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DoubleZero co-founder Austin Federa posted on the X platform, stating that he recently saw some "boring FUD" from "big names" in private chats, and clarified that DoubleZero firmly supports Solana.Currently, DoubleZero has provided free high-speed connections for over 60% of Solana staking, with about 75% of validators using DoubleZero.

The global fiber optic network project DoubleZero announced the launch of a dedicated market data source for the decentralized derivatives exchange Hyperliquid, allowing professional trading institutions to access its complete order book via fiber optics instead of public APIs. This data source covers the native perpetual contract market of Hyperliquid, as well as the markets operated by trade[XYZ] that run on its infrastructure, which offers perpetual contracts linked to assets such as crude oil, gold, and silver. This data source was co-developed by DoubleZero, validator node operators, and ecosystem partners Hyperion DeFi, MAVAN, and Kinetiq.DoubleZero stated that this service provides continuous and orderly market data streams for market makers, quantitative trading institutions, and proprietary trading firms, meeting their demand for faster and more stable order book updates. Previously, institutions wishing to obtain a complete view of Hyperliquid's order book had to integrate the data returned by public APIs themselves or run their own Hyperliquid nodes. DoubleZero noted that adjustments to Hyperliquid's public API have reduced the frequency and depth of available updates.Hyperliquid is the third trading venue to access the DoubleZero Edge market data service, following Solana and the prediction market Kalshi.

According to a report by The Information cited by Dongcha, two individuals with direct knowledge stated that the artificial intelligence company DeepSeek has an annual revenue of approximately $1 billion, up from less than $500 million a few months ago. The revenue primarily comes from model APIs, and the free chat application currently has no advertising or subscription revenue.The report indicated that part of the revenue growth is due to price increases, with some API prices raised by about 2.3 to 4.5 times. Liang Wenfeng recently told investors that the number of customers did not decline after the price increase, and demand remains strong. Previously disclosed financial data showed that the gross margin for the API business in the first seven months of this year was 82.9%.DeepSeek's second round of financing plans to raise approximately 50 billion yuan, with a valuation of about 500 billion. The company hopes to complete this by the end of October and is also preparing for an IPO on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's Sci-Tech Innovation Board. Liang Wenfeng stated that over 70% of the computing power is used for training new models, leaving less than 30% for inference; the company is trying to run more small models directly on gaming graphics cards, reserving high-end chips for training.

SpaceXAI launched Grok 4.7, which is twice as fast as similar products and priced at only half of theirs.The input tokens for Grok 4.7 are $2 per million, and the output tokens are $6 per million.

According to a report by Seoul Economic Daily, Samsung Electronics plans to increase the production of the sixth-generation high bandwidth memory HBM4 and the seventh-generation HBM4E, among other HBM4 series, by at least more than double compared to this year. The company intends to outsource the cleaning volume of glass substrates required for thinning HBM DRAM from 20,000 pieces per month this year to 50,000 pieces per month next year, an increase of 2.5 times compared to this year. Last year, the monthly demand for these substrates was about 10,000 pieces, which has already doubled this year compared to last year.The HBM4 and HBM4E that Samsung Electronics is focusing on expanding production are primarily high-stacking products with 12 layers or more. The company began mass production and shipment of HBM4 using sixth-generation 10nm (1c) DRAM and 4nm process-based chips in February this year, and provided 12-layer samples of HBM4E to customers such as Nvidia in May. The industry expects that, based on monthly wafer input, Samsung Electronics' HBM production capacity will increase from about 180,000 pieces this year to about 250,000 pieces next year, an increase of nearly 40%; the shipment proportion of the HBM4 series may rise from about 40% this year to about 80% next year.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin responded to Paradigm Chief Technology Officer Georgios Konstantopoulos's question, "What room is there for the development of privacy from now on?" by stating that only by giving up can privacy truly be considered to be on the path to extinction. I will not give up on privacy; instead, I will further strengthen it.Earlier reports indicated that Vitalik updated the Ethereum roadmap in August, with quantum security, privacy protection, and native Rollups becoming future focuses.

According to an analysis by Cointelegraph of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) MiCA registration data, the number of banks on the EU MiCA crypto service provider list has doubled from about 40 on June 26 to about 80 on September 16, with the proportion rising from about 17% to nearly 23%, approaching one-quarter. During the same period, the total number of registered Crypto Asset Service Providers (CASP) increased from 243 to 349, but the proportion of non-bank service providers decreased from about 84% to 77%, reflecting a relative shrinkage.Germany is the main driving force behind this round of bank expansion, with several cooperative banks and commercial banks recently appearing on ESMA's MiCA registration list, including Volksbank, Raiffeisenbank, and VR Bank. Germany's largest bank, Deutsche Bank, also announced on Wednesday plans to launch digital asset custody services for institutional and corporate clients in Europe. A spokesperson for the bank told Cointelegraph that regulatory approval under MiCA is expected in October.Unlike crypto companies that need to apply for CASP authorization, banks can provide crypto asset services through the notification procedure stipulated in Article 60 of MiCA, allowing them to bypass the standard CASP authorization process by simply submitting the required information to their national regulatory authority at least 40 working days before offering the service for the first time.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang stated that NVIDIA's chip sales next year will reach double that of this year. Artificial intelligence safety is crucial, and unsafe products must be curtailed.

Circle's public chain Arc will officially launch on September 16. Following the previous launch of the Robinhood chain, tokens represented by CASHCAT achieved returns of thousands and tens of thousands of times. The market expects a similar trend to occur on the Arc chain. Therefore, on-chain funds are actively seeking opportunities for early positioning and front-running.Currently, third-party platforms have emerged in the market that offer USDC exchanges from the Ethereum mainnet to USDC on the Arc chain. Relevant data shows that the current USDC on the Arc chain is priced nearly double that of USDC on the Ethereum mainnet. Leading platforms have facilitated 11,660 exchanges, with a total transaction volume exceeding 5 million dollars, while the platform charges a 3% service fee for these transactions.Previously, several crypto-native platforms announced that they would support the Arc chain as soon as it launches, including the NFT trading platform Opensea and the meme coin platform fomo. In response to the announcement of fomo's launch, Circle co-founder Jeremy Allaire also made a positive response immediately, serving as a potential support hint for the crypto-native community. Whether Arc can successfully continue the on-chain boom after its launch still needs to be verified by the market at that time.

According to Caixin, Oracle Corporation has initiated a new round of layoffs. Leaked internal documents indicate that the layoff ratio for some teams will reach double digits. On September 14 local time, posts claiming to be affected by this round of layoffs appeared on platforms such as LinkedIn, Reddit, and Blind.Last month, there were reports that the company had developed a new layoff plan to reduce salary costs. Last Friday, Oracle disclosed an expansion of its corporate restructuring plan, adding $700 million for employee severance and layoffs. As of May 31, the total number of employees at the company was 141,000, a decrease of about 21,000 from 162,000 during the same period last year.Oracle's capital expenditure for the first quarter was $28.5 billion, and it maintained its capital expenditure expectation of $90 billion to $95 billion for the fiscal year 2027. Chief Financial Officer Hilary Maxson stated that the related expenditures are for the procurement of AI racks, cooling systems, and network equipment, and that internal simplification and efficiency improvement measures are core initiatives to control operating costs.

The Southeast Asian cryptocurrency industry is expected to double its funding to $680 million by 2026, with Singapore taking the lead.Japan's Metaplanet faces shareholder backlash due to the executive stock incentive plan.

The American hamburger chain Steak 'n Shake stated on platform X that since it began accepting Bitcoin payments in May 2025, the company has achieved double-digit growth in same-store sales, with franchise same-store sales increasing by 19% this quarter. The company processes Bitcoin payments through the Lightning Network.Steak 'n Shake's Chief MAHA Officer Michael Boes stated at the Bitcoin 2026 conference that Bitcoin has become the core driving force behind the chain's business performance. Same-store sales grew by 11% quarter-over-quarter in the second quarter of 2025, accelerating to 15% in the third quarter, surpassing major competitors such as McDonald's, Taco Bell, and Domino's Pizza.When paying with Bitcoin, Steak 'n Shake can save about 50% on processing fees, as traditional credit card processors charge a fee of 2.5% to 3.5% per transaction. The company also incorporated $10 million in Bitcoin into its strategic reserves this January and had considered accepting other cryptocurrencies, but abandoned the plan after a vote on platform X showed users believed only Bitcoin was necessary.

According to CoinDesk, DoubleZero has integrated Kalshi's election and political prediction market data into its low-latency data platform DoubleZero Edge, providing real-time order book information for institutional and automated traders. This subscription data stream covers transactions, best bid and ask prices, and market depth aggregated by price, distributed through DoubleZero's contributor-driven fiber network built on Solana.DoubleZero co-founder Austin Federa stated that prediction markets are becoming a source of real-time information, but their value depends on the speed of action. If debates, court rulings, or breaking news change market direction within seconds, delayed snapshots become outdated. Placing Kalshi's real-time order book data for elections and politics on DoubleZero Edge can convert probabilities into machine-readable market data for professional traders and AI systems to consume and execute in real-time.This launch coincides with the acceleration of trading related to the U.S. midterm elections. According to data from the Anti-Corruption Data Collective, as of August 10, bets on the 2026 congressional elections on Kalshi, Polymarket, and Polymarket US have exceeded $133 million, surpassing the $92.4 million for the entire 2024 congressional election cycle. Kalshi is a federally regulated prediction market exchange, and the midterm elections on November 3 will determine control of Congress.

Licheng, Jingyuan Electronics, and Silergy all reported year-on-year and month-on-month revenue growth in August, with Licheng and Silergy setting new historical highs for two consecutive months. Licheng's consolidated revenue in August was 8.558 billion New Taiwan Dollars, a month-on-month increase of 3.48% and a year-on-year increase of 24.46%. After breaking the 8 billion mark for the first time in July and setting a historical high, August saw another record. The cumulative revenue for the first eight months reached 61.258 billion New Taiwan Dollars, a year-on-year increase of 30.83%. Jingyuan Electronics reported revenue of 4.08 billion New Taiwan Dollars in August, a month-on-month increase of 2.23% and a year-on-year increase of 31.58%. The cumulative revenue for the first eight months was 29.404 billion New Taiwan Dollars, a year-on-year increase of 35.53%. Silergy's revenue in August was 2.07 billion New Taiwan Dollars, with a month-on-month increase of nearly 3% and a year-on-year increase of nearly 29%. The cumulative revenue for the first eight months reached 15.26 billion New Taiwan Dollars, a year-on-year increase of over 20%.Licheng's main source of growth this year remains the rebound in demand for memory packaging and testing. Licheng previously anticipated that revenue in the third quarter would show single-digit quarter-on-quarter growth, with the fourth quarter having the potential to exceed the third quarter. The momentum for memory orders is expected to continue until the end of the year, with a positive market outlook at the beginning of next year. In addition to its core memory business, advanced packaging has become a key focus for the next phase of development. The panel-level packaging has already been adopted by American clients, and the production capacity of the P11 plant has been secured by clients, with plans to enter the mass production phase of integrated ASIC and HBM AI chips by mid-2027.Jingyuan Electronics has been actively expanding its high-end testing capacity in recent years, with AI-related products becoming an important driving force for its operations. The testing demand for AI GPUs, ASICs, and high-performance computing chips remains its main source of growth. Silergy pointed out that the demand for AI and high-speed interconnects is strong, including an increase in demand for high-performance computing chips such as CPUs, GPUs, ASICs, and AI accelerators. After completing the cleanroom construction at the newly acquired Hukou plant in February, Silergy began mass production in July, currently achieving 40% of the total capacity of the plant and gradually taking on new demand from overseas clients.

On September 2, TSMC Senior Vice President and Co-COO Dr. Wei-Chung Hou stated that the speed of change in AI demand far exceeds past industry experiences. Taking TSMC's equipment demand as an example, the estimated equipment needed for this year at the end of last year was calculated to be 1 times, but just one quarter later it increased to 1.5 times, and by July of this year, it had reached 1.9 times, with demand nearly doubling in just six months.Dr. Hou pointed out that the semiconductor industry has never faced such rapid changes in demand in the past 30 years. The entire industry needs to provide nearly double the original equipment, capacity, and resources in an extremely short time. TSMC is currently constructing 13 fabs in Taiwan and about 5 to 6 overseas, totaling nearly 20 fabs globally, with the scale of construction expanded to about 3 to 4 times that of the past, yet still unable to fully meet customer demand.He emphasized that in the AI era, the entire system or module needs to be optimized, and traditional collaborative models can no longer meet the demand. The supply chain must be restructured into a new cooperation model that is more closely integrated. The entire ecosystem is not yet prepared for such rapid growth, with equipment demand nearly doubling in six months, and almost no suppliers can completely avoid capacity constraints.

Qualcomm announced a double-digit increase in chip prices starting September 1, applicable to chips shipped after that date. Qualcomm informed customers in July that it could no longer absorb rising supplier costs. Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon stated in an interview with Reuters that they are simply passing on the significant cost increases they are facing.Apple continues to procure modem chips from Qualcomm for the iPhone 17 models while transitioning to self-developed modems. Qualcomm expects revenue from Apple to decline faster than previously anticipated, dropping about 50% from the September quarter to the December quarter, as supply constraints will reduce Qualcomm's component share in the iPhone 18 series. Qualcomm also provides mobile chips for manufacturers like Samsung, with price increases covering its product line and negotiating separately with customers.

According to the official webpage, the voting phase for the Solana double deflation proposal has ended, with a voter participation rate of 60.69%. Among the votes, 67% were in favor, the opposition rate was 25.16%, and the abstention rate was 7.84%, with the approval rate reaching the required 2/3 support threshold for passage. The proposal aims to reduce the inflation rate of SOL to about half of its original rate, increasing the deflation rate to 30%. Based on current estimates, this proposal will reduce the issuance of SOL by approximately 18.9 million over the next six years.In addition, the voting phase for the resource and fee inclusion proposal has ended, with a voter participation rate of 61.14%. Among the votes, 53.9% were in favor, the opposition rate was 18.92%, and the abstention rate was 27.18%, with the approval rate not reaching the required 2/3 support threshold for passage. This proposal suggests introducing a transaction fee mechanism based on resource consumption, charging fees according to the network resources consumed by transactions, which is expected to increase the daily burn rate of SOL from the current approximately 650 to between 7500 and 9000.

According to data from the Solana governance platform, the "SGP-0002 Double Deflation" proposal is currently in the voting stage, with about 12 hours left until the voting deadline. This proposal was initiated by Helius (HEL1...e2TU) and suggests increasing the deflation rate in Solana's inflation plan from the current -15% to -30% to accelerate the reduction of network inflation.The current voter participation rate is 47.29%, meeting the requirement of 1/3 of the quorum. The vote distribution is as follows: For: 140.6M SOL (68.58%), Against: 47.39M SOL (23.12%), Abstain: 17.01M SOL (8.3%). Among the main voting parties, validators such as Helius, Jupiter, and Staking Facilities voted in support, while Figment, Everstake, and P2P.org voted against.

The Block reported that Hyperliquid Strategies raised $647 million in equity capital and more than doubled its Hyperliquid native token treasury to 29.3 million HYPE, valued at approximately $1.9 billion at the end of the fiscal year, while maintaining $149.9 million in cash and no debt.The company stated that it has since deployed $773.4 million to acquire approximately 16.5 million additional HYPE at an average cost of $46.77, and spent $27.8 million to repurchase PURR shares, with $132.6 million in cash remaining as of August 19.