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According to the token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, Hyperliquid (HYPE) will unlock approximately 9.92 million tokens at 7:00 AM Beijing time on September 29, worth about 919 million USD.

According to BBX data, last week, publicly listed companies in the US and Hong Kong disclosed the latest official accounts regarding digital asset treasury allocation and secondary market increases. The core updates are as follows:Strategy (NASDAQ: $MSTR) used cash to increase its holdings by 950 BTC, bringing the total to 846,000: According to the latest 8-K filing submitted by Strategy, the company utilized its own USD cash reserves to purchase 950 bitcoins at an average price of approximately $79,670 from September 14 to 20, 2026, totaling about $75.7 million. During the same period, the company did not sell any shares through its ATM program and spent $174 million to repurchase 1.7712 million shares of STRC preferred stock. As of September 20, Strategy held a total of 846,000 bitcoins (with a total holding cost of approximately $63.8 billion, at an average price of about $75,416); its USD reserve balance was $5.04 billion, and USD cash balance was $1.05 billion.Strive (NASDAQ: $ASST) increased its holdings by 1,355 bitcoins, surpassing 26,000: According to the 8-K filing submitted by Strive to the SEC, the company purchased 1,355 bitcoins at an average price of approximately $79,475 from September 14 to 18. As of September 18, Strive's total bitcoin holdings rose to 26,355 BTC. Additionally, its balance sheet also held 505,000 shares of Strategy STRC preferred stock (with a fair value of approximately $49.75 million) and about $229.6 million in cash reserves.BitMine increased its holdings by 27,000 ETH last week, with total holdings valued at $17.1 billion: Nasdaq-listed mining company BitMine disclosed that it increased its holdings by 27,562 Ethereum in the secondary market last week. As of September 20, 2026, its total Ethereum holdings reached 5,983,940 ETH (approximately 4.9% of the total supply of Ethereum). Currently, the total value of the cryptocurrencies, cash, and investment assets held by the company is approximately $17.1 billion (including $714 million in cash and securities, 212 BTC, $180 million in Beast Industries equity, and $105 million in Eightco investments). The number of staked Ethereum remains at 5,067,309 (85% of total holdings), valued at approximately $13.6 billion, with a current annualized staking yield of about $357 million.DeFi Development Corp (NASDAQ: $DFDV) significantly increased its holdings by over 100,000 SOL: According to documents submitted to the SEC, Solana treasury company DeFi Development Corp increased its holdings by 101,381 SOL and SOL equivalents from September 14 to 18. As of September 18, its total holdings reached 2,490,304, a week-on-week increase of about 4%. The company stated that the SOL held in the treasury will be comprehensively deployed through on-chain staking, operating validation nodes, and decentralized treasury infrastructure.Boyaa Interactive (00434.HK) spent over $11.5 million to increase its holdings by 152 BTC: Hong Kong-listed gaming company Boyaa Interactive announced that it used idle cash reserves generated from its daily operations to purchase 152 bitcoins at an average price of $75,899, totaling approximately $11.56 million (about HKD 90.63 million). As of the announcement date, Boyaa Interactive's balance sheet held a total of 4,468 bitcoins, with an average holding cost of approximately $68,543.

On September 18, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted preliminary conditional approval for the establishment of Catena Trust Bank, N.A. (under construction), a financial institution aimed at AI agents.Once full approval is obtained, the bank will provide custodial digital asset custody, investment management, and trust services under OCC supervision.

According to an exclusive report from Late Auto, the chip subsidiary of Li Auto is advancing its first round of external financing, with a pre-investment valuation of approximately 15 billion yuan, planning to raise several billion yuan. Business registration information shows that Mach Intelligent Cores Limited was established in Hong Kong on July 14, and on August 4, it fully established Shanghai Mach Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., with Li Auto's CTO Xie Yan serving as the legal representative; a few days later, it also fully established Shanghai Mach Heart Technology Co., Ltd., with the legal representative being Li Auto's co-secretary Wang Yang.Li Auto's self-developed chip team consists of about 200 people, mainly engaged in AI computing architecture, chip design, and related software development, while advancing two types of self-developed chip projects for vehicles and the cloud. Its first self-developed chip, Mach M100, has entered mass production and is equipped in several new or updated models launched this year; another cloud inference chip is under development, also using a data flow architecture. In the first half of this year, financing in the domestic semiconductor sector amounted to approximately 162.7 billion yuan, with AI computing being one of the key areas for funding. For reference, NIO's chip subsidiary Anhui Shenji completed its first round of financing of 2.257 billion yuan in February this year, with a post-investment valuation of nearly 10 billion yuan.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain Hyperliquid trader closed approximately 1,840 Ethereum (ETH) long positions, realizing a profit of about $775,000.This profit accounts for the vast majority of the cumulative $777,900 profit for that address.

OpenAI announced the establishment of an independent advisory group on mathematics and artificial intelligence in collaboration with mathematicians, hosted by the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. OpenAI stated that its new internal model, which began training on August 28, has solved the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize Problem and addressed over 100 long-standing open problems in most areas of mathematics, with progress that surprised its internal mathematicians.The group will provide advice on the review and dissemination of emerging results, academic and professional standards in mathematical research, and how OpenAI tools can support mathematical research and learning. Initial members include François Charles, Camillo De Lellis, Timothy Gowers, Martin Hairer, Nikhil Srivastava, Ulrike Tillmann, Ravi Vakil, Edward Witten, and Melanie Matchett Wood.The group operates independently of OpenAI, and members are not compensated by OpenAI; they can proactively provide advice, comment on its impact on mathematics, and make public recommendations. Previously, mathematicians expressed concerns in an open letter titled "A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics" regarding the use of solving open problems as a benchmark for AI. The group is not responsible for providing advice on the pace of OpenAI's internal mathematical progress.

Balancer's official X account stated: The Balancer official fork proposal led by MAXYZ has been launched on the forum, and liquidity, contributors, partners, and intellectual property may be transferred to the new protocol.This proposal is independent of the liquidation proposal. The discussion is currently open, and a Snapshot vote is expected to take place over the weekend.

The global memory market continues to face severe shortages, with AI and cloud applications driving demand and prices for DRAM and NAND Flash. China's two major memory manufacturers, Yangtze Memory Technologies and Changxin Memory Technologies, are set to break the current duopoly.Yangtze Memory Technologies will begin trial production of LPDDR5 DRAM by the end of 2026, while Changxin Memory Technologies aims to transition from DRAM to NAND Flash. Industry speculation suggests that the two companies may face off as early as 2028. Yangtze Memory Technologies has completed the development of 294-layer 3D NAND using Xtacking technology, and Samsung will enter into a patent licensing agreement with them in 2025, starting with the 10th generation V-NAND.Yangtze Memory Technologies' phase three plan is set to commence production by the end of 2026, with an initial capacity of approximately 25,000 wafers of DRAM, ramping up in 2027, targeting LPDDR5, and planning for subsequent expansions as well as HBM and 3D DRAM. Changxin is reported to be setting up a NAND research and production line in Beijing, with mass production expected as early as 2028 to 2029.

The decentralized bandwidth sharing and AI data infrastructure project Grass announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Grass DataCo Ltd. provides data infrastructure to cutting-edge model training AI laboratories and released an independent revenue verification completed by Regen Financial, covering until the second quarter of 2026. Grass stated that the revenue generated from customer contracts goes directly to Grass DataCo Ltd., rather than Wynd Labs; Wynd Labs is an independent vendor that assists in product development and engages in sales and marketing, and this structure is designed to keep DataCo's revenue within the Grass ecosystem.The verification document shows that it reviewed 100% of the work orders for two periods and traced them back to cash receipts: Period One is from March 14, 2025, to December 31, 2025, with a reported revenue of approximately $17.5869 million, and cash receipts verified at approximately $16.2395 million; Period Two is from January 1, 2026, to June 30, 2026, with a reported revenue of approximately $14.5276 million, and cash receipts verified at approximately $11.3514 million. The total reported revenue for both periods is approximately $32.1145 million, with verified cash of approximately $27.5909 million, and the discrepancy of approximately $4.5236 million is explained as the portion that has not yet been independently confirmed through cash receipts as of the program date, largely related to long-term contract deliveries and an approximately 60-day payment cycle. The document also notes that this is a due diligence procedure and not an audit or assurance engagement, and it does not express an opinion on the overall financial statements.Grass stated that it will reinvest most of its revenue back into the business; it has pre-purchased computing and storage for 2025, claiming that this move has reduced network operating expenses by an average of over $2.5 million per month, and it states that this is one of the direct reasons for achieving profitability at present. The project claims it will continue to build the ecosystem centered around tokens and will consider financial transparency as part of establishing trust with network participants and token holders.

Stablecoin issuer Agora posted on X that it has received preliminary conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a national trust bank.Agora stated that this is an early milestone on its path toward a full license and regulated stablecoin infrastructure.

According to the on-chain data platform Lookonchain, the address 0xc3ed has only conducted 4 transactions to date, all of which are long positions in BTC, with a win rate of 100%, accumulating a profit of 9.26 million dollars. The current BTC price is 86,409.9 dollars.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, Garrett Jin's whale entity closed a long position in Bitcoin worth 112 million dollars at a price of 84,455 dollars yesterday, making a profit of 8.38 million dollars.Early this morning, it switched to shorting, opening a short position of 500 Bitcoins at a price of 85,994 dollars, worth 43.31 million dollars.

Data Center Watch data shows that from April to June, approximately 45 data center projects in the United States were halted or delayed due to opposition from local residents and communities, with a total value of $68 billion. The agency added that communities across the country are now pushing for bans on new data center construction, often taking action even before developers apply for relevant permits.In the first quarter of this year, a total of 75 data center projects in the United States faced opposition, involving approximately $130 billion. The 45 projects affected in the second quarter accounted for more than half of all large new projects tracked during the same period. This year, state legislatures in about 30 states have proposed or passed regulations related to data center siting, electricity, and water usage. Currently, there are 843 groups opposing data centers across 49 states in the U.S., excluding Hawaii.Miquel Vila, Chief Analyst at Data Center Watch, stated: New opposition groups are continuously emerging, and opposition actions are appearing in more and more states and local government jurisdictions, with the number of signatures on online petitions also steadily increasing. A petition opposing a data center project in Tennessee has garnered over 500,000 signatures on Change.org. The agency reported protests against data centers outside the United States for the first time, specifically mentioning several countries in Europe, as well as Australia and South Africa.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Iris Rabaya Au, a 37-year-old woman from Irvine, Orange County, California, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for failing to report over $2.6 million in illegal income to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). She was also ordered to pay $1.484 million in restitution and had multiple luxury cars, high-performance vehicles, designer handbags, and three "Godfather" sculptures confiscated. Au is the ex-girlfriend of cryptocurrency scammer Adam Iza.Prosecutors stated that between 2020 and 2024, Iza fraudulently obtained Meta advertising accounts and credit lines, selling account access and earning millions of dollars in unreported income. At Iza's direction, Au set up shell companies and opened bank accounts, using the related funds to pay approximately $1 million to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) officers and to purchase or lease luxury homes, cars, jewelry, and clothing. They also spent nearly $10 million on entertainment and purchased about $16 million in cryptocurrency for Iza. Between 2020 and 2023, Au transferred over $2.6 million into her personal bank accounts but did not accurately report it on her federal tax returns. She pleaded guilty to one count of false tax return in March 2025. Iza pleaded guilty in January 2025 to charges including conspiracy to infringe rights, wire fraud, and tax evasion, with a sentencing hearing scheduled for October 5. He was also sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for his involvement in an attempted Bitcoin robbery and kidnapping case in Connecticut in August 2024.

Fitch expects Tesla's pure electric vehicle business to continue to maintain strong profitability, but profit margins may decline in the coming years as the company rapidly increases significant investments in artificial intelligence.

Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) holders have returned to profitability. Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart posted on the X platform on Monday, stating that the rise in the New York market on Monday morning brought the average investor's cost basis for the ETF (approximately $81,700) back into the profit zone for the first time since January of this year. Despite last week's setback of key cryptocurrency legislation, the Clarity Act, and the Federal Reserve's interest rate hike, Bitcoin still broke through $86,000, reaching a daily high of $86,800, and is currently reported at approximately $86,800, but still over 30% lower than the historical high of $126,000 set last year.In terms of capital flows, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs managed by institutions such as BlackRock, Fidelity, Grayscale, and Morgan Stanley recorded a net inflow of over $6 million last week, with investors pouring nearly $593 million on Thursday and Friday alone. According to Coinglass data, these ETFs currently manage a total of $98.8 billion in assets.In the background, Bitcoin began to rise in August after the U.S. Treasury announced it would at least double the scale of long-term bond repurchases, achieving the best weekly performance since 2023. Subsequently, the price reached a historical high in October, but fell back at the end of the month due to the largest liquidation in cryptocurrency history (over $19 billion in positions were liquidated). Despite the Federal Reserve's hawkish turn, investors continued to flock to the so-called "currency devaluation trade," driving the price rebound.

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.

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.

Ondo announced that, starting today, approved institutions can mint Ondo Stocks using their existing shares through Alpaca's Instant Tokenization Network. This feature provides institutions with a direct path from existing stock inventories to the on-chain market and is currently live on Ethereum and BNB Chain.Institutions can mint Ondo Stocks using the underlying shares and can also redeem the tokens to reclaim the shares. This physical conversion is built on the Ondo Stocks instant liquidity model, serving as a new pathway beyond cash transactions.

Aster announced the launch of the VERONA ($VERONA) perpetual contract, with the trading pair VERONAUSDT. The launch time for the perpetual contract is September 21, 2026, at 12:00 UTC. To coincide with the launch, Aster is also launching the Trade Arena trading competition, which will run from September 21, 2026, at 12:00 UTC to September 26, 2026, at 14:00 UTC, with a prize pool of $30,000 in ASTER, along with additional VERONA rewards.Rewards will be distributed based on the user's trading volume as a proportion of the total trading volume of all eligible participants, with a maximum reward cap of 3% of the total prize pool for a single user, and a minimum distribution threshold of no less than 1 VERONA and 1 ASTER. The event is open to all new and existing users, excluding market makers; only trades completed through the Aster perpetual contract during the event period for VERONAUSDT will be counted, including trades via supported channels such as Binance Wallet, Trust Wallet, SafePal, etc. Abusive behaviors such as wash trading, self-trading, and splitting wallets will result in disqualification.Verona (@verona_dev) is building a decentralized fact verification engine that can transform any internet data into verifiable facts and store them on-chain for reuse, allowing verified facts to be used across applications without exposing underlying data. The official claims that its technology has been used by brands such as Uber, Amazon, Nike, and millions of users. For complete rules, please refer to the official announcement.