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The Illinois Department of Revenue has released the legislative draft details of a 0.2% digital asset transaction tax, clarifying that stablecoins will be considered taxable digital assets, while non-fungible tokens are not subject to taxation. The draft stipulates that DeFi transactions are generally exempt; however, fees paid by users that are deemed "valuable consideration," such as protocol fees for operating or maintaining the platform, may trigger taxation.Only network fees and exchange fees paid to liquidity providers do not trigger this tax. Cross-chain bridging conducted through digital asset brokers and paid with consideration will be regarded as taxable exchange activities. If centralized exchanges charge fees when transferring to self-custody wallets, it may also be subject to taxation. This tax law was approved in June and is set to take effect on January 1, 2027. The Illinois Department of Revenue is seeking public comments on the draft, with a deadline of October 30.

According to a report by Caixin, the latest report from International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that the global humanoid robot market continues to experience explosive growth. In the first half of 2026, global humanoid robot shipments are expected to approach 25,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 432.1%. The industry is accelerating its transition from technology validation to commercial application.Among them, China’s shipments exceeded 19,000 units, accounting for approximately 77.9% of the global market; ZhiYuan's shipments exceeded 8,600 units. IDC predicts that by 2030, global humanoid robot shipments will exceed 750,000 units, entering a period of accelerated large-scale application.

Cathie Wood's Ark Invest currently holds a direct position in Kalshi through three ETFs: ARKK, ARKW, and ARKF. Ark Invest expects that the annual trading volume in the mid-term forecast market will reach between $1 trillion and $5 trillion.Ark Invest stated that although Kalshi is still a private company, it hopes to allow its investors to participate early.

According to a report by the Financial Associated Press citing local media on September 29, Samsung Electronics Executive Vice President Kim Taewoo stated that HBM is expected to account for nearly 30% of the total wafer capacity of DRAM manufacturers next year, up from the current ratio of about 20%. He mentioned that HBM competes with traditional DRAM for the same batch of wafer capacity, and increasing HBM output may squeeze the supply of traditional DRAM.TrendForce previously predicted that by the end of 2027, the HBM wafer input from the three major global HBM suppliers will account for about 30% of the total DRAM wafer input, but in terms of storage capacity, it will only contribute about 13% of the total DRAM supply. Additionally, according to media reports on September 20, Samsung began mass production and shipment of HBM4 in February this year and provided 12-layer HBM4E samples to customers including NVIDIA in May; the industry expects Samsung's monthly wafer input for HBM to increase from about 180,000 wafers this year to about 250,000 wafers next year.On the same day, TrendForce stated that the demand for AI servers continues, and HBM and general DRAM will still share limited advanced process capacity. The storage supply will remain tight in 2027, and the price expectations for HBM in 2027 have been raised, with an expected year-on-year increase of 121% in the mixed average selling price. Due to limited supply and rising system costs, 8-layer HBM is expected to become a priority evaluation option for several manufacturers in 2027, with its price per Gb expected to be about 10% to 20% higher than that of 12-layer products.

According to a report by the Korean News Agency, Jeong Dae-sik, a representative of the People Power Party (the largest opposition party in South Korea), stated that the government needs to re-examine the establishment plan of the "Future Response Fund" funded by excess tax revenue, as well as the taxation system for virtual assets (digital assets).Jeong Dae-sik stated that excess tax revenue is temporary, and once spending increases, it is difficult to reduce. Therefore, priority should be given to alleviating the tax burden on the public. Regarding the taxation of virtual assets scheduled to be implemented in January next year, he called for a postponement or abolition, stating that forced taxation could lead to capital flowing to places like Hong Kong and Singapore.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, two giant whales exchanged 50.95 WBTC for 25,500 AAVE, worth 4.26 million USD.

According to the official announcement, Bitget has released the 47th Proof of Reserves (PoR). The total reserve ratio reaches 131%, covering 19 types of assets. Among them, the reserve ratios for BTC, ETH, USDT, and USDC are 142%, 110%, 107%, and 154%, respectively.Since December 2022, Bitget has been updating the Proof of Reserves monthly, and in September of this year, it expanded the coverage from 4 types of assets to 19, providing users with broader platform reserve visibility. Bitget's historical average reserve ratio has remained above 120%, exceeding the 100% coverage benchmark, fully covering insured user assets.

According to Coinglass data, the current whale holdings on the Hyperliquid platform amount to 9.041 billion USD, with long positions at 4.22 billion USD, accounting for 46.67%, and short positions at 4.821 billion USD, accounting for 53.33%. The profit and loss for long positions is 505 million USD, while for short positions it is -551 million USD.Among them, the whale address 0x5b5d..60 has shorted ETH with a 5x leverage at a price of 2304.06 USD, currently showing an unrealized profit and loss of -38.5372 million USD.

According to Bloomberg, Strategy's Executive Chairman Michael Saylor is seeking to adjust the dividend mechanism for the company's preferred shares, proposing to change the dividend payment from bi-monthly or quarterly to daily for billions of dollars in preferred stock. The annualized yield on the related securities can reach up to 12%, and Saylor stated that this move would help improve liquidity and market efficiency.Previously, Strategy primarily raised funds by selling common stock to purchase Bitcoin, but as the premium of common stock relative to its Bitcoin assets disappeared, the company shifted to issuing perpetual preferred shares that do not dilute the equity of common stock shareholders. Such securities have no fixed repayment date and can provide a new source of financing for Strategy. The company currently has over $14 billion in preferred shares outstanding. Although the company has repurchased over $1 billion of floating-rate preferred shares STRC, it has still been unable to issue new STRC since May.Analysts pointed out that increasing the frequency of dividend payments mainly reduces dividend-related volatility, cannot eliminate credit and Bitcoin price risks, and may not necessarily enhance market liquidity. The shareholder vote on the proposal will conclude on October 28. Given that Saylor is the main shareholder of Strategy, the proposal is expected to pass.

According to official data, the cross-chain aggregator raised nearly 16 million dollars in token sales on the Legion platform, exceeding the target by 8 times.This token sale opened last night at 9 PM and will close on October 2nd at 9 PM.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, the founder wallet of Quant Network (0x48E...a170) transferred 25,776 QNT to a new wallet after being inactive for 7 years, worth 6.97 million dollars.The wallet still holds 600,000 QNT, worth 160.39 million dollars.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale address that built its position when the Bitcoin price was only 3 to 4 dollars transferred 20.43 BTC (worth approximately 1.7 million dollars) after holding for 15.4 years, with estimated realized gains of about 1.72 million dollars and a return rate exceeding 2,000,000%.The wallet address can be traced back 15 years, and historical records show that it has interacted with Mt. Gox and Silk Road.

The perpetual contract trading platform based on Hyperliquid technology, papertrade.xyz, announced that it will officially launch on October 10, 2026.

Elon Musk stated that SpaceX and Tesla aim to achieve 200 gigawatts of solar energy production annually.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed two lawsuits in New York, accusing Cryptoaiml and TSAI of fraud under the guise of AI trading, involving approximately $15 million.The two lawsuits claim that investors were shown fabricated profit data and were asked to add more funds when attempting to withdraw.

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated that technology companies agree to establish "strong" internal controls and conduct multi-layered audits on artificial intelligence.

According to The Defiant, the token holders of the DeFi protocol Balancer have voted to approve the protocol liquidation plan while rejecting the proposal to launch an official fork chain.According to this liquidation arrangement, the paused liquidity pools will switch to a withdrawal-only mode starting October 30. BAL holders will need to wait until the end of May 2027, at which point they can exchange their tokens for the protocol treasury assets.

The Bitcoin Meta Protocol Alkanes, maintained by SUBFROST, announced that data shows from June 23 to September 20, corresponding to block heights 954,917 to 967,918, Alkanes transactions accounted for 61.1% of all Bitcoin transactions, approximately 59.9 million transactions. During the same period, Alkanes accounted for 40.3% of block space weight, 94.2% of OP_RETURN byte count, and 13.4% of transaction fee revenue. The data comes from documents published daily by SUBFROST under the MIT license, with real-time charts available at subfrost.io/metrics.Alkanes is a Bitcoin meta protocol built on the Runes protocol, maintained by the company SUBFROST, which is focused on the U.S. market, co-founded by Gabe Lee and the original author of the protocol, RWP IV. The company claims that its community is almost entirely from the Asia-Pacific region, providing complete Chinese documentation and a Chinese data page, and operates an official Chinese Telegram for DIESEL; this year the company held seminars in China and set up a booth at Bitcoin Asia in Hong Kong.On the technical side, Alkanes does not alter Bitcoin consensus and does not operate as a sidechain. Its contract code is WebAssembly, deployed once in the witness data, and subsequent users send function calls via runestone in Runes format, executed by the independent indexer Metashrew; full nodes only confirm Bitcoin transactions and do not verify Alkanes balances.

CrowdStrike announced that its Falcon platform will be integrated into the OpenAI marketplace.

Bitcoin News posted on platform X that Riot Platforms fully repaid the principal and accrued interest of the Coinbase Credit line on September 21, without paying the early termination fee, and the remaining commitment amount from Coinbase was simultaneously closed.The $200 million credit line secured by Bitcoin had an interest rate of 6.15% after being revised in April, with annual interest of approximately $12.3 million when fully drawn. As of June 30, Riot Platforms had pledged 5,821 Bitcoins, valued at approximately $341 million at the time, accounting for about 51% of its total holding of 11,400 Bitcoins, and the related collateral rights were released upon repayment.