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Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas posted on X platform that Canary has just revised the Pepe ETF application documents again, which may be another sign that the crypto winter has ended. A few months ago, the market wouldn't even consider launching the Pepe ETF, but now the market feels safer for testing.

AI startup Tavus released a new model called Griffin on October 1, referring to it as the first "human interaction model" that can understand and generate face-to-face conversations, paying attention not only to wording but also to expressions and pauses. Tavus stated that in tests, after a one-minute video call with Griffin-Lite, 26 out of 54 participants (48%) believed the other party was a real person; its previous generation system only convinced 1 out of 41 participants.Participants were told they would have a one-minute video call with another person to discuss things they were looking forward to this year, and only at the end of the call were they asked if they suspected the other party was not a real person. Tavus noted that those who became suspicious typically noticed within 20 seconds. This result comes from Tavus's own research page, where participants were recruited through a channel they call an independent research platform. Community comments on X pointed out that these results have not been independently verified and do not meet standard protocols.In the NVIDIA VideoFDB benchmark, Tavus claimed Griffin-Lite ranked first, with a generation dimension score of 3.83, the next best system scoring 2.8, and human reference scoring 3.92; the perception dimension score was 3.73, with the strongest baseline at 3.44 and human reference at 4.2. Tavus stated that NVIDIA independently conducted this evaluation. Griffin supports full duplex, allowing it to listen, see, and speak simultaneously, with an average audio-video delay of 0.43 seconds on the NVIDIA H100 chip. Tavus completed a $40 million Series B funding round led by CRV in November 2025.

According to The Defiant, the asset tokenization protocol Centrifuge has confirmed that three tokenized funds JAAA, JTRSY, and HYB have been launched on Arc.These three funds cover U.S. Treasury and credit assets, and direct participation in fund investments is limited to non-U.S. professional investors.

The G7 leaders' statement reaffirms the commitment not to impose export restrictions on energy and energy products among the seven countries and calls on all producing countries to avoid implementing bans that could exacerbate market tensions.

Circle disclosed that it has responded to the European Commission's targeted consultation on MiCA. Circle stated that MiCA has provided a first-mover advantage for Europe, with approximately 30 types of electronic currency tokens authorized. However, among the top 25 stablecoins by global market capitalization, only 3 are regulated by MiCA, namely USDC, USDG, and EURC, indicating a gap in the regulatory scope of MiCA that fails to cover the largest global tokens.Circle suggests maintaining a multiple issuance structure, where globally circulating stablecoins are jointly issued by EU entities authorized under MiCA and foreign regulatory entities. It also recommends establishing an equivalence and recognition system for foreign regulatory stablecoins similar to EMIR, CSDR, and MiFIR, with the regulatory authority of the issuer's jurisdiction primarily responsible for supervision, while the EU level conducts equivalence recognition and EBA entity approval. Regarding reserve requirements, Circle believes that MiCA's requirement for issuers to deposit at least 30% of reserve assets in commercial bank deposits will increase bank credit and counterparty risk, supporting the European Central Bank to reconsider this requirement, and suggests removing two concentration rules from the EBA technical standards.

Regarding the previous incident where the FlashLoopAdapter vulnerability caused a loss of approximately 114 ETH from two Safe multi-signatures, Aave founder Stani Kulechov stated that the contract with the vulnerability is not the Aave v3 contract, but rather a third-party external adapter built on top of Aave, which does not affect Aave v3 itself.Previously, SlowMist disclosed that the FlashLoopAdapter has an access control vulnerability, which attackers exploited to bypass permission checks and transfer assets from two Safe multi-signatures that enabled the module, ultimately resulting in a loss of approximately 114.09 ETH.

The Core Lightning team, which develops the open-source Bitcoin Lightning Network node software, has issued an urgent alert stating that reports indicate attackers are targeting nodes that have not installed patches, urging operators still running old versions to upgrade immediately. The team stated: "Emergency security update: If you are using version 26.06.7 or earlier, please upgrade to the latest release as soon as possible."Prior to this, Core Lightning began investigating a potential issue that could affect its experimental features and, in turn, impact user funds on September 16, and approximately six days later, version 26.06.8 was released. This update not only fixed several defects but also provided patches for security vulnerabilities reported responsibly by multiple parties, thanking the Bitcoin Red Team and 12 other individuals and organizations in the release notes, while also acknowledging anonymous reporters.According to the changelog, this round of fixes covers a bug that could cause sender nodes to crash, requests that could exhaust REST interface memory, and a vulnerability that could result in user funds facing confiscation losses when closing payment channels. To provide operators with ample upgrade windows and prevent attackers from taking advantage of reverse engineering and exploitation, this version intentionally obscured some testing content. Additionally, in August of this year, the project initiated a collaborative fixing process after reviewing a large number of AI-generated general vulnerability disclosure reports, and two days later released version 26.06.7 to close confirmed vulnerabilities.

According to GMGN data, the top 5 tokens with net inflow from KOL in the past 24 hours are as follows:test (7cYa....wny): Net inflow of $4,000, with a 24-hour increase of 12793%, currently priced at $0.0005.NVDAx (Xsc9....qEh): Net inflow of $4,000, with a 24-hour increase of 0.7%, currently priced at $232.1706.LUCY (CnbD....tXa): Net inflow of $1,000, with a 24-hour increase of 3358.8%, currently priced at $0.0002.PUMP (pump....Dfn): Net inflow of $888, with a 24-hour decrease of -0.1%, currently priced at $0.0058.PUMPERS (HdHP....TKs): Net inflow of $717, with a 24-hour increase of 849.5%, currently priced at $0.0001.

According to Cointelegraph, NEAR Intents General Manager Alex Shevchenko stated that the team has confirmed the identity of the hacker behind the previous security incident and has given them a 48-hour deadline to return the stolen funds through "responsible disclosure."NEAR Intents previously suspended services due to a vulnerability in the interaction between the Omni deposit and withdrawal infrastructure and NEAR Intents smart contracts. Preliminary investigations indicate that approximately $3.8 million in user funds were stolen in this incident, and the team has committed to fully compensating affected users.On-chain detective ZachXBT stated that the stolen funds were subsequently transferred to KuCoin and converted to Bitcoin across chains.

NEAR Protocol posted on platform X that Sal Ternullo, CEO of NEAR Treasury Company SVRN, has introduced a new proposal on the NEAR governance forum to reduce the maximum annual token issuance rate from 2.5% to 1.6% for a duration of 24 months, and to lower the staking yield from the current approximately 5.4% to about 3.5%.The proposal is currently seeking feedback from validators, House of Stake delegators, and NEAR community members, with a complete plan expected to be announced next week for voting.In response to the recent NEAR Intents security incident, NEAR Protocol further clarified that the blockchain network is operating normally, and the related incident was not caused by vulnerabilities in NEAR Protocol or the native token NEAR. The NEAR Protocol network continues to produce blocks and process transactions without any downtime.

NEAR Intents released a security notice confirming that it has encountered an attack. Preliminary investigations indicate that the vulnerability originated from a defect in the interaction between the Omni deposit and withdrawal infrastructure and contracts. The contract vulnerability has been fixed, and core services are expected to be restored within 1 hour, with a commitment to fully compensate for the damaged assets.NEAR Intents stated that deposit and withdrawal services for multiple public chains, including BSC, Polygon, and TON, will be additionally suspended for about 12 hours. The relevant cases have been reported, and on-chain tracking has begun.Subsequently, on-chain detective ZachXBT indicated that NEAR Intents' BSC hot wallet experienced multiple abnormal outflows of funds, with the stolen funds transferred to KuCoin and further cross-chain to the Bitcoin network. The amount involved has exceeded 3.8 million USD.

According to The Defiant, U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rochon ruled to dismiss the class action lawsuit against LIBRA and M3M3 tokens, and it was a "dismissal with prejudice," meaning the plaintiffs cannot bring the same claims again.The judge found that the plaintiffs' reliance on a six-month issuance of Meme coins was insufficient to support the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) allegations; at the same time, the plaintiffs never listed Meteora as a suable entity.

According to The Defiant, the Solana ecosystem liquid staking protocol Marinade stated that its governance committee consecutively rejected two proposals within six hours, thereby preventing an attempt to take over the DAO.Marinade stated that this incident did not result in any funds being transferred, and its staking services were not affected.

The Rollup founder Andy commented on the MetaMask infrastructure security incident, stating that, according to sources, unless significant negative news arises, there will be a small-scale withdrawal of staked ETH. It is recommended to take proactive measures for all re-staked ETH positions that have exposure to Lido.Andy expressed hope for a positive outcome, but he believes it may be wiser for the protocol and investors to actively respond. He mentioned that the current situation seems to be under control, but based on his recent communications with multiple parties, no one is clear about what exactly has happened.

On September 30, the B.AI platform announced the official launch of OpenAI GPT-6.1 Sol, with API and Web Chat both open for simultaneous experience. As an upgraded version of GPT-6 Sol, this model is aimed at complex software engineering, computer operations, and professional workflows, officially positioned to be close to GPT-6 Astra in intelligent agent programming, computer usage, and professional work, with the standard input/output token price being about 1/5 of Astra.The model supports 1.05M token ultra-long context and a maximum output of 128K, providing 5 adjustable reasoning strengths, and supports prompt caching and Responses API multi-agent delegation (Beta). From now on, developers and users can directly call GPT-6.1 Sol through the B.AI platform. You are welcome to log in to chat.b.ai/chat to experience it immediately.

Recently, the police in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China, investigated a virtual currency money laundering case. The criminal gang used "free credit card repayment" as bait to attract ordinary users to provide accounts. They received illicit funds from overseas gambling and fraud through false consumption, then contacted currency dealers to exchange for virtual currency and transferred it to designated addresses abroad. Through financial and on-chain data analysis, the police identified nearly a thousand involved accounts, with suspects distributed across Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Jiangsu, Hebei, Chongqing, and other regions.The Digital Currency Research Institute of the People's Bank of China stated that it is currently using large model technology to analyze the flow of funds in virtual currency transactions, restore the gang's trading patterns, and uncover clues related to illegal industries. Upon investigation, it was confirmed that seven members of the gang were illegally engaged in payment settlement business without approval from relevant national authorities, constituting the crime of illegal operation, and were sentenced to imprisonment ranging from one year and two months to two years and six months, along with fines.Using virtual currency for money laundering is a new type of money laundering crime that has emerged in recent years. Lv Wei, the president of the Inner Mongolia branch of the People's Bank of China, stated that enhancing the monitoring and identification capabilities for abnormal fund transactions related to virtual currency trading has helped successfully crack down on a major money laundering case involving virtual currency pyramid schemes, dismantling more than ten money laundering and points-running dens, and confiscating illegal gains of approximately 130 million yuan. In recent years, there have been coordinated efforts to promote the conviction and sentencing of four cases involving money laundering using virtual currency, forming a strong deterrent against illegal activities such as money laundering with virtual currency.

Famous trader Bonk Guy posted on the X platform, stating that CZ released a meme on the X platform, which likely hints at a potential surge in the BNB market. As the market begins to heat up, users should not say they were not warned beforehand. Bonk Guy added, "The warning has been given; it's just that you didn't notice."

According to a report by the Financial Associated Press citing local media on September 29, Samsung Electronics Executive Vice President Kim Taewoo stated that HBM is expected to account for nearly 30% of the total wafer capacity of DRAM manufacturers next year, up from the current ratio of about 20%. He mentioned that HBM competes with traditional DRAM for the same batch of wafer capacity, and increasing HBM output may squeeze the supply of traditional DRAM.TrendForce previously predicted that by the end of 2027, the HBM wafer input from the three major global HBM suppliers will account for about 30% of the total DRAM wafer input, but in terms of storage capacity, it will only contribute about 13% of the total DRAM supply. Additionally, according to media reports on September 20, Samsung began mass production and shipment of HBM4 in February this year and provided 12-layer HBM4E samples to customers including NVIDIA in May; the industry expects Samsung's monthly wafer input for HBM to increase from about 180,000 wafers this year to about 250,000 wafers next year.On the same day, TrendForce stated that the demand for AI servers continues, and HBM and general DRAM will still share limited advanced process capacity. The storage supply will remain tight in 2027, and the price expectations for HBM in 2027 have been raised, with an expected year-on-year increase of 121% in the mixed average selling price. Due to limited supply and rising system costs, 8-layer HBM is expected to become a priority evaluation option for several manufacturers in 2027, with its price per Gb expected to be about 10% to 20% higher than that of 12-layer products.