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World's largest gold ETF SPDR Gold Trust decreased by 0.855 tons from the previous day, with current holdings updated to 1,055.696 tons.
Arthur Hayes stated that U.S. policymakers may support the AI industry and government debt financing through money printing, driving cryptocurrency prices higher; if China shifts from limited tightening to large-scale monetary stimulus, it could also boost demand for scarce assets. He is also monitoring financial stress in France, including BNP Paribas-related credit default swaps and French government bond spreads.Catrina Wang, General Partner at Portal Ventures, said that banks and asset management companies have advantages in on-chain financial markets thanks to their existing client relationships. Todd McDonald, co-founder of R3, pointed out that public blockchains can help institutions reach clients beyond their own networks; Justin Kugel, Executive Vice President of Growth at World Liberty Financial, said that user demand for asset management and investment evaluation still leaves room for intermediaries.Chetan Karkhanis, Senior Vice President of Digital Asset Client Relationships at Franklin Templeton, said the company has no intention of issuing its own stablecoin and hopes tokenized money market funds will provide investment returns. Haonan Li, co-founder and CEO of Codex, said that trade routes connecting Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia are driving demand for stablecoin payments; buyers pay eastward for goods, while manufactured products flow westward.Ilya Podoynitsyn, co-founder and CEO of FinHarbor, said that before allocating to crypto assets, companies need to confirm they have long-term idle funds that will not affect daily operations. Michael Camarda, Chief Development Officer of Ethereum treasury company SharpLink, said that both buying back shares and increasing ETH holdings can raise ETH per share; the company has adopted both methods to meet the preferences of institutional and retail investors. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily News: Trump's support among voters aged 18 to 29 dropped from 43% to 19%. Some young cryptocurrency investors have described his crypto projects as profit-seeking ventures, and criticized the TRUMP Meme coin for exploiting supporters who are familiar with crypto.Morten Christensen, an investor who holds a large amount of TRUMP tokens, said Trump's reputation is no longer what it was when he was campaigning for president. He noted that when attending the second Meme coin event held at Mar-a-Lago this year, he noticed that the online reaction was noticeably different from the first event in May 2025.Trump's financial records show that he earned at least $500 million through World Liberty Financial token sales. The project issues the US dollar-pegged stablecoin USD1, whose market capitalization exceeds $4 billion. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to official announcements, financial-grade Layer 1 public chain Pharos Network has unveiled a brand refresh and an Agent Native upgrade. This refresh will commence at the Korean Blockchain Week, sequentially encompassing the protocol-level Agent Native upgrade for the Pharos Testnet, the user-level Pharos Port Agent Widget supporting natural language RealFi interactions, the developer-level AI capabilities portal at ai.pharos.xyz, as well as the Anvita Mate × Pharos collaboration. This launch marks Pharos' transition from treating AI Agents merely as an interface at the application layer, moving instead toward building mature blockchain infrastructure that allows agents to participate as native economic participants under established rules. Coinciding with this upgrade, Pharos simultaneously refreshes its brand identity, centering on the core proposition "Put Real-World Value to Work," backed by "Built for the Agentic Economy," and focusing on putting real value to work by humans and agents.
Odaily News — As TOKEN2049 Singapore approaches, Gate has released a teaser video for the event. In the video, Gate founder and CEO Dr. Han shares his thoughts on continuous innovation and change, stating that the next one to two years will mark "a new starting point," and that Gate will continue to advance its products, services, and market development.It is reported that Dr. Han will attend TOKEN2049 Singapore, deliver a keynote speech on the main stage, and engage in a fireside chat with four-time F1 World Champion Max Verstappen. During the event, Gate will set up a branded booth and an exclusive Lounge at the TOKEN2049 venue, providing attendees with a space to gain deeper insights into Gate's products, business layout, and global ecosystem development.In addition, Gate will host the Gate Gala award dinner on October 8 at the Raffles Hotel Singapore, with an expected attendance of nearly 300 global industry founders, institutional representatives, investors, content creators, and ecosystem partners.Currently, Gate's global user base has surpassed 61 million, with the platform supporting 5,300+ cryptocurrencies and 12,800+ stocks and ETFs, covering spot trading, futures, stocks, wealth management, payments, AI, and more. As its business footprint continues to expand, Gate is building a global platform that encompasses diverse assets and financial services. This TOKEN2049 Singapore trip will showcase Gate's latest progress and future roadmap, ushering in the next phase with a more complete business portfolio and broader global connectivity.
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)
Circle Foundation announced its support for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Food Programme (WFP) to advance digital payment infrastructure, exploring how to enhance the efficiency, transparency, and financial accessibility of funding disbursement for development projects and humanitarian aid through regulated stablecoins. Specifically, Circle Foundation will fund UNDP’s establishment and operation of the Digital Asset Innovation Pool, facilitating the deployment of regulated payment stablecoins from pilot projects into standard programs. Previously, UNDP has tested solutions such as digital cash payments, fund disbursement in low-connectivity environments, and mobile wallets in locations including Aleppo, Syria; Haiti; Guatemala; and Gambia. Circle Foundation will also provide an additional grant to World Food Program USA to support WFP in building the governance, risk management, fund management, reconciliation, and compliance systems required for stablecoin payments, alongside integration into local fintech and mobile payment networks. Over the next three years, WFP plans to pilot stablecoin payments across payment channels in two to three countries to evaluate their costs, speed, transparency, and operational feasibility.
According to official announcements, GMGN has released its latest recruitment notice, focusing on eight key positions across two major tracks: For Product Management, there are three positions: Social Community, User Conversion, and On-Chain Trading; For R&D, there are five positions: EVM Trading Routing Engineer, On-Chain Data Development Engineer, Senior Backend Development Engineer, Senior Blockchain Development Engineer (Cross-Chain Direction), and Smart Contract Engineer (Launchpad Direction). GMGN stated that the team is dedicated to building the world's fastest multi-chain Meme trading terminal, with members being deeply active on-chain users themselves. For these newly opened positions, interested candidates are encouraged to review the detailed responsibilities, qualification requirements, and application instructions.
Odaily reports: Several partnership plans previously announced by the Trump family's crypto project World Liberty Financial have yet to materialize, including having Aave support its lending market, using Ethena's stablecoin as collateral, and bringing tokenized U.S. Treasuries and equities onto the World Liberty platform through Ondo.According to Nansen and Arkham data, the "strategic token reserve" previously established by World Liberty has also undergone significant changes, with most of its holdings of LINK, AAVE, ENA, and MOVE subsequently transferred or disposed of, and some assets moved into centralized exchange accounts. Nansen analysis shows that after World Liberty's token purchases were detected on-chain, the relevant tokens typically rose 10% to 26% within a day, but most of those gains failed to hold.World Liberty stated that the company continuously adjusts its strategy based on market changes and business priorities, and emphasized that it has no connection to decision-making by the Trump administration. (Bloomberg)
According to The Block, World, an identity verification cryptocurrency project formerly known as Worldcoin, has officially launched its self-custody financial super app, World Money, available in more than 150 countries worldwide. The app supports stablecoin payments, trading, yield generation, virtual accounts, and other features. It manages balances in eight currencies and integrates with Stripe, Kalshi, and Morpho, allowing users to quickly convert fiat currency into stablecoins via Apple Pay through the Stripe partnership. Users who complete World ID verification are eligible for additional rewards in qualifying Earn programs. World is developed by Tools for Humanity, a company co-founded by Alex Blania and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
Odaily News: This self-custodial app will encompass stablecoins, investments, yield, and global payments, with integrations with Stripe, Kalshi, and Morpho. Through World ID verification, users can unlock higher rewards.
Aave plans to launch a Real World Assets (RWA) lending hub on Avalanche, enabling institutions to borrow stablecoins using tokenized financial assets as collateral without liquidating their existing positions. Tether's USAT will serve as the primary source of USD liquidity. Within two months of Aave V4 launching on Avalanche, total deposits have exceeded $20 million.
According to BitcoinTreasuries.NET on X, OranjeBTC (OBTC3) has launched DIGY11 on B3, Brazil's largest stock exchange — the world's first Bitcoin-backed digital credit-themed ETF. The ETF targets an annualized yield of approximately 18%, paid monthly.
The Jiangsu Securities Regulatory Bureau issued a risk warning stating that recently, some institutions and individuals have been hyping the concept of Real-World Asset tokenization (RWA), attracting public investment with claims such as "backed by real assets," "principal guaranteed with high returns," and "low risk with stable appreciation." Such behavior may involve illegal criminal activities including illegal fundraising, fraud, and money laundering. Regulatory authorities emphasize that conducting financing activities under the name of RWA within mainland China constitutes illegal financial activity. Investors should enhance their risk awareness, stay away from related illegal financial temptations, and promptly report any suspicious clues to the competent authorities or file a report with the public security organs upon discovery.
AI 3D company VAST (Sanqi Wanwu) has announced the completion of Series B and Series B+ financing rounds, totaling approximately 3 billion yuan, led by Matrix Partners China. Perfect World, BlueFocus, Singdun Energy Investment, Yanqu Games, ThunderSoft, 37 Interactive Entertainment, as well as CDH VGC, CICC Capital, CMC Capital and others participated as co-investors, with existing shareholders Fortune Capital, Primavera Capital, and Source Code Capital continuing to follow up. According to official sources, VAST has raised approximately 5 billion yuan in cumulative financing in less than six months.It is also reported that VAST has released the latest version of its flagship 3D foundation model, Tripo P2.0, from the Tripo P series. The funds from this round of financing will be invested in the iteration of 3D native models and data capabilities, expansion of training and inference infrastructure, product development, and commercial implementation. (Sina Finance)
Odaily News – While "Vibe Coding" has enabled more people to generate applications using natural language, the next competitive frontier for AI Agents is shifting toward a harder challenge: how to truly accomplish a real-world task that spans multiple platforms and services, involving budgets and authorizations.In X-Agent's latest Medium article, "Beyond Vibe Coding, Toward Agentic Execution," the team uses "booking a trip to Tokyo" as an example to outline its exploration of Agentic Execution. Users would no longer need to switch back and forth between flight, hotel, and payment pages; instead, they would initiate the task with a single request, and the AI would coordinate search, comparison, confirmation, and subsequent execution. Throughout the process, the user retains control over destination, budget, terms, and final authorization.However, the gap between "recommending options" and "delivering reliable execution" still involves a whole set of infrastructure challenges. Price fluctuations, login verifications, order timeouts, and partially successful bookings all require the Agent to preserve task state, distinguish between confirmed and unconfirmed results, and pause to re-request user authorization when needed—rather than blindly retrying or spending automatically.To address this direction, X-Agent proposes decoupling and coordinating four types of capabilities—conversation, task, execution, and events—while exploring different execution pathways such as WebMCP, APIs, MCP tools, browser automation, and Computer Use. The core principle is: tools can help Agents act, but they must not bypass user permissions, budget limits, or result verification.X-Agent notes that the article currently describes a product direction still under exploration and validation, rather than a general-purpose booking capability that has already been launched. The goal is to advance AI from "understanding and generating" toward "completing tasks under user control," gradually making natural language a new gateway connecting real-world services with digital execution.
Odaily News: Gate has officially launched a new one-stop on-chain trading product, "FOMO Hunter," aggregating hot multi-chain assets and Meme trading scenarios. It covers multiple major public chains including Robinhood, SOL, ETH, Gate Layer, BSC, Base, SUI, ARB, World Chain, AVAX, Polygon, LINEA, ZK, OP, and Berachain, supporting hot Memes, promising small-cap tokens, and various other types of on-chain assets.In terms of trading fees, "FOMO Hunter" applies a unified 0.5% buy and sell fee rate. Users trading Robinhood Chain assets through "FOMO Hunter" can also enjoy a limited-time Gas (network fee) waiver. For the trading experience, users can directly trade on-chain using their Gate account assets without needing to create or connect a wallet, or frequently transfer assets or switch networks. They can also query real-time quotes and K-line charts via token names or contract addresses, enabling "search-to-trade." Additionally, "FOMO Hunter" focuses on a Meme social trading ecosystem, supporting features such as Callout leaderboards, KOL leaderboards, and active account displays. Furthermore, leveraging Gate's deep liquidity and high-performance matching engine, it further enhances on-chain trade execution efficiency while reducing wait times and slippage.This launch further lowers the barrier for users to participate in on-chain trading and enriches Gate's Web3 asset trading scenarios. Going forward, Gate will continue to improve its on-chain trading infrastructure and product experience, providing users with more convenient and diversified Web3 trading services.
Odaily Odaily News: After Hyperliquid opened third-party permissionless deployment of the HIP-4 prediction market layer on August 29, platform trading volume grew rapidly. In the first 28 days of August, HIP-4 had an average daily trading volume of approximately $545,000. After the permissionless deployment, daily trading volume rose to $1.97 million on August 31, with trading volume over the past 24 hours reaching $2.75 million. The number of active traders increased from 1,256 to 1,841. Prediction market project Outcome currently accounts for nearly 85% of HIP-4's trading volume, and its $1 million trading incentive program has further driven liquidity growth. Hyperliquid's unified account system allows prediction markets to share the same account environment as perpetual contracts and HIP-3 assets, enabling users to hedge perpetual positions using prediction market contracts. Sports prediction markets could become the primary growth space for HIP-4. Previously, during the World Cup, HIP-4-related markets accumulated a total trading volume of $189.5 million, accounting for approximately 3% of global World Cup prediction market trading volume. The main constraint HIP-4 currently faces is regulatory access, rather than on-chain deployment. The U.S. market falls under regulatory frameworks such as the CFTC and SEC, and sports-related prediction markets in particular may trigger gambling-related regulatory scrutiny.
According to The Block, World has open-sourced the zero-knowledge identity verification toolkit ProveKit, which is already used in World ID. ProveKit enables users to generate cryptographic proofs locally on their phones or browsers, allowing them to prove information such as age, nationality, or ownership of valid identification documents without disclosing personal data.
According to official announcements, the financial world model project De¹ has secured investment from YZi Labs. This round of funding marks the starting point for establishing AI-native on-chain finance within the BNB Chain ecosystem. De¹ will collaborate with YZi Labs to define how AI agents interact in real-world market environments. The project stated that details on how users can participate in the financial world model will be announced in the near future, with further information to be released through official channels.