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Anthropic, the company behind the Claude chatbot, <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/public-benefit-fund" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS">>said</a> Sunday it will commit 5% of its shares to a new Public Benefit Fund. On Monday, Elon Musk answered by promising one SpaceX share to every child in the United States next year. “The Anthropic Public Benefit Fund will have increased flexibility and scale, enabling us to pursue our mission in new ways: for example, we might explore large donations to traditional nonprofits or direct distributions to specific populations,” Anthropic said. The company has already committed $200 million to studying that. Americans are uneasy about how fast AI is moving: an AP-NORC poll in late September found that 64% of U.S. adults say the technology is developing too fast, and 8% say too slow. Anthropic is preparing an IPO, meaning it would sell its shares to the public on the stock market, as soon as November at a reported valuation of around $2 trillion. At that price, 5% of the company would be worth about $100 billion on paper, though that is the value of the shares, not cash sitting in an account. The fund is set up as a wholly owned LLC rather than a nonprofit, which Anthropic says gives it room to switch between types of giving. The board can add another 2% of shares each time the company's value rises 50% above a baseline that has not been disclosed, and none of the fund's equity can be used for lobbying or political donations. The co-founders' pledge to donate 80% of their equity and a matching program for employee donations, and Anthropic says roughly 20% of its shares will be dedicated to the public good. The company has not said how the fund will be taxed or what it will disclose publicly, as a traditional charity must. Musk, never one to leave the spotlight to someone else, <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2112093799694372952?s=20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS">>pushed</a> for Universal High Income (as opposed to Universal Basic Income) writing on X that he will give one of his SpaceX shares to every kid in America. "This will be the first of many," he added. His first reply to Anthropic, recommending "giving the shares directly to the public" instead of routing them through a fund, came Sunday night, and the pledge for kids followed early Monday, less than a day after Anthropic's announcement. Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America. This will be the first of many. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2112089556615123114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" rel="nofollow external noopener" target="_blank">October 19, 2026</a> With roughly 72 million children in the country, the pledge comes to about $10.5 billion at SpaceX's price of roughly $147 a share. That is just over 1% of the 6.42 billion shares Musk held as of June 30, p
The core trading volume of the main meme market is approximately 226 million USD.
CoinWorld data: According to the gmgn 24h trading volume ranking, as of 10:01 on October 20, the core trading volume of major meme markets such as Solana, Robinhood, and BNB was approximately $226 million, with the three accounting for about $120 million, $75.45 million, and $20.2 million respectively, representing 53.1%, 33.3%, and 8.9%. The trading volume of major meme markets fell 15.3% day-over-day, with ARC posting the highest increase at 44.7% day-over-day. Wu Shuo reminds that meme coins are extremely volatile and high-risk, so please do not follow the crowd blindly.
Citi research: AAVE may become the preferred layer for financing tokenized assets
Coin World news, according to Cointelegraph, Citi research suggests that AAVE could become the preferred layer for financing tokenized assets, and once these assets are on-chain, collateral liquidity will become one of the most important use cases of tokenization.
Singtel signs five-year 5G network agreement with Ericsson
CoinWorld news: Singtel and Ericsson have signed a five-year 5G network agreement.
Nasdaq-listed stocks advancing: 1,153
CoinWorld US stock data: Nasdaq had 1,153 advancing securities on the day.
The daily snapshot of the total stablecoin market capitalization reported 305.472 billion USD.
CoinWorld data: The daily snapshot for 2026-10-20 shows that the total circulating market capitalization of stablecoins within the statistical scope was 305.472 billion USD.
The Bank for International Settlements publishes a paper on cross-border payments using stablecoins.
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) news: The BIS has released Working Paper No. 1385, analyzing the application of stablecoins in cross-border payments. The paper notes that stablecoins can reduce reliance on correspondent banks and SWIFT through networks such as Ethereum, Solana, and Tron, lowering transfer fees. However, the conversion process between fiat currency and stablecoins still involves trading, withdrawal, and on/off-ramp fees, and insufficient market depth limits the cost advantages for large-value payments.
Pearl breaks through $2, with a market cap exceeding $700 million.
CoinWorld data: According to gmgn market data, pearl is currently trading at $2.01, up more than 5% in 24 hours and up 82.2% cumulatively over the past month, with a current market capitalization of approximately $702 million. Previously, Coinbase announced that it would add pearl to its listing roadmap. pearl is an independent public chain launched in April 2026, positioned as an "AI version of Bitcoin," which uses GPUs to perform large-model matrix computations, enabling miners to participate in block production while the total token supply is approximately 2.1 billion.
The U.S. options market trading volume was 15,747,536 contracts.
CoinWorld US stock data: US options market volume was 15,747,536 contracts, of which 8,771,116 were calls and 6,976,420 were puts.
VIX收报18.44点，VXN收报25.56点
CoinWorld US stock data: End-of-day data shows that on the 2026-10-19 trading day, the VIX closed at 18.44 points, and the VXN closed at 25.56 points.