Saylor criticizes MSCI for its bias against digital assets, stating that Strategy is an operating company.

Citrini analyst Jukan stated in a post that among the three major storage vendors, he is most bullish on Samsung Electronics. Due to TSMC still needing to allocate wafer capacity for NVIDIA’s Rubin and Rubin Ultra, it cannot take on large volumes of NVHBM orders. Only Samsung, which has in-house foundry capabilities, can meet the excess demand for NVHBM. South Korean media previously reported that at NVIDIA’s request, Samsung has decided to use TSMC’s 3nm process to manufacture NVHBM base chips. Samsung has not fully ruled out in-house foundry production and is verifying whether it can produce base chips independently when NVHBM demand outstrips TSMC’s capacity.

On-chain detective Specter reposted a tweet alerting the community that the InfoFi project’s BILL token is suspected to be a scam. The BILL token (full name Billion, ticker: BILL) has plunged around 97% from its all-time high. Over the past two months, 17 addresses that received tokens from team-linked wallets have deposited approximately 988 million BILL onto crypto exchanges. This week alone, another set of independent deposit addresses added around 360 million BILL to exchanges, with the tokens sourced from the project team’s multi-signature wallets. Statistics show that the total BILL tokens flowing into exchanges over the past two months amount to roughly 1.35 billion, accounting for about 13.6% of the total token supply, with an estimated value of approximately $15 million. The project’s team previously secured around $30 million in funding from investors including Coinbase Ventures and Polychain Capital.

Crypto analyst Micha?l van de Poppe posted that Bitcoin’s price range is gradually narrowing, with volatility declining, signaling a major price swing is likely ahead—but a "false move" could occur first. He noted that this false move could push Bitcoin’s price below $80,000, to the "blue box" zone marked on his chart. This zone has already been tested once before, and he would not be surprised if it is retested, calling it an ideal entry area. On the upside, he stated that if Bitcoin breaks through the key resistance level of $82,000, its rally will accelerate and likely move toward $90,000.

At the RTX Spark launch event, Nvidia PC Senior Vice President Jeff Fisher stated in an interview that the RTX 5090 graphics card has not been discontinued. He emphasized that the RTX 5090 is an extremely important core product for Nvidia, and the company will continue to supply it. Fisher also acknowledged that supply chain production capacity remains constrained, but added that Nvidia is making every effort to ensure the product launches smoothly.

According to Bloomberg, Alona Katz, head of the virtual currency unit at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office in New York, has taken down a cross-border crypto fraud network operating from Eastern Europe with assistance from the FBI. Authorities seized and disrupted more than 240 fraudulent websites and 112 servers controlled by the ring, which had defrauded Brooklyn residents of tens of millions of dollars. The operation spanned three time zones, though no arrests were made. The gang primarily targeted Russian-speaking users via social platforms like Facebook, posing as immigrants who had succeeded in trading in the U.S. They lured victims to invest hundreds of dollars initially, then displayed fake profits to encourage further contributions. Fraudsters sometimes allowed small withdrawals to build credibility, but when victims requested large sums, they either demanded exorbitant fees or cut off contact entirely. As of early October, the team was processing the return of approximately $300,000 to victims of the fraud targeting Brooklyn’s Russian-speaking community. Citing FBI data, the report notes that crypto fraud losses reported in the U.S. in 2025 reached $11.4 billion, roughly three times the amount recorded three years prior.

CoinMarketCap’s October 18 data shows that Huobi HTX recorded a 24-hour net capital inflow of $38.89 million, topping the list of global mainstream centralized crypto trading platforms.