Fujian police in China have cracked a virtual currency "black-on-black" robbery case, recovered most of the stolen funds and returned them to the victims.

Yi Lihua, founder of Liquid Capital, stated that the only thing to focus on in the current market outlook is determining at what level to buy the dip. Citing the 2023 Bitcoin bull market as a reference, he believes Bitcoin will drop to a certain point before a sharp rebound kicks off a new uptrend, once again leaving many investors hesitant to buy the dip unable to enter the market in time.

Beating AI News Flash: TypeSafe AI has released Jev 1.14, rolling out experimental visual capabilities for its fast-judgment model. Developers can use the model to detect if a person is present in a camera feed, or compare two photos to confirm if they show the same dog. The new Box localization feature can also locate specified objects in images, returning coordinates of rectangular regions to guide other programs on where to crop or perform operations. TypeSafe CEO Diogo Almeida revealed that the older Jev 1.13 was already capable of processing images, but the team held back from launching this feature due to concerns about insufficient reliability in visual task accuracy. Both versions now support image input, with images usable directly as judgment conditions and options, though the Box localization feature is exclusive to Jev 1.14. In experimental mode, the context limit per single request has been expanded from 64,000 tokens to around 262,000 tokens, quadrupling the original capacity. The new version also enhances overall judgment capabilities; the company notes the most notable improvement is in multilingual support, though it did not disclose specific metrics. Jev 1.14 is currently available via `jev-preview`, with a planned rollout to the default stable version on October 21. However, TypeSafe explicitly warns that the visual and long-context features remain in the experimental phase and are not yet production-ready. Long context not only increases latency but may also reduce accuracy. Box localization also has a unique limitation: it will return coordinate boxes even if the specified object is not present in the image. As such, developers must additionally verify the existence of the target to prevent subsequent programs from operating on incorrect positions.

According to official announcements, OKX’s Season 3 of its Predictor program has officially launched, with a total prize pool of $250,000. This season focuses on hot topics during earnings season, featuring a season main leaderboard, regular weekly contests, and an independent weekly leaderboard dedicated to earnings season. Users can earn free XP by completing tasks, participate in predictions of real-world events like earnings season, and split corresponding rewards based on their activity rankings. XP can be obtained via Planet interactions, inviting friends, and completing designated ExchangeOS trading tasks, the platform noted. No registration is required; eligible users can participate through the "Planet" - "Outcomes" section in the OKX App.

Bitget PoolX is launching a new ETH lock-up campaign, where users who lock up ETH can participate in sharing a 150,000 USDT airdrop. The campaign runs from 15:00 (UTC+8) on October 15 to 15:00 (UTC+8) on October 20, with an individual lock-up cap of 1,500 ETH. This PoolX round supports a long-term holding bonus mechanism: the system will apply an additional 1x multiplier to the effective locked amount, calculated based on the user’s minimum ETH holding over the past 15 days.

Beating AI Express News: On the morning of October 15, DeepSeek suffered another service outage. Its official status page shows the outage began at 08:11, affecting the web chat service, V4 Pro and V4.1 Flash APIs. DeepSeek announced at 09:08 that it had located the cause and was implementing repairs. However, as of 10:43, the outage had lasted over two and a half hours and remained unresolved. The official classified the incident severity as Full Outage, with no specific cause disclosed yet. This marks DeepSeek’s fifth service outage recorded since October. On October 2, web and API services were abnormal for 1 hour and 54 minutes. Two outages occurred on October 12, lasting 11 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. Compared with previous incidents, this outage has the longest duration.

According to Coinglass data, the global crypto market saw $486 million in liquidations over the past hour, including $465 million from long positions and $20.7 million from short positions. Liquidations related to Ethereum trading hit $201 million, while Bitcoin trading liquidations totaled $117 million.