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According to The Block, Charley Cooper, President of Ava Labs, stated that the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has been testing Avalanche technology over the past year and is collaborating with Ava Labs to explore how it can be integrated with the exchange's existing systems.Cooper mentioned that a close working relationship has been established between the two parties, but it has not yet been confirmed whether the NYSE will ultimately choose Avalanche as the blockchain for its tokenized securities platform. The NYSE announced in January this year that it is developing a platform for the tokenization of U.S. stocks and ETF trading and on-chain settlement.

According to Bloomberg, the newly established European technology fund Scaleup Europe Fund is in talks to invest in the UK AI voice startup ElevenLabs, which aims to raise over $500 million in this round. The fund has a size of €5 billion (approximately $5.8 billion) and is managed by the Swedish private equity firm EQT. Since its establishment earlier this year, it has invested in several private technology companies in Europe.Insiders say negotiations are still ongoing, and the deal may not be completed. Previously, ElevenLabs had discussions with investors regarding a secondary market offering with a valuation of about $22 billion, while the previous round of financing had a valuation of approximately $11 billion. The company uses AI to generate realistic voices that can be used for advertising, audiobooks, call centers, and sales training.

Arthur Hayes posted on the X platform that the FLOP token on the FLOP Labs testnet will be exchanged for the mainnet FLOP token at a pending ratio, and it will support trading with real funds through its HTLC protocol.Incentives for miners, validators, or agents participating in the FLOP Labs testnet will increase.

On September 17, WEEX TradFi market data showed that the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points, and the three major U.S. stock indices closed lower. After the interest rate hike expectations were realized, funds flowed back into the AI chip and optical communication sectors, with mixed performance in the storage sector. Specifically, chip stocks generally rose, with INTC up 4.03%, AMD up 1.65%, and NVDA up 0.82%; optical modules generally rose, with LITE up 9.59%, COHR up 6.92%, MRVL up 3.61%, and NOK up 3.05%; the storage sector showed divergence, with STX up 1.47%, WDC up 1.22%, MU down 0.11%, and SNDK down 0.71%.WEEX Labs believes that while the index is under pressure, the optical communication and some chip sectors are recovering in parallel, indicating that after the interest rate hike, funds are more willing to trade the oversold AI hardware sector, and the structural divergence is more noteworthy than the index direction. Today's focus is on the interest rate path pricing after the dot plot and whether the transaction in optical modules can turn the rebound into a trend.

On September 14, Aave Labs released an ARFC on the Aave governance forum, seeking approval to deploy a new Aave V4 Isolated Hub and Spoke to integrate institutional custody collateral as collateral for stablecoin loans. Institutional borrowers will deposit collateral with Anchorage and maintain custody during the loan period, with the custody balance represented on-chain by non-transferable custody collateral tokens CoCT, minted and burned by CustodySync designed by Chainlink.Borrowers will stake CoCT on the Spoke and withdraw stablecoins from the Isolated Hub. The entire loan lifecycle, including liquidation, is synchronized between the custodian and Aave through Chainlink infrastructure. The proposal is limited to a single Isolated Hub and a single Spoke governed by the Aave DAO, without altering existing Hubs, Spokes, or reserves. The underlying assets will always remain in custody, with Anchorage holding the assets as the custodian and acting as the counterparty for account control protocols; Chainlink does not hold the assets.CoCT is a restricted transfer ERC-20, only allowing Hub, Spoke, and CustodySync, with minting and burning exclusive to CustodySync, and each borrower's position corresponding to a contract. The initial plan is to launch a CoCT for BTC held in custody by Anchorage. The next steps involve ARFC discussions, and if supported, it will proceed to Snapshot, followed by submitting the final parameters for AIP.

Cronos Network announced that today it is releasing the future strategy of Cronos Labs, outlining the content being built, its connection with CRO, and the subsequent direction.The core is that 100% of the revenue from Ult and Cronos Launch will be used to purchase CRO on the open market and destroy it, subject to governance approval. Updates to the token economics and proposals will be advanced.

Research institution Castle Labs released a report stating that over 38 billion dollars in assets have been tokenized on-chain. Among them, U.S. Treasury bonds exceed 15.9 billion dollars, commodities 4.9 billion dollars, active strategies 3.6 billion dollars, asset-backed credit 2.56 billion dollars, and stocks 2.52 billion dollars.The report uses the Ethereum Layer 2 network Mantle as an example, stating that the Mantle ecosystem currently hosts over 225 million dollars in assets, of which over 60% is in the active RWA strategy Mantle Index Four Fund, 21% is in syrupUSDT, 15% is in Ondo USDY, and 2% is in xStocks. Of the RWA value, 96% is in income-generating assets, and xStocks has grown to over 4.4 million dollars since its launch in March.Castle Labs: Listed assets are relatively easy, but the challenge lies in whether assets can become effective capital after being on-chain. Tokenized assets need to be able to trade in deep liquidity, be used as collateral, be combined across venues, and be widely used; otherwise, it will exacerbate liquidity fragmentation. For RWA to gain widespread adoption, it must provide additional utility compared to traditional finance in terms of accessibility and combinability. Early tokenization rewards the ability to bring assets on-chain, while the next phase will reward the ability to make these assets useful.

Ethlabs researcher Derek Chiang stated that the collaboration between Base and Ethereum regarding account abstraction around EIP-8130 and EIP-8141 (Frames) has broken down last week, with both parties advancing their respective AA standards.He pointed out that for a long time, the EVM has been a unifying force between L1 and L2, and sharing an AA standard could have ensured a consistent multi-chain experience for smart accounts, including future post-quantum accounts. However, as the industry evolves, L1 and L2 are beginning to differentiate in terms of value and use cases: L1 pursues censorship resistance and capture, open source, privacy, and security, while L2 focuses on scalability, customization, and compliance.Both sides agree on core use cases such as gasless transactions and passkey wallets, but there are significant differences in compliance requirements. Chiang believes that a lack of unified standards may not be a bad outcome, as both parties can maximize innovation according to their visions.He proposed two paths: establishing a governance mechanism for shared resources like the EVM that covers more stakeholders, or accepting that a lack of unified standards is inevitable and focusing on building wallets and applications that can mask differences, expressing greater optimism about the second path.

On September 14, WEEX TradFi market data showed that Dell (DELL) surged over 12% last Friday, reaching a historic high, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) also recorded an approximate 12% increase. WEEX Labs believes that the strong surge in Dell's stock price is mainly driven by two factors: first, the market's expectations for AI server orders and shipments continue to heat up, with strong demand for computing power from major clients enhancing its performance visibility; second, the hardware sector is demonstrating a more certain fundamental logic against the backdrop of cloud vendors expanding capital expenditures.WEEX Labs reminds that this week, macro policies will face a critical test. The market's core focus includes the key procedural vote on the CLARITY Act on September 15 in the Eastern U.S., as well as the Federal Reserve's FOMC interest rate decision on the 16th. The explosive potential of the U.S. stock market and the cryptocurrency market will depend on the Federal Reserve's stance on the probability of interest rate hikes, guidance on the dot plot path, and the progress of the legislation. Trade stocks and gold with WEEX TradFi, and you can also participate in daily egg hunts, with a 100% prize rate, winning up to 10,000 USDT in position airdrops.

4D Labs announced that it has received investment from YZi Labs through the EASY Residency Season 2. The project aims to build a real-world embodied data layer for physical artificial intelligence, transforming real interactions into embodied data that can be used for training, supporting the expansion of artificial intelligence from language capabilities to action capabilities.

Castle Labs released a research report on September 10, comparing the execution costs of the swaps products launched by Variational with traditional perpetual contracts. The report shows that for most trading volumes, Variational is currently the lowest-cost venue among listed assets, with the cost of a $1 million trade in the US100 market being only $47.The report points out that the trading volume of RWA perpetual contracts has grown from less than $1 billion in October 2025 to over $12 billion in August 2026, currently accounting for about 12% to 13% of on-chain perpetual contract trading volume, with a peak in July reaching 20%. As of the report's release, the total open interest of RWA perpetual contracts was $4.9 billion, with TradeXYZ and Variational accounting for nearly 90%.Variational's swaps utilize RFQ execution and the proprietary liquidity provider Omni, with liquidity coming directly from traditional financial partners, and the fees being a holding cost charged once at the daily close, rather than relying on market supply and demand funding rates. Since the launch of the US100, US500, XAU, XAG, and USOIL markets at the beginning of the month, a total trading volume of $3.8 billion has been accumulated, with a peak open interest of $245 million. Currently, swaps have contributed over 50% of Variational's daily trading volume and more than $220 million in open interest.

On September 10, U.S. stocks closed with all three major indices falling, marking the fourth consecutive trading day of declines; Brent crude oil briefly touched around $108, U.S. Treasury yields rose, suppressing risk appetite; the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell about 2.66%. In terms of concept stocks, most sectors such as chips, optical modules, and storage retreated, with the seven giants showing divergence: Apple (AAPL) rose 3.56%, Alphabet slightly increased, Microsoft was nearly flat, while others fell. In the energy sector, XOM rose about 0.61%, with some energy stocks resisting declines driven by oil prices.WEEX Labs believes that the rise of AAPL indicates that funds are still willing to invest in the new product cycle despite macro headwinds; investors need to closely monitor the August CPI data released today, which is the macro highlight of the week and will directly impact next week's interest rate pricing and market reactions. Trade stocks and gold using WEEX TradFi, and you can also participate in daily egg hunts, with a 100% prize rate, winning up to 10,000 USDT in position airdrops.

The company TransparentBusiness, which operates Unicoin, has filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York Federal Court against Universal Navigation, which operates Uniswap Labs, requesting the court to rule that its UNICOIN trademark does not infringe or dilute the trademarks UNI, UNISWAP, and UNICHAIN claimed by Uniswap, and to request the court to cancel the U.S. trademark registration for UNI.The complaint shows that Uniswap's legal counsel sent three letters to Unicoin on June 3, July 17, and August 14, accusing it of trademark infringement, dilution, domain name squatting, and unfair competition, and demanding that Unicoin cease using the UNICOIN and other identifiers containing UNI, transfer the domain names unicoin.com and unicoin.org, provide income and profit accounts, and pay Uniswap's legal fees. Unicoin also requests the court to confirm that the aforementioned domain names do not violate the U.S. Federal Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.The lawsuit comes weeks before the public issuance of the UNCN token listed on the Unicoin official website on September 28. As of the time of publication, DeFiLlama data shows that the Uniswap protocol ranks first among decentralized exchanges with over $3.9 billion in 24-hour trading volume.

Flop Labs officially announced the updated FLOP token economics draft based on community feedback. The project emphasizes that the token has no venture capital shares and no pre-sale; all tokens must be obtained through network contributions.Core data and total supply model: The total supply in the 10th year is expected to reach 18.1 billion tokens. The long-term inflation rate is maintained at 0.5% per year. The halving mechanism adopts a fixed halving cycle, with a permanent tail inflation mechanism retained after halving to continuously incentivize network participants.Token distribution ratio in the 10th year: 8.8 billion tokens for miners (48.6%), the highest distribution share, reflecting the network orientation of Proof of Useful Inference. 4.4 billion tokens for airdrop (24.3%), including 1.2 billion tokens for miners (6.6%), 1.2 billion tokens for validators (6.6%), 1.2 billion tokens for agents (6.6%), and 800 million tokens for reserves/incentives (4.4%). 2 billion tokens for the team and foundation (10.8%). 1.2 billion tokens for validators (6.5%). 1.2 billion tokens for brokers/agents (6.5%). 600 million tokens for staking rewards (3.2%).

Ethlabs stated that it has reviewed over 60 EIPs proposed for the Ethereum Hegotá upgrade and updated its priority recommendations, focusing on four areas: censorship resistance, transaction confirmation speed, native account abstraction, and performance optimization.Specifically, Ethlabs supports FOCIL to enhance Ethereum's censorship resistance and neutrality; it recommends shortening time slots for the first time in the Hegotá upgrade through Quick Slots and creating conditions for further reductions in the future; it supports achieving native account abstraction through Frame Transactions, introducing passkey wallets, transaction delegation, using tokens to pay Gas, batch transactions, as well as better privacy and quantum security support. Additionally, Ethlabs emphasizes that client and protocol design should continuously prioritize performance, using optimization results to increase L1 capacity, shorten time slots, and reduce node operation requirements.

Data analysis and indexing platform Bilinear Labs announced that it has been acquired by Sei Labs, and the team will join Sei Labs to participate in the development of projects such as Sei Network and Sei Giga.Bilinear Labs will cease operations on September 14, and the platform is built with Rust, having indexed hundreds of billions of events and launched the BYOABI technology.

According to Fortune, the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency crime tracking company TRM Labs completed a $70 million Series C funding round in September 2025, achieving a valuation of $1 billion. Just six months later, it received additional investment from existing investors, doubling its valuation to $2 billion.CEO Esteban Castano stated that the company's mission has expanded from blockchain forensics to a broader mapping of cybercrime, with AI becoming a second growth engine rather than a transformation, while the core cryptocurrency business remains strong. The company is set to launch a new investigation platform specifically targeting AI-driven deepfake scams, extortion related to pornography, and child sexual abuse crimes.Castano noted that the widespread adoption of cryptocurrency has made it possible to comprehensively map crime networks, and the company is expected to reach a $100 million annual recurring revenue milestone in the coming weeks. Currently, it has about 500 employees and has offices in London, Singapore, and Washington.

On September 9, WEEX TradFi market data showed that GameStop (GME) stock price slightly decreased by 1.41%, closing at $18.89. Its latest disclosed Q2 financial report shows an adjusted EPS of $0.27, revenue of $790.2 million, a year-on-year increase of 57% in collectibles sales, and an operating profit of $160.2 million, a record high. The adjusted EBITDA for the fiscal year 2026 has been raised to over $650 million. WEEX Labs believes that the weak GME stock price is due to twofold pressure: first, the overall core revenue is still showing a severe double-digit decline compared to the same period last year, and the traditional retail to digital transformation has not achieved a fundamental breakthrough; second, market expectations regarding equity swaps and potential follow-up fundraising have squeezed bullish sentiment.In addition, AeroVironment (AVAV) will announce its FY27Q1 financial report after the market closes today, with market expectations for EPS around $0.22 and revenue around $468 million. Its stock price volatility will depend on the ramp-up of drone order capacity, gross margin performance, and the fulfillment of warehouse delivery guidance. Trade stocks and gold with WEEX TradFi, and you can also open daily eggs, with a 100% chance of winning, to win up to 10,000 USDT in position airdrops.

According to The Block, ZKsync developer Matter Labs has open-sourced the permission engine of its distributed ledger platform Prividium for financial institutions, allowing organizations to run, inspect, and modify core code in their own environments. The German central bank has become the first institution to test and deploy Prividium.Matter Labs CEO Alex Gluchowski stated that feedback from regulators regarding commercial core means reliance on a single vendor, and that open-sourcing the core "structurally eliminates adoption barriers."Other components of Prividium, such as the ZKsync OS core and Atlas sequencer, have previously been open-sourced. The permission engine is planned to operate as an independent component, allowing institutions to deploy it without a commercial agreement, but management tools and integration with existing systems remain commercial products. Gluchowski said, "The central bank running public code is the clearest signal in this direction."