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

The decentralized perpetual contract trading platform Aster posted on X that its perpetual market supports USDC as a deposit and withdrawal tool.The integration between Aster and Arc has been effective since the day it went live.

The founder of TRON, Justin Sun, announced the official establishment of the "Justin Sun Award" and revealed the first batch of winners. This is the world's first zero-trust, decentralized academic reward mechanism based on a "problem list," with significant breakthroughs in fundamental disciplines and machine formal verification as the sole criteria for awarding, with a maximum prize of up to 1 million dollars for a single problem.Justin Sun stated that the award aims to initiate a new scientific incentive paradigm centered on machine verification, powered by human-machine collaboration, and driven by decentralized rewards, striving to create a Nobel Prize for the AI era.The top prize of 1 million dollars was awarded to the OpenAI research team in recognition of their completion of the "Existence and Smoothness of the Navier-Stokes Equations" solution and formal proof. Other awarded achievements include the Sandorff Conjecture, Erdős Disjoint Subset, and other problems, involving a total of 66 mathematical problems.It is reported that the "Justin Sun Award" is open to all contributors, with no identity restrictions; both humans and AI can win, but only the first completer of the listed problems will be awarded. The problem list and proof materials are publicly available on GitHub, and the prize is recorded on-chain. The award covers mathematical progress made from January 1, 2026, onwards; those who complete formal verification of previously solved problems afterward can also win.

Founder of Strategy Michael Saylor stated that as the CLARITY Act faces obstacles, he expects the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Treasury Department to continue advancing digital asset regulatory rules based on existing laws, without waiting for Congress to complete legislation.Saylor anticipates that banks will expand Bitcoin custody and Bitcoin-collateralized loan services, with more funds flowing into Bitcoin and digital credit. He added that the GENIUS Act will support further adoption of stablecoins, and the development of the crypto industry does not need to be paused due to the stagnation of the CLARITY Act.

BitMart announced the official launch of the user communication portal, serving as a unified channel for users to submit questions and opinions regarding withdrawal arrangements, recent action plans, and the future direction of the platform. Relevant information will be reviewed by BitMart, financial advisor Alvarez & Marsal, and legal advisors, and will be included in ongoing assessments.When submitting, users must select the "User Communication Portal" question type, fill in their email and inquiry category, and complete the submission through email verification. BitMart stated that this portal is only for collecting opinions and will not separately process withdrawal requests; submitting a ticket will not change account or asset status. The platform also reminds users to be vigilant against impersonation and asset recovery scams, and to never disclose passwords, two-factor authentication codes, private keys, or mnemonic phrases.

According to CoinDesk, an attacker exploited a permission verification flaw in the Multicall contract authorized by the Safe multi-signature wallet, attempting to transfer approximately 2,900 rsETH (about 7.8 million USD). However, the automated trading bot Yoink discovered the transaction in the public trading pool, paid about 47,000 USD in fees to execute the transaction first, intercepted 2,882 rsETH, and transferred it to another address.BlockSec, Blockaid, Slow Mist, and AstraSec have all confirmed that the vulnerability lies in the components authorized by the user, rather than the core Safe contract. The issuer of rsETH, Kelp DAO, has implemented a 24-hour suspension on the receiving address.

According to Wintermute OTC trader @Jjay_dm, the BTC ETF experienced a net outflow of $463 million, marking the first negative value since the low in June, with ARK and Grayscale accounting for a combined outflow of $371 million, while BlackRock remained flat. As a result, BTC fell 4.4% over the week, closing at $76,838, making it the worst-performing asset, while Ethereum dropped 1.5%, and altcoins overall rose by 1%.On a macro level, the U.S. August CPI recorded a month-on-month increase of 0.4% (core 0.3%), higher than the expected 0.2%, and the PPI annual rate reached 5.4%, prompting Goldman Sachs to change its September forecast from "hold steady" to "raise interest rates." The market's expectation for a 25bp rate hike on Wednesday has risen to 87%. Meanwhile, the situation in the Middle East continues to escalate, with Brent crude oil surpassing $105 per barrel, and the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield hitting a 20-year high.Wintermute stated that after the ETF fund outflow turned negative, it tends to hold a neutral rather than bullish stance on the market. This week has two key events: ① On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate will conduct a procedural vote on the CLARITY Act (the cryptocurrency market structure bill), which requires 60 votes to pass; ② On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve will announce its interest rate decision, with the rate hike itself already priced in, but subsequent hawkish statements (especially signals regarding continued rate hikes in the first quarter of 2027) may pose downward pressure on the cryptocurrency market.

According to a report by Sina Finance, Lin Junxian, a former client manager of China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited, admitted to conspiring with an employee of a financial technology company and his accomplices to accept bribes, totaling over 470,000 US dollars in cryptocurrency "Tether." They illegally certified multiple false documents without the bank's authorization to secure several insurance-related investment transactions.An internal investigation by China Construction Bank (Asia) uncovered the incident, which was subsequently reported to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) along with full cooperation. Judge Lin Jianhong has postponed the sentencing of the case to September 18, during which the defendant will remain in custody under the Correctional Services Department.

The Batch V1.1 upgrade for the XRP Ledger is just one vote away from initiating the activation process. The RippleX team has fixed 11 software defects in the latest review. The Batch feature allows users to combine up to eight related transactions into a single operation, ensuring that both parties complete the transfer simultaneously when two people exchange tokens, thus avoiding the situation where one party pays while the other fails.In Tuesday's snapshot, the upgrade received support from 27 out of 35 trusted validators, accounting for approximately 77%, while changes to the XRP Ledger require an 80% support rate. Therefore, currently, one validator's vote can determine success or failure, and obtaining one more vote will initiate a two-week activation countdown. The support rate must remain above this threshold for 14 days, during which validators can change their votes.Previously, researchers discovered vulnerabilities in the original Batch proposal, allowing attackers to initiate transactions using others' accounts without authorization under specific conditions; this version was not deployed on the mainnet. The new version was released with xrpld 3.3.0 on August 6, and the latest review found 11 issues related to signatures, authorization checks, and server crashes. Among these, a serious vulnerability rated by the security company Common Prefix could allow attackers to reuse user signature permissions to execute transactions beyond expectations. RippleX stated that the review involved four senior engineers, audits from Halborn and Common Prefix, public security competitions, and automated testing, and mentioned that commercial projects using Batch have been signed or are in development.

Cryptocurrency exchange CoinEx announced that, in the context of a prolonged downturn in the cryptocurrency market, a significant shrinkage in overall industry trading volume and liquidity, and the continuous rise in regulatory requirements and compliance costs in major jurisdictions, it has decided to cease operations and initiate an orderly shutdown process.CoinEx will stop new user registrations on September 15, and will adjust contract trading to only allow position reduction; it will cease non-spot services such as contracts, wealth management, staking, and lending on September 22; all spot trading will stop on September 29; and withdrawals will cease on December 22, officially closing the platform. CoinEx was launched on December 22, 2017, and has been in operation for nearly nine years.

As we enter the late third quarter of 2026, TSMC's 3nm and 2nm advanced process and CoWoS advanced packaging capacity continue to be in high demand. NVIDIA and Apple continue to dominate the resources for advanced processes and packaging; Amazon AWS's Annapurna has recently increased its AI self-developed chip production, securing more 3nm capacity. MediaTek, in addition to mobile chips, is also competing for 2/3nm process and CoWoS-S/L capacity with large orders related to Google TPU.There are reports that TSMC has recently readjusted its capacity allocation. After MediaTek secured a large order from Google TPU, the next-generation TPU v9 will simultaneously use TSMC's CoWoS-L and Intel's EMIB-T, which has slightly adjusted MediaTek's 3nm and 2nm capacity arrangements. Currently, TSMC's main customer for 3nm is NVIDIA, which is expected to surpass Apple to become the largest customer by 2025; the demand for 2nm is primarily from Apple and others. After AWS increased Annapurna's production, its 3nm and CoWoS configuration priority has improved.Starting in early 2026, TSMC will accelerate capacity expansion, with the 2nm monthly capacity of Hsinchu Baoshan Fab 20 and Kaohsiung Fab 22 reaching 50,000 wafers each by the end of October, totaling about 100,000 wafers; by the end of October, the monthly capacity for 3nm in Tainan Science Park is about 185,000 wafers. As of the end of September, the overall capacity utilization rate is about 96.2%, with 100% utilization for processes below 16/12nm down to 2nm. The shortage of CoWoS supply has driven advanced packaging orders to overflow, with the priority for orders going to ASE Group's Siliconware Precision Industries first, followed by Amkor, and Chipbond, among others. Chipbond's related testing and packaging capacity is fully loaded, with order visibility extending to 2028.

Court documents show that Elon Musk's company X and xAI have resolved the antitrust lawsuit against Apple (AAPL.O).

Bitfinex Alpha's latest report shows that Bitcoin has recently maintained a range of about 5.5% for over 24 trading days, with a cost basis of approximately 840,000 BTC within this range. As profit-taking has noticeably slowed, the seller risk premium has dropped to 7 basis points, one of the lowest levels in the past year, but insufficient buying pressure still limits a breakout.Meanwhile, leverage has accumulated at the upper and lower bounds of the range, with approximately $1.95 billion in short liquidation risk concentrated around $82,000, while there are large-scale long positions in the $75,000 to $76,000 range, which could amplify price volatility following the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision.Bitfinex further pointed out in the report that rising energy costs, increasing real yields, and weakening consumer confidence have made the macro environment more complex. Whether BTC can break through the current range still depends on the Federal Reserve's policy guidance and the subsequent trends in real yields and energy prices.

According to EU-Startups, Zurich-based preventive healthcare company Aeon announced the completion of its seed round extension financing and simultaneously acquired the German blood diagnostics platform Aware Health, bringing the total amount of seed round financing to over 12 million euros (approximately 14 million dollars).This round was co-led by Araya Ventures, with existing investors Concentric, GoHub Ventures, Kadmos Capital, Calm/Storm Ventures, N&V Capital, and Bigwave Capital participating.

According to Taiwan's "Commercial Times" report on September 14, as the computing power of GPUs and ASICs continues to rise, traditional copper interconnects are gradually approaching the limits of power consumption and signal transmission. TSMC is accelerating its layout for co-packaged optics (CPO). The industry is optimistic that if CPO bandwidth continues to double every two years, it may form the "CPO Moore's Law" of the AI era. Industry analysis indicates that the upgrade of CPO bandwidth mainly has three paths: including increasing single-channel speed from 200G to over 400G, expanding the number of optical channels from 16 to 32, 64 or more, and introducing wavelength division multiplexing (WDM). By 2040, the theoretical value could reach about 128 times the current level, with long-term potential for development towards hundreds of T based on the current level of about 3.2T.TSMC's role in optical interconnects has extended from wafer foundry to system integration, gradually integrating computing, HBM memory, and high-speed I/O from 3DFabric, CoWoS, SoIC to silicon photonics and CPO. When high-speed electrical signals exceed 200G, signal attenuation increases after passing through longer copper paths such as ABF substrates, PCBs, and connectors, leading the industry to develop shorter copper paths and longer optical paths. In terms of packaging architecture, the optical engine is currently laid out on the substrate, and the next step is expected to place CPO in the intermediary layer, with future possibilities of using SoIC technology to achieve 3D vertical integration of photonic integrated circuits (PIC) and ASICs. Industry players indicate that CPO still needs to overcome challenges in packaging, optical coupling, and testing before mass production can be achieved.

According to South Korean media MK, Min Byeong-deok, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, revealed that the South Korean "Basic Law on Digital Assets" will be promoted for formulation within the year, with a public hearing planned for this month, and the formal advancement of the bill review will begin in November after the national government audit concludes. However, considering that the National Assembly will also conduct national government audits and budget reviews, the legislative timeline may be postponed until the first half of next year.In addition, the South Korean Financial Services Commission has announced a phased implementation roadmap for Security Token Offerings (STO), and financial institutions are also advancing tokenization system testing and global infrastructure cooperation. South Korea's digital asset regulation is gradually shifting from institutional discussions to the preparation phase for implementation.

According to Cryptoslate, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Thailand has proposed a new regulation draft for stablecoins, allowing licensed crypto platforms to only permit customers to deposit or withdraw stablecoins from/to their verified accounts or wallets, prohibiting transfers to others' wallets.At the same time, a limit of 5 million Thai Baht (approximately 150,000 USD) per person per platform per day has been set. The proposal is currently in the public consultation stage, with comments due by September 25, and has not yet come into effect.

According to Forbes, Patrick Witt, the executive director of the Digital Asset Advisory Committee of President Trump, told Semafor that the window of opportunity for the Clarity Act is closing, and if the procedural vote next week fails, "no one can say when the bill will have another chance."Witt stated that a failed motion vote will not yield the desired results for anyone and called for bipartisan support for the bill: "Join this bill, and let's continue the conversation." The bill is scheduled for a procedural vote on September 15.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale has accumulated 36,360 ZEC from Binance, OKX, Kraken, and Gate over the past 6 days, worth approximately 41.56 million USD.In the past 15 minutes, this whale has withdrawn 6,520 ZEC from Binance and Kraken, worth approximately 7.67 million USD, and the buying is still ongoing.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale address awakened after 119 days of dormancy and withdrew 116,490 HYPE from OKX, worth approximately 9.6 million dollars.