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🌐 SIMAN LABS | Web3 & Tech Daily Brief 📅 October 30, 2026 Today’s Top 5 Stories 1. Crypto Security Under the Spotlight A major security incident involving Binance has reignited concerns over exchange security, asset custody, and risk management across the crypto industry. 2. Crypto Markets Face Selling Pressure Bitcoin and Ethereum face renewed volatility as investors reassess market risks and liquidity conditions. 3. Uniswap Pushes DeFi Accessibility Uniswap continues expanding its fee-conversion infrastructure, highlighting efforts to make decentralized finance more accessible to mainstream users. 4. Samsung Reports Record Quarterly Profit Strong AI-driven demand for advanced memory chips is fueling Samsung’s growth, reinforcing the importance of semiconductor infrastructure. 5. AI Chip Demand Continues to Surge SK Hynix highlights sustained demand for HBM and advanced memory, as AI infrastructure investment continues to reshape the semiconductor industry. 🔍 Today’s Key Takeaways • Security and asset custody remain critical to Web3 adoption. • AI agents and blockchain infrastructure present new opportunities. • Semiconductor capacity is becoming a strategic advantage in the global AI race. The next wave of technological growth will be driven by the convergence of AI, blockchain, and infrastructure. Stay informed. Keep building. — SIMAN LABS #SIMANLABS #Web3 #AI #Blockchain #Crypto #Technology

Builder Night Recap | Xing Shuai: Making Tapeout Easier to Understand—and Turning Shared Belief into Action At the start of the conversation, Xing Shuai said he likes “holding meetings”—bringing people together to talk about new projects, exchange ideas, and explore why something is worth building. It was a telling introduction. In the Tapeout community, he doesn’t just share information; he also hopes to build a bridge between technical builders and a wider group of participants. For the first edition of Builder Night, we spoke with community builder Xing Shuai for over an hour. We discussed his long-term perspective on the crypto industry, what led him to commit to Tapeout, what he hopes Tap Meet can achieve, and how a community can keep building after the initial excitement fades. The conversation covered both his vision for the technology and the everyday work of bringing people together. ⸻ 01. Observe First, Then Decide to Get Involved Xing first entered the crypto space around 2016 and has seen many projects rise and gradually lose momentum. Having witnessed several market cycles, he didn’t join Tapeout as soon as he heard about it. Instead, he chose to observe for a while. What first caught his attention was Tapeout’s approach to circuits and computation. He tends to start by understanding a project’s underlying logic: What is it trying to do? What might it make possible beyond existing smart contracts? At the time, he saw potential in the idea, but also wondered whether its technical complexity would make it difficult for the community to build a shared understanding. What changed his mind was seeing people continue to develop applications and experiment with new ideas after the first wave of excitement. To him, that suggested people were doing more than chasing short-term attention; some were willing to keep building. He decided to get more involved and see whether the ecosystem could grow into new applications and a lasting community. 02. How He Sees Tapeout: Making Computation Observable During the interview, Xing shared his own perspective on Tapeout. He compared it with familiar smart contracts, explaining that, in his understanding, Tapeout is built around circuits and transistors, offering different ways to combine components and making the observability of computation a direction worth exploring. He connected this question to the rise of AI. Many systems produce an answer, but the computation behind it can be difficult to inspect. Xing believes that if important computational processes can be recorded and traced, this could open up new possibilities for applications where verification matters. This is his personal view of Tapeout’s potential and part of why he continues to contribute to the community. The conversation presented these ideas as a vision to explore, rather than outcomes that have already been achieved. 03. Tap Meet: Bringing Technical Conversations to More People Xing describes himself as a kind of “bard” in the Tapeout community. The phrase reflects his personality, but also captures how he sees Tap Meet: while technical builders explore and develop, he hopes to make their work easier to understand through conversations, AMAs, and project showcases. Tap Meet is therefore more than a series of events. It is a way to connect people: giving builders a chance to explain what they’re working on, letting community members hear different perspectives, and creating opportunities for discussions to lead to collaboration or further work. Xing hopes the ecosystem can grow in a way that gives people with different skills a place to contribute. 04. Community Building Means Bringing People Together—and Listening Xing also spoke about the less visible side of community work. Beyond organizing events and sharing content, it involves understanding what members are thinking, explaining why people remain committed through uncertain periods, and working through disagreements. He shared an instance where he didn’t handle a situation well. After hearing concerns about a project, he misread the intent behind one member’s post and quickly removed them from a group. He later realized that the person still supported Tapeout. Xing recognized that he had judged too quickly without first letting them explain, and he apologized. That story made the idea of “building consensus” more concrete. Community building means giving people a chance to explain themselves and understanding why people at different stages may have different concerns. Acknowledging a mistake and correcting it is part of the work, too. 05. What Is Worth Keeping After the Hype? When asked how a community can make it through cycles of excitement, Xing described a difference he sees in what people talk about. In some places, conversations during a hot market period center mostly on prices and short-term market moves. In the Tapeout community, he also sees people discussing technology, developing applications, creating designs, and looking for ways to collaborate. To him, community members bring more than funding or attention. They also contribute technical research, creativity, design sensibility, and a willingness to act. What lasts after the excitement fades is whether people still have meaningful work to do, whether they want to keep creating, and whether they can find others to build with. 06. Supporting an Ecosystem Starts with Recognizing Its Builders When asked what ecosystem supporters can do, Xing gave a direct answer: find talented people with ideas—especially builders who can turn those ideas into products that address real needs—and support them in carrying the work forward. Some people research the technology, some develop applications, and others share information or connect people. Xing believes an ecosystem needs more than funding or visibility. It also needs these different abilities to connect, so promising ideas have a chance to be put into practice. 07. What We Took Away The conversation returned to a simple question: When the initial excitement passes, will people still want to stay and build together? Xing believes that ongoing technical exploration, new projects, and human connection can give a community a life beyond short-term hype. Tap Meet aims to help more people hear about that work, understand what builders are doing, and find ways to participate. Thank you to Xing Shuai for sharing his perspective, enthusiasm, and an honest moment of reflection—and to everyone who joined, asked questions, and took part in the conversation. We hope this recap helps those who missed the session get to know this community builder and the role he plays in the Tapeout ecosystem. See you at the next Builder Night. @xing8047

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2026 National OPC Innovation Hackathon · Yunnan Station (Kunming) Has Successfully Concluded! Thank you to every builder, entrepreneur, innovator, and supporter who joined us in Kunming! SIMAN LABS was proud to sponsor this event and stand alongside the OPC community. Over these intense days of coding, ideation, collaboration, and demos, we witnessed the power of AI-driven solo entrepreneurship in action — individuals turning ideas into real prototypes at remarkable speed. Your energy, creativity, and willingness to build have strengthened the OPC ecosystem. From rapid prototyping to practical AI applications, the projects and connections formed here will continue to ripple outward. Thank you for participating. Kunming was just the beginning.