The US strikes Iran's Qeshm Island

Another exchange, @MercadoBitcoin, has been hacked for over $46M! Over $9M in stolen assets has already been frozen. The hacker still holds the following altcoins, which could face selling pressure: 372.99B $PEPE ($1.79M) 12.82K $AAVE ($1.61M) 769.95K $PENDLE ($1.35M) 29.83K

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest increased its holdings in crypto-related stocks Coinbase (COIN) and Circle (CRCL) while cutting its stake in Bullish (BLSH) across multiple funds in trades on November 2. For crypto-focused transactions, ARKK, ARKW and ARKF collectively bought around 24,800 shares of Coinbase, approximately 35,700 shares of Circle, and sold a total of about 104,200 shares of Bullish. Additionally, ARKF purchased roughly 7,703 shares of Robinhood. On the same day, for non-crypto holdings, ARKK added positions in Twist Bioscience and Pacific Biosciences, and sold its stake in Tempus AI. ARKG primarily bought shares in Illumina, Kymera, GeneDx and others, while selling its holdings in CareDx and Personalis.

Beating AI Express: DeepSeek has demonstrated Harness’s Creator Mode. Harness currently offers four modes: Standard, PTC, Minimalist, and Creator. The Creator Mode allows users to directly have AI develop plugins, modify the software interface, and install them for use in Harness—no coding required. For example, users can request AI to build a timeline-enabled video editing tool, a paper reader with underlining and annotation features, a poster design tool, an interactive 3D model, or even overhaul Harness’s entire interface to a pixel game style. Users only need to describe their requirements; the AI will access Harness’s development APIs, write plugin code, complete installation, and verify functionality. Installed plugins can be saved and reused in future sessions. Beyond interface modifications, the mode also enables adding tools to agents, allowing them to perform operations they previously lacked. In an official demo, the AI created a floating Pomodoro timer, wrote over 600 lines of frontend code, and completed installation and operation in 5 minutes and 24 seconds total. DeepSeek has also released the prompts for 7 demo cases. However, some works were adjusted through multiple rounds of dialogue, meaning identical results cannot be achieved with just a single input.

OKX founder and CEO Star posted a meme titled "Kim Jong Un as Death knocking on OKX’s door", stating that seeing the comic, he felt both proud and enormous pressure. He noted responsibly that OKX has always taken security and the protection of client assets as its core lifeline. The exchange’s 13-year security track record is backed by over a decade of continuous technology investment, engineering accumulation, security system construction, hands-on experience, and strict operational management. Star shared: Since the recent security incident at Binance, the entire OKX team has been extremely busy, with many security, tech, and risk control colleagues working around the clock. This is not because OKX was attacked, but because any security incident at a major exchange serves as a warning to the entire industry. Over this period, the OKX team has been focusing on four key areas: real-time tracking of stolen fund flows; comprehensive enhancement of market risk control; in-depth analysis of attack patterns and potential vulnerabilities; and using peers’ lessons as a mirror to re-examine its own security system. Star concluded that when it comes to security, the entire industry should stand together.

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes noted that U.S. dollar liquidity is picking up, and predicts Bitcoin will remain weak before the Federal Reserve or banks start expanding their balance sheets. Hayes attached a chart showing the 2026 year-to-date trend of the USDLIQ U Index, which is currently quoted at around 32.71 million, having risen by roughly 1.406 million year-to-date (a 4.49% increase), with a high of around 32.9 million and a low of around 31.27 million.

Beating AI News Brief: Grok Bot’s official account announced that it has developed a Team Bot called Data Bot, allowing all employees to access data scientists’ capabilities on demand. Product managers use the tool to audit product usage, marketers to measure campaign performance, and various departments can leverage it to build dashboards and track key metrics. Sally Xu, head of SpaceXSI’s data team, wrote in an article that Data Bot is trained and maintained by the data science team through shared expertise. It can query data warehouses, conduct analysis, and return results in user-preferred formats, and can also integrate with Slack channels for scheduled metric updates. However, complex judgment-based analysis remains a manual process.