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Warren's committee assistant stated that she plans to focus on predicting market regulation and the Trump family's cryptocurrency business after taking charge of the Senate Banking Committee in January next year.

The Deputy Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Chen Haolian, stated at the Legislative Council's Financial Affairs Committee meeting that Hong Kong will further optimize the preferential tax system for funds, single family offices, and associated rights, including expanding the scope of the tax exemption system to cover large-scale single investor funds and include more eligible investments, such as loans and private debt investments, digital assets, precious metals, and more.Once the relevant amendment bill is passed, the measures can be implemented starting from the 2025/26 tax year. Chen Haolian also mentioned that Hong Kong's central clearing and settlement system for gold will officially be launched in the first quarter of next year, providing efficient and reliable clearing services for internationally standardized over-the-counter gold trading.

Bitcoin Treasuries posted on platform X that the Bitcoin mining company American Bitcoin Corp., supported by the Trump family, increased its holdings by 127 BTC, bringing the total holdings to 8427 BTC.

According to Decrypt, Judge John Bodurtha of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Canada, ruled to return a laptop containing a Bitcoin wallet to the family of William Sandeson, who has been sentenced to life in prison.Sandeson killed Dalhousie University student Taylor Samson in 2015, and the prosecution failed to prove that the Bitcoin involved was related to the murder, drug trafficking, or criminal proceeds, thus the court determined there was no basis to continue seizing the wallet.

The Democratic Party has regained control of both the House and Senate in the U.S. midterm elections. According to Fortune magazine, California Congressman Robert Garcia, who will serve as the chair of the House Oversight Committee in the new Congress, stated in a statement and on X to "Lawyer up." Reports indicate that the Trump family's cryptocurrency company World Liberty Financial (WLFI) may become the first business to be investigated.Robert Garcia previously stated that the committee will focus on investigating "Trump family corruption," which includes Trump's cryptocurrency business, which Fortune claims has generated over $1 billion in revenue for Trump. With the Democratic Party controlling the committee, they will have subpoena power to compel the government, private companies, and individuals to provide documents and testimony.The Democrats have previously focused on a member of the UAE royal family known as the "spy chief," who is set to acquire shares in World Liberty Financial for $500 million in 2025. The company is currently applying for a national banking license that requires approval from an agency under the U.S. Department of the Treasury. House Democrats had previously called on U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to investigate the transaction and indicated they would review Trump's pardon of Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao, who reportedly assisted the Trump family in launching a stablecoin. Robert Garcia stated that acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and other government officials may face subpoenas on the first day of the Democratic majority's tenure; corporate donors to the White House banquet hall project and businesses that have dealings with the Trump family are also expected to be among the first subjects of investigation, with related inquiries potentially starting as early as February 2027. White House spokesperson Lauren Bis stated in an interview with Newsweek before the election that the only agenda for the Democrats is to continue their decade-long "witch hunt" against Trump.

Du Jun posted on platform X, stating that family offices that were advised to allocate BTC and ETH years ago, after experiencing theft from centralized exchanges and security incidents in cold wallet supply chains, have all converted their BTC into IBIT, and some have sold their crypto assets to buy physical gold and other traditional assets.Du Jun expressed that he does not know how to persuade these family offices, and currently, there seems to be no solution.

Analyst Jukan from Citrini stated on social media that Samsung's current stock performance is lagging behind SK Hynix, seemingly because Samsung's shareholder return plan is either not as generous as initially expected or still carries uncertainty. Against this backdrop, there is a saying circulating in South Korea that Samsung's management is deliberately avoiding bullish statements, involving tax considerations for the company's controlling family member, Chairman Lee Jae-Yong.More specifically, Lee Jae-Yong's mother, Hong Ra-hee, gifted Samsung shares to her son. It has been reported that the gift tax he needs to pay is calculated based on the average closing price during the four-month period around the gift date of November 12, specifically from September 12, 2026, to January 12, 2027. Therefore, the Samsung controlling family has no motivation to drive up the stock price before January of next year.

According to Bloomberg, cryptocurrency, venture capital, and prediction market companies associated with Trump and his family are ramping up efforts to hire lawyers and lobbyists in preparation for a potential congressional investigation.Democratic lawmakers have requested information from World Liberty Financial and 1789 Capital, focusing on whether the related companies have received government contracts, policy favors, and whether there are any conflicts of interest.Bloomberg reports that even if Democrats gain a majority in Congress in the midterm elections, the investigation may face obstacles, including difficulties in compelling foreign individuals to provide testimony or documents, as well as whether federal agencies like the Department of Justice will take further action. The related companies and the Trump family insist that their business activities comply with legal regulations.

Meta Platforms (META.O) CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated that the revenue generated per user by Muse AI in the future may exceed that of its Family of Apps.

According to Hongxing News, Hong Kong actor and singer Anthony Wong recently revealed his investment losses. He stated that he lost a lot of money from buying NFTs. "I dare not tell my family about the money I've lost. My wife asks me every day how much I've lost, how many digits. I haven't said anything; I've lost more than I did when I was trading stocks." He also warned everyone not to follow his example in stock trading, as he was always thinking about getting rich overnight, which led to such significant losses.Anthony Wong was born on February 26, 1980, in Hong Kong, China. He was originally a swimmer and entered the entertainment industry in 2001.

According to the Seoul Economic Daily, citing a substantial shareholding report submitted by SK on October 13, SK Group Chairman Choi Tae-won had previously agreed to sell shares of SK Corporation, with the buyer being a fund related to Michael Dell's family, the founder of Dell Technologies. Choi Tae-won signed a contract on October 2 to sell 972,493 shares of SK Corporation's common stock, accounting for 1.34% of the total share capital, with the counterparty being DFO Public Investments, L.P., established in Delaware, USA, for an amount of 544 billion Korean won. The fund is managed by DFO Management, which manages the Dell family assets and was formerly known as MSD Capital, established by Dell in 1998, and was restructured into its current structure at the end of 2022.Choi Tae-won has signed a total agreement to sell 1,653,924 shares of SK Corporation, with a total consideration of 944 billion Korean won, to raise funds for property division with Nabi Art Center curator Ryu Soo-young. Among these, 681,431 shares, accounting for 0.94%, were sold to Korea Investment & Securities, while the remaining 1.34% was sold to the aforementioned strategic investor. SK had previously only disclosed that the buyer was a strategic investor and stated that it could not specify the details of the private transaction. For the shares sold to Korea Investment & Securities, Choi Tae-won signed a three-year equity return swap, which will settle the difference between the actual disposal price and the agreed benchmark price upon maturity, with both the gains from price increases and losses from price decreases borne by Choi Tae-won.Reports indicate that Dell Technologies is a company specializing in artificial intelligence servers and data center infrastructure, and has business dealings in semiconductors with SK Hynix.

Executives from World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a cryptocurrency project supported by the Trump family, revealed at the stablecoin-themed roundtable forum during the Token2049 conference in Singapore that they plan to introduce USD1 stablecoin payments to large online merchants. WLFI CEO Zach Witkoff attended alongside co-founder Zak Folkman and Bam Azizi, co-founder and CEO of payment infrastructure provider Mesh. Azizi announced that Mesh has partnered with WLFI, allowing USD1 holders to spend the stablecoin within Mesh's merchant network, with related features set to launch this quarter.Folkman stated that in addition to World Liberty's own application, the team plans to promote the same technology to some of the largest Web2 enterprises in the market. USD1 is issued by BitGo, with reserves including cash, U.S. government money market funds, and other cash equivalents, designed to maintain a 1 dollar peg. According to CoinGecko data, its market capitalization is approximately 4.45 billion dollars.In August, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted conditional approval for WLFI to establish a national trust bank, which is intended for issuing dollar-backed stablecoins and custodial services for digital assets. Witkoff stated that this move will enable WLFI to assume the issuance responsibilities of USD1, which is currently managed by BitGo.

During a conversation with Cointelegraph's multimedia director Ciaran Lyons at the Token2049 conference in Singapore, Kevin Lee, Chief Strategy Officer of the cryptocurrency exchange BingX, stated that wealthy "old money" investors have a longer holding period for Bitcoin compared to many crypto-native traders. He mentioned that he has encountered a large number of "old money" clients seeking alternative investments, saying, "Their diamond hands are stronger than any of ours." Lee pointed out that Bitcoin has grown large enough that wealthy investors are increasingly viewing it as a tool for diversifying their portfolios rather than expecting it to "increase tenfold in two weeks."Lee sees wealthy investors as an underdeveloped source of crypto capital, believing that their buy-and-hold strategy could make Bitcoin a diversification tool for more investors. He cited examples where investors allocate 5% to gold and another 5% to Bitcoin, rather than chasing short-term quick returns. A survey released by CoinShares on Monday, targeting 2,230 investors with investable assets of at least $500,000, showed that long-term appreciation and diversification are the primary reasons for investing in crypto assets, while short-term speculation ranked last. Among the surveyed digital asset investors, 80% hold Bitcoin.However, crypto assets are still far from becoming a standard allocation for wealthy families. A survey conducted by JPMorgan in February, based on 333 single-family offices across 30 countries, revealed that 89% of family offices have no exposure to crypto assets, with an average allocation to crypto and digital assets of only 0.4%. Only 17% of respondents consider crypto and digital assets as key investment themes.

ChainCatcher live report, at the Token2049 conference in Singapore, World Liberty Financial co-founder Eric Trump stated that the era of paying salaries with stablecoins has arrived. He revealed that his family business, as a "super employer," has tens of thousands of employees in global hotel assets and is "undoubtedly researching" salary payments in stablecoins. He pointed out that it has become common for athletes to request payment in Bitcoin for contracts, and the appreciation of underlying assets often far exceeds the contract amount; for ordinary employees, check clearing takes 24-36 hours, while people want money "immediately in their accounts."

Salus posted on platform X, claiming that the project Revenue Family, which claims to be X Money's withdrawal bridge, involves malicious authorization. The perpetrators submitted user permit signatures to obtain unlimited USDG authorization, and then called transferFrom within the same transaction to transfer funds, with the funds flowing into two hacker addresses in an 80/20 ratio.On October 1, the project claimed that its social media account was stolen by internal reviewers, suspended exchanges, and denied that REV is the official token.

According to Arkham monitoring, about 14 hours ago, the Trump family's cryptocurrency project World Liberty Fi marked an address that transferred 25,997,000 WLFI to the cryptocurrency exchange Gate, valued at approximately 1.41 million USD, suspected of being a sell-off.

According to a report by Reuters, if the Democrats gain control of the House of Representatives or the Senate after the midterm elections in November, they are expected to launch investigations into business dealings related to Trump and his family, focusing on the cryptocurrency, prediction markets, and investment businesses involving the Trump family, as well as companies that funded projects for the White House.The report states that controlling either chamber of Congress will give the Democrats more resources for committee investigations and subpoena power, with some investigations potentially starting as early as February next year. The subjects of investigation frequently mentioned by Democratic lawmakers include the venture capital firm 1789 Capital, in which Donald Trump Jr. is involved, as well as cryptocurrency companies related to the Trump family, but a final list of investigations has not yet been established.Additionally, Republican Senator John Curtis has previously called for an investigation into some of Donald Trump Jr.'s business relationships, believing that the commercial activities of the presidential family should be subject to consistent congressional oversight.

According to the French newspaper "Le Parisien," a family in the city of Taverny, Val-d'Oise, France, was taken hostage by an armed gang. The victim's wife and 10-year-old child were bound, and the male head of the household was tortured with a stun gun. The suspects attempted to seize his cryptocurrency assets, ultimately stealing only a small amount of cash and items from the house.Six suspects were transferred to judicial authorities on September 11 and are under investigation for charges including organized armed robbery, extortion, illegal detention, and participation in a criminal gang.

A family in the northern French town of Vendin-le-Vieil was invaded and taken hostage by four masked men early Sunday morning. According to BFMTV, the suspects entered the house around 4 AM, binding the couple and their two children with tape, and held them for over three hours. The 40-year-old father, an IT expert in the local cryptocurrency industry, was taken to another room, beaten, and forced to give up access codes, resulting in approximately 40,000 euros (about 46,000 dollars) worth of cryptocurrency being transferred away.According to the Béthune prosecutor's office, the four suspects fled the scene by car and are still at large. The 12-year-old daughter was struck in the face with a car key during the incident, and the victims are in a state of shock; they have been sent for forensic examination and are receiving support from the victims' assistance association. The case has been filed under organized gang kidnapping and extortion and is being jointly investigated by the regional judicial police and the French Cybercrime Office.France is the country most severely affected by such "ransom attacks" globally. Records from the national prosecutor's office for organized crime show that over 70 kidnapping and illegal detention incidents related to cryptocurrency have occurred in the first eight months of 2026, with 88 people already prosecuted in earlier crackdowns this year. Previous similar cases often targeted wealthy individuals, including the father of a cryptocurrency millionaire, the wife of a co-founder of The Sandbox, and the CEO of Binance France, while the victim in this case is merely an ordinary IT professional. Chainalysis reported that global ransom attacks in 2026 resulted in approximately 30 million dollars in losses, while CertiK stated that losses over six months reached 124 million dollars, a 12-fold increase.

Donald Trump and his family business are continuing to expand their investments in artificial intelligence, data centers, power infrastructure, and related technology companies. Financial disclosures show that after Trump's return to the White House, his investment accounts have reported nearly 30,000 securities transactions, including buying and selling stocks of chip, server, and energy infrastructure companies such as Dell Technologies, Micron Technology, GE Vernova, Broadcom, Texas Instruments, Credo Technology, and Advanced Micro Devices. It is currently unclear whether Trump still holds these shares, as related transactions do not require real-time disclosure, and Trump has not placed his assets in a blind trust.Trump Media Technology Group plans to merge with the fusion company TAE Technologies, which intends to build power generation facilities amid the growing demand for electricity in AI data centers. Truth Social also plans to authorize platform data to AI labs through TruthAPI and has launched a search tool supported by technology from Perplexity. Donald Trump Jr. serves as a partner at 1789 Capital, which has completed fundraising for a $1.2 billion fund, focusing on investments in digital infrastructure such as data centers, and has invested in Cerebras, Perplexity, and xAI. Eric Trump, on the other hand, invests in defense, robotics, and AI data processing companies through American Ventures.The White House denies any conflict of interest, stating that Trump's investments are entirely managed by independent managers, with related assets held in discretionary accounts and automatically replicating indices such as Schwab 1000 through computer models, meaning Trump and his family cannot decide on specific investments and transaction timings.