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FameEX Exchange, which just celebrated its 8th anniversary, will hold a side event, AI Agents Night, with GAEA Ventures during Tokyo WebX 2026.Today, AI Agents are evolving from conversational models into on-chain autonomous executors, handling intent parsing, multi-step transactions, and dynamic asset allocation. This event will bring together Web3 founders, investors, and developers to discuss the future of cross-ecosystem collaboration and AI-driven trading architecture.

HP Inc. announced a strategic partnership with OpenAI to scale the deployment of the OpenAI Frontier platform across its global operations, aiming to accelerate the transformation of internal operations and enhance customer experience.According to the cooperation plan, HP will widely apply AI agents in several core business flows, including: self-service experiences for customers and partners, device health diagnostics and telemetry based on the Workforce Experience Platform (WXP), cybersecurity vulnerability analysis, and daily software development and code review.It is reported that HP began related testing in February 2026 and successfully utilized AI to significantly reduce the time costs of code testing and security vulnerability remediation. As a unified enterprise-level AI foundation, OpenAI Frontier will provide HP with capabilities such as shared context, permission governance, seamless integration across applications, and effectiveness evaluation, helping its AI strategy transition from initial technology pilots to full enterprise-level implementation.

According to official news, OpenAI has officially launched the preview version of the next-generation GPT-5.6 series models, including the flagship model Sol, the balanced model Terra, and the fast low-cost model Luna. GPT-5.6 introduces a brand new maximum reasoning effort and features a super strong mode that accelerates complex tasks through sub-agents.The flagship model Sol introduces the Ultra mode, which combines maximum reasoning intensity with sub-agent collaboration. In the Terminal-Bench 2.1 command line workflow test, Sol achieved a score of 88.8%, which increased to 91.9% in Ultra mode, surpassing GPT-5.5's 83.4% and Claude Fable 5's 88.0%. The mid-range model Terra performs close to GPT-5.5 while being priced at half, and the lightest model Luna is designed specifically for everyday automation tasks. Sol is priced at $5 per million input tokens and $30 for output, and it supports reducing secondary call costs by utilizing prompt caching.In terms of security, the security assessment confirmed that Sol did not exceed the critical thresholds of the Preparedness Framework cybersecurity. OpenAI has invested over 700,000 A100 equivalent GPU hours in automated red team exercises, equipping the entire series of models with a defense stack that includes rejection mechanisms, real-time abuse classifiers, and account-level audits. Although the current limited release follows the U.S. government's security framework, OpenAI emphasizes that it does not want a government-led access mechanism to become the long-term default model, as it would limit defenders' access to cutting-edge tools.

WEEX officially launches the global recruitment for "Star Alliance Partners," aiming to recruit content creators, community leaders, KOLs/KOCs, and ecological partners from the Chinese-speaking market to jointly create an open and diverse Web3 collaborative ecosystem. Eligible partners can learn about the program details and submit their application through the pinned posts on the official Chinese social media.

According to The Block, Kraken has partnered with the on-chain institutional lending platform Maple to launch an on-chain storage facility for digital asset collateralized loans. This facility will provide USDC liquidity to Kraken's over-the-counter lending clients, allowing borrowers to use crypto assets such as BTC and ETH as collateral.

According to CoinDesk, blockchain infrastructure company Chainlink Labs has announced that it will join an alliance composed of several banks that collectively manage assets exceeding $10 trillion, aiming to promote real-time cross-border foreign exchange payment settlements based on stablecoins within a year.The alliance is named "Project Pangea." Niki Ariyasinghe, Vice President of Chainlink for the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions, stated in a video interview on Tuesday that the project aims to reshape the global foreign exchange market.In addition to Chainlink, the alliance also includes: a euro stablecoin consortium Qivalis supported by 37 European banks; and a Korean banking alliance UniKA representing more than 10 commercial banks.The goal of the project is to explore moving foreign exchange settlements from the traditional T+2 (48 hours after the transaction) cycle to an almost instantaneous T+0 settlement method, primarily relying on regulated euro and Korean won-pegged stablecoins—cryptocurrencies that are pegged 1:1 to the underlying fiat currency.

Senior Partner at Polychain, Josh Rosenthal, posted on X platform, "After nearly 5 years at Polychain Capital, I have decided to leave. I feel fortunate to have witnessed the birth and growth of some companies that defined the cryptocurrency industry up close, for which I will always be grateful. I am now embarking on a new venture and look forward to sharing more information in the near future."

Bitget announced a partnership with the U.S. licensed brokerage Atomic Vaults (AVS), which will provide underlying support for Bitget's recently launched U.S. stock direct connection service "Bitget U.S. Stocks." AVS is a registered broker-dealer with the U.S. SEC, a member of FINRA and SIPC, with a nominal monthly trading volume exceeding $20 billion, offering institutional-grade trading infrastructure and compliant access to the U.S. stock market.It is understood that Bitget's U.S. stock business has formed a dual-track layout. On one hand, it provides stock token (rToken) trading through the compliant RWA protocol Reality, and on the other hand, it offers real stock direct connection trading through AVS. This "tokenization + direct connection" dual-track model aims to meet the differentiated needs of different users regarding asset ownership forms and trading experiences, further consolidating its competitiveness in the multi-asset trading field.

According to Fortune, New York blockchain data analytics company Allium announced the completion of a $40,000,000 Series B financing round, led by Amplify Partners, with participation from Kleiner Perkins and Theory Ventures.Allium focuses on cleaning and integrating complex on-chain data, providing services to institutional clients such as Visa, the Federal Reserve, Coinbase, and a16z's crypto division.

The Sun Wukong Ecology announced that it will hold a roundtable discussion today at 20:00 Beijing time at X Space, themed "High-Performance Open Source Model M3 Free Access! B.AI partners with MiniMax for exclusive full subsidies to accelerate the implementation of the Agent economy."It is reported that this event will feature special guests from MiniMax and industry KOLs, who will delve into how the exclusive subsidy program launched by B.AI in collaboration with MiniMax empowers complex Agent scenarios. Participants will focus on the dual reduction trend in development thresholds and costs for AI Agents under the "free access" model, analyzing its role in promoting the large-scale practical application of the Agent economy.

Polymarket has become the exclusive prediction market partner of the Bundesliga in the United States. Polymarket stated that the official event contracts of the Bundesliga and its clubs are now exclusively available on Polymarket.

According to Bloomberg, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), announced a joint venture with cryptocurrency trading platform OKX in the cryptocurrency field called OKXICE.This collaboration marks a deep integration between traditional financial infrastructure giants and leading cryptocurrency trading platforms, seen by the market as an important signal of institutional capital further embracing crypto assets.Currently, both parties have not disclosed the specific business scope and operational details of the joint venture. ICE previously operated the cryptocurrency futures platform Bakkt, and this collaboration with OKX may further strengthen its strategic layout in the digital asset field.Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will serve as co-chairman of the joint venture between Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and cryptocurrency exchange OKX, while Trabue Bland, Senior Vice President of ICE Futures Exchange, will serve as the other co-chairman. The joint venture plans to operate a U.S. registered broker-dealer and futures broker, subject to regulatory approval, to help OKX expand its U.S. customer base while allowing its overseas users to access ICE futures and the New York Stock Exchange's tokenized stock market.Cuomo has served as a policy advisor to OKX since 2023 and previously assisted the company in responding to a federal investigation, with OKX pleading guilty in 2025 and paying over $504 million in fines. In March of this year, ICE invested $200 million in OKX, corresponding to a valuation of $25 billion, and obtained a seat on the OKX board.

In a letter to LP for Q2 2026, 1confirmation partner Nick Tomaino stated that the total cash dividends of the entire fund amounted to approximately $317 million, exceeding the total contributions of all funds of approximately $286 million.

According to Barron's, the prediction market platform Kalshi announced a partnership with compliance service provider StarCompliance to provide financial institutions with real-time monitoring of employee prediction market trading. Under the partnership arrangement, institutions using the StarCompliance system can require employees to link their Kalshi accounts to monitor trading behavior and identify suspicious activities.This move aims to address financial institutions' compliance concerns regarding employees potentially using material non-public information to participate in prediction market trading, while also enhancing Kalshi's credibility among institutional clients such as banks and hedge funds. Reports indicate that the two parties may also expand to stricter compliance measures such as pre-trade approval in the future.

Placeholder partner Chris Burniske tweeted that holding cash at this stage has a very high opportunity cost, and mentioned that he has recently been gradually building positions. He also pointed out that multiple factors are converging around October, believing that this timing is "not to be ignored." Burniske did not specify any particular investment targets.Previously, Chris Burniske had stated in a post last October that after the recent crash in the crypto market, sustained buying pressure is unlikely in the short term, and if BTC falls to $75,000 or below, he may consider buying again.

The stablecoin infrastructure platform Interlace announced a joint initiative with multiple ecological partners including X-Agent, Cobo, BlockSec, Stable, Conflux, Bitget Wallet, and Hetu to launch the white paper titled "The Value Transmission Layer of the AI Economy: From Concept to Implementation."The white paper systematically proposes the eight-layer architecture of Agentic Payment infrastructure for the first time, covering key aspects such as Agent applications, payment execution, custody and governance, trust and compliance, stablecoin settlement, public blockchain foundation, user access and liquidity, and causal verification. All parties believe that the value flow of the AI economy requires cross-domain collaboration, rather than being accomplished independently by a single protocol or product.The white paper is expected to be officially released in the next 1 to 2 months, during which in-depth discussions will be held on core topics such as AI Agent payment permissions, compliance risk control, and cross-chain interoperability.