Bitcoin breaks through $82000, Ethereum breaks through $2400

Regulatory filings by Meta Platforms Inc. reveal that the company has committed to a total expenditure of approximately $825 billion in the future, primarily for artificial intelligence computing power and infrastructure development. This includes $355.7 billion in operating and finance leases, covering data center and energy projects up to 2036. As of September 30, Meta also had $454.5 billion in irrevocable contracts involving third-party cloud computing power, data center energy agreements, and consumer hardware from its Reality Labs division. Furthermore, Meta has cloud computing power procurement obligations of up to $14.7 billion over the next five years.

Amazon's threat intelligence team discovered that hackers attempted to exploit two PHP security vulnerabilities before they were publicly disclosed on October 17. Palo Alto Networks found vulnerabilities in over 22.6 million instances worldwide, and Wiz researchers estimate the vulnerabilities affect approximately 70% of the internet. Matt Hull, Vice President of Cyber Intelligence and Response at NCC Group, warned that some systems may have already been implanted with backdoors. (Source: Bloomberg)

a16z has renamed its flagship blockchain fund a16z Frontier, with longtime GP Ali Yahya departing. The fund has raised nearly $10 billion to date, including $4.5 billion in 2022 and $2.2 billion this year from Fund 5. Chris Dixon remains, and crypto assets and blockchain remain core investment areas, while the fund is expanding its investment scope to a wider range of cutting-edge technologies.

CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju stated that Bitcoin's computing power has returned to an upward trend, and miners are operating at full capacity. The improvement of computing power enhances network security and strengthens the fundamentals of Bitcoin as a value storage tool. State owned mining enterprises have received support from traditional financial giants, which is an indirect bullish signal released by institutional investors.

Nebius Group N.V., an AI cloud service provider, has received a $3.5 billion priority secured financing line from Citibank to support its global AI cloud computing expansion. (Source: TheEnergyMag)