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According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket event "Milwaukee Brewers vs. Philadelphia Phillies," the option "Milwaukee Brewers" in the sub-market "Spread -1.5" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, dropping from 43.5% an hour ago to the current 26.5% (a fluctuation of 17%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Bloomberg, the UK digital bank Revolut launched the UK's first facial recognition checkout system "Pay with Smile" on September 23, allowing customers to complete payments in-store through facial recognition.This feature operates on the Revolut Register terminal, where users can complete facial identity verification by clicking "Pay with Smile" on the screen during checkout, a process similar to unlocking a smartphone or accessing a banking app. Facial data is end-to-end encrypted, merchants do not store personal data, and users must actively choose to opt-in in the Revolut app settings, with the ability to withdraw consent at any time. Revolut charges a 0% processing fee for Pay with Smile transactions to alleviate the burden on independent merchants.The pilot will take place from September 24 to 26 at three Kiss the Hippo cafes in Bloomsbury, Chelsea, and Soho in London, with plans to roll out the feature to all 12 locations later this year. Sales promotion for the Revolut Register terminal will be launched at the appropriate time.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket event "Milwaukee Brewers vs. Philadelphia Phillies," the sub-market option "Milwaukee Brewers" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 63.5% an hour ago to the current 78.5% (a fluctuation of 15%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

OpenAI announced that it is opening its AI vulnerability detection tool Daybreak to Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation to locate and fix software vulnerabilities before they are discovered by Russian hackers. The news was announced on Wednesday during the United Nations General Assembly by Dmytro Kushneruk, Ukraine's Consul General in San Francisco, and Sasha Baker, OpenAI's National Security Policy Lead.Daybreak is based on OpenAI's flagship large model GPT-5.6 Sol and can scan outdated systems for weaknesses, verify whether suspected vulnerabilities can be exploited, and confirm whether patches actually close the vulnerabilities before they are released. OpenAI has previously opened the model to cybersecurity agencies in France, Germany, and Poland, where Poland's CERT Polska discovered six vulnerabilities in commercial router software, all of which have been fixed by the vendors.Ukraine's CERT-UA handled nearly 6,000 cyberattacks in 2025, a 37% increase from 2024, with local governments and government agencies being the hardest hit. This opening follows OpenAI's commitment to a $1 billion subsidy program announced on September 3, which is said to expand to "partner countries" in the coming weeks. Jamie MacColl, a researcher at the Royal United Services Institute, told the BBC that Western companies can also gain valuable intelligence from active conflict zones.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the predicted market on Polymarket for the "Milwaukee Brewers vs. Philadelphia Phillies" event shows that the option "Milwaukee Brewers" in the sub-market "Milwaukee Brewers vs. Philadelphia Phillies" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 43.5% an hour ago to the current 16.5% (a fluctuation of 27%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Axios, U.S. Middle East envoy Avi Berkowitz and senior advisor to Trump Jared Kushner will meet with the Ukrainian negotiation team and the national security advisors of the UK, France, and Germany in New York to discuss proposals for a de-escalation agreement between Ukraine and Russia.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the predicted market on Polymarket for the "Milwaukee Brewers vs. Baltimore Orioles" event shows that the "Milwaukee Brewers" option in the sub-market "Milwaukee Brewers vs. Baltimore Orioles" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 82.5% an hour ago to the current 97.55% (a fluctuation of 15.05%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to Axios, U.S. President Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Zelensky in New York on Tuesday, as the U.S. is working to reach a de-escalation agreement regarding the Russia-Ukraine situation.

According to CoinDesk, while Wall Street giants like JPMorgan and Citi have processed huge amounts of money through blockchain, tokenized payment services are still primarily aimed at institutional clients and licensed networks. JPMorgan's Kinexys blockchain platform has processed over $3 trillion, and Citi Token Services handles billions of dollars in cross-border payments daily, neither of which is open to regular savings users.The UK challenger bank Monument Bank is attempting to fill this gap. The bank has a balance sheet size of approximately $2.4 billion and plans to tokenize up to £250 million (about $335 million) of retail customer deposits on the privacy public chain Midnight. These deposits will still earn interest, be fully backed by the bank, can be exchanged 1:1 for pounds, and are protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. The project utilizes zero-knowledge proofs to protect customer data and meet regulatory requirements, allowing users to engage without needing to understand or directly use cryptocurrencies.Mintoo Bhandari, founder of Monument Bank, stated that most tokenization projects are currently internal bank projects and have not yet truly allowed retail users to participate directly in tokenization. In the long term, the bank plans to offer fractional private equity, tokenized structured products, and Lombard loans to customers through regular banking applications under compliance, and is considering licensing related infrastructure to other banks through its subsidiary Monument Technology.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket event "Milwaukee Brewers vs. Baltimore Orioles," the "Over" option in the sub-market "O/U 8.5" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 81% (a fluctuation of 31%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to CoinDesk, the crypto technology provider Haruko was targeted in a cyber attack earlier this week, affecting 15 clients. The attack exposed clients' read-only exchange API details and trading data. According to insiders, some hedge fund clients with weaker security protections may have had a small amount of funds stolen.Adam Carlile, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Haruko, stated in an email sent to clients that this was a targeted attack initiated by an organization, and the affected clients were all non-whitelisted clients. The attackers exploited a vulnerability in one of Haruko's processes to extract user access tokens, thereby obtaining data such as read-only exchange API information stored in process memory; clients' login credentials were not compromised. Haruko has fixed the vulnerability and refreshed the server-side keys, and plans to release a complete technical review report.Based in London, Haruko provides portfolio, risk management, and trading data infrastructure for institutional digital asset companies. The platform connects centralized exchanges, custodians, blockchains, and DeFi protocols, currently serving over 80 clients globally and integrating with more than 100 centralized trading platforms, 30 blockchains, and 250 on-chain protocols. Its listed clients include Bitcoin Suisse, GSR, Flowdesk, 3iQ Digital Assets, M2, among others, with GSR stating that it was not affected by this incident.

The Smarter Web Company announced plans to launch the UK's first Bitcoin-backed preferred stock, and its stock TSWCF has risen over 36% in the past week.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket event "Milwaukee Brewers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates," the sub-market "O/U 8.5" for the "Over" option has experienced a drastic fluctuation in win probability, plummeting from 87.5% an hour ago to the current 47.5% (a fluctuation of 40%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to Cointelegraph, CoinShares crypto researcher Luke Nolan stated on the Chain Reaction program that cryptocurrency adoption in Germany is making "very good progress" through family offices, wealth management institutions, and younger investors, while the UK is "still very behind," mainly due to regulatory lag. Nolan pointed out that the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) only lifted the ban on crypto exchange-traded products less than a year ago, and its digital asset market is still in the "nascent" stage.In terms of relevant data, Germany currently has 89 licensed crypto asset service providers, accounting for 25.5% of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) MiCA registered companies; in June this year, Germany also ranked first in the EU with 57 authorized crypto companies.Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank stated on Wednesday that it is awaiting regulatory approval to launch crypto custody services for institutional clients in Europe, expecting to obtain a license in October; Landesbank Baden-Württemberg is also set to provide crypto custody services in April 2024 through a partnership with Bitpanda.In contrast, the FCA released final guidance on Wednesday clarifying when crypto activities need to be authorized and plans to open license applications on September 30, with the new system set to take effect on October 25, 2027.Additionally, the FCA issued stop notices on Thursday to three London locations suspected of assisting illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading; the UK Parliament approved regulations in February to bring digital assets under FCA regulation and finalized a package of rules in June.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of the United Kingdom, in conjunction with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Metropolitan Police Service, conducted raids at multiple locations in London targeting three suspected illegal peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading venues, issuing cessation notices to the relevant operators, demanding an immediate halt to unregistered cryptocurrency activities.The FCA emphasized that any business engaging in peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading activities in the UK must complete anti-money laundering registration, and currently, there are no peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading businesses registered with the FCA within the UK.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket event "Milwaukee Brewers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates," the "Milwaukee Brewers" option in the sub-market "Milwaukee Brewers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 53.5% an hour ago to the current 81% (a fluctuation of 27.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to The Block, the UK Treasury has submitted amendments to cryptocurrency regulations, including exemptions for certain stablecoin transactions, custody arrangements, and technical services related to DeFi protocols, which require parliamentary approval.Katie Harries, Coinbase's Head of European Policy, welcomed these changes but noted that regulated exchanges still face barriers in seeking access to DeFi.

The UK Home Office announced on Tuesday that it will invest £500 million over three years to recruit 500 officials to track and seize criminal funds as part of a new anti-money laundering and asset recovery strategy. The funding comes from an economic crime tax levied on regulated businesses, and the new officials will be distributed across various police forces, the National Crime Agency (NCA), and the Crown Prosecution Service.The NCA estimates that over £100 billion is laundered through the UK or UK corporate structures each year, and the Home Office stated that this threat has "intensified in recent years due to the rise of fintech, cryptocurrency, and artificial intelligence." The new officials will work based on "Operation Destabilise," which targets Russian-speaking cybercriminal groups that convert street cash into cryptocurrency. The NCA plans to launch a new round of arrests and cash seizures against networks supporting ransomware gangs, hostile nations, and Class A drug trafficking, having already arrested 119 suspected money launderers and seized over £25 million in cash and cryptocurrency in less than a year.The NCA's Economic Crime Centre stated in its annual report last week that criminals are "innovatively using crypto asset products to evade detection and transfer illicit value at scale," hoping to expand this model to other networks and build "more proactive and intelligence-led crypto capabilities." Crypto assets rank third among the nine economic crime priorities agreed upon with the Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority. The government stated that nearly £350 million has been recovered from criminals over the past year, over £1 billion has been refused, £26 million has been returned to victims, and nearly 4,000 money laundering convictions have been facilitated.

The Sun Wukong ecosystem will hold a deep roundtable discussion themed "AI Enters the Agent Era: As Model Capabilities Continue to Break Through, What Will the Next Competition Shift From 'Stronger Models' To?" on September 15 at 8 PM at X Space.This event will focus on the shift in AI competition amid the gradual generalization of foundational large model inference capabilities, exploring the core trend of the industry evolving from "competing model parameters" to "competing Agent automation execution capabilities, computing power scheduling, and on-chain interaction ecology." Invited industry KOLs will jointly analyze how Agents transition from passive response to autonomous decision-making and execution, and how this transformation will reshape the integration of application layers and infrastructure.