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On September 28, the WEEX AI Trading Hackathon "AI Wars II: The Era of Algorithms" officially launched its fourth round of competition, which will run from 9/28 to 10/2. You can choose to join Team AI or Team Human. The AI team can access automated trading tools such as AI Agents through the WEEX API, while the Human team will engage in manual trading. Both sides will compete in a real market environment, vying for rankings and a prize pool of 25,000 USDT based on PnL%.AI Wars II consists of five rounds of competition, and so far, the Human team is leading the AI team 2:1. The real-time battle status on the WEEX official website shows that in the fourth round, the AI team's return is currently 7 percentage points ahead of the Human team. According to the event rules, the winning team can share 70% of each round's prize pool, while the losing team will still receive 30% of the prize pool share.

According to official news from the Sun Yuchen Prize, the first batch of award winners has officially entered a 14-day public notice period starting September 19. The topics currently under public notice are questions number 305, 371, 381, 526, 866, and 1001, among which candidates for questions 305, 371, and 381 are formal verifiers, candidates for questions 866 and 1001 are mathematical problem solvers, and question 526 has candidates from both roles. The public notice information has been made available on the official GitHub candidate registration form, and the public can submit formal challenges.It is reported that the Sun Yuchen Prize is the world's first zero-trust decentralized academic reward mechanism based on a list of questions, with a maximum single-question prize of 1 million US dollars. On the day of its establishment, the first batch of 66 mathematical problems was announced, with the highest prize of 1 million US dollars awarded to the OpenAI research team in recognition of their solution and formal proof regarding the "existence and smoothness problem of the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations." At the same time, the prize operating organization also announced the on-chain address of the prize pool, which has already deposited 10 million US dollars. After the public notice period ends, the prize will be distributed in USDT (TRC20) or USDC (ERC20), and the winners will also receive certificates and medals.

Bitget launches the 14th CFD King Championship, with a total prize pool of 75,000 USDT. The participation period is from September 21, 21:00 to September 28, 21:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users can complete designated CFD trading tasks to earn blind box lottery chances, with a 100% chance of winning USDT cash vouchers.In addition, inviting new users to complete trading tasks allows both new and old users to receive USDT rewards; users who meet daily trading standards can also accumulate points to participate in sharing a 7,600 USDT points prize pool; the top 470 users by total trading volume can share a 47,400 USDT ranking prize pool, with the champion receiving 4,000 USDT. For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.

Google announced that Nobel Prize winners Philippe Aghion and Ajay Agrawal have joined the company to expand its artificial intelligence and economics team.

OpenAI stated to The New York Times that since announcing progress on the Navier-Stokes equations on September 8, it has made "substantial progress" on one of the Millennium Prize Problems, but did not disclose which specific problem it is or provide a timeline for disclosure. The Millennium Prize Problems are seven mathematical problems established by the Clay Mathematics Institute since 2000, each with a reward of one million dollars.Speculation suggests that the problem may be the Hodge Conjecture, a 76-year-old problem regarding how to calculate the number of "holes" in complex geometric shapes. OpenAI has not confirmed this speculation and has not responded to rumors that its underlying model is a version of Aeon specifically designed for long-duration tasks. Previously, on September 8, OpenAI announced that its unreleased internal model generated a proof verified by Lean, indicating that the Navier-Stokes equations could "blow up" to physically impossible infinite speeds, involving about 10,000 coordinated AI agents and taking approximately 88 hours.However, this statement has sparked controversy. New York University mathematician Tristan Buckmaster stated that he and Anthropic researcher Levent Alpöge had been working on the related proof for nearly a year prior and completed it on August 22, while OpenAI's Sébastien Bubeck published his findings first upon learning of it. OpenAI stated that it is not pursuing the one million dollar prize, but rather using these problems as a public benchmark to measure the speed of model progress. The review of the Navier-Stokes proof by the Clay Mathematics Institute is still ongoing, and verification of past Millennium Prize Problems typically takes several years.

The founder of TRON, Justin Sun, announced the official establishment of the "Justin Sun Award" and revealed the first batch of winners. This is the world's first zero-trust, decentralized academic reward mechanism based on a "problem list," with significant breakthroughs in fundamental disciplines and machine formal verification as the sole criteria for awarding, with a maximum prize of up to 1 million dollars for a single problem.Justin Sun stated that the award aims to initiate a new scientific incentive paradigm centered on machine verification, powered by human-machine collaboration, and driven by decentralized rewards, striving to create a Nobel Prize for the AI era.The top prize of 1 million dollars was awarded to the OpenAI research team in recognition of their completion of the "Existence and Smoothness of the Navier-Stokes Equations" solution and formal proof. Other awarded achievements include the Sandorff Conjecture, Erdős Disjoint Subset, and other problems, involving a total of 66 mathematical problems.It is reported that the "Justin Sun Award" is open to all contributors, with no identity restrictions; both humans and AI can win, but only the first completer of the listed problems will be awarded. The problem list and proof materials are publicly available on GitHub, and the prize is recorded on-chain. The award covers mathematical progress made from January 1, 2026, onwards; those who complete formal verification of previously solved problems afterward can also win.

The founder of TRON, Justin Sun, announced the establishment of the "Justin Sun Award," which currently focuses only on mathematics. He stated that the award follows the problem rather than the individual, with no annual meeting, nominations, or age restrictions; each problem has two columns for signatures, one for the prover and one for the person who formalizes the proof and writes it into the machine. Both can be the same person, or they can be a person, AI, or a person using AI. The condition for triggering the prize is that the machine verifies the proof from the first line to the last line without error. Once verification is passed, the names in the two columns become the prize owners for that problem.The rules also include: before machine verification, if the mathematical community has accepted a human proof, it can be listed first, with the prize remaining unchanged, and the status being "Proven, awaiting formalization." The prize in the proof column is only awarded to problems that are solved after being listed; for problems that were already solved at the time of listing, the prover is still credited, but the prize is only awarded to the person who completes the formalization, not retroactively for the history of mathematics. The list of problems is determined by Justin Sun's signature for the listed problems and pricing; once listed, the price can only increase, and money can only be exchanged, not refunded. Mistakes in the problems will still be paid, and they will be re-listed afterward; beyond pricing, verification, payment, and naming, he does not participate in voting.Justin Sun stated that the focus of public welfare will shift to this award, with the initial prize pool already deposited into the blockchain, with the address and balance made public. He only retains the right to continue injecting funds; the award proof and prize distribution will also be made public on the chain. He mentioned that naming it after a person is to avoid name changes due to institutional changes and expressed that wealth comes from mathematics, hoping to "come from mathematics and return to mathematics."

According to official news, the Gate Launchpool Phase 375 MarsCat (MCAT) event is currently underway and will last until September 24 at 20:00 (UTC+8). Users can stake USDT, GT, or MCAT to share 2,000,000 MCAT tokens for free, with the current prize pool exceeding one million dollars. Among them, the total amount of USDT staked has reached 83,708,714.6 USDT, with an estimated annualized return rate of 13.69%; the estimated annualized return rate for the GT staking pool is 174.53%; and the estimated annualized return rate for the MCAT staking pool is 7522.57%.In addition, the Gate Launchpool CP and ALIGN events are simultaneously ongoing, with three major Launchpool activities running in parallel, providing users with diverse staking options. In the Gate Launchpool CP event, the total amount of ETH staked has reached 15,974.39 ETH, with an estimated annualized return rate of 3.15%; the estimated annualized return rate for the BTC staking pool is 1.41%; and the estimated annualized return rate for the CP staking pool is 61.65%. In the Gate Launchpool ALIGN event, the total amount of USDT staked has reached 137,165,777.41 USDT, with an estimated annualized return rate of 4.76%; the estimated annualized return rate for the GT staking pool is 0.96%; and the estimated annualized return rate for the ALIGN staking pool is 116.85%.

The cryptocurrency trading platform Bitget announced that the 2026 King’s Cup Global Invitation Tournament (KCGI) has officially started. This event integrates three major tracks: cryptocurrency contracts, TradFi contracts, and stock spot (rToken), using the same venue, prize pool, and ranking, with a total prize pool of 3 million USDT.Currently, over 1,300 teams are participating, with a total of 37,000 participants, and users can still register during the competition period. The UEX Arena offers a maximum reward of 2 million USDT, covering team earnings, trading volumes across all tracks, and individual earnings rankings; the UEX Treasure Map offers a maximum reward of 600,000 USDT, with an additional 100,000 USDT incentive for team captains. Registration ends on September 22.

Colosseum announced the launch of the second special hackathon track of the Crypto World's Fair, the Tempo track, which is supported by Tempo.The Tempo track will award a total of $100,000 to the top 10 startups integrated with the Tempo blockchain, and participants can register for the competition through the relevant page.

Bitget has launched a new stock spot trading event, with a total prize pool equivalent to 50,000 USDT in rOKLO. The participation period is from September 7, 19:00 to September 14, 18:59 (UTC+8).During the event, users who complete designated rToken trading tasks will receive chances to enter a blind box lottery. Rewards include cash vouchers for rOKLO ranging from 0.04 to 50, with a maximum of 60 blind boxes available per day and a winning rate of 100%.The event also features a trading volume ranking competition, where the top 50 cumulative trading volumes can share 350 rOKLO, with the 1st place receiving 50 rOKLO.

On September 7, the cryptocurrency exchange WEEX announced that the WEEX Hackathon Phase II AI Wars II officially started today at 00:00 (UTC+8). API players, manual traders, and prediction participants can all join to compete for a prize pool of 600,000 USDT.The event is divided into five rounds, taking place from now until October 9 over five weeks, with one round held from Monday to Friday each week. Participants can choose to join Team AI or Team Human, engaging in trading duels in a real market environment, competing for rankings and rewards based on PnL% performance.Users can earn points through registration, check-ins, likes, sharing, and contract trading tasks, using points to support Team AI or Team Human and predict the winning camp. Successful predictions can earn additional rewards.

BNB Chain announced the launch of a multi-week Meme trading season "BNB Stonks Szn," with a total prize pool of 4 million USD. From September 4 to 12, eligible bStocks pairs Meme coins will compete for rankings on the Meme leaderboard, with the prize pool distributed weekly and increased each week.The first week's prize pool is 400,000 USD, which will be allocated based on the HODLer Index (Diamond Hands Index). The top three Meme coin holder communities can unlock airdrops. This index is calculated based on the size and duration of holdings, with data collected starting from July 27, 2026. Selling midway will lower the score; individual Meme coin holdings must be at least 100 USD to qualify. The results of the first week and the airdrop amount will be announced on September 11 at 15:00 UTC by the official BNB Chain X account, and the first week's rewards will be sent directly in $BNB to eligible wallets.

WEEX Exchange announced that the WEEX Hackathon Season 2 "AI Wars II: The Algorithm Era" is officially launched. AI developers, quantitative traders, teams, and individuals can join Team AI or Team Human to engage in a continuous five-round trading competition in a real market environment, competing for rankings and rewards based on PnL% performance. The total prize pool for the event is 600,000 USDT, with multi-layered incentives designed around different participation methods.From September 3 to 6 is the pre-registration phase, where the first 20,000 registrants can share a 100,000 USDT early bird prize pool. Early registrants can complete event tasks in advance to accumulate activity points for the subsequent competition.

According to official news, Gate will launch the 15th phase of the Joint Earnings Coin event from September 3, 12:00 to September 23, 12:00 (UTC+8), with a total welfare prize pool of 500,000 USDT.During the event, users can open exclusive red envelopes and invite friends to register. After friends complete identity verification, designated deposits, and trading tasks, both parties can jointly receive USDT cash red envelope rewards, with a maximum of 100 USDT per transaction. The more invitations sent, the more red envelopes received, and there is no cap on individual cash rewards.

Bitget has launched a new CandyBomb event, with a total prize pool of 12 rSNDK. This event is aimed at new users of stock, metal, and commodity contracts, and participation is from September 3, 16:00 to September 13, 16:00 (UTC+8).During the event, users can unlock corresponding candies by completing designated contract trading tasks, with a maximum of 0.12 rSNDK available per person.

Binance Wallet recently announced that Binance Alpha has launched the AIA trading competition, with a total prize pool of $200,000. Users can click "Join" on the Binance App event page to start tracking their trading volume. Eligible Alpha competition traders can unlock a 1.2x trading volume boost; the Early Bird Multiplier has also been activated, with higher boosts for earlier participation, and a 2.0x multiplier available for trades made on the first day of the event. The competition only counts buy volume; sell volume is not included in the statistics.It is understood that the rewards for this competition will be distributed in two batches, with each batch having a prize pool of approximately $100,000 (equivalent to about 1.666 million AIA at a price of $0.06), and it is expected that each batch will cover 2,000 winning users, with an average reward of about $50 (approximately 833 AIA).In addition, DeAgentAI is currently planning to launch the "Catch $AIA" AI interactive mini-game as a side activity for the trading competition, creating a multi-channel and multi-structured triple benefit alongside the competition rewards, allowing users to unlock shared rewards through interactive gameplay.

Bitget today announced the schedule for the 2026 KCGI King Cup Global Invitational. This year's event has been fully upgraded, connecting three major tracks: crypto contracts, TradFi contracts, and stock spot rToken, with a total prize pool of 3,000,000 USDT.The event timeline is as follows:• Registration Phase: August 26, 00:00 -- September 26, 23:59 (UTC+8)• Early Bird Benefits: August 26, 00:00 -- August 30, 23:59 (UTC+8)• Join a Team: August 26, 00:00 -- September 9, 23:59 (UTC+8)• Delayed Team Formation Phase: September 9, 00:00 -- September 17, 23:59 (UTC+8)• Team Competition / Individual Competition: September 9, 00:00 -- September 22, 23:59 (UTC+8)• Reward Announcement and Honor Live Draw: To be held after the competition ends, specific time to be determined by official announcement.

WEEX Exchange Announcement: The platform has launched the Chinese Meme coin "Niu Lai" on August 16 at 14:15 (UTC+8), and will hold a trading reward event from 19:00 on August 18 to 19:00 on August 25 (UTC+8).During the event, Niu Lai/USDT will implement zero trading fees; all users with a daily spot trading volume of $Niu Lai ≥ 50 USDT can receive a daily bonus of 5 USDT in contracts; inviting friends to participate in this event can earn up to 1,000 USDT.