U.S. Department of Homeland Security orders DeepSeek products excluded from civilian government agency systems.

According to data from BIT (bit.com), Bitcoin treasury stock Strive (ASST) rose 8.41% intraday, currently trading at $26. Official data shows Strive has added a total of 10,463 BTC over the past four weeks, with details as follows: - September 21–25: Bought 1,107 BTC at an average price of ~$85,396 - September 28–October 2: Bought 2,000 BTC at an average price of ~$84,422 - October 5–9: Bought 3,311 BTC at an average price of ~$84,500 - October 12–16: Bought 4,045 BTC at an average price of ~$82,803 During the same period, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy, ticker MSTR) – the largest crypto and Bitcoin treasury company – only accumulated around 2,516 BTC. Notably, Strive’s buying pace has surged from over 1,000 BTC in late September to more than 4,000 BTC in mid-October, with its purchases in the last two weeks significantly exceeding some analysts’ quarterly expectations. As of October 16, its total holdings stand at 36,818 BTC.

According to Reuters, AI computing firm Tenstorrent has closed a $1.5 billion Series E funding round, with a post-money valuation of $6.2 billion. The round was led by Trace Capital and Innovation X, with participation from both new and existing investors including Agostinelli Group, ARK Invest, Brett Barna, Cadence Ventures, Eclipse, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Maverick Silicon, Morgan Stanley, Protagonist, Sandisk, T. Rowe Price, Tether Investments, Troluce Capital, Virtu Financial, and XTX Markets. Tenstorrent will use the funds to scale deployment of its Galaxy servers, continue supporting open-weight models in large language models (LLMs) and video generation, and advance its AI and CPU IP business—licensing its proprietary chip designs to clients.

According to market data from BIT (bit.com), the US Nasdaq 100 index has extended its gain to 1.5%, and is now up 1.56%.

According to market data from BIT (bit.com), the U.S. stock storage sector rose across the board, with SKHY up 6.02%, STX up 3.75%, WDC up 5.29%, SNDK up 7.15%, and MU up 4.28%.

Bitcoin infrastructure protocol Echo Protocol announced on social media that it will gradually wind down its operations due to business adjustments. The project team thanked the community, partners, and users for their long-term trust and support in the announcement, and pledged to complete subsequent liquidation work transparently and responsibly. Currently, all core businesses of Echo Protocol have stopped accepting incremental funds. Its lending protocol has halted new deposits, new borrowings, and interest accruals, while strategy and LSD businesses have also suspended new deposits and new staking. The team has opened repayment, withdrawal, and necessary asset liquidation channels, urging users to act promptly: Borrowers must repay debts, release collateral, and withdraw assets as soon as possible; strategy and LSD users should initiate exits and claims early; users holding aBTC can still redeem via the Aptos-to-B2 cross-chain bridge. To ensure orderly liquidation, the announcement specified key deadlines: All borrowers with outstanding debts must repay by November 14, 2026. Unpaid loans after this date will trigger collateral liquidation, with proceeds used to repay lenders. The final deadline for users to complete repayment, withdrawal, and unstaking is 23:59 UTC on November 19, 2026. After this date, Echo Protocol will officially cease operations, with all remaining positions entering the final liquidation and settlement process, and only the Aptos-to-B2 cross-chain bridge redemption service will remain active. Notably, as LSD and Strategy assets depend on the timing of underlying staking/unstaking requests, users' actual claim timelines will be subject to this factor.

According to HTX market data, Ethereum has fallen below $2,400 and is currently trading at $2,399.