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According to information from the Google Gemini application help center, starting from October 2026, the availability of models when accessing the Gemini application with a personal account will change. From October 9, 2026, free personal users on the Gemini web and app versions will no longer have default access to the full Flash model and Pro model, and will be uniformly adjusted to the smaller and lighter Flash-Lite model.After the change takes effect, non-subscribers will only be able to use Flash-Lite and will not have access to Flash and Pro. The AI Plus plan will have access to Flash-Lite and Flash, but Pro model access will no longer be provided. Users subscribed to this plan will receive an email explaining when the changes will take effect for them. Users of the AI Pro and AI Ultra plans will still have access to Flash-Lite, Flash, and Pro.

Tianfeng International Securities analyst Guo Mingqi published that his latest supply chain check shows that NVIDIA has begun testing fiberglass-free copper-clad laminates primarily made of hydrocarbon resin to replace the previously tested fiberglass-free PTFE copper-clad laminates, along with fiberglass-free hydrocarbon prepregs. The test aims to confirm whether this combination can meet the requirements of the Rubin Ultra NVL576 exchange tray PCB. NVL576 is an eight-rack interconnection solution expected to enter mass production in the second half of 2027.Guo Mingqi stated that preliminary tests conducted to enhance PCB manufacturability show that the fiberglass-free hydrocarbon copper-clad laminate has met the high-frequency electrical requirements of the exchange tray. Its electrical performance lags behind the original PTFE solution but is better than the M9 level solution and exceeds the M10 published specifications. This result does not represent the final material selection, indicating that NVIDIA is still seeking higher PCB manufacturing yields and production efficiency while meeting electrical requirements.Guo Mingqi mentioned that Shengyi Technology is currently the leading supplier for the NVL576 exchange tray material evaluation, with related materials including fiberglass-free PTFE copper-clad laminate SG5300N, fiberglass-free hydrocarbon copper-clad laminate SG1030N, and fiberglass-free hydrocarbon prepreg SIF09. SG1030N and SIF09 still contain a small amount of PTFE. He also stated that once specifications are confirmed and mass production begins, Shengyi Technology is expected to accelerate procurement from Chinese hydrocarbon material suppliers such as Dongcai, Shengquan, and potential supplier GCH Technology.

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.

On September 29, GasFree officially debuted at the Seoul GWDC 2026 KOREA event. As a tool focused on solving the pain points of on-chain transfer fees, GasFree allows users to complete transfers directly using USDT or USDD in their wallets without needing to hold TRX, eliminating the hassle of being unable to trade due to a lack of TRX to pay for gas fees.You are welcome to visit the event to learn more about how GasFree operates and to personally experience the convenience of completing on-chain transfers without needing to hold TRX.

The issuer of the stablecoin USDT, Tether, stated on September 28 that actions involving USDT in 2026 have frozen approximately $550 million, with the related wallets identified by U.S. authorities as being associated with the Central Bank of Iran and the Iranian sanctions network. Tether claimed that its cooperation with U.S. and international authorities has supported over 2,900 investigations globally, with more than 1,600 involving U.S. law enforcement agencies.According to Tether, in April 2026, it assisted in freezing over $344 million USDT across two addresses based on information provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and U.S. law enforcement agencies. The next day, OFAC listed these addresses as digital currency identifiers of the Central Bank of Iran, with the sanctions entry associated with the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Hezbollah. In July 2026, the Treasury expanded the designated scope to four additional TRON addresses, with over $130 million USDT frozen across the four wallets.Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that USDT is not a safe haven for sanctioned actors, terrorist organizations, or criminal networks, and that public blockchains allow authorities to see the flow of funds, enabling Tether to take action when law enforcement provides credible information. Tether also mentioned that it collaborates with over 340 law enforcement agencies in 67 countries, and its wallet freezing policy has been aligned with the OFAC Specially Designated Nationals list.

The cross-chain liquidity protocol ThorChain's official announcement states that the network interruption is an emergency security mechanism aimed at protecting the protocol's security. The suspension is not a selective freeze of specific funds, nor is it a targeted exchange against individuals.The announcement mentioned that in the security incident in May 2026, 10.7 million dollars were stolen from the liquidity pool. At that time, the attacker's address was not blacklisted, so it could still trade on ThorChain. ThorChain stated that it is a permissionless blockchain platform designed with the intention of not conducting any censorship.

Recently, the Beijing Shijingshan police successfully intercepted a new type of cross-border telecom fraud case, freezing 780,000 yuan in involved funds and returning it to the victims. In this case, 53-year-old Mr. Liu received a fraudulent call from abroad while accompanying his child studying overseas. The scammer impersonated domestic police, fabricated false allegations of money laundering, and induced him to urgently request money transfers from his family in China.The funds were subsequently transferred into the accounts of two other Chinese students studying abroad. Upon investigation, it was found that these three individuals were all victims of the same fraud gang, exhibiting characteristics of "multiple scams in one case, with victims serving as money laundering tools for each other." The scammers first transferred funds into the accounts of some victims, then coerced them into exchanging for U currency to assist in the transfer, which was highly concealed and involved complex cross-border links. The police successfully "awakened" the victims through patient persuasion, preventing greater losses.

On September 23, Google announced that any user with a Google account can generate 1080p HD videos for free in its browser-based video editor Google Vids, accessible at vids.new. This feature is based on the Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash model and can transform text prompts, photos, audio, or existing clips into new videos. Previously, such generative capabilities mostly required a paid subscription to use.Google has also added several editing controls that previously required paid tools: scene extension can lengthen clips while maintaining consistency in lighting, characters, and scenes; users can set precise clip durations to align with scripts or voiceovers; and old AI clips with lower resolutions can be upgraded to 1080p without needing to regenerate. Each video segment generated by this tool embeds Google DeepMind's SynthID invisible watermark, which is not visible to the naked eye but can be read by machines. Users can check whether a segment was generated by AI using the SynthID Detector.The free quota varies by account type: personal Google accounts receive a standard quota, paid AI packages can unlock more, and Workspace Business and Enterprise subscribers receive a larger generation pool and team management controls. Gemini Omni will be launched as a paid feature for Google AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers in May 2026, with free access previously limited to YouTube Shorts and YouTube Create.

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen stated on the X platform that the Bitget bounty recovery program has been launched: a 5% reward for facilitating the freezing of the attackers' funds, and an additional 5% reward for successfully recovering the funds. She called on exchanges, security researchers, and on-chain investigators to participate in tracking and recovery, and thanked Circle and Tether for their swift freezing actions.According to previous reports, Circle and Tether have frozen 218,023 USDT and 99,990 USDC in addresses related to the Bitget attack, totaling approximately $318,000. Bitget stated that the attack resulted in losses of about $351.6 million, with the attackers breaching the wallet service backend system, forging transfer information, and triggering the authorization signature process, ruling out private key leakage.

According to on-chain data, Tether has successfully frozen 218,000 USDT in the stolen address from Bitget, which is a "three-hop" associated address of the initial stolen address from Bitget. This address remained inactive for over 2.5 hours after being discovered.Crypto KOL tanuki42 initiated a tracking of "Circle vs Tether" at that time and asked which of the two companies would freeze the related assets first.Currently, Circle has frozen the related stolen assets 7 hours and 18 minutes earlier than Tether.

Uniswap founder Hayden Adams stated on the X platform that the original domain holder of Uniswap.com had asked for a seven-figure sum, but the team refused to pay. SBF subsequently purchased the domain for a seven-figure amount and pointed it to a fork project. Due to the malicious use of the domain, the legal team ultimately acquired the domain for free.

Ethereum developers warn: Attackers can exploit free testnet ETH and one-time builder identities to win Sepolia block auctions and withhold transaction payloads during the Glamsterdam testing period.This attack does not threaten mainnet funds but may disrupt infrastructure testing. The Sepolia public test is scheduled to launch on October 6, with the Hoodi test tentatively set for October 27, and the mainnet activation time is still undetermined.

Douyin Group officially launched the "Free Short Drama" App, featuring a vast array of free short dramas, with the slogan "Free Short Dramas, Great Shows Always On." The content covers popular themes such as urban passion, sweet romance, workplace relationships, comebacks, and fantasy adventures. Previously, Douyin Group had released three short drama Apps: Hongguo Free Short Drama, Xianling Free Short Drama, and Muye Free Short Drama, not counting the comic drama App Hongguo Comic Drama, making this the fourth independent short drama App.The product offers two ways to find dramas: an immersive vertical scrolling single-column information flow (binge-watching mode) and a theater section (category filtering, drama library browsing). The playback page supports likes, favorites, full series access, and speed playback. The theater features tags for new dramas, small characters, tragic romances, modern love stories, and filters for historical background and thematic plots. It includes a built-in coin reward system, where new users can sign in and complete drama-watching tasks to earn coins that can be exchanged for cash and support withdrawals via Alipay, with no membership payment options, adopting a free plus ad incentive model.

B.AI announced that the limited-time free trial of GLM-5.3-Flash is coming to an end. A special offer with a 90% discount will seamlessly take over starting from September 12 at 10:00 (SGT), where users only need to pay 10% of the original price, saving 90% directly, with input as low as $0.015/M and output as low as $0.05/M. As a native multimodal large model, GLM-5.3-Flash has a total of 320 billion parameters and 18 billion active parameters, combining sparse and linear attention mixed architecture with 1 million ultra-long context, performing strongly in scenarios such as programming development, agents, long context processing, and high-frequency API workloads. B.AI consistently practices the vision of universal computing power, adhering to low-threshold access, and is committed to allowing every developer to use top-tier computing power without burden at a highly competitive price, bidding farewell to high costs and accelerating innovation implementation.

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis stated that the recent lawsuit against Tether for freezing $42.4 million in USDT highlights the regulatory gaps in the current crackdown on illegal financial activities in the cryptocurrency industry. She pointed out that stablecoin issuers and trading platforms may face civil litigation risks if they freeze related assets due to suspicions of illegal activities.Lummis indicated that Section 305 of the "Digital Asset Market Structure Clear Act" would grant stablecoin issuers and trading platforms the necessary authority to promptly freeze stablecoins suspected of being involved in illegal activities while avoiding civil liability as a result.She believes that this provision can help the cryptocurrency industry more effectively prevent the flow of illegal funds and address the legal risks faced by issuers and trading platforms when taking compliance measures.

Latest data shows that the number of GasFree users has surpassed 450,000, reaching 450,392. This milestone marks the continued expansion of this transfer tool's influence within the TRON ecosystem. Starting with support for USDT transfers, GasFree has now added support for USDD, allowing users more ways to transfer assets on the TRON network without the need to hold TRX to pay on-chain fees, further lowering the operational threshold and cost burden of transfers. Product features continue to expand, with a core philosophy that remains simple: making on-chain transfers easier to use. As the user base steadily grows and supported assets continue to diversify, GasFree is becoming a convenient choice for an increasing number of users in their daily on-chain operations.