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Aptos Governance Proposal #206 is currently under voting, proposing to activate ChunkyDKG V1 full mode and the encrypted_transactions feature. Through Distributed Key Generation, this mechanism enables encrypted transactions by concealing their contents prior to consensus ordering, with validators collaboratively decrypting them afterward, which helps mitigate front-running and MEV risks. The proposal's voting period ends on October 6. While the current approval rate approaches 100%, voter turnout is merely 2.69%, failing to reach the required 24.8% quorum.
According to Bitcoin News on X, EntropyLab has released the first candidate version v1.0.0rc1 of its self-contained Bitcoin key and wallet calculator. The application runs as a single HTML file, requires no network connection, and does not generate entropy on its own; users can provide their own entropy to compute keys and wallets in a fully offline environment.The tool supports multisig, PSBT, BIP-85, Silent Payments, vanity addresses, watch-only wallet export, and randomness analysis. This version is reproducible and can be verified through signatures from 4 independent signers; the team recommends that users download and verify the file before transferring it to an air-gapped computer. The official v1.0.0 release is still pending completion of candidate version testing.
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.
well-known trader Bonk Guy posted that MARSCOIN's current price action is "very clean," and predicted it may see a significant rally in Q4, adding that its fundamentals are also improving. According to the analyst, as BNB and BNB Chain gain greater influence in this cycle, MARSCOIN's "Musk + CZ" narrative has further strengthened. He noted that in the previous cycle, SHIB and DOGE market caps once surpassed $40 billion and $80 billion, respectively, while MARSCOIN this time will combine elements such as Musk, Binance founder CZ, and space rocket company SPCX. Binance has already provided support to the related ecosystem through SPCX rewards and a portion of its own trading fees, and the market may be underestimating MARSCOIN's potential performance over the next few months.
US Senate Democrats released a new report accusing Tether (USDT) of failing to effectively block malicious addresses, making it the financial lifeline supporting the sanctioned Iranian regime. The report states that the Iranian government estimated it conducted $2 billion in cryptocurrency transactions through the network last year.
Odaily News: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s Division of Corporation Finance has updated its cryptocurrency FAQ, stating that when a network is already functional, announcing token buybacks does not constitute a commitment to "key managerial efforts."The SEC further stated that maintaining, upgrading, or expanding a functional network, as well as promoting the network's existing functionality or making broad visionary statements that do not involve profits, do not satisfy the relevant conditions of the Howey test.The SEC noted that if a network is not yet functional, an issuer promoting token buybacks as a source of income or returns for holders may still trigger the application of securities laws. (Decrypt)
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.
B.AI has announced that the latest Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6 series will begin its exclusive promotional event on September 25 at 15:00 (SGT): MiMo-V2.6-Flash will be available at 90% off, and MiMo-V2.6-Pro will enjoy a 50% off introductory discount. The series supports a 1M ultra-long context window and full multimodal understanding, covering high-frequency Agent and complex reasoning scenarios, enabling developers to implement API calls cost-effectively. Log in to chat.b.ai/chat in advance to obtain your API Key.
According to official announcements, the DeFi Hold to Earn Leaderboard Tournament co-launched by $U and Binance Wallet has officially begun, with a total prize pool of 150,000 $U. Key Participation Steps: 1. Register to participate: Navigate to the event page and click “Sign Up”; 2. Swap assets: Use Binance Wallet to swap at least 100 $U on BNB Chain (BSC); 3. Hold assets: Maintain a continuous balance of at least 100 $U in your wallet; 4. Activate earnings: Activate your $U assets in the DeFi flexible yield module to participate in the prize pool distribution. Event Period: September 24, 2026, 08:00 – October 24, 2026, 07:59 (UTC+8) Participation Entry: Open the Binance App, go to the [Web3 Wallet] homepage, and click the event banner to join and secure your reward share.
B.AI announces that its Responses API officially supports the GLM and Kimi model series. Using a B.AI API Key, developers can directly call these two model series within the Codex client. Combined with the previously supported GPT and DeepSeek series, it now covers four mainstream model lineups. After completing the streamlined configuration of the API Key and Base URL, you can seamlessly integrate the reasoning, code, and text processing capabilities of these models into your daily development workflow, flexibly meeting diverse coding and business requirements. Log in to b.ai to experience it now.
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.
Today's macroeconomic calendar focuses on key indicators such as the Bank of Japan interest rate decision, German PPI, and US industrial production, while central bank officials from multiple countries will attend hearings or press conferences.
According to the SEC's official website, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an "Innovation Exemption" order on September 17, 2026, granting a temporary, conditional exemption to Tokenized Securities Venues (TSVs) that permits them to trade tokenized National Market System (NMS) stocks through licensed automated market maker (AMM) liquidity pools for a five-year period. SEC Chair Paul S. Atkins stated that this initiative aims to propel U.S. capital markets into the digital age. Key conditions include caps on trading symbols and trading volume, guarantees that tokenized equities confer equivalent rights to their holders as traditional stocks, requirements that smart contracts be deployed on public, permissionless distributed ledgers and remain auditable, and stipulations that trading halts must be synchronized with the underlying NMS stocks. The SEC has also concurrently solicited public comments on the exemption's specific rules.
Markets widely expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by 25 basis points this month. Key highlights of the meeting include voting splits, adjustments to the dot plot, and guidance on the inflation trajectory and future policy from Chair Warsh's press conference.
On September 16, 2026, key data including UK CPI, US retail sales, and EIA crude oil inventories will be released. In the early hours of the following day, the Fed FOMC will announce its interest rate decision and the Summary of Economic Projections, while the Bank of Canada will simultaneously release its meeting minutes.
According to an analysis by Jiangzhuoer (@Jiangzhuoer2), CEO of Litecoin Pool, after Republicans released a new draft of the Clarify Act claiming concessions on 80% of the disputed provisions, Polymarket's passage probability rose accordingly from 14% to 28%. Upon closer inspection, however, the actual concession rate is around 60%, with only partial compromises made on key provisions. Under the ethics clause, the new draft expands restrictions to officials and their spouses but still excludes children and affiliated entities, a move criticized as having limited practical impact; regarding the enforcement clause, while it allows state attorneys general to sue exchanges for listing non-compliant tokens, it explicitly bars suing the Department of Justice for regulatory inaction or the President directly. Jiangzhuoer believes that Democrats lack any incentive to "hand Trump a gift" ahead of the midterm elections, making it unlikely they would endorse this "fake compromise." Consequently, the prospect of the procedural vote passing at 2:15 AM Beijing Time on September 16 is slim, and a failed vote on the Clarify Act could mark the beginning of a correction in the current BTC uptrend.
According to a report titled "2026 Stock Derivatives Explosive Growth: Crypto Exchange Landscape and Key Trends" published by RootData, the stock derivatives sector has moved from "peripheral experimentation" into a phase of "explosive volume growth," with cumulative trading volume from January to August reaching approximately $1.75 trillion.In terms of cumulative trading volume, the concentration effect among top players remains significant. Among the four exchanges, Binance leads with $853.58 billion and a 61.3% share; Bitget ranks second with $270.85 billion and a 19.5% share; OKX follows closely with $234.39 billion and a 16.8% share; Bybit ranks fourth with $33.41 billion and a 2.4% share.In terms of liquidity, based on the ±2% weighted order book depth metric, Binance and Bitget together account for over 70% of stock derivatives order book liquidity. Among them, Binance's average daily order book depth is approximately $10.1 million, with Bitget following closely at $4.82 million, while OKX and Bybit stand at $3.87 million and $1.16 million, respectively.In terms of trading costs, in a weighted spread comparison across more than a dozen recently representative popular assets, Bitget ranks first at 0.0144%, with Binance following closely at 0.0145%, placing the two essentially at the same level; OKX stands at 0.0154%, and Bybit at 0.0237%.
According to an official post from a16z crypto, a16z crypto has officially released Lattice Jolt, a new version of its open-source zkVM (zero-knowledge virtual machine) that fully transitions its underlying cryptography from elliptic curves to a lattice architecture, achieving post-quantum security while significantly boosting performance. Key highlights include: • Performance improvement: Proof generation speed increased by 2-3 times, reaching up to 2 million RV64IMAC cycles per second in CPU mode, and breaking through 10 million cycles per second with MacBook GPU acceleration (Apple Metal); • Smallest proof size: Proof footprint is under 100 KB, significantly outperforming other post-quantum zkVMs with sizes ranging from 200 KB to 600 KB; • Memory optimization: Memory consumption per cycle reduced from approximately 300 bytes to 200 bytes, supporting proof generation for millions of RISC-V cycles on mobile devices; • Security: Based on the standard Module-SIS assumption, providing a complete 128-bit security strength, sharing the same assumption framework as ML-DSA and ML-KEM; • New commitment scheme: The Akita polynomial commitment scheme, jointly developed by LayerZero in collaboration with institutions such as Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Southern California, replaces the original Dory scheme. a16z crypto also pointed out that hash-based SNARKs are widespread...
Odaily News, Vitalik posted on the X platform stating that he recently updated the EIP-8141 "Frame Transaction" proposal. Key improvements include atomic batch execution of up to 64 operations, support for social recovery, adoption of P256 quantum-resistant signatures, and allowing anyone to pay gas fees on behalf of users. The proposal was co-authored by 10 experts including Vitalik and lightclient, and has been planned for inclusion in the 2027 Hegotá upgrade.
On September 7, macroeconomic data from multiple countries, including China's August foreign exchange reserves, Germany's July industrial production, and the final Q2 GDP for the eurozone, will be released. Investors should closely monitor European and UK-related indicators released between 14:00 and 17:00 on that day.