Golden Finance reported that on October 21, local time October 20, Majid Ansari, Advisor to the Prime Minister of Qatar and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated at the 8th Global Security Forum held in Doha that despite the escalating tensions in the Middle East, negotiations between the United States and Iran regarding Iran's nuclear issue are still ongoing, with both sides maintaining diplomatic contact. Ansari said that the lack of public information about the progress of

Golden Finance reported that on October 21, LayerZero posted on the X platform that its Layer1 blockchain Zero mainnet and trading engine lzATLAS will launch on November 30. lzATLAS is the first application launched on Zero, starting from Open ATLAS, supporting more than ten trading venues at launch, with more to be integrated within the year. LayerZero stated that the mainnet will initially focus on open markets, and institutions are already testing lzATLAS in large market scenarios such as US

Golden Finance reported that on October 21, Castle Securities is considering expanding its fixed income business to fill some gaps in its current operations identified by President Jim Esposito. Esposito said in an interview on Tuesday: "We are actually just getting started in the fixed income field, and in the coming years, we will consider expanding and developing the fixed income business. We are not in a hurry, but there are indeed some gaps in our current product offerings."

Golden Finance reported that on October 21, Optimum, a network startup led by MIT professor Muriel Médard, announced that its block propagation software mump2p has officially launched on the Ethereum mainnet. The Ethereum liquid staking protocol ether.fi has made mump2p a mandatory requirement for all its 12 node operators, whereas previously the software was optional for its operators. Optimum stated that currently 16 node operators are running mump2p in production, collectively managing about

Golden Finance reported that on October 21, according to Iran's Tasnim News Agency, Mohsen Rezaei, representative of Iran's Supreme Leader and Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, stated during a meeting with Pakistan Army Chief of Staff Asim Munir that all of Iran's enriched nuclear materials will remain within the country, "not a single grain of enriched nuclear material will leave Iran." He also said these materials are important assets and national wealth of the Iranian people

Golden Finance reported that on October 21, Jay Clayton, the U.S. National Intelligence Director and AI Affairs Chief, stated that the AI working group's recommendations on responsible AI development will be "released soon." When asked in an interview about when the AI recommendations would be proposed, Clayton said, "We will release them gradually," but he added that he could not commit to a specific date.

Golden Finance reports that on October 20, the current Ethereum staking amount has risen to a record 43.8 million ETH, accounting for 35.9% of the total ETH supply. Meanwhile, both staking yield and the number of validators have declined.

Golden Finance reported that on October 20, according to Bloomberg citing diplomats involved in the negotiations between Iran and the United States: negotiations between Iran and the United States are still ongoing, and reports about an imminent agreement between the two sides are not true.

Golden Finance reported that on October 20, according to Israeli media, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu stated that Israel is "committed to" overthrowing the Iranian regime, which will in turn lead to the collapse of Lebanon's Hezbollah. On Tuesday, at the opening ceremony of the new academic year at Tel Hai College, newly built in Kiryat Shmona near the Lebanon border, Netanyahu said that although the Israel Defense Forces have made significant progress in repelling Hezbollah, "I am determined

Golden Finance reports that the three major U.S. stock indexes continue to rise, with the Dow Jones increasing by 1.3%, reaching the highest level since September 14.