South Korea's KOSPI index fell below the 5500-point mark, posting an intraday decline of 8.47%.

South Korea’s regulatory authority has stated it will take stern measures to respond to market-disrupting acts, and will stand ready to activate emergency plans if necessary.

TSMC released its third-quarter financial results, reporting revenue of $46.72 billion, up 41.2% year-over-year; net profit attributable to shareholders reached NT$763.06 billion, up 68.7% YoY, both hitting all-time highs. Earnings per share (EPS) stood at NT$29.43, with a gross margin of 66.4%. Despite the strong performance, TSM’s rebound remained relatively modest. According to TradingBeats’ monitoring, TSM perpetual contracts on Hyperliquid rose from around $422.32 at 14:00 to $428.23 by 14:08 following the earnings release, marking a short-term rebound of roughly 1.4%, though the 24-hour decline still stood at 3.57%. Large long positions established earlier have not turned profitable overall amid the rebound. Among accounts holding over $100,000, 10 long positions total approximately $2.7745 million, with a weighted average entry price of $433.94, resulting in an overall unrealized loss of around $37,000; on the other side, 7 short positions total roughly $3.625 million, with a weighted average entry price of $436.52.

Beating AI Express: OpenAI Product and Platform Head Tibo Sottiaux announced the 28-day product sprint is now at Day 10, with another global quota reset set for today. He joked that rumors he "lost the reset button" are overblown, noting the reset is expected to take effect within two hours of posting (it is already live). OpenAI had already rolled out two separate global resets on Day 6 and Day 8. Counting today, three such resets have been announced in just five days, indicating OpenAI is truly at a loss.

According to Huobi HTX’s latest Merkle Tree Proof of Reserves (PoR) data, as of October 1, 2026 (UTC+8), the reserve ratios for all major assets on the platform remain above 100%. The platform maintains sufficient reserves to protect user assets and commits to 100% redemption, ensuring users can trade and withdraw funds at any time. As one of the earliest platforms in the industry to continuously disclose Merkle Tree PoR, Huobi HTX has publicly released PoR data to the market for 48 consecutive months, enhancing platform transparency in a long-term, verifiable manner. The updated reserve ratios for this round are: BTC (104%), ETH (102%), TRX (108%), USDs (104%), HTX (103%), XRP (105%), DOGE (102%), SOL (109%). Users can access the "Assets - Proof of Reserves Report" page on Huobi HTX’s official website to view the details. Since April this year, to further improve the intuitiveness of displaying USD-denominated asset reserve data, Huobi HTX has aggregated USD stablecoins such as USDT and USDC into "USDs" for presentation, while asset data for each individual token remains independently recorded and verified, ensuring reserve information is authentic, clear, and traceable.

According to multiple reports, the NBA’s official Instagram account was hacked early this morning. The attackers exploited the breach to promote a suspicious token on Solana. However, the crypto community is already familiar with such social media attacks, and the related content failed to spark significant buying activity. The hackers immediately pulled a rug on the token when it hit the $40,000 mark.

According to Bitget market data, SK Hynix's decline has widened to over 12%, hitting its lowest share price since April 27.