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On October 8, SonicStrategy (CSE: SONI, OTCQB: SONIF), a digital asset infrastructure company listed in Toronto, Canada, announced the completion of the first phase of a non-brokered private placement, issuing 11,250,000 common shares at a price of CAD 0.20 per share, totaling CAD 2.25 million, all settled in 7,922,535 SYN tokens, without receiving cash.SYN is priced at USD 0.20 per token, with an agreed exchange rate of 1 USD to 1.42 CAD, equivalent to CAD 0.284, with the price confirmed in writing by all parties and approved by the board of directors. The company stated that from September 28 to October 7, the volume-weighted average price of SYN/USDC on Binance was approximately USD 0.1849. No warrants were issued in this phase, and no intermediary fees were paid; the shares are subject to a holding period restriction under Canadian securities law until February 9, 2027. After the closing, the total issued common shares are 60,870,466, with no new shareholders holding 10% or more; the first phase of the closing is still pending final acceptance by the Canadian Securities Exchange.CEO Dustin Zinger stated that this acquisition strengthens the company's digital asset portfolio and allows the company to access ecosystems including the on-chain options platform Hypercall. The received SYN is held in custody controlled by the company and can be used for staking, validating nodes, and operating digital asset infrastructure, or sold and converted to fund operations.

As the institutional market gradually develops towards the separation of custody and trading, Bitget is expanding its open custody and over-the-counter settlement infrastructure for institutional clients, providing more flexible asset custody, fund management, and trading access options.Currently, Bitget has partnered with institutions such as Copper ClearLoop, Cactus Custody Oasis, Fireblocks Off Exchange, OSL MirrorEX, Bitfire PrimeMirror, and Sygnum Protect to meet the differentiated needs of institutions in asset isolation, custody options, settlement efficiency, and liquidity access through diversified custody and settlement models.Bitget's CEO Gracy Chen stated that different types of institutions have varying needs for custody, settlement, and capital management. Bitget aims to allow institutions to choose solutions based on their operational models through open and compatible infrastructure, enhancing fund utilization efficiency and liquidity access capabilities while achieving asset risk isolation. This expansion is also an important part of Bitget's UEX strategy, with institutional services continuing to be a strategic focus to further enhance capital utilization efficiency and accelerate the integration of crypto assets with tokenized traditional financial infrastructure.

Programmable privacy infrastructure Soda Labs has completed a $3 million seed round financing, led by NextBlock. Over the past two and a half years, Soda Labs has developed a cryptographic privacy solution that combines garbled circuits with multi-party computation (GC-MPC), relying on proven standard cryptography such as AES and SHA256. Its privacy engine runs on standard cloud CPUs without the need for dedicated hardware, enabling applications to achieve privacy computing while maintaining a connection to existing public blockchain infrastructure.

According to Globenewswire, the stablecoin payment infrastructure company Noah announced the completion of a $38 million seed round financing, with participation from Endeit Capital, FJ Labs, LocalGlobe, Felix Capital, and several well-known angel investors.The new funds will be used to expand international remittance services, develop regulatory frameworks, and provide cross-border payment services based on stablecoins for businesses and individuals.

Lamine Brahimi, co-founder and managing partner of the cryptocurrency custody and tokenization company Taurus, stated in an interview with CoinDesk that banks need to meet three conditions to access the newly launched blockchain ledger by Swift: a proprietary permissioned chain that interacts with the Swift ledger, wallet capabilities, and tokenization and smart contract capabilities to integrate Swift's smart contracts.He pointed out that this means the Swift ledger is not a replacement for banks' internal systems, but rather acts as an orchestration layer, helping institutions achieve cross-border, round-the-clock transfers of tokenized deposits, with final settlement still completed through existing arrangements. Banks still need to hold and manage tokenized deposits, digital asset wallets, and related smart contracts themselves. In July, Swift announced that 17 banks were preparing for real-time transactions of tokenized deposits; in August, HSBC and Standard Chartered completed the first real-time interbank transaction, followed by DBS and Citibank completing weekend cross-border USD payments, reducing settlement time from a maximum of two business days to just a few minutes.Brahimi stated that additional infrastructure should not be seen as a flaw in Swift's design; the ledger is still an early product but provides banks with a choice between existing payment channels and tokenized deposits that can circulate around the clock. Taurus announced in August that it had completed Swift integration, providing the aforementioned three layers of capability through a single platform. He added that tokenized deposits were used very little before Swift's announcement, primarily adopted by larger global banks like JPMorgan. The Swift model retains deposits on the banks' balance sheets, distinguishing it from stablecoins issued outside the banking system.

Hyperliquid Policy Center CEO Jake Chervinsky stated at the Digital Asset Summit 2026 Asia in Singapore that "every exchange," including CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), will adopt public chain infrastructure in the next decade to remain competitive. He emphasized that Hyperliquid is not an exchange but an infrastructure available for different participants, comparing it to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, arguing that there is no reason for public chains to register as exchanges.Chervinsky mentioned that Hyperliquid does not intend to compete with Kalshi, Coinbase, Robinhood, and CME, but rather exists on the next layer of the tech stack, which these institutions can use to improve their products. He anticipates that in ten years, whether it is crypto-native exchanges like Kraken and Coinbase or traditional exchanges like ICE and CME, they will need to integrate this technology to compete. He also pointed out that, aside from regulated perpetual contracts, on-chain markets need to come under U.S. regulatory oversight, which he expects to happen "in the near future."This statement comes in the context of Payward announcing in September plans to deploy a licensed perpetual contract market on Hyperliquid for U.S. customers, with Bitnomial, regulated by the CFTC, responsible for creation and clearing. Previously, Trump announced that the CFTC would compliantly introduce Hyperliquid to the U.S.

ChainCatcher live report, at the OKX NOW Global Product and Ecosystem Conference (Singapore), Star stated that AI is no longer a pilot project for OKX, but a core infrastructure. Currently, about 95% of OKX's engineering code merge requests are primarily completed through AI workflows, with engineers still responsible for review and approval.He revealed that OKX paid up to 10 million dollars to large model companies for AI last month.

Hon Hai Precision announced quarterly revenue of 3.03 trillion New Taiwan Dollars (95.4 billion USD), a year-on-year increase of 47%, exceeding analysts' expectations of 2.83 trillion New Taiwan Dollars. As a partner of NVIDIA, Hon Hai benefits from the global cloud computing infrastructure development, and its sales performance is regarded as an important indicator of the AI industry's prosperity.

The GPU infrastructure financing platform Silicon Exchange has announced its launch, positioning itself as a financing method for artificial intelligence infrastructure. Users can hold real shares of GPU infrastructure, while the platform is responsible for deployment and hosting, and computing power clients use the related hardware.Silicon Exchange stated that users can visit its official website to view the first GPU vault. The official announcement has not disclosed the scale of the vault, hardware models, financing structure, or specific profit arrangements in this post.

According to CoinDesk, informed sources revealed that the custody bank giant BNY is in talks with Payward, the parent company of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, for a broad collaboration covering digital assets and financial market infrastructure. The potential agreement may involve areas such as crypto products, custody, wealth management, trading, payments, and infrastructure, with related services provided through Payward Services, which targets banks, exchanges, and asset management institutions.One source indicated that part of the proposed collaboration may be similar to the infrastructure component of the recent agreement Payward reached with Nasdaq. Negotiations are still ongoing, and there is no guarantee that an agreement will be reached; both Payward and BNY declined to comment. BNY, formerly known as Bank of New York Mellon, provides custody, asset services, clearing, and wealth management services to institutional clients and has been developing tokenized deposits to support near real-time on-chain settlements among institutional market participants.Reaching an agreement with BNY would further promote Payward's efforts to connect digital asset businesses with traditional financial institutions. Last month, Nasdaq Ventures agreed to invest $100 million in Payward at a valuation of $21 billion, expanding the collaboration between the two parties in tokenized stocks. Under the agreement, both parties will continue to develop the operational and commercial infrastructure for Nasdaq stock tokens, and Payward will also adopt Nasdaq's market surveillance technology in its cryptocurrency, stock, tokenized stock, futures, and options trading venues, with both parties expecting to launch Nasdaq stock tokens in the second quarter of 2027.

According to a report by Businesswire, BNB Plus Corp. (OTCQB: BNBX) announced a strategic transformation, shifting from a digital asset treasury company focused on the BNB Chain ecosystem to an operational company providing open network infrastructure such as blockchain and Agentic AI for financial institutions and enterprises.In the future, the company will still participate in ecosystems like BNB Chain, with a strategic focus shifting from passive holding of digital assets to infrastructure, integration, and deployment services. BNB Plus, formerly known as Applied DNA Sciences, previously transitioned from a biotechnology business to a BNB treasury strategy, holding approximately 18,830 BNB as of July 30.

Global payment infrastructure company Walapay announced the completion of a $4.6 million seed round financing, led by Gen Venture Capital, with participation from Commerce Ventures, Polygon, AAF Management, Verda Ventures, NGC Ventures, FGV Capital, JSquare, Reflexive, Big Brain VC, and others. Walapay stated that the funds will be used to acquire more licenses, expand banking partnerships, and grow the team.According to Walapay, the company is building a global payment infrastructure from the ground up, allowing users to open accounts, receive payments, exchange currencies, and make payments globally with a single integration. The underlying infrastructure includes licenses, banking partnerships, and local payment channels. The company claims that this capability is primarily aimed at cross-border capital flows in emerging markets, covering Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, with default support for global payments and extending to the local last mile.

According to market news, venture capital giant DIG Ventures announced the completion of a $120 million fundraising for its third fund. This fund has received support from institutions such as Horsley Bridge, Sofina, Granite, and a donation fund from a top university in the United States, and will invest in AI-native enterprise software and cloud infrastructure startups at the Pre-seed and seed stages.Investment directions include infrastructure areas such as data, identity verification, compliance, and orchestration that support the development of AI-native enterprise software. The fund plans to lead the majority of investment rounds and has already begun deploying capital.

According to Bloomberg, global alternative asset management company Apollo Global Management will provide financing support for a $15 billion AI infrastructure project in Japan, further expanding its investment layout in the field of artificial intelligence.Apollo will act as a strategic investment and financing partner, participating in the project jointly promoted by UK developer RHAELM Holdings, Japan's largest power company Jera, and Dell Technologies. The project is located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and aims to build infrastructure to support AI computing needs.

From September 29 to October 1, the stablecoin infrastructure platform Interlace made its debut at the 2026 Korea Blockchain Week (KBW), deeply participating in events such as The Next Onchain Economy and HSC Conference Seoul, engaging with global Web3 partners and financial industry practitioners to discuss stablecoin payments and next-generation financial infrastructure.Cat Lucci, the business leader of Interlace, stated that the key to the implementation of stablecoin payments lies in the deep integration of stablecoin channels with bank cards and local clearing systems. Interlace provides efficient and secure capital flow experiences for exchanges, wallets, and B2B trade scenarios through modular capabilities such as cards, accounts, and clearing.During KBW, Interlace also set up a product experience session where attendees could receive Stablecoin Card gift cards to experience the convenient payment of on-chain assets in real-world consumption scenarios, attracting the attention and engagement of many participants.It is reported that Interlace's next stop will be at TOKEN2049 in Singapore, participating in events such as Stablecoin Happy Hour and AI & Emerging Onchain Assets, continuing to share innovative achievements in on-chain financial infrastructure on the core stage of Web3.

The liquidity staking protocol Lido announced that MetaMask Staking (formerly Consensys Staking) has taken precautionary measures to protect customer assets related to its Ethereum validators after investigating an infrastructure breach incident. The related measures include withdrawing its Ethereum validators from the Lido protocol, which may result in some loss of rewards. If the validators go offline recently to reduce potential network slashing risks, it may also incur downtime penalties.Lido stated that the related validators have begun to withdraw, with the last batch expected to complete the withdrawal by October 7, 2026, but full withdrawals may not be completed by then. stETH holders do not need to take any action. The ETH withdrawn from the validators operated by MetaMask Staking is expected to gradually return to the protocol during the cycle of the validators completing the withdrawal, withdrawing, and re-entering, with the estimated maximum duration of this process being about 45 days due to extended queuing times.Lido reminds that staking operations are non-custodial, and MetaMask does not manage withdrawal keys on behalf of customers. The diversified node operators of the Lido protocol and other security mechanisms, including a temporary reserve of over 6,750 stETH, are designed to control and mitigate disruptions to the normal operation of the protocol. A comprehensive investigation is ongoing, and further updates will be announced separately.

According to Techcrunch, durable workflow infrastructure startup Restate announced the completion of a $20 million Series A funding round, led by Singular, with participation from Redpoint Ventures and Capital One Ventures.Restate was founded in 2022 and is headquartered in Berlin, focusing on building multi-step workflow execution engines that can withstand crashes and network interruptions, leveraging self-developed storage, replication, and redundancy layers, with advantages of high speed and lightweight architecture. Recently, it has signed six-figure to seven-figure contracts with multiple clients, including the vibe programming platform Replit and several Fortune 500 companies in the financial sector. This round of funding will be used to build a marketing team, expand the engineering team, and grow its office in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Charles Wu, the Head of Client Strategy for Alternative Investments at JPMorgan Chase in Asia Pacific, stated that foreign investors are providing funding for the development of artificial intelligence computing infrastructure in North America.Institutional investors such as foreign banks, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and insurance companies from Asia and the Gulf region play a significant role in the expansion of this sector. Currently, capital expenditures in the AI industry are approaching $1 trillion.