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Sei Network posted on platform X that REX Shares and Osprey Funds have updated their SEI staking ETF application documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), setting October 23 as the effective date.The document states that this revision is solely to designate a new effective date for previously submitted post-effective amendments. The funds involved include REX-Osprey SEI + Staking ETF, SUI + Staking ETF, HYPE + Staking ETF, NEAR + Staking ETF, AAVE ETF, ADA + Staking ETF, ATOM + Staking ETF, AVAX + Staking ETF.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporation Finance updated its frequently asked questions document on cryptocurrency assets on Friday, clarifying that token buybacks, network upgrades, and marketing promotions do not automatically make cryptocurrency assets securities. The division stated that announcing a buyback plan for an already functioning cryptocurrency network does not, by itself, make the associated tokens constitute an investment contract; however, for networks that are not yet operational, if the issuer promotes the buyback as a source of returns for holders, this conclusion may not necessarily apply.Regarding the ongoing development issues of cryptocurrency projects after their launch, the document pointed out that once a cryptocurrency system is operational, services used to protect, maintain, improve, or enhance that system and its functions, or to promote network effects, do not fall under the managerial efforts referred to in the Howey test. The existing uses of marketing networks generally do not create profit expectations, and statements regarding future functionalities are similarly true, provided that profit potential is not promoted. The document reiterated that specific judgments still heavily depend on the actual circumstances of each case.This document is based on the interpretive guidance issued by the SEC in March of this year regarding the application of securities laws to cryptocurrency assets, released just weeks after the Clarity Act failed to advance in the Senate, with regulators continuing to operate under existing laws. Additionally, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission updated its cryptocurrency FAQs on Thursday, stating that futures companies and clearinghouses may invest customer funds in tokenized versions of previously permitted assets, provided that investment and custody requirements are met; regulated companies may use blockchain for record-keeping but must be able to provide relevant records when the blockchain or its block explorer is not operational.

Bitget TradFi Chief Growth Officer Xie Jiayin issued an update on the platform's security incident, stating that the withdrawal time will be announced before noon tomorrow. The security team has identified the hacker's attack path and methods, and has grasped the details of how the attacker bypassed security measures, coming very close to tracing the source of the attack. The incident investigation by third-party security teams Mandiant and SlowMist is still ongoing, with a detailed report pending from the security team.On-chain tracking confirms that approximately $387.5 million has been transferred to the hacker's address, previously estimated at $351.6 million. This revision includes ZEC and TRX, and no other unauthorized transfers have been found. Xie Jiayin stated that the stolen funds at the platform level will be fully covered by the Bitget User Protection Fund, ensuring that user assets are not subject to any losses.Bitget has officially launched a fund recovery bounty program, offering a 5% bounty for voluntarily freezing the attacker’s funds and a 5% bounty for voluntarily recovering funds. The bounty also applies to assistance already provided. The platform has published the attacker's address, a real-time tracking dashboard, and a submission portal, with relevant information also available for submission through Bybit's Lazarus bounty platform.

Starting from September 25 at 15:00 (SGT), B.AI's popular model rights will welcome a new round of upgrades: the brand new MiMo-V2.6-Flash will take over the 90% discount, and the flagship MiMo-V2.6-Pro will enjoy a 50% launch discount.Currently, DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash, GLM-5.3-Flash, Qwen3.8-Flash, Hy3, and MiMo-V2.5 are enjoying the final 90% discount. Developers are urged to take advantage of the last window period to recharge and call in advance to ensure a smooth workflow transition.

According to official news, Robinhood will hold the 2026 HOOD Summit from September 29 to 30, during which Robinhood co-founder Vlad Tenev will announce new products/updates for active traders.In addition, based on recent promotional tweets from Robinhood and Vlad's official accounts, updates on tokenized stocks will also be released at the summit, including updates on the dividend reinvestment plan.

According to official news, the AIA Ecosystem Fund announced four updates to the AIA ecosystem, including the official launch of products, alignment of token and equity value, execution of token burn and unlock as planned, and the invalidation of unallocated tokens for dismissed members.In terms of products, the AI Token Smart Router under DeAgentAI was officially launched to the public today, providing unified access to DeAgentAI's proprietary models and 38 mainstream third-party models, supporting model routing, API calls, and usage measurement. Since the internal testing, the platform has served 8 top domestic and international large model clients, processing over 54 million external model calls, with monthly revenue exceeding one million dollars.Regarding the alignment of token and equity value, the AIA Ecosystem Fund stated that all revenue generated from products and business lines under DeAgentAI, as well as related intellectual property and value, will exclusively belong to the foundation and be governed by $AIA holders, with equity investors no longer entitled to residual cash flow. Additionally, the previously disclosed buyback has been fully completed, and the repurchased tokens will be burned as planned.The AIA Ecosystem Fund also stated that the one-year lock-up period for investors, team members, and advisors has ended, entering a three-year linear release period, consistent with the arrangements disclosed at launch; community, ecosystem, and staking shares will still be executed according to the original schedule.The shares of former employees who left normally will be distributed as agreed, but some former team members previously engaged in serious illegal activities. The AIA Ecosystem Fund clearly stated a zero-tolerance policy for any actions that harm the interests of the project and community. Any team member dismissed due to misconduct or harm to project interests will have their unallocated $AIA immediately invalidated, and the company reserves the right to pursue criminal liability.

Recently, Ethereum Classic experienced a social engineering incident involving the Core-Geth client. The unreviewed ethereumclassic/core-geth v1.13.0 was released on September 14 and was promoted as a security update. A few mining pool nodes temporarily switched to this version but have since reverted to the long-term maintained etclabscore/core-geth v1.12.23.This unreviewed version modified key logic such as chain selection and node discovery, posing a potential risk of network split; the incident did not result in block loss, chain reorganization, fund loss, or service interruption.

According to SlowMist monitoring, a Brazilian banking malware operation, active since at least May 2025, known as REF9334, has recently been disclosed. Its KREMLIN malware ecosystem uses a multi-stage loader and malicious browser extensions to steal credentials, session tokens, and sensitive data. The malicious extensions can be installed into Chrome and Edge without user approval by bypassing the Chromium integrity mechanisms, including Secure Preferences, HMAC, and App-Bound encrypted hashes.The operation also uses Ethereum smart contracts as "dead letter parsers" to dynamically update C2 endpoints and payload hosting locations. After registering the network Canary domain name, analysts observed 1,515 infected hosts checking in, with 98.75% located in Brazil. SlowMist recommends that security teams monitor related malware, browser extension activities, and infrastructure associated with this operation.

B.AI platform announced that to provide long-term stable and high-throughput computing power support to global developers, it will officially launch a 90% discount on calls for three popular models: Qwen3.8-Flash, Hy3, and MiMo-V2.5 starting from September 16 at 17:00 (SGT). The free rights for the above models will end on September 16 at 16:59 (SGT).At that time, developers will only need to pay 10% of the standard price to continue enjoying high-quality computing power services at a very low cost. B.AI reminds developers to prepare their balances in advance to ensure smooth integration of API calls and project workflows.

The founder of the meme coin issuance platform Long.xyz, Nate, stated in a post that this week there will be significant design space for perpetual contracts/synthetic assets, which will be combined with the platform's top trading pairs.Last week, Long.xyz launched a 1x long pool supporting tokenization for OpenAI and Anthropic, and the product was once highly hyped in the market.

On September 12, B.AI announced that a new round of rights for popular models officially took effect: the high-concurrency main models DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash and GLM-5.3-Flash are now available for a special 90% discount, allowing users to access them for only 10% of the original price, catering to high-throughput scenario demands with exceptional cost-effectiveness. At the same time, Qwen3.8-Flash, Hy3, and MiMo-V2.5 continue to offer full free access, providing developers with richer zero-cost options.This adjustment in rights aims to meet high-throughput demands with exceptional cost-effectiveness, lowering the exploration threshold for developers through a multi-model matrix. B.AI continues to support developers in building low-cost AI infrastructure with a multi-model matrix and inclusive pricing, bidding farewell to high computing costs and accelerating innovation implementation. Start now: https://chat.b.ai/chat

Crypto In America host Eleanor Terrett stated on X that the Republican Party of the U.S. Senate has released an updated text of the Clarity bill, reflecting changes from negotiations during the August recess.She noted that the ethical provisions section appears unchanged, and the provisions related to BRCA and stablecoin earnings remain the same.Changes include: requiring non-decentralized DeFi protocols to register with the CFTC, which aligns with Section 10301 of the Banking Committee's part of the bill; limiting DeFi provisions to spot or cash digital commodity trading, seemingly aimed at addressing tribal concerns about blockchain-based prediction markets; and clarifying the authority of credit unions to handle crypto assets.

Former U.S. President Trump published a revised version of the U.S. presidential rankings on Truth Social, expanding upon the version released a few days ago. In the latest ranking, former U.S. presidents are categorized into six levels: "Greatest," "Great," "Near Great," "Average," "Below Average," and "Losers."Trump lists himself separately in the "Greatest" category, ranking above Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Compared to the first version he released, Reagan has been added to the "Near Great" category, while Hoover has been downgraded to the "Losers" category. Biden and Obama have consistently remained in the "Losers" category.

According to the latest Merkle Tree Proof of Reserves (PoR) data from Huobi HTX, as of September 1, 2026 (UTC+8), the reserve ratios of various mainstream assets on the platform remain above 100%, continuously ensuring the safety of user assets with sufficient reserves and committing to 100% redemption, ensuring that users can trade and withdraw at any time. As one of the earlier platforms in the industry to continuously disclose Merkle Tree Proof of Reserves, Huobi HTX has publicly disclosed PoR data for 47 consecutive months, enhancing platform transparency in a long-term and verifiable manner.The specific updated reserve ratios are as follows: BTC (104%), ETH (102%), TRX (109%), USDs (102%), HTX (103%), XRP (104%), DOGE (101%), SOL (103%). Users can visit the "Assets - Proof of Reserves Report" page on the Huobi HTX official website to view.It is worth mentioning that starting from April this year, to further enhance the visual representation of US dollar asset reserve data, Huobi HTX has unified and aggregated USDT, USDC, and other US dollar stablecoins as "USDs" for display. The asset data of each currency remains independently recorded and verified to ensure that the reserve information is authentic, clear, and traceable.In the future, Huobi HTX will continue to adhere to the 1:1 reserve principle, using verifiable data, traceable on-chain assets, and a regular information disclosure mechanism to continuously enhance asset transparency, allowing users to see reserves, verify assets, and use them with greater peace of mind.

Vitalik recently updated EIP-8141 "Frame Transaction" proposal, with core improvements including atomic batch execution of up to 64 operations, social recovery (similar to Google account recovery, without the need for a mnemonic phrase), P256 quantum-resistant signatures, and the ability for anyone to pay gas fees for users, significantly enhancing the usability of Ethereum wallets.It is reported that the improvement proposal was co-authored by Vitalik, lightclient, and 10 other experts, and is planned to be included in the 2027 Hegotá upgrade, marking a significant native implementation of Ethereum account abstraction.

Robinhood Chain's multi-pool RWA token issuance platform PAIR has released the latest ecological data, with a cumulative trading volume nearing 100 million USD and rewards distributed to creators exceeding 600,000 USD, with over 2,000 projects launched on the protocol.In addition, PAIR has disclosed that it has burned PAIR tokens worth over 3 million USD to date, accounting for more than 10% of the total token supply. PAIR also announced that it will unveil the "largest update to date" within the next 24 hours.

The U.S. SEC has proposed amendments to the transfer agent rules, which have not undergone significant updates since they were introduced in the late 1970s. Transfer agents, as securities record keepers, maintain ownership records and handle corporate actions such as mergers and dividend distributions, while playing a key role in the clearing and settlement processes.SEC Chairman Paul Atkins stated that the proposal will simplify and modernize the commission's rules to reflect the current processes and operations of transfer agents, including the use of electronic communications and blockchain technology in securities issuance and share transfers. The SEC noted that some market participants are exploring blockchain-based systems to maintain securities ownership records.In the 421-page rule change document, the SEC stated that transfer agents interacting with tokenized securities, distributed ledger technology, and smart contracts must manage risks related to blockchain data integrity, the security of tokenized securities, and the operational models of distributed ledgers; those adopting artificial intelligence or automation technologies must ensure appropriate controls, accurate representations of system capabilities, and effective oversight of automated processes.

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform that Core Lightning version 26.06.7 has been released, fixing multiple vulnerabilities disclosed responsibly over the past three weeks. The AI-generated security reports for the open-source Bitcoin project have recently increased, and specific vulnerability information will be kept confidential for two weeks to allow node operators to complete upgrades before the technical details and source code are disclosed.Developers warn that immediate disclosure of the fixes could allow attackers to reverse-engineer the vulnerabilities and subsequently attack nodes that have not yet been updated. All Core Lightning node operators should upgrade immediately. Currently, the Docker image is not available, and developers explicitly warn users not to wait for the Docker image.

According to Bitcoin News, Sparrow Wallet v2.5.4 has been released after extensive AI-assisted review, containing multiple security enhancement updates aimed at reducing users' reliance on external servers such as Electrum.Additionally, this version strengthens Ledger, Keycard, Trezor, Payjoin, PSBT, and multi-signature handling, removes Bitcoin Core credentials and other confidential information from debug logs, restricts existing wallet and backup directory permissions to owner access only, closes local DNS resolution leaks when using Tor, and enhances wallet import, signing, downloading, and server response verification. This update expands Sparrow Wallet's scope for independently verifying transaction data, hardware devices, and other inputs, reducing reliance on external servers for data provision.

DeFi protocol Term Labs updates on the progress of the attack incident, disclosing that the affected entity is the Term Vault governance mechanism, rather than the underlying Term protocol and its direct lending market. All Meta Vaults have now been closed and DAO governance permissions revoked to prevent further inflow of funds. This closure operation is irreversible and will permanently block new deposits.Currently, the withdrawal function remains open, and they are working with external security teams to conduct repairs and recovery. If a funding gap is ultimately confirmed, corresponding solutions will be explored. Term Labs reminds users to pay attention only to information released by official accounts and to be wary of impersonators and fraud. Previously, it was reported that Term Labs suffered a governance attack resulting in losses of approximately $8.5 million.