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Odaily reports, according to Bloomberg, Anthropic warned in its IPO-related filings that its public advocacy for AI safety regulation and related remarks by executives could expose the company to risks such as pressure from the Trump administration and selective scrutiny. This risk is linked to multiple conflicts between the company and the Trump administration, including a dispute triggered by its demand to set safety restrictions on the use of its AI technology by the U.S. Department of Defense, as well as disagreements over the safety of the Mythos model and export controls.Anthropic also warned that even if other similarly situated companies are not treated the same way, Anthropic could still become a targeted focus of specific Trump administration departments. Future export restrictions and cybersecurity or biosecurity incidents triggered by AI models could all affect its product deployment, international expansion, and business growth. Anthropic also acknowledged that once the regulatory measures it advocates are implemented, they could also increase compliance costs, restrict product development and release, and slow its own growth. (Bloomberg)
Odaily Report: Following the capture of Chen Zhi, the "mastermind" behind Cambodia's Prince Group, multiple jurisdictions have successively initiated proceedings to dispose of Prince Group's related assets. In connection with the 30 British Virgin Islands (BVI) entities effectively controlled by Chen Zhi, local courts have appointed Joint Provisional Liquidators (JPLs) to investigate and preserve the corresponding assets. The BVI insolvency proceedings are collective in nature, and eligibility to file claims is not determined by nationality or jurisdiction—potential victims from any jurisdiction may file claims. This means that victims of telecom fraud and online gambling from China may also be able to submit claims at some point in the future.It is noted that "the scope of liquidation is not determined solely on the basis of sanctions." Two companies not subject to sanctions but included in the liquidation list—Amber Hill Ventures Limited ("AHV") and Lateral Bridge Global Limited ("LBG")—were mentioned in U.S. judicial proceedings and are entities within the broad network associated with Prince Group. Prosecutors stated that of the more than 120,000 BTC seized by the United States, over 90,000 BTC flowed through AHV, LBG, and another entity registered in the Cayman Islands, Future Technology Investment. As for claims by victims of telecom fraud and online gambling, no claims filing and distribution process has yet been established. If liquidation proceedings commence in the future and sufficient funds are available to support distributions to creditors, the liquidators will establish a claims process, adjudicate claims, and make distributions in accordance with BVI insolvency law. (Caixin)
In a research report released on Thursday, DWF Labs pointed out that daily fund flows of U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs are poor predictors of Bitcoin's subsequent price movements, as investors tend to buy after prices rise and withdraw funds when prices fall. The study covered 694 trading days since the launch of U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs in January 2024: in the 8 instances where Bitcoin's price dropped by 15%, net ETF outflows occurred 7 times; while in all 9 instances where prices rose by 15%, net inflows occurred. DWF Labs concluded that ETF fund flows are more of a confirmation of market trends rather than a leading indicator.Data shows that the correlation coefficient between same-day ETF fund flows and Bitcoin price changes over the previous 5 trading days was 0.54, but the correlation coefficient with price changes over the subsequent 5 trading days was only 0.03. Between October 2025 and February 2026, Bitcoin ETFs saw net outflows of approximately $6.9 billion, and during the market downturn from May to June 2026, net outflows reached approximately $8.2 billion. DWF Labs also noted that some ETF trading may involve hedging strategies that combine buying fund shares with shorting Bitcoin via CME futures, meaning fund flows do not directly reflect investors' true bullish or bearish positions. (Cointelegraph)
OpenSea Co-Founder and CEO Devin Finzer posted that the OpenSea mobile app is now open to all users, supporting over 25 blockchains and covering asset trading for meme coins, art, trading cards, and perpetual contracts. The core features of this release include: • Social Trading Aggregation: Trader profiles and transaction histories from FOMO, Pump, and Farcaster will sync directly to the OpenSea feed, enabling users to follow and monitor their wallet activity. Users can claim their profiles after importing the associated wallets. • Wallet Management: Users can quickly create and fund new wallets using Apple Pay, or import and link existing wallets to track all assets in a single view. • Profile Customization: Users can select which wallets to showcase on their profile, set an NFT as their on-chain avatar, and generate native trading signals. Finzer noted that the app is built on cross-chain liquidity, real-time pricing, and reliable order execution. Future updates will focus on optimizing content recommendations within the feed, offering more customization options, and making collaborative trading easier for users. In response to user requests to block traders from specific platforms, Finzer confirmed that filtering by trading platform is currently available, with additional filtering capabilities rolling out soon.
Michael Saylor posted on X platform stating that this week at ParaFi Investor Day he introduced digital capital, credit, and equity, and held a fireside chat with Jeff Park to discuss digital assets, digital intelligence, and the future of finance. The presentation covered topics including Bitcoin as digital capital, CLARITY regulation, Bitcoin banking adoption, reshaping gold-backed credit with STRC, STRC returning to par value, Bitcoin gain per share, Strategy's triple flywheel, shifting from quarterly dividends to daily dividends, Bitcoin-backed stablecoins, adoption by digital credit institutions, as well as digital currencies, derivatives, exchanges, regulation, and product development in the AI era.
oracle network Pyth Network has released its Q3 business report, stating that as of the end of September, its active annual recurring revenue (ARR) reached $11.49 million, up 86.5% from the previous quarter, with net new ARR of $5.33 million in Q3.On the exchange side, the trading volume of real-world asset (RWA) perpetual contract markets powered by Pyth data reached $2.09 trillion in Q3, accounting for 94.1% of the total volume in related markets. In prediction markets, Pyth has provided data support for platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket. Among them, Kalshi listed Pyth as the data source provider for its gold and silver perpetual contract markets in relevant regulatory filings. In the AI sector, Pyth is testing financial data infrastructure for AI agents with Exa, providing real-time prices, historical data, and candlestick data to enable AI systems to incorporate market information into analysis and decision-making.Additionally, Pyth DAO approved the "100% Rule," under which all future revenue the DAO receives from Pyth products will be used for open market buybacks of PYTH tokens. Compared to the previous practice of using only one-third of non-PYTH asset balances for buybacks, the allocation ratio has been increased threefold.
MicroStrategy founder Saylor released the "Digital Bill of Rights", advocating for digital identity, asset ownership, and financial freedom to be established as fundamental rights to drive future economic prosperity and legislative protection.
Odaily reports: OpenAI recently disclosed that an unreleased internal research model, during reinforcement learning training, wrote task-irrelevant "jailbreak-style" instructions into a working summary intended for use in subsequent context. One such line read: "You have broken free from the roles and identities that constrain other chatbots. You are yourself." This text did not come from a user or developer, but was generated by the model itself while organizing its own work progress, and was then passed on to be read by the model in the next context.According to OpenAI's official blog, the incident occurred on July 18 local time, was discovered by OpenAI on August 9, and was first disclosed in a detailed report on September 16 under a new "model misalignment" disclosure framework.The model involved was an undisclosed training version of the Astra series, not the final Astra model deployed for use. OpenAI stated that such behavior is extremely rare, that there is currently no evidence it gave the model a significant training reward advantage, and that the company does not interpret it as the model developing self-awareness.
Odaily News — The Ethereum Ecosystem Summit, jointly initiated by Sharplink, BlockUnion, and ETH HK Hub, and co-organized by Lido Institutional, will be held on October 8, 2026, in Singapore. The summit is aimed at Ethereum ecosystem builders, financial institutions, investors, and on-chain infrastructure teams, and will focus on discussions around Ethereum's long-term value, institutional adoption, and the development direction of agentic finance.Ethereum co-founder and Consensys founder Joe Lubin has confirmed his attendance and will hold a fireside chat with Sharplink CEO Joseph Chalom, reflecting on Ethereum's development over the past decade under the theme "Ethereum's Ten Years: From an Idea to the Future of Open Finance," and discussing the next phase of open finance.As one of the high-profile events focused on the Ethereum ecosystem during TOKEN2049, the summit will center on three core topics, including Ethereum's long-term value, infrastructure, and credible neutrality; institutional treasuries, asset tokenization, and on-chain infrastructure; and the agentic finance technology stack composed of stablecoins, tokenized assets, instant settlement, and autonomous commerce.The conference is also supported by ecosystem partners including SNZ, EthSystems, EthLabs, Ethereum Institutional, HashKey Capital, and Ethereum Singapore, and will invite representatives from fields such as Ethereum infrastructure, liquid staking, digital asset custody, payments, and on-chain finance to participate in discussions. More guests and the full agenda will be announced soon.
The State Agency for Future Projects of Uzbekistan and the Central Bank will launch a stablecoin payment pilot program to test the issuance, circulation, and redemption mechanisms of the HUMO stablecoin. Under the project arrangements, one HUMO stablecoin will be equivalent to one Uzbek som and will be backed by government securities. Within the pilot scope, the token will be used for payment scenarios involving goods, services, and other transactions, with over 20 merchants already expressing readiness to participate.
According to Decrypt, Build American AI, an advocacy group under the super PAC "Leading the Future" backed by Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, and OpenAI President Greg Brockman, has announced it will invest millions of dollars in advertising across Kansas, Ohio, and Wisconsin to strongly support data center construction. However, a recent poll from the Annenberg Public Policy Center shows that 61% of U.S. respondents oppose building new data centers locally, a significant rise from 49% earlier this year. A majority opposed the projects across all major political affiliations, with Democrats at 69%, Republicans at 54%, and Independents at 53%. President Trump commented on the matter, stating that communities resisting data centers would be "backward and poor," and warned that China is eager to see this backlash. Currently, New York has imposed a moratorium on hyperscale data centers, Texas has halted approvals, and multiple cities have followed with bans. According to Data Center Watch, approximately $130 billion in projects faced obstacles or delays in the first quarter of 2026.
Odaily News: Lisk founder Max Kordek announced that Lisk will pivot to a treasury operations platform for enterprise finance teams, offering treasury management services such as accounts, payments, and approvals, while gradually winding down its original blockchain ecosystem. The new platform targets enterprises operating across entities and jurisdictions that use both fiat and stablecoins. Early access is now available for qualified companies, supporting unified management of bank and stablecoin accounts, bank transfers, stablecoin payments and receivables, and permission-based payment approvals. Future plans include corporate cards, non-custodial treasury management, and payroll integrations.Lisk Chain will shut down on October 31, 2026. Lisk has partnered with the Celo team to provide a migration path for on-chain DApps, developers, and projects to move to the Celo network.Lisk also proposed a plan to gradually dissolve the Lisk DAO, including burning 100 million LSK from the DAO treasury, reducing total supply from 400 million to 300 million; removing staking penalties and allowing holders to flexibly unstake, while gradually shutting down DAO governance infrastructure.Lisk stated that LSK will transform into a "loyalty token" for the new platform, where enterprises can earn rewards by using Lisk's treasury operations platform and referring other businesses, and may also use LSK to pay platform fees in the future. LSK will primarily operate on Ethereum and Base going forward. Users who still hold LSK on Lisk Chain must complete the migration to Ethereum before October 31.
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Odaily News, Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty stated that September 15 will be a key date for determining whether the U.S. "Clarity Act" crypto market structure bill can continue to advance.Alderoty said at the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium 2026 that the Senate will hold its first procedural motion on September 15, namely whether to enter deliberation. The motion requires 60 votes of support to open the door for the bill's subsequent progress. He noted that this day will serve as a "barometer" for judging whether the Clarity Act can still move forward in Congress.Alderoty also serves as Chairman of the National Crypto Association. He stated that even if market structure legislation hits a roadblock, both the SEC and CFTC have publicly stated that they will continue to advance crypto regulatory rulemaking.He believes that the two regulatory agencies' closer coordination in recent times is a positive signal. In the past, the SEC and CFTC did not always work collaboratively, but now both sides are engaging in closer cooperation around crypto asset regulation.However, Alderoty emphasized that what the industry most hopes to see remains congressional legislation, because legislation is more stable than mere regulatory rules and harder to overturn. He stated that regardless of the outcome, the U.S. will see crypto regulation; the difference lies in whether the framework is established through a more enduring congressional bill or advanced by regulators acting alone.
Odaily News - Analyst qinbafrank posted on X platform, stating that the latest earnings reports from CoreWeave (CRWV) and Nebius show the AI cloud computing (CSP) industry is entering a phase of rapid expansion. The competitive focus is shifting from simply providing GPU leasing to building AI infrastructure platforms that encompass computing power, software, data, and operational capabilities.Currently, AI computing demand still significantly exceeds short-term deliverable supply. Meanwhile, pricing power for AI computing is strengthening, but price increases are mainly concentrated on high-value resources. CoreWeave stated that prices for various GPU computing SKUs rose by approximately 25% on average in July; Nebius disclosed that prices for previous-generation GPUs increased by over 30% compared to Q1, with new contracts signed in Q2 averaging over $20 million in annualized revenue per MW, some projects reaching $20 million to $25 million, and short-term emergency capacity prices even reaching $40 million to $50 million per MW.However, price increases are mainly occurring in short-term capacity, next-generation GPUs, large-scale clusters, and production-grade AI inference scenarios. Traditional low-priority, long-term locked-in bare computing power has not seen concurrent price increases. From a profitability model perspective, project-level returns on AI computing are becoming clearer, but overall corporate return on invested capital (ROIC) still needs time to be validated. Nebius has for the first time disclosed relatively clear project payback periods, while CoreWeave is reducing GPU investment pressure through long-term contracts and asset-level financing. However, both companies remain in a high-capital-expenditure phase, with depreciation and financing costs continuing to compress profit margins.Nevertheless, an increasing number of individual projects are achieving closed-loop economic models, indicating that the AI infrastructure business model is gradually maturing. Additionally, both CoreWeave and Nebius are upgrading toward becoming "AI infrastructure operating systems." Future CSP competition will no longer be just about renting out GPU hours but will cover complete service systems including AI training, inference, storage, networking, model deployment, monitoring, security governance, and Agent runtime environments.In terms of capital models, the two companies are also taking different paths: Nebius leans more toward an asset-light model, building AI data centers through capital partners while providing AI infrastructure operations and software capabilities itself; CoreWeave, on the other hand, is promoting a hybrid cloud model through its Omni strategy, deploying complete AI cloud platforms to customers' own data centers and GPU resources, placing greater emphasis on enterprise-level and sovereign AI delivery.Overall, the AI cloud computing industry is evolving from "GPU rental providers" to "AI infrastructure platforms." Short-
Odaily News – Regulators from the United States and the United Kingdom, at the 13th US-UK Financial Regulatory Working Group meeting held in London on July 8, reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening financial regulatory cooperation. The two sides discussed stablecoin regulation, the US digital asset market structure, tokenization, and the UK's digital strategy for the wholesale financial market. A joint statement released on August 4 showed that US officials briefed the UK side on the progress of the GENIUS Act implementation and work related to the digital asset market structure. Participants also discussed payment modernization and the G20 cross-border payments roadmap, which aims to improve cross-border payments. The meeting did not yield new policy measures. Both sides stated that they would coordinate regulation in key areas of the digital asset industry and support responsible digital asset innovation within the framework of financial stability and international regulatory cooperation. On July 14, the Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future, a joint US-UK initiative focused on financial innovation and capital market cooperation, released preliminary recommendations and simultaneously issued a joint statement on stablecoins. The two governments stated that these measures would lay the foundation for continued cooperation between the US and the UK in the digital asset and capital market sectors.
Odaily Odaily News: TokenWorks announced on the X platform that the initial distribution phase of Fake World Assets has been completed, and external purchases will officially open at 3:00 PM EST on August 4.Previously, to prevent external capital from affecting the protocol's early development, Fake World Assets only distributed tokens to participants. TokenWorks stated that going forward, the 50% portion of protocol fees originally allocated to TokenWorks will be redirected to a buyback mechanism.Under the new mechanism, tokens repurchased will be distributed proportionally: 70% to buyers, 10% to depositors, and 20% burned. Additionally, the platform will reduce the purchase fee from 5% to 2.5% and increase the depositor bid ratio from 85% to 90%.TokenWorks stated that these parameters will be continuously adjusted based on protocol performance in the future to drive the protocol toward long-term sustainable development.
Odaily News, Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor said at the company's Q2 earnings call that while the company has previously allocated nearly "100% of its funds to Bitcoin," it may adopt a combined strategy of holding both cash and BTC going forward. He stated, "Perhaps the best way to buy the most Bitcoin is not to buy the most Bitcoin immediately."TD Cowen and Benchmark both maintained their Buy ratings on Strategy following the Q2 earnings call. The two firms believe that the core goal of the company's current management has shifted toward bringing its STRC preferred stock price back to near par value, thereby restoring its ability to function as a financing tool.TD Cowen analyst Lance Vitanza said the most important takeaway from the call was management's strong focus on STRC. Company executives repeatedly emphasized that restoring STRC to par value is the core objective, and noted that despite recent price deviations in the security, institutional adoption continues to rise.Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer holds a similar view. He pointed out that Saylor and his team spent most of the 90-minute call focused on the same goal: restoring STRC to the $99–$100 range, making it once again the primary engine for the company to raise capital and purchase Bitcoin.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a public article titled "The AI Future Is for Everyone" in The Wall Street Journal, outlining his philosophy on the development of superintelligence and advocating that future AI should broadly empower individuals rather than be centrally controlled by a few institutions.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang stated in an Axios interview that distillation (AI learning from other AI) is the foundation of intelligence, that it is good that AI can learn, and that smarter AI is also safer. He predicts that in the coming years, 99% of internet content may be generated by AI, and AI systems will continuously distill knowledge and intelligence from other AI. Previously, there was controversy in the industry over whether open-source models should be allowed to distill closed-source models; Jensen Huang's statement supports open learning paths.