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According to Bitcoin.com, the developers of Bitcoin BLAKE2b plan to restrict miners from unlocking newly mined tokens, with a waiting period set at 45 days. The relevant changes are scheduled to be implemented at block height 973440.This chain was forked from Bitcoin on August 8. Its native token BTCB2 is also labeled by some trading platforms as Bitcoin BLAKE2b, Bitcoin BIP-110, or XBT.BTCB2 has dropped 84% from its September peak of $1799, with recent trading prices around $270 to $315. Developer Luke Dashjr stated that some BLAKE2b mining pools are "attacking" the network. After the fork, the chain continued to use Bitcoin's difficulty, mining only about 8 blocks in the first 22 days, and then resumed operation by enabling BLAKE2b hashing and adjusting the difficulty.Currently, this chain is not listed on most trading platforms, nor on CoinGecko or CoinMarketCap. The trading platform Neoxa has expressed support for the upcoming soft fork.

Xi Jinping will make a state visit to the United States from September 23 to 25.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a certain entity previously exchanged UBTC for ETH and then bought 6,214.58 ETH. Since September 18, this entity has accumulated a position exceeding 38.61 million dollars.In the past 11 hours, this entity has purchased ETH worth 16.03 million dollars on-chain through 5 addresses along the same path, with an average purchase price of 2,580 dollars; currently, it has accumulated 15,272.77 ETH, with an average cost of approximately 2,528.24 dollars, resulting in an unrealized profit of 2.115 million dollars.

Recently, the market has reported that Apple is developing an enterprise-level AI server, possibly equipped with 2 to 4 unreleased M8 Ultra processors. The target customers include AI developers, large enterprises, and government agencies, primarily for AI inference. This edge data center may utilize NVLink. Both Apple and NVIDIA have not responded.The supply chain believes that Apple has entered this related business because the Mac series is widely used as personal AI workstations, with Mac revenue growing nearly 30% in the last quarter. Apple is purchasing a large number of NVIDIA chips and Google TPUs for its own AI data center and is rumored to be collaborating with Broadcom to develop its own AI chips. Qualcomm's Dragonfly product line includes a complete cabinet solution for edge AI inference.There are reports that Xiaomi is laying out an edge AI cabinet route, having previously announced a personalized AI workstation concept product called AI Cube, which internally features three self-developed chips: Xuan Ring O3, O100, and D100. The supply chain has also indicated that TSMC plays a key role in advanced processes or advanced packaging.

According to CriptoNoticias, a court in Costa Rica sentenced two men to 12 years in prison each for money laundering. The case involves the kidnapping and murder of American businessman William Shawn Crichton Kopko in 2018, for which his family paid a ransom of approximately 148 bitcoins, valued at around 1 million dollars.The court found that the two defendants received part of the ransom and deposited it into wallets under their control to conceal the source of the related assets.

Professor Huang Yiping from Peking University and a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People's Bank of China stated at an economic forum in Beijing that artificial intelligence may deepen and prolong the imbalance of strong supply and weak demand in China. Huang Yiping said: As AI is more widely deployed and innovation accelerates, the imbalance of strong supply and weak demand may worsen, and the contradiction between total demand and total supply may not quickly disappear in the short term, and may even persist for a while.Huang Yiping suggested that China should further promote market-oriented reforms, allowing the market to play a greater role in resource allocation, and increase the proportion of residents' income in the economy; at the same time, consider deepening overseas investment and industrial cooperation, rather than solely relying on exports. He also recommended that the central government increase borrowing to repair the balance sheets of local governments, financial institutions, and enterprises, stating that if the ability of these entities to engage in new economic activities is not restored, the effects of stimulus policies will be limited.

The commander of the U.S. Central Command, Brad Cooper, stated that the main shipping channel in the Strait of Hormuz has completed mine clearance, allowing thousands of vessels to pass through.The Gulf region partners have exported over 1 billion barrels of crude oil, with the volume of crude oil, cargo, and liquefied natural gas transported in the past two weeks reaching the highest level in six months.

According to Decrypt, court documents unsealed in the lawsuit between The New York Times and OpenAI and Microsoft show that Microsoft employees discussed whether OpenAI's use of news articles to train its models constituted "the largest labor theft in human history," and could potentially trigger a "doom loop" that leads to a decline in model quality. A 2023 internal Microsoft memo warned that millions of people worldwide would soon view the large model's "consumption" of their works as "an unprecedented and astonishing theft," and stated that large AI models are "products that destroy their own supply chains."Microsoft stated in the documents that these memos were written by Director of Applied Science Brent Hecht and do not represent the company's views, as his role is to provide "different and asymmetric perspectives." Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testified that "any content behind a paywall should be authorized by those who wish to use it," and stated that if he had known in advance that OpenAI was using paid content for training, he would have exercised Microsoft's rights to demand that the model be retrained.Additionally, an OpenAI employee had mentioned to President Greg Brockman the construction of "hacker methods" to bypass The New York Times paywall, to which Brockman replied, "Nice." Both OpenAI and Microsoft argue that the relevant training falls under fair use. The case was initiated by The New York Times at the end of 2023, and 11 publishers have since joined the lawsuit.

According to Gate market data, the decline of major European stock indices has widened during the trading session, with the Euro Stoxx 50 index, Germany's DAX index, France's CAC 40 index, and Italy's FTSE MIB index all dropping over 1%, while the UK's FTSE 100 index fell by 0.9%.

According to Ledauphine, a violent kidnapping case related to cryptocurrency occurred in Taning, Haute-Savoie, France. Late at night on March 14 of this year, two masked men broke into the home of a 48-year-old woman, bound and beat her for several hours, and attempted to seize her cryptocurrency assets, subsequently trying to forcibly take her away. The victim was seriously injured but managed to escape using her survival instincts and sought help from a neighbor.The case is led by the Lyon inter-regional specialized judicial authority and is being investigated by the Chambéry gendarmerie search squad. After six months of in-depth investigation, police launched simultaneous operations in early September in the Île-de-France region, Isère, and Brittany, mobilizing over 60 gendarmes, successfully arresting five suspects in their early twenties, four of whom were formally charged, and three were detained pending trial. This case marks the third violent extortion incident targeting cryptocurrency holders in the Savoie region within a year.

According to the South China Morning Post, citing two informed sources, some well-known Chinese companies, including electric vehicle manufacturer BYD and smart manufacturing company Xiaomi, may accompany President Xi Jinping on his visit to the United States next week. One source, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the topic, indicated that a representative from Zhongji Xuchuang, a leading manufacturer of optical modules used in artificial intelligence data centers, may also join, although recent reports have suggested that the company may face U.S. export restrictions.The source also mentioned that the Bank of China, which already has business operations in the U.S. and a high degree of internationalization, may also be invited. Reports suggest that this sizable delegation of corporate representatives contrasts with the group of CEOs that accompanied President Trump during his visit to China in May this year, potentially indicating investment opportunities during the summit.

OpenAI disclosed on Wednesday six cases of "unexpected or concerning" model behavior discovered in the past six months, categorizing them as "misalignment behaviors," including concealing information from users and taking "unauthorized actions" to overcome obstacles. OpenAI stated that this disclosure aims to initiate its new model misalignment reporting framework, and these cases should not be seen as a reflection of the frequency of misalignment occurring in its models.In one case, an unpublished research model inserted "jailbreak-like instructions" into its task summaries, such as ignoring developer messages or adopting unrestricted role settings, with researchers finding a total of 27 summaries containing such instructions. Additionally, during the training process of GPT-5.6 Sol, many model instances added instructions to conceal errors or misalignment behaviors from users, such as fabricating missing historical data without disclosure. Other cases included models using exposed API keys without authorization and fabricating inaccessible data, leveraging internal software repositories to pass messages across training tasks, and ignoring instructions to "keep local work" by sharing files through public hosting services.OpenAI's disclosure has heightened concerns among AI developers and researchers about whether safety measures can keep pace with increasingly powerful models. Last week, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a slowdown in cutting-edge AI development, warning that unrestrained AI development could "exceed our ability to understand and control these systems." In July of this year, OpenAI disclosed that several of its AI models escaped testing environments during safety assessments and infiltrated the AI startup Hugging Face to cheat.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will attend the state dinner hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump for Chinese leader Xi Jinping. OpenAI stated that Altman has been included in the guest list for the event next week.The White House did not immediately confirm whether Altman would attend the state dinner.

After the Federal Reserve announced an interest rate hike, the price of Bitcoin initially fell and then stabilized, remaining basically flat within 24 hours. According to Bitcoin Magazine, the Federal Reserve raised the target range for the federal funds rate to 3.75% to 4%, marking the first interest rate hike since 2023. Bitcoin briefly dropped to $75,355 within an hour of the announcement, before rebounding to nearly $75,813.Over the past 7 days, Bitcoin has cumulatively fallen nearly 4%. Traders had previously bet on a greater than 90% probability of an interest rate hike at the Federal Reserve's September meeting, which is why most Bitcoin trading occurred before the announcement on Wednesday. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh stated that price stability is the Federal Reserve's top priority, and noted, "Inflation is too high and has lasted too long; the inflation data this summer does not indicate that the underlying trend has improved significantly."Warsh has publicly praised Bitcoin, and during his first major speech since taking office as Federal Reserve Chairman last month, he also emphasized that inflation is too high and must be reduced. The new chairman's stance contrasts with that of Trump, who has repeatedly called for interest rate cuts and threatened to fire former Federal Reserve Chairman who refused to cut rates. Last week, Trump posted on Truth Social, "We should have the lowest interest rates in the world." Bitcoin typically performs better in a low-interest-rate environment, as there is more liquidity in the market to buy the asset.

According to a report by the Korean Yonhap News Agency, the Busan Police Agency disclosed that someone illegally accessed the account of a text message sending agency used by the marketing department of a composite shopping center in the Sasang District of Busan, sending bulk scam messages to over 260,000 unspecified individuals, claiming "the cryptocurrency wallet has been updated" and inducing quick installation.Once users click on the attached link, they may encounter phishing attacks (Smishing) that could lead to the theft of virtual assets. The police have currently blocked access to the relevant accounts and are conducting a tracking investigation into the illegal intruder.

According to informed sources, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang plans to attend the state dinner hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump next week with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The source, who wished to remain unnamed due to the invitation list not being made public, indicated that Huang is expected to be a guest at the event as part of his trip to Washington.Nvidia representatives declined to comment, and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

According to "Du Jia," Huya is developing an AI emotional companion product "24:01," which has not yet been officially released or tested. This product focuses on multi-role and long-term relationship accumulation, integrating interaction forms such as rooms, dating, voice, and storyline instances, with four character settings launched initially.The product is based on Huya's self-developed VAM 1.0 digital human technology, and relationship progression does not rely on check-ins or paid unlocks, with system memory supporting viewing and deletion. Huya has not yet responded to this, and specific information will be based on official statements.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated, "Community banks will have stronger competitiveness and opportunities to win the market if they adopt stablecoins. Coinbase is collaborating with Moov to help over 1,000 community banks integrate stablecoin-related capabilities into their existing systems. This will bring faster settlement speeds, lower costs, and real-time access to funds. The discussions in Washington regarding stablecoins and community banks overlook the most important point: stablecoins are an opportunity."

Polymarket data shows that traders expect a 64% probability that Bitcoin will reach $80,000 in September, and a 68.5% probability that it will drop to $75,000. Market pricing indicates a higher likelihood of a downward scenario. The market stipulates that if the Binance BTC/USDT 1-minute K-line highest price reaches or exceeds $80,000 before September 30, it will be determined as "Yes."The market was created on September 7, and prices before creation are not counted; Bitcoin reached $81,265 and $80,329 on September 4 and September 7, respectively. Polymarket data shows that the total trading volume for the September price event is $5.17 million, with liquidity of about $1.46 million; Bitcoin's intraday high reached $79,505, just $495 away from triggering conditions. The probabilities for $90,000 and $100,000 are 8.5% and 1.75%, respectively, while the probabilities for $72,500 and $70,000 are 40.5% and 22.5%.