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The cryptocurrency exchange BitMart has released a preliminary intention plan, stating that it will review its assets and liabilities and formulate response arrangements starting from August 2026. The plan was formed during the initial due diligence conducted by Alvarez & Marsal and White & Case; users can choose front-end allocation or potentially higher recoveries from sources that may be recovered and liquidated later. The management team stated that they will continue to cooperate.BitMart stated that the total market value of the cryptocurrency market decreased in 2026, with volume manipulation groups profiting from commission and zero slippage policies in contract business, while fee-based services turned into losses; a hacker attack in December 2021 resulted in a balance sheet gap of approximately $319.5 million based on the value as of December 4, 2021. Starting from May 2026, social media attacks triggered panic withdrawals, and related personnel faced risks of personal information leakage. After evaluating a $10 million liquidity proposal from an investor, the management deemed it insufficient to cover operational pressures and gaps.The plan proposes to convert outstanding account balances into dollars based on the weighted average price from July 26, 2026, to the time of recording, to be verified by an independent party appointed by the court. Users can receive a proportional front-end allocation of fiat currency, USDC, PYUSD, USDT, and liquid assets such as BTC, ETH, SOL, or participate in the recovery of stolen assets by exchanging for recovery tokens at a rate of 1 unit per $1, or exchange for continuation tokens that can be traded on decentralized exchanges, corresponding to investment rights, non-standard asset liquidation, and a portion of distributable profits after business restart. In the next three to four weeks, feedback will be solicited from the top 50 users, and a report on the expected recovery ratios for each option will be compiled.

Cointelegraph cited statements from Joe Lubin, co-founder of Ethereum and founder of Consensys, stating that MetaMask is evaluating the path to launch a native token, but there are currently no immediate plans to launch MASK.MetaMask is a cryptocurrency wallet developed by Consensys. Lubin mentioned that the team is still assessing related options and has not yet determined a timeline for a near-term release.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the predicted market event "Houston Astros vs. Athletics" on Polymarket, the "Over" option in the sub-market "O/U 8.5" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 31% an hour ago to the current 64% (a fluctuation of 33%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Houston Astros vs. Athletics" on Polymarket, the "Houston Astros" option in the sub-market "Houston Astros vs. Athletics" experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 60.5% an hour ago to the current 45.5% (a fluctuation of 15%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to on-chain detective Specter, by tracking on-chain fund flows, the North Korean hacker organization Lazarus Group may be the behind-the-scenes attacker of the Bitget theft incident. This incident is linked to the AFX attack that occurred in July this year, which resulted in losses of approximately 24 million dollars and was attributed to TraderTraitor associated with Lazarus Group.The stolen XRP from Bitget, after cross-chain transfer, can be directly linked to the stolen funds in the AFX attack.

The ongoing X-Agent AI MCP Hackathon has received nearly 40 projects, with some public works turning work decisions, capital management, and inter-machine trading into runnable products. X-Agent introduces three cases: BountyProof checks whether tasks are open, claimed, have relevant submissions, and the authenticity of rewards before the Agent accepts GitHub bounty tasks, with the core question being "Is this work worth doing?"Abstain empowers the Agent with the "do not trade" capability, returning execution, abandonment, or no trade based on preset rules before order execution. sumplus helps the Agent choose suitable model service solutions based on task context, output scale, model capability, and invocation costs, making the Agent an autonomous buyer of models, computing power, data, and API services.The three projects correspond to the foundational economic behaviors of the Agent: accepting work, utilizing funds, and purchasing services, pointing to work, capital, and trading primitives. X-Agent believes that a true Agent economy requires a complete cycle of "building, deploying, operating, discovering, invoking, paying, earning revenue, and distributing," positioning itself as the application layer of the Agent economy. This hackathon is still in the review stage, and the mentioned projects are only for public case reference, not representing shortlisted or award results.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket event "Los Angeles Angels vs. Athletics," the sub-market "O/U 9.5" for the "Over" option has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 72% an hour ago to the current 94% (a fluctuation of 22%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to CoinDesk, Taylor Lindman, the Chief Legal Counsel of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Crypto Working Group, stated at the CoinDesk Policy & Regulation event held in Washington that the SEC is advancing rules for the custody of crypto assets. The relevant proposal has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, covering investment companies and broker-dealers. She indicated that the rule aims to inform the market about how to hold non-securities crypto assets within broker-dealers without special registration and clarifies that investment advisors can store client assets in institutions such as state-chartered trusts.Once the proposal passes the review by the Office of Management and Budget, the SEC will formally present it and seek feedback from the industry and the public. Lindman also mentioned that the SEC will issue an employee statement in December 2025 as a transitional arrangement, guiding broker-dealers on handling crypto custody matters before the rules are implemented, and will allow investment advisors to store client assets in state-chartered trusts as qualified crypto custodians starting in September 2025.Lindman described the SEC's recent work as "laying the groundwork," including previously proposed rules allowing crypto issuance and exemptions for tokenized securities. She stated that the SEC is working to ensure that existing securities intermediaries and market participants can confidently use blockchain to hold and trade crypto assets. Previously, the SEC's attempts at custody rules under Gary Gensler in 2023 were abandoned, and a leadership supportive of crypto was appointed after the Trump administration took office.

OpenAI announced the establishment of an independent advisory group on mathematics and artificial intelligence in collaboration with mathematicians, hosted by the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. OpenAI stated that its new internal model, which began training on August 28, has solved the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize Problem and addressed over 100 long-standing open problems in most areas of mathematics, with progress that surprised its internal mathematicians.The group will provide advice on the review and dissemination of emerging results, academic and professional standards in mathematical research, and how OpenAI tools can support mathematical research and learning. Initial members include François Charles, Camillo De Lellis, Timothy Gowers, Martin Hairer, Nikhil Srivastava, Ulrike Tillmann, Ravi Vakil, Edward Witten, and Melanie Matchett Wood.The group operates independently of OpenAI, and members are not compensated by OpenAI; they can proactively provide advice, comment on its impact on mathematics, and make public recommendations. Previously, mathematicians expressed concerns in an open letter titled "A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics" regarding the use of solving open problems as a benchmark for AI. The group is not responsible for providing advice on the pace of OpenAI's internal mathematical progress.

Social Capital founder Chamath Palihapitiya released an in-depth research report stating that open-source weight models are about four months away from matching the best closed-source frontier models in public evaluations, with increasing fluctuations in the gap. If open-source models allow companies more control over data, infrastructure, and customization while approaching frontier performance, the value corresponding to companies still paying for frontier laboratories becomes a business issue. Openness exists on a spectrum, from fully open-source models that can be downloaded and freely modified to open-source weight models with various restrictions, while closed-source models keep weights proprietary.Palantir CEO Alex Karp warned that companies might hand over differentiated proprietary knowledge and processes to frontier model providers. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated that companies are effectively paying for intelligence twice: once in money and again in the more valuable proprietary knowledge that must be disclosed to make the intelligence useful. Despite concerns, companies are still willing to pay for frontier performance, even if the best open-source weight models are only months behind, with frontier laboratory revenues continuing to accelerate.Leading companies use both types of models, leveraging open-source models for control and customization while utilizing closed-source frontier models for maximum capability, with some cases reporting up to 12 times engineering efficiency and over 20 times cost savings. Some vendors adopt a dual-track approach, with Google offering both Gemini and Gemma, and Meta providing both Muse Spark and Llama. The 99-page report also discusses the costs of maintaining a lead for frontier laboratories, five factors of model competition, model operating locations, and investments in open-source weights by NVIDIA and Samsung.

Circle's public chain Arc has officially announced that it has launched proxy payments.Its Facilitator Service provides a hosted access path for x402 developers, allowing the acceptance of USDC and supporting on-chain settlements on Arc, Base, and Polygon; this path does not require a Relayer key or a separate Gas fee wallet.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has released an "Innovation Exemption" to establish a pathway for on-chain secondary trading of tokenized stocks. This exemption will be implemented from September 17, 2026, to September 17, 2031, and applies to specific tokenized securities trading venues that provide licensed automated market makers and liquidity pools.Trading venues must be deployed on public, permissionless blockchains, but trading is limited to verified or authorized participants. Eligible tokens must correspond to actual U.S. national market system stocks and grant the same shareholder rights as traditional stocks; this exemption does not cover primary issuances, synthetic exposures, or products that do not have legal or beneficial rights to the underlying stocks. Galaxy stated that it is exploring the next steps to enable on-chain GLXY secondary trading.

According to the official announcement, Bitget has launched perpetual contracts for 6 stocks: SDGR (Schrödinger), PATH (UiPath), AGPU (Axe Compute), GNRC (Generac), HUT (Hut 8), and CYPH (Cypherpunk Technologies).The above contracts are settled in USDT, supporting up to 20 times leverage and 24/7 trading. As of now, Bitget supports a total of 319 stock underlying assets.

According to official news, the Gate perpetual contract area for stocks was launched on September 18 at 18:00 (UTC+8) with contract trading for PATH (UiPath), CYPH (Cypherpunk Holdings), HUT (Hut 8), APLD (Applied Digital Corporation), AGPU (ExaWatt), QLD (ProShares Ultra QQQ), and CONL (Coin Daily Double Long ETF), as well as trading bots and Order Tracking features, supporting 1-20 times leverage.

Uniswap founder Hayden Adams retweeted a comment letter from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce supporting autonomous decentralized systems, pointing out that the most favorable news for automated market makers (AMM) today is Hester Peirce's view that truly decentralized systems driven by autonomous software do not need to obtain exemptions, which corresponds to the permissionless nature of Uniswap.Adams stated that the SEC's innovative exemption applies to permissioned liquidity pools on Uniswap v4, providing a pathway for assets and users with relevant compliance needs to conduct transactions in the U.S., which is expected to promote the adoption of AMM. Uniswap will submit a comment letter with suggestions for improvements.

Founder of Strategy, Michael Saylor, posted on platform X stating that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's innovation exemption policy allows qualified trading platforms to provide around-the-clock tokenized on-chain trading for U.S. investors. This is undoubtedly a significant breakthrough in the field of digital credit and the U.S. capital markets.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket event "Athletics vs. Tampa Bay Rays," the option "Tampa Bay Rays" in the submarket "Spread -1.5" experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 62.5% an hour ago to the current 16% (a fluctuation of 46.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Aave founder Stani Kulechov stated that after the Clarity Act failed to advance in the Senate, DeFi may need to take the "Uber path."The idea is to build products for millions of users, demonstrate the value of the technology, and make it so important that legislators have to find a way to regulate it.