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According to Bloomberg, global alternative asset management company Apollo Global Management will provide financing support for a $15 billion AI infrastructure project in Japan, further expanding its investment layout in the field of artificial intelligence.Apollo will act as a strategic investment and financing partner, participating in the project jointly promoted by UK developer RHAELM Holdings, Japan's largest power company Jera, and Dell Technologies. The project is located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and aims to build infrastructure to support AI computing needs.

As of the end of September, the Digital Renminbi International Operation Center has added 39 domestic and foreign financial institutions applying to access the "Digital Currency Cross-Border Settlement Comprehensive Service Platform" (CBETS).This platform supports bilateral connections with foreign currency authority payment systems and legal digital currency systems, and allows foreign financial institutions to connect directly, covering trade and cross-border personnel exchanges.

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) of South Korea has announced a draft amendment to the regulations related to the institutionalization of Token Securities, planning to expand the range of securities that can be tokenized to include traditional securities such as stocks, bonds, and funds.According to the draft amendment, traditional securities can also be tokenized, except for fragmented investment securities (non-monetary trust beneficiary securities, investment contract securities).The relevant electronic securities regulations will also clarify the requirements for distributed ledgers, stipulating that participants must include electronic registration institutions and at least two account management institutions, and prohibit the use of distributed ledgers for direct payment of electronic registration purposes.

According to Cointelegraph, the Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) released a research report questioning the process by which MSCI established its latest index rules. MSCI had previously listed companies such as Strategy and Metaplanet as potential "non-operating companies," which could lead to their removal from the index.MSCI first proposed excluding digital asset treasury companies from global indices in 2025, but after facing opposition, it shelved the plan in January and opted for a broader review of "non-operating companies." On August 3, MSCI put forward a broader proposal that could still result in the exclusion of Strategy and Metaplanet. In a report titled "The Invisible Committee of Wall Street," BPI pointed out that metadata shows the presentation MSCI consulted is stored in an internal folder specifically for digital asset treasury companies.According to the proposal, MSCI will first assess whether a company has a significant amount of operational assets before applying five additional financial tests. Its own simulations indicate that Strategy, Metaplanet, and uranium investment company Yellow Cake would be excluded. In 2025, JPMorgan analysts estimated that if Strategy were excluded, it could face an outflow of approximately $2.8 billion. BPI also questioned MSCI's reliance on "operational assets," stating that the term is not a standardized balance sheet category under U.S. GAAP or IFRS. MSCI concluded its opinion collection on September 30 and is expected to announce results on or before October 16, with related changes set to take effect during the index review in November 2026.

According to The Block, Base has completed its third mainnet upgrade, Cobalt. The core of this upgrade is the Validity Transactions conditional transaction feature, allowing users to submit transactions with conditions that must be met before they are packaged on-chain; if the conditions are not met, the transaction will never be included.Base stated that this API is part of a neutral infrastructure, allowing advanced traders to keep their submissions confidential before they are finalized.Cobalt also enhances the B20 token standard launched with the Beryl upgrade in June, adding three new features. Composite Policies allow asset issuers to combine existing whitelists and blacklists using "or" and "and" logic, without the need to duplicate lists or maintain off-chain synchronization.The Schedule Multiplier upgrade aligns with the ERC-8056 standard, supporting issuers in changing the display method of asset balances, which can be used in scenarios such as stock splits.Base also revealed plans to shorten block time from 2 seconds to 200 milliseconds in the coming months, implement native smart accounts at the protocol layer, support Gas payment and transaction batching, and introduce some EVM improvements from the Ethereum Glamsterdam upgrade.

According to The Block, Solana Treasury Company HSDT announced the completion of a $15 million stock issuance plan, with an issuance price at a 5% premium to the company's net asset value (NAV), accompanied by warrants.The company is currently the fourth largest publicly listed Solana reserve company, holding approximately 2.3 million SOL, valued at about $273.5 million. The funds raised from this financing will be used for further purchases of SOL or to repurchase the company's stock.

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USD.AI announced that USDai and sUSDai have now been extended to Solana through LayerZero's OFT standard, allowing them to circulate as unified assets across supported networks.LayerZero stated that in addition to Solana, the two assets also support Arbitrum, Ethereum, Plasma, and Base; as of now, the cumulative cross-chain transfer amount achieved through the OFT standard has exceeded 2 billion dollars.

According to CoinDesk, Open Standard CEO Zach Abrams stated that the company is not an alliance where decisions are made collectively by hundreds of participants. The daily operations of the company are managed by the management team, and a smaller group of founding partners holds ownership and governance functions, while other partners are rewarded based on their contributions to driving the supply and trading activity of OUSD.Coinbase, Mastercard, Shopify, Stripe, and Visa have invested to become the first five founding partners, each receiving an equal proportion of initial equity. The five companies have also committed to investing over $1 billion in the coming months to establish liquidity for OUSD. The specific investment amounts and shareholding ratios of each company have not yet been disclosed.These five companies are currently the only investors in Open Standard. Abrams expects the number of founding partners to increase to about 10 to 12 in the future and plans to establish a board composed of founding partners. Meanwhile, the number of partners planning to integrate with OUSD has increased from over 140 in June of this year to over 200, with the latest additions including SBI Holdings, UBS, and the fintech company Jeeves.

According to a report by Reuters, the Japanese Ministry of Finance announced the establishment of the "On-Chain Correspondence Research Group," focusing on the feasibility study of real-time settlement for government bond transactions, with the first meeting scheduled for October 8.The research group will systematically analyze the advantages and disadvantages of blockchain real-time settlement around the current next-day settlement practice, with members including professors from the University of Tokyo, Waseda University, and other universities, as well as private strategists, and will involve the Bank of Japan and the Financial Services Agency for opinion exchange.Ministry officials pointed out that the United States already has MMF products that trade on the blockchain with government bonds as the underlying asset, which will serve as an important reference case. The research group plans to complete the organization of discussion points within the year.

According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. publicly listed company Lion Group (Nasdaq: LGHL) has sold all of its SOL and part of its BTC, with the proceeds used to increase its holdings of approximately 38,102 HYPE.After this adjustment, Lion Group holds approximately 232,900 HYPE, valued at about 20.1 million USD, and the previously held HYPE was not sold.

Bitcoin Treasuries posted on platform X that the UK Bitcoin treasury company The Smarter Web Company’s TSWCF has risen over 113% this year, outperforming Bitcoin by 117%.

Founder of Strategy Michael Saylor posted that he hopes Strive and all well-managed "Bitcoin-driven digital credit" issuers achieve success.Strategy is built on the same foundation as Strive: BTC belongs to digital capital, STRC and SATA belong to digital credit, and MSTR and ASST belong to digital equity. The securities structures and decisions of both parties are independent, although they will compete for individual capital allocations, they can also jointly expand long-term market opportunities.Saylor cited SIFMA data stating that by the end of 2025, the global stock market value will reach $157.8 trillion, and the fixed income debt balance will reach $160.7 trillion, with 0.1% of either market being approximately $160 billion.He proposed a threefold amplification mechanism: corporate financing to purchase supply-constrained Bitcoin can increase demand and improve the asset coverage of related companies; more issuers launching digital credit products can accumulate research, trading, and liquidity foundations, reducing the premium investors demand due to unfamiliarity, and potentially narrowing credit spreads and financing costs; more companies proving that this model can operate in different market environments may enhance market recognition of digital equity.He also emphasized that a single purchase does not guarantee Bitcoin appreciation, Bitcoin itself does not pay interest, and the profit margin between long-term asset returns and financing costs must be obtained through disciplined management; more issuers will not automatically lead to higher valuations.This model depends on a robust capital structure, prudent liquidity, transparent disclosure, and useful products. Weak issuers may undermine confidence in the entire category, while more credible issuers can meet institutional diversification investment needs and attract funds that would not otherwise enter the category.

According to Gate's latest institutional weekly report, from September 21 to 27, the decline in oil prices and the easing of trade risks provided some support for U.S. stocks and crypto assets. However, the yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury bond broke above 5%, and the high interest rate environment continues to put pressure on the valuations of risk assets. In terms of capital, the weekly net inflows for BTC and ETH ETFs were approximately $2.386 billion and $690 million, respectively, while the supply of stablecoins increased by about $1.59 billion, indicating a rebound in institutional capital and on-chain liquidity.The market trading structure remains differentiated. The weekly trading volume on Gate TradFi is about $100 billion, maintaining a high level overall; on-chain funds are further concentrated in structural opportunities such as USDC and SOL LST. In the derivatives sector, BTC rose 4.06% weekly, but the open interest across exchanges decreased by 12.81%, with funding rates turning negative temporarily, and options open interest significantly contracting, indicating signs of deleveraging in the market as prices rebound.Against the backdrop of continuous changes in capital flows and market structure, Gate institutions are continuously improving the multi-asset trading system, covering spot, contracts, stocks, ETFs, options, and other TradFi assets. They are also promoting API trading, cross-platform execution, and settlement collaboration based on infrastructures like OES and CrossEx, providing support for institutions to participate in cross-market trading and diversified asset allocation.

Jeeves announced the completion of a $110 million equity financing. This round of financing was led by CoinFund, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Coinbase Ventures, AllianceBernstein, the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), and Y Combinator.

Binance Pay will allow eligible overseas users to make payments using USDT to the majority of merchants that support PayPay during their visit to Japan starting Wednesday. The related service operates through the payment interoperability framework HIVEX, and merchants will still settle in Japanese yen.Binance stated that this is the first cryptocurrency payment service to access the PayPay merchant network through HIVEX, and related merchants do not need to apply separately or enable this feature individually. PayPay currently accepts payments at millions of locations across Japan, covering scenarios such as large chain stores, small and medium retailers, vending machines, taxis, and public transportation. HIVEX currently supports 9 types of overseas payment services, mainly from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.Japan received a total of 42.7 million international tourists in 2025; the number of visitors to Japan in the first 8 months of 2026 was 27.6 million, a year-on-year decrease of 2.7%.

Mining company Bitdeer released its unaudited consolidated financial statements for the six months ending June 30, 2026. The net revenue for the first half of 2026 was $417.7 million, compared to $225.7 million in the same period last year. During the same period, the gross loss was $47.57 million, operating loss was $208.3 million, and net loss was $251.8 million, while the net profit in the same period last year was $42.38 million.In terms of digital assets, Bitdeer directly holds digital assets with a fair value of approximately $34.762 million, including 406 BTC, valued at approximately $24.455 million; 3,080 ETH, valued at approximately $4.962 million; 5.3116 million USDT, valued at approximately $5.304 million; as well as 7,447 FIL and a small amount of other digital assets.The company also recorded approximately $162.2 million in digital asset receivables, primarily from approximately 162.4 million USDT pledged to the related party BIT Group. The total of digital assets and digital asset receivables is approximately $196.9 million. The company disclosed that the vast majority of digital assets are custodied by the related party BIT Group.

The digital asset post-quantum security infrastructure company Project Eleven announced the acquisition of Riva Labs to enhance its capabilities in post-quantum signatures, wallets, multi-party computation (MPC), and account abstraction. This acquisition also includes the technology and intellectual property developed by Riva on Ethereum and other public chains.Riva Labs' work encompasses hash-based post-quantum signatures, post-quantum MPC, account abstraction, wallet infrastructure, and hardware signing, and has demonstrated post-quantum signatures on consumer-grade hardware. Project Eleven stated that the relevant teams and technologies will be integrated into its research and product work in post-quantum cryptography, digital asset custody, and blockchain security. Riva will also bring its practices of using artificial intelligence in research and engineering processes into the company.Project Eleven's CEO and co-founder Alex Pruden stated that the acquisition will strengthen the research and engineering teams and accelerate the transition of digital assets to post-quantum security. Riva Labs co-founder Matteo Vena mentioned that both parties share a similar judgment on the tools needed in the industry, and joining Project Eleven will allow for a larger-scale advancement of public chain upgrades.

Satellite communication infrastructure company Space Network has signed a binding pre-purchase agreement worth $50 million with Philippine infrastructure company HQ Company International Holdings to provide satellite connectivity to the Philippines through the low Earth orbit satellite network Freeport. The signing ceremony was held at SKY 31 in Seoul, attended by Space Network CEO Tae Lim Oh and HQ Company CEO Yongsoo Samuel Cho.According to the agreement, Space Network will provide access to the Freeport network, technical hardware, software, and ongoing engineering support, while HQ Company will be responsible for local sales, customer acquisition, spectrum authorization, and regional service implementation. Cho is the son-in-law of former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos and has long been engaged in cross-border investment and infrastructure business in the Philippines. This agreement adds to the $100 million agreement signed by Space Network with Vietnam's DETI Technology in June 2026, bringing the total commercial pre-purchase amount to $150 million.Freeport is built and operated by Space Network, currently featuring 4 low Earth orbit satellites, with plans to expand to approximately 230 satellites by the time commercial services launch in 2029. Operators can purchase regional capacity and build their own services on the open network, with nodes settling through on-chain contracts. The related project Spacecoin combines blockchain protocols with low Earth orbit satellites for service pricing and payments within the network.