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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."

User chetaslua posted that they forced a hidden pop-up in ChatGPT, which contained the announcement for the built-in Codex ImageGen 2.5, stating "Image creation has received a significant upgrade" "Higher quality results, faster generation speed, and smarter creative tools."The user indicated that the related feature entry is still closed to everyone, and the hero image was uploaded on September 1.

According to 36Kr, Zhipu has recently taken the lead in opening an official flagship store on Tmall. Data shows that within 48 hours of opening, brand searches for Zhipu surged 50 times compared to the previous period, driving a more than 160% increase in transactions for subscription products like AI tokens on Taobao and Tmall.Previously, Tmall launched the AI Space Station (Token Recharge Center), with the first batch integrating major model vendors such as Alibaba Cloud, Zhipu, Kimi, MiniMax, and DeepSeek, allowing users to directly purchase related subscription services just like "recharging phone credits."

According to a report by the Financial Associated Press, the General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued the "Entrepreneurship Support Plan for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Artificial Intelligence (2026-2028)." Over three years, it aims to cultivate a large number of innovative and dynamic artificial intelligence startups with significant growth potential in key areas such as industry applications, data services, and intelligent computing power. More than 10,000 new technology and innovation-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises will be nurtured, with over 2,000 "specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative" small giant enterprises emerging, along with a number of gazelle and unicorn companies.Focusing on the field of artificial intelligence, the plan will establish 10 high-standard technology enterprise incubators and 10 national public service demonstration platforms (bases) for small and medium-sized enterprises. It will also cultivate 10 national-level characteristic industrial clusters for small and medium-sized enterprises. The entrepreneurial and innovative vitality of small and medium-sized enterprises in artificial intelligence will continue to surge, and a preliminary pattern of high-quality development for small and medium-sized enterprises empowered by artificial intelligence will take shape.

According to Gate market data, on the tokenized stock product gStocks of the cryptocurrency exchange Gate, the MicroStrategy token MSTRG/USDT has increased by 16.33% in 24 hours, priced at $142.83; the Circle internet token CRCLG/USDT has risen by 15.40% in 24 hours, priced at $101.74; the Robinhood token HOODG/USDT has increased by 14.57% in 24 hours, priced at $124.63.Gate gStocks adopts a 1:1 native stock reserve, with each tokenized security corresponding to an equal number of native stocks as the underlying asset, and supports 24/7 trading and fractional share trading.

On-chain analysis platform Arkham stated that Invesco has the longest continuous record of ETH holdings in any ETF. Invesco's clients have not net sold ETH in the past 6 months, with the last sale occurring on March 19, 2026.

According to Digital Asset, the South Korean Financial Services Commission has announced plans to advance a tokenization model for listed stocks centered around the Korea Exchange (KRX), referencing pilot programs from the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. Non-listed stocks will be advanced for tokenization through a trust method.The Financial Services Commission has released a three-phase roadmap for the tokenization of standardized assets. The first phase will launch in February 2027 when the token securities law is implemented, targeting tokenization of private money market funds, private corporate bonds, and non-listed stocks, limited to institutional investors. The second phase will expand the scope to public offerings. The third phase will promote "on-chain settlement," meaning that both securities and settlement methods will complete payments and settlements on the blockchain. The Financial Services Commission stated that on-chain settlement will be officially advanced after stablecoin legislation.

According to Japan's Sankei Shimbun, "Saint Seiya" author Masami Kurumada has sued his former manager and their relatives and acquaintances, accusing them of misappropriating approximately 4.68 billion yen from Kurumada Productions and two other companies over a period of about six years through company account transfers and withholding copyright fees, among other methods. Some of the funds are reportedly used for investing in cryptocurrencies.The related incident was exposed during a tax investigation by the Tokyo National Tax Agency in 2024, with approximately 1.8 billion yen already recovered. Masami Kurumada is now seeking compensation of about 2.89 billion yen from the Tokyo District Court.

According to Coinglass data, the current whale holdings on the Hyperliquid platform amount to $7.653 billion, with long positions totaling $3.684 billion, accounting for 48.14% of the holdings, and short positions totaling $3.969 billion, accounting for 51.86%. The profit and loss for long positions is $460 million, while the profit and loss for short positions is -$517 million.Among them, the whale address 0x5b5d..60 has shorted ETH with a 5x leverage at a price of $2,211.46, currently showing an unrealized profit and loss of -$23.109 million.

According to Bloomberg, smart ring manufacturer Oura has submitted an IPO application in the United States. The documents show that its revenue for the nine months ending June 30 was $1.21 billion, with a net loss attributable to shareholders of $924 million (compared to a loss of $183 million in the same period last year). Oura sold approximately 3.6 million rings in the past year, with the retail price of the Oura Ring starting at $399, and over 5 million paid members.Oura secretly submitted its IPO application in May, and Bloomberg reported that the listing could raise up to $3 billion, with a valuation exceeding $16 billion, and is expected to be listed on Nasdaq under the ticker OURA. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and JPMorgan are serving as underwriters. Oura announced on Wednesday that it is expanding its board by bringing in executives from Netflix and Robinhood.

According to SoSoValue data, the total net inflow of the SOL spot ETF yesterday was $6.3996 million. The SOL spot ETF with the highest net inflow was Grayscale Solana Trust (GSOL), with a net inflow of $4.3765 million for the day, and the historical total net inflow has reached $135 million.Following that is the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL), with a net inflow of $2.0231 million for the day, and the historical total net inflow has reached $1.024 billion. As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of the SOL spot ETF is $1.465 billion, with a SOL net asset ratio of 2.39%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $1.351 billion.

According to Cointelegraph, Strategy has raised $20.9 billion this year through stock issuance to support its Bitcoin accumulation strategy, becoming the fourth largest stock issuer in the United States this year.

According to the Dune data chart published by analyst Adam, the crypto trading terminal's single-day trading volume on September 2 exceeded $1 billion, marking the first time since January 2025. The multi-chain trading terminal GMGN contributed approximately $479.7 million, accounting for nearly half of the total $1.03 billion, of which 90.7% ($445.5 million) came from Robinhood Chain, which has been online for about two months, while its Solana chain trading volume was only $9.5 million, remaining basically unchanged from 30 days ago.Data from DefiLlama shows that GMGN's trading volume on September 2 reached $490.9 million, the third highest in history, only behind $519.2 million on October 8, 2025, and $494.9 million on October 9. The peak during the issuance of the TRUMP meme coin in January 2025 was $272.4 million. GMGN's BSC chain daily trading volume fell from $91.6 million to $29.6 million during the same period, with a cumulative trading volume of $3.02 billion over 30 days, a month-on-month increase of 21.5%; the day's fee income was $2.46 million, significantly up from $956,000 on August 26. Robinhood Chain's own DEX trading volume set a record of $1.67 billion on September 1, with a cumulative total of $20.36 billion over 30 days, a month-on-month increase of 34.9%, second only to Solana among all networks.

SWIFT service provider Bottomline announced a collaboration with the blockchain infrastructure project Chainlink to enable over 600 bank clients in its network to access blockchain-based cross-border settlements. Bottomline processes over $16 trillion in payments annually and serves 1,200 financial institutions and 10,000 enterprises.Through this integration, banks can continue to use the ISO 20022 standard to send payment instructions, with Chainlink's infrastructure connecting the instructions to blockchain settlements. Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) supports the transfer of tokenized value across different blockchain networks, while Chainlink's Runtime Environment (CRE) is responsible for payment processes, transaction routing, and operational change coordination.CCIP has been recording mainnet activity since July 2023 and is currently connected to over 60 blockchain networks. Chainlink's Project Pangea has covered more than 50 banking institutions in Europe and South Korea, with participants managing assets totaling over $10 trillion, and the project's goals include achieving T+0 settlement for foreign exchange transactions.

Coinbase posted on the X platform stating that the company is working to launch single-stock perpetual contracts in the United States. This week, Coinbase has submitted notification registration documents to the SEC for its derivatives exchange and brokerage and will work closely with the SEC and CFTC to bring more major financial products to the U.S. market.

On September 2, Curve DAO approved proposal 1492, appointing yRisk as the risk provider for crvUSD and Llamalend, concluding the selection process that began in July. The proposal passed with 621 million veCRV votes in favor, with only 5.33 votes against, and was executed 87 minutes after the voting ended. yRisk will receive a one-year revocable grant, including a principal of 125,000 frxUSD (held in sfrxUSD) and 568,000 CRV, while their previously requested annual funding amount was $250,000.yRisk consists of two members, who claim to be the main developers of Resupply, as well as core developers for Yearn and Resupply. Resupply is a stablecoin and lending protocol built on crvUSD and CurveLend, which lost $9.6 million in June 2025 due to a donation attack vulnerability, although this incident was not mentioned in the proposal. The reviewer, Swiss Stake, confirmed yRisk's experience with Curve but expressed concerns about their limited two-member team and the workload required to cover multiple Llamalend market monitoring scopes.LlamaRisk, which previously held the position, announced the early termination of its cooperation with Curve on May 29, ceased related work on June 30, and returned approximately 270,000 crvUSD of unallocated funds to the treasury. Curve founder Michael Egorov initiated a proposal solicitation on July 7.

Cointelegraph reported that the crypto-friendly bank Revolut has received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to obtain a national bank charter in the United States.The company aims to launch related services by 2027, which will include loans, credit cards, custodial deposits, and cryptocurrency access services.