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The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Russia, Vladimir Chistyukhin, stated that the country's cryptocurrency industry may have the necessary conditions to operate legally by the end of the year, with relevant regulations progressing as planned. According to the International News Agency, Chistyukhin mentioned that significant and large-scale secondary regulatory rules are currently being formulated, and the "fine-tuning" of internal rules is expected to be completed by the end of 2026.This year, Russia has continued to advance cryptocurrency legislation. President Putin signed a law in August that establishes a regulatory framework for digital currencies and digital rights, but the use of Bitcoin for payments remains prohibited. The central bank has approved the public to trade Bitcoin on the country's cryptocurrency exchanges, and non-qualified investors can purchase Bitcoin and other assets worth 300,000 rubles (approximately $3,582) through a single intermediary, while qualified investors face no restrictions.Russia's largest bank, Sberbank, plans to launch Bitcoin and cryptocurrency wallets and digital asset custody services in December. The bank expects that the trading volume of its new cryptocurrency business could reach 40 trillion rubles (approximately $4.7 billion) in its first year. Since 2022, Russia has prohibited the use of digital assets as a means of payment or legal tender, but lawmakers have made exceptions for international payments, likely aimed at circumventing Western sanctions. After the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 2022, the U.S. and Europe excluded Russia from the SWIFT system, and the Russian Finance Minister stated that the country's enterprises have been using Bitcoin to bypass related restrictions.

Elon Musk stated that in 7 days, the first Starship carrying Starlink V3 satellites will enter orbit, and these satellites will be put into actual operation.

On-chain data analysis platform Glassnode stated: As Bitcoin reaches $86,000, the bullish leverage in the options market is slowly rebuilding, and the open interest put/call ratio is rising.However, this is still far below the overheated levels seen near Bitcoin's peak. Speculation in perpetual contracts also remains sluggish, with the funding rate below neutral levels.

According to monitoring by TradingBeats, Huang Licheng's address is continuously taking profits on long positions in BTC and ETH. Currently, he is holding a long position of 31,000 ETH with 25x leverage, with an average entry price of $2,578.19, realizing a floating profit of $5.01 million; holding a long position of 296 BTC with 40x leverage, with an average entry price of $82,038.4, realizing a floating profit of $1.14 million; and holding a long position of 90,000 HYPE with 40x leverage, with an average entry price of $92.78, realizing a floating profit of $115,000.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event on Polymarket for "Dota 2: LGD Gaming vs. Xtreme Gaming (BO3) - PGL Wallachia Group Stage," the "Match Winner" sub-market option "LGD Gaming" has experienced a drastic fluctuation in win rate, plummeting from 62.5% an hour ago to the current 34% (a fluctuation of 28.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event on Polymarket for "Dota 2: Yakult Brothers vs. PlayTime - PGL Wallachia Group Stage," the "Yakult Brothers" option in the sub-market "Game 2 Winner" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 46.5% an hour ago to the current 76% (a fluctuation of 29.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Binance market data, BNB has surpassed 800 dollars, currently reported at 801.06 dollars, with a 24-hour increase of 5.94%.

The B.AI platform announces that the latest preview model of Moonshot AI, Kimi K2.8 Preview, is officially launched, providing developers with simultaneous access to API and Web Chat dual-end experiences.This model is specifically designed for programming and Agent workflows, supporting 1M (1,048,576 Tokens) ultra-long context and multimodal inputs of text, images, and videos. Its overall performance closely approaches the flagship Kimi K3, with further improvements in thinking efficiency and coding capabilities compared to K2.7 Code, and it supports three adjustable reasoning intensity levels: Low/High/Max.Starting today, developers can directly invoke Kimi K2.8 Preview through the B.AI platform.

According to Gate market data, AMD (AMD.O) rose over 9%, with a market value exceeding 1 trillion dollars.

Crypto In America host Eleanor Terrett posted on X that after the failure of the Clarity Act, the crypto industry's super political action committee Fairshake is preparing to make its largest expenditure this year, investing $30 million to oppose Sherrod Brown's re-election campaign for senator.If Brown successfully returns to the Senate, he may regain his qualifications and serve as the chairman or a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee. This news was first reported by The New York Times and confirmed to Eleanor Terrett by a Fairshake spokesperson.

According to data from RWA Foundation and USDD officials citing Token Terminal, the decentralized stablecoin USDD has experienced strong growth in the past week, with a daily market value increase of 12.8 million dollars, second only to Ethena (35.8 million dollars) and StablR (18.7 million dollars), ranking third among stablecoin issuers.Currently, the circulation of USDD is 1.54 billion dollars, ranking 10th among all stablecoins, with a protocol TVL reaching 2.29 billion dollars.

According to Cointelegraph, Multicoin Capital co-founder Kyle Samani predicted in Cointelegraph's Trade Secrets program that Solana will achieve a market cap surpassing Ethereum's "flip" within "this market cycle," stating that "no one is really using Ethereum today."He believes that more crypto companies will choose to build on Solana because it is easier to use and more powerful, and Ethereum's status as the default smart contract network may gradually diminish. This prediction implies that SOL's market cap needs to grow from $58 billion to about five times that amount to exceed ETH's current market cap of approximately $293 billion.Samani expressed a "pessimistic" view on Ethereum's value capture ability, calling it "an asset worth $300 billion to $400 billion, with questionable value capture and no growth at all." He also pointed out that although SOL's market cap is less than one-fifth of ETH's, the Solana network has already surpassed Ethereum in weekly and monthly fees—over the past 30 days, Solana generated $23 million in fees, ranking fourth, while Ethereum generated $12.6 million, ranking sixth (DefiLlama data).In terms of background, Samani entered the crypto space through Ethereum in 2016 but turned to Solana due to dissatisfaction with scaling solutions. Multicoin led Solana's early financing in 2018.

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8 AM Eastern Time on September 21, 2026, last week, global publicly listed companies (excluding mining companies) shifted from net selling to net buying of Bitcoin, with a net purchase amount reaching $183 million in a single week.Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) purchased 950 Bitcoins last week at a price of $79,670, spending approximately $75.7 million, bringing its total holdings to 846,000 Bitcoins, marking its first purchase in two weeks.The Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase any Bitcoin last week, marking ten consecutive weeks without purchases.Additionally, two other companies announced Bitcoin purchases or holdings last week. Ethereum asset company Bitmine announced the purchase of 1 Bitcoin after 8 AM Eastern Time on September 14, without disclosing the specific purchase amount, bringing its total holdings to 212 Bitcoins; asset management company Strive announced on September 21 that it spent approximately $108 million last week to purchase 1,355 Bitcoins at a price of $79,475, bringing its total holdings to about 26,355 Bitcoins.As of the time of publication, the total amount of Bitcoin held by the global publicly listed companies (excluding mining companies) in the statistics is 1,156,080 Bitcoins, an increase of 2.67% compared to last week, with a current market value of approximately $9.865 billion, accounting for 5.8% of Bitcoin's circulating market value.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was $790 million, with long positions liquidated at $124 million and short positions liquidated at $666 million. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at $47.1562 million, Bitcoin short positions at $385 million, Ethereum long positions at $25.5713 million, and Ethereum short positions at $158 million.In addition, in the last 24 hours, a total of 118,068 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Binance - BTCUSDT worth $11.2977 million.

Gate Voyage launched a series of events in Bali, focusing on topics such as ecological construction, global development, TradFi, and diversified assets, featuring multiple themed sharing and exchange sessions. Nearly 200 industry guests, partners, and content creators from around the world participated, sharing market observations and business practices from different perspectives in a setting that combined exclusivity with a vacation atmosphere.During the event, Gate founder and CEO Dr. Han delivered a speech via video link, reflecting on Gate's 13-year development journey and the milestone of surpassing 60 million users, while sharing insights on industry cycles, long-term construction, ecological cooperation, and future product layout. Gate Executive Director Edwin Cheung and CMO Kyle Chiu shared insights on ecological development and global growth, respectively; Media Studio and VIP Masterclass focused on topics such as stocks, tokenized assets, Pre-IPO, prediction markets, and wealth management, exploring the linkage between digital assets and traditional financial markets.At the same time, the KOL Creator Battle gathered creators from around the world to co-create content around themes such as Gate Card, traditional finance, wealth management, and partners. The event also included interactive segments like Bingo and AMA, integrating industry exchanges into exquisite luncheons, yacht trips, terrace BBQ parties, and high-end gala dinners. In-depth exchanges among global guests extended from the venue to dining tables and social moments, fostering discussions on collaboration in a relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere.This event connected industry exchanges and content co-creation through a carefully designed vacation setting, bringing together global markets and ecological resources to provide a communication platform for participants from various fields. In the future, Gate will continue to connect global partners and industry resources, working together to build an open, inclusive, and prosperous crypto ecosystem.

According to PR Newswire, Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee stated, "We believe that the cryptocurrency bull market has begun, starting at the end of June, driven by multiple factors including funds rotating from AI back to the crypto market, the continued strengthening of the crypto industry's fundamentals surrounding tokenization and AI, and the end of the four-year cycle.With just over a week left in the third quarter of 2026, ETH's performance advantage as a macro asset continues to expand. In our view, ETH significantly outperformed other macro assets in the third quarter of 2026, which may indicate a stronger rally in the fourth quarter of 2026.Due to institutional investors having a low allocation to crypto assets in 2026, partly because of the strong performance of AI stocks at the beginning of 2026, we expect institutions to significantly increase their exposure to crypto assets in the last three months of 2026. This could provide further upside potential for the gains since June 30."

Deep Blue Aerospace recently announced the completion of its Series B6 and B7 financing rounds, with a total scale of nearly 2 billion yuan. This round of financing attracted industrial capital and professional institutions such as Wuxi High-tech Zone Investment Control Group, Yida Capital, Baotong Technology, and Hongrun Construction.The funds will be primarily directed towards the research and development and industrialization of the company's two major launch vehicle families. Deep Blue Aerospace will continue to advance the development of the medium-sized reusable liquid launch vehicle, Nebula One, and accelerate the in-depth research and development efforts for the large reusable liquid launch vehicle, Nebula Two.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Dota 2: Conventus Stellarum vs 1win - PGL Wallachia Group Stage," the option "Conventus Stellarum" in the sub-market "Match Winner" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 20.5% an hour ago to the current 63.5% (a fluctuation of 43%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to data from DefiLlama, Gate had a net inflow of $353 million in the past month, ranking fourth among global centralized exchanges.

Circle announced that the Digital Asset Backed Borrowing and Lending (DABB) feature has been launched on the Arc and Ethereum networks, available to eligible Circle Mint institutional clients.Clients can deposit Bitcoin, mint Circle Wrapped Bitcoin (cirBTC), and supply cirBTC as collateral to third-party lending markets in a single process using a self-custody wallet. The USDC borrowed will be directly settled into the Circle Mint account balance, without the need to sell the pledged Bitcoin; collateral can be released after repaying the USDC.