WhiteLine Daily, brought to you by the Wu Shuo team, provides readers with the most valuable information and analysis of the day, capturing the trend changes in the AI era. 1. Nscale reportedly negotiating a second approximately $45 billion Anthropic computing power agreement According to Bloomberg, UK AI cloud service provider Nscale, supported by Nvidia, is negotiating a second computing power supply agreement worth about $45 billion with Claude developer Anthropic, involving the second data c

Wu reported that Wintermute stated in its latest market weekly report that Bitcoin has reclaimed the key support level of $82,500. If it breaks above the high near $87,000, it may rise further; if it clearly falls below $82,500, it could test the area just above $70,000. Over the past week, Bitcoin fell 1.99%, while altcoins overall dropped 5.69%. Wintermute observed that funds are flowing back from altcoins to BTC and ETH. Some high market cap altcoins still receive long-term capital inflows, b

Ethereum L2 project Taiko, through a governance proposal, has increased the proportion of L2 base fees allocated to block proposers from 75% to 100%, while the fees paid by users remain unchanged. This move eliminates the protocol-level economic loss faced by block proposers when paying Gas on behalf of users, creating conditions for a future gas-free transaction experience, but it does not mean that this feature has been officially launched. The same proposal also proves the system upgrade to r

Marko Baricevic, co-founder of Binary Builders, the former core maintenance team of Cosmos SDK, announced that most members of Binary Builders have joined Celestia, while he himself has chosen to take a break and explore new directions. Binary Builders will no longer take on new projects, and its validator nodes will be gradually handed over to Validatus in the coming weeks. Binary Builders was established in 2022 and was once one of the main maintenance teams of Cosmos SDK, responsible for oper

According to Bloomberg, in 2025, Founders Fund considered investing in Polymarket and discovered that founder and CEO Shayne Coplan had used company funds to pay for private jet flights, apartment rent, and personal expenses at a time when Polymarket had not yet generated revenue. Founders Fund subsequently requested that he improve financial management and repay the related amounts. Coplan eventually completed the repayment, and Polymarket later secured investment at a valuation of $1.2 billion

Wu reported that digital asset management company 21shares announced the launch of two physically-backed crypto asset exchange-traded products (ETPs), namely 21shares Lighter ETP (LIHT) and 21shares Venice Token ETP (VENC), corresponding to Lighter (LIT) and Venice Token (VVV). LIHT is listed on Deutsche Börse Xetra, trading in euros and US dollars; VENC is listed on the Swiss Exchange SIX, trading in US dollars. Both products have an annual management fee of 2.5%, aiming to provide European inv

Bitcoin native lending and stablecoin protocol Ducat announces upcoming public mainnet launch, currently running an invite-only mainnet Alpha test. Ducat is built directly on Bitcoin Layer 1, requiring no reliance on cross-chain bridges or Layer 2, allowing users to deposit BTC into non-custodial vaults as collateral to borrow Bitcoin-backed USD stablecoins UNIT or USDC. Ducat's investors include Hivemind Capital, CMS Holdings, and UTXO Management.

Wu reported that on October 20, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) announced the first approval of an exchange-traded fund (ETF) directly investing in Bitcoin for retail investors. This product is classified under Swiss law as an alternative investment fund with specific risks. FINMA stated that, considering Bitcoin's longer trading history and higher trading volume compared to other cryptocurrencies, the regulator approved the fund's exemption from certain risk diversifica

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