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The Kremlin stated that Russia will discuss trade settlements using digital currencies with BRICS+ partners at the summit in India.

Rackspace announced its participation in the NVIDIA Cloud Partner Program and launched NVIDIA Blackwell-based AI infrastructure for regulated enterprises and governments.

According to news from the Dark Side of the Moon, the company has officially launched the Kimi Enterprise Partner Program: collaborating with IT service providers and integrators from various industries to build a team of Forward Deployed Engineers (FDE) who will work on-site with clients to help businesses truly integrate AI into their core operations.Currently, companies from multiple industries, including software information services, cloud computing, infrastructure, and telecommunications, have signed up to join this program.

Pantera Capital Junior Partner Jay Yu published an article titled "The Rise of Compute Markets," stating that computing power and data center spending have become a trillion-dollar category, but GPU procurement is still mainly done through group chats, over-the-counter brokers, and bilateral agreements. He noted that the financialization of computing power is still in its early stages, constrained by SKU, time, and location, but could become a commodity asset similar to electricity or oil in the next 5 to 10 years. Jay Yu believes that the computing power market may form a "hardware-supplier-cluster" structure similar to the electricity "grid-operator-node," with new cloud vendors being structural shorts on GPUs, while on-demand platforms and application layers are longs.He mentioned that for every $100 spent on inference at the application layer, about $45 flows to the on-demand layer, about $50 flows to the new cloud or GPU layer, and about $5 flows to routing layers like OpenRouter. NVIDIA can be seen as the "central bank" of computing power, having announced support for up to 25% residual value. He also stated that physical delivery has a more enduring moat, and indices, cash-settled exchanges, and financing tools will subsequently emerge, with participants including SF Compute, Vast AI, Runpod, Compute Exchange, and others. The computing power market does not have mandatory price transparency requirements, and basis risk may be greater.

According to PR Newswire, Cosmos announced the launch of the Cosmos Partner Network, uniting multiple industry service providers to assist global financial institutions in advancing digital asset-related businesses through the Cosmos Tokenization Suite and digital ledger solutions.The suite offers capabilities such as 24/7 payment settlement and fund management for banks and credit unions, and supports scenarios like programmable custody, programmable trade finance, and agency commerce. Cosmos provides tokenization and ledger platforms, while partners offer integrated services such as KYC/KYB, custody, and compliance monitoring.Cosmos Co-CEO Maghnus Mareneck stated that financial institutions understand the potential of tokenization but struggle to transition from pilot projects to high-quality real customer experiences. This network brings together relevant professional institutions to reduce the complexity of individually connecting with vendors.The first batch of the network includes 17 participants, including Anseta, Balance, BCW Group, BitGo, Blockchain.com, Blockdaemon, Coinbax, DFNS, Galaxy Digital, Hypernative, InfStones, OpenZeppelin, Peersyst Technology, Silence Laboratories, Ubyx, Utila, and Zeeve.Partners will have access to connection opportunities across Cosmos public and private networks and can participate in use cases such as tokenized deposits that Cosmos is promoting. Cosmos plans to continue expanding the network.

According to PR Newswire, AI fintech company Kapital has completed a new round of equity and debt financing totaling $125 million, led jointly by Tru Arrow Partners and Fasanara Capital, with participation from Cervin Ventures, Niya Partners, and Overlook Capital.Kapital utilizes artificial intelligence technology to help individuals and businesses efficiently manage operations, credit, and cash flow, while also promoting savings and investments through its brokerage and fund management services. The new funds will be used for the in-depth development of its AI platform and data analytics suite, and to accelerate expansion in the U.S. and European markets.

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.

The AI intelligent terminal project Herdr announced the completion of a $6 million seed round financing, led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Y Combinator, e2vc, and Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke.The funds will be used to enhance Herdr's runtime performance, stability, and scalability, and to build a team focused on Rust, terminals, and AI intelligences.

OpenAI's General Manager for South Korea, Harrison Kim, stated at a press conference in Seoul on Wednesday: "One of the areas where we have made the most significant progress and received the most recognition in our collaboration with Samsung Electronics is the joint production and research for the next-generation chips we are developing."Kim also mentioned that Samsung Electronics is "one of the largest enterprises globally applying ChatGPT at scale," and pointed out that employees in the company, both in Korea and overseas, are using ChatGPT in research and development, marketing, and sales. Kim stated that as the chip technology required for faster and more complex computations continues to upgrade, the demand for memory chips will also keep growing, making collaboration with Korean semiconductor suppliers a priority for OpenAI's local office.

Ripple has reached a multi-year marketing partnership with the University of Florida, and the XRP logo will appear at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, on digital platforms, and on Gainesville event branding starting this football season. The University of Florida Athletic Department officially announced the news on Friday.In addition to brand exposure, Ripple has also committed to providing financial and technological education support for University of Florida student-athletes and the broader campus community, covering both traditional finance and digital assets. University of Florida Athletic Director Scott Stricklin stated that Florida has a long history of embracing innovation and technology, and Ripple has become an innovative leader in the fintech space, looking forward to XRP joining Gator Nation.This is Ripple's latest foray into college sports marketing, having previously signed a multi-year agreement with the University of Kansas earlier this year to feature the XRP logo on Jayhawks basketball team jerseys. At the time of the announcement, the price of XRP was approximately $1.41, up 0.6% in 24 hours, and up about 34.9% over the past 30 days, but still down about 49.8% over the past year. Additionally, demand for spot XRP ETFs has recently cooled, with fund flows remaining flat on September 4, with a cumulative net inflow still around $1.6 billion.

Gate, the global cryptocurrency exchange, has launched the Gate Card, a Visa prepaid card product, in collaboration with Bridge and Stripe, significantly reducing the implementation period to about 6 months, compared to the over one year estimated by traditional banking partners.The Gate Card is issued by Lead Bank and allows users to top up with stablecoins and spend on the global Visa network. The card can be added to Apple Pay and Google Wallet. Previously, Gate had launched card products in overseas markets, but faced complexities related to compliance and multi-party coordination in the U.S. market.Gate US COO Laura Lui stated, "Bridge serves as a critical coordinating layer among different participants, allowing Gate US to focus on customers, product experience, and overall business strategy." Gate US views the Gate Card as an early step in a broader stablecoin payment strategy, with potential plans to issue its own stablecoin in the U.S. through Bridge's stablecoin platform in the future.

According to monitoring by BitcoinTreasuries.NET, investment bank Alliance Global Partners, which manages $2.3 billion in assets, has given Strategy (stock code: MSTR) a buy rating for the first time, with a target price of $217. This indicates a 75% upside potential.

According to a report by Cai Lian She, AI customer service startup Wonderful has completed a $550 million Series C funding round, achieving a valuation of $5 billion. This round was led by Insight Partners, with Salesforce joining as a new investor, and institutions such as Index Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and IVP participating in the follow-on investment.Wonderful's enterprise intelligence platform has been online for 20 months, entering over 30 markets and deploying hundreds of intelligent agents across more than a dozen vertical industries, with products covering scenarios such as customer service and internal employee systems.

According to Bloomberg, AI and cloud security startup Upwind Security has completed a new round of financing of $300 million, led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from some existing investors, bringing the post-financing valuation to $3.8 billion.Upwind Security, headquartered in San Francisco, primarily provides cybersecurity services for AI applications and cloud applications. The new funds are intended to expand the AI security capabilities of its core cloud security platform, aiming to be closer to developers.

Tencent WorkBuddy announced the official launch of its open platform, introducing over a hundred ecological partners in the first batch, aimed at opening underlying Agent capabilities for smart hardware, industry applications, and developers.At the press conference, 9 co-branded smart hardware products made their debut, with partners including Plaud, Rokid, Yingshi, iFlytek, Anker, Mengma, and Jingdong Jingzao; over 30 industry applications were simultaneously integrated, covering more than 20 fields including finance, law, healthcare, education, and public welfare. Previously, WorkBuddy collaborated with Li Weike Technology to launch the X-AI memory glasses and reached an ecological linkage for AI glasses with Rokid.

Venture capital firm Dragonfly managing partner Haseeb Qureshi posted on X that the IPOs of Anthropic and OpenAI will represent the largest liquidity transfer from global institutions to San Francisco futurists in history.He anticipates that the most concentrated beneficiaries of this funding will be San Francisco real estate and cryptocurrency. Employee lock-up periods typically expire 180 days after the IPO. Anthropic is expected to IPO in mid-October, so this process is anticipated to begin in April 2027 and continue with OpenAI's IPO the following year.

Cryptocurrency venture capital firm Dragonfly partner [Omar Kanji](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/member/Omar Kanji?k=MTg0NjA=) stated that after 4 years, today is his last day at Dragonfly. Omar thanked Rob Hadick, Haseeb Qureshi, Feng Bo, and Tom Schmidt, and expressed gratitude to his colleagues and co-founders, stating that he is excited about the next steps, with more news to be announced later.

tZERO has reached a series of agreements with the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) to help build the next generation of public securities market infrastructure. According to the new memorandum of understanding, tZERO will serve as the primary design partner for digital transfer agent and broker-dealer infrastructure, aimed at supporting ICE's upcoming on-chain settlement on the NYSE-associated tokenized securities platform.ICE has agreed to participate in tZERO's latest financing round. As part of the agreement, ICE will license tZERO's blockchain patent portfolio for the platform and other potential applications. Both parties will also explore the use of tZERO tokenized assets for collateral management at ICE's clearinghouse and affiliated institutions.