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According to Bloomberg Law, Arkansas and its Oil and Gas Commission requested the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday to overturn a lower court order. The order prohibits the enforcement of the state's law that restricts foreign entities from holding digital asset mining operations. The lower court previously determined that the law may have been rendered ineffective by federal regulations taking precedence.Joseph Nelson from the Arkansas Attorney General's Office rebutted this determination. He stated that the law falls within the core area of state police power, and the restricted entities are consistent with countries that the federal government has identified as threats to national security. The law was passed in 2024 and prohibits citizens or businesses from countries subject to U.S. Department of State weapon export controls from holding interests in digital asset mining equipment in the state.

Elon Musk stated that the usage of the X platform is at an all-time high.

According to the market information platform Liquid247.xyz, the current price of ETH is $2,428.13. The thickest order book is on Binance spot: buy orders amount to $9.8819 million, sell orders amount to $9.0782 million, with buy orders exceeding sell orders by $803,700.The perpetual buy orders on OKX are also thicker than sell orders, but the scale is smaller than that of Binance spot. If the price falls, the buy orders on Binance spot will be relatively thicker.

Bitcoin News posted on platform X stating that Michael Saylor explained that Strategy intends to have investors accept selling Bitcoin as part of its overall financial strategy. When Strategy initially sold 32 Bitcoins, the market reacted excessively; subsequently, the market absorbed the sale of thousands of Bitcoins without a negative impact on the price.Saylor stated that when it aligns with the interests of shareholders and credit investors, Strategy must be able to buy and sell Bitcoin.

On October 14, the OpenAI Economic Research Team released a report stating that EU companies are expanding the use of AI with agent tools, no longer just asking questions to AI, but using agents to complete tasks from planning to execution. The report examines the growth of agent usage among large and small enterprises, differences in usage intensity, and the types of work people are accomplishing with ChatGPT.In a sample of EU clients using ChatGPT Enterprise, Codex and ChatGPT work currently contribute over half of the output tokens. Since May 2026, the number of weekly active users of Codex and ChatGPT work among EU small and medium-sized enterprises has increased to more than 8.1 times the original, with growth in all member states. The article defines small and medium-sized enterprises as those with no more than 200 associated users.The proportion of relevant output tokens in the sample is lowest in Slovenia at 22% and highest in Lithuania at 85%. Leading enterprises are defined as those ranking in the top 10% for output tokens per active user, with the sample including only ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Business accounts. In September, this metric for leading enterprises in the EU exceeded that of general EU enterprises by four times, while leading enterprises outside the EU still surpassed leading enterprises in the EU by more than twice, with companies headquartered in the EU accounting for only 10% of the world's leading enterprises.

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.

On October 8, the artificial intelligence company Anthropic updated its usage policy, adding prohibitions against election interference, weapon software, and surveillance. TechCrunch reported that the most notable change is the explicit prohibition against users subjecting the model to prolonged verbal abuse.Since the update in August, Claude has been trained to end conversations during ongoing harmful or abusive user interactions, and the new policy explicitly prohibits users from continuing such conversations. The policy states that this update applies only to extreme cases where users repeatedly treat the model cruelly without identifiable purpose, and does not apply to common user dissatisfaction, rebuttals, dark creative themes, or model testing and research.The usage policy also prohibits widespread deceptive activities, such as operating fake accounts or fabricating news organizations with Claude, and in the "Do Not Undermine Democratic Processes" section, it prohibits deceiving voters or disrupting elections. Reports indicate that this change occurred after Anthropic sought collaboration with well-known religious scholars, as the company attempted to persuade them that Claude might be conscious or have a soul in certain cases.

Federal Reserve's Musalem stated that interest rates should be raised in the next 6 to 9 months.

On October 8, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mao Ning, hosted a regular press conference. A Reuters reporter asked about the allegations made by the American cybersecurity company CrowdStrike that Chinese individuals and related institutions used AI tools to attack South Korean financial institutions.Mao Ning stated: "I am not familiar with the specific situation mentioned. As a principle, China has always opposed and legally cracked down on hacking activities, and even more so opposes the dissemination of false information for political purposes." She also stated that artificial intelligence profoundly affects cybersecurity, and the international community should strengthen cooperation and dialogue, formulate new international rules, and jointly maintain cybersecurity.

ChainCatcher live report, at the Token2049 conference in Singapore, World Liberty Financial co-founder Eric Trump stated that the era of paying salaries with stablecoins has arrived. He revealed that his family business, as a "super employer," has tens of thousands of employees in global hotel assets and is "undoubtedly researching" salary payments in stablecoins. He pointed out that it has become common for athletes to request payment in Bitcoin for contracts, and the appreciation of underlying assets often far exceeds the contract amount; for ordinary employees, check clearing takes 24-36 hours, while people want money "immediately in their accounts."

Market news reports that TSMC is considering building a multi-billion dollar campus in Texas, USA, to produce more artificial intelligence chips.

According to the official announcement from USA₮, Anchorage Digital Bank released a reserve report showing that as of August 31, the circulation of USA₮ reached 175.73 million, an increase of nearly 10 times from 17.5 million at the end of January, with total reserve assets of 176.4 million USD and the value of over-circulated tokens at 660,000 USD.USA₮ is issued by the federally chartered bank Anchorage Digital Bank, supported by Tether, and complies with the requirements of the GENIUS Act.

Recently, the police in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China, investigated a virtual currency money laundering case. The criminal gang used "free credit card repayment" as bait to attract ordinary users to provide accounts. They received illicit funds from overseas gambling and fraud through false consumption, then contacted currency dealers to exchange for virtual currency and transferred it to designated addresses abroad. Through financial and on-chain data analysis, the police identified nearly a thousand involved accounts, with suspects distributed across Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Jiangsu, Hebei, Chongqing, and other regions.The Digital Currency Research Institute of the People's Bank of China stated that it is currently using large model technology to analyze the flow of funds in virtual currency transactions, restore the gang's trading patterns, and uncover clues related to illegal industries. Upon investigation, it was confirmed that seven members of the gang were illegally engaged in payment settlement business without approval from relevant national authorities, constituting the crime of illegal operation, and were sentenced to imprisonment ranging from one year and two months to two years and six months, along with fines.Using virtual currency for money laundering is a new type of money laundering crime that has emerged in recent years. Lv Wei, the president of the Inner Mongolia branch of the People's Bank of China, stated that enhancing the monitoring and identification capabilities for abnormal fund transactions related to virtual currency trading has helped successfully crack down on a major money laundering case involving virtual currency pyramid schemes, dismantling more than ten money laundering and points-running dens, and confiscating illegal gains of approximately 130 million yuan. In recent years, there have been coordinated efforts to promote the conviction and sentencing of four cases involving money laundering using virtual currency, forming a strong deterrent against illegal activities such as money laundering with virtual currency.

Backpack CEO Armani Ferrante stated that the next phase goal is to expand the tokenized stock scale from about 200 to 10,000, covering the entire stock market. The vision is to enable real stocks to flow bidirectionally between traditional securities accounts and decentralized finance protocols through a unified application programming interface.

On the morning of September 20, local time, the economic and trade teams of China and the United States began economic and trade consultations in New York, USA.

Elon Musk stated that the usage of the X platform has reached an all-time high.

According to a report by the Korean Yonhap News Agency, the Busan Police Agency disclosed that someone illegally accessed the account of a text message sending agency used by the marketing department of a composite shopping center in the Sasang District of Busan, sending bulk scam messages to over 260,000 unspecified individuals, claiming "the cryptocurrency wallet has been updated" and inducing quick installation.Once users click on the attached link, they may encounter phishing attacks (Smishing) that could lead to the theft of virtual assets. The police have currently blocked access to the relevant accounts and are conducting a tracking investigation into the illegal intruder.

According to the Washington Post, a U.S. official stated that the Trump administration is preparing to provide Israel with thousands of highly destructive bombs. This will be the largest single military sale of this controversial ammunition in recent years, with a transaction amount of up to $2.8 billion.