NIL surged more than 46% in a short period, with its market capitalization rising to $54 million.

According to Bitget market data, Hong Kong stocks closed: the Hang Seng Index fell 0.73% and the Hang Seng Tech Index dropped 1.48%. Zhipu rose 8.90%, HSBC Holdings declined over 5%, and Xiaomi Group fell more than 4%.

Jump Crypto’s Solana client Firedancer has updated its bug bounty program rules, requiring researchers to permanently burn 1 SOL (valued at roughly $100) for each vulnerability report submitted. No refunds will be issued if a report is invalid, out of scope, or a duplicate of an existing flaw; reports without the burned SOL will not be eligible for rewards. The move aims to address the surge in AI-generated vulnerability reports. In an audit contest held from April 9 to May 9 with a total prize pool of $1 million, 162 researchers submitted 809 reports, but only 127 unique security issues were identified, with nearly half of valid reports being duplicates. Jump noted that AI agents were involved in nearly all report discovery or drafting. Jump Crypto’s Ishan Bhatt previously stated that AI has reduced the cost of vulnerability detection, but auditing bugs remains highly resource-intensive. The large volume of duplicate or unusable reports once led to a backlog of 299 pending reviews, forcing engineers to spend more time verifying issues and delaying the investigation and patching of real vulnerabilities. Meanwhile, Jump has also increased bug bounties: eligible vulnerabilities will receive double the standard amount by November 20; for flaws in Solana’s new Alpenglow voting system, rewards go up to triple, with a maximum payout of $300,000 for critical-severity bugs.

According to data from the BIT Stock Platform, pre-market trading for US stocks saw broad declines in the optical communications and computing power cloud sectors, while the biotech sector posted broad pre-market gains. The breakdown is as follows: Lumentum fell 0.75%, Corning fell 0.97%, Coherent fell 0.93%, Applied Optoelectronics fell 1.56%, Ciena fell 2.94%, Broadcom fell 0.32%, Marvell Technology fell 1.25%. Oracle fell 0.25%, CoreWeave fell 0.02%, Nebius fell 0.00%, IREN fell 0.39%, Applied Digital fell 0.17%. Eli Lilly rose 0.59%, Johnson & Johnson rose 0.28%, Moderna fell 1.53%, Novo Nordisk fell 0.38%, AbbVie rose 0.44%, Merck rose 0.53%.

According to Dongcha Beating AI Express, multiple overseas content creators have reported that recent reviews or comments related to Kimi K3.1 Pro are likely to be flagged by X as paid promotions. Even without receiving payment, their accounts are locked, and they must add a "Paid Partnership" tag to restore their accounts before filing appeals. Reviewer Lumina stated that she only tested the model via Arena before its release, received no payment, and had no advance access from Kimi’s official team, yet two of her posts were penalized. Tech author Ramez Naam encountered the same issue: he only reshared Artificial Analysis’s review and added his own comments. Another creator, Da7em, was even required to add the tag after publicly criticizing Kimi’s subscription service. Some creators have resorted to adding the tag and then deleting their posts to retrieve their accounts, to avoid fans mistakenly thinking they were paid. It remains unclear why X is targeting these posts in a concentrated manner.

According to data from BIT Stock Platform, pre-market trading of the US stock market’s "Magnificent Seven" sector saw broad declines, while the storage sector was mixed. Details: NVIDIA fell 0.53%, Apple dropped 0.27%, Microsoft declined 0.59%, Google rose 0.16%, Amazon fell 0.10%, Meta dropped 0.36%, and Tesla declined 0.21%. For the storage sector, Micron gained 0.55%, SanDisk rose 0.65%, SK Hynix increased 1.67%, Western Digital fell 0.58%, and Seagate Technology dropped 0.34%.

According to The Washington Post’s analysis of Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings as of press time, the top 50 donors in the 2026 U.S. midterm election cycle have contributed a total of approximately $2.77 billion. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tops individual donors with around $446 million, setting a new record for individual political donations in modern U.S. history. His contributions primarily flow to Republican-aligned groups: his own America PAC ($216 million), Senate Leadership Fund ($168 million), and House Leadership Fund ($30 million). By party leanings, Republican-aligned donations total about $1.67 billion, Democratic-aligned around $832 million, and cross-party and special interest groups account for roughly $264 million. Crypto and tech-related contributors also rank among the top: a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz combined for ~$92.2 million (including $23.8 million to Fairshake and $12 million to MAGA Inc.); Coinbase contributed ~$57.8 million (of which $52.5 million went to Fairshake); the Winklevoss brothers gave ~$55.9 million; Ripple donated ~$49.6 million (including $48 million to Fairshake); and crypto firm Foris Dax contributed ~$39 million. Other notable donors include former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who has donated ~$84.2 million this cycle (with roughly $60 million since September, mostly supporting House Democrats); and OpenAI CEO Greg Brockman and his wife, who combined for ~$50 million. The Washington Post notes that most funds flow to super PACs, which allow unlimited donations. The list will be updated as FEC filings are submitted.