BlockBeats news, on October 22, according to market sources, SpaceX and Tesla plan to complete a merger deal before the end of Trump's term, striving to reach a merger agreement in the first half of 2027.

BlockBeats news: On October 22, U.S. President Trump stated that there would be no bombing of Iran before the midterm elections, but the U.S. is evacuating some non-essential personnel from Saudi Arabia, reducing troop strength at some bases in the Middle East, and deploying additional aircraft carriers and amphibious forces; the Israeli military reportedly sent dozens of warplanes near the Iranian border this week before turning back, and the target list is also being updated. The U.S. State D

BlockBeats news, on October 22, Lighter founder and CEO Vladimir Novakovski spoke at the Q3 investor meeting: "What we are currently seeking is to obtain licenses for DCM (Designated Contract Market) and DCO (Derivatives Clearing Organization). We have spent a lot of time communicating with the staff of the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) to sort out all the core principles there. Many of these principles can already be clearly mapped to how Lighter implements them on-chain within th

BlockBeats news, on October 22, multiple internet infrastructure software projects released security updates consecutively within one day, involving remote code execution, TLS certificate verification bypass, and certificate trust risks. Among them: PHP fixed two critical vulnerabilities CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, both of which could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution, affecting PHP environments handling web requests. Fixed versions include 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36, and 8.2.3

BlockBeats news, on October 22, according to the official PHP security announcement, regarding the "php2shell" vulnerability, website operators should update to PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36, or 8.2.35 depending on the branch used, or install the corresponding patches provided by the distribution. Users of PHP 8.1 and earlier versions should upgrade to a supported branch or contact their distribution and long-term support vendors to confirm patches for older versions. General users can refer to CI

BlockBeats news: On October 22, the decentralized data network for AI agents, Dataline, announced the completion of a $10.6 million seed round led jointly by Lattice and Dispersion Capital, supported by Samsung. Participants included Symbolic Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Anagram, and Robinhood co-founder and CEO Vlad Tenev. This round of financing was completed in April using a SAFE with token warrants, with the valuation undisclosed. Dataline is already live and covers about 50 data sources, pr

BlockBeats news, on October 22, crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett posted that the American Bankers Association (ABA) expressed dissatisfaction with the final rule implementation of the GENIUS Act by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The OCC abandoned the previously proposed stablecoin yield restrictions, and the ABA believes this move will "maintain the status quo of crypto platforms." The ABA CEO stated: "Waiting until deposit outflows and economic damage have already occurr

BlockBeats news, on October 22, White House officials stated on October 21 that Trump plans to highlight the U.S. government's actions against overseas crypto scam organizations during the White House cybercrime event that day, including recovering funds and shutting down scam operations. These transnational criminal organizations steal funds from U.S. citizens through romance scams, phishing, ransomware, and other methods. The U.S. government said law enforcement agencies have intercepted appr

BlockBeats news: On October 22, the Node.js project released a security update on October 21, covering the 26.x, 24.x, and 22.x version branches, with fixed versions 26.12.1, 24.22.1, and 22.23.4 respectively. This announcement lists a total of 10 vulnerabilities, including 4 high-risk, 3 medium-risk, and 3 low-risk issues, with varying affected scopes across the version branches. Among them, the high-risk vulnerability CVE-2026-111497 involves a buffer overflow write in the Brotli decoder, whi

BlockBeats news, on October 22, according to CME "FedWatch" data, the probability that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged in October is currently 85.1%, and the probability of a 25 basis point rate hike is 14.9%.