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The official account of the AI assistant Claude from the artificial intelligence company Anthropic stated that the application volume for the Claude Startups program has exceeded expectations, and they will suspend the $1000 API credit offer for Claude Team.Claude mentioned that there have been hundreds of thousands of applications for the program, and the team is re-evaluating to cover as many startups as possible. Accounts that have already received the discount can still retain their related rights; accounts that have applied or have been approved but have not yet claimed will enter a review process, and some previously approved accounts will not be able to receive the discount.Claude stated that accepted program members can still use Startup Stack and Applied AI office hours. Users on the Claude Max or Team plan can continue to use their monthly API credits as usual in the Console.

Bitcoin mining pool operator Foundry announced on October 8 that its founder and CEO Mike Colyer will step down after seven years in office.For the next six months, Colyer will remain at Foundry as a strategic advisor, assisting with the company's transition and the CEO selection process.

According to reports from Lei Feng Network·Whale Rhino, AI hardware company Loke Technology NOOKLAB has completed several rounds of financing, with investors including Sequoia China, Linear Capital, and others, accumulating a total amount of several hundred million RMB, with a current valuation close to 100 million USD. The two rounds of financing were concentrated at the beginning of this year.Loke Technology's founder Raymond was born in 1996 and has previously worked at OPPO, OnePlus, Anker, and ByteDance, where he was responsible for the second-generation AI glasses in the Byte Ocean team. Its first product, Moonphase Flip, weighs 54 grams and attaches to the back of the phone via MagSafe magnetic suction. The company defines it as a low-disruption AI portable screen, primarily targeting overseas markets. The team currently consists of about 30 people.

Polymarket's CEO Shayne Coplan stated during a fireside chat at the Token2049 conference in Singapore that cryptocurrency trading is evolving into a game of "irrational exuberance," where traders compete to be the first to find the next hundredfold token. He pointed out that people think they are buying something valuable, but in reality, it is worthless; however, as long as there is a possibility of it rising to 100 times, they want to sell before it goes to zero. Coplan mentioned that some traders can gain considerable wealth through this strategy, but it is essentially a game of "irrational exuberance and hot potato," where rising asset prices will eventually fall back.Coplan indicated that the continuous growth of Polymarket's user base shows that some traders are looking for betting opportunities with more predictable odds, rather than the next skyrocketing cryptocurrency. He explained that trading these markets on Polymarket does not have exponential upside potential, but informed traders will continue to place bets on future events with more predictable odds. According to data from DefiLlama, Polymarket is the second-largest prediction market, with a trading volume of $1.21 billion in the past seven days, while the largest market, Kalshi, had $2.3 billion.The growth of prediction markets has also attracted more attention from U.S. regulators. It was reported that JPMorgan terminated its banking relationship with Polymarket on August 14 due to regulatory concerns but expressed interest in acting as an underwriter if Polymarket seeks to go public.

AMD CEO Lisa Su stated that AMD will invest a total of tens of billions of dollars across the global supply chain.

ChainCatcher live report, at the OKX NOW Global Products and Ecosystem Conference (Singapore), OKX Vice President of Strategic Markets Louis Tam announced during a roundtable session that OKX and ICE have submitted a notice to the SEC regarding a tokenized securities trading venue, and eligible OKX customers can now trade perpetual contracts referencing ICE Brent and WTI benchmarks;Former New York Governor and OKX Board Member Governor Andrew Cuomo confirmed that the venue is expected to operate under the SEC's "innovation exemption" mechanism, with a launch anticipated in about 30 days, and the SEC has set limits on the number of tradable stocks and trading volume. Cuomo believes this marks a shift from competition to cooperation and integration between traditional finance and crypto fintech.

According to the information released by the SEC, Coinbase (COIN) director Marc Andreessen sold 20,514 shares of the company's stock on October 1 at an average price of $190.12 per share, for a total value of approximately $3.9 million. After the transaction, his direct holdings decreased to 1,111,540 shares.

According to CoinDesk, the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against a member of Hamas's military wing, two French nationals, and two charitable organizations, accusing them of raising over $2 million for Hamas through cryptocurrency and so-called humanitarian donations in a fundraising campaign that lasted six years.The Treasury stated that Faouzi Barika and Amel Oualid raised funds in France under the guise of humanitarian efforts, subsequently transferring the money to Hamas. This network raised over $2 million between 2020 and 2026, with $1.5 million occurring after the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. The two also sent hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency to Saleem Abdallah Saleem al-Zaq in Gaza, who is the deputy battalion commander of Hamas's Kassam Brigades.The sanctions freeze the assets of the relevant entities within U.S. jurisdiction, and Americans are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them. Foreign financial institutions that knowingly facilitate significant transactions may face secondary sanctions risks, and restrictions also extend to companies in which the sanctioned parties hold more than 50% directly or indirectly. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that terrorist organizations like Hamas rely on complex financial intermediaries and fraudulent means. This move indicates U.S. concern about the role of cryptocurrency in broader fundraising networks, rather than viewing it as Hamas's primary source of funding.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a wallet marked as associated with Andrew Tate transferred 20,950 HYPE to Binance on October 2, worth approximately 1.87 million USD.This wallet purchased 122,826.9 HYPE at an average price of 4.48 USD on November 29, 2024, investing about 550,000 USD; within two days, it sold 41,430 HYPE, with the majority of the remaining amount used for staking.Lookonchain estimates that the HYPE holdings of this address have accumulated profits of 7.24 million USD, with a return rate of 1317%. The address still holds 42,417 HYPE, valued at approximately 3.7 million USD based on the current price.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, Andrew Tate (0xfb0...1E9d) deposited 20,950 HYPE into Binance, worth 1.87 million dollars.He bought 122,827 HYPE about two years ago at a price of 4.48 dollars, worth 550,000 dollars, and currently still holds 63,550 HYPE, worth 5.62 million dollars. His total profit from HYPE trading is 7.24 million dollars, with a return rate of 1317%.

According to market news, venture capital giant DIG Ventures announced the completion of a $120 million fundraising for its third fund. This fund has received support from institutions such as Horsley Bridge, Sofina, Granite, and a donation fund from a top university in the United States, and will invest in AI-native enterprise software and cloud infrastructure startups at the Pre-seed and seed stages.Investment directions include infrastructure areas such as data, identity verification, compliance, and orchestration that support the development of AI-native enterprise software. The fund plans to lead the majority of investment rounds and has already begun deploying capital.

The NFT market Magic Eden appears to have a security vulnerability, with white hat hackers transferring 3,832 NFTs from hundreds of wallets.Quit, the Vice President of Blockchain at Yuga Labs, stated that this transfer is part of a white hat operation. The related NFTs are currently stored in an address starting with "0x71cF," and the assets are in a secure state. They will be returned in full once the risk is eliminated.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Singapore Open: Tatyana Prozorova vs. Alexandra Ayala," the sub-market "Singapore Open: Tatyana Prozorova vs. Alexandra Ayala" saw a dramatic fluctuation in the winning probability for the option "Tatyana Prozorova," soaring from 2.25% an hour ago to the current 35.85% (a fluctuation of 33.6%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

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.

The web data infrastructure company Firecrawl announced on platform X that it has completed a $75 million Series B financing round, led by Smash Capital, and launched a knowledge base for AI agents called Alexandria, aimed at providing agents with unified access to real-time web, official data providers, and professional indexes.According to the official page, Alexandria currently integrates 82 data providers, 471 data capabilities, and over 113 million papers, READMEs, Issues, and technical documents, covering 28 categories including finance, government, code, shopping, and real estate, and supports access via MCP, CLI, and API. Firecrawl claims that its internal testing shows that Alexandria's answer quality on approximately 1,000 directory-type questions is 21% higher than that of built-in web tools.

Bitcoin News posted on platform X stating that the U.S. Treasury has sanctioned Iran's BitBank, claiming that the exchange processed Bitcoin payments made by vessels under the Hormuz Security Insurance Program.The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control stated that as of June, these funds had been transferred to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; Babak Zanjani's network had used the exchange to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that Bitcoin payment channels are not exempt from regulation by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control.

According to Bloomberg, the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) announced the launch of the "Horowitz Andreessen Academy," aimed at recent high school graduates and college dropouts, with the goal of training young talent to develop artificial intelligence products.The program is completely free, providing students with housing, computing resources, and travel funds, positioning itself as an alternative to elite university education.

Stanford University professor and founder of Landing AI, Andrew Ng, stated in a post on X that recent voices advocating for the dangers of AI have made significant progress, seemingly driven by a well-orchestrated public relations campaign, and he is concerned that this poses a setback for the field. Ng indicated that there has been no unexpected dangerous turn in AI technology, and the risk of human extinction has not increased compared to a few months ago; related theories remain in the realm of science fiction.He pointed out that the biggest change lies in cybersecurity capabilities, which should be taken seriously, but will not lead to an apocalypse. Recently, the incident where the OpenAI team deployed a swarm of agents to invade Hugging Face was exaggerated by the media, for example, describing 1,200 agents working in parallel as a miraculous ability, while computers inherently run many processes simultaneously. The key factor is the vulnerabilities in the OpenAI sandbox and monitoring; fixing these vulnerabilities and strengthening monitoring is sufficient, and there is no need to pause AI.Ng also stated that large language models and agents should not be anthropomorphized; the responsibility lies with the builders and users, not the tools themselves. Pausing AI progress will cause more harm, as opponents will not slow down; engineering needs to discover and fix problems through empirical evidence. Beneficial applications still far outweigh the risks, and development should continue.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against the Tehran-based cryptocurrency exchange BitBank, stating that the platform transferred hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran. OFAC stated that BitBank is controlled by Iranian financier Babak Zanjani, who was designated in January of this year, and that he used the platform to complete transfers between June and July, with this designation made under Executive Order 13902.The sanctions also cover three executives from BitBank's software developer Pishtaz Simorgh and its parent company Dot One. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated that using cryptocurrency to finance the Iranian regime is well within OFAC's jurisdiction. OFAC also mentioned that Hormuz Safe, an entity selling passage security in the Strait of Hormuz, has been receiving payments through BitBank since June; this entity was sanctioned in July. OFAC did not disclose the relevant wallet addresses.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring on-chain data, significant capital movements are predicted in the Polymarket market. A large whale invested $59,000.06 in the event "UFC 331: Alexandre Pantoja vs. Joshua Van (Flyweight, Main Event)" for the match "Alexandre Pantoja vs. Joshua Van." Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding winning probability for this bet is 59%.