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The People's Bank of China stated that it will make good use of the non-bank large redemption swap facility in the bond market to maintain the stable operation of financial markets such as stocks, bonds, and foreign exchange. The central bank will actively and prudently prevent and resolve financial risks, improve the systemic financial risk prevention and disposal mechanism, and strengthen financial risk monitoring, assessment, and early warning.

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued a security advisory stating that the hacker group "Crafty Falcon" is utilizing publicly available artificial intelligence tools to conduct high-speed automated intrusions, having breached non-bank lending institutions, fintech companies, and cryptocurrency exchanges. The agency described the related threats as "ongoing and persistently active."The advisory specifically named four intrusion tools: ARTEX, PentAGI, Cairn, and CyberStrikeAI. Cybersecurity researchers indicated that at least two of these tools are associated with China. CrowdStrike previously stated that ARTEX, developed in China, has been used to attack South Korean banks since the end of September, and a hacker group linked to China has used this tool to target over 200 organizations in at least 14 countries. CERT-In did not specify the attackers or the operational location of the group, nor did it state that the attacks were state-sponsored or led; all of the aforementioned tools are available for free.

The Chief Information Security Officer of Slow Fog, 23pds, posted on platform X that the APT29 professional organization related to Eastern Europe is spreading iOS and Android exploit tools through compromised websites and hijacked web analytics tool scripts.It pointed out that DarkSword and AndroSnitch have begun mass attacks, and normal websites or apps that users visit may contain backdoors. He advised users to upgrade their systems to the latest version.

ByteDance recently introduced new internal management regulations for the use of AI tools, which will significantly restrict employees from accessing internal company data through external AI tools like Claude and Codex using personal accounts. It is reported that starting this month, ByteDance will implement a ban on external AI access for all L4 level code repositories and Feishu documents across the company, and AI accounts purchased by employees will no longer be able to access relevant internal resources.The notice was released internally at ByteDance last week, subsequently sparking discussions among some employees. The discussions mainly focused on the usage permissions of external AI tools, internal information security, and the relationship between the company's own AI products and third-party tools.ByteDance's relevant person in charge, Hong Dingkun, emphasized that internal information security is an important consideration for this adjustment, stating, "If L3 and above content is leaked, the consequences are very serious."

According to Bloomberg, Goldman Sachs has restricted most employees from using advanced AI tools aimed at programming after evaluating production efficiency and risk management, leading to dissatisfaction among some employees. Internal guidelines were updated in October, and bankers had previously been able to use Anthropic's Claude Code and Microsoft's GitHub for several months, but the scope of these tools has now been narrowed to engineers.Sources say that some traders had used these tools to accelerate monitoring of client trading flows, modeling market changes and positions, as well as creating text and graphic content, and this restriction has left them feeling dissatisfied. Goldman Sachs' Chief Information Officer Marco Argenti stated in July that non-technical personnel such as traders and bankers had developed solutions using AI tools, which were then handed over to the company's approximately 12,000 engineers for improvement.Goldman Sachs spokesperson Nick Carcaterra stated that the company provides employees with certain AI tools to determine applicable scenarios in different businesses; after evaluating factors such as production efficiency and risk management during the trial period, the tools will be given to the most suitable personnel for long-term use. Additionally, sources indicated that the latest directive does not apply to strats who are simultaneously engaged in trading, quantitative research, and software engineering. Earlier this year, Goldman Sachs also restricted employees in Hong Kong from using Anthropic's Claude.

Onchain Lens stated that addresses related to the Binance hacker have begun using mixing tools to process the stolen funds, with approximately $800,000 mixed so far. One associated address deposited 8,567 SOL into the Solana privacy mixing tool Privacy Cash, worth about $798,000.

The People's Bank of China, the Financial Regulatory Administration, and the China Securities Regulatory Commission held a seminar to support two tools for the capital market.The meeting proposed that to maintain the stability of the capital market and enhance market resilience and confidence, the People's Bank of China, the Financial Regulatory Administration, and the China Securities Regulatory Commission will continue to strengthen policy support, further optimize policy elements and implementation details, and encourage financial institutions to effectively utilize policy tools.Timely conduct swap facilitation operations among securities, fund, and insurance companies, further increase the number of participating institutions, appropriately lower swap rates, and optimize pledge and operational models.The stock repurchase and increase in re-lending policy will shift from a phased arrangement to a long-term institutional arrangement, with the re-lending rate reduced from 1.25% to 1%; financial institutions will adhere to the principle of market-based pricing, reasonably add points based on the re-lending rate, and increase loan disbursement.

The crypto KOL DeFi small miner posted, inquiring about Grok Bot, feeling that the current net outflow from Binance is around 2 billion dollars.Binance co-founder He Yi responded, stating that it seems Grok Bot has counted some of Binance's new hot wallet addresses as outflows, which can be cross-verified using multiple tools.

The developer tools AI visibility and usability platform AgentRel announced on X the completion of a $1.3 million financing round, with investors Y Combinator and Broom Ventures. The funds will be used to build AgentRel.The announcement stated that AgentRel helps developer tool companies see whether ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini would recommend their products or competitors' products, and identifies the difficult points users encounter when using Claude Code. The announcement also mentioned that Profound, Peec, and most other AI visibility tools primarily measure volume, while AgentRel provides accurate data and helps users take action based on that.

Ant Group released Lingguang 2.0, which connects data and services within the Alipay ecosystem and supports the use of tools such as MCP and CLI in an open environment, expanding cross-platform collaboration capabilities.Currently, Lingguang has integrated capabilities for Alipay bills, memberships, travel, as well as services like DingTalk, Feishu, email, and Mijia. The management scope is extending from personal information and online affairs to cross-platform workflows and smart home device control. The Lingguang App is a fully modal general AI assistant launched by Ant Group, officially going live on November 18, 2025.

According to local media Digital Asset in South Korea, the South Korean government and central bank are promoting amendments to the country's foreign exchange market law to regulate stablecoins as a payment tool.South Korea is currently formulating the "Basic Law on Digital Assets," which will establish an exchange licensing system and formulate rules for the issuance of stablecoins.

According to "Du Jia," the Meituan AI team has launched the AI Agent skill platform DeepSkill, which currently includes over 370,000 validated Skill tools that have been tested through real tasks, nearly doubling from 130,000 at the beginning of September.The platform does not use a traditional directory search model; users can directly describe their task requirements, and the platform automatically breaks down and matches candidate Skills from the library. The platform will scan and analyze all content of the Skills, outputting an analysis report that includes capability boundaries, tool invocation, potential risks, and data security reviews. It also features trend rankings on GitHub, authoritative source rankings, and market hot search rankings. Currently, major companies such as Tencent, ByteDance, and Alibaba have made arrangements in the Skill platform field.

According to The Block, payment company Mastercard has launched the Stablecoin Security tool to screen for fraud and sanction risks in stablecoin payments.This tool is aimed at stablecoin payment scenarios, helping relevant institutions identify fraudulent activities and sanction compliance risks during transaction processing. Mastercard did not disclose more product parameters and launch scope in the summary of the report.

According to Cointelegraph, security company Hacken disclosed that there were a total of 107 cryptocurrency hacking incidents in the third quarter of 2026, with total losses amounting to $1.18 billion. Approximately $906 million (about 77%) were related to breaches of vendor and developer tools, disclosed but undeployed fixes, and infrastructure outside the audit scope.The losses were mainly concentrated in four incidents: Bitget lost $387 million, Liquid Network lost $320 million, Tectonic lost $120 million, and Coldcard firmware vulnerabilities resulted in losses of about $115 million, totaling about 80% of the losses. The remaining 98 incidents each had losses below $10 million, with a median of $670,000. Smart contract attacks were the most common, totaling 71 incidents with losses of $228 million. This quarter marked the worst losses since the first quarter of 2025. In terms of recovery, about $387 million was returned or reversed, accounting for approximately 33% of the gross losses; the operators also bore $410 million in user losses, with about $384 million still unrecovered.

According to TASS, Kirill Tsarev, the First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank, stated that the bank has noticed a significant interest from a large number of customers in cryptocurrencies, which have become an indispensable part of the global market.

According to Finbold, the AI perpetual trading platform PERPTools developed by DEXTools has raised a total of 8 million dollars through two rounds of token financing, including 3 million dollars in the pre-seed round and 5 million dollars in the seed round. Investors include BigBrain Holdings, NEAR, Animoca Brands, Sfermion, and Shima Capital.The platform plans to conduct its Token Generation Event (TGE) in the fourth quarter of 2026.

According to official news, WasabiCard has launched various AI subscription cards, catering to the global AI tool subscription and payment needs of enterprises and teams, supporting subscription payment scenarios for mainstream AI applications such as OpenAI and Claude. Through card-based payment solutions, companies can handle the procurement and expense management of AI services for different teams, projects, or business lines more flexibly.In addition to AI subscription payments, WasabiCard also supports bulk card issuance for enterprises, fund budget management, and multi-currency account setup, as well as various scenarios such as advertising, business travel, payroll, and e-commerce subscriptions. It helps companies configure payment permissions and budget limits by department, employee, or specific purpose, enhancing the management efficiency of AI-related expenditures and the transparency of fund usage.As AI tools gradually enter daily workflows in research and development, content production, customer service, and operations, cross-border subscription payments and expense management are becoming important infrastructure for global operations of enterprises. It is important to note that currently, WasabiCard-related products are not open for application to enterprises and individual users in mainland China.

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.

Market news shows that OpenAI and GitHub have won the copyright lawsuit regarding AI programming tools.

According to Semafor, the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) will launch an interactive tool on Tuesday that allows users to set parameters and run scenarios to support its previous conclusion that "there is no substantial correlation between the growth of stablecoins and the loss of deposits at community banks."This move aims to garner support from Senate Republicans to advance the CLARITY Act and respond to banking groups, which stated on Monday that the latest modifications to the bill are still insufficient to alleviate their concerns about the stablecoin provisions. Several Republican senators hinted at the possibility of voting against it, while pro-crypto Democrats expressed dissatisfaction that the ethical provisions do not sufficiently constrain Trump. The bill requires at least 60 votes to advance.