Vitalik calls for using zero-knowledge proofs to protect personal data, and advises enterprises to reduce unnecessary information collection.

According to data from Bitget, the stock markets of Japan and South Korea have deepened their declines. South Korea’s KOSPI index fell by 2% intraday, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 index dropped by more than 3%.

Early Wednesday trading saw broad declines in Asian tech stocks. Preliminary results from the U.S. midterm elections show the Democrats leading, further cementing market bets on a full Democratic sweep. Investors fear this could slow the flow of artificial intelligence (AI) investments into tech-heavy Asian markets. Chris Weston, head of research at Pepperstone, stated: "Whether the Democrats win by a significant margin, or the Republicans unexpectedly take the Senate, could trigger large-scale market position adjustments." U.S. futures tied to the Nasdaq index fell further, dropping roughly 1.5% on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). South Korea’s KOSPI index rose at the open before pulling back, with weak chip stocks weighing on the broader market.

A wallet created 3 months ago withdrew 69.125M $PONS ($13.97M) and 5,887 $ETH ($13.45M) from #OKX over the past 12 hours.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin Monitoring, Anthropic (ANT) is expected to go public in about half a month, with an anticipated valuation of $1.75 trillion. The implied valuation derived from pre-market contract quotes across various platforms currently stands at approximately $1.8 trillion. A suspected whale is bearish on this valuation and is shorting Anthropic’s pre-market contracts on Hyperliquid. The value of its short positions has reached $25.43 million, and it continues to add to its positions.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a wallet created three months ago withdrew 69.125 million PONS (valued at approximately $13.97 million) and 5,887 ETH (worth around $13.45 million) from OKX over the past 12 hours.

According to Yonhap News Agency, Kim Yo-jong, a department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, released a statement once again denying North Korea’s involvement in the Binance crypto asset theft case. She said dialogue with the U.S. remains one option for achieving peace, but is not a necessary condition for upholding North Korea’s national interests. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Oct. 31 attributed the $6.3 billion Binance crypto asset heist to North Korea, labeling the related cyber activity as “TraderTraitor”. Kim Yo-jong had previously rejected that attribution, calling it a “serious political provocation”; in her latest statement, she described the accusation as just the “tip of the iceberg” of Washington’s hostile policy toward Pyongyang. She also noted that the U.S. abandoning its hostile policy toward North Korea is a prerequisite for resolving the issue, otherwise the DPRK has no reason to negotiate with the U.S. She warned Pyongyang will respond, but did not specify concrete measures.