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Ripple Prime will provide prime brokerage, clearing and financing services to funds managed by the $35 billion alternative investment manager. Ripple Prime will provide multi-asset prime brokerage, clearing and financing services to funds managed by Brevan Howard, a global investment manager with about $35 billion in assets. Under the expanded agreement, Brevan Howard will gain access to Ripple Prime’s services across traditional and digital asset markets, according to a Tuesday announcement. The deal builds on an existing relationship between the firms. Brevan Howard-affiliated funds participated in a $500 million investment in Ripple in 2025 that valued the company at $40 billion. “As digital and traditional markets become more interconnected, the need for institutional-quality digital asset infrastructure that enables a seamless experience for investors is only growing,” Brevan Howard chief operating officer Alan McGroarty said. The investment manager serves global clients including sovereign wealth funds, corporate and public pension plans, foundations and endowments. The agreement comes as Ripple expands its prime brokerage business. In August, Ripple Prime raised <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/ripple-raises-275m-us-prime-brokerage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">$275 million through a senior note offering</a> to fund its expansion into prime brokerage, financing and multi-asset clearing. Ripple launched the business after acquiring prime broker Hidden Road for about $1.25 billion in 2025. <em><strong>Magazine: </strong></em><a href="https://" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em><strong>Too big to pause: Could an AI slowdown crash the economy?</strong></em></a>
The U.S. government transferred over $100 million in Bitcoin and BNB.
According to data from Bijie.com: The U.S. government transferred more than $100 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) and BNB on Tuesday. According to blockchain intelligence firm Arkham, the government sent 833.599 BTC (worth about $71.6 million at the time) to two unlabeled addresses, which then transferred the coins to an address Arkham labeled as a Coinbase Prime deposit address. Another government-labeled wallet sent about 40,285 BNB (worth about $31.63 million) to another unlabeled address. That address then transferred all assets to a second unlabeled address. The BTC came from wallets Arkham labeled as Potapenko/Turogin forfeiture funds and coins seized in the Bitfinex hack case. The government currently still holds about $27.5 billion in crypto assets, all of which are assets seized in law enforcement operations. To date, the government has not used taxpayer funds to make new purchases. Market commentator José Rosell said: "Transfer is not the same as sale. According to the March 2025 executive order, Bitcoin seized by the government will be retained in the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve."
Star: AI is reshaping financial institutions' back-office operations, and OKX has already applied it to compliance and risk control assistance.
According to CoinWorld news, OKX founder and CEO Star said at Token2049 in Singapore that AI's transformation of the financial industry is not only happening on the user side, but is also penetrating deeper into back-office operations such as compliance and risk control. OKX has already applied AI to assist in identifying risks, supporting investigations into suspicious transactions and behavior, and providing recommendations, in order to improve processing efficiency and consistency in execution. At present, AI does not directly make compliance or risk management decisions; final decisions are still made by humans. At the event, OKX board director and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo also added that clear regulatory rules are an important foundation for fintech companies to expand their services. To serve a broader user base, companies must comply with regulatory requirements and build public trust through compliant operations.
Star: AI is assisting OKX compliance and risk control. Andrew Cuomo: Clear regulation is the foundation of fintech.
CoinWorld news, OKX founder and CEO Star said at Token2049 that AI is being used to assist OKX's compliance and risk control operations. Currently, AI only provides auxiliary decision-making, while final decisions are made by humans. OKX board director and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said that clear regulatory rules are the foundation for fintech companies to expand their services, and companies need to comply with regulatory requirements to build public trust.
AI Security: 88% of IT Leaders Report AI Agent Security Breaches
Coin World News, Forkast reports that 88% of IT leaders have reported at least one security breach involving AI agents in the past 12 months. Despite this frequency, the industry remains stuck in a cycle of reactive deployment. Guidance on Ghostjacking released by NGCERT on October 6, 2026, recommends breaking this cycle by shifting the focus from detection to structural prevention. The guidance formalizes nine hardening steps, including denying network egress by default, human approval, and the use of least-privilege Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. The core directive is clear: stop trying to detect malicious intent and start limiting what agents are capable of doing. Survey data shows that although 86% of IT and security decision-makers regard AI agents as mission-critical, only 37% have established a formal AI policy. 54% of organizations report having between 1 and 100 unauthorized agents, creating a complex shadow AI problem that makes centralized security more difficult.
RWA perpetual futures open interest reaches $5.78 billion
According to Bijie data: the total open interest of on-chain real-world asset (RWA) perpetual contracts has reached $5.78 billion, a 25.6x increase from a level of nearly zero a year ago. Currently, the Trade[xyz] platform dominates the market, holding about 67% market share at $3.866 billion. Variational follows with $968 million, accounting for 17%. Together, these two platforms account for about 84% of the open interest in this market.
The South Korean government remitted 2.4 billion USD to the United States for an electricity project.
According to Coin World news, South Korea's foreign minister said the South Korean government has remitted 2.4 billion USD to the United States for a power project in Texas. In addition, European Commission President von der Leyen announced that exporters will be granted an additional one-year grace period under the methane regulations. The Philippine energy minister revealed that diesel inventories exceed 1 million barrels. Shell's CEO said that Middle East energy exports have now recovered to more than 80% of pre-conflict levels. Saudi Arabia's energy minister said that oil transported through the East-West Pipeline has reached 5.8 million barrels. The CEO of Vitol said that the Middle East has been shipping out about 14 million barrels of oil products per day on average over the past week. Goldman Sachs expects diesel prices to remain elevated through 2027. U.S. Energy Secretary Wright believes diesel prices peaked several weeks ago. The International Energy Agency (IEA) is expected to finalize the specific release plan for G7's 100 million barrels of oil product reserves on October 14-15. Venezuela's second-largest refinery has been shut down due to a fire, which was extinguished less than an hour after an explosion occurred and personnel were evacuated. Indian Oil Corporation has tendered to purchase 3 million barrels of crude oil.
Ethereum active validators drop to 863,000, staked ETH rises to 43.7 million.
According to data from Biqujie: the number of active Ethereum validators has recently dropped to about 863,000, while the total amount of staked ETH has risen to about 43.7 million, accounting for 35.8% of the total supply. In the Pectra upgrade, EIP-7251 raised the maximum effective balance of validators from 32 ETH to 2048 ETH, allowing operators to consolidate balances. Lido is consolidating more than 265,000 validators into about 4,000.
VXN Nasdaq 100 Volatility Index daily change reported at -2.53%
CoinWorld US stock data: The VXN Nasdaq 100 Volatility Index fell 2.53% from the previous trading day. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 24 hours earlier, it dropped 4.8931 percentage points.
Zscaler launches Agentic SOC, marking new requirements for enterprise security.
According to news from Bijie, Zscaler launched its Agentic SOC on September 9, 2026, marking that the security needs of autonomous software have become a core requirement for enterprises. The platform uses AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI to monitor and control security threats in real time, automating the handling and remediation of issues. With more than 750 billion daily transactions passing through its zero trust exchange, Zscaler's platform is able to take action immediately when threats occur, rather than warning humans after the fact. According to SailPoint data, 79% of organizations are deploying AI agents, but only 2% have implemented the necessary identity security. Gartner predicts that by 2027, more than 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled, mainly due to security and governance failures.