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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.

On August 25, CITIC Construction Investment Research reported that on August 21, OpenAI reduced the price of GPT-5.6 SolAPI by over 20%, further lowering the cost of high-performance model calls, which is expected to drive growth in high Token scenarios such as Agent and code generation, continuously boosting demand for inference-side computing power.Alibaba's latest quarterly AI Cloud and Compute Services revenue was approximately 48.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 45%. Revenue from AI-related products has seen triple-digit growth for 12 consecutive quarters, confirming that AI demand is accelerating towards commercialization. We remain optimistic about the opportunities in the industrial chain driven by the commercialization of large models and the increase in computing power demand, including optical modules, servers, liquid cooling, and cloud computing.

Morgan Stanley's equity research team conducted an annual survey of over 500 North American summer interns, most of whom are under the age of 21. More than a quarter of the interns reported using prediction market applications in the past year, with Kalshi and Polymarket being the most common choices; among them, 55% of users utilized multiple betting applications.Prediction markets are facing increased scrutiny in the United States, with several states taking legal or regulatory actions against related platforms. Morgan Stanley's employee code of conduct covers trading and investment matters, including prediction markets, but insiders did not disclose further details. Another national survey indicated that 21% of American adult respondents have used prediction market platforms, with the percentage rising to 37% among the 18 to 34 age group.Regarding AI, 68% of interns use AI tools daily, up from 35% last year and 14% in 2024; about 70% are personally subscribing to paid AI tools, an increase from 52% last summer. Meanwhile, 61% of respondents are concerned that AI will replace jobs in finance, and 74% worry about job displacement in other industries. Over 60% are interested in using humanoid robots at home, and 10% indicated they might become early adopters.

According to The Block, TRM Labs' latest report shows that the application of artificial intelligence in crypto crime has increased by 40% year-on-year over the past year, primarily driven by fraud activities. The report states that crypto hackers are increasingly using artificial intelligence for vulnerability analysis, social engineering attacks, and penetration.In the first half of 2026, there were 201 digital asset hacking incidents, a record high, with approximately 75% of the losses stemming from 4% of the incidents. North Korea-related activities caused about $600 million in losses, accounting for 61% of the losses in the first half of the year. TRM Labs stated that artificial intelligence has not created new types of crime but has significantly lowered the barriers to crime and expanded the scale of attacks.

Binance launches the Agent OS developer platform, aimed at connecting artificial intelligence applications to its trading, market data, wallet, payment, and on-chain functionalities.The platform integrates the Binance API, Binance Wallet Proxy Center, programmable payment tool Binance x402, Skill Hub, and supports model context protocols. Users can authorize proxies to access market data, view account information, and execute restricted trades through compatible tools.

Base officially announced that its accelerator program Base Batches 004 is now open for applications, targeting the Fall 2026 batch, with a deadline of September 9. The program is jointly operated by Base and the Base Ecosystem Fund, aiming to help early teams building on Base to launch, fundraise, and achieve growth. Selected teams will receive a $100,000 investment offer from the Base Ecosystem Fund (subject to due diligence) and participate in an 8-week hands-on support program to refine their product and narrative, culminating in a Demo Day in November in New York to present to selected investors.Applicant teams must meet the following criteria: be in the early stage (from having a founder-market fit product to post-MVP), be in the pre-seed stage without completing a formal seed round, prefer Base as their primary network, and focus on driving on-chain economic development, covering areas such as transactions, payments, smart contracts, or financing. Selected teams will also receive exclusive advisor guidance, weekly support, cross-domain expert resources, content exposure, and opportunities to showcase to investors. Base stated that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and encourages early submission, with the application address being base.org/batches.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reviewing the rule change application submitted by Cboe BZX Exchange, involving six leveraged commodity ETFs that track the benchmark's daily performance by three times. The initial review period set by the SEC is 45 days after publication in the Federal Register.Volatility Shares LLC is the sponsor of the relevant funds, which include 3x Gold, Silver, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crude Oil, and Natural Gas ETFs, all intended to operate under a commodity pool and not classified as investment companies. Among them, the Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs will primarily invest in near-month and next-month futures contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), rather than directly holding Bitcoin or Ethereum, and will allocate cash and cash equivalents as collateral or margin.Before the relevant products are listed, the SEC must approve the exchange rule changes, and the trust's Form S-1 registration statement must also become effective. Each fund must have at least 100,000 shares at the time of listing, and authorized participants can subscribe or redeem cash at a rate of 1,000 shares per 10,000 shares.

Bitcoin News posted on platform X that the OCC stated that companies engaged in legally permitted activities such as digital assets and emerging technologies should have a pathway to apply to become a national bank. OCC Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould stated that the regulatory agency had effectively hindered new bank applications for over a decade, but that period has now ended.The OCC has received 40 new bank applications in the past 18 months and stated that many complete applications have decisions made within 120 days.

According to the SEC page, Grayscale has submitted 3 Form RWs, withdrawing the S-1 registration statements for Grayscale Cardano Trust ETF, Grayscale Hedera Trust ETF, and Grayscale Polkadot Trust ETF.