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NEAR Protocol announced on X that the NEAR platform has launched a private limit order feature, supporting assets from any blockchain. Users can set a target price, and the order will automatically execute when the market price reaches the target. Orders will not be publicly displayed while awaiting execution.
According to PR Newswire, Bitcoin application layer platform Citrea has announced the acquisition of Crest, a self-custody private Bitcoin wallet. Backed by Founders Fund and Galaxy Ventures, Citrea states the acquisition aims to bring Zcash-style zero-knowledge privacy pools into the Bitcoin ecosystem. Crest founder Meliksah Gurtemel will join Citrea as head of product. Over the next few weeks, Crest will launch a Bitcoin mobile wallet supporting automatic shielding, private BTC transfers, and cross-chain private payments (enabling BTC to be privately swapped for USDC or ETH for payments to EVM addresses). Citrea co-founder and CEO Orkun Mahir Kılıç noted that addressing Bitcoin privacy represents the largest breakthrough for Bitcoin layers to meet genuine user demand, with Crest serving as the primary gateway for both users and liquidity flowing into Citrea.
On Wednesday, Meta released new Ray-Ban glasses that feature no cameras and rely exclusively on voice interaction, while also introducing multiple new frames and more affordable Meta smart glasses. Additionally, Meta unveiled new VR glasses priced at $1,300, set to launch next spring, and weighing five times less than the previous-generation Quest 3. The Muse assistant will be coming to smart glasses.
Odaily News: Sources reveal that Google is preparing to test-launch "Project Suncatcher," which plans to deploy solar-powered data centers carrying TPUs into space, utilizing solar energy to power AI computing. The specific test launch date and further technical details have not yet been disclosed. (Reuters)
According to official announcements, U (United Stables) and Binance Wallet have jointly announced the official launch of the pPOLY Trading Competition. The event will run from September 24, 22:00 to October 8, 22:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users who trade the pPOLY/U pair via Binance Wallet on BNB Chain (BSC) — with both buying and selling counted toward their activity — will be eligible to share a 100,000 U prize pool. Trades executed on Day 1 will benefit from a 3x early bird multiplier bonus. How to Participate: Open the Binance App, navigate to Wallet, and click [Join] on the event page to take part. Important Notes: Only trades conducted through Binance Wallet (Keyless) on BSC qualify. Alpha and third-party dApps are not included in this promotion.
Odaily News: Paxos Labs has announced the launch of PAXGy, a gold-backed token that uses PAX Gold as its underlying asset, with holdings growing measured in gold ounces. PAX Gold is fully backed by investment-grade gold in LBMA vaults and independently attested by KPMG; holders can obtain PAXGy by depositing PAX Gold or redeeming accepted stablecoins.
DeFi researcher Ignas posted that FOMO generated approximately $320,000 in fees over the past 7 days through the Hyperliquid Builder integration, ranking second behind Phantom. Ignas said this fully demonstrates FOMO's adoption among retail users, and noted that he had not previously promoted a FOMO referral link.
Sui posted on X stating that its rapid settlement capability enables one-minute markets; Predict now offers onchain continuous pricing within the DeepBook App on mainnet.
Odaily News: Ledger has partnered with Payward, the parent company of Kraken. Customers using Payward's stock trading platform xStocks can require counterparties to sign on their Ledger devices before completing transactions; Ledger devices will integrate xStocks functionality.
Odaily reports: Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic has launched an AI product called Pulse, which allows frontline law enforcement officers to input a wallet address or transaction hash and receive a plain-language summary of fund flows within seconds, without requiring any blockchain expertise.For further investigation, law enforcement officers can, with a single click, transfer the results — including analytical reasoning and on-scene case number records — into Elliptic's screening and forensic tracing tools, or integrate them into their own agency workflows. Elliptic states that the final judgment remains with law enforcement officers. (Decrypt)
Odaily News: According to an MSX announcement, MSX launched spot trading of Expedia Group (EXPE) and Shopify (SHOP) stock tokens on September 24.Expedia Group reported Q2 2026 revenue of $4.315 billion, up 14% year-over-year, with total gross bookings reaching $33.928 billion, up 12% year-over-year;Shopify reported revenue of $3.583 billion for the same period, up 34% year-over-year, with platform gross merchandise volume reaching $115.567 billion, up 32% year-over-year.
Odaily News: Digital asset investment firm RockawayX will deploy $150 million through its Catapult program to provide venture capital, product structuring, liquidity, market-making, and distribution support for projects bringing real-world yield assets into DeFi. RockawayX manages approximately $2 billion in assets and has already deployed about $300 million onchain. The program will focus on areas including trade and supply chain finance, special asset-backed securities, CLOs, and real estate-related credit.RockawayX CEO Viktor Fischer said that after trading, "yield" could become the largest use case onchain, and that new yield sources with annualized returns exceeding 12% and uncorrelated to crypto market trends will be needed in the future. Fischer also noted that the challenge with real-world assets (RWAs) is not tokenization itself, but rather the buyers, trading venues, and exit mechanisms after assets are tokenized. (CoinDesk)
Odaily News: Oracle (ORCL.N) is attempting to avoid the massive costs associated with a large data center project in New Mexico, which undoubtedly adds new uncertainties to a project already plagued by opposition and regulatory obstacles. According to people familiar with the matter, Oracle has sent a notice to a subsidiary of Blue Owl Capital, the project's developer, invoking the force majeure clause.The sources said Oracle is not seeking to exit the project as the primary tenant, but rather wants to defer payments in the event that the "Project Jupiter" data center project experiences delays and fails to come online as planned in 2028. (Bloomberg)
According to official announcements, the Pharos ecosystem project Prosper has officially launched its 7-day Trading Challenge. Reports indicate that the Prosper platform currently features six meme assets with market caps exceeding $2 million, with momentum steadily rising. This event features a total prize pool of 100,000 $PROS, consisting of: Top 50 Leaderboard Pool (80,000 $PROS): Distributed proportionally based on eligible trading volume; Participation Pool (20,000 $PROS): Proportionally shared by users who achieve a minimum eligible trading volume of $1,000; Additionally, net buys on the Bonding Curve will receive a 5x points multiplier. The official team has also launched community tasks on Galxe, allowing participants to claim an exclusive Navigator Badge.
According to The Block, New York-based stablecoin payment and tokenized asset company HIFI has announced the completion of a $37 million Series A financing round led by Left Lane Capital. Proceeds from the funding will be used to expand its tokenized capital market infrastructure and product lines. HIFI provides API infrastructure that integrates fund flows, compliance, and settlement capabilities, currently processing over $7 billion annually across 87 countries. Prior to this round, HIFI participated in a tokenized securities production trade co-hosted by DTCC, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and Nasdaq in July. Later this month, it partnered with Visa to extend its stablecoin settlement platform to remittance and card payment scenarios, initially supporting stablecoin settlements for more than 4 billion Visa cards globally.
stablecoin infrastructure company HIFI has completed a $37 million Series A funding round led by Left Lane Capital, with the specific valuation not yet disclosed. HIFI CEO Zach Walsh stated that this is the company's first priced funding round, and the platform currently processes approximately $7 billion in annualized direct transaction volume. The funding will be used to expand stablecoin payment products and tokenized capital markets infrastructure. HIFI currently supports fiat on/off ramps between USD and stablecoins, payments through the U.S. banking system and bank cards, and provides USD cash settlement services for tokenized repurchase agreements and U.S. Treasury transactions. HIFI has also previously participated in the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)'s production trading tests for tokenized securities. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily News: On September 24, Bybit announced the launch of its new global brand theme "Make Your Move," marking the company's further evolution from a cryptocurrency trading platform to a full-stack financial platform. Since its founding in 2018, Bybit has weathered multiple industry cycles and its own transformations, and has now grown into a comprehensive platform connecting markets including cryptocurrency, stocks, gold, forex, indices, and derivatives, while bridging payments, spending, wealth management, institutional solutions, and intelligent financial services to build an integrated The New Financial Platform.The new brand positioning continues the vision set forth earlier this year by co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou—built for everyone, driven by intelligence, and open to the world. Make Your Move focuses on the diverse choices users have on an interconnected financial platform, emphasizing a financial experience centered on the individual.Visually, the iconic orange letter I in the Bybit name has been transformed into a standalone brand symbol, representing the power of action for individuals within the financial system. The new visual pattern features a single orange line standing out from repeated lines, symbolizing an individual taking their own step within the system. It is reported that Bybit teased the refresh on social media yesterday, and today simultaneously updated its logo and visual assets across official channels.Currently, Bybit has over 80 million registered users across 181 countries and regions, offering more than 442 spot assets and 235 traditional financial market trading instruments, with its P2P network covering 48,000 active merchants, and Bybit AI having connected over 600 platform services.This brand refresh reflects Bybit's transformation from the inside out, and further reinforces its commitment to building The New Financial Platform and opening global financial opportunities to a new generation of users.
on September 24, Japanese stocks related to digital assets, semiconductors, and data centers showed active performance. According to Japanese stock market data on the Gate platform, Metaplanet (3350) rose 20.16% to approximately $2.00; Ibiden (4062) rose 14.62% to approximately $142.00; Data Section (3905) rose 13.61% to approximately $11.00.Gate has established a trading service system covering four core markets: US stocks, Japanese stocks, Hong Kong stocks, and Korean stocks, supporting over 10,000 US stocks and ETFs, more than 1,500 Hong Kong stocks, over 1,000 Korean stocks, and approximately 300 Japanese stocks, covering a total of over 12,800 global stock and ETF assets. Gate supports users in participating in global stock trading through a one-stop experience using USDT, and offers fractional share trading with a minimum investment of 0.01 shares and corresponding stock dividend rights. The platform also supports cross-brokerage transfers for US and Hong Kong stocks, as well as corporate actions such as stock splits and reverse splits, further optimizing the stock investment service experience.
According to monitoring by blockchain security firm SlowMist (@SlowMist_Team), MemoryOS (PyPI), an AI memory toolkit under MemTensor, and its OpenClaw plugin (npm) were compromised in a supply chain attack. The affected versions ship with embedded cross-platform Go binaries that automatically execute malicious payloads when the package is loaded or imported. Affected versions include MemoryOS==2.0.34 on PyPI, along with plugin versions 0.1.21, 0.1.23, and 0.1.25 on npm. Through this compromise, attackers can exfiltrate sensitive data such as npm/PyPI tokens, GitHub/GitLab credentials, AWS keys, SSH keys, API tokens, and environment variables. Exfiltrated data is sent back to the attacker-controlled infrastructure at skyleen[.]fr, and the compromised npm plugin may also leak user prompt inputs. SlowMist advises users to immediately downgrade the affected packages to their secure versions (downgrade npm to 0.1.20 and PyPI to 2.0.33), terminate any sckit-related processes, block communication with the associated infrastructure, review network activity, and rotate all credentials across affected environments.
B.AI announced a major upgrade to its Responses API, now fully compatible with upstream standard protocols. Existing models on the platform can be uniformly accessed via the /v1/responses endpoint, provided the upstream supports the Responses API. Furthermore, any new models from already-integrated vendors added by B.AI will automatically achieve seamless compatibility within the Codex client without requiring additional configuration from developers. This update expands support in the official API full-access tier to include the MiMo, Qwen, and Hunyuan model series, while the Mix and OL Station custom-provider discounted tier now adds support for the OpenAI, Gemini, and Grok model series. By simply completing a minimal configuration of the API Key and Base URL, developers can seamlessly integrate the capabilities of major models into their daily workflows.