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enterprise AI company Clay has announced the completion of a $115 million Series D funding round, led by Wellington, with participation from Sequoia Capital, StepStone, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Perennial, Meritech, DST, CapitalG, and others. The post-money valuation has risen to $7.1 billion.Clay stated that its AI agents can build real-time business and customer profiles based on internal and external data such as CRM, and automatically construct and execute workflows according to enterprise goals. Currently, companies including Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and Stripe have adopted its products. (Reuters)
Odaily reports: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) stated that under the Demat 2.0 pilot, three issuers have raised a cumulative 102.5 billion rupees (approximately $1.072 billion) through tokenized corporate bonds. The pilot utilizes distributed ledger technology to issue, hold, and settle corporate bonds.Among them, REC was the first to complete a 50 billion rupee fundraising on September 7, with 18 investors participating; L&T raised 50 billion rupees on September 9, subscribed by 4 investors; IIFL raised 2.5 billion rupees on the same day, subscribed by 1 investor.SEBI stated that Demat 2.0 records corporate bonds as native digital tokens on depository institutions' distributed ledgers, and connects to wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) through the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Unified Market Interface, enabling atomic settlement of bonds and funds, which is expected to shorten post-issuance fund settlement time from the traditional 2 to 3 days to same-day.SEBI emphasized that tokenized bonds do not constitute a new category of corporate bonds, and their ISIN, issuer obligations, coupons, maturity dates, covenants, ratings, and investor rights remain consistent with traditional electronic corporate bonds. Currently, the first phase of the pilot is aimed at institutional issuance, with secondary trading and retail investor participation to be advanced in subsequent phases. (The Block)
Odaily reports: AI company Zhipu has launched approximately $2 billion in Hong Kong stock placement and approximately $3 billion in convertible bond issuance, with a total fundraising scale of approximately $5 billion.Among this, Zhipu will issue 21.97 million new shares at a placement price of HK$714 per share, representing a discount of approximately 10% compared to the closing price of HK$793 on September 11; simultaneously, it will issue RMB 20.14 billion (approximately $3 billion) in zero-coupon convertible bonds, maturing in September 2027. The convertible bonds are issued at 100% to 100.5% of face value, corresponding to a yield of -0.5% to 0%, with an initial conversion price of HK$892.5, representing a 25% premium over the placement price.Zhipu stated that the proceeds from the fundraising will primarily be used for research and development, computing power resources, and related infrastructure, as well as for business expansion, strategic investments, potential mergers and acquisitions, working capital, and other corporate purposes. The share placement and convertible bond issuance are being conducted simultaneously, but the completion of the two transactions is not conditional upon each other. (Reuters)
AI physical operations platform Motive has announced the completion of a $1.3 billion funding round, with General Catalyst participating through its Customer Value Fund. Exact valuation figures have not been disclosed. Additionally, the company disclosed that it has withdrawn its previously filed S-1 registration statement, formally abandoning its plan to list on the New York Stock Exchange.
According to CryptoRank data, the number of real-world assets (RWA) markets offered by decentralized exchanges providing perpetual contracts has reached 1,000, marking the further expansion of on-chain derivatives from crypto-native assets to traditional financial assets. Publicly traded stocks remain dominant, accounting for approximately 75% of all RWA markets, indicating that tokenized stocks are becoming a key entry point for traditional financial assets to access perpetual contract trading.
Odaily News: Digital asset trading platform Gate has released its August 2026 Transparency Report. The report shows that in August, multiple Gate business lines received recognition from institutional data providers including CoinDesk, CryptoQuant, CryptoRank, and DefiLlama. Among them, Gate's stock perpetual contract trading volume grew 308% month-over-month, maintaining triple-digit growth for three consecutive months; the RWA perpetual contract open interest (OI) market share reached 49.6%, ranking first globally among centralized trading platforms. Meanwhile, Gate's 24-hour spot and derivatives trading volume stood at approximately $9.5 billion, with open interest reaching $12.48 billion, both ranking among the global top three; 30-day net inflow reached $308.1 million, ranking second among mainstream trading platforms.In terms of traditional financial asset trading, Gate's CFD business continues to expand its asset coverage, now covering 680 trading pairs, spanning major TradFi assets including forex, metals, energy, indices, and stocks. In terms of overall TradFi product layout, Gate now covers over 1,000 TradFi assets, with stock derivatives covering more than 360 underlying assets, both ranking first globally, further enhancing its multi-asset trading matrix.As digital assets and traditional financial markets continue to converge, Gate is steadily expanding diverse trading scenarios including stocks, RWA, CFD, and derivatives. By enriching asset supply and trading tools, it is further improving its comprehensive trading infrastructure that connects digital assets with traditional financial markets.
According to CoinDesk, India’s Securities and Exchange Board (SEBI) officially launched the Demat 2.0 pilot program this week, enabling corporate bonds to be issued as digital tokens on a distributed ledger and settled via the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) wholesale Digital Rupee. To date, state-owned power lender REC, engineering and construction giant Larsen & Toubro, and non-banking financial institution IIFL Finance have all successfully secured financing through the system, raising a combined total of over 1 billion rupees (approximately $114 million).
Odaily reports: Shaunda Devens stated that PumpFun's annualized revenue is approximately $677 million, with PUMP's price-to-sales ratio at about 2.8x, lower than comparable revenue-generating tokens; based on current revenue and price, 50% of protocol revenue is used for programmatic buybacks and burning of PUMP, equivalent to repurchasing about 17.6% of the circulating supply annually, while approximately 77% of tokens already allocated to the team and investors have not yet moved. PUMP's official documents explicitly state that the token does not represent equity in PumpFun, nor does it grant holders rights to income, profits, dividends, or cash flows; PumpFun's approximately $2 billion treasury is owned by Baton Corp, and the existing buyback arrangement will expire in April 2027. Under its base-case scenario, PUMP's valuation range is $0.0108 to $0.0205, approximately 2.3 to 4.4 times higher than the September 9 price; if business activity declines and valuations continue to contract, the price could fall by 59% to 76%.
According to Chaoxiang Research, a JPMorgan research report dated September 9, 2026 notes that since the beginning of 2026, USD-denominated high-grade bond issuance related to AI capital expenditure has reached $266 billion. Of this, mega-cap companies issued $182 billion, data center operators $42 billion, and semiconductor firms $42 billion. This figure surpasses the full-year total of $139 billion in 2025 and is more than nine times the $29 billion issued throughout all of 2024. The report projects that financing needs for AI capital expenditure in the high-grade bond market will reach $2.1 trillion over the next five years.
DeepSeek releases V4.1 Flash model, and OpenAI launches a financial AI assistant and a beta version of the Agents API. Alibaba leads investment in UniPat, valued at $2.5 billion, as Microsoft and TSMC increase investments in computing infrastructure.
Southeast Asia's crypto sector saw financing double to $680 million in 2026, with Singapore taking the lead; Japan's Metaplanet faces shareholder backlash over its executive equity incentive plan.
加密货币交易所 OKX 于 9 月 10 日在欧洲上线了 OpenAI 和 Anthropic 的上市前交易产品，允许用户交易挂钩两家巨头私有公司估值的合成衍生品。
trade.xyz posted on X that it has launched Events, aiming to develop Hyperliquid into a unified trading system for trading financial assets and real-world outcomes. Users can deposit spot BTC into their unified trade.xyz account, borrow USDC through portfolio margin, open pre-IPO perpetual contract positions on SpaceX, use event markets to hedge against the upcoming SK Hynix earnings event, and pick the US Open champion. Events will cover sports, politics, economics, and financial markets; the initial Up/Down markets cover stocks, commodities, and pre-IPO assets, with liquidity provided by trade.xyz perpetual contracts on HIP-3, whose continuous price discovery mechanism serves as the source for contract settlement.
Odaily News: Positron, an AI chip startup focused on designing hardware that helps AI models run faster, said it has raised $875 million at a $5 billion valuation, with the company's value surging significantly over the past six months. The round was co-led by venture capital firms NEA, Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, Andra Capital, analyst Dylan Patel's SemiAnalysis Capital, and Netscape co-founder Jim Clark.Positron raised $230 million in its most recent funding round in February of this year at a $1 billion valuation. Positron said it has delivered approximately 50 Atlas server racks of its previous generation to Oracle, with other customers including financial firm Jump Trading and AI company Parasail. Positron is trying to gain an edge in the crowded chip industry by bringing its chips to market as quickly as possible. (The Wall Street Journal)
According to Bloomberg, insiders said Nasdaq will invest $100 million into Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, through its venture capital arm to continue building infrastructure that supports tokenized stock trading. The investment values Payward at $21 billion and further expands the partnership announced by both companies in March this year.
Citadel Securities has submitted comments to U.S. regulators, urging the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to oversee event contracts tied to U.S. publicly traded companies. The market maker argued that trading platforms should not evade the SEC's regulatory jurisdiction by obtaining self-certification from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The battle over regulatory authority for event contracts continues to intensify. While some U.S. prediction markets are currently offering such contracts under the CFTC framework, the regulatory dividing line between the SEC and CFTC is becoming a key focus for the market as event contracts increasingly encompass financial assets like equities.
Odaily News: In the previous first round of financing, DeepSeek released only about 10% of its shares, raising over 50 billion yuan at a valuation of $50 billion. At that time, Liang Wenfeng demanded verification of the identities of all LPs participating in the financing. In the second round of financing launched in July, according to foreign media reports, the company plans to raise 50 billion yuan at a target valuation of 500 billion yuan. Meanwhile, the Financial Times reported that Liang Wenfeng has begun personally reviewing some final investors, hoping to maintain control over the company and reduce potential governance risks before the IPO.Although the IPO is still some time away, combined with DeepSeek's second-round financing valuation, current market expectations have already surged toward 1 trillion or even 2 trillion yuan.By then, a shift in the wealth rankings may unfold: on the Forbes China Rich List, Zhang Yiming will continue to hold the title of China's richest person in 2026 with a net worth of $69.3 billion. If DeepSeek truly breaks through 1 trillion yuan, given Liang Wenfeng's relatively high shareholding ratio in DeepSeek, he could potentially become China's new richest person. (PEdaily)
According to Forbes, Andreessen Horowitz and Accel co-led Cognition, an AI coding agent company, in a Series E funding round of more than $2 billion, pushing its latest valuation to $48 billion, a substantial increase from the $26 billion valuation four months prior. Over 30 other institutions, including Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Avenir, and NVIDIA, participated in the round. Operating revenue for Cognition’s AI coding agent product Devin has grown from $492 million in May to nearly $900 million, with The Information forecasting that its annualized revenue could reach $4 billion to $5 billion by year-end.
According to TechCrunch, AI market research startup Listen Labs recently signed a term sheet for a $125 million Series C funding round led by Menlo Ventures at a $1.5 billion valuation, but unexpectedly pulled out, likely due to acquisition talks with Salesforce. Salesforce is reportedly in talks to acquire the company for approximately $2 billion, but the deal has not yet been finalized. Founded in 2023, Listen Labs leverages voice and video AI to automate customer interviews and generate research reports. The company currently generates roughly $30 million in annualized revenue, serving major clients such as Microsoft, Canva, and Anthropic. If talks with Salesforce fall through, several venture capitalists expect the company to return to the fundraising market, targeting a valuation of $2 billion or higher. The company's most recent funding round was a $69 million Series B led by Ribbit Capital in January, which valued the business at $500 million.
Odaily News – Hunter Biden, son of former U.S. President Joe Biden, responded on X to the intense price volatility of the LAPTOP Meme coin shortly after its launch, as well as related "Rug Pull" allegations. He stated that the available liquidity at launch was insufficient to meet market demand, which—combined with technical issues and "snipers" engaging in front-running—caused the price to surge rapidly before pulling back. The price has now stabilized.Hunter Biden stated that the team's token allocation is locked, no team members have sold tokens, and he personally has not received any profit from LAPTOP. Currently, LAPTOP's fully diluted valuation (FDV) exceeds $1 billion. The team is exploring ways to optimize liquidity and will continue advancing community development.He also addressed the matter of distributing LAPTOP tokens for free to users who suffered losses on TRUMP, saying that external descriptions of this as a "failure" do not reflect the actual situation, and emphasized that the project will continue to move forward in the long term.For more LAPTOP-related information, read: Biden's Son Launches Meme Coin LAPTOP, Also Plans Airdrop for TRUMP Holders.