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According to Cointelegraph, the Attorney General's Office of the State of Mexico (FGJEM) reported that two suspects, Diego Sebastián and Gerardo, were arrested for allegedly murdering Jonathan Meléndez, the keyboardist of the rock band Camilo Séptimo, along with his pregnant wife, daughter, and an employee. The family's golden retriever was also killed.The suspects are accused of committing the crime to obtain a cold wallet that allegedly contained millions of dollars in Bitcoin, with one of the suspects being a business partner of the victim, using that relationship to gain access to the victim's home. The two will appear in court on Wednesday, where the judge will decide if there is enough evidence to continue the criminal proceedings. If convicted, each suspect could face a prison sentence of 25 to 70 years corresponding to each victim.Such violent robberies targeting cryptocurrency holders (known as "ransom attacks") are on the rise. According to CertiK data, there were 52 reported ransom attack incidents globally in the first half of 2026, a year-on-year increase of 33.3%; among them, there were 20 home invasions targeting cryptocurrency holders, compared to only 1 during the same period last year.Chainalysis estimates that in the first half of 2026, criminals stole over 30 million dollars in cryptocurrency through ransom attacks. In 2025, global ransom attack incidents increased by 75% to 72 cases, with France leading with 19 cases, accounting for about 40% of the total attacks in Europe.

According to Fractal Bitcoin's latest tweet, Fractal Bitcoin completed its first halving at block height 2,100,000, and the FIP-102 proposal was officially activated. According to the official announcement, network nodes and indexing services operated smoothly after the halving.This upgrade marks the official activation of the FIP-102 proposal, and the distribution of FB will expand from the Fractal network to the Bitcoin mainnet, providing a direct path for a broader Bitcoin user base to access FB. After the activation of FIP-102, the actual block reward on the Fractal side further decreases to 6.25 FB, with an additional 6.25 FB issuance budget being redirected to the Bitcoin mainnet. FIP-102 does not increase the total supply of FB, and the block rewards for joint mining, free mining, and indexing mining on the Fractal side will still be distributed at a ratio of 1:1:1. The specific distribution mechanism for the Bitcoin mainnet will be clarified in the subsequent FIP-103, with the goal of launching in the first quarter of 2027.

Cronos lending protocol Tectonic released an attack incident report on August 30: the attacker manipulated the TONIC price by approximately 195 times and looped collateral, borrowing about $120.4 million from 9 lending markets. After Cronos paused the network and restored the status, most assets returned to their pre-attack state, but about $9.19 million has been transferred across chains and has not yet been recovered.The team plans to eliminate low liquidity collateral and set a market borrowing limit.

The CEO of Bitcoin Reserve Company Metaplanet, Simon Gerovich, posted on the X platform in response to the controversy surrounding the company's equity incentive plan and MMXX Ventures. Gerovich admitted that the company "failed to adequately explain" the incentive arrangement known as "Series 10 Stock Options" and stated that he is a "significant but non-controlling shareholder" of MMXX's parent company, not involved in its trading decisions.The controversy stems from a stock rights plan established in December 2022, with a reward pool set at 20% of Metaplanet's fully diluted equity. After shifting to a Bitcoin reserve strategy in April 2024, the company dilutes existing shareholders with each new share issuance, while Gerovich's option rights increase accordingly. On August 18, the board canceled the floating adjustment mechanism, fixing the Series 10 pool at 319 million shares and setting a five-year lock-up period, but did not restore the reward pool to the level it was at when the Bitcoin strategy was initiated. On August 28, Gerovich exercised 92,000 Series 10 options, acquiring 64 million new shares, and currently holds about 6.2% of the company; he and MMXX together hold over 27% of the fully diluted equity.Shareholders expressed dissatisfaction. A shareholder using the pseudonym The Bitcoin Pharaoh stated on X that the adjustments in August were "a step in the right direction," but demanded that Gerovich address the issues that have arisen, disclose the owners of MMXX, and restore the reward pool to the level it was at when the Bitcoin strategy was initiated.

According to a report from Xinhua News Agency, the Supreme People's Court issued opinions on September 7 regarding the legal handling of disputes involving artificial intelligence. The opinions consist of 5 parts and 24 articles, focusing on issues such as "AI face-swapping and voice imitation," "AI hallucinations" infringement, "online unpacking," "big data price discrimination," autonomous driving, AI model training, open-source software, and intellectual property protection.The opinions clearly address the substantive judgments and litigation procedural rules for cases involving artificial intelligence, aiming to strengthen the judicial protection of civil rights in the digital age and promote the healthy and orderly development of artificial intelligence.

WOO X has issued a statement regarding user withdrawal anomalies, indicating that it has noted reports concerning withdrawal processing times and is reviewing relevant cases and system status. Some requests may still be under review or in the on-chain processing stage, and the team is working hard to resolve the issues as soon as possible.Users experiencing withdrawal delays can submit their UID, withdrawal order number, application time, asset and network information, as well as status screenshots through official customer service channels. The platform reminds users not to trust unsolicited private messages and not to share passwords, mnemonic phrases, private keys, or verification codes.WOO X also stated that it reserves the right to take legal action against behaviors that fabricate, distort, or maliciously spread false information that harms the reputation of users or the platform, and reminds users to rely only on information from official announcements and customer service channels.

Bitcoin News posted on platform X stating that the International Monetary Fund mentioned that El Salvador has accumulated Bitcoin since June 2025 without using public funds, and this accumulation reflects private donations.El Salvador disclosed in November 2025 that it purchased 1,090 Bitcoins, valued at approximately 100 million dollars, increasing its Bitcoin holdings to 7,474 coins. The International Monetary Fund also stated that El Salvador is improving the transparency of Bitcoin holdings across various wallets and strengthening the governance and risk management of public sector crypto asset holdings.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, the sleeping Bitcoin transactions that occurred yesterday came from multiple early mining addresses. These addresses mined 50 BTC each at Bitcoin block heights 43361, 43452, 43647, 43680, 43765, 43855, and 43871, totaling 350 BTC. However, according to their research findings, the aforementioned blocks were not mined by Bitcoin's founder Satoshi Nakamoto.

Whale Alert stated that the dormant transactions activated yesterday involved addresses that mined 50 BTC in Bitcoin blocks 43361, 43452, 43647, 43680, 43765, 43855, and 43871. Whale Alert indicated that, according to its research, the aforementioned blocks were not mined by Satoshi Nakamoto.

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform that El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele accused El País of publishing "fake news." Previously, the newspaper reported that El Salvador had transferred the "majority ownership and control" of its 7,763 bitcoins to private operators.Bukele stated that this claim is "completely false" and indicated that the International Monetary Fund statement cited by El País refers to the transfer of shares in the Chivo wallet, not El Salvador's strategic bitcoin reserves; he also accused the media of "blatantly" lying to readers.

According to The Block, APX Lending has launched a five-year revolving credit product backed by Bitcoin and Ethereum, with interest rates starting at 10.49%.The company stated that borrowers can withdraw and repay credit on demand, with no origination fees, early repayment fees, or liquidation fees.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that it has reached a staff-level agreement with the authorities of El Salvador on the second and third combined reviews under the Extended Fund Facility arrangement. If approved by the IMF Executive Board, El Salvador will receive approximately $140 million (101.96 million SDR).Regarding Bitcoin-related arrangements, the IMF confirmed several key facts: the Chivo electronic wallet has essentially withdrawn from public participation, with majority ownership and operational control transferred to private operators; the increase in Bitcoin holdings since the first review has been verified as coming from private donations, with no public resources utilized; El Salvador has committed that there will be no further increases in Bitcoin holdings beyond the recorded private donations. The two parties also reached an understanding on modernizing the legal, regulatory, and supervisory framework for digital assets, as well as strengthening governance and risk management arrangements for public sector cryptocurrency holdings.

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.

Decentralised.co reported that the cost of sending $200 across borders is currently 6.36%, down from 9.67% in 2009, with the United Nations aiming to reduce it to 3% by 2030. Remittances consist of three parts: collecting from the remitter, transferring value, and paying the recipient, with the intermediate stage previously being slower and now the cheapest part. Receiving and paying require licenses, bank accounts, compliance, and payment networks. The process from Dubai to Manila takes about six steps, with only one step using blockchain.Pre-funded agent accounts decentralize operating capital. Tokenized dollars can be concentrated in a single funding pool, settled on Sundays, and rebalanced within minutes. Traders hold inventory and bear exchange rate risks. Félix Pago raised $200 million to facilitate remittances from the U.S. to Latin America via WhatsApp, with a16z leading a $87 million equity round and General Catalyst providing a $113 million credit line. Nium is now funding customer payments in USDC. a16z Crypto led a $10 million investment in Better Money. Conduit raised $36 million for corridors from Europe to Nigeria and Kenya, while Palla raised $14.5 million for white-label payments to thirty banks.The article states that stablecoins can fix pipeline issues but cannot resolve isolated systems related to legal matters or toll collection.

Cornell University in the United States released a Bitcoin Adoption Index report, which surveyed 25,880 people across 25 countries. The report shows that El Salvador, Venezuela, and Nigeria have the highest percentage of respondents who have owned Bitcoin. The report states that in these economies where fiat currencies are unstable and it is difficult to obtain US dollars or reliable banking services, Bitcoin plays more of a role as a "pragmatic workaround" rather than a speculative tool.A Venezuelan respondent stated that Bitcoin is "faster, cleaner, and less risky" than other ways to obtain US dollars; an El Salvadoran mentioned that "no one controls Bitcoin, which means we all own it"; and a Nigerian respondent said that they have visited six African countries and felt no worries because they knew they could spend Bitcoin.The survey also found that 58% of respondents were unaware that the Bitcoin supply cap is 21 million coins. The report was commissioned by Cornell University and conducted by Morning Consult, in collaboration with the university's Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy's Institute for Technology Policy, the Cornell Bitcoin Club, the Human Rights Foundation, and the Reynolds Foundation. The survey was conducted from December 16, 2024, to March 10, 2025, and included 125 questions.

According to Bitcoin.com, the Salvadoran government added 1 Bitcoin to its national Bitcoin reserves this week, bringing the total holdings to 7,762 Bitcoins. Based on a Bitcoin price of approximately $77,000, this batch of holdings is valued at about $598 million.The International Monetary Fund (IMF) previously required El Salvador to stop public sector purchases of Bitcoin in a $1.4 billion financing agreement and made merchant acceptance of Bitcoin voluntary;The related legal amendments removed Bitcoin's status as legal tender but did not terminate the reserve accumulation policy. El Salvador became the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender in 2021 and continues to implement a policy of purchasing 1 Bitcoin daily. From January to April this year, the government has added over 1,600 Bitcoins to its reserves.

According to a report by the Korean News Agency, the LLM Token Expenditure Index released by the American market information agency Silicon Data fell to 97 cents per million tokens on August 31, marking a historical low since the index was established at the end of last year, down over 50% from its peak in May ($2.05).Analysts believe that the launch of the open-source model "Kimi K3" by Chinese AI companies, OpenAI's price reduction for the ChatGPT-5.6 series models in July, and the implementation of dynamic pricing mechanisms by leading manufacturers are the main driving factors behind this round of price decline. While the drop in token prices helps reduce user costs, it will create revenue pressure for model developers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.The investment head of Seez Group pointed out that foundational model companies are the most directly impacted and suggested shifting towards strengthening distribution channels, memory, and contextual capabilities to increase user migration costs in response to the competitive erosion from open-source models.

According to The Block, the prediction market platform Kalshi has permanently banned former U.S. Congressman George Santos, marking the first time the platform has imposed a permanent ban on an individual. According to a disciplinary action and settlement notice submitted on Monday, Santos violated platform rules by trading on a prediction contract regarding whether he would attend the State of the Union (SOTU) address and was fined over $71,000.Previously, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) accused Santos of using his public statements made two weeks before the SOTU to influence the prices of related event contracts and reached a $35,000 settlement with him. Santos's lawyer stated that he had booked a hotel and flight to Washington, believing he would attend the event. Santos served as a congressman representing New York from January 2023 until the end of the year, when he was expelled for ethical violations.As the prediction market grows to billions of dollars, concerns about insider trading are increasingly being raised. The CFTC recently fined former White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez $172,000 for profiting in Kalshi's "mention market" by using advance access to Trump's speech content. Legislators have proposed several bipartisan bills to restrict trading on non-public information, but they have not yet passed; platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket are taking preventive measures, such as requiring employment verification for sensitive market traders.