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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a lawsuit against Cash FX Group S.A. and its CEO Huascar Jose Lopez Castillo, The Conversion Pros Inc. and its CEO Ronald Pope, Justin Halladay, accusing the aforementioned defendants of operating a multi-level marketing Ponzi scheme that raised over $950 million from the public, including in the United States, claiming it was for retail foreign exchange contract trading.The CFTC stated that the defendants falsely claimed that funds were traded by professional traders, proprietary algorithms, and AI, promising returns of up to 15% per week; in reality, Cash FX conducted only a small amount of foreign exchange trading, and almost all participant funds were misappropriated, paying fictitious trading profits to other participants using funds from new participants, while paying millions of dollars to the defendants. The CFTC claimed that Cash FX also provided participants with false account statements to maintain the illusion of high trading returns, resulting in participants losing at least $406 million. The CFTC is seeking to order the defendants to pay restitution, recover illegal profits, pay civil monetary penalties, and impose trading and registration bans as well as permanent injunctions.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was 300 million dollars, with long positions liquidated at 121 million dollars and short positions liquidated at 180 million dollars. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at 39.3289 million dollars, Bitcoin short positions at 38.4287 million dollars, Ethereum long positions at 22.5249 million dollars, and Ethereum short positions at 40.3781 million dollars.In addition, in the last 24 hours, a total of 81,882 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Gate - BTC_USDT worth 3.1307 million dollars.

According to Coinglass data, Binance had a net outflow of 37,349,100 USDT in the past hour.

According to Coinglass data, Binance had a net outflow of 777 million USDT in the past 24 hours.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Houston Astros vs. Athletics" on Polymarket, the "Houston Astros" option in the sub-market "Houston Astros vs. Athletics" experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 60.5% an hour ago to the current 45.5% (a fluctuation of 15%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

The cryptocurrency trading platform Bitget announced on its official X account that on September 24, 2026, at 18:31 (UTC), its security system detected unauthorized transfers from a small number of hot wallets. The security team has immediately initiated an emergency response procedure and started a comprehensive investigation.Bitget stated that, based on current assessments, approximately $351.6 million in assets are affected. Cold wallets and the vast majority of assets on the platform remain secure and unaffected, and user funds are still protected. The incident falls within the coverage of the user protection fund, which currently holds over $464 million.Bitget mentioned that customer account balances remain accurate, and deposits and transactions continue to operate normally. As a precautionary measure, withdrawals have been temporarily suspended to allow the team to complete a thorough security review. The company has identified and flagged the relevant transfer addresses, formally contacted law enforcement agencies and on-chain security partners, and will restore withdrawals as soon as safety is confirmed, providing subsequent updates through official channels while refraining from speculating on the attack path during the investigation.

The Federal Reserve Board (Fed) plans to establish rules for payment stablecoins issued by banks, requiring that each $1 token be backed by at least $1 in approved reserve assets and generally completed customer redemptions within two business days. If the issuer consistently falls below the minimum capital requirements, they may be required to liquidate reserve assets and redeem all tokens.Reserve assets may include U.S. dollars, Federal Reserve bank balances, certain bank deposits, U.S. Treasury securities with a remaining maturity of no more than 93 days, qualified repurchase agreements, and qualified investment funds, with some tokenized forms of assets potentially included. If reserves are insufficient, the issuer must notify the Fed and restore adequate backing; otherwise, they must liquidate reserves and redeem tokens pegged to the dollar. The Fed intends to require issuers to hold standardized capital against operational and certain credit risks, with a capital charge of 2% for the first $20 billion of issued stablecoin and 1% for amounts exceeding $50 billion.Another proposal allows state member banks that hold deposits to apply to establish subsidiaries for issuing payment stablecoins. The "GENIUS Act" stipulates that once the application is substantively complete, the Fed must make a decision within 120 days. Fed Governor Michael Barr stated that stablecoins should be reliably and promptly redeemable at par in various market conditions and when issuers encounter problems, and he called for the final rules to clarify universal redemption rights. He also expressed concern about the threshold for triggering regulatory or enforcement actions for anti-money laundering deficiencies needing to reach "significant or systemic" levels. The public comment period will be 60 days following the publication in the Federal Register.

According to CoinGlass data, the total liquidation amount in the cryptocurrency market in the past 24 hours reached 400 million USD, with long positions liquidated at 298 million USD and short positions liquidated at 102 million USD, affecting a total of 92,268 people.The largest single liquidation in the past 24 hours occurred on Binance's ETHUSDT trading pair, valued at 11.4879 million USD.

According to The Block, Bitcoin mining service company Luxor is expanding its business into the AI infrastructure sector and extending its operations in energy, hardware, software, and computing power trading to this sector.Luxor's hardware brokerage has previously traded over 1 billion dollars in Bitcoin mining ASICs.

According to Bloomberg, artificial intelligence infrastructure company Verda has completed a new round of financing of $189 million, led by Emergence Capital, with participation from MUFG Innovation Partners, computer manufacturer Super Micro Computer, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance, and Lifeline Ventures.It is reported that the company's valuation has reached at least $1 billion after the financing.

According to The Block, stablecoin infrastructure company HIFI has completed a $37 million Series A funding round, led by Left Lane Capital, with specific valuation yet to be disclosed.HIFI CEO Zach Walsh stated that this is the company's first priced funding round, and the platform currently processes an annualized transaction volume of approximately $7 billion. This round of funding will be used to expand stablecoin payment products and tokenized capital market infrastructure.HIFI currently supports the inflow and outflow of funds between the US dollar and stablecoins, facilitates payments through the US banking system and bank cards, and provides US dollar cash settlement services for tokenized repurchase agreements and US Treasury transactions. HIFI has also participated in the tokenized securities production trading tests of the US Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC).

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, the HYPE treasury company Hyperliquid Strategies has increased its holdings by 1.444 million HYPE over the past week at an average price of about 93.7 USD, costing approximately 135 million USD.Currently, the company holds approximately 35.1 million HYPE, valued at about 3.206 billion USD, with an average cost basis of about 46.7 USD, and a current unrealized profit of about 1.567 billion USD.

According to Coinglass data, Binance had a net inflow of 30,969,900 USDT in the past hour.

According to ai_9684xtpa monitoring, the address 58bro.eth (0xc24...FE8d2) has longed 18.74 million USD worth of ETH in the last 24 hours. It withdrew 3,000 ETH from Binance and deposited it into Aave to lend 9 million USDT, then continued to increase its position, accumulating a total long position of 7,000 ETH at an average price of approximately 2,677.59 USD.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was $513 million, with long positions liquidated at $443 million and short positions liquidated at $70.05 million. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at $130 million, Bitcoin short positions at $12.36 million, Ethereum long positions at $95.56 million, and Ethereum short positions at $17.93 million.In addition, in the last 24 hours, a total of 118,101 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Binance - ETHUSDT worth $10.04 million.

According to Glassnode data, Bitcoin holders have recently continued to take profits, but the scale is relatively limited, with a net profit of approximately 5.1 billion dollars realized in the past 7 days.This level is closer to the end of 2023 and is significantly lower than during the previous major market peak phase.

According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, the construction of artificial intelligence is becoming the largest economic bet in American history, surpassing investments in railroads, highway systems, and internet infrastructure. The report states that spending on data centers has exceeded the combined expenditures on canals, railroads, and power grid construction, and this related construction is driving inflation while creating jobs and wealth.Economist Stijn van Nieuwerburgh, in estimates published by the Brookings Institution, shows that total investment in data centers and related artificial intelligence infrastructure is expected to reach $10.3 trillion from 2025 to 2032, averaging about 3.6% of GDP annually. The report states that the U.S. economy has never been so dependent on the construction of a single industry. Goldman Sachs estimates that by 2026, U.S. investment in artificial intelligence will reach 1.9% of GDP; the last time a single new industry accounted for a larger share of the economy was during the railroad boom in the late 19th century.The estimates list the average annual infrastructure spending as a percentage of GDP as follows: canals from 1836 to 1841 at 0.66%, railroads from 1870 to 1890 at 2.24%, electrification from 1905 to 1925 at 0.5%, highways from 1956 to 1973 at 1.13%, telecommunications and fiber optics from 1996 to 2003 at 1.1%, and artificial intelligence from 2025 to 2032 at 3.63%. The report also states that this investment is transforming various sectors of the economy, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs and producing new billionaires, while also carrying significant risks, as a large portion of it is supported by debt.

According to the information released by the SEC, Coinbase (COIN) Chief Financial Officer Alesia J Haas sold 39,030 shares of the company's stock at an average price of $205.24 per share on September 21, with a total value of approximately $8.0106 million. After the transaction, her direct holdings decreased to 345,376 shares. On the same day, Coinbase (COIN) Director Marc L Andreessen sold 6,838 shares of the company's stock at an average price of $205.05 per share, with a total value of approximately $1.4021 million. After the transaction, his direct holdings decreased to 1,132,054 shares.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Houston Astros vs. Seattle Mariners," the option "Seattle Mariners" in the sub-market "Spread -1.5" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 35% an hour ago to the current 18% (a fluctuation of 17%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.