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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) stated in its latest court filing that CME only claims increased competition without reasonably explaining the existence of imminent financial harm, which is insufficient to qualify for a lawsuit challenging its perpetual contract policy. The CFTC pointed out that after the policy adjustment, CME's cryptocurrency futures trading volume has actually increased.In May of this year, the CFTC approved Kalshi's first Bitcoin perpetual contract and stated that it would regulate such products on a case-by-case basis under futures regulations. CME, on the other hand, believes that perpetual contracts do not have an expiration date and should be classified as swaps rather than futures, subject to a different regulatory framework. Last month, the CFTC requested a federal judge to dismiss the case, and this filing further elaborated on its rebuttal to CME's standing in the lawsuit.The CFTC also noted that CME had previously informed investors that it had not heard customer demand for perpetual contracts, and that such products could not replace its existing futures, and that it should not take different positions in court and during earnings calls. TD Cowen policy analyst Jaret Seiberg believes that CME may still have the upper hand regarding its standing in the lawsuit and the argument that the products should be classified as swaps. However, he is concerned that if the perpetual contract market continues to grow during the litigation, it may become more complicated to dismantle this market if CME wins.

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates as expected in September, after keeping rates unchanged at the July meeting. Federal Reserve Chairman Waller stated that three things have changed between the two meetings.He said that data released in recent weeks indicates that the U.S. economy is performing strongly, especially in the labor market. At the same time, inflation rates remained high throughout the summer, significantly above the Federal Reserve's target of 2% year-on-year inflation.Finally, he noted that geopolitical factors also prompted the Federal Reserve to change its assessment of the economic outlook, although he did not directly mention the U.S.-Iran conflict in the Middle East. Waller stated, "These three factors contributed to our firm and consistent decision today."

According to a report by Decrypt, OpenAI's latest flagship model GPT-6 Astra has seen a surge of user complaints on the X platform about its performance "getting dumber" just a week after its release. An anonymous developer, synthwavedd, posted that "Astra feels noticeably dumber today," joking that it was a "post-release lobotomy." Previously praising the model, developer Pranjal Paliwal stated after reviewing the code Astra wrote for him: "We don't have AGI; what we're encountering is a performance regression."Developer Pankaj Kumar listed the symptoms: faster responses with poorer quality, and he suspects OpenAI has lowered the "juice value" (the computational power invested by the model before answering). Salio and researcher Md Ismail Sojal compared Astra on the release day with the current version using the same prompts, both yielding worse results. T3Chat founder Theo believes Astra is simply less stable than Claude Fable, with users beginning to showcase poor results after the honeymoon period ended. There are also opinions pointing out that OpenAI's previous flagship GPT-5.6 Sol experienced a similar cycle in July, when OpenAI executive Tibo Sottiaux denied intentionally weakening the model but admitted the company had been experimenting with "reasoning effort" settings.OpenAI has not released a statement regarding Astra similar to that of Sol.

The founder of Liebit Mining Pool (B.TOP), Jiang Zhuoer, stated that since the significant rise of BTC on August 20, the market has not shown any obvious correction. We are still in the early stages of a bull market filled with distrust and skepticism, and many investors have a deep fear of a crash.The concentrated liquidation area near $76,000 below is larger than the area near $83,000 above. He believes that the market is more likely to reach the lower liquidation zone, and this "magnetic effect" is the main reason he sold all BTC positions at $82,000 the day before yesterday.

DeepSeek has just participated in a strategic placement of YuTree Technology with approximately 141 million yuan. The head of the Harness team, Cui Tianyi, subsequently publicly criticized the description of DeepSeek in the related IPO materials.The materials claim that DeepSeek V4 "ranks among the top tier globally in performance, with programming capability only 0.3% weaker than Claude flagship." Cui Tianyi pointed out that in the V4 paper, only one SWE Verified score is close to Opus 4.6, with scores of 80.6 and 80.8 respectively, which cannot be directly generalized to mean that the overall programming capability is only 0.3% weaker.He sarcastically stated that such writing is hard not to be considered "pure fabrication." However, the criticism was aimed at the exaggerated statements in the intermediary materials.

ChainCatcher news, at the Silicon Valley 101 x RootData annual summit held in Silicon Valley, AI101 Labs Managing Partner Elaine Yang delivered a keynote speech titled "On-Chain Intelligence: AI Opportunities in the Tokenization Era," systematically elaborating on the investment logic and cutting-edge trends in the integration of AI and Web3.Elaine Yang pointed out that we are at a historic turning point in the integration of AI and Web3. She believes that on-chain intelligence will become the core infrastructure of the next-generation machine economy and shared AI101 Labs' panoramic investment layout in this field.She focused on analyzing four key tracks: AI agent payments as the cornerstone of the machine economy, AI prediction markets that carry collective intelligence represented by Polymarket, decentralized AI computing that can break computing power monopolies and reduce costs by 30-70%, and decentralized data training that ensures transparent and fair data labeling through blockchain.At the application level, Elaine is optimistic about AI-driven Web3 entertainment, the next-generation AI browser, and deep learning-driven on-chain transactions.

ChainCatcher news, AI101 Labs partner Elaine Yang has confirmed her attendance at the annual summit hosted by Silicon Valley 101 x RootData on October 5 (GMT-7). AI101 Labs is an investment accelerator focused on the Al+Web3 field, concentrating on tracks such as AI artificial intelligence, Desci, and the tokenization of socio-cultural assets.It is reported that the summit will feature two major forums: "Valley 101 Alignment 2025 Tech Summit" and "DeInsight 2025". Blockchain media ChainCatcher, the proxy crypto browser Donut, and the Al+Web3 investment accelerator AI101 Labs will jointly host the "DeInsight 2025" forum.This year's summit aims to deeply explore the integration and innovation of the two cutting-edge technologies, AI and Crypto, bringing together top professionals from the global crypto asset and artificial intelligence fields, providing participants with valuable opportunities to connect with international cutting-edge resources and integrate into the global innovation ecosystem.

ChainCatcher message, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng stated that he usually does not criticize other industry participants, but the incident report released by Safe uses vague language to obscure the issues. After reading it, there are more questions than answers, and the questions that come to mind include:--- What does "compromising the Safe {Wallet} developer machine" mean? How did they compromise this specific machine? Was it social engineering, a virus, etc.?--- How did the developer machine access "accounts operated by Bybit"? Did some code get deployed directly from this developer machine to prod?--- How did they deceive the Ledger verification steps among multiple signers? Was it a blind sign? Or did the signers fail to verify correctly?--- Is $1.4 billion the largest address managed using Safe? Why didn't they target others?--- What can other "self-custody, multi-signature" wallet providers and users learn from this?

ChainCatcher news, the founder of Slow Mist, Cosine, stated on social media that from a security perspective, the suggestion to urgently stop the wallet system in the case of unknown reasons is correct. Bybit's response to the theft was very quick, and identifying the problem was also swift. Slow Mist and some security teams immediately intervened for communication, quickly determining the issue and speculating on the hacker's profile. Bybit was well-prepared and had no issues in promptly reopening withdrawals.Cosine explained that he believes there is no problem with Zhao Changpeng's previous suggestion and Bybit's final resolution. Currently, many industry insiders are infighting over this controversy, forgetting that the common enemy should be North Korean hackers.Previous news, Zhao Changpeng suggested that Bybit temporarily stop all withdrawals, stating that he would provide any assistance if needed.

ChainCatcher news, Binance co-founder He Yi stated in a community Space that the listing of coins on Binance will consider multiple factors. Taking the previously popular AI16Z as an example, by the time this coin was under consideration, its market capitalization was already large. Internally, there are concerns about whether it would be a "top at launch," leading to differing opinions within Binance regarding the listing.In addition, some meme coins are issued by token issuing groups, and Binance will also be cautious about listing such projects.

ChainCatcher news, encrypted KOL artchick.eth (@digitalartchick) posted on X that every 30 days, Solana inflates by about 1 billion dollars, which is why the price of SOL performs mediocrely, but its market cap continues to hit all-time highs.In contrast, Ethereum inflated 160 million dollars in the past 30 days, while Bitcoin inflated 215 million dollars in the same period.In response, Solana validator node operator Laine refuted: "This claim is incorrect; Solana's 30-day inflation is about 250 million dollars, not 1 billion dollars, which is a 4-fold difference. Moreover, this is before the burn, and over time, this number will decrease."

ChainCatcher message, Solana validator node Laine stated that Solana engineers are building a version that includes fixes, and further instructions will be released to validators once the build and testing are complete.Previously, Solana Status indicated that Solana network engineers are investigating the issues with the mainnet-beta.

ChainCatcher news, according to a report by Reuters, Meta Platforms' Instagram, Alphabet's YouTube, as well as TikTok and Twitter may face regulatory action due to cryptocurrency advertising. The European Consumer Organization BEUC has complained that the proliferation of misleading advertisements for crypto assets on social media platforms constitutes an unfair commercial practice, as it exposes consumers to serious harm, such as losing large amounts of money. These social networks are taking measures to prevent influencers from misleading consumers and will inform the European Commission about the effectiveness of these measures.Previous news, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) plans to classify cryptocurrencies as high-risk investments. Advertisers of cryptocurrency services will face stricter regulations starting October 8, and crypto companies must introduce a "cooling-off period" for first-time investors after October 8, as well as eliminate "refer-a-friend" reward programs to ensure that cryptocurrency investors are fully aware of the risks. (Source link)