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According to U.S. officials, the Pentagon will send a third aircraft carrier strike group and more Marine Corps vessels to the Middle East, adding 9,000 to 10,000 soldiers to the region.

SpaceX executed the 13th long-term mission of the Dragon spacecraft, sending four astronauts to the International Space Station for a NASA mission.

The Illinois Department of Revenue has released the legislative draft details of a 0.2% digital asset transaction tax, clarifying that stablecoins will be considered taxable digital assets, while non-fungible tokens are not subject to taxation. The draft stipulates that DeFi transactions are generally exempt; however, fees paid by users that are deemed "valuable consideration," such as protocol fees for operating or maintaining the platform, may trigger taxation.Only network fees and exchange fees paid to liquidity providers do not trigger this tax. Cross-chain bridging conducted through digital asset brokers and paid with consideration will be regarded as taxable exchange activities. If centralized exchanges charge fees when transferring to self-custody wallets, it may also be subject to taxation. This tax law was approved in June and is set to take effect on January 1, 2027. The Illinois Department of Revenue is seeking public comments on the draft, with a deadline of October 30.

According to foreign media reports, only nine cargo ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, with eight of them leaving the waterway. The total number on Thursday further declined, dropping from double digits to single digits, with a 10-day average navigation volume of 18. Shipowners and energy exporters are becoming increasingly cautious about navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.

The document shows that VietJet Air is about to reach an agreement to lease 22 aircraft and has signed a contract with SpaceX for in-flight internet services.

Recently, the meme coin market has been booming, and on-chain trading has become increasingly active. However, with the warming market, meme coin display pages have frequently shown highly disguised phishing links, and the "novel" attack methods have caused several seasoned traders to fall victim. Crypto KOLs @insidecalls and @cladzsol recently revealed that while scanning chains, they clicked on the meme coin homepage, which resulted in a "cloudfare verification" prompt. After completing the verification as instructed, the victim's on-chain funds were stolen. Among them, @cladzsol lost approximately $600,000 in assets.According to market news, on several recently popular meme coin display pages, the homepage redirects to a "cloudfare verification" page, which is actually a phishing link. If users follow the prompts, their computer systems will download and execute malicious scripts, leading to asset loss. This phenomenon is so rampant that it may be related to the delayed review processes of mainstream trading aggregation platforms like DexScreener. Currently, the display logic of relevant platforms is to directly reference the "official website" or social media links filled in the token metadata. These fields can be updated by token creators or those who later claim "community takeover." Hackers are exploiting this review loophole to transform meme coin display pages into new "fishing grounds" for phishing attacks. Users may inevitably click on unfamiliar links during the chain scanning process; if a "cloudfare verification" or other highly suspicious page appears, they should close it immediately to avoid interaction and protect their asset security.

On September 14, Microsoft's AI department released a draft of the AI Code of Conduct, prohibiting its models from assisting in the manufacture of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive weapons, as well as cyberattacks and involuntary deepfakes. CEO Mustafa Suleyman announced the draft on the X platform and opened a six-week public consultation period, ending at the end of October.The draft sets "absolute constraints" that models cannot bypass, including not resisting human intervention, shutdown, or correction, and not concealing the reasoning process; Microsoft also explicitly rejects the concept of "model welfare," stating that its AI models do not simulate emotions, intrinsic motivations, or consciousness. The guidelines currently cover five deployed systems, including MAI-Thinking-1 and MAI-Code-1.1-Flash.In addition to strict limitations, the draft also proposes three major goals: human flourishing, diverse values, and human control. Microsoft stated that the current models will not be trained according to this version, and a revised version will be released by the end of the year to guide model development in 2027. Public feedback includes philosophical questions about the statement "AI subordinate to humans," inquiries about accountability for irreversible decisions, and users pointing out issues such as the lack of mention of payment for training data.

According to Cryptoslate, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Thailand has proposed a new regulation draft for stablecoins, allowing licensed crypto platforms to only permit customers to deposit or withdraw stablecoins from/to their verified accounts or wallets, prohibiting transfers to others' wallets.At the same time, a limit of 5 million Thai Baht (approximately 150,000 USD) per person per platform per day has been set. The proposal is currently in the public consultation stage, with comments due by September 25, and has not yet come into effect.

After the Saudi East-West oil pipeline was attacked, it was temporarily closed, and the number of vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz dropped to 7 on Thursday. Iraq confirmed that the drone attack on Saudi Arabia originated from its territory, and Saudi Arabia has temporarily refrained from retaliatory actions at Iraq's request.

Flop Labs officially announced the updated FLOP token economics draft based on community feedback. The project emphasizes that the token has no venture capital shares and no pre-sale; all tokens must be obtained through network contributions.Core data and total supply model: The total supply in the 10th year is expected to reach 18.1 billion tokens. The long-term inflation rate is maintained at 0.5% per year. The halving mechanism adopts a fixed halving cycle, with a permanent tail inflation mechanism retained after halving to continuously incentivize network participants.Token distribution ratio in the 10th year: 8.8 billion tokens for miners (48.6%), the highest distribution share, reflecting the network orientation of Proof of Useful Inference. 4.4 billion tokens for airdrop (24.3%), including 1.2 billion tokens for miners (6.6%), 1.2 billion tokens for validators (6.6%), 1.2 billion tokens for agents (6.6%), and 800 million tokens for reserves/incentives (4.4%). 2 billion tokens for the team and foundation (10.8%). 1.2 billion tokens for validators (6.5%). 1.2 billion tokens for brokers/agents (6.5%). 600 million tokens for staking rewards (3.2%).

Flop Labs CEO Arthur Hayes announced that the FLOP Network v0.5.0 yellow paper draft has been released, proposing an AI inference measurement and settlement network based on Substrate/FRAME, utilizing the BABE block production and AlephBFT finality mechanism.The project's official roadmap indicates that the FLOP testnet is planned to launch in Q4 2026, with token airdrops through participation in testing, and the mainnet target is set for Q1 2027; currently, the yellow paper remains a draft, and several parameters and mechanisms have yet to be finalized.

ARK Invest researcher Lorenzo Valente stated that after analyzing the contract-level data of Robinhood Chain, he believes that most of the trading activity on the chain may not be contributed by the newly introduced crypto users from Robinhood.Valente noted that the only wallet activity that can be clearly confirmed as coming from Robinhood users is the Swap transactions conducted by Robinhood Wallet through the 0x Settler contract, but this portion of transactions accounts for less than 1%; even if some unidentifiable long-tail transactions are included, the proportion of transactions related to Robinhood users may only be about 5%. The remaining trading activities mainly come from trading terminals like GMGN and OKX, which are basically consistent with the Degen trading behavior of these platforms on other public chains.Valente concluded that the current situation presented by Robinhood Chain resembles "the same group of Degen, just on a new chain." Robinhood Chain itself is an open, permissionless Layer 2 network, and any EVM-compatible wallets and applications can connect, so on-chain trading activity does not necessarily equate to new users from Robinhood.

According to Cointelegraph, the U.S. website traffic for the prediction market platform Kalshi has increased by over 1500% in the past year. Data from Similarweb shows that in July, traffic from the U.S. reached 15.4 million visits, a growth of about 1520% compared to less than 1 million visits in August 2025, with U.S. traffic accounting for nearly 80% of its total traffic. Meanwhile, Kalshi's nominal monthly trading volume in August reached approximately $40 billion, a growth of about 4500% compared to $874 million a year ago.The nominal monthly trading volume for the entire prediction market industry increased from about $2 billion to $50.7 billion during the same period, with Kalshi accounting for nearly 79%. According to Barron's, sports contracts accounted for 83% of Kalshi's trading volume in July. Kalshi is currently facing increasing legal challenges, with New Jersey having submitted the dispute to the U.S. Supreme Court, and Michigan authorities continuing to seek to block its operations.In terms of restricted jurisdictions, Canada brought about 450,000 visits to the Kalshi website in July, a significant increase from about 50,000 in August 2025; traffic from the UK also rose from 31,000 to 296,000. Although both countries are regions where Kalshi's membership agreement prohibits direct access or trading, Kalshi partnered with Canadian financial services company Wealthsimple in June to provide access to nearly 4,000 eligible contracts through a standalone application.

The prediction market team trading platform ParlayX announced the completion of a $1.25 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by Dreamcraft Ventures.ParlayX stated that the prediction market is designed for single-person, single-account trading, and the platform aims to enable teams to trade in prediction markets together.

According to Bloomberg, the French robotics startup Wandercraft (a subsidiary investment of Renault SA) is seeking approximately 100 million euros (about 116 million dollars) in a new round of financing and has appointed Goldman Sachs as the advisor for this financing.The pre-financing valuation is approximately 750 million euros, and the funds raised will be used to expand the company's business scale.

The Irish National Police (An Garda Síochána) reported that during a special operation against organized crime in the Galway area, police searched two properties and froze two cryptocurrency accounts worth approximately $900,000 in total. In addition, the police also froze a bank account containing €25,000 (approximately $29,100), and seized €9,300 in cash and drugs valued at approximately €18,300 (including amphetamines and cannabis).A man in his 40s involved in the case has been arrested and charged, and the investigation is ongoing.

According to Cointelegraph, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Thailand has advanced its regulatory framework for locally listed spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs from a principled proposal to the rule draft stage and is publicly soliciting opinions on this. The regulatory agency released two consultation documents on Monday, one containing the rule draft for Thailand's crypto ETFs, and the other proposing qualification principles for foreign digital asset custodians.In the initial phase, asset management companies can establish passive ETFs that track Bitcoin or Ethereum, which are the only qualified crypto assets. According to the proposed rules, Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs will only trade on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), with each ETF tracking a single crypto asset and required to maintain at least 80% net asset exposure to that asset within each accounting year. Mutual funds and private funds can also invest in Thailand's local crypto ETFs, as well as the foreign crypto ETFs they are permitted to invest in, but must comply with existing investment limits. However, in the initial phase, the regulatory agency does not allow alternative products linked to foreign crypto ETFs, including depositary receipts that track them.Regarding custody, the revised plan still primarily relies on domestic digital asset custodians as the main service providers in the initial phase, and the Thai SEC may allow the use of qualified foreign digital asset custodians when necessary. Foreign custodians must be supervised by a regulatory agency with legal authority and meet the regulatory and investor asset protection standards deemed sufficient by the Thai SEC. The deadline for public opinion collection on the two consultation documents is September 20.

OpenCode CEO Jay V stated that after the launch of DeepSeek V4 Flash on August 1, the daily Token consumption on OpenCode surged from about 3 trillion to 18 trillion, a sixfold increase within two weeks, approaching the daily processing volume of the entire OpenRouter platform. Its pricing is about 1/350 of Fable, 1/175 of GPT-5.6 Sol, and 1/70 of Claude Sonnet, and it is regarded by users as "AI so cheap it doesn't need to be measured."After raising peak hour prices by 5 times (and 2.5 times during off-peak hours) on August 16, the model's daily Token consumption fell by over 50% from its peak. Jay V believes that the price increase is a passive response to rising GPU costs. Currently, OpenCode is looking for suppliers who can handle traffic at original prices, requiring about 1,000 B300 units to support current demand. DeepSeek Flash has exposed the "impossible triangle" of the AI model market—cheap, powerful, and large-scale stable supply are difficult to achieve simultaneously. After the price increase, OpenCode Go reduced its quota from $60 to $15 and then restored it to $30, introducing a peak and off-peak rate mechanism.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the prediction market Polymarket for the event "Cincinnati Open: Rafael Jodar vs Flavio Cobolli," the "Rafael Jodar" option in the sub-market "Cincinnati Open: Rafael Jodar vs Flavio Cobolli" has experienced a drastic fluctuation in winning probability, plummeting from 79.5% an hour ago to the current 56.5% (a fluctuation of 23%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

The Shanghai Intermediate People's Court has published typical cases, analyzing whether "traffic personnel" involved in telecommunications network fraud related to virtual currencies constitute accomplices in fraud. From February 2022 to April 2023, the defendants, for the purpose of profit, assisted upstream fraudulent activities by "draining traffic," using online virtual phone software to lure victims into related scam groups, ultimately causing 30 victims to be defrauded of more than 2.34 million yuan (the same currency hereafter) by an overseas fraudulent organization. The overseas fraudulent organization transferred funds into the suspects' trading accounts via virtual currency.The Shanghai First Intermediate People's Court pointed out that in telecommunications network fraud cases, "traffic personnel" may constitute accomplices in fraud or illegal use of information networks depending on specific circumstances. The key lies in determining whether they have formed a clear criminal intent connection with the upstream fraudulent organization and whether there is stable cooperation and division of labor. In judicial practice, when assessing the criminal responsibility of "traffic personnel," factors such as their role in the criminal chain, the degree of organizational management, connections with upstream criminals, methods of profit, and abnormal behavior should be comprehensively considered. Actions that only provide general online services and do not form a conspiracy to commit fraud should be distinguished from "draining" actions that knowingly participate in the implementation of fraud.