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According to The Philippine Star, the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) of the Philippines has obtained a court freeze order to freeze over 100 financial accounts and other assets related to a congressman and several individuals and entities. These assets are suspected to be linked to corruption, plunder, and irregularities in flood control projects.The freeze includes 86 bank accounts, 4 investment accounts, 1 insurance policy, and 25 virtual asset wallets. The AMLC stated that the funds circulated through multiple virtual asset service providers and various virtual asset wallets, complicating tracking efforts. The council did not disclose the identities of the relevant congressman and other parties involved.

Conway Research founder Sigil Wen announced the launch of Underdog, a private personal AI that can run on users' existing devices. Sigil Wen stated that Underdog has received support from a16z, Khosla Ventures, Hummingbird VC, Anthology (Anthropic and Menlo Ventures), as well as individuals and institutions in the AI field such as Patrick Collison, Naval, Guillermo Rauch, Noam Brown, Thomas Wolf, and Logan Kilpatrick.According to the announcement, Underdog's mission is to provide free, accessible, reliable, and private AI to billions of people. The team proposed Underdog's Law: that cutting-edge intelligence will reach users' devices within six months. The project will start with high-speed AI that can run on consumer-grade hardware, advancing capabilities, speed, power consumption, and data efficiency through collaborative design of models and reasoning engines.The announcement also stated that Underdog's research covers agent commerce, confidential reasoning, and how AI can reshape the internet economy, believing that privacy and capability no longer need to be mutually exclusive.

The co-founder of the real-world asset perpetual contract protocol Ostium, Kaledora, published a statement explaining the financial and revenue model of the protocol. She stated that approximately $44.7 million in total revenue over two years on Dune comes from four on-chain fees: $20.39 million in opening fees, $16.5 million in spreads, $4.75 million in rollover fees, and $3.35 million in liquidation fees.Of the aforementioned revenue, $22.14 million (49.6%) flows to the OLP treasury, $19.55 million (43.8%) is for liquidity costs, including $16.05 million for hedging and $3.49 million in hedging interest, leaving a gross profit of $2.96 million (6.6%). She noted that the total on-chain revenue does not include off-chain hedging costs, and prior to the liquidity upgrade in April, the protocol did not have the capability to monetize traffic; a security incident occurred just months after the system was upgraded.In terms of financing, Ostium raised $300,000 in 2022, $3.6 million in 2023, $4.1 million in 2024, and $19.4 million in 2025. The team is expected to expand from about 12 people in 2025 to 35 people by the second quarter of 2026, investing in costs related to data authorization, marketing, cloud infrastructure, auditing, and AI. She mentioned that the company has not reserved a balance sheet sufficient to cope with such incidents and that the silence has been too long. The next step will allow the remaining 345 OLP holders to share in business growth, with plans to announce the second phase recovery plan in the coming week.

The founder of Pons, Ozzy, posted on platform X in response to community concerns about the PONS buyback and burn mechanism, stating that the current burn rate has indeed not been adjusted, and the "Claim" process has not yet achieved complete decentralization.He mentioned that an on-chain contract upgrade is currently underway, with a new buyback mechanism planned to execute a Claim every 7 days. Subsequently, all funds received in the following 7 days will be used for buyback and destruction of PONS, and this process will repeat to establish a more sustainable buyback and burn mechanism. Currently, all buyback and burn operations have been automated. Anyone can trigger this bot and receive a small reward for this action.He further stated that the previously set buyback and burn rate is 2e per hour. Combined with the current funding scale of approximately 950,000 USD in the Splitter (fund diversion contract), this rate aligns with the 7-day buyback cycle. Funds will also be automatically executed according to the 7-day cycle after being claimed, so the buyback funds will be displayed in two different sections: one is the current active buyback fund pool (Active Buyback Vault), and the other is reserved for the buyback funds for the next week.Previously, crypto analyst yyy posted on platform X stating that Pons has not replenished funds to the buyback allocator for over 5 days, with approximately 440,000 USD in the escrow account awaiting claim. He believes that the untimely claiming of funds has led to a low burn rate of PONS recently and calls for promoting the decentralization of fund claims from the escrow account.

Moonrock Capital's CEO and partner Simon Dedic posted on X, specifically criticizing the NFT market Blur and the Layer 2 network Blast founder Pacman. He stated that he cannot understand the choices made by founders like Pacman, as they have already established market positions through protocols like Blur and Blast, gaining support from top investors and significant attention.Simon Dedic mentioned that Pacman did not utilize the aforementioned conditions to create larger, more sustainable products for the long term, but instead chose to extract value and profit quickly in the short term. He noted that such situations are not uncommon, and therefore, more emphasis should be placed on honest builders who refuse to take the path of least resistance; if such individuals are found, they should be continuously supported.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "China Open: Bu Yun Zhao Ke Te vs Djokovic," the sub-market "Total Sets: Over/Under 2.5" option "Over 2.5" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 68% an hour ago to the current 90.5% (a fluctuation of 22.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

David Hoffman, the founder of the crypto media Bankless, stated in a post on X that if Bitcoin's daily closing price surpasses 86,600 USD, it will release a strong signal; if it further surpasses 87,400 USD, it will be an extremely bullish signal.

ZachXBT posted on platform X that UPay may allow the sanctioned illegal market Xinbi to issue its Visa crypto card and requested UPay to clarify the situation.ZachXBT stated that Xinbi is mainly involved in pig butchering scams, fraud, money laundering, and human trafficking.

Aave founder Stani Kulechov expressed disappointment on the X platform regarding the responses from the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Banking Authority (EBA) to the MiCA consultation. He stated that both institutions not only advocate for banning stablecoin payment yields but also propose restrictions on crypto asset service providers (CASP) offering users access to DeFi, including services involving non-MiCA authorized stablecoin yield protocols.Kulechov indicated that the relevant opinions also involve restricting DeFi services to specific user groups through "suitability tests" and potentially establishing a certification system for DeFi lending protocols. He believes that if regulators decide which protocols are suitable for European users, it could lead to more closed ecosystems, weakening the liquidity and network effects of open DeFi, and limiting opportunities for European users to participate in on-chain finance.

Regarding the previous incident where the FlashLoopAdapter vulnerability caused a loss of approximately 114 ETH from two Safe multi-signatures, Aave founder Stani Kulechov stated that the contract with the vulnerability is not the Aave v3 contract, but rather a third-party external adapter built on top of Aave, which does not affect Aave v3 itself.Previously, SlowMist disclosed that the FlashLoopAdapter has an access control vulnerability, which attackers exploited to bypass permission checks and transfer assets from two Safe multi-signatures that enabled the module, ultimately resulting in a loss of approximately 114.09 ETH.

The Core Lightning team, which develops the open-source Bitcoin Lightning Network node software, has issued an urgent alert stating that reports indicate attackers are targeting nodes that have not installed patches, urging operators still running old versions to upgrade immediately. The team stated: "Emergency security update: If you are using version 26.06.7 or earlier, please upgrade to the latest release as soon as possible."Prior to this, Core Lightning began investigating a potential issue that could affect its experimental features and, in turn, impact user funds on September 16, and approximately six days later, version 26.06.8 was released. This update not only fixed several defects but also provided patches for security vulnerabilities reported responsibly by multiple parties, thanking the Bitcoin Red Team and 12 other individuals and organizations in the release notes, while also acknowledging anonymous reporters.According to the changelog, this round of fixes covers a bug that could cause sender nodes to crash, requests that could exhaust REST interface memory, and a vulnerability that could result in user funds facing confiscation losses when closing payment channels. To provide operators with ample upgrade windows and prevent attackers from taking advantage of reverse engineering and exploitation, this version intentionally obscured some testing content. Additionally, in August of this year, the project initiated a collaborative fixing process after reviewing a large number of AI-generated general vulnerability disclosure reports, and two days later released version 26.06.7 to close confirmed vulnerabilities.

Bitwise CEO posted on the X platform that the Bitwise Chainlink ETF has received inflows for three consecutive days, with assets under management exceeding 68 million dollars.

Aave founder Stani Kulechov tweeted that Aave has processed a total loan amount exceeding 1.1 trillion USD.He pointed out that traditional finance relies on backend teams, settlement departments, intermediaries, and legal agreements, while Aave coordinates lending through code and calls for more lending activities to be moved on-chain.

According to Cointelegraph, the Ministry of State Security of China issued a statement accusing cryptocurrencies of being used by foreign forces for espionage and money laundering, emphasizing their non-anonymity.Data from the same period shows that Singapore's crypto economy grew against the trend by 55.4% to $284 billion, maintaining its position as the regional leader.

According to Bitcoin Magazine, Jack Dorsey's payment company Block has announced the launch of its first Bitcoin consumer advertising campaign, aimed at encouraging people to use Bitcoin as a medium of exchange and to make Bitcoin "everyday currency." The campaign slogan is "Some things don't make sense. Bitcoin does." The advertisements depict scenes of Americans complaining about rising living costs and Wall Street bankers receiving government bailouts.Miles Suter, head of Block's Bitcoin business, stated that the company focuses on creating financial products that make everyday life more convenient, and this advertising campaign is the first large-scale showcase of a centralized financial system for Bitcoin. The campaign will run from Thursday on YouTube, X, Meta, Instagram, and Fox Sports television channels until December 31, and will be aired before select screenings of "Avengers: Endgame" and "Dune Part 3."Dorsey left Twitter in 2021 to focus on payment business and Bitcoin adoption, and has expressed a desire for Bitcoin to become a global currency. Block's Cash App allows users to buy, sell, and send Bitcoin, while Square accepts Bitcoin payments through the Lightning Network. The company also launched a modular Bitcoin mining machine last year to reduce costs for miners in maintenance and equipment replacement.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event on Polymarket for "Counter-Strike: FaZe vs. Nemiga - Stake Ranked Episode 4 Playoffs," the "Map 3 Total Rounds: Over/Under 21.5" sub-market's "Over" option win rate has experienced significant fluctuations, soaring from 30% an hour ago to the current 50% (a fluctuation of 20%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

Muneeb Ali posted on the X platform that he will serve as the new CEO of Stacks Labs. Last year, Stacks underwent an ecosystem restructuring, with Stacks Labs becoming the protocol's operational center; over the past year, Alex Miller served as the interim CEO of Stacks Labs.Muneeb Ali stated that his optimism for STX is higher than ever; with the successful launch of Bitcoin staking, there will be increased investment in the development of the Bitcoin capital market. As a result of this news, STX rose 10.9% in the past 24 hours.

According to The Block, shareholders of Armada Acquisition Corp. II have approved its business combination with XRP Treasury company Evernorth, clearing a key step for the latter's listing on Nasdaq.The transaction is expected to raise approximately $300 million in total cash proceeds, with investors also contributing in physical XRP. Upon completion of the transaction, Evernorth is expected to hold approximately 473 million XRP. The transaction is expected to be completed on October 7, and the combined company plans to trade under the ticker XRPN starting October 8.