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On September 16, B.AI announced the official launch of its five popular models at a 90% discount. Starting from September 16 at 17:00 (SGT), Qwen3.8-Flash, Hy3, and MiMo-V2.5 officially joined the discounted lineup, teaming up with the already discounted DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash and GLM-5.3-Flash to fully construct B.AI's exclusive 90% discount family of five popular models.This means that developers only need to pay 10% of the official standard price to seamlessly switch between diverse needs such as inference, programming, multimodal, Chinese scenarios, and high-frequency APIs, creating low-cost AI infrastructure in a cost-effective manner. Whether for individual development or team-scale deployment, B.AI makes top-tier computing power no longer expensive, truly achieving a low-cost, high-freedom model invocation experience. Start your experience now: https://chat.b.ai/chat

Bitget launched the "VIP Summit" program on its 8th anniversary, opening a direct channel to VIP 7 for professional traders. Eligible historical high-level VIPs and newly promoted VIPs can apply for a 30-day VIP 7 experience card without needing to upgrade step by step. During the event, completing trading challenges can also extend the VIP 7 experience period to 4 months, with opportunities to receive limited gifts and exclusive dinner invitations.The VIP Summit program is centered around "Ultimate Rates, Ultimate Trading," targeting different types of professional traders such as newly promoted VIPs, other VIPs, and historical VIPs. It establishes three main channels: VIP upgrades, TradFi challenges, and peak privileges, further expanding trading rights and exclusive benefits. VIP benefits include discounts on trading fees, borrowing rates, advanced APIs, unified trading account (UTA) infrastructure, and exclusive VIP services, addressing the core needs of professional traders regarding cost, efficiency, and service.This program is based on research from over 300 VIP users, with trading costs and execution efficiency identified as the most important factors for professional traders, forming the core basis for the event's design. As a key initiative for the next phase of Bitget UEX, this program further focuses on professional and high-net-worth traders, continuously improving the platform's system in terms of trading rights, capital efficiency, and exclusive services. The participation period for the event ends on October 31, and more details can be found on the Bitget official platform.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posted on X stating: Any pursuit of superintelligence must be based on core principles, namely that if the AI we build cannot help humanity and is not under human control, it is not worth pursuing.He also mentioned the need to accelerate and widely disseminate the benefits of AI, allowing it to spread broadly across nations, communities, and companies, which requires a thriving frontier ecosystem for both closed-source and open-source models. For enterprises, it is essential to retain complete control over their unique and tacit knowledge, and each organization should be able to build its own continuous learning loop without relying on any single model provider, embedding its own knowledge into the models and weights it controls.Nadella welcomed the necessary research, attention, and careful pacing for proper alignment, as well as ideas like "embedded evaluators." This cannot be controlled by a few entities; it must have broad representation across ecosystems, nations, and fields including academia. Microsoft's approach is broad access and choice at every layer of the AI stack, enterprise control over learning loops and models, and the release of its proprietary MAI model "Code of Conduct" for public consultation tomorrow.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "US Open ATP: Alexander Zverev vs. Ben Shelton," the sub-market "US Open ATP: Alexander Zverev vs. Ben Shelton Total Games in First Set Over/Under 8.5" saw a dramatic fluctuation in the win rate of the "Over" option, soaring from 71% an hour ago to the current 89.5% (a fluctuation of 18.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

Geoff Kendrick, the Global Head of Digital Asset Research at Standard Chartered, stated in a research report that SKY could reach $0.325 by the end of 2028, which is five times the benchmark price of $0.065 set in the report. The bank expects that the price increase of SKY will roughly synchronize with ETH and outperform Bitcoin before the end of 2028.Sky is a decentralized finance platform that will adopt its current name in 2024 and launch USDS and the governance token SKY. Since September 2024, Sky's agency has borrowed $5.9 billion USDS; the supply of USDS reached $10.04 billion in June, a year-on-year increase of 96.9%, down from $11.14 billion in May. Standard Chartered stated that further growth in USDS supply will drive protocol revenue and increase distributions to token holders, while staking rewards and a token buyback mechanism will be used to distribute value to SKY holders. The bank expects that the value distributed to holders will at least double in the next 12 months and noted that the slower-than-expected growth of yield-bearing stablecoins is a major risk to SKY's outlook.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "2026 US Open Men's Singles Champion" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option probability for the sub-market "Ben Shelton" has experienced significant fluctuations, soaring from 22.25% an hour ago to the current 37.75% (a fluctuation of 15.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "US Open ATP: Frances Tiafoe vs. Ben Shelton," the sub-market "US Open ATP: Frances Tiafoe vs. Ben Shelton First Set O/U 8.5" saw a dramatic fluctuation in the probability of the "Over" option, plummeting from 86.5% an hour ago to the current 50% (a fluctuation of 36.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated that regardless of the outcome of the U.S. Senate vote on the Clarity Act on September 15, the cryptocurrency industry will gain regulatory clarity. In an interview with CNBC, he mentioned that if the bill passes, the industry will receive legislative support; even if it does not pass, the SEC and CFTC have indicated their readiness to issue rules, and the industry will still gain regulatory clarity around the time of the vote.The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act aims to establish a federal regulatory framework for cryptocurrency exchanges, brokers, and stablecoins by dividing token regulatory authority between the SEC and CFTC. Armstrong noted that the bill has broad bipartisan and industry support, with law enforcement agencies, banks, and cryptocurrency companies all expressing their backing. Key issues previously raised by Coinbase have been resolved. The only outstanding matter is the ethical provisions concerning elected officials holding digital assets; the White House has proposed a plan that includes strong ethical clauses, while Democrats are pushing for further measures, including mandatory asset divestiture, with both sides nearing a resolution.In response to JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon's criticism regarding Coinbase's regulatory arbitrage using the bill's stablecoin provisions, Armstrong remarked that critics with large payment businesses are facing "competitive issues" and are "speaking for themselves." He also stated that Goldman Sachs, Bank of New York Mellon, and Fidelity all support the bill.

Less than 24 hours remain until the new pricing for the DeepSeek V4 Flash series takes effect (September 10, 12:00 SGT). With upstream price adjustments imminent, B.AI has prepared an exclusive stacking benefit for global developers to ensure top-tier computing power remains within reach. This upcoming benefit aims to further reduce invocation costs and unleash greater productivity—whether for high-frequency API calls, Agent workflow construction, or large-scale production-level deployments, all can operate continuously and efficiently with a lower burden. Specific benefits will be announced soon, so please stay tuned to B.AI's official updates and don't miss this boost in computing power.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring on-chain data, it predicts significant capital movements in the Polymarket market. A large whale invested $163,094.7 in the event "US Open ATP: Ben Shelton vs Carlos Alcaraz." Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding winning probability for this subject is 24%.

"New Bond King" Gundlach stated that the Federal Reserve's benchmark interest rate should be raised by 50 basis points.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "US Open: Ben Shelton vs. Carlos Alcaraz," the "Over" option for the sub-market "Total Games Exceeding 36.5" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 69% (a fluctuation of 19%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to the official announcement, Gate has launched perpetual contract trading for STONK, BEN, and ZCAT, all supporting 1-10 times leverage for both long and short positions, and has simultaneously opened trading bot and Order Tracking features.STONK is the platform token of StonkFun, a token launch platform on Solana; BEN is a character-type meme officially launched by Flap and used to showcase the "Stock Meme" product gameplay; ZCAT is a Zcash-themed Solana meme launched by StonkFun, featuring a cat with its face covered by a paper bag.

ARK Invest's Director of Digital Asset Research, Lorenzo Valente, posted on X that since the rise of L1, application chains, and Rollup-centric roadmaps, messaging and interoperability protocols have become critical infrastructure. As more assets go on-chain, the demand for universal interoperability will grow exponentially.Lorenzo Valente stated that the interoperability business of the cross-chain interoperability protocol LayerZero is likely to quickly grow to a nine-figure ARR, and mentioned that the team has more progress to share in the future.

According to Decrypt, the latest records from the UK Electoral Commission show that BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo donated £4 million (approximately $5.4 million) to the Reform Party of the UK twice in April this year, bringing his total donations to the party this year to £8 million (approximately $10.8 million), second only to Tether equity investor Christopher Harborne (who has donated a total of £15 million, approximately $20.25 million).These two donations accounted for 75% of the party's total donations for the corresponding quarter and were also the largest two single donations received by any political party in the UK during that quarter. The UK has prohibited political donations in the form of cryptocurrency since March, so all donations were made in cash.It is reported that BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo revealed in April that he had donated $5.4 million (approximately £4 million) to the Reform Party of the UK led by Nigel Farage, with the donations occurring before the new regulation setting a £100,000 cap on donations from overseas expatriates was introduced.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated in an interview with Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg The Close" host Ed Ludlow that top AI developers have performed poorly in communicating the benefits of the technology, making the industry susceptible to growing opposition.Altman said, "I think the entire industry has done a very poor job in this regard." "I think we ourselves have not done well, perhaps better than some and worse than others."

The Japanese yen has recently strengthened significantly against the US dollar, with the USDJPY exchange rate falling 1.4% to 156.4, continuing a 0.9% decline from Wednesday. The US Dollar Index (DXY) subsequently dropped 0.4% to 99.22, testing its 200-day moving average around 99.1. Against this backdrop, Bitcoin and gold have risen in tandem, contrasting with the traditional understanding that "a stronger yen usually triggers risk-off selling."Analysis indicates that the strength of the yen is beneficial for Bitcoin primarily because it has lowered the US Dollar Index, and a weaker dollar typically supports dollar-denominated assets and eases global financial conditions. However, if the yen's appreciation accelerates, this dynamic may quickly reverse. Over the past decade, traders have borrowed large amounts of cheap yen to make bullish bets on stocks, bonds, and even cryptocurrencies; a disorderly appreciation of the yen could trigger the unwinding of these positions, leading to risk aversion.The rapid appreciation of the yen has previously put pressure on Bitcoin, most notably during the yen carry trade unwinding in August 2024, when Bitcoin fell about 20% within a few days. Currently, traders are increasing their bets that the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates from 1% to 1.25% at the meeting on September 18, and it has been reported that US and Japanese authorities have previously intervened to support the yen, suggesting that there is little resistance to further strengthening of the yen.

On September 1, Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1, marking the first update to this model series since the launch of Fable 5 on June 9. Anthropic claims that the new models are the most advanced for programming and knowledge work. In the Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 benchmark, Fable 5.1 recorded a pass rate of 52.6%, more than doubling Fable 5's 24.7% and surpassing Opus 5's 29%; in Terminal-Bench 4, Fable 5.1 scored 55.8%, higher than Fable 5's 42% and Opus 5's 52.3%.Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 share the same underlying model, differing only in their safety filters. Fable 5.1 is available to all Claude accounts, while Mythos 5.1 remains restricted to professionals vetted through Anthropic's network security verification program and life sciences verification program. In terms of pricing, Fable 5.1 charges $10 per million tokens for input and $50 for output, which is double that of Opus 5. Cache read costs have decreased by 75%, and typical workload costs can drop by about 25%, with high agentic workloads decreasing by up to 45%.