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Revolut disclosed that an unauthorized third party used a legitimate email address under a government agency's real domain to submit false customer data retrieval requests, resulting in the disclosure of sensitive information for a small number of customers. The company referred to the incident as a "complex external impersonation scam," and has since banned the related email address, stating that its systems and customer funds were not affected.The potentially disclosed information includes names, dates of birth, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, copies of identification documents such as passports and driver's licenses, identity verification selfies, account statements, IBANs, withdrawal records, and complete transaction histories, including Bitcoin transaction records. Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès stated that he is one of the affected individuals. Revolut has not disclosed the number of affected customers, whether the incident involved only a single market, or the government agency to which the impersonated domain belongs. The company has notified relevant government agencies, law enforcement, data protection authorities, and financial regulatory bodies. On-chain investigator ZachXBT speculated that the scale of the incident may be limited, but the target may be high-net-worth users.

Well-known trader Bonk Guy posted that he does not pledge allegiance to PONS or any other holdings and communities. He stated that he has never been paid by the PONS project team and is not a member of the project team, so his holding and support of PONS should not be understood as loyalty to the project.Bonk Guy expressed that he is optimistic about PONS because of the fairness represented by the token and his belief that PONS provides on-chain traders with the opportunity to create intergenerational wealth. He views PONS as a transaction that has not yet been fully realized and expects that regardless of current market recognition, its future market value could still reach billions of dollars.He emphasized that this principle also applies to his other holdings: he is primarily a trader, does not pledge allegiance to any token or community, and will only choose trading opportunities that he believes have the most asymmetric risk-reward profile.

According to Bitcoin News, the Chief Technology Officer of BlueWallet stated that they screened 904 iOS applications labeled as non-custodial cryptocurrency wallets in the App Store and analyzed 494 of them, ultimately marking 45 as potentially having serious or high-risk security issues, with 23 being of potential serious risk and 22 being high risk.The issues mainly include suspected uploading of mnemonic phrases or private keys to servers, insufficient randomness in generated wallets, storing keys on the server side, using hard-coded encryption keys, and loading unsigned JavaScript code that can interact with sensitive wallet data. The Chief Technology Officer of BlueWallet cautioned that the analysis results may contain false positives, and applications not appearing on the list are not necessarily safe. When it comes to storing large amounts of Bitcoin, merely passing the App Store review and the application's reputation are not sufficient grounds to trust the software.

The cryptocurrency brokerage platform Cascade (formerly Perennial) has announced its closure. The platform has spent the past 5 years dedicated to creating the next generation of modern brokerage experiences, a unified platform aimed at the global market, built around 24/7 access and unlimited availability.Cascade stated that this was not an easy decision and expressed gratitude to its supporters over the years. Cascade has now ceased operations. Users can withdraw remaining funds in Cascade (CLS+trading) through the officially designated link (logged in via Privy Home); please use only that designated link and refer to the official verification information for confirmation.

Solana social wallet Hey Wallet announced on X that it will shut down its product. This product allows users to send SOL through tweets, tip creators, mint NFTs, and conduct transactions on X, Discord, and Telegram.Hey Wallet thanks users who have used the above features and reminds users to back up their wallets.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that the company will not go public this year, with the IPO potentially delayed until 2027. In an interview with Fortune, Altman mentioned that given the current circumstances surrounding safety issues, going public now is not a wise move, and the company feels no pressure in this regard.He added that the company has a lot of work to do, including meeting safety and alignment requirements, as well as promoting collaboration between the industry and the government. This statement comes as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei publicly called for a slowdown in the AI race on Saturday, with both Altman and Elon Musk quickly expressing their agreement.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Real Madrid vs. Rayo Vallecano" on Polymarket, the "Over" option for the sub-market "Real Madrid second half goals greater than 0.5" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, plummeting from 83.5% an hour ago to the current 65.5% (a fluctuation of 18%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to the Iranian Tasnim News Agency, Iran and Oman have reached an agreement after intensive consultations, and both sides have agreed on new route arrangements for entering and exiting the Strait of Hormuz.Informed sources say that this agreement does not mean the Strait of Hormuz is open; the southern route that the United States requested to be opened will be closed. Iran has proposed seven conditions for reopening to the United States, which may only be opened after receiving approval from the highest levels.

According to NBC, North Korea is utilizing remote IT workers from third countries such as Iran and Lebanon to assist in infiltrating American companies and obtaining funds to finance its weapons programs. Alerts issued by the U.S. and several foreign agencies in July indicated that North Korean IT workers "seek to sign contracts with the intention of remitting salaries back to relevant North Korean agencies," while also posing internal threats to companies, involving data leaks, cryptocurrency theft, and sensitive information theft.As governments like the United States increase countermeasures, North Korea is increasingly leveraging third-country IT workers to secure job interviews, and after obtaining work contracts, the relevant positions are typically taken over by North Korean agents. Reports indicate that these foreign IT workers are scouted on LinkedIn, with some earning about $500 per month in cryptocurrency to work part-time as "interview assistants."Cointelegraph reported in May, citing data from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, that state-affiliated North Korean hackers and threat actors caused cryptocurrency losses exceeding $2 billion in 2025, a 51% increase year-on-year. The Bank of Korea estimates that despite facing global sanctions, North Korea's GDP will still grow by 3.5% in 2025.

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.

CoinDesk reported that Robinhood Chain's daily revenue dropped 87% from its peak on September 4, to $1.06 million. The decline was not due to a decrease in activity, but rather higher capacity reduced congestion fees.During the same period, DEX trading volume approached $2 billion, and active addresses increased by 16.5%.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event on Polymarket "LoL: Cupid Esports vs. Maryville University - North American Challenger League Playoffs," the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Both sides kill Baron Nashor" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 90.5% (a fluctuation of 40.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison has joined the nonprofit organization Manifund. Manifund co-founder Austin Chen stated that Ellison will be responsible for developing the organization’s donation platform and enhancing its charitable work. Ellison has been on a trial basis at the organization since July, transitioned to full-time in August, and has been posting work updates under the alias "Carol."Ellison pleaded guilty in December 2022 to fraud and conspiracy charges related to the collapse of the FTX exchange in 2022, which resulted in billions of dollars in customer losses. She cooperated with prosecutors and testified against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Ellison is set to begin serving a two-year sentence in November 2024 and will be released early in January 2026 for cooperating with the investigation.Chen stated in a post, "I believe in redemption. Caroline has acknowledged her mistakes, is working to repay creditors, and has served time in prison. I hope the world can recognize that too." Ellison expressed excitement about her new position, apologized for her past actions, and thanked Austin for giving her a second chance, stating that he judges her based on her current work performance rather than her past. According to its website, Manifund focuses on artificial intelligence safety and effective altruism projects.

The digital credit preferred securities have maintained par for 16 consecutive trading days, setting the longest continuous par record for similar products.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the Fireblocks custody wallet (9Ryc...G4xfCxk) deposited 19.4 million USD1 supported by Trump to Binance in the past hour.In the past 13 days, this wallet has transferred approximately 149.8 million USD1 to Binance.

Circle announced that it will stop supporting USDC and CCTP V1 on the Noble blockchain, and Noble will not connect to CCTP V2. Starting from October 13, 2026, Circle Mint will cease minting new USDC on Noble, while redemptions will remain open until January 12, 2027.Thereafter, the USDC contracts and CCTP routing on Noble will be fully suspended. Circle advises users to migrate their USDC on Noble to other supported networks before the deadline and will take a snapshot of the remaining balances at the time of suspension, initiating a manual redemption process on January 13, 2027.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the event of "Federal Reserve September Decision" on the market Polymarket, the sub-market "No Change" option's probability of "Yes" has experienced drastic fluctuations, plummeting from 38.5% an hour ago to the current 18.5% (a fluctuation of 20%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Renowned trader Bonk Guy responded to recent doubts from the STONK community regarding his purchase of EMBER, stating that some community members believe his acquisition of another Launchpad token implies an attempt to challenge STONK's industry position. This reaction is "very exaggerated." The second-largest holder of STONK previously bought EMBER with a market value of 2.8 million dollars and continued to hold it for many days without facing any scrutiny; however, after Bonk Guy purchased EMBER at a valuation approximately six times his buying price, he was viewed as the "villain," clearly indicating a double standard.Bonk Guy emphasized that he remains optimistic about STONK, noting that he has primarily traded low market cap projects for a long time because he believes these assets have a higher risk-reward ratio. He rarely buys large market cap tokens, even if he is optimistic about their future performance. He also stated that his purchase of EMBER had no "PvP" (player versus player competition) intentions, asserting that STONK and EMBER can both succeed simultaneously. He believes that the notion that "there can only be one winner in a race" contradicts the essence of the cryptocurrency industry.

Bitcoin News posted on platform X that after the CFTC approved Kalshi's Bitcoin perpetual contracts as futures products, traders face uncertainty on how to report gains to the IRS.If the product is classified as a regulated futures contract under Section 1256 of the U.S. Tax Code, related gains are typically treated as 60% long-term capital gains and 40% short-term capital gains, regardless of the holding period. CME believes that Kalshi's perpetual contracts are actually swaps, which are explicitly not covered under Section 1256. The CFTC's classification supports the view that it is a futures product, but does not bind the IRS; the tax treatment remains uncertain until the IRS, Congress, or the courts directly address Bitcoin perpetual contracts.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "US Open ATP: Alexander Zverev vs. Karen Khachanov," the sub-market "US Open ATP: Alexander Zverev vs. Karen Khachanov First Set O/U 8.5" has seen a drastic fluctuation in the "Over" option's win rate, plummeting from 82.5% an hour ago to the current 66.5% (a fluctuation of 16%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.