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Volantis, a photonic interconnect chip company, announced on X that it has completed a $88 million Series A financing round. The company stated that it is addressing AI memory bottlenecks with optical solutions, configuring large amounts of high-speed memory for chips, and increasing single-chip memory bandwidth and capacity by several orders of magnitude to support high-speed inference for models with over 10 trillion parameters, with single-user speeds reaching up to 10,000 tokens per second.Volantis claims that this solution will initially be used to accelerate agents, reducing programming tasks from hours to minutes or seconds. The company also stated that the optical solution can enhance memory systems by several orders of magnitude generationally, rather than the typical doubling every year. Its team has been involved in the first CoWoS product, early HBM, the first silicon photonic CPO system, the first mass-produced tunable VCSELs, and the first processors with optical direct communication; it has now achieved transmission distances in chip packaging that exceed 10 times that of equivalent tiny conductive wires, with next-generation products already taped out, aiming to set records for bandwidth density at relevant distances.

According to official news, Gate announced its upcoming appearance at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026. The event will be held from October 7 to 8, 2026, at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, and is expected to attract tens of thousands of industry participants from various countries and regions. On October 7, Gate's founder and CEO Dr. Han will deliver a keynote speech titled "One Gate, Everything Money" on the main stage of TOKEN2049.During the event, Gate will set up a brand booth and exclusive lounge at the venue, connecting ecological partners from different markets through product displays, live interactions, and face-to-face communication. On the evening of October 8, Gate will also host the Gate Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony at Raffles Singapore, gathering industry guests, partners, and ecological representatives to discuss market opportunities and cross-field cooperation.This series of events combines main stage dialogues, brand showcases, and the Gala Dinner, showcasing Gate's long-term vision of connecting global markets, gathering ecological strength, and promoting the collaborative development of digital assets and financial innovation to global users.

Swift CEO Javier Pérez-Tasso stated at Sibos 2026 that Swift's blockchain-based ledger is now live and being used by some of the world's major financial institutions.By the end of this year, at least 19 banks are expected to use this ledger, enabling round-the-clock payments through tokenized deposits covering five major currencies. Swift announced the development of this ledger at last year's Sibos conference.

B.AI announced that it now supports WalletConnect, allowing users to easily connect compatible mobile wallet apps, log in to B.AI with one click, and quickly complete top-ups; when using the B.AI app, users can complete the connection by scanning a QR code.This upgrade further integrates AI access with Web3 wallets, identities, and payment capabilities, enabling users to connect to globally leading AI models with a decentralized identity, unlocking a safer and more efficient intelligent creation experience.

According to a report by crypto.news, Chainlink announced the launch of a connectivity framework that allows banks to access the SWIFT blockchain ledger through the Chainlink platform while retaining transaction signing keys.The framework coordinates the interaction between institutional systems and ledgers through the Chainlink runtime environment, allowing banks using a self-signing model to avoid handing over authorization keys to Chainlink. The SWIFT ledger supports 24/7 tokenized deposit payments, with final settlements still completed through existing real-time gross settlement mechanisms. Seventeen banks from six continents, including ANZ, HSBC, Citibank, Standard Chartered, and UBS, are preparing to pilot tokenized deposits on the SWIFT ledger.

Goldman Sachs has connected its approximately $100 billion government bond fund FTIXX to the digital asset settlement network Lynq, providing a new subscription channel for institutional-level crypto companies. The fund will be listed on Lynq, with trading handled by tZERO Securities, a broker-dealer registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This is the first external fund introduced to the Lynq network, which previously only had a single investment product.Unlike most blockchain-based fund products on Wall Street, FTIXX has not been tokenized. BlackRock's BUIDL is a tokenized fund, and Franklin Templeton offers tokenized shares of money market funds through BENJI, while Goldman Sachs retains the traditional fund format of FTIXX, with Lynq opening new access channels for digital asset companies. Lynq CEO Jerald David stated that there is a convergence occurring between traditional market participants and digital asset market participants.For institutions using Lynq, FTIXX provides a place to store cash and earn returns during trading gaps, redeemable when needed. David mentioned that clients have been looking for government bond assets on the platform that offer yields different from existing tools. Lynq's partners include B2C2, Wintermute, Galaxy, FalconX, Crypto.com, and Fireblocks. The network operates on a private permissioned Avalanche Layer 1 blockchain and has connected over 30 institutional digital asset companies, with assets exceeding $89 million.

SpaceX (SPCX.O) has established connections with all 26 V3 satellites.

IBM announced that customers of its digital asset management platform IBM Digital Asset Haven can now connect to permissioned blockchain networks, including the blockchain-based shared ledger from Swift. A new beta version of the ISO 20022 message adapter allows financial institutions to initiate tokenized deposit transactions through this ledger using standard payment messages. IBM stated that financial institutions participating in Swift-related programs have tested tokenized deposits on this ledger using Digital Asset Haven. The ledger supports tokenized deposits issued by banks, enabling participating IBM clients to transfer digital assets around the clock, with final settlement still completed through existing systems.Swift first announced this ledger at Sibos 2025, based on a prototype developed in collaboration with Consensys, with over 40 financial institutions involved in its design, 17 of which are participating in the tokenized deposit pilot. Swift currently connects over 12,500 financial institutions across more than 200 markets worldwide. The aforementioned message adapter allows banks to continue using existing payment message formats and operational processes without adopting blockchain-specific workflows.IBM is also expanding Digital Asset Haven to a localized deployment beta version, which can be installed on IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE in the client's own data center for managing digital assets such as stablecoins and tokenized deposits, without relying on public cloud infrastructure. IBM stated that the platform and key management layer are fully retained within the client's own environment, with keys protected by IBM Crypto Express hardware security modules.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Counter-Strike: Luminosity vs 3DMAX - Logitech G Play Connect Playoffs," the "Luminosity" option in the sub-market "Map 1 Rounds Handicap: Luminosity (-3.5) vs 3DMAX (+3.5)" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, rising from 34.5% an hour ago to the current 49.5% (a fluctuation of 15%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

BlackRock released a white paper titled "Machine Native Economy: How Digital Assets Connect Intelligence, Business, and Computing." The white paper points out that the extraordinary growth of AI is a defining technological theme, and digital assets represent a parallel financial infrastructure, where both intersect in the interaction between AI systems and economic networks. AI is machine-native intelligence, and digital assets are machine-native currency. Agent-based AI uses blockchain as programmable infrastructure, connecting intelligence with economic activities and extending AI to real-world actions such as purchasing and trading.The white paper lists three overlapping areas: LLM and blockchain share similar tokenization, with the former encoding language into numerical values and the latter tokenizing economic value for machine-verifiable transfer and settlement; agent-based commerce requires machine-native payment rails, with stablecoins, native crypto assets, and on-chain assets serving as tools, while traditional rails have limitations in low-value programmable transactions around the clock; computing becomes the digital asset market, with hyperscale cloud revenue expected to exceed $1 trillion annually by 2030, and standardized computing power claims can serve as financing and programmable settlement use cases.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "Counter-Strike: Inner Circle Esports vs 3DMAX - Logitech G Play Connect Playoffs," the option "Inner Circle Esports" in the sub-market "Match Winner" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 54% an hour ago to the current 27.5% (a fluctuation of 26.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the market prediction event "Counter-Strike: B8 vs Luminosity - Logitech G Play Connect Playoffs" on Polymarket, the "B8" option in the sub-market "Map Handicap: B8 (-1.5) vs Luminosity (+1.5)" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 35.5% an hour ago to the current 70% (a fluctuation of 34.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Reuters, the European Central Bank has launched the Pontes service, connecting its payment system with blockchain-based financial markets, allowing banks and investors to complete on-chain transaction settlements using euros supported by the European Central Bank, rather than relying on stablecoins or other private currencies.The first batch of participating institutions includes Deutsche Bank, Santander Bank, and the clearing institution Clearstream Bank, with the service operating during weekdays from 8:00 to 16:00 Central European Time.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Counter-Strike: NIP vs M80 - Logitech G Play Connect Group A," the "NIP" option in the sub-market "Match Winner" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in win rate, soaring from 55.5% an hour ago to the current 84.5% (a fluctuation of 29%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.