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According to the official announcement, Binance will suspend the deposit and withdrawal of USDT tokens on the Optimism network on September 17, 2026, at 02:00 (UTC) to support its contract replacement. The replacement ratio is 1:1, with the new token being USDT0 and the old token being renamed to OPUSDTE.Spot, leverage, futures trading, and Binance Earn services will not be affected.

According to GMGN data, the market capitalization of the SOL Meme coin CATE has rebounded to over 73 million USD, with a 24-hour increase of 54.7%, currently reported at 73.1 million USD.Users are reminded that the prices of Meme coins are highly volatile, and investors should participate with caution.

According to token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, ETHGAS (GWEI) will unlock approximately 23.792 million tokens at 0:00 Beijing time on September 21, worth about 5.05 million USD.

According to the token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, AKEDO (AKE) will unlock approximately 21,307,900 tokens at 0:00 on September 21, Beijing time, worth about 31.51 million US dollars.

According to token unlock data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, Trusta Labs (TA) will unlock approximately 24.1 million tokens at 0:00 Beijing time on September 21, with a value of about 1.26 million USD.

TOP Chinese Technology Innovation Society states that Yan Wentao, a partner at Hillhouse Capital, is expected to join DeepSeek as CFO, with an anticipated start date soon.DeepSeek has begun preparations for its Sci-Tech Innovation Board IPO, with CITIC Securities currently conducting due diligence, but both parties have not yet signed a formal listing advisory agreement. DeepSeek hopes to initiate the IPO process this year.Yan Wentao is a post-90s partner at Hillhouse Capital, responsible for technology investments for a long time, with publicly disclosed investment projects including ByteDance, MiniMax, and Zhipu AI. DeepSeek currently does not have a CFO or a formal investor relations team.

According to CryptoSlate, the UK-listed company Satsuma Technology has sold its entire reserve of 669.4867 bitcoins, with the transaction completed between July 24 and 31, at a net transaction average price of £47,667 per bitcoin, resulting in total proceeds of approximately £31.91 million.The High Court of England has approved its capital reduction through the cancellation of Class B shares, and the company will return £30.718881 million to eligible shareholders, which amounts to £0.002734 per Class B share.

According to BBX data, global capital giants and publicly listed Bitcoin treasury companies disclosed the latest developments in asset purchases and asset management entities over the weekend. The core information is as follows:Cardone Capital increases its holdings by 20 Bitcoins: Grant Cardone, CEO of the well-known real estate investment company Cardone Capital, stated on social media that the company has recently increased its holdings by 20 Bitcoins in the secondary market, continuing to view it as an important component in combating traditional fiat currency inflation and optimizing treasury allocation.Metaplanet establishes an Asian asset management subsidiary to accelerate the advancement of the "Project Nova" strategy: The Japanese listed company Metaplanet (TSE: 3350) officially announced the establishment of a wholly-owned subsidiary, Metaplanet Asset Management Asia Limited, as the group's core trading execution and asset management hub during the Asian time zone. The initial capital contribution for this subsidiary is set at 1 million USD, with an expected official establishment in September 2026. This entity will collaborate with the previously established asset management company (MAM) in Miami, USA, to form a 24-hour cross-time zone synergy, focusing on asset trading execution, position risk control, and market dynamics monitoring during the Asian time zone. Its main investment targets include Bitcoin, Bitcoin-related stocks, and priority securities issued by Bitcoin treasury companies, among other credit instruments. This move is an important step for Metaplanet in advancing the "Project Nova" Bitcoin financial platform strategy, and the company expects this investment to have a slight impact on the consolidated performance for the period ending December 2026.

The supply chain reveals that TSMC has disclosed its expansion targets for 2/3 nanometers for the first time next year. The 2-nanometer production is expected to increase from 90,000 wafers at the end of this year to 110,000 wafers by mid-next year, an increase of 22%; the 3-nanometer production is expected to rise from over 180,000 wafers at the end of this year to 210,000 wafers by mid-next year, an increase of over 16%. TSMC did not comment on market rumors yesterday and emphasized that capacity-related statements are based on the company's announcements.It is reported that TSMC's monthly capacity for 3 nanometers reached 120,000 to 130,000 wafers at the end of last year and is expected to expand to 180,000 wafers by the end of this year, with a target of over 210,000 wafers by mid-next year. The monthly capacity for 2 nanometers is expected to reach 90,000 wafers by the end of this year. TSMC previously stated that capital expenditures in 2026 will range from $60 billion to $64 billion, with approximately 70% to 80% allocated for advanced processes, and plans to add three 3-nanometer fabs located in Taiwan, Arizona in the United States, and Japan, while converting 5-nanometer equipment in Taiwan to support 3-nanometer capacity.

Vitalik Buterin stated that the "killer application" of adversarial governance mechanism design theory may ultimately appear in the field of artificial intelligence safety. He believes there is a deep correspondence between governance mechanisms and artificial intelligence safety: both involve how "weaker principals" can achieve ideal outcomes from "stronger agents."In governance scenarios, the principal is a static algorithm, and the agent is a human; in artificial intelligence safety scenarios, the principal is humans and weaker large language models, while the agent is a stronger large language model. Vitalik pointed out that if the degree of collusion among agents can be limited, the system can achieve better outcomes, and this mechanism design conclusion may be transferable to the field of artificial intelligence safety.

The on-chain security platform Blockaid discovered a vulnerability in the Bitcoin bridge of the cross-chain protocol Symbiosis, where attackers minted approximately 2^62 syBTC to a newly created externally owned account, valued at about 46.1 billion dollars when calculated to 8 decimal places, and sold about 4.39 WBTC on Uniswap V4 on Ethereum, realizing a cash-out of approximately 336,000 dollars.Symbiosis stated that the attack occurred around 4:28 AM on September 11, and the team has suspended the BTC routing, while other routings remain operational and unaffected. The team has recovered about 15 Bitcoins and deposited them into a multi-signature wallet controlled by the team, while offering a 20% white hat bounty on the funds to the attackers, with a deadline of September 13.In recent weeks, Liquid Network, Nomic, and Symbiosis have all experienced security incidents involving the expansion of supply by minting tokens without real asset backing. As of September 13, Symbiosis has not publicly disclosed a technical review of BridgeV2, the final loss amount, or confirmation on whether the attackers accepted the bounty.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Counter-Strike: Virtus.pro vs Heroic - Thunderpick World Championship Closed Qualifier Playoffs," the sub-market "Map 2 Round Handicap: Heroic (-3.5) vs Virtus.pro (+3.5)" has seen a dramatic fluctuation in the win rate for the "Heroic" option, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 90.05% (a fluctuation of 40.05%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Arthur Hayes posted on the X platform that, aside from AI safety risks, if companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX no longer act as buyers of computing power, the U.S. government may need to take on that role; another scenario is that if the demand for computing power disappears, leading to defaults on related AI debts, the Federal Reserve may need to "print money" to rescue the insurance institutions holding those debts. Hayes stated that regardless of which option is chosen, it will ultimately need to be resolved through monetary expansion, jokingly referring to this situation as "Yachtzee."

According to GMGN data, the market capitalization of the BSC chain token BEM briefly surpassed 8 million USD, currently reported at 7.54 million USD, with a 24H increase of 115.6%.It is reported that BEM is the core token of the TapeOut protocol, and users can continuously produce BEM through mining machines. The price of meme coins is highly volatile, and investors are advised to participate with caution.

Zhiyu announced the completion of approximately 5 billion USD in financing, including 2 billion USD in equity placement and 3 billion USD in zero-interest convertible bonds. The funds will primarily be used for the next-generation GLM model, self-training systems, and computing power infrastructure construction.

The new regulations from the Central Bank of Brazil require virtual asset service providers to meet compliance requirements related to capital, auditing, anti-money laundering, and ongoing reporting, with capital requirements reaching up to 37.2 million reais, approximately 7.2 million US dollars. Currently, among about 300 related institutions, only 20 to 25 may meet the conditions to apply for authorization, and it is expected that only 10 will obtain licenses.Some small platforms have ended or restructured their retail operations, including Bitnuvem, NovaDAX, Digitra, and Coinext, but these platforms did not attribute their decisions to the new regulations. Institutions that fail to meet the requirements will also face ongoing compliance costs, and some businesses may struggle to maintain operations. Related institutions must apply for authorization by October 30, and those that do not apply will cease operations within 30 days and notify customers.Isabel Longhi, Head of Public and Regulatory Policy for Ripple Latin America, stated that market consolidation is expected to occur as the Brazilian crypto market matures, but the new regulations will limit innovation in the short term.

According to Cryptoslate, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Thailand has proposed a new regulation draft for stablecoins, allowing licensed crypto platforms to only permit customers to deposit or withdraw stablecoins from/to their verified accounts or wallets, prohibiting transfers to others' wallets.At the same time, a limit of 5 million Thai Baht (approximately 150,000 USD) per person per platform per day has been set. The proposal is currently in the public consultation stage, with comments due by September 25, and has not yet come into effect.

Currently, institutions hold 17.9% of the total market capitalization of HYPE, which is the highest proportion among Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana.

According to the Financial Times, the low-profile venture capital firm Vy Capital currently holds approximately $40 billion worth of SpaceX shares, with a stake of about 3.4%. According to Bloomberg data, the firm has become the fifth-largest shareholder of SpaceX, disclosing a holding size larger than that of Silicon Valley venture capital firms such as Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. Vy Capital first invested in SpaceX in 2016 when the company's valuation was around $15 billion; after SpaceX went public this year with a valuation of about $1.75 trillion, the value of its holdings has significantly increased.Vy Capital is also the largest external investor in Elon Musk's tunnel company The Boring Company and brain-computer interface company Neuralink, and had committed $700 million for Musk's acquisition of Twitter in 2022. The firm's head, John Hering, has a close relationship with Musk, having invested over $100 million in SpaceX shortly after the Falcon 9 rocket launch failure in 2016; since 2019, he has also been involved in the early business development of Starlink, including hiring personnel and building financial models, and has held a SpaceX employee badge. Currently, Hering serves as a director of The Boring Company, and Vy Capital also participated in the company's recent $3 billion financing round.Vy Capital's assets under management have increased from $27 billion at the end of last year to $50 billion in June of this year. In a letter to investors, the firm stated that since its establishment in 2014, it has achieved a total internal rate of return of 41% and has distributed $4.6 billion to investors. Vy Capital expects that if investment judgments materialize, SpaceX's valuation will exceed $10 trillion in the next 5 to 7 years. The firm currently has only a few dozen employees, with a core investment team of four, and has stopped accepting external investors since last year.