Monitoring shows that Tether has minted $1 billion in USDT on the TRON network in the past 10 hours, while Circle has minted $500 million in USDC on the Solana network. Since the market crash on October 11th, the two have cumulatively minted $20.5 billion in USDT and USDC. （Onchain Lens）

[Kalshi Becomes CNN's Official Prediction Market Partner, Data to Be Featured in News Programs] Prediction market platform Kalshi has announced its partnership with CNN as the official prediction market partner. Its real-time probability data will be integrated into CNN's news programming, overseen by Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten. CNN will utilize Kalshi's probability data on future events in politics, culture, and more, displaying real-time information strips based on Kalshi's data in relevant segments. Kalshi stated that its platform has become an important tool for political figures, media organizations, and financial markets to observe future events. Previously, competitor Polymarket referred to prediction markets as 'the most accurate forecasting tool available to humanity' on CBS's *60 Minutes*. The combined trading volume of the two platforms has exceeded $45 billion, and institutions such as Google Finance, Yahoo Finance, Robinhood, and ICE have already partnered with prediction market platforms. Despite growing mainstream acceptance, the prediction market industry still faces regulatory controversies. Recently, Kalshi was hit with a nationwide class-action lawsuit for allegedly offering sports betting services without a gambling license.

[Standard Chartered Bank Expands into Blockchain Finance, Exploring Tokenized Deposits and CBDC] Ge Tianjue, Global Head of Commercial Platforms for Standard Chartered Corporate and Investment Banking, stated that distributed ledger and blockchain technology will replace traditional financial market infrastructure, and financial institutions that fail to adapt will face elimination. Standard Chartered is actively expanding into innovative financial services such as tokenized deposits, stablecoins, and central bank digital currencies (CBDC) to enhance market competitiveness.

[USDC Treasury Mints 500 Million USDC on Solana Chain] At 9:29 and 9:30 (UTC+8), USDC Treasury minted 250 million USDC each on the Solana blockchain, totaling 500 million USDC, valued at $500 million.

[Amazon Releases AI Chip Trainium 3, Mining Companies Transition to AI Infrastructure] Amazon has launched the next-generation AI chip, Trainium 3, which boasts a training speed four times faster than its predecessor, targeting Nvidia's market share. The chip will be offered through AWS to support large-scale model training. Meanwhile, several Bitcoin mining companies, including Core Scientific and IREN, are transforming their data centers into AI infrastructure and have signed multi-billion-dollar collaboration agreements with companies like Microsoft and Google. Analysts warn that despite the high enthusiasm for AI infrastructure investments, if demand slows, related companies could face a funding gap risk of up to $800 billion.