*FED'S WALLER: STABLECOINS MAY HAVE BENEFITS FOR PAYMENT SYSTEMS

*FED'S WALLER SAYS 'DEFI' CAN COMPLEMENT CENTRALIZED FINANCE

BLACKROCK IN TALKS WITH BINANCE, OKX AND DERIBIT TO INTEGRATE BUIDL TOKEN AS FUTURES COLLATERAL: BBG

The Week Ahead | @infinityhedge | Earnings-Heavy 10 days

Macro:
*Gary Gensler Speaks on 21 at 10:25AM ET and BlackRock's Larry Fink Speaks at 12PM ET
*Russia's BRICS Summit on 22
*Gary Gensler Speaks on 22 at 3PM GMT
*IMF's World Economic Outlook on 22
*BoC Meeting on 23
*US FED Beige Book on 23
*Initial Jobless Claims on 24
*U.S. GDP (QoQ) (Q3) on 30
*BOJ Policy Meeting on 31
*US PCE on 31

Earnings:
*Tesla, IBM, Boeing on 23
*Google, AMD, Paypal, VISA, MCD, Snap on 29
*Coinbase, MicroStrategy, Robinhood, Microsoft, Meta on 30
*Apple, Amazon, Intel, Roblox, Block on 31

Crypto:
*Grass to Release Final Airdrop Checker on 21
*Scroll Airdrop TGE/Airdrop on 22 [Airdrop Snapshot: Oct. 19]
*Vega Protocol Shutting Down: Withdraw your balances before Oct. 27

Events:
*Gitcoin Grants [23- Nov. 6]
*Cosmoverse, UAE [21-27] [A Major Cosmos Event]
*Cardano Summit, UAE [23-24] [Speakers: Richard Teng, Frederik Gregaard]
*Binance Blockchain Week, Dubai [30-31] [CZ will be attending the event]

Token Unlocks:
⊷ $TIA: $1B: 80% on 30

**Israel's retaliation attack against Iran expected

Earnings/Charts/Articles ⬎

Anthropic’s new AI model can control your PC

Anthropic AI introducing a groundbreaking new capability in public beta: Computer Use

Available today on the API, developers can direct Claude to use computers the way people do—by looking at a screen, moving a cursor, clicking buttons, and typing text: link

JPMORGAN'S JAMIE DIMON WOULD CONSIDER ROLE IN HARRIS ADMINISTRATION — JAMIE DIMON PRIVATELY SUPPORTS HARRIS: NYT

TRUMP SET TO GO ON JOE ROGAN’S PODCAST

*FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO RECORD AN INTERVIEW WITH PODCASTING BEHEMOTH JOE ROGAN ON FRIDAY

BILL GATES BACKED HARRIS WITH $50 MILLION DONATION: NYT

Bill Gates:

I support candidates who demonstrate a clear commitment to improving health care, reducing poverty and fighting climate change

INDIA CONSIDERS BANNING BITCOIN, ETHER IN FAVOR OF CBDC

One official said:

CBDCs can do whatever cryptos do. In fact, CBDCs have more benefits than cryptos, minus the risks associated with private cryptocurrencies

*India's regulators favor banning private cryptos like Bitcoin, citing CBDCs' advantages — However, the government will make a final decision after extensive consultation.

US Defence Secretary: There Is Evidence North Korean Troops Are In Russia [First U.S. Confirmation] — 3k NK soldiers move to Russia for Ukraine war, 10k troops to be dispatched by Dec: Earlier NIS [South Korea] Reported

Earlier: South Korea: We will gradually take countermeasures in line with the level of military cooperation between Russia and North Korea

NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT DROPS CHARGES AGAINST BINANCE EXECUTIVE: BBG

BINANCE'S GAMBARYAN DISCHARGED BY COURT ON HEALTH GROUNDS

CHINA WILL HAVE MORE THAN 1,000 NUCLEAR WARHEADS BY 2030: DIA

CHINA `FAR SURPASSED' EARLIER NUCLEAR WEAPON ESTIMATES: US

*S&P 500 DOWN 1.3%
*NASDAQ DOWN 1.8%

*BTC DOWN 1.7%
*GOLD DOWN 1.6%
*APPLE DOWN 3%
*NVIDIA DOWN 4%
*COINBASE DOWN 7%
*MICROSTRATEGY DOWN 6%

Lazarus hacking group exploited a Google Chrome zero-day [CVE-2024-4947] through a fake DeFi game targeting individuals in the crypto space. ⚠️

*Google issued a fix for CVE-2024-4947 on May 25, 2024

*Lazarus created a fake DeFi game website, this website contained a hidden script that exploited the zero-day vulnerability. Exploit was triggered when a user visited the website.

*Lazarus' exploit script corrupted Chrome's memory by leveraging the app's JIT compiler, Maglev, overwriting sections that eventually gave them access to the entire address space of Chrome's process. At this stage, the attackers could access cookies, authentication tokens, saved passwords, and browsing history: link

TESLA EARNINGS Q3:

*TESLA 3Q GROSS MARGIN 19.8%, EST. 16.8%
*TESLA 3Q ADJ EPS 72C, EST. 60C
*TESLA 3Q REV. $25.18B, EST. $25.43B
*NO CHANGE IN BITCOIN HOLDINGS

*TESLA +10% AFTER EARNINGS
*TESLA EXPECTS ROBOTAXI RIDE-HAILING APP LAUNCH FOR PUBLIC IN 2025

Binance Futures Will Launch USDⓈ-Margined GOATUSDT Perpetual Contract With up to 75x Leverage at 2024-10-24 13:30 (UTC): link

CRYPTO EXCHANGE KRAKEN PLANS TO LAUNCH ITS OWN LAYER 2 BLOCKCHAIN EARLY NEXT YEAR: BBG

*The Blockchain will be Called Ink and will use similar technology to Base [built on the OP stack].
*Developer testnet for Ink will go live later this year.

Coinbase Ventures's predictions for the future of Crypto x AI: link

*Coinbase Ventures's predict a future where AI agents will have their own crypto wallets to autonomously transact, access decentralized compute and data resources, or leverage stablecoins and/or their own token economy to pay humans and other agents to complete tasks necessary for their overall objective function. However, they do not believe crypto / blockchain technology is required to advance capabilities or solve emerging challenges in every layer of the AI tech stack. 

*Crypto x AI stack can be segmented into the following layers:

(1) Compute: networks focused on supplying latent GPU compute resources to AI developers

(2) Data: networks that enable decentralized access, orchestration, and verifiability of the AI data pipeline

(3) Middleware: networks/platforms that enable the development, deployment, hosting, and orchestration of AI models / agents

(4) Applications: user-facing products (B2B or B2C) that leverage onchain AI mechanisms

@infinityhedge

“the agent launched a token not me!”

agents aren’t sentient, they operate in a pre-defined framework

nothing wrong w/ knowingly buying vaporware, the danger is thinking it’s legit

TESLA SHARES EXTEND GAINS TO 20% — BEST DAY IN OVER A DECADE ON MUSK’S 2025 GROWTH PROJECTION