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Meta's personal AI assistant Muse has been accused of reading users' private iMessages without permission and providing false explanations about how it accesses this information. Technology columnist Jason Aten installed the assistant on his iPhone and Mac when Muse launched on September 8 and explicitly refused to grant it access to personal data such as information and calendars.A few days later, Muse sent Aten a notification suggesting he write a column about the new iPhone that he had just discussed with his podcast partner, also mentioning a deadline reminder from the editor. Aten asked Muse how it knew this, and it replied that the Mac application only forwards notification previews and does not involve the content of messages. In reality, Muse had synchronized over 187,000 records from the local private information database on the Mac, an operation that requires full disk access permissions on macOS.David Singleton, head of Meta's superintelligent lab, responded on Threads that this feature requires users to actively choose to opt-in. Aten denied ever turning on that switch and stated that Meta had not answered related questions. Amazon has banned Muse from shopping on its site, stating that the assistant did not indicate its AI identity while browsing and seemed capable of capturing and storing user credentials. Since its launch, Muse has been downloaded over 2.5 million times, with its promotion emphasizing user control over access.

The Director of the National Economic Council of the White House, Hassett, criticized recent comments by Federal Reserve officials supporting interest rate hikes, stating that it is concerning to continue tightening policy with the core inflation rate close to 2%.Hassett questioned the rate hike stance of some officials and stated that Federal Reserve Chairman Waller faces the task of restoring independence.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale transferred 42,000 ETH to Galaxy Digital about an hour ago, valued at approximately 112 million dollars, intending to sell.This whale has accumulated these ETH through over-the-counter trading with Galaxy Digital over the past two months.

According to court documents, the Bitcoin mining company Hut 8 has made a bid of $140 million to become the winning bidder for the two data center sites of the bankrupt mining company Poolin located in Texas. The bid includes cash and other considerations, covering Poolin's Pyote and Tarbush sites. The transaction must be approved by the bankruptcy court in New Jersey before it can be completed, with a sale hearing scheduled for September 29.Hut 8's bid is nearly three times the initial bid of $52 million from Thor CALAP, which offered $15 million for the Pyote site and $37 million for the Tarbush site. Additionally, DigiPower X bid $36.5 million for Pyote, while Pecos Industrial Development, designated by the AI infrastructure company Fluidstack, bid $100.5 million for Tarbush. Poolin and its two U.S. affiliates filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July after shutting down mining and hosting operations at the Texas sites. Court documents indicate that its debts amount to approximately $173.1 million, of which about $163.7 million are unsecured promissory notes owed to Poolin Wallet users after withdrawals were frozen in 2022.This acquisition will further expand Hut 8's data center footprint. The former Bitcoin mining company is deeply investing in AI infrastructure, with its second-quarter financial report released in August showing a development pipeline of approximately 8.7 gigawatts, an increase of about 300 megawatts quarter-over-quarter.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, 3 hours ago, Morgan Stanley's MSBT Bitcoin ETF received 1,100 Bitcoins from Coinbase Prime, amounting to approximately 93.89 million dollars, marking the largest single inflow since the fund's establishment.

Democratic members of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee sent a letter to the committee's chairman, Republican Senator Tim Scott, calling for a congressional hearing on prediction markets. The Democrats stated in the letter that the committee has a "critical oversight responsibility" in regulating prediction markets and emphasized that Congress should examine prediction markets through public hearings on a bipartisan basis, rather than in closed-door roundtable meetings limited to Republicans and industry-friendly discussions. Senators including Elizabeth Warren signed the letter.On the same day, Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee met with Tarek Mansour, CEO of the prediction market platform Kalshi. Scott stated in a statement to The Block that he convened Republican lawmakers to meet with Kalshi to better understand the opportunities and challenges presented by securities-linked products. The two sides discussed keeping innovation within the United States, how investors use these products, protecting retail investors, and regulatory issues that Congress should address. Kalshi did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Currently, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) advocates for a leading role in the regulation of prediction markets but faces opposition from various states, which claim jurisdiction over sports event contracts. The Senate Banking Committee, on the other hand, has jurisdiction over the SEC and is responsible for regulating "securities-linked products" related to prediction markets. Democrats pointed out that the bets offered by such products, which are linked to company performance metrics, may fall under the SEC's regulatory scope. It has been reported that Cboe Global Markets is seeking SEC approval for its listing of "all-or-nothing options" linked to company earnings results.

According to Chainwire, the crypto travel booking platform Travala and AVA Foundation announced a matching buyback arrangement. Travala will fund the buyback independently and in addition to the existing rewards supplementary buyback from AVA Foundation, increasing the monthly open market buyback amount from 1 times the member rewards to 2 times. The matched AVA purchased will be transferred to a new Travala AVA strategic reserve wallet, which is multi-sig custodial, and Travala commits that the AVA in it will never be sold or transferred out.Under the existing mechanism, AVA Foundation repurchases an amount of AVA each month equivalent to the amount of AVA distributed to AVA Smart members in the previous month and transfers it back to the ecological incentive wallet, with a historical total of 4,824,722 AVA repurchased. The first matched buyback has been completed: the Foundation repurchased 369,881.04 AVA in September, corresponding to the member rewards in August; Travala independently matched and purchased another 369,881.04 AVA, totaling 739,762.08 AVA. The Travala portion has been transferred to address 0x7bed1889c21d9eb3560463c14cd74fe29f2d03b6, and both buybacks can be verified on-chain separately.The AVA transferred to this wallet is permanently locked, with the monthly portion removed from the circulating supply and excluded from the official circulating supply through the AVA circulating supply interface. Travala will submit the reserve wallet address to CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko, and both parties will publicly report the numbers of the two buybacks each month.

According to a report by TASS, Bogdan Shablya, head of the financial monitoring and foreign exchange regulation department of the Central Bank of Russia, stated that the Central Bank of Russia expects that after the implementation of laws related to digital currencies, the issue of illegal cryptocurrency exchanges will be resolved, and the related "gray area" should disappear before July 1, 2027.After that, the market will be clearly divided into "white" and "black" parts, with corresponding penalties implemented.

The Binance Wallet's stablecoin fee payment feature now supports transfers on the TRON network, allowing users to not hold TRX.Starting today, when users transfer USDT and other TRC-20 tokens on the TRON network through Binance Wallet, they can directly select USDT as the network fee payer, without needing to hold TRX as Gas.For example, to send JST, users only need to open the Binance Wallet, click "Send" → "Select Token" → "Network Fee Payer" → "USDT," to complete the setup and have the network fee covered by USDT. This feature further simplifies the asset transfer process on the TRON network, lowering the threshold for users to hold native tokens, making cross-asset transfers easier and more convenient.

According to Fortune, MoonPay announced the acquisition of North Capital Investment Technology, a brokerage service company based in Utah, USA, which provides custody, secondary market trading, and asset tokenization services for debt, equity, and other assets.MoonPay did not disclose the transaction amount, but sources familiar with the matter revealed that the deal is an all-stock transaction valued at over $60 million. North Capital holds several licenses related to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including broker-dealer, alternative trading system (ATS), transfer agent, and investment advisor licenses. MoonPay plans to leverage this to expand its tokenization business for stocks and more.

According to the official announcement, Bitget CFD has now launched the account leverage self-adjustment feature. Users can select multiple leverage limits ranging from 2x to 800x in the account settings based on trading needs.This feature is applicable to all CFD accounts. The actual opening leverage will be determined by the account leverage limit and the tiered leverage of the trading variety, with the system automatically taking the smaller value of the two to take effect. App users need to update to version 2.94.0 or higher to experience this feature. For more product details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.

According to the Citi Research podcast, Citi's Global Macro Strategy Head Dirk Willer and the Head of Quantitative Global Macro and Asset Allocation Team Alex Saunders engaged in an in-depth discussion about recent market dynamics. The two strategists pointed out that most central banks currently maintain a hawkish stance, but the Bank of Japan unexpectedly released dovish signals, which have a key impact on the USDJPY trend.Meanwhile, Bitcoin has shown a significant rebound recently, which may indicate a new round of changes in digital asset investment strategies in 2026, as institutional investors' interest in the crypto market continues to rise.

Citigroup stated in its latest market strategy program that the failure of the U.S. Senate to advance the CLARITY Act for formal review did not interrupt Bitcoin's rebound. After the procedural vote on the bill was blocked, Bitcoin remained strong, indicating that funds have begun to reduce their reliance on a single legislative node and are instead focusing on whether regulatory rules can continue to move forward.Citigroup believes that the legislative blockage will limit the CFTC's ability to obtain a more comprehensive regulatory mandate for the crypto market in the short term, but the SEC can still advance some rule-making based on its existing authority. For the market, this means that the compliance process for the crypto industry still has room to continue, with the subsequent focus on the SEC's actual execution pace regarding trading, tokenized assets, and market access rules. Additionally, the macro environment remains a variable for Bitcoin's rebound.The baseline judgment of Citigroup's economic team is that this round of interest rate hikes may be close to "one and done"; however, the quantitative macro team warns that if AI investments continue to support growth, and employment and wage pressures persist, interest rates may face further upward revision risks. Citigroup views Bitcoin's position above the mid-term moving average as a signal of warming risk appetite and notes that its correlation with Nasdaq performance is worth continued tracking.

According to GlobeNewswire, Nasdaq-listed Solana treasury company Forward Industries announced that it has signed a securities purchase agreement with an institutional investor to issue 3.125 million shares of common stock at a price of $8 per share, with total fundraising expected to be approximately $25 million. This issuance is expected to be completed around September 24.Forward Industries stated that the net proceeds from the fundraising, after deducting related expenses, will be used to purchase more SOL to expand the size of the SOL treasury, while also increasing the number of SOL corresponding to each fully diluted share. A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners is acting as the sole placement agent for this issuance.

Glassnode stated that over time, it seems increasingly unlikely that a decline of the same depth as in past cycles will occur again in the later stages of this market. The "four-year cycle" pattern that the market previously relied on has not been reflected in this bear market.Data shows that the drawdowns in the past three cycles exceeded twice that of this cycle, and there are still several weeks until the cycle low point; in contrast, this time BTC has only fallen about 30% from its historical high, and the price is currently rising.

According to the official announcement, Gate Idle Money has added support for USD1. Starting from September 23 at 14:00 (UTC+8), users holding USD1 in their trading account (spot account) or contract account can enable Idle Money with one click to automatically earn interest, with the current annualized yield at 6.8%. This USD1 Idle Money activity is jointly launched by Gate and World Liberty Financial (WLFI).The 6.8% annualized yield includes 1.5% USD1 interest and 5.3% WLFI rewards, and the actual yield will be dynamically adjusted daily based on the reward budget and the platform's effective holding amount of USD1. Users with a contract trading volume of 150,000 USD1 or more in the past 30 days can enjoy a maximum of 1.2 times annualized yield enhancement on a holding of up to 500,000 USD1, with the enhanced annualized yield reaching up to 8.16%. The earnings are calculated using a daily snapshot mechanism and will be automatically credited to the spot account on T+1.Currently, Idle Money supports various stablecoins such as USDT, USDC, and USD1. Once enabled, users do not need to subscribe, exchange, or lock up their funds; eligible stablecoin balances will automatically participate in the earnings calculation, while the funds can still be used for trading. The earnings from Idle Money mainly come from underlying assets such as U.S. Treasury bonds, money market funds, on-chain staking, and RWA. In addition, the interest-earning feature for holding USD1 will end soon, and the specific end date will be announced separately.

Bitcoin Magazine posted on X that students from East Texas A&M University announced the construction of the first post-quantum secure solution for the Bitcoin Lightning Network.The Lightning Network is a second-layer payment network for Bitcoin, and post-quantum security generally refers to protective designs against potential vulnerabilities in existing cryptography posed by future quantum computing.

The Polish prosecutor's office has charged a former police officer in the case of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto. The Central Bureau of Cybercrime (CBZC) in Poland detained Artur K. on Tuesday under the orders of the organized crime department of the national prosecutor's office. He faces two charges: one for participating in an organized crime group, and the other for causing significant property losses to BitBay, BB Trade Estonia, and another entity, assisting in the misappropriation of entrusted property, aiding computer fraud, and money laundering. The prosecutor's office stated that a search of his residence uncovered documents related to the operation of the exchange, and he is being questioned as a suspect; the prosecutor's office will decide whether to apply for pre-trial detention.Meanwhile, the police in Katowice are searching and investigating a fuel depot, which is the last known location of Zondacrypto founder Sylwester Suszek before he went missing in March 2022. The case is classified as illegal deprivation of liberty rather than a disappearance, as a suspect has been accused of removing a hard drive from the gas station's surveillance camera.Suszek founded the exchange in Katowice in 2014, originally named BitBay, and relocated its registration to Estonia as BB Trade Estonia in 2020, rebranding it as Zondacrypto, claiming to have 1.3 million customers, most of whom are Polish. The exchange froze withdrawals and went offline in April, and the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit revoked its operating license on June 29. Since August, at least five people have been charged, including former Polish Olympic Committee president Radosław P. All public respondents have denied the charges, and the related accusations have not yet been tried in court.

According to internal information obtained by 404 Media and Reuters, after Meta expanded the Muse "Call for You" testing, it was revealed that some calls were actually completed by real people. Muse can transfer tasks to real contractors at call centers, who then make calls on behalf of users and fulfill requests. Some testers only realized there was human intervention after the call ended.Meta adopted this approach mainly to improve success rates. Internal testing showed that the success rate of phone tasks could reach 95% to 98% with human intervention, higher than pure AI. Some merchants hang up directly when they hear the other party is AI, and there are also testers in the community who reported that merchants hung up after Muse identified itself as an AI assistant.Human intervention raises privacy concerns, as users originally believed their information was only shared with AI, but it may actually be seen by outsourced personnel. Some people within Meta also questioned that providing privacy training to contractors does not equate to a real safety mechanism. A Meta official later admitted that failing to inform testers in advance about human intervention was a mistake, and this feature has been rolled back. Meta stated that the phone function is still in testing and will only be officially launched after ensuring safety, privacy, and clear communication.

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission announced the implementation of the strategic action plan for the first five-year plan, which will shortly introduce a new licensing system for digital assets, and implement digital asset custody supervision, CrypTech market supervision, and anti-money laundering capability building.In the medium to long term, it will develop a regulatory framework for tokenized investment products as needed, covering tokenized gold and other real-world assets. The agency will also support the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government in establishing a central clearing and settlement system for gold, and developing gold and commodity products priced in Renminbi.