have a clear beta launch timeline. This July, Apple’s China-focused generative AI service completed its regulatory filing. On September 29, network access permits for multiple domestic iPhone models added model filing numbers for Apple Intelligence, Alibaba’s Qianwen (Tongyi Qianwen) and Tongyi Wanxiang. Alibaba has confirmed that Qianwen will be directly integrated into Apple devices. Reuters previously also disclosed that Apple, with Alibaba’s support, trained a dedicated large language model for the Chinese market.

The U.S. September Producer Price Index (PPI) will be released at 20:30 Beijing time on October 15. U.S. diesel prices rose 24% month-on-month and 77% year-on-year in August, according to data from the American Automobile Association (AAA). Retail diesel prices hit a record high of $6.528 per gallon on September 22, and stood at $6.30 as of Wednesday, up more than 70% from the same period last year. Oxford Economics forecasts U.S. September PPI will rise 0.6% month-on-month, exceeding the market consensus of 0.5% and the 0.4% reading in August. Analysts note that diesel is a key input for road freight, rail transport and agricultural production; its price hikes will first push up corporate production and transportation costs, then gradually pass through to consumers via fuel surcharges, transport contracts and retail pricing. Even if diesel prices stop rising, cost pass-through may still lag, meaning inflationary pressures have not fully materialized. The Trump administration has taken steps to ease fuel supply strains, including temporarily relaxing some agricultural fuel use restrictions, and claimed Russia will supply diesel to the global market. However, industry insiders believe these measures will not resolve refinery capacity and finished product supply bottlenecks in the short term. Markets will watch whether this PPI data further confirms that the energy cost shock is spreading to corporate-level prices.

Bitfinex stated in a report that the average holding cost of long-term Bitcoin holders is approximately $49,300, with an unrealized profit of around 64% at present. The average cost for recent BTC buyers is roughly $74,400, translating to just a 9% unrealized gain. Bitfinex pointed out that if Bitcoin’s price drops further, recent buyers may be the first to face heavier selling pressure, while long-term holders have a larger unrealized profit buffer.