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According to Reuters, Mexican authorities discovered an illegal cryptocurrency mining operation in a remote mountainous building in Tehuacán, Puebla, where 300 GPUs, 80 medium-voltage terminals, and 8 satellite antennas were found on-site. Authorities are investigating whether the operation is stealing electricity from a nearby hydroelectric power station.This is the fourth similar crypto farm discovered in the area since early last year, with three others found near a hydroelectric power station in northern Puebla last year. Local residents reported that the noise from the equipment can be heard from a kilometer away. Mexican security analyst David Saucedo stated that drug trafficking groups seem to have reached a new level of sophistication, as establishing such operations requires technical expertise and support from well-funded groups.Chainalysis Latin America expert Caio Motta pointed out that such operations are usually located in areas with extremely low electricity prices or within the reach of organized crime to steal electricity and establish large-scale mining infrastructure.

According to a report by Reuters, the Swiss cryptocurrency company Bitcoin Suisse plans to lay off up to 60 of its 120 employees in Switzerland to restructure its business. The company stated that software development and backend functions will gradually be integrated into an international center to accelerate expansion, acquire a broader talent pool, and invest more effectively in future products. The layoffs will take effect after the consultation period ends on September 20, and the company is also closing its IT development site in Copenhagen.

According to the official page, Robinhood Crypto has launched INDEX and COOPERATIVE.

The Central Bank of Russia and the Reserve Bank of India are collaborating to establish a mechanism for settling bilateral trade using digital currencies to improve the efficiency of cross-border payments. Russia has launched the digital ruble, and India's digital currency is also used for government projects.Both parties will discuss digital currency trade settlement with BRICS countries at the summit in New Delhi.

AI entity operation platform Motive announced the completion of a $1.3 billion financing round, with General Catalyst participating through its Customer Value Fund; specific valuation data has not yet been disclosed.In addition, the company also disclosed that it has withdrawn its previously submitted S-1 registration statement, officially abandoning its plan to list on the New York Stock Exchange.

The city council of Albuquerque, New Mexico, passed an ordinance on Wednesday prohibiting the operation of cryptocurrency ATMs (cryptocurrency vending machines) within the city limits, while also banning cashier-assisted virtual currency transactions. The city government will notify known operators and retailers hosting the machines, requiring them to remove the relevant equipment within 45 days.The ordinance was jointly initiated by District 1 Councilor Stephanie Telles and District 7 Councilor Tammy Fiebelkorn. Telles stated that 90% of cryptocurrency ATM transactions in Albuquerque are related to fraud, claiming that these machines are primarily exploited by scammers, organized crime, and human traffickers due to the instant, anonymous, and irreversible nature of transactions. Fiebelkorn remarked that we cannot wait for federal regulators to resolve the crisis. The city council emphasized that residents can still freely hold, mine, and transfer cryptocurrencies through online exchanges and personal wallets.In terms of background, Indiana banned such machines statewide in March, Tennessee in July, and Minnesota in August; Delaware has advanced related legislation, New Jersey is considering it, and Texas is also brewing a ban. One of North America's largest operators, Bitcoin Depot, filed for bankruptcy protection in May and removed about 9,700 machines. According to data from the FBI, nearly 11,000 complaints of vending machine fraud were received in 2024, involving amounts exceeding $246 million.

According to the official announcement from Gate, Gate is exploring strategic cooperation with the clearing and custody company RQD* Clearing. Both parties plan to advance discussions on cooperation in areas such as digital assets, clearing and market infrastructure, regulatory compliance, and asset tokenization, leveraging their respective capabilities in digital asset services and financial market infrastructure to find new business synergy opportunities.Gate's founder and CEO Dr. Han stated that as digital assets increasingly integrate with traditional financial markets, Gate is focused on building the infrastructure that supports this process and looks forward to exploring cooperation opportunities with RQD* Clearing in the areas of clearing, infrastructure, compliance, and asset tokenization.RQD* Clearing provides the necessary clearing, custody, and technical infrastructure for broker-dealers, registered investment advisors, overseas financial institutions, and proprietary trading firms to access the market, and relies on its self-developed technology to offer clients real-time business data and flexible platform support.This exploration of cooperation is expected to further connect Gate's global digital asset ecosystem with RQD* Clearing's infrastructure capabilities in the market, opening up more space for the integration of digital assets and traditional financial systems at the asset, transaction, and technical levels.

Jiang Zhuoer, the founder of the Liebit Mining Pool, posted on the X platform stating that Bitcoin is still operating within an upward channel, and a pullback is inevitable.If $82,300 is the previous high before the pullback, the pullback will show a "slow and back-and-forth wide fluctuation" trend. He is more optimistic about a rise to $83,000 to $84,000 before pulling back to $72,000.

According to Fox News, senior U.S. officials stated that the U.S. military has struck targets near Hormuz Island and Jask, including Iranian oil tankers. This is part of a larger operation to economically squeeze Iran, with strategies that include sinking and incapacitating Iranian crude oil tankers.

According to Gate market data, Qualcomm surged over 7% in pre-market trading, as it is reported that it has reached a multi-generational product collaboration agreement with Amazon.

UBS announced that it has launched the Swiss Franc stablecoin Sandbox testing phase in collaboration with 8 other institutions: PostFinance, Sygnum, Raiffeisen, Zurich Cantonal Bank, BCV, SIX, TWINT, and Swiss Stablecoin AG, to explore the integration of blockchain applications with the Swiss Franc stablecoin.This test is based on the Swiss Franc stablecoin CHFD, which has been technically launched in the Sandbox environment since the end of June and is pegged to the Swiss Franc at a 1:1 ratio. The testing will focus on exploring application scenarios such as automated inter-institutional transactions, digital asset tokenization settlement, and programmable payments, including reducing online market fraud risks, improving fair access to event tickets, and increasing the efficiency of public fund distribution. The test is expected to continue until the end of 2026. UBS stated that the Sandbox aims to accumulate technical, operational, and regulatory experience and does not represent a decision to officially launch the Swiss Franc stablecoin.

According to South Korea's "Cultural Daily," Samsung Electronics' wafer fab in Taylor, Texas, is expected to enter trial operation around the end of this month, as orders for 2-nanometer chips from Tesla, Broadcom, Arm, and others continue to pour in, with pre-production capacity nearing full load. The plant has accumulated an investment of $37 billion since 2022, with plans to begin trial operation early next month and mass production next year, with an initial monthly capacity of about 50,000 wafers, close to TSMC's approximately 80,000 wafers.The report states that the Taylor plant will produce Tesla's next-generation artificial intelligence chip AI5, Broadcom's new generation communication chips, and Arm's smart device AI chips, among others. Samsung's 2-nanometer yield has increased from about 60% earlier this year to around 80% recently. The company sent personnel for process, equipment, and yield to the plant in June, and began installing equipment in July. At a recent earnings meeting, Samsung projected that this year's 2-nanometer order volume would more than double compared to last year, and stated that NVIDIA's inference chip Grok3 began mass production last month; Samsung also recently raised the foundry price for 4-nanometer chips by up to 15%.The second Taylor plant is scheduled to start construction by the end of this year and begin mass production in 2030. Samsung has requested major partners to complete the relevant production equipment safety certifications in advance, and some partners are considering sending dozens of personnel to the local area. At the same time, Intel issued about $20 billion in new shares last month and expanded investments in 2-nanometer level 18A and 1.4-nanometer level 14A, while Japan's Rapidus completed its 2-nanometer factory in Hokkaido last month and entered the wafer trial production stage.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has released a proposed announcement to suspend the acceptance of new applications for registration of payment system operators (OPS) for 12 months and to implement stricter controls on payment arrangements involving virtual asset service providers (VASP). The BSP stated that this move aims to conduct a comprehensive review of its classification and licensing framework.According to the draft, during the suspension period, the BSP will stop accepting and processing OPS applications. Applications submitted prior to the suspension can continue to be evaluated, but will not be approved or rejected until the suspension ends. Relevant entities are prohibited from conducting business activities that require OPS registration unless they obtain special authorization from the regulatory agency. In addition, BSP-regulated entities providing merchant acquiring services must connect licensed VASPs through direct merchant arrangements, and such relationships will be subject to enhanced due diligence, transaction and settlement limits, and other risk control measures.This requirement applies to virtual asset enterprises licensed, registered, or authorized by the BSP, the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Philippines, or other regulatory agencies, with VASPs being categorized alongside betting, gaming, adult industry, and money service businesses. If the draft is ultimately approved, it will take effect 15 days after publication, and the BSP is currently seeking public comments.

According to Bitcoin.com, the Chilean cryptocurrency exchange Orionx announced the cessation of operations and the suspension of user withdrawals. A forensic audit revealed that over 7 million dollars in custodial assets were transferred to wallets outside the company's control, creating a funding gap.Orionx accused two founding partners, Joaquín Díaz and Roberto Zibert, along with other former employees, of being involved in the related transactions and has reported the matter to the Chilean National Prosecutor's Office. The related complaint alleges that the transactions occurred between 2018 and 2021.The Chilean Financial Market Commission (CMF) stated that Orionx was not authorized to provide cryptocurrency financial services, and its operations did not comply with the provisions of the Financial Technology Law. Orionx stated that it could not guarantee users the recovery of all funds.

ARK Invest's Director of Digital Asset Research, Lorenzo Valente, posted on X that since the rise of L1, application chains, and Rollup-centric roadmaps, messaging and interoperability protocols have become critical infrastructure. As more assets go on-chain, the demand for universal interoperability will grow exponentially.Lorenzo Valente stated that the interoperability business of the cross-chain interoperability protocol LayerZero is likely to quickly grow to a nine-figure ARR, and mentioned that the team has more progress to share in the future.

The cross-chain protocol Router Protocol announced that after more than four years of development, it has decided to gradually cease operations and will fully shut down before September 30, 2026. The team stated that over the past two years, Web3 liquidity has remained scarce, the market focus has shifted to AI, the enthusiasm for cross-chain interoperability has waned, and the revenue from bridging services has been insufficient to cover costs. Although various paths such as commercialization, licensing, and acquisitions were attempted in the past year, no sustainable solution was achieved. Router Protocol will permanently destroy 303,333,198 ROUTE tokens pending in the treasury and will coordinate with centralized exchanges to delist ROUTE. Holders need to withdraw their tokens according to the arrangements of each exchange before the deadline. In addition, the project will not launch any new plans related to ROUTE and plans to open-source some technical components for community use.

The People's Bank of China Open Market Operations Office announced that to maintain ample liquidity in the banking system, on September 7, 2026, the People's Bank of China will conduct a reverse repurchase operation of 500 billion yuan using a fixed amount, interest rate bidding, and multiple price level bidding method, with a term of 3 months (89 days), maturing on December 5, 2026 (postponed in case of holidays).

According to Bloomberg, citing informed sources, Binance announced in June plans to exit the European Union, and the market generally expected it to be forced out due to not obtaining a MiCA license. However, the July 1 deadline has passed, and Binance is still maintaining operations in the EU through various means.European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde personally intervened to push for Binance's application, which was not approved, and Binance has withdrawn its license application in Greece. Previously, users in six EU countries with local entities were asked to migrate away from the platform, and some users later regained trading access through "reverse solicitation" clauses. Binance has also routed some EU users' trades to its Abu Dhabi entity, which is under different regulations.Currently, the European Securities and Markets Authority has sent a letter requesting confirmation of its orderly exit progress. Binance stated that it is committed to achieving long-term compliant operations under the MiCA framework. Data shows that its global spot trading volume share exceeds 45%, with the euro-denominated trading share around 3% to 4%, which has not changed significantly from before.

Memecoin issuance platform Pons announced on Thursday that Uniswap Labs has purchased its token PONS, stating that this move is a "long-term alignment" and is seen as a deepening of cooperation between the two parties. Both parties did not disclose the scale of the purchase, transaction price, or holding address, and Pons did not specify whether Uniswap Labs acquired the tokens through the open market or received a token allocation.Pons is the Memecoin issuance platform that charges the highest issuance fees on the Robinhood Chain, launched on July 13, and deployed the V2 contract on August 3. Its V2 will route tokens raised through joint curve fundraising to the Uniswap V4 pool, while the Robinhood Chain currently accounts for 56.3% of the total trading volume on Uniswap V4. Previously, Uniswap Labs launched a competing issuance platform, Pools.trade, on the Robinhood Chain on August 5, surpassing Pons on its first day of launch.Data shows that Pons generated $5.95 million in fees in the past 24 hours, $28.83 million in fees over the past 7 days, and $40.84 million in fees over the past 30 days, using about 80% of the protocol fees to repurchase PONS, with a cumulative supply destruction of 29.34%. PONS is currently priced at $0.5013, up 17.5% in 24 hours, with a market capitalization of approximately $357 million.