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Bank of America’s Hartnett, who accurately predicted the sharp drop: The "sell signal" has ended, and whether investors can return to tech stocks by mid-November depends crucially on semiconductor prices
BlockBeats news: On October 18, Bank of America Securities strategist Michael Hartnett stated in the latest Flow Show report that the Bank of America bull-bear indicator dropped from 8.1 to 7.4, falling below the 8.0 threshold and ending the sell signal triggered on May 26. However, he emphasized that the end of the sell signal does not equate to a buy signal; tactically, a defensive stance is still maintained, and no additional positions in tech stocks are added for now.
Hartnett listed the pr
Anthropic seeks help from lawyers to study how AI agents can negotiate and close deals on behalf of users
Breaking AI news from Dongcha: According to the UK's Financial Times, Anthropic is seeking advice from law firms to study how AI agents can negotiate on behalf of users to secure better deal terms, involving scenarios such as product bargaining, customer service dispute resolution, and salary negotiations. The company is placing agent development at the core of its future strategy.
Two insiders stated that Anthropic wants to understand how lawyers balance representing clients' interests with ac
Papertrade trading heat cools down: daily revenue down 83% month-on-month, trading volume down 43% month-on-month
BlockBeats news, on October 18, according to DefiLlama data, Papertrade's revenue on October 17 dropped to $890,000, ranking 7th among all protocols, a month-on-month decrease of 83%. Previously, it once surpassed Circle, ranking second across the network.
According to official Papertrade data, the platform's trading volume on October 17, counted by UTC calendar day, was approximately $54.23 billion, down 43% from $96.52 billion on October 16, and down 90% from the peak of $564.23 billion on Oc
The probability of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates by 25 basis points in October has dropped to 15.5%
BlockBeats news, on October 18, according to CME "FedWatch" data, the probability that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged in October is currently 84.5%, and the probability of a 25 basis point rate hike is 15.5%.
Paragon has purchased the PAPER code and may launch the Papertrade perpetual contract
BlockBeats news, on October 18, HIP-3 market deployer Paragon spent 570.98 HYPE (about $45,000) to acquire the code PAPER, possibly launching the Papertrade (PAPER) perpetual contract soon.
Papertrade is an on-chain synthetic perpetual contract trading platform deployed on HyperEVM, offering up to 1000x leverage. Its token PAPER is minted through users' realized trading losses, with no pre-mining, team, or venture capital allocation.
OpenCode cloud hacked: Third-party API keys suspected leaked, users claim $400 deducted
Breaking AI News from 动察: AI programming tool OpenCode disclosed a security incident affecting 1.4% of Console users. Those impacted had linked third-party model services in the cloud. Public notifications from users reveal that an old system being decommissioned was accessed without authorization, potentially exposing API keys for OpenAI, Anthropic, and others stored in the workspace. The team has sent emails to affected users.
OpenCode offers not only local programming tools but also an optio
AI stock sell-off and rising oil prices weigh on US stocks, with the Nasdaq recording its worst weekly performance since June
BlockBeats news, on October 18, according to CNBC reports, U.S. stocks closed lower on Friday, with the Nasdaq down 2.14%, the S&P 500 down 1.09%, and the Dow down 0.34%. Both the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 closed below their 50-day moving averages, and the VIX rose above 22 for the first time in four months. For the full week, the Nasdaq fell more than 4%, marking its worst weekly performance since June; the S&P 500 dropped about 2%, while the Dow rose 0.7%.
Technology and AI-related stocks contin
A certain whale's long position on ETH has an unrealized loss exceeding $9.49 million, and currently still holds $97 million worth of ETH long positions
BlockBeats news, on October 18, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), the top three whale addresses holding ETH positions on Hyperliquid include 0x77d…ae0e9, whose ETH long position unrealized loss has reached 9.493 million USD, making it the address with the largest ETH unrealized loss on the platform.
This address has established a 13x leveraged ETH long position since September 21, during which it has reduced its holdings by 8,250 ETH, realizing a loss of 2.277 million USD. It
US stock AI concept perpetual contracts flash crash causes related targets to liquidate over $50 million, mainly triggering long positions
BlockBeats news, on October 18, according to CoinGlass data, from 05:22 to 05:32 Beijing time today, the perpetual contract prices of multiple US AI concept stocks briefly plummeted, causing a total liquidation of about 51.596 million USD in related AI stocks and semiconductor ETF perpetual contracts, including about 38.0622 million USD in long positions and about 13.5338 million USD in short positions. Details are as follows:
SOXL about 12.7301 million USD; SanDisk (SNDK) about 10.8450 million
Perplexity integrates the viral reverse engineering tool REA: No source code needed, AI can replicate Figma and 5 other software
Breaking AI News from 动察, Perplexity announced the integration of the open-source reverse engineering tool REA (Reverse Engineer Anything) into Computer. Users only need to tell the AI which software they want to replicate, and it can analyze how the software runs without the original source code, then attempt to rewrite a functionally similar version.
Perplexity showcased 5 replicated works at once, all providing web versions available for online experience:
1. Figma: Supports layers, auto la