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U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced the establishment of the "Autonomous Combat Command" to enhance the U.S. military's scalable autonomous and robotic combat capabilities.The command will cover drones, artificial intelligence, and command and control systems. The Pentagon plans to double its spending in the autonomous combat field, proposing an investment of $74 billion in the budget request.

R25 today announced that its core product R25 Studio, based on the 2 architecture, has officially launched public testing. R25 Studio is dedicated to realizing the vision of "everyone can become an asset manager," fully opening up the capabilities for the establishment, operation, and distribution of institutional-level funds. By abstracting cumbersome legal documents, backend systems, and compliance processes into configurable smart contracts, R25 Studio has successfully compressed the fund establishment cycle from several months to just 10 minutes.The platform revolves around Build, Manage, Earn, and Distribute, covering Vault creation, subscription and redemption, investment management, fee earning, and distribution; asset managers can autonomously set investment parameters, management fees, and performance fee rates on-chain without building complex fund structures from scratch, generate exclusive Vault Tokens/Shares, and list the Vault on channels such as Dapp and Topnod. The platform also provides performance data such as NAV, APY, cumulative returns, and maximum drawdown, helping asset managers monitor strategy performance in real-time.Previously, in Phase 1, Axil launched a private credit Vault on R25 and successfully surpassed $130 million in TVL, validating the reliability of this infrastructure. The registration channel for the first batch of managers is now open.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Seahawks vs. Commanders" on Polymarket, the "Commanders" option in the sub-market "1H Spread -16.5" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 3.95% an hour ago to the current 25.15% (a fluctuation of 21.2%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Fortune, the venture capital firm Solari Capital has officially announced its emergence from stealth mode. Founder AJ Scaramucci (son of Anthony Scaramucci) has deployed approximately $350 million since the company's inception, covering early-stage investments, late-stage growth rounds, and internal incubation businesses.Solari is focused on four major tracks centered around the core argument of "programmable reality": programmable intelligence (AI/large models, including xAI, Suno), programmable biology (gene therapy, longevity technology, including Tessera Therapeutics, Cambrian Bio), programmable materials (aerospace, energy, robotics, including Varda Space, Northwood Space), and programmable finance (blockchain infrastructure, DeFi, including Genius Terminal, Architect Financial). In addition, Scaramucci has included collectibles (comics, trading cards, dinosaur fossils) in the investment landscape, viewing them as "cultural value storage" assets alongside gold and Bitcoin, and claims that this market has a scale of $25 trillion, which has not yet been fully tapped by institutional capital.The investor lineup behind the company includes well-known Silicon Valley figures such as Ron Conway, Jim Breyer, and Eric Schmidt.

The U.S. Central Command stated that as of September 23, 115 commercial vessels have been redirected to strictly enforce the U.S. "Iron Wall" blockade.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the "Commanders vs. Cowboys" event, the "Commanders" option in the sub-market "1H Spread -16.5" experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 6.5% an hour ago to the current 46% (a fluctuation of 39.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to The Guardian, UK media publisher Reach, which includes The Mirror and The Express, announced the layoff of 220 editorial positions due to a significant shift in reader behavior towards AI-generated summaries, resulting in a substantial decline in website traffic.David Higgerson, the company's Chief Content Officer, stated that this is the result of a "huge shift" in how audiences access content. Reach's data shows that traffic from Google has decreased by 46% year-on-year, and digital revenue has also slightly declined to £128.9 million.Meanwhile, the company will close three online brands: KentLive, AberdeenLive, and GalwayBeo, while adding approximately 60 editorial positions, focusing on subscription services and long video content to seek a sustainable development path.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the "Commanders vs. Eagles" event, the "Over" option in the sub-market "Commanders O/U 13.5" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 74.5% an hour ago to the current 39.5% (a fluctuation of 35%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Documents obtained by The Intercept through a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act show that the U.S. Department of Defense once requested OpenAI to provide a version of artificial intelligence specifically tailored for the military, with a "very low refusal rate" for commands. This statement appeared in the updated contract for the 2025 prototype agreement "P00003," which is a two-year agreement worth up to $200 million, covering logistics, intelligence decision-making, and operational uses. OpenAI, Google, xAI, and Anthropic all agreed to develop such militarized prototypes in 2025.OpenAI spokesperson Nate Evans stated that the company never agreed to contract terms that included a "very low refusal rate," and the relevant documents were early drafts from the Department of Defense, with the final executed contract not containing that statement. Department of Defense spokesperson Jacob Bliss also indicated that the phrase did not appear in any current contracts. The Intercept pointed out that the documents obtained were not marked as drafts; a Department of Justice lawyer representing the Pentagon once confirmed that the document was a signed executed version, but later requested to disregard that confirmation and stated that further investigation was needed.The latest contract signed on February 27 allows OpenAI services to be deployed on military classified networks, with similar delivery terms completely redacted. OpenAI stated that it has drawn a red line regarding autonomous killing and surveillance of Americans, but the contract text allows the government to determine any use as legal.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the probability of the "Jessica Pegula" option in the sub-market "US Open WTA: Jessica Pegula vs Emma Navarro" event on the Polymarket market has experienced significant fluctuations, soaring from 55.5% an hour ago to the current 72.5% (a fluctuation of 17%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to the official announcement from the Ethena Foundation, the fee conversion vote has been approved, with 100% in favor. The programmatic ENA buyback will begin and will gradually scale up as indicators and milestones are achieved.Previously, on August 27, the Ethena Foundation announced four adjustments to the Ethena ecosystem, including the buyback of locked tokens held by early investors, further aligning the token with equity value, initiating a governance proposal for revenue buyback of ENA, and canceling future monthly VC investor unlocks.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the prediction market Polymarket for the event "US Open WTA: Emma Navarro vs. Loïs Boisson," the sub-market "US Open WTA: Emma Navarro vs. Loïs Boisson Spread +/-1.5" saw the winning probability of the "Navarro" option experience significant fluctuations, dropping from 74.5% an hour ago to the current 52.5% (a fluctuation of 22%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "US Open WTA: Emma Navarro vs. Loïs Boisson," the sub-market "Total Sets: Over/Under 2.5" option "Over 2.5" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 13% an hour ago to the current 50% (a fluctuation of 37%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

Coinbase announced the architecture and application of its internal AI system "CEEcil." This system is not just a simple chatbot; it is designed to function as an AI agent similar to a "team member," which can be @mentioned in Slack and possesses long-term memory, proactive follow-up, and judgment capabilities.CEEcil retains team context through a three-layer memory mechanism: it continuously extracts information such as decisions, blockers, and responsible parties from authorized channels in the background; integrates short-term observations into long-term summaries every night; and retrieves historical memories, recent conversations, and real-time data as needed when answering questions. The system also employs a layered model architecture, prioritizing simple queries to be processed through APIs or knowledge bases, while only delegating complex, multi-step tasks to stronger AI models to reduce costs and delays.Coinbase stated that CEEcil is currently able to assist teams in handling production incidents and answering expert knowledge that would normally take hours to obtain; in the future, it hopes to expand this model into multiple AI agents tailored for specific teams, allowing AI not only to "answer questions" but also to retain memory, actively participate, and complete actual work.

The fixed-rate lending protocol TermMax (parent company Term Structure Labs) announced a strategic investment from YZi Labs, with the amount undisclosed. TermMax is a selected project in the YZi Labs incubation program EASY Residency for the third quarter. The protocol has raised over $8 million in total financing, with previous investors including lead investor Cumberland DRW from the 2023 seed round, as well as HashKey Capital, Decima Fund, Longling Capital, MZ Web3 Fund, and other institutions.The TermMax mainnet is set to launch in April 2025 and is currently deployed on 10 EVM-compatible chains, operating 60 fixed-rate markets and 40 strategy vaults, with a total locked value of tens of millions of dollars and over 1.5 million registered wallets. The protocol achieves fixed-rate lending by splitting debt into three tradable tokens: FT (zero-coupon bonds), XT (interest and option value), and GT (leverage position certificates), with settlement using physical delivery.Its token $TMX completed its TGE on August 25, with trading on the first day across platforms such as Binance Alpha, Kraken, Bitget, MEXC, and KuCoin. It is reported that TermMax will subsequently advance in three directions: on-chain yield curves, interest and options markets for tokenized stocks, and the institutional financing platform TermPrime.

Binance Wallet announced that Binance Alpha will be the first platform to launch TermMax (TMX), with the launch date set for August 25. After trading opens, eligible users can use Binance Alpha Points to claim airdrops on the Alpha Events page.The official statement mentioned that more details will be announced separately and reminded users to follow Binance's official channels for the latest updates.

Google (GOOG.O) announced that the downloads of its Gemma model have surpassed 1 billion.