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ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood stated at a summit hosted by Robinhood in Houston that investors have traditionally "followed developers" to gauge technological trends, but now they may need to "follow agents." The AI agents she refers to are software that can perform tasks on behalf of humans, rather than just answering questions or generating text. This statement came towards the end of a discussion on AI, private markets, and technology investments.As AI agents shift from answering questions to executing operations and spending funds, the type of financial infrastructure they will use has become a focal point. SharpLink co-CEO and former BlackRock digital asset head Joseph Chalom believes that the financial system used by AI agents should not be controlled by a few banks or tech companies. He cited the example of authorized agents booking hotels, pointing out that users should be able to set spending limits, revoke authorizations at any time, and view the agents' transaction records. Additionally, users should be able to transfer the agents' identities, financial information, and permissions between different financial service providers, similar to mobile number portability.Chalom believes that open blockchains like Ethereum can provide a universal financial network for different agents, applications, and companies to use collectively, eliminating the need for each AI company to build its own closed payment system. A report from BlackRock in September also noted that AI agents could create new demands for machine-oriented payment systems, such as payment API calls, purchasing data, or renting computing power, with stablecoins and blockchain being one of the viable solutions. Coinbase's x402 is designed to enable machines to pay for online services like data or APIs.

Grayscale Research Director Zach Pandl published an article on September 28, 2026, in the company's column The Stack. The article states that among American investors, Generation Z starts investing at an average age of 19, Millennials at 25, Generation X at 32, and Baby Boomers at 35. Based on a retirement age of 65, Generation Z has an investment horizon of 46 years, which is over 50% longer than the 30-year horizon when Baby Boomers started investing.Zach Pandl: Starting to invest earlier not only benefits from compound interest but also expands the capacity to take on risk. When young, labor capital accounts for a larger proportion of wealth, and a longer horizon means more time to recover from fluctuations, as well as more future income available for continued saving and investing, thereby expanding the lifetime risk budget. He believes that the returns on digital assets are both volatile and potentially asymmetric, making them more suitable for longer and more flexible horizons.Zach Pandl also mentioned that for early investors, the cost of recent volatility may be less than the opportunity cost of missing out on long-term upside. With decades available for rebalancing, adding funds, and compounding across cycles, early starters may allocate a higher proportion to digital assets while keeping their lifetime risk balanced. Starting to invest earlier gives investors more time to absorb fluctuations, potentially enhancing the utility of digital assets in long-term portfolios.

On October 2, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the establishment of the Prime Minister's National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council in Ottawa, which will provide independent and pragmatic advice on Canada's artificial intelligence transformation. The council will bring together stakeholders from the public and private sectors to provide input on the evolution of the AI for All national strategy, covering areas such as accelerating adoption, nurturing national leading enterprises, building sovereign artificial intelligence infrastructure, enhancing AI safety, protecting democracy, and ensuring that all Canadians benefit.Council members include Ajay Agrawal, Yoshua Bengio, Sanja Fidler, John Graham, Gillian Hadfield, Jordan Jacobs, Eric Lamarre, Valérie Pisano, Senator Thomas Pitfield, Jody Thomas, Louis Vachon, Michelle Zatlyn, and of course, Patrick Pichette as a member. The council is supported by a small team from the Privy Council Office, while policy decisions and implementation remain the responsibility of the relevant ministers and departments.Carney stated that the prosperity and sovereignty of the artificial intelligence era belong to countries that can build, adopt, and govern artificial intelligence according to their own conditions, and the council will provide recommendations on how to manage risks, seize opportunities, and improve the lives of all Canadians.

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, 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.

On October 2, at 11:30 AM Eastern Time, the Arbitrum Security Committee executed an emergency upgrade on Arbitrum One and Nova, suspending the activation of all new Stylus contracts on both chains, while adding a protective mechanism against BoLD single-step proofs in the dispute system of Arbitrum One. The Arbitrum Foundation stated that this action is part of ongoing proactive security measures aimed at protecting the security and integrity of the network.Stylus allows developers to write smart contracts using languages such as Rust and C++, while maintaining compatibility with the Ethereum Virtual Machine, with its programs compiled into WebAssembly format. This suspension primarily targets manually written WASM programs that do not use the standard Stylus compiler toolchain and have not yet been patched by the current version of ArbOS. The Security Committee increased the gas required for activation to the theoretical maximum by calling ArbOwner.setWasmActivationGas(2^64 - 1), making new activations economically unfeasible. Activated Stylus contracts are unaffected and can continue to execute and renew, and the deployment and execution of Solidity contracts are also unrestricted.The newly added BoLD protection allows anyone to pause the settlement from Arbitrum One to Ethereum when two conflicting and accepted answers appear in the same dispute step, which may delay unconfirmed withdrawals to allow the Security Committee to deploy fixes. Officials pointed out that the currently discovered Stylus-related vulnerabilities mainly affect the activity of the chain, such as denial-of-service attacks, and do not jeopardize user funds.

According to Gate market data, the German DAX30 index closed up 301.79 points on October 2, an increase of 1.21%, at 25,241.14 points. The UK FTSE 100 index rose by 31.68 points, an increase of 0.3%, at 10,459.95 points. The French CAC40 index increased by 61.88 points, an increase of 0.79%, at 7,897.19 points.

According to Gate market data, the altcoin sector has seen a widespread increase.SAND is currently priced at 0.06998 USD, with a 24-hour increase of 62.52%; ENJ is currently priced at 0.03729 USD, with an increase of 27.88%; GTC is currently priced at 0.12388 USD, with an increase of 22.10%; MANA is currently priced at 0.1054 USD, with an increase of 19.10%.SKY is currently priced at 0.09402 USD, with an increase of 18.94%; GALA is currently priced at 0.002655 USD, with an increase of 17.53%; MAGIC is currently priced at 0.0605 USD, with an increase of 15.02%; SUPER is currently priced at 0.2275 USD, with an increase of 14.96%.

TRON DeFi Summer announces the latest arrangements for S3: the event will officially launch on October 4 at 08:00 (SGT) and will last for 60 days, with a total prize pool of 2 million USD, including a TRX pool of 1 million USD, a USDD pool of 600,000 USD, a JST pool of 300,000 USD, and a SUN pool of 100,000 USD.Users can enter JustLend DAO through Binance Wallet DeFi to participate in the Boosted APR incentives. Users who participated in S2 do not need to reapply; simply maintaining their holdings will automatically extend their eligibility for S3 rewards. New users can prepare their assets in advance to join as soon as it opens. More S3 gameplay will be announced soon.

Global payment infrastructure company Walapay announced the completion of a $4.6 million seed round financing, led by Gen Venture Capital, with participation from Commerce Ventures, Polygon, AAF Management, Verda Ventures, NGC Ventures, FGV Capital, JSquare, Reflexive, Big Brain VC, and others. Walapay stated that the funds will be used to acquire more licenses, expand banking partnerships, and grow the team.According to Walapay, the company is building a global payment infrastructure from the ground up, allowing users to open accounts, receive payments, exchange currencies, and make payments globally with a single integration. The underlying infrastructure includes licenses, banking partnerships, and local payment channels. The company claims that this capability is primarily aimed at cross-border capital flows in emerging markets, covering Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, with default support for global payments and extending to the local last mile.

The California Attorney General stated that their office is seeking further inquiries from OpenAI regarding cybersecurity incidents and risks involving the company and its AI models.

The yield on the 2-year U.S. Treasury bond fell by 7.28 basis points during the day, reporting at 4.814%. The 10-year yield dropped by 2.07 basis points, reporting at 5.272%. The 20-year yield decreased by 1.19 basis points, reporting at 5.674%. The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond fell by 0.58 basis points, reporting at 5.633%.

According to The Defiant, the crypto data and research platform Blockworks has announced the launch of a managed MCP server, opening its entire dataset to AI agents. This server is built on the Model Context Protocol, allowing AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor to access the datasets behind Blockworks Research and its Intel applications.Blockworks stated that this service is provided with every API package at no additional cost, allowing users to access it using the same key and permissions. MCP is an open protocol that enables AI models to connect to external data sources and tools, and this integration means that AI agents can directly call upon Blockworks' research and market data.

Cryptocurrency analyst Ali pointed out in a post that during the overall sideways movement of the cryptocurrency market in the past week, there has been a significant divergence in the holdings of different assets by whales. Data shows that Bitcoin whale holdings decreased by about 30,000 BTC, valued at approximately $2.52 billion, indicating that large holders are reducing their Bitcoin exposure.In contrast, Ethereum whales increased their holdings by about 60,000 ETH during the same period, valued at approximately $162 million. Regarding XRP, whale holdings remained relatively stable, with total holdings maintaining around 3.9 billion XRP over the past week, showing no significant changes. Ali further stated that the current market presents a divergent pattern of "Bitcoin whales reducing holdings, Ethereum whales buying, and XRP whales observing," which is worth paying attention to.

According to The Block citing the Financial Times, EU regulators are questioning Binance's use of legal exemptions to continue providing services to EU customers after failing to obtain a MiCA license.Binance stated that the company complies with applicable regulatory requirements in the jurisdictions where it operates and is working towards obtaining MiCA authorization.

Animoca Brands' projects Moca Foundation and Moca Network announced the launch of the Moca Chain mainnet, which supports users and AI agents in sharing verifiable credentials across different applications. Users can store credentials and decide when and where to share them.Moca Chain allows institutions to issue tamper-proof credentials associated with unified digital identities, covering information such as identity verification and membership. Moca Network also launched AIR, providing a unified entry point for businesses to access users and AI agents while reducing the need for sensitive information storage. Moca Network disclosed that the AIR ecosystem has incorporated over 9 partners, including SK Planet, Biletinial, Oyunfor, Open Campus, OneFootball, Automobili Lamborghini, Inveo Kripto, Plume, and Nansen, with plans to complete integration by 2026.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong posted on the X platform that Coinbase is building financial accounts for superintelligence, covering services such as trading, payments, and lending.These accounts can help users accumulate wealth and manage personal finances, and can also provide independent accounts for AI Agent teams, allowing them to handle more tasks on behalf of users.

According to CoinDesk, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a significant update to the transfer agent rules on September 1, the first since the 1970s. Chairman Paul Atkins explicitly stated that the rules should cover the application of blockchain technology in securities issuance and equity transfer.Joris Delanoue, co-founder of Fairmint, pointed out that if ownership data is scattered among token wrapping layers, SPVs, broker-dealer internal ledgers, and off-chain databases, it will replay the historical "paperwork crisis" of the late 1960s. He emphasized that the tokens themselves should serve as the official ledger required by Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act, rather than as off-chain securities wrapping substitutes. The article calls for the industry to integrate ownership data around unified open standards and suggests that the SEC distinguish between native on-chain registration and third-party wrapping models in Form TA-2, allow the use of cryptographic credentials and other modern identifiers, and incorporate pre-trade restrictions on smart contracts into compliance enforcement mechanisms.

The personal AI agent business ai.com under Crypto.com has not yet been opened to the public since its debut during the Super Bowl in February this year. According to Cointelegraph, ai.com spent $15 million on advertising during the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl to promote the launch of its AI platform, leading to a surge of users rushing to reserve personal AI agent accounts, which caused the website to crash within minutes. Nearly 8 months later, the site still displays a message indicating that due to high demand, AI agent generation is in queue. A spokesperson for Crypto.com confirmed that the platform is still under development, stating that ai.com continues to advance in stealth mode and will provide more details when it is officially released to the public.The AI agents of ai.com are positioned beyond financial scenarios. In a statement released in February, it was announced that personal agents could arrange work, send messages, operate across applications, and build projects, and it also claimed that agents could independently develop missing capabilities and share improvements within the network. Meanwhile, competitors have launched AI assistants for more specific tasks: Robinhood announced on Tuesday that it could execute automated trading within the app using AI agents, Kraken launched AI financial tools in July, and Bitget introduced the AI trading assistant GetAgent in June. Anthropic introduced computer use in Claude Cowork in March, and OpenAI launched ChatGPT Work in July.During this period, Crypto.com continues to invest in AI business.