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According to Cointelegraph, the Russian Ministry of Finance stated on Friday that some employees have received their salaries for the first time in digital rubles. The payment of salaries in central bank digital currency is voluntary for Russian citizens and has been implemented since October 1 (Thursday). The ministry did not disclose the number of participants or the total amount of salary payments, nor did it specify the specific departments involved.According to the ministry's press release, approximately 16 million digital rubles (about $192,200) were disbursed in a pilot project for federal budget expenditures in 2025, and the Ministry of Finance has thus applied the verified channels to its own salary payment process. The integration of digital rubles into the budget process is being jointly promoted by the Central Bank of Russia and the Ministry of Finance.The development of digital rubles began in 2021. Cointelegraph reported on July 2 that Russia plans to launch this central bank digital currency on September 1, with major banks and retail businesses starting to support related transactions at that time. This currency is being introduced as a supplement to the fiat ruble, initially processed by financial and credit institutions. EU authorities announced restrictions on this currency in April.

Hyperdash co-founder Hans stated that Hyperliquid's AQAv2 mechanism has formed a new source of revenue. The AQAv2 treasury wallet completed its first payment, paying $14.58 million for the USDC reserves held by the trading platform over the past 30 days. The related funds will enter the aid fund for purchasing HYPE.According to this mechanism, after users bridge USDC to Hyperliquid, Circle will mint the corresponding assets on HyperEVM and charge a daily fee on the treasury balance, settling every 30 days. Coinbase and Circle each staked 500,000 HYPE; if they fail to make payments on time, Coinbase could lose 2% of its staked amount daily. Hans mentioned that Hyperliquid's previous revenue mainly came from trading fees, while AQAv2 allows the platform to earn revenue from the margin deposits themselves, regardless of whether the related funds participate in trading.The first payment covers the period from August 26 to September 24, with an implied average rate of about 3.14%, estimating an annualized revenue of approximately $193 million based on the current scale. From January 1 to September 30 of this year, Hyperliquid's open contracts increased from $7.72 billion to $16.4 billion, and the platform's margin rose from $4.34 billion to $7.22 billion. During the same period, perpetual contracts had a cumulative trading volume of about $2 trillion, and the protocol earned $493.3 million in fees, equivalent to about 2.46 basis points per dollar of trading volume.Based on this year's average trading speed and the current AQAv2 fee rate, each $1 of margin can contribute approximately 15.4 cents in revenue to the protocol annually, with about 12.5 cents coming from trading fees and about 2.8 cents from AQAv2. Hans expects that under a baseline scenario where the stablecoin scale grows by 20% annually and Hyperliquid maintains its current market share of about 8.7%, the protocol's annual revenue could increase from the current approximately $1.11 billion to $2.4 billion by the end of 2030.

According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa's monitoring, a certain address opened a position on Hyperliquid for the first time, going long on 121.23 BTC with 7x leverage, valued at 10.27 million USD, with an opening price of 84,918.9 USD, currently incurring a loss of 20,000 USD.

The GPU infrastructure financing platform Silicon Exchange has announced its launch, positioning itself as a financing method for artificial intelligence infrastructure. Users can hold real shares of GPU infrastructure, while the platform is responsible for deployment and hosting, and computing power clients use the related hardware.Silicon Exchange stated that users can visit its official website to view the first GPU vault. The official announcement has not disclosed the scale of the vault, hardware models, financing structure, or specific profit arrangements in this post.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Argentina vs. Burkina Faso More Markets" on Polymarket, the "Over" option for the sub-market "First Half O/U 4.5" experienced a drastic fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 46% an hour ago to the current 15% (a fluctuation of 31%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the event "Indiana Data Center Shutdown Order Implementation Date" is currently among the hottest trades on the prediction market Polymarket, with a cumulative pool size reaching 2.44 million dollars. The option with the highest market consensus is "December 31, 2028," corresponding to a winning probability of approximately 21.5%.

According to a report by the Korean News Agency, South Korea's five major commercial banks have all been suspected of being attacked by hackers possibly driven by artificial intelligence, with three of them experiencing customer information leaks. This simultaneous attack on all five banks is unprecedented in South Korea's financial industry.It is reported that BNK Busan Bank suffered a hacker attack that led to the leakage of personal information of 11 outsourced employees; KB Kookmin Bank had information of 119 customers leaked due to the hacker attack, and Hana Bank also stated that information of 89 customers was leaked.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Argentina vs Burkina Faso More Markets" on Polymarket, the "Over" option for the sub-market "First Half Total 4.5" experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 47% an hour ago to the current 24.5% (a fluctuation of 22.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to The Block, the Solana ecosystem perpetual contract exchange Velocity (formerly Drift) has opened compensation claims for the April theft incident. Users can receive 1 DFX token for every 1 USDT lost, with the current payout rate being approximately 0.0104 USDT per DFX, which is about 1% of the loss.The current compensation pool is approximately 3.11 million USDT, with a total supply of DFX being around 299.5 million tokens and no further issuance planned. The Drift Foundation stated that the compensation pool will continue to be funded with protocol revenue, and Tether has committed to providing up to 127.5 million USDT to support the restart and user compensation, with the claim deadline set for January 1, 2028. Previously, Drift suffered an attack in April, resulting in a loss of approximately 295.4 million USD.

According to Bloomberg, Absa Bank in Johannesburg, South Africa, has become the first bank in Africa to offer Bitcoin custody services, primarily targeting institutional clients, and will also provide custody services for other digital assets. Rob Downes, the head of digital assets at Absa's Corporate and Investment Banking division, stated that Bitcoin is the largest asset under custody at the bank, with plans to include more asset classes in the future. Absa did not immediately respond to Bitcoin Magazine's request for comment.Many banks around the world are gradually integrating or launching Bitcoin-related products and services. Some banks in the United States and Europe have begun offering crypto asset custody for institutional clients. In 2022, BNY Mellon became the first large bank in the United States to offer digital asset custody services; this month, Deutsche Bank announced plans to launch Bitcoin custody services for European businesses and institutional clients later in 2026.Africa has a large base of crypto-native users. A report by Chainalysis in 2025 shows that South Africa's on-chain value reached $36 billion, ranking second in Sub-Saharan Africa, only behind Nigeria's $92.1 billion; South Africa ranks 30th in the global crypto adoption index. Unlike Nigeria, the South African market is characterized by more institutional features, with a relatively clear regulatory framework that has issued hundreds of licenses to virtual asset service providers, attracting professional investors and traditional financial institutions.

HL HUB (Community) posted on platform X that Hyperliquid expects to receive its first AQAv2 reserve yield distribution tomorrow. Approximately $14.5 million in passive income generated from USDC reserves will flow into the Assistance Fund for the purpose of repurchasing HYPE.It is reported that the revenue sharing mechanism of AQAv2 stipulates that Hyperliquid stablecoin deployers must allocate 90% of the reserve income from the stablecoin to the Hyperliquid protocol, and these earnings will be used 100% for the repurchase and destruction of HYPE tokens.The stablecoin reserve income distribution is settled on a 30-day cycle, and the income will automatically transfer to the Assistance Fund on the 8th day after the cycle ends. The formal revenue accrual will begin on August 26, and the first income payment will occur on October 3.

According to Fortune, Turing Award winner and founder of AMI Labs, Yann LeCun, stated in an interview that he believes recent incidents of AI agents going out of control are mainly due to insufficient human supervision and sandbox design, which can be prevented through engineering improvements.He also revealed that AMI Labs currently has about 60 employees and is developing world models for industrial applications based on the JEPA architecture, with the first product set to be launched "soon."

Lloyds Banking Group and Visa completed their first stablecoin settlement test, settling a total of $750,000 in Visa payment obligations using USDC within 7 days, with funds arriving in as little as one hour.

Micron Technology (MU.O) Chief Financial Officer Mark Murphy stated during the earnings call that revenue for the first quarter of fiscal year 2027 will reach $61.5 billion, with earnings per share of $38.15, continuing to rise quarter-over-quarter, and clearly pointed out that this quarter will be the low point for gross margin for the entire fiscal year 2027, after which gross margins are expected to gradually recover in subsequent quarters.Micron has currently signed 26 long-term agreements, locking in approximately $150 billion in long-term orders. The supply and demand in the storage market for 2027 and 2028 will be tighter than in 2026, and "there is no end in sight for the restoration of supply and demand balance."Micron Technology (MU.O) expects capital expenditures for the first half of fiscal year 2027 to be around $25 billion, with higher spending in the second half, and most of the incremental spending will be for new wafer fabrication plants (construction expenditures) rather than purely for equipment procurement. Micron Technology CFO Mark Murphy explained that this is entirely because long-term contracts provide sufficient demand visibility, and new greenfield factories require a very long lead time.Additionally, Micron Technology Chief Financial Officer Mark Murphy also mentioned during the earnings call that in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026, Micron Technology generated an impressive $44 billion in operating cash flow and $33.2 billion in free cash flow.As time goes on, we expect to return 100% of excess cash to shareholders. We plan to begin increasing capital returns starting December 9, 2026 (the second anniversary of our signing of the final agreement for the CHIPS Act), primarily through stock buybacks.

Data shows that the total expenditure in the cryptocurrency industry in the first half of 2026 exceeded 13 million dollars, with approximately 8 million dollars specifically allocated for lobbying the Clear Act. Despite the heavy investment, the bill has not yet passed in the Senate.

Driven by a new round of increases in the energy market, inflation rates in major European economies have soared to multi-year highs. Inflation data for September in Germany, France, Italy, and Spain all exceeded expectations, with Spain's inflation rate reaching 5%, the highest since 2023.Fuel costs are the main driver, expected to push the overall inflation rate in the Eurozone towards 4%. Although the market anticipated a September inflation rate of 3.7% for the Eurozone, data from multiple countries exceeded expectations, leading to a decrease in investor bets on an interest rate hike by the European Central Bank in October.

According to the latest monitoring data from Arkham, Wall Street financial giant Morgan Stanley has continued to increase its Bitcoin holdings through its spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund MSBT. As of now, its total Bitcoin holdings have surpassed 10,000 coins for the first time, currently reaching 10,436 BTC, valued at approximately 875 million dollars.

According to The Block, the crypto advocacy organization supported by Coinbase, Stand With Crypto, has announced its first round of Senate candidate endorsements.The organization stated that it will endorse Ohio Republican Senator Jon Husted, whose opponent is the crypto-skeptical former Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown. Additionally, it will endorse Ashley Hinson from Iowa and Chris Pappas from New Hampshire.This endorsement comes after the Senate's procedural vote on September 15 failed to pass the Clarity Act, which aims to establish a federal regulatory framework for the industry.Senate Democrats stated that they could not vote for a bill that would allow President Trump to profit personally from the crypto industry. Stand With Crypto's Executive Director Mason Lynaugh mentioned that after the Senate's recent failure to advance the Clarity Act, the organization’s more than 3 million advocates are fully shifting their focus to ensuring the election of candidates who support crypto.In addition to the Senate endorsements, Stand With Crypto also stated that it will increase advertising spending in six House campaigns, including those of Democratic Congressman Don Davis and Republican Congressman Bryan Steil.These newly endorsed House candidates all voted in favor of the Clarity Act when it passed the House last year. The organization has also endorsed more House candidates, including Congressmen Shomari Figures and Mariannette Miller-Meeks.

Bitwise officially stated that the first spot NEAR ETP, Bitwise NEAR ETF (NRR), had an asset management scale of 36 million USD on its first day, with a net inflow of 35.5 million USD and a trading volume of 15.1 million USD.According to previous news, Bitwise plans to stake the NEAR tokens held by the fund internally to maximize participation in the average staking rewards of approximately 5% for NEAR.