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According to the Financial Times, a responsible official from the People's Bank of China responded to the suspension of Solana's advertising and offline communication activities in Shanghai, stating that the People's Bank has collaborated with relevant local financial management, public security, market supervision, and other departments to halt the activities, and will work with relevant departments to investigate the involved entities and individuals.The official stated that Solana has been advertising and promoting its brand through relevant domestic entities, engaging in virtual currency marketing. Its issuance of Solana coins and the provision of technical services for the issuance and trading of major virtual currencies such as USDT are considered illegal financial activities, and the promotion of Solana has violated relevant regulations.Moving forward, the People's Bank will focus on domestic virtual currency traders and domestic affiliates of overseas virtual currency issuance and trading platforms, continuing to crack down on domestic virtual currency-related business activities.

According to The Defiant, the liquid staking and re-staking protocol Swell has lifted the withdrawal suspension of swETH and rswETH after completing the interest rate reset.Swell also promised to compensate for funds deposited at inflated interest rates within a week, but the direct deposit controls for both tokens still show as suspended.

Cointelegraph cited the blockchain analysis company Chainalysis, stating that an Ethereum reorganization unexpectedly hindered the transfer of stolen funds from Binance related to North Korean entities. A deposit of 10 ETH was refunded twice, prompting the cross-chain protocol THORChain to trigger an emergency pause.Reports indicate that this reorganization occurred on October 31, with THORChain processing two refunds for the same 10 ETH deposit, leading to the suspension of exchanges on 12 out of the 13 chains it supports. Chainalysis noted that this pause disrupted the cross-chain transfer paths associated with the stolen funds from Binance. Binance previously disclosed that an unauthorized transfer occurred from its hot wallet on October 29, affecting an estimated $6.3 billion, with institutions like Chainalysis linking the incident to the North Korean cybercrime organization TraderTraitor.

Binance officially announced on social media that Binance Alpha trading has been temporarily suspended, including operations such as purchasing coins using spot wallet funds, Alpha instant trading, and CEX prediction markets. Trading will resume once the security issues are resolved. Currently, user funds are safe.

Balancer's official statement indicates that the team, while reviewing the DAO's own assets, also examined the historical asset positions of external users. They have currently identified over $500,000 in related assets and have notified the owners.Balancer pointed out that these assets mainly involve two types of situations that are easily overlooked by asset management dashboards: first, the buffered liquidity shares of Balancer v3 use an internal accounting mechanism within the Vault, which may not be displayed on blockchain explorers or platforms like DeBank; second, there may still be collectible partner rewards in the old v2 liquidity mining contracts, even if users have previously withdrawn their liquidity.

Zipcoin announced that it has ceased operations, stating that the project’s code repository and related keys have been fully compromised, and attackers may control the project’s wallets and infrastructure. The team indicated that they attempted to migrate the code and rotate credentials in the past 12 hours but failed to find a viable security solution.Zipcoin also disclosed that the project was affected by the UNCX incident on October 15, where hackers stole approximately 1.1% of the supply of multiple Ethereum tokens, including ZC, PAAL, and EDGEN, and sold them on the open market. The team subsequently attempted to buy back tokens from the market to compensate for the token shortfall corresponding to future team commitments.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring on-chain data, it predicts significant capital movements in the Polymarket market. A large whale invested $66,728.31 in a single transaction regarding the "Indiana Data Center Suspension Order" event, targeting "by the end of 2027." Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding winning probability for this subject is 13%.

Hardware wallet dealer CryptoBilis announced that, due to Ledger investigating a case involving fund losses for Southeast Asian users, the company has suspended all sales and shipments of Ledger devices and is cooperating with Ledger's investigation. Ledger previously stated that it is investigating reports of fund losses from Southeast Asian users who purchased products from this dealer, and as a precaution, has requested CryptoBilis to suspend the sales and shipments of related devices, advising users who purchased devices in the past 90 days not to set them up if they have not completed initialization.CryptoBilis reminds users who have completed setup to follow Ledger's advice and transfer their assets to a new Ledger signing device generated with a new mnemonic phrase. It emphasizes that the mnemonic phrase must be generated by the device during initialization and handwritten by the user; if the device comes with a pre-printed or written mnemonic card or paper, or if the mnemonic has been seen by others, the wallet should be considered unsafe, and users should not disclose their mnemonic phrase or PIN to anyone. The notice also warns to be cautious of third parties claiming to assist in recovering lost funds, as such proposals are often scams.For users who have already experienced fund losses, CryptoBilis recommends contacting their official customer service channels and providing the order number, purchase time and location, device serial number, affected wallet address, and transaction ID, while keeping the device and packaging, not resetting or discarding them, and suggests reporting to the police. The company stated that it will not send users links requesting them to connect wallets, input mnemonic phrases, or install software.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the event "Indiana Data Center Shutdown Order Implementation Date" is currently among the hottest trades on the prediction market Polymarket, with a cumulative pool size reaching 2.44 million dollars. The option with the highest market consensus is "December 31, 2028," corresponding to a winning probability of approximately 21.5%.

Superseed officially announced that its Superseed L2 chain is shutting down, and the window for bridging back to Ethereum has now closed. The team has taken a snapshot of the final network state at block 31,688,848.Wallets holding 10,000 or more SUPR that have not yet completed the bridging will be able to claim SUPR in the claim portal that will go live in the coming weeks. Superseed stated that the first phase of its new application has launched on Ethereum, with more products to be released in the future.

Kelp stated that the team detected potential suspicious activity from an address (0xc70f...0ea0) that received rsETH a few hours ago. As a precaution, a 24-hour wallet-level temporary pause has been implemented on this address, during which rsETH cannot be transferred in or out of the address.

According to a report by the Financial Association on September 4, the Thai government has ordered the suspension of construction on 49 data center projects, awaiting the introduction of new regulations for the industry. Danucha Pichayanan, Secretary-General of the National Economic and Social Development Council of Thailand, stated at a press conference on Friday that the suspension is necessary because the government is formulating new regulatory rules and regulations for existing data centers as well as those that are about to begin operations.The Thai Data Center Regulatory Committee, chaired by the Minister of Finance, held its first meeting on Friday. Danucha indicated that the committee is expected to announce new regulations for data center enterprises within a month.

On August 21, China Merchants Yonglong Bank issued a notice to customers, stating that it is cooperating with the latest risk management and account compliance guidelines from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Securities and Futures Commission to conduct a comprehensive optimization and review of investment accounts for mainland investors. Upon verification, all investment accounts held by relevant customers (including wealth management, securities, and/or paper gold passbook accounts) as of May 22, 2026, have no asset balance, and there have been no investment transaction records in the past 12 months, which have been classified as "zero balance non-active investment accounts."To maintain normal account operations, the bank requires customers to submit the "Non-Active Investment Account Declaration" as soon as possible. Customers can complete the submission through the pop-up in the personal account section of the China Merchants Yonglong Bank mobile app; joint account holders or those who have not registered for the mobile app can call the customer service hotline for guidance, and each joint account holder must submit separately. The main content of the declaration includes confirming the accuracy of personal information, the legality of the source of funds, that the account has not been closed or suspended due to suspicious documents, and timely notification of any changes in information.The bank reminds that if customers fail to complete the submission in a timely manner, new investment transactions (including buying stocks, subscribing to wealth management products, etc.) will be suspended accordingly; if the submission continues to be delayed, it is expected that starting from November 2026, relevant "non-active investment accounts" may be closed. Once an account is suspended or closed, no new securities or wealth management product investment transactions can be conducted.

XCAD Network officially announced the cessation of operations. The project stated that there have been no updates since April, and there are currently no remaining funds. Continuing to stay on the exchange is a losing battle, and related products and services will no longer be maintained.The official statement mentioned that the company has been operating for five years, making it one of the few projects that have persisted for a long time without being listed on a tier-one exchange. The fan tokens failed to gain traction after retail investors exited, and the team attempted to pivot towards AI influencers but was unsuccessful and is now unable to continue. The team is considering making the code public for those in need to run it themselves, emphasizing that this is not a continuation of the company, nor a restart.

The decentralized exchange protocol atomiq announced that it has made the difficult decision to temporarily take all atomiq swap routes offline. The project stated that, as a small team, it is currently unable to withstand a large number of complex AI-assisted attacks targeting its infrastructure.atomiq emphasized that, due to the trustless nature of the exchange protocol, user funds are not at risk. The related web application remains accessible, and users can request refunds for past swaps at any time. For any questions, users can contact through their support channels. The team thanks its loyal users and states that it will strive to return with a stronger presence.

OKX CEO Star stated that OKX is collaborating with Anthropic to address issues related to its corporate accounts. Earlier, Bloomberg reported that OKX was suspended due to Hong Kong employees violating Anthropic's geographical restrictions to access Claude, and has prohibited employees residing in Hong Kong or passing through China from using Anthropic's Claude AI model.Additionally, Star posted that the monthly cost for AI usage is between 6 million to 8 million dollars, and has built an internal AI development platform called Oli, which integrates multiple cutting-edge models to provide advanced AI capabilities and development tools for product managers and engineers.

The China Gold Association issued a stern statement regarding the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's inclusion of certain domestic gold enterprises in the "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act" (UFLPA) entity list, which led to the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) suspending the qualified delivery status of related enterprises. The association stated that the U.S. "forced labor" accusations lack factual basis and are an attempt to politicize human rights issues and promote trade protectionism.The LBMA, without sufficient factual verification, accepted false information and suspended qualifications, harming the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese gold enterprises and disrupting the stability of the global gold market. The association stated that the Chinese gold industry chain has the ability to withstand external risks and will work together with the industry to protect rights, strengthen compliance self-discipline and traceability system construction, and support the Chinese government in taking necessary countermeasures, urging the U.S. to lift sanctions and calling on the LBMA to correct related decisions.

The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that, due to the escalation of regional tensions, all trade, commercial, and financial transactions with Iran have been suspended. The UAE reaffirms its commitment to dialogue, cooperation, and the integrity of the international financial system, and emphasizes that the suspension measures will remain in effect until further notice.

According to Bloomberg, DeepSeek announced the suspension of its second round of financing and verbally notified some potential investors that it would not sign investment agreements as expected. This suspension partly stems from founder Liang Wenfeng's dissatisfaction with the leak of a 4-hour internal transcript during its first financing deal, where he made 52 statements in an investor meeting regarding DeepSeek's organizational culture, open-source logic, technology roadmap, and views on the competitive landscape of the industry. The nearly 4-hour meeting record recently went viral on social media, including statements such as "The biggest gap between China and the U.S. in AI is computing power resources." Both DeepSeek and Liang Wenfeng have not confirmed the authenticity of the leaked record.DeepSeek stated that it may still choose to resume the transaction process in the future and has begun preparations for an initial public offering, with the IPO potentially being filed as early as this year.DeepSeek completed its first round of external financing in June 2026, raising over 50 billion yuan, approximately 7.4 billion dollars, with a post-investment valuation of about 50-59 billion dollars. It adopted a special structure, with most funds entering a limited partnership managed by Liang Wenfeng, where investors have no voting rights and are locked in for 5 years. Liang Wenfeng himself contributed about 20 billion yuan as the largest contributor, with participation from Tencent, CATL, JD.com, NetEase, and the Chinese National AI Fund. DeepSeek subsequently initiated discussions for its second round of financing in mid-July, targeting a valuation of about 71 billion dollars.