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The official account of the AI assistant Claude from the artificial intelligence company Anthropic stated that the application volume for the Claude Startups program has exceeded expectations, and they will suspend the $1000 API credit offer for Claude Team.Claude mentioned that there have been hundreds of thousands of applications for the program, and the team is re-evaluating to cover as many startups as possible. Accounts that have already received the discount can still retain their related rights; accounts that have applied or have been approved but have not yet claimed will enter a review process, and some previously approved accounts will not be able to receive the discount.Claude stated that accepted program members can still use Startup Stack and Applied AI office hours. Users on the Claude Max or Team plan can continue to use their monthly API credits as usual in the Console.

According to CoinDesk, data from the cryptocurrency recruitment platform CryptoJobsList shows that the number of job postings by cryptocurrency companies in September increased from 382 in July to 1,241, continuing to rise from 886 in August, and surpassing the most active month earlier this year, January, which had 573 postings. The number of companies posting jobs in September rose to 125, up from 107 in July, and briefly dropped to 77 in August.The platform believes that the recovery in hiring in September aligns with the seasonal pattern of business returning to normal after the summer off-season in the Northern Hemisphere, but the data indicates that seasonality is not the only reason: the number of job postings in August had already doubled compared to July, and there was no similar surge from August to September in 2025; the most active month that year, October, had only 373 postings, with data from July to September remaining basically flat.In contrast to the increase in job postings, the number of applications fell from 25,700 in July to 24,631 in August, and further declined to less than 20,000 in September. CryptoJobsList interprets this divergence as a tightening competition for professional talent. Over the past three months, finance has been the largest recruitment category, followed by engineering and trading, with stablecoins, AI, security, and compliance also making the top ten; the most requested blockchain skills are Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana.

According to Decrypt, DogeOS has announced the launch of its application layer public testnet based on Dogecoin.DogeOS is an EVM-compatible application layer network designed to allow developers to build applications on the Dogecoin ecosystem. The testnet transaction fees are paid in DOGE, and projects such as lending protocols, perpetual contract trading platforms, stablecoins, and prediction market aggregators have already been integrated.DogeOS was initiated by the MyDoge wallet team, utilizes zkVM technology, and operates as an independent layer without altering the Dogecoin base layer. The official mainnet launch date has not yet been announced.

Animoca Brands' projects Moca Foundation and Moca Network announced the launch of the Moca Chain mainnet, which supports users and AI agents in sharing verifiable credentials across different applications. Users can store credentials and decide when and where to share them.Moca Chain allows institutions to issue tamper-proof credentials associated with unified digital identities, covering information such as identity verification and membership. Moca Network also launched AIR, providing a unified entry point for businesses to access users and AI agents while reducing the need for sensitive information storage. Moca Network disclosed that the AIR ecosystem has incorporated over 9 partners, including SK Planet, Biletinial, Oyunfor, Open Campus, OneFootball, Automobili Lamborghini, Inveo Kripto, Plume, and Nansen, with plans to complete integration by 2026.

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform stating that Spaces has launched "Trust Anchor," allowing applications to directly verify human-readable identities based on Bitcoin without relying on centralized servers.Users can obtain a single Trust ID and scan or paste it into Spaces-compatible applications to verify identity identifiers like alice@bitcoin based on the locally verified Spaces protocol status. The Trust ID is generated from the Bitcoin block header chain and the accumulated status of Spaces; the Veritas application on macOS can generate this ID without the need to run a full Bitcoin node, and users can also connect their own nodes or generate the same Trust ID through the Spaces client.This solution aims to use Bitcoin as the foundation for a decentralized certificate authority, enabling applications to authenticate identities without trusting company servers.

According to Bitcoin News monitoring, security researchers have found that versions 1.1 and 1.2 of FomoPeek distributed through the Apple App Store contain an iOS exploit framework that can escape the application sandbox, capable of extracting keychain data, wallet files, and mnemonic phrases. SlowMist has linked this application to multiple theft incidents and traced nearly $580,000 worth of stolen USDT flowing into a main address.Users who have installed either version should consider the keys accessible on their iPhone as compromised, generate new mnemonic phrases on a clean device, and immediately transfer their funds.

The Non-Small Number Union TuringBitChain is advancing the Non-Small Number × GWDC 2026 Innovation Forum. TuringBitChain 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.TuringBitChain (TBC) will participate in this forum as a co-organizer. TBC is an independent Layer 1 public chain based on the Bitcoin UTXO model, using SHA256 PoW consensus, and supports Turing-complete smart contracts on the UTXO architecture through BVM and TuringContract. During the conference, TuringBitChain project guest Marcus Cheng will also give a speech, serving as the Marketing Director for the Asia-Pacific region of TBC.This GWDC event in South Korea is expected to attract 5,000 participants, with the South Korean Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Sun Yuchen, Microsoft, Bithumb, Animoca Brands, and other representatives from politics, business, technology, and Web3 also appearing on-site. TBC's participation will bring topics such as UTXO Layer 1, asset tokenization, AI Agents, and high-frequency micropayments into a denser international exchange scenario.

Arc announced the launch of the AI-driven development tool Arc Studio, which allows users to describe their requirements in natural language. It generates full-stack on-chain applications, contracts, or agents that include front-end interfaces, back-end logic, and smart contracts within minutes. It also supports code review, testing, and export.This tool natively understands the Arc and Circle development stack, including CCTP, Circle Contracts, Gateway, and Wallets. It can integrate protocols such as Aave, Morpho, and Uniswap, and can be tested on nine chains: Arbitrum, Arc, Avalanche, Base, Ethereum, Monad, OP Mainnet, Polygon, and Unichain. Arc Studio can also connect as a sub-agent to Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. The official reminder states that AI-generated code still requires independent review and testing, and Arc Studio will not deploy, sign, fund, or submit mainnet transactions on behalf of users.

On September 16, the day Circle Arc's mainnet went live, the AI Agent quality assurance product DeepQA released the Arc Campaign, completing public QA for 11 ecological applications on the Arc testnet and publishing all 13 reports on the official website in a collection format. From the initiation of the project to the public release of reports for all 11 applications, it took about 16 hours.Real-time data from the official website shows that this event executed a total of 141 test scenarios, of which 117 passed, confirming 15 issues. The Critic Agent conducted real-time reviews 30 times, retaining 141 scenarios, 436 screenshots, approximately 2,200 model calls, and 16.9 million tokens. The covered applications include the Arc official testnet browser, Tower Exchange, AchSwap, Machina Bridge, OmniHub, ArcFX, SettleOne, Syn DAO, thirdweb Arc Testnet, ChainGPT Pad, and Karwan. All tests were conducted in real browsers on live applications, with the injected test wallets holding only testnet funds and no real funds used.The backend of DeepQA is powered by WORLD3 and Google Cloud Vertex AI. A group of AI Agents completed exploration, planning, testing, and reporting, with each issue accompanied by screenshot evidence, and only released after being audited and reviewed in real-time by the Critic Agent. The team stated that a decentralized QA network is also in progress, which will prioritize support for the Arc ecosystem.

According to the FCA official website, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of the United Kingdom has released new guidance on the regulation of crypto assets to help businesses understand the scope and authorization requirements of the future crypto asset regime in the UK. This regime will officially take effect on October 25, 2027, and the application channel for authorization will open on September 30, 2026.The guidance covers activities such as issuing qualified stablecoins, operating crypto asset trading platforms, trading and matching, crypto asset custody, and staking arrangements. FCA Executive Director David Geale stated that this guidance aims to provide clarity for businesses so they can confidently prepare for regulation. The government has also made targeted amendments to relevant laws, introducing certain exemption clauses and further clarifying provisions for specific technology service providers. The FCA will launch a special consultation in October regarding the aforementioned legal changes, involving topics such as qualified stablecoins, proprietary trading and market making, decentralized protocols, and financial promotions.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff stated that the application of artificial intelligence in enterprises is still in its early stages and requires more support to unlock the value of AI. Dario mentioned that currently, only about 5%-10% of the actual value of AI technology in the economy is being utilized.

Multi-signature wallet Safe announced that it will launch Safe Pro on October 6. Teams can now apply to become early partners to help shape the product.Safe Pro offers enterprise-level management, additional security features, audit history, and reporting capabilities for all Safe accounts operated by the organization, along with guided onboarding and professional support, while self-custody remains unchanged.Before the launch, Safe has opened the Safe Pro early partner program to teams that wish to collaborate directly. The application link can be found in their official post.

Douyin is currently conducting an internal test of the AI Workshop, aimed at ordinary creators and developers, providing a complete link from AI application building, debugging, and operation to platform distribution, deeply integrating with Douyin's internal traffic system. The AI development framework, interface capabilities, and cloud storage services are all built into the creator's backend.The Douyin App's recommendation page has added a new content form interest card, used to showcase AI applications created in the AI Workshop. Users can directly interact with these cards while browsing the recommendation page, without needing to switch to a mini-program or leave the main app, allowing them to complete Q&A queries, fun interactions, and light tool experiences within the information flow. The interest card relies on Douyin's personalized recommendation distribution, supporting custom gameplay and styles.Creators who do not understand coding can use natural language to describe their ideas for building, while technically skilled developers can modify underlying files for deep customization. Debugging, real-device preview, and publishing can all be completed in the same environment. The produced works can be directly converted into interest cards for placement in the recommendation stream. This product is currently in the invitation-only internal testing phase.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has publicly released its request for comments regarding "Novel ETFs," which may hold crypto assets or adopt unconventional strategies. The disagreement centers on whether the filing documents should remain public before the fund begins trading and how quickly the review process should be. Crypto asset management firm Grayscale and the crypto policy organization Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI) support establishing an optional confidential filing period to reduce competitors from submitting imitation documents.Charles Schwab opposes complete confidentiality and suggests that filing documents should be made public at least 75 days in advance. Grayscale requests that the SEC respond within 45 days, while CCI argues that the confidentiality process should not extend the automatic effectiveness or review period. Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (A16z) supports shortening the review time but emphasizes that the rigor of the review should not be reduced; trading firm Jane Street believes that accelerating the process could lead to a decline in product quality, competitiveness, and liquidity.Currently, there are 174 ETFs related to crypto assets in the U.S., with BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) managing approximately $61 billion in assets, accounting for about 38% of the total assets of related ETFs. The SEC will decide whether to adjust the confidentiality arrangements for filings and the speed of the review.

Predict.fun posted on platform X that it has launched the Predict Developer Dashboard, a self-service portal for creating applications, generating keys, and managing usage and rate limits. Through this interface, users can manually request higher usage-based tiers and import existing keys.Predict.fun has also implemented "trade burst" limits to restrict the number of calls for creating and canceling orders per second. New applications have this limit enabled by default, while existing applications will have this limit applied the next time the user requests rate limits.

According to Bitcoin.com, Fomo is a social crypto trading application aimed at Robinhood Chain and other networks. On August 21, it entered the top five financial apps in the U.S., briefly rising to third place, surpassing Cash App and the prediction market Kalshi, and is currently in the top 15.Fomo was founded by Paul Erlanger and Se Yong Park and launched its public beta in May 2025. In November 2025, it completed a $17 million Series A funding round led by Benchmark, with participation from 140 angel investors; it subsequently completed a $75 million Series B funding round, with a total disclosed equity financing of approximately $94 million.Fomo supports Solana, Base, BNB Chain, Monad, and Robinhood Chain, allowing users to view real-time trades of their followed entities, track leaderboards, and copy trading signals, with funds able to be deposited instantly via Apple Pay. It has accumulated over 1 million installs on Google Play, with more than 600,000 users and a trading volume exceeding $4 billion.

Investor Joanna Lichter published a post outlining the working hypothesis of value accumulation in the robotics field, which she believes has a barbell structure: one end consists of horizontal robotic foundation models (RFM) and infrastructure platforms that achieve compound growth through data, computing power, and ecosystems; the other end consists of category-leading application companies that capture value by transforming intelligence into useful work. The middle layer lacks attractiveness, including interchangeable models, easily replicable tools, and deployments lacking software leverage.She pointed out that, unlike large language models, robotics faces distribution costs, scarce physical data, real-time computing power limitations, and security constraints, presenting a gated diffusion rather than immediate large-scale adoption. If deployment can form a learning feedback loop, reducing the manpower required per robot and accumulating reusable data and operational knowledge, it can become a moat. Vertical entry points can accelerate this path, allowing value to ultimately accumulate at both ends of the technology stack.