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Gemini's stock price has fallen by approximately 80% since its IPO, with its market capitalization dropping from a peak of $4 billion to $753 million. As trading volumes contract, the value of its regulatory licenses and infrastructure has fueled market speculation about an acquisition, but the founder's absolute voting control presents practical hurdles to advancing any potential deal.
Trump stated in a post that he plans to establish an AI Force to prevent regulation from stifling innovation, and indicated he will formally announce the AI Czar pick in the near future.
Bitcoin stabilized at the $75,000 level following the Federal Reserve's interest rate hike and the Senate's rejection of the Clarity Act, as the market had already priced in the negative developments and displayed strong resilience. Analysts expect prices to remain range-bound in the near term.
Fetch.ai officially announced that it was hacked, with attackers breaching the system via stolen signing keys and transferring funds to withdrawal wallets. An on-chain attack analysis report tracing the complete path from the key leak to the attacker's withdrawal has been published on the ASI:One platform. Currently, Fetch.ai has collaborated with SingularityNET to disable the affected wallets and related contracts. The investigation is ongoing, and updates will be provided continuously.
According to an official tweet from the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (@ASI_Alliance), a security vulnerability occurred in the FET token migration and bridging architecture, enabling an unauthorized party to withdraw approximately $1.56 million worth of FET from the converter. The team responded immediately and has launched an investigation in coordination with security partners.
Goldman Sachs identifies three factors supporting Samsung’s earnings outlook: tight memory supply and demand, long-term agreements locking in demand, and HBM absorbing production capacity. The bank advises monitoring progress on long-term agreements and clarity on shareholder return policies as catalysts for assessing upside potential.
Odaily News: A 2021 firmware vulnerability in the hardware wallet Coldcard resulted in insufficient randomness in some recovered seeds. Since July 30, attackers have transferred approximately 1,600 to 1,800 BTC from affected wallets, involving thousands of addresses, with an estimated value exceeding $100 million.Coldcard manufacturer Coinkite stated that it must be assumed that someone used AI to review its public firmware. The vulnerability has existed for about five years, and whether AI was involved in the related attacks has not yet been confirmed.Shielded Labs researcher Taylor Hornby used a Claude Opus 4.8 audit agent and discovered a vulnerability in the Zcash Orchard shielded pool circuit dating back to 2022, which in testing could generate unlimited counterfeit ZEC without a trace. Developers completed the fix within days, and no theft of coins has been confirmed.Statistics from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis show that on-chain writes carrying malware instructions and command-and-control information rose from about 2.06 per day to 11.1 per day, an increase of 440%. (Bitcoin.com News)
The National Electricity Administration of Paraguay, in coordination with police and prosecutorial authorities, raided two cryptocurrency mining facilities suspected of unauthorized electricity usage in Minga Guazú and Lemancito of the Upper Paraná Department, seizing a total of 35 mining rigs. The Minga Guazú facility was fined approximately 176 million guaraníes (nearly $30,000). The Paraguayan Chamber of Deputies has directed the National Electricity Administration to submit a report detailing industry electricity consumption, tariff structures, and regulatory oversight.
Paraguayan authorities busted two illegal crypto mining facilities within a week in Alto Paraná Department, seizing a total of 35 mining machines. The mining farm raided on September 17 was illegally drawing electricity through lines without installed meters, and 10 ASIC mining machines were confiscated, with related fees and fines totaling approximately $30,000; another operation on September 12 seized 25 mining machines. Paraguay's Chamber of Deputies has passed a resolution requiring the National Electricity Administration (ANDE) to submit a report on electricity consumption, electricity rates, and regulatory conditions of the crypto mining industry.
Odaily News: According to MultiversX monitoring, attackers attempted to exploit a VM-level atomicity issue, causing invalid state changes on the network. To prevent the incident from escalating further, the network has been paused.The development team has prepared a fix, which will first be verified in a shadow fork environment; after successful testing, it will be coordinated with validators, exchanges, and infrastructure partners for deployment to mainnet. Currently, the team is evaluating a targeted recovery plan to process only the invalid state changes related to this incident while preserving confirmed transaction history and normal user state.Users do not need to take any action. Until the official recovery notice is issued, please do not submit or rebroadcast transactions, and do not deposit or withdraw EGLD and ESDT assets through trading platforms or cross-chain bridges. After the incident is resolved and the investigation results are confirmed, MultiversX will release a full technical report.
According to Forbes, seven agencies including the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Japan’s National Police Agency jointly disclosed that the North Korean hacker group “WaterPlum” (also known as “Infectious Interview”) spreads malware through fake recruitment and coding tests, infecting over 30,000 devices in more than 100 countries worldwide and stealing approximately $10.71 million from over 7,000 crypto wallets.
Michael Saylor stated that rather than accepting the restrictions on stablecoin incentives, service providers, and innovation pilot programs outlined in the final compromise of the CLARITY Act, the digital asset industry should instead leverage the next two years to advance the rollout of compliant products with the backing of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Department of the Treasury, and banking regulators.
Rezaei, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, stated that he has conveyed three conditions via Qatar to Washington: ending the war, releasing assets, and lifting the naval blockade, and is awaiting a response from the U.S. side. He also emphasized that Iran’s nuclear policy remains unchanged and warned that any attack would trigger strikes against U.S. military bases in the Middle East.
The US Digital Asset Market Clarity Act has been effectively shelved, having aimed to clarify crypto regulatory jurisdiction and expand the CFTC's authority. Subsequently, SEC Chair Paul Atkins and CFTC Chair Mike Selig have each accelerated efforts to advance alternative crypto regulatory frameworks.
Bitcoin News posted on X that attackers accessed a small number of Blink custodial accounts and withdrew funds. Blink stated that the vast majority of funds remain safe, and non-custodial wallets were not affected; the Bitcoin payment protocol Spark, which it uses, supports multiple Lightning Network wallets, but it has not yet been confirmed that Spark was the source of this security incident.
JPMorgan Chase and banks such as Citigroup are using blockchain technology to process massive funds, but tokenization solutions are primarily aimed at institutional investors rather than retail consumers. Capital fragmentation and compliance pressures resulting from legacy systems are the main reasons.
Bastion has secured conditional approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), officially initiating its national trust bank license application. The institution plans to leverage this authorization to establish stablecoin and payment infrastructure under federal regulatory oversight.
Odaily News: The cyber investigation unit of the Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Police Agency in South Korea identified 26 Polymarket users by analyzing public blockchain transaction records and on-chain open-source intelligence, and filed cases on suspicion of illegal gambling. Among them, 18 individuals have been transferred to prosecutors, with cumulative bets totaling $12.7 million and a single user betting as much as $4.1 million.Police launched a preliminary investigation in March and began filing cases against those involved starting in May; South Korea's Korea Communications Standards Commission only ordered the blocking of Polymarket on August 18, and the transactions under investigation by authorities occurred during a period when the platform was still normally accessible. Police are advancing the investigation under Article 246 of South Korea's Criminal Act. (Bitcoin.com News)
Trump signed sanctions legislation targeting Russia and Iran on September 18 and is weighing whether to take further military action against Tehran. He also announced a Greenland security agreement with Denmark, stating that his approval rating among Republicans has reached an all-time high.
The MultiversX mainnet has detected potential anomalies, and the team is conducting an emergency investigation. The top priority is to safeguard user assets and ensure network stability. Further updates are expected within 12 hours or once the situation is clarified.