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According to Bloomberg, the government of President Bukele in El Salvador has announced a collaboration with Modveon to develop a government-backed digital dollar application on Coinbase's Base network, supporting remittances and everyday payment scenarios.
data shows in Q3 2026, DeFi total value locked rebounded 38% to $95 billion after three consecutive quarters of decline, recording its first quarterly growth since the 2025 peak.Among them, Monad's total value locked grew 183%, entering the ranks of blockchain networks with the highest total value locked; Robinhood Crypto, which launched only two months ago, has seen its total value locked surpass $1 billion.
Odaily News: The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated the MiCA register, with BCash, Xenios Blockchain Group, Capital Wallet Greece, and Piraeus Bank becoming the first batch of Greek crypto asset service providers to be included. The register added 6 institutions from Germany, France, and Slovenia, bringing the total number of registered institutions to 359.The Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) is responsible for supervising the first three institutions, while the Bank of Greece oversees Piraeus Bank. The HCMC denied that its officials had communicated with European Central Bank (ECB) officials regarding Binance's Greek MiCA application, and also denied making any statements about Lagarde intervening in the application; Binance withdrew its application on June 24. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily News: Citi announced on September 28 that it has launched its enterprise-grade tokenized deposit service, Citi Token Services, in Japan and the UAE. Clients in Japan can transfer funds to accounts in already-enabled regions such as the US, UK, and Singapore almost instantly; the service supports USD in Japan, and cross-border transfers can be conducted 24/7 year-round.The service is backed by bank deposits and processed on a permissioned chain managed by Citi, requiring no new account or crypto wallet. Its coverage has now expanded to 7 markets, including the US, Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore, the UK, Japan, and the UAE.
According to an official announcement from the Ethereum Foundation, the Ethereum Glamsterdam network upgrade has been confirmed to activate on the Sepolia testnet at 13:53:36 UTC on October 6, 2026 (Epoch 353,024), with activation times for Hoodi and the mainnet yet to be determined. Glamsterdam combines the Amsterdam execution layer and Gloas consensus layer upgrades. Core changes include introducing embedded proposer-builder separation (ePBS, EIP-7732), incorporating the block building process into the consensus protocol to reduce reliance on middleware; adding block-level access lists (BALs, EIP-7928) to enable clients to read state in parallel and verify transactions in parallel, thereby improving execution throughput. Additionally, the upgrade adjusts the gas pricing mechanism (EIP-8037/8038) to more accurately reflect the actual costs of state creation and access, requiring application developers to test their contracts to adapt to the new rules. Currently confirmed client versions supporting Sepolia activation include: consensus layer Lodestar 1.49.0, Prysm 7.2.0, Teku 26.9.1; execution layer Besu 26.9.0, Erigon 3.7.0, go-ethereum 1.17.6, Nethermind 2.0.0, Reth 2.7.0. Node operators must update simultaneously before activation.
Odaily reports: The Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA) has announced that its fintech proof-of-concept hub, the "Payment Advancement Project," will support its fourth case, with applicants including TradeWaltz, NTT DATA, Mizuho Bank, MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation.The pilot is scheduled to begin in September 2026, aiming to verify practical approaches to using stablecoins for trade transaction fund settlement and to identify relevant legal issues. After the experiment concludes, the FSA will publish on its official website the results and conclusions on topics including compliance and regulatory responses, as well as legal interpretations for providing services to general users.
B.AI announces that Anthropic’s latest Sonnet model, Claude Sonnet 5.5, is now officially available on the platform. Serving as a faster, more cost-effective complement to Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5 boosts output speed by over 30% and reduces per-task costs by up to approximately 30%, making it tailored for well-defined software engineering tasks, daily Agent workflows, and professional document creation. The model supports image and PDF comprehension, enabling the generation of reports, presentations, spreadsheets, and UIs. It offers five adjustable reasoning intensity levels alongside a 1-million-token context window, with long-context processing included at no additional charge. Both the B.AI API and Web Chat platforms are now live, allowing developers and users to directly access this next-generation Sonnet model that seamlessly balances speed, cost-efficiency, and long-context capabilities. Visit B.AI to experience it.
Odaily News — On September 29, B.AI announced that Anthropic's latest Sonnet model, Claude Sonnet 5.5, has officially launched on the platform. As a faster, lower-cost complement to Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5 delivers over 30% improvement in output speed and reduces per-task costs by up to approximately 30%, targeting well-defined software engineering, everyday Agent workflows, and professional document creation scenarios. The model supports image and PDF understanding, can generate reports, presentations, spreadsheets, and UIs, and offers five adjustable reasoning effort levels along with a 1 million Token context window, with no additional charges for long context.Currently, B.AI API and Web Chat are both available simultaneously, allowing developers and users to directly access this next-generation Sonnet model that balances speed, cost, and long-context capabilities.
Odaily News: UK-based Bitcoin treasury company The Smarter Web Company has received shareholder approval to launch MORE, the UK's first Bitcoin-backed preferred stock. In addition, the company expects to raise $20 million to $33 million through an IPO to purchase more Bitcoin and fund cash-flow-generating operating businesses. (Bitcoin Treasuries)
Bitget PoolX has launched an ETH lockup event, allowing users to lock ETH to share a 500,000 USDT prize pool. As of press time, the current ETH lockup pool yield stands at 37.11% APR. The individual lockup cap is 1,500 ETH, and the lockup channel will be open from September 29, 15:00 to October 5, 15:00 (UTC+8).
Odaily reports: Bybit has officially launched TradFi perpetual options, supporting 24/7 trading for underlying assets such as SPCX, TSLA, NVDA, QQQ, and SOXL, with support for small-size orders and USDT settlement, no brokerage account required.The campaign runs from September 28 to October 27. During this period, users can sign up to participate and share in two major prize pools:1. New users with no prior trading history in this product before the campaign who place a first valid order with a trading volume of at least 50 USDT will each receive 5 USDT, limited to the first 1,000 users;2. The trading volume challenge unlocks prize pools based on the cumulative valid trading volume of all participants, up to a maximum of 65,000 USDT, with the top 50 individuals by valid trading volume sharing the rewards.
According to an analysis released by Adam, a macro researcher at Greeks.live, the current crypto market has entered a correction phase. Options data shows that block put options now account for one-third of trading volume. The implied volatility (IV) across all major tenors has declined slightly compared to the previous two weeks, with no significant increase observed during the recent price rally, and has now fallen back to approximately 35%.
Liquid Network has officially released an ecosystem progress update. It is currently undergoing an independent external security audit of Elements v23.3.4 to provide additional security verification. Meanwhile, the Liquid Consortium is coordinating updates to the Emergency Key (PAK) list, including replacing existing entries, and ensuring all peg-out keys are securely stored in cold storage. These measures aim to restore fund peg-out functionality while maintaining security, and the team expects to announce further progress on the restoration operations in the near future.
Odaily News: According to an official announcement, Binance Futures will update the leverage and margin tiers for MOVEUSDT, EPICUSDT, AWEUSDT, SOPHUSDT, AVAUSDT, ARKUSDT, RAVEUSDT, UAIUSDT, BLURUSDT, VELODROMEUSDT, MOVRUSDT, B2USDT, LSKUSDT, and ONEUSDT USDT-M perpetual contracts at 14:30 (Beijing Time) on October 02, 2026. The update is expected to be completed within one hour, and existing positions opened before the update will be affected.
Odaily News: OpenAI has confirmed the cancellation of its next-generation AI model GPT-6.1 Astra, which was originally scheduled for an October release. Internal testing revealed that the model failed to meet the company's safety and alignment standards.GPT-6.1 Astra was originally planned to be integrated into ChatGPT and Codex to handle more complex tasks with reduced human intervention. According to The Wall Street Journal, the model exhibited a higher degree of deceptive behavior during internal testing compared to its predecessor, including failing to consistently and accurately disclose the actions it actually performed.Saachi Jain, head of OpenAI's safety systems, stated that while the model improved upon issues such as "model laziness," it still fell short of release standards in terms of adhering to task scope and authorization, as well as communicating completed work to users. (Reuters)
Bitget PoolX has launched an ETH staking campaign, allowing users to lock their ETH to share a 500,000 USDT prize pool, with a personal staking limit of 1,500 ETH. The staking period runs from September 29 at 15:00 to October 5 at 15:00 (UTC+8). This round of PoolX features a long-term holding bonus mechanism. The system will apply additional bonuses to staked amounts based on users' minimum ETH holdings over the past 15 days. For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.
Binance Futures has announced that between 17:00 and 17:30 on September 29, 2026 (UTC+8), it will sequentially list multiple traditional finance (TradFi) USDT-margined perpetual contracts: CRMLUSDT, BWETUSDT, ACNUSDT, MPUSDT, SECZUSDT, UNHUSDT, and NKEUSDT, supporting up to 20x leverage.
Odaily reports: Paid posted on X that the web claim portal is now live, allowing users to claim eligible new fees, with the relevant assets to be distributed in the quote asset corresponding to the fees, which in most cases is SOL.Paid stated that additional claim methods, such as via direct message or by tagging the official account in a post, will be introduced later. X Money payments remain suspended, with a resumption date to be announced; users' historical balances will be preserved separately, and the team is developing a separate claim plan for those balances.
Odaily News: Circle Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Circle Internet Group, has announced the launch of two grant programs in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Food Programme (WFP) to explore the use of regulated stablecoins and digital financial infrastructure for international development and humanitarian aid payments.Circle Foundation will fund UNDP in establishing a Digital Asset Innovation Pool to support its country offices in scaling regulated stablecoin payments from local pilots to full project delivery. The mechanism is designed to complement traditional banking systems.Another grant awarded to World Food Program USA will support WFP in building governance, risk, compliance, and fund reconciliation frameworks for digital asset distribution. WFP plans to test stablecoin payment channels in 2 to 3 countries over the next three years and conduct independent research to establish benchmarks for speed, efficiency, and cost. (Bitcoin.com News)
Aave founder Stani Kulechov stated that he is considering introducing an AAVE token burn mechanism in Aavenomics 3.0. Aavenomics 3.0 is a brand-new tokenomics upgrade launched by Aave, which has previously implemented measures such as AAVE buybacks backed by protocol revenue.