First, a look at the market:

$BTC 82,215.37 (+1.14%)

$ETH 2445.63 (+2.91%)

BNB 729.89 (+1.32%)

SOL 105.6 (+2.15%)

A slight uptick—not fast-paced, but trending upward.

News:

1. OpenAI researchers tested deploying contracts on an Ethereum testnet; an agent with no gas directly used a publicly available mnemonic wallet address to obtain test tokens.

2. Data: U.S. spot XRP and ZEC ETFs saw combined net outflows of $14.8678 million in a single day, while NEAR saw net inflows of $1.126 million.

3. Justin Sun on the quantum threat: The market is severely underestimating the potentially devastating impact Q-Day could have on Bitcoin's price.

4. Decentralized trading protocol Metric launches, supporting a certain exchange's Chain, BNB Chain, and Ethereum.

5. NOM will unlock approximately $1.22 million worth of tokens tomorrow (October 17), equivalent to 20.6% of the circulating supply

Top gainers and losers:

Top gainers: AGT +107.42%, SIREN +53.97%, STBL +35.79%

Top losers: TRUTH -25.08%, WAL -24.23%, EPIC -19.84%

Sentiment and flows:

Fear & Greed Index: 63 (Greed), up 10 from yesterday

BTC whales' long/short ratio: 1.4, with longs accounting for 58.3%

What's being talked about on the Square:

#俄央行2027年7月起禁止加密P2P直接交易 #Ledger发布Atom手机形态钱包

A quick take:

A new day brings just as many opportunities as it does volatility. Think about your stop-loss before making a move!

What's your plan for today?

No guarantees that this is right—make your own judgment.