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According to informed sources, the Trump administration is considering launching an overseas stablecoin program, which may take the form of a joint venture with private enterprises. The Department of the Treasury, the State Department, and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) may all participate to expand the use of the U.S. dollar and support demand for U.S. Treasury bonds.Tether's latest reserve report shows that as of June 30, it directly holds $11.496 billion in U.S. Treasury bonds, with total reserve assets of $18.775 billion, exceeding liabilities by $4.11 billion. The plan has not yet established a partnership with Tether and has not yet become an officially operational project.

On the morning of the event "Intelligent Payment Qianhai · Welcoming APCE" held on that day, Tencent announced the official launch of TenPay Go, the first payment application for overseas users coming to China. This tool supports foreign card payments, Apple Pay, and other payment methods for individuals coming to China to make purchases within the WeChat Pay merchant network.According to Caixin, TenPay Go has currently partnered with seven major international card organizations, including UnionPay and VISA, and can bind nearly 60 overseas wallets. TenPay Go will also collaborate with Shenzhen Tong to create a transportation card service, which can be activated for immediate use by overseas individuals, allowing them to scan codes to take the Shenzhen subway and buses, with internal testing expected to launch in late September.

According to Bloomberg, informed sources revealed that the Trump administration is considering promoting the use of dollar-denominated stablecoins overseas to solidify the dollar's status as a global reserve asset.The U.S. government is also exploring the establishment of joint ventures with private companies and supporting stablecoin projects to maintain the dollar's monetary dominance and enhance demand for U.S. Treasury bonds.

Slow Mist's Yuxian posted on platform X, stating that the related application is FomoPeek, and Slow Mist has never referred to it as the FOMO App. Overseas related security KOLs and media have misrepresented this.

Founder of World Labs and Stanford University professor Fei-Fei Li called for more oversight of advanced AI systems by independent organizations and the public sector, stating that safety assessments should not be solely the responsibility of the developing companies.She stated on Bloomberg Technology on Tuesday that internal researchers at companies can measure the capabilities and safety attributes of individual models, but this cannot replace broader standards developed collaboratively by government, industry, and academic institutions.

Feixiaohao partners with MOS/SSD to advance the Feixiaohao × GWDC 2026 Innovation Forum. MOS/SSD will participate as a co-organizer in this forum, which will be held on September 29, 2026, at AT CENTER in Seoul, South Korea, focusing on topics such as stock tokenization, Web3, and AI.MOS/SSD (Sea Star) will participate in this forum as a co-organizer. MOS (Sea Star Community) is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) deeply engaged in Web3, established on February 19, 2022. The community's vision is to build a trustworthy metaverse DAO and collaborate with SPF META to promote blockchain gaming and the metaverse ecosystem.The GWDC Korea event is expected to attract 5,000 participants, with guests and institutions such as Sun Yuchen, Animoca Brands, Bithumb, and Microsoft also in attendance. The entry of the Sea Star community into this scene will help bring the DAO, blockchain gaming, and metaverse community ecosystem into a more open exchange environment.

Animoca Brands and the Nasdaq-listed company Currenc Group have suspended the previously proposed reverse merger negotiations, which were originally intended to facilitate Animoca's listing. In a statement released on Tuesday, Animoca indicated that after assessing the project timeline and the "evolving market environment," both parties agreed that the time required to complete the transaction no longer aligned with their short-term and mid-term goals.Animoca co-founder and executive chairman Yat Siu stated, "Corporate agility must take precedence over" advancing the merger with Currenc. Animoca added that the company "remains fully committed to relisting on a major public exchange," and if conditions permit, both parties may consider resuming merger negotiations. The reverse merger plan was first announced in November 2025, originally intended for Currenc to acquire Animoca through an Australian arrangement, with Animoca shareholders collectively holding 95% of the merged company's shares post-merger.Animoca was previously listed on the Australian Securities Exchange but was delisted in 2020 due to scrutiny over its involvement in crypto-related activities. In 2022, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission convicted Animoca and imposed a fine for failing to submit annual reports for 2019-2021 and some semi-annual reports. Animoca stated that it is actively advancing the preparation of its audited financial statements for the fiscal year 2024 and continues to seek the optimal path for relisting. Currenc Group is a fintech company headquartered in Singapore, focusing on AI and tokenization solutions.

On September 21, Amazon Web Services (AWS) under Amazon's cloud technology integrated the open-source large model Kimi K3 into its large model service platform Amazon Bedrock, allowing global enterprise developers to directly call it through Bedrock. The previously rumored revenue-sharing cooperation between Kimi and overseas cloud vendors has officially materialized.According to Yicai, Kimi's developer, Dark Side of the Moon, is advancing revenue-sharing cooperation with several overseas cloud vendors, who will list the Kimi model on their platforms and share revenue based on the model's usage with Dark Side of the Moon. Additionally, according to official information from Alibaba Cloud's Bailing platform, Kimi K3 has been listed on Alibaba Cloud Bailing, and both parties have reached a similar cooperation.

According to CryptoBriefing, the Bitcoin wallet Xverse has launched a joint Bitcoin staking service, allowing users to pair sBTC with STX tokens to participate in the Stacks PoX-5 locking period. During the staking period, Bitcoin remains on the Bitcoin mainnet and is controlled by the users, without the need for cross-chain or wrapping. This feature requires an upgrade to the Xverse v2.9 version wallet.Registration will close on September 9 or when the quota is used up. Staking rewards are expected to be distributed starting September 10 (Bitcoin block 966350, corresponding to Stacks' 143rd period). Institutions such as UTXO (a subsidiary of Nakamoto Inc.), HashKey Cloud, and 21shares have joined as anchor participants. Previously, Xverse managed approximately 152 million STX in non-custodial staking.

According to Digital Asset, the National Tax Service of South Korea has issued regulations stating that even if overseas virtual asset (digital asset) exchanges go bankrupt, individuals with accounts at those exchanges must declare those accounts as overseas financial accounts. The National Tax Service stated on the 28th of last month: "Residents who open accounts with overseas virtual asset operators for the purpose of trading digital assets must declare those accounts as overseas financial accounts, even if the operators go bankrupt."In addition, it is expected that the scale of digital assets included in the overseas financial account declaration will reach 105 trillion Korean won by 2026, a decrease of 5.4% compared to 2025.

The People's Bank of China Open Market Operations Office announced that to maintain ample liquidity in the banking system, on September 7, 2026, the People's Bank of China will conduct a reverse repurchase operation of 500 billion yuan using a fixed amount, interest rate bidding, and multiple price level bidding method, with a term of 3 months (89 days), maturing on December 5, 2026 (postponed in case of holidays).

The blockchain verification and auditing platform Assure DeFi announced that it will cease operations and will no longer accept new business. The company stated that it has completed verification for over 1,500 projects, involving a total project value of over $2 billion.Existing KYC and audit records will remain valid and will continue to be publicly accessible after the closure. The team stated that in the future, they will focus their main efforts on their artificial intelligence agent team business, Brainverse.

The first on-chain game launched by FUNVERSE, FUN LONGINUS, will officially go live on the Anubis Chain mainnet on September 1, 2026, at 10:00 UTC (UTC+8 18:00). FUN LONGINUS originates from a hackathon and is an Eastern martial arts chain game designed for the Anubis GameFi ecosystem. It constructs on-chain gameplay around martial arts elements such as the Jianghu, arena, mentorship, Jiazi salary, leader's order, and Huaze artifacts, and is structured competitively based on the twenty-four solar terms.Each match features 24 different addresses participating together, with each player entering the arena using fLGNS. The execution of the match, determination of results, and final settlement are all completed by smart contracts, ultimately producing one leader. Match records, reward distribution, mentorship relationships, and players' Jianghu resumes are all stored on-chain. FUN LONGINUS completed the collective forging of heroes on August 18, 2026, and based on the market price at the time of publication, this collective forging is valued at over 1.4 million USD. The launch of the mainnet marks the game's transition from the hackathon prototype, public testing, and collective forging phase to the official on-chain game operation phase.

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand (SEC) has proposed allowing intermediaries to provide certain digital asset derivatives traded overseas to retail investors. According to the proposal, eligible products must be similar to crypto derivatives traded domestically in Thailand, including aspects such as underlying assets, duration, leverage, and settlement methods. At the same time, these products must be traded on exchanges that adopt central counterparty clearing and are supervised by regulatory bodies belonging to specific international regulatory or exchange organizations.Crypto derivatives that do not meet the above conditions will only be available to institutional investors. The Thai SEC stated that institutional investors are better equipped to assess and manage complex and high-risk products. Current rules only allow intermediaries to provide relevant investment services to retail and high-net-worth clients when overseas derivatives are similar to domestic trading products, while overseas crypto derivatives, due to their varying structures and risk levels, require targeted regulations.This consultation is the latest initiative by Thailand to incorporate crypto-related products into the regulated capital market. The Thai SEC officially designated cryptocurrencies and digital tokens as permissible derivative underlying assets in a notice issued on March 5 and is discussing potential contract specifications with the Thailand Futures Exchange. The consultation will continue until September 30, and the Thai SEC has not yet announced the proposed implementation date for the revisions.

MediaTek announced on the 31st that it has completed the pricing of $3.9 billion (nearly NT$125 billion) in overseas convertible bonds, bringing in funds from two AI giants, Nvidia and Google's parent company Alphabet. Nvidia accounted for $3.5 billion (about NT$110 billion), approximately 90% of the total amount, and announced that the two companies will deepen their cooperation in the future. This is the largest overseas convertible bond issuance in the history of Taiwan's capital market and also Nvidia's first investment in a Taiwanese company.According to a joint statement from Nvidia and MediaTek, Nvidia will purchase MediaTek's overseas convertible bonds. This investment expands the cooperation between the two parties, and MediaTek will use Nvidia's NVLink Fusion and Nvidia's recently released NVHBM technology to facilitate smoother communication of components in data centers. Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang stated that the cooperation with MediaTek has "expanded significantly," making it one of the top partnerships; MediaTek's processors will become the foundation for the next generation of Windows PCs. MediaTek stated that this overseas fundraising attracted enthusiastic participation and subscriptions from long-term important partners such as Nvidia and Alphabet, as well as renowned international investors.

Nick Timiraos, the "Fed Whisperer," stated that Fed Chair Waller has quelled some concerns about his strategy to combat inflation, but has also laid the groundwork for a larger test that may come in three weeks. If the Fed raises interest rates, it could anger the White House just weeks before the midterm elections. If they hold steady, it may reignite the doubts that Waller's remarks have calmed.Two points from Waller's speech on Friday particularly suggest that the Fed may raise rates next month. The first point is that Waller finds it difficult to describe the current financial conditions as restrictive. The second point is that the relatively positive inflation data over the summer has not convinced him that the underlying trend is improving. The Fed's default choice before Friday was to hold steady unless the data was strong enough to warrant action.Former Fed Vice Chair Cohen stated that Waller's remarks have reversed this logic. "He has changed the original assumption; it is now that they will raise rates unless the data shows it is unnecessary." This means that the final decision will depend on changes in the situation before the September meeting, especially the August CPI released on September 11. Cohen stated that if the data indicates that action is unnecessary, the Fed should not raise rates; if the data is strong, it could weaken the argument that inflation is moving back toward the Fed's 2% target.

On August 24, according to Caixin, the National Development and Reform Commission released the "Measures for the Administration of Foreign Investment (Revised Draft for Public Comment)" and is publicly soliciting opinions from society, from August 21 to September 20, 2026. The "Draft for Comments" expands the definition of investors from enterprises to domestic enterprises, other organizations, and individual residents, and clarifies that reinvestment by investors abroad also falls under foreign investment.In the section on foreign investment regulation, regarding the classification and regulatory division of foreign investment, the procedures for approval and filing, and other matters, investors must obtain foreign investment approval documents or filing notices before implementing foreign investments. For individual residents newly included as investors, the approval authority is the National Development and Reform Commission, and the filing authority is the provincial development and reform department of their registered residence or habitual residence.

According to Digital Asset, the South Korean government stated that digital assets held by residents through personal wallets or overseas exchanges, as long as they generate income from transfers or lending, are generally subject to taxation.The digital asset tax will be implemented starting January 1, 2027, taxed as other income, with a deduction of 2.5 million won and a tax rate of 20%, including local taxes up to a maximum of 22%.

According to a report by the Korean News Agency, global virtual asset infrastructure company BitGo announced that its Korean entity BitGo Korea has received acceptance of its VASP (Virtual Asset Service Provider) registration application from the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of Korea on August 18, becoming the first foreign cryptocurrency corporate entity to complete VASP registration directly in Korea.BitGo Korea was established in 2024, and this time chose to directly meet regulatory requirements to enter the market, rather than adopting the industry norm of acquiring existing VASP companies. Subsequently, it will use this as a foundation to officially launch virtual asset custody and transfer services in Korea, focusing on expanding business towards financial institutions and corporate clients.

According to CoinDesk, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev posted on the X platform, urging U.S. regulators to establish a regulatory framework for tokenized stocks, warning that the U.S. may hand over the dominance of next-generation financial market infrastructure to overseas markets. Tenev stated that the financial system is in the early stages of a "tokenization supercycle," and Robinhood has provided tokenized versions of over 190 U.S. stocks to users in more than 120 countries, allowing investors to gain economic exposure and enjoy dividends.He pointed out three major advantages of tokenization: real-time settlement (which can further reduce settlement risk compared to the current T+1 system), 24/7 trading, and seamless transfer of assets across different platforms. Tenev bluntly stated that if the U.S. does not take action, other regions around the world may build the future financial system around U.S. assets, while Americans may be excluded.