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AI startup Tavus released a new model called Griffin on October 1, referring to it as the first "human interaction model" that can understand and generate face-to-face conversations, paying attention not only to wording but also to expressions and pauses. Tavus stated that in tests, after a one-minute video call with Griffin-Lite, 26 out of 54 participants (48%) believed the other party was a real person; its previous generation system only convinced 1 out of 41 participants.Participants were told they would have a one-minute video call with another person to discuss things they were looking forward to this year, and only at the end of the call were they asked if they suspected the other party was not a real person. Tavus noted that those who became suspicious typically noticed within 20 seconds. This result comes from Tavus's own research page, where participants were recruited through a channel they call an independent research platform. Community comments on X pointed out that these results have not been independently verified and do not meet standard protocols.In the NVIDIA VideoFDB benchmark, Tavus claimed Griffin-Lite ranked first, with a generation dimension score of 3.83, the next best system scoring 2.8, and human reference scoring 3.92; the perception dimension score was 3.73, with the strongest baseline at 3.44 and human reference at 4.2. Tavus stated that NVIDIA independently conducted this evaluation. Griffin supports full duplex, allowing it to listen, see, and speak simultaneously, with an average audio-video delay of 0.43 seconds on the NVIDIA H100 chip. Tavus completed a $40 million Series B funding round led by CRV in November 2025.

The cryptocurrency trading platform OKX announced the launch of the QUANTUSDT global perpetual contract, and related trading is now open.OKX introduced that Quant Network builds a programmable currency infrastructure through Overledger and QuantNet to connect banks, blockchains, tokenized deposits, and traditional payment rails.

The founder of Liebit Mining Pool, Jiang Zhuoer, posted on the X platform stating that the number of ETH queued for withdrawal from staking has risen to 850,000, with the waiting time increasing to 14.77 days, both of which are the highest within 2026. This indicates that a group of coin holders believes the current coin price is relatively high and needs to sell coins to lock in profits.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Valorant: Global Esports Battle EDward Gaming - VCT Championship Group B," the "Map 1 Total Rounds: Greater/Less than 19.5" sub-market's "Greater" option's win rate has experienced a sharp fluctuation, dropping from 69.5% an hour ago to the current 37% (a fluctuation of 32.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to The Defiant, SMBC Nikko Securities announced on October 2 that it has signed a memorandum of cooperation to develop a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform called "DeFi Gateway" aimed at Japanese investors.Participants include blockchain development company Nethermind, Uniswap Labs, the general incorporated association Nyx Foundation, and Coinbase Technologies, which operates the Ethereum Layer 2 network Base. The project will develop a liquidity provision protocol and proprietary liquidity pool, complying with Japanese laws and regulations, with plans to complete development by mid-2027.The cooperation mainly focuses on three areas of development: first, creating a "proxy vault" with verifiable and reproducible AI and an intuitive user interface; second, utilizing Uniswap v4's Hooks feature to build a compliant liquidity pool public framework that incorporates anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CFT) and investor protection mechanisms; third, developing asset management strategies covering digital assets such as stablecoins and real-world assets (RWA).The project is jointly led by SMBC Nikko Securities and Nethermind. SMBC Nikko Securities leads communication with regulatory agencies and provides compliance, risk modeling, and portfolio management expertise; Nethermind is responsible for technical design and development, including AI strategy and integration, smart contract security, as well as automated market making and Uniswap v4 Hooks strategies.

Broadcom (AVGO.O) raised $60 billion to supply chips for Anthropic.

According to Cointelegraph, U.S. President Trump stated in an interview with Time magazine that the U.S. government may consider holding shares in OpenAI and Anthropic, taking a similar approach to its previous investment in Intel.When asked whether he would consider nationalizing cutting-edge AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, Trump explicitly denied it, but indicated that the government "might" consider taking a stake.

Payment giant Fiserv announced that its digital asset platform has officially launched for financial institution clients, with the first case being the dollar-backed stablecoin Roughrider Coin introduced by a bank in North Dakota.VersaBank is responsible for issuing, custody, and reserve asset management, while Fireblocks provides digital asset infrastructure and tokenization services, with transactions processed through the Solana blockchain.Roughrider Coin will connect to Fiserv's Commercial Center system, providing interbank fund transfer services for over 90 participating banks and credit unions in North Dakota.The platform also supports applications such as stablecoin cards, cross-border payments, programmable commerce, fund management automation, and tokenized deposits.

According to a report by Reuters, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a disbursement of $139 million to El Salvador, following the organization's exemption regarding the Salvadoran government's violation of conditions limiting further accumulation of Bitcoin. The IMF Executive Board completed the second and third reviews of El Salvador's $1.4 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF), allowing for the immediate release of these funds.The IMF stated that El Salvador's economic performance has exceeded expectations, benefiting from improved security conditions and increased investor confidence. The IMF noted that some program performance standards were not met, including indicators related to Bitcoin holdings. However, after El Salvador took strong corrective measures and recommitted, the IMF approved the relevant exemptions.In September, IMF staff indicated that documents provided by El Salvador showed that the increase in Bitcoin following the initial review came from private donations rather than public funds. The IMF also stated that El Salvador has made progress in anti-money laundering measures, fiscal transparency, and transferring majority ownership and control of the state-owned digital wallet Chivo to private operators.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event on Polymarket for "Elon Musk Tweet Count Prediction," the "Yes" option in the sub-market "200-219" has experienced severe fluctuations in winning probability, plummeting from 61.5% an hour ago to the current 40.5% (a fluctuation of 21%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Philadelphia Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves" on Polymarket, the "Over" option for the sub-market "Atlanta Braves O/U 1.5" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 61.5% an hour ago to the current 85.5% (a fluctuation of 24%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Insiders reveal that Anthropic plans to conduct a massive IPO before the Thanksgiving holiday, with IPO marketing potentially starting as early as the week of November 9.

Variant Fund investment partner Alana Levin stated in her market thoughts for Q4 2026 that the bottom of the crypto market likely occurred at some point in July. She wrote in early July that the bottom seemed close, with Bitcoin at $59,000, Ethereum at $1,600, and ZEC at $420. She mentioned that the question has shifted to whether the bull market is genuinely starting or if it's a false rally, and which projects will benefit the most in the early bull market, assuming the market is in the early stages of a new crypto bull market.Levin indicated that the increasingly formed consensus is that marginal funds are most likely to flow into value storage protocols as currency and protocols that can generate income. She believes Bitcoin is the dominant asset for digital value storage currently, while other competing assets may be valued based on their market capitalization relative to Bitcoin's market cap and its changes. For income-generating protocols, she expects investors to examine whether the income comes from crypto-native activities (like Pump) or traditional financial activities (like Hyperliquid), whether it persists during market downturns, and profit margins; projects with exposure to real-world assets and stablecoin growth, which are expected to attract institutional users and are still led by founders after surviving a bear market, are more likely to achieve higher multiples.She also categorized on-chain projects that can benchmark against non-crypto businesses as a third category, believing that most belong to narrative trading rather than long-term investment. Themes include routing, reasoning, computing power, data collection, and interface-related directions in artificial intelligence, and she is skeptical about whether most scenarios require blockchain; if such projects significantly outperform, she would view it as a signal of nearing the top.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the predicted market on Polymarket for the event "Valorant: XLG Gaming vs Nongshim RedForce - VCT Championship Group D" shows that the sub-market "Map Handicap: NS (-1.5) vs XLG Gaming (+1.5)" for the option "Nongshim RedForce" has experienced significant fluctuations in win probability, soaring from 58.5% an hour ago to the current 78.5% (a fluctuation of 20%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows that Broadcom will provide up to $42 billion in loans for infrastructure spending financing.Anthropic may become Broadcom's largest customer for core chip design business next year.Broadcom is responsible for supplying hardware and also acts as a financing partner, which could lead to potential conflicts of interest.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Valorant: TYLOO vs Team Liquid," the win rate for the "Team Liquid" option in the sub-market "Map Handicap: TL (-1.5) vs TYLOO (+1.5)" has experienced significant fluctuations, rising from 51.5% an hour ago to the current 66.5% (a fluctuation of 15%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Law360, the cryptocurrency asset theft case involving Uranium Finance has begun trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.Prosecutors allege that Maryland cybersecurity consultant Jonathan Spalletta exploited a vulnerability in the protocol's smart contract to launch an attack in 2021, during which approximately $53.3 million was transferred from 26 liquidity pools in a second attack, leading to the protocol ceasing operations. The statements related to this are allegations by the prosecution and not a conclusion of guilt.