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Swiss cryptocurrency exchange WhiteBIT announced that it has integrated the Lightning Network, allowing users to deposit and withdraw Bitcoin through this network. This feature is technically supported by Bitcoin infrastructure provider Voltage, with a deposit fee rate of 0.25% and a withdrawal fee rate of 0.15%. Users can complete transactions using QR codes or payment information.WhiteBIT founder and CEO Volodymyr Nosov stated that WhiteBIT's mission is to make blockchain technology more accessible and widely adopted, achieving this goal by providing practical and user-friendly digital asset solutions. The addition of Lightning Network support makes Bitcoin faster and more useful, facilitating users to deposit accounts, send and receive funds, and use Bitcoin in more real-world scenarios.WhiteBIT is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, and according to CoinGecko data, its trading volume ranks 17th among global exchanges. The exchange stated that this launch supports faster Bitcoin channels, with application scenarios covering remittances, exchange fund transfers, merchant QR code payments, and interoperability with wallets and applications that support the Lightning Network. The Lightning Network was launched in 2018, and this year its trading volume has significantly increased, mainly due to exchanges utilizing the network to transfer funds at low cost and high efficiency.

Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley stated in an interview with The Block at the Digital Asset Summit 2026 Asia that the failure of the Bitwise spot Dogecoin ETF is "tragic," highlighting the "difference" between the users served by spot ETFs and those served by crypto brokerage applications. The Bitwise Dogecoin ETF (BWOW) was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in November 2025 and is set to close less than a year after its launch, with trading halting after October 14. According to SoSoValue data, as of October 7, the fund managed approximately $725,900 in assets, with a trading volume of $51,500 in September.Horsley expressed that he likes and holds Dogecoin, believing that it is historically a useless token but represents something and is a reasonable asset; however, it has shown no progress as an ETF. He thinks ETF users do not want to invest money in Dogecoin, but this may change over time; he denied that Bitwise targeted the wrong audience and described crypto ETFs as a channel. In contrast, he is more confident about the success of the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL), stating that its pioneering staking feature contributed to its success, but the $1.3 billion in net assets ultimately reflects a bet on Solana.AI is currently one of Bitwise's focuses. Horsley stated that crypto and AI originate from the same source, with the former reconstructing financial services as software and the latter enabling machines to perform tasks previously done by humans;

Samsung Electronics announced its preliminary performance for the third quarter, with an operating profit of 107.4 trillion won, compared to market expectations of 106.1 trillion won; the revenue for the third quarter was 195 trillion won, while market expectations were 199 trillion won.

According to The Defiant citing data from Beaconcha.in, the number of active Ethereum validators has decreased by 2.5% over the past 7 days, to approximately 863,000, while the total amount of staked ETH has slightly increased by 0.08%, reaching 43.74 million.The decline in the number of validators is mainly related to the validator merging mechanism after the Pectra upgrade. This upgrade raised the maximum effective balance of a single validator from 32 ETH to 2048 ETH, allowing operators to merge multiple validators without needing to exit staking, thereby reducing network communication and consensus overhead. Currently, approximately 507,000 ETH are in the merging queue, with an expected waiting time of about 5 days and 11 hours.

The DeFi insurance protocol Firelight has begun underwriting, with its insurance payouts backed by 50.02 million XRP staked on the Flare network. The first batch of underwritten positions is directed towards two Sentora vaults.According to the arrangement, relevant claims will be adjudicated by a coalition of five institutions with a three-fifths majority vote, and the audit report for the underwriting contracts is currently marked as forthcoming.

Raoul Pal, founder of Real Vision, stated in the Cointelegraph podcast Trade Secrets that a weakening dollar could signal a green light for the crypto market, driving the industry's upward momentum.He pointed out that rising bond yields and a strong dollar are restricting the free flow of liquidity, and if the dollar can decline, crypto will receive further upward signals. He also mentioned that he would not be overly optimistic and has not given a comprehensive bullish signal for all assets.Pal believes that when AI trading pauses, funds will rotate into the crypto market. He noted that Bitcoin rose about 25% to $80,000 from August 19 to 25, while AI leader stock Nvidia fell for seven consecutive trading days. His preferred scenario is a weakening dollar, a steepening yield curve, and banks expanding the money supply by increasing lending; if these conditions do not occur, the suboptimal scenario is that AI stocks consolidate, allowing funds to rotate into crypto. He also warned that a burst AI bubble would mean liquidity is withdrawn, which would be detrimental to crypto.Regarding AI agents, Pal believes their economic activities will flow more towards smart contract platforms like Ethereum and Solana, rather than Bitcoin. AI agents can pay for network content using stablecoins, with Amazon Web Services launching related features in June, and Coinbase handling payment verification and settlement through the x402 protocol. On the claim that Solana could surpass Ethereum in market capitalization, Pal takes a cautious stance, stating that Ethereum has a higher capital concentration, while Solana's core activities are speculative and of smaller individual scale.

Gold prices rose slightly in early European trading as investors sought safe-haven assets. Analysts at Dutch International noted that high U.S. Treasury yields and a stronger dollar could limit the rise in gold prices. The CME "FedWatch" tool shows that traders expect only a 22% chance of a rate hike in October.

Due to the impact of weak non-farm payroll data from the United States and market turmoil in France, the urgency for interest rate hikes among Federal Reserve and European Central Bank policymakers has diminished. Both central banks will release the minutes from last month's meetings, which will reflect concerns about inflationary pressures. The Federal Reserve's September minutes may indicate expectations for another rate hike before the end of the year, but recent data suggests that the labor market has not fueled inflation, making the threshold for a rate hike in October high.

According to monitoring by Bitcoin News, Core Lightning stated that attackers are targeting nodes still running version 26.06.7 and earlier. The patch released on September 22, version 26.06.8, fixed a channel closure issue that could jeopardize funds, as well as vulnerabilities that could lead to crashes and memory exhaustion.The project has not disclosed the names of the vulnerabilities used by the attackers, nor has it reported any theft of funds. Node operators who have not yet upgraded are becoming the targets of the attacks.

According to the United Morning Post, as of early September, ticket bookings for the 2026 Singapore F1 race weekend have decreased by 22.92% year-on-year. As of September 21, the hotel booking rate for the race long weekend is about 14% lower than the same booking period last year.Industry players believe that this year's event coincides with China's National Day Golden Week, and the return of the Malaysian Sepang Circuit after nine years, which takes place the week before, may divert some of the crowd. At the same time, TOKEN2049 Singapore will be held at Marina Bay Sands from October 7 to 8, with officials expecting to attract over 25,000 attendees.

The Core Lightning team, which develops the open-source Bitcoin Lightning Network node software, has issued an urgent alert stating that reports indicate attackers are targeting nodes that have not installed patches, urging operators still running old versions to upgrade immediately. The team stated: "Emergency security update: If you are using version 26.06.7 or earlier, please upgrade to the latest release as soon as possible."Prior to this, Core Lightning began investigating a potential issue that could affect its experimental features and, in turn, impact user funds on September 16, and approximately six days later, version 26.06.8 was released. This update not only fixed several defects but also provided patches for security vulnerabilities reported responsibly by multiple parties, thanking the Bitcoin Red Team and 12 other individuals and organizations in the release notes, while also acknowledging anonymous reporters.According to the changelog, this round of fixes covers a bug that could cause sender nodes to crash, requests that could exhaust REST interface memory, and a vulnerability that could result in user funds facing confiscation losses when closing payment channels. To provide operators with ample upgrade windows and prevent attackers from taking advantage of reverse engineering and exploitation, this version intentionally obscured some testing content. Additionally, in August of this year, the project initiated a collaborative fixing process after reviewing a large number of AI-generated general vulnerability disclosure reports, and two days later released version 26.06.7 to close confirmed vulnerabilities.

According to Gate market data, the Dow Jones Index closed up 20.75 points on October 1, an increase of 0.04%, at 50,926.8 points; the S&P 500 Index rose 15.12 points, an increase of 0.2%, at 7,666.66 points; the Nasdaq Composite Index increased by 10.53 points, an increase of 0.04%, at 26,871.6 points.

According to Gate market data, U.S. stocks opened with the Dow Jones up 0.14%, the S&P 500 index up 0.22%, and the Nasdaq up 0.46%. Accenture rose 17.8%, boosted by its fourth-quarter performance and guidance for the next fiscal year. Google A rose 2.4%, following the launch of the Gemini 4 flagship AI model. Micron Technology fell 1.8%, as its quarterly performance and guidance for the next quarter failed to meet market expectations.

On September 30, according to Yicai, Doubao, a subsidiary of ByteDance, announced that users can complete travel needs such as flight bookings, train ticket purchases, ride-hailing, and route navigation through Doubao. Users only need to describe their needs in natural language, such as "Help me book a flight from Beijing to Shanghai tomorrow" or "Call a car to Capital Airport," and Doubao can recognize the intent and invoke the corresponding services without switching between multiple applications.In terms of cooperation, Doubao collaborates with Flight Butler and High-speed Rail Butler to support flight inquiries, price comparisons, online bookings, and order management; it partners with ride-hailing platforms like Caocao Travel, and collaborates with navigation platforms like Baidu Maps. This news was reported by journalist Lü Qian, edited by Yu Jian.

According to Gate market data, ChainCatcher reports: The Dow Jones Index opened on September 29, down 35.1 points, a decrease of 0.07%, at 51,446.41 points; the Nasdaq Composite Index opened up 74.64 points, an increase of 0.28%, at 26,895.02 points; the S&P 500 Index opened up 7.03 points, an increase of 0.09%, at 7,690.96 points.

Spot gold rose slightly on Tuesday but remained trading below $4,200 per ounce. This followed a sell-off in the precious metals market triggered by U.S. Treasury yields rising to multi-decade highs and an increase in oil prices. IG analysts stated that gold only rebounded slightly due to market expectations that the Federal Reserve will maintain high interest rates for a longer period. Traders expect a 72.5% probability of a rate hike by the Federal Reserve in October. The market is focused on U.S. economic data, including the Consumer Confidence Index and job vacancy data.

SpaceX is expected to launch its giant Starship into orbit for the first time on Monday, conducting a test flight that may last nearly 10 hours. This mission will carry 26 upgraded Starlink satellites, with plans to deploy them into orbit and integrate them into the existing space internet network. If successful, it will pave the way for more orbital flight missions.

Payment company Block announced the integration of the Bitcoin Lightning Network into the x402 payment standard. The x402 protocol can complete verification and unlock data through Lightning Network invoices and payment preimages after the server returns an HTTP 402 payment request.Steve Lee, head of Block's open-source Bitcoin development department Spiral, stated that this integration is aimed at instant, low-cost micropayment scenarios. Block has not yet disclosed the timeline for integrating this standard into Cash App, Square, or Bitkey, and the related Python implementation still needs to be tested through real nodes.

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform that Block has joined the x402 Foundation and is providing Bitcoin Lightning Network support for the AI agent-oriented open payment standard x402.x402 embeds payments directly into HTTP, allowing AI agents to autonomously pay for goods, services, and other agent tool fees. Block stated that the Lightning Network is suitable for the billions of instant, low-cost micropayments expected to be generated by the agent economy.

According to Gate market data, ChainCatcher reports: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 161.31 points on September 24 (Thursday), a decrease of 0.31%, at 51,350.28 points; the S&P 500 index fell 1.67 points, a decrease of 0.02%, at 7,704.36 points; the Nasdaq Composite Index rose 3.34 points, an increase of 0.01%, at 26,939.37 points.