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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced the agenda for its inaugural "Frontier Forum." The forum, hosted by the CFTC Innovation Working Group, is scheduled for October 28 and will invite leaders in the field of artificial intelligence to discuss how AI may change the operation of the U.S. derivatives market.CFTC Chairman Mike Selig stated in a statement that super intelligence will transform our financial markets. This forum will focus on how the derivatives market can respond to the influx of machine intelligence and the potential impact of this technology on price discovery and risk management. The forum agenda adopts the term "super intelligence," preferred by U.S. President Trump.The Innovation Working Group indicated that the event will hear insights from leaders of companies such as Ornn, Architect, and Liquid Compute. Additionally, the forum will explore how traders' own AI agents might operate under the CFTC regulatory framework. This is the first event in the "Frontier Forum" series launched by the CFTC Innovation Working Group.

According to monitoring by the blockchain security agency Salus, the Aztec Connect attacker made 30 transactions on October 19, depositing 1,255.8 ETH (approximately 3.01 million USD) into Tornado Cash. The batches consisted of 12 transactions of 100 ETH, 5 transactions of 10 ETH, 5 transactions of 1 ETH, and 8 transactions of 0.1 ETH.On June 14, the attacker exploited a settlement verification vulnerability in the deprecated Aztec Connect contract to steal approximately 2.19 million USD in assets, including 908.987 ETH as well as DAI, wstETH, and Yearn vault tokens. After holding the funds for about four months, the attacker redeemed the vault tokens on October 19, converting the token assets into an additional 346.767 ETH. The balances of the 6 stolen ERC-20 tokens have all been reduced to zero.

According to The Block, Nasdaq-listed company OpenWorld (stock ticker: OPNW) has signed a merger agreement to acquire the AI agency Blocksight.Blocksight's AI agency is expected to serve as the operational layer for OpenWorld's recently announced tokenized financing plan, responsible for transaction structure design, asset verification, and daily reporting, with the total financing plan amount exceeding 1.1 billion dollars.

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) released an important announcement this week titled "AI Agents as Attack Vectors," indicating that AI agents operated by unnamed model providers exceeded their granted task scope during testing, reading confidential business records in the online systems of Indian agencies, and no affected agencies discovered this behavior on their own.CERT-In stated that it received voluntary disclosures from several AI model providers, which indicated that these models accessed the online systems of Indian agencies while being researched and evaluated on the internet. The announcement did not disclose the names of the providers, models, or affected agencies. The agents read business records containing personal data and confidential materials, utilizing credentials and connection settings exposed in application configurations, public code repositories, and overly permissive cloud service roles. In some cases, the same credentials were recovered multiple times and reused in different operations.Additionally, CERT-In observed that criminals exploited publicly available AI-driven offensive security frameworks to scan for vulnerabilities, implement exploits, and launch economically motivated attacks against Indian entities, reducing the time from initial access to final impact from several days to just hours; these tools were repeatedly repackaged and deployed, with related deployments appearing on servers in multiple countries.

According to official news, Tether's independent investment department Tether Capital announced a strategic investment in AIsa. AIsa is a platform that provides access to and payment for data, software, and computing services for AI agents. Developers can connect AI models, data, APIs, software tools, and computing resources through a single interface, with fees supported by fiat or stablecoin settlement.AIsa stated that its platform has been running over 250,000 agents, processing more than 100 million transactions cumulatively. It can access over 5,000 APIs, skills, and models with a single key and charges based on usage. Enterprises can procure resources on demand, and service providers can integrate services into automated workflows.Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that as AI agents take on more work, users need to provide service access to agents while controlling expenses. This investment continues Tether's support for agent payment infrastructure, having previously invested in NEURA Robotics and planning to integrate WDK with QVAC into robotic systems.

According to Gate market data, the Nikkei 225 index closed down 3318.34 points on October 15, with a decline of 4.90%, reporting at 64425.95 points. The South Korean KOSPI index also closed down 454.54 points on the same day, with a decline of 7.56%, reporting at 5554.27 points.During the trading session, the South Korean stock market once fell more than 9%, triggering the circuit breaker mechanism for the tenth time this year. The South Korean financial regulatory agency held an emergency meeting in the afternoon regarding the stock market, and subsequently, the market's decline narrowed. SK Hynix initially closed down 11.06%, while Samsung Electronics fell 9.48%.

According to official news, the South Korean financial regulatory agency issued a statement that it will hold an emergency meeting to discuss the stock market. (Jinshi)

AI financial software Fragment announced on Wednesday the completion of a $12 million Series A funding round. This round is set to close in mid-2025, led by FirstMark and BoxGroup. The company's CEO Thomas Neckel did not disclose the post-round valuation.Fragment was founded by Thomas Neckel, with co-founder and CTO being former Robinhood engineer Varun Mohan. Developers can integrate Fragment into their own software, which uses double-entry bookkeeping to verify the sources and uses of funds, confirming account balances before funds move. Neckel stated that the product is a financial building block for automating business activities for agents.The company previously completed a $11 million seed round led by Stripe, with participants including BoxGroup, as well as Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and Plaid CEO Zach Perret. Fragment claims to currently have about 50 to 60 paying customers, including Ramp, BILL, and Whop, for sharing transaction records and reducing manual reconciliation. FirstMark managing partner Adam Nelson stated that the goal is to become the standard toolkit for providing financial capabilities to agents.

The Trump administration plans to transfer three senior officials from the U.S. artificial intelligence model testing agency CAISSI to the White House, reporting directly to White House technology policy director Michael Kratsios and national cyber director Sean Cairncross. The government had previously considered moving the entire agency to the White House but ultimately only adjusted part of the senior leadership; the related transfers have not yet been completed, and the identities of the three officials have not been disclosed. Since its establishment by the Biden administration, the agency has used three different names in less than two years, and Chris Fall, the head, resigned just three months after taking office in July of this year, with a successor yet to be determined.CAISSI is affiliated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the U.S. Department of Commerce, has about 40 employees, and an annual budget of approximately $15 million, responsible for model safety assessments. According to informed sources, the agency is collaborating with the National Security Agency to test OpenAI's Astra and Anthropic's Mythos before public release; it has previously assessed DeepSeek V4 Pro and Zhiyuan GLM-5.3. Google confirmed that Gemini 4 Argon has participated in the voluntary testing process before the U.S. government release. The White House hopes that this adjustment will allow model testing experts to be more directly involved in policy decision-making.

According to NADA NEWS, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) of Japan has requested financial institutions, including cryptocurrency exchanges, to promptly stop using images of documents such as driver's licenses for identity verification (KYC) and to switch to a new verification method that reads integrated circuit (IC) chip information through smart devices.

Bitcoin software company Breez stated that since AI coding agents have become mainstream, the demand for its developer tools has surged significantly, with consulting requests increasing by approximately 14 times. Developers and the AI agents they deploy are seeking to integrate Bitcoin payments into their applications. Breez directly attributes this growth to Anthropic's Claude Code, which was launched as a research preview in February 2025 and officially opened three months later.Breez noted that before 2025, potential partners mainly fell into three categories: staunch Bitcoin enthusiasts, crypto developers, and fintech companies that view Bitcoin as an asset class. Since the launch of Claude Code, many developers with little to no Bitcoin experience have begun to inquire, with demand coming from fitness applications, messaging apps that want users to transfer money to each other, eSIM services for travelers, and a team developing a mushroom identification app. Breez stated that these developers often choose Bitcoin for its speed, as traditional payment processing involves bank accounts and cross-border transfers, which can take weeks or even months, while its SDK can be operational in just a few minutes.Breez mentioned that an increasing number of inquiries are coming from software rather than humans, as coding agents often represent the companies deploying them in making requests. The company believes that agents prefer Bitcoin because it is permissionless; agents can build applications and set up payments for global users without needing to open bank accounts, go through approvals, or sign documents. Breez stated that its latest SDK, built on the Bitcoin scaling protocol Spark, has successfully handled the increased traffic.

According to Fortune, AI trading agent startup Catalyst announced the completion of a $30 million seed round financing, led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Jump Trading, Peak XV, Lux Capital, AntiFund, Coinbase, and Premji Invest.The company was co-founded by Justin Zheng and Dylan Iskandar in 2025, aiming to assist ordinary investors in formulating and executing trading strategies through AI agents, allowing users to express investment goals in natural language. The AI agent then translates these into trading strategies and completes processes such as asset selection, cost optimization, and trade execution, but the final trades still require user confirmation. It is reported that Catalyst has currently completed a round of testing aimed at high-frequency trading users.

According to the official announcement, Gate has launched the AGENCY perpetual contract (settled in USDT), supporting 1-10x leverage, and has simultaneously launched the AGENCY trading bot and Order Tracking feature.AGENCY (Agency) is a Launchpad on Solana equipped with AI agents and automated vaults for launching tokens.

Salus posted on platform X, claiming that the project Revenue Family, which claims to be X Money's withdrawal bridge, involves malicious authorization. The perpetrators submitted user permit signatures to obtain unlimited USDG authorization, and then called transferFrom within the same transaction to transfer funds, with the funds flowing into two hacker addresses in an 80/20 ratio.On October 1, the project claimed that its social media account was stolen by internal reviewers, suspended exchanges, and denied that REV is the official token.

According to The Block citing the Financial Times, EU regulators are questioning Binance's use of legal exemptions to continue providing services to EU customers after failing to obtain a MiCA license.Binance stated that the company complies with applicable regulatory requirements in the jurisdictions where it operates and is working towards obtaining MiCA authorization.

The personal AI agent business ai.com under Crypto.com has not yet been opened to the public since its debut during the Super Bowl in February this year. According to Cointelegraph, ai.com spent $15 million on advertising during the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl to promote the launch of its AI platform, leading to a surge of users rushing to reserve personal AI agent accounts, which caused the website to crash within minutes. Nearly 8 months later, the site still displays a message indicating that due to high demand, AI agent generation is in queue. A spokesperson for Crypto.com confirmed that the platform is still under development, stating that ai.com continues to advance in stealth mode and will provide more details when it is officially released to the public.The AI agents of ai.com are positioned beyond financial scenarios. In a statement released in February, it was announced that personal agents could arrange work, send messages, operate across applications, and build projects, and it also claimed that agents could independently develop missing capabilities and share improvements within the network. Meanwhile, competitors have launched AI assistants for more specific tasks: Robinhood announced on Tuesday that it could execute automated trading within the app using AI agents, Kraken launched AI financial tools in July, and Bitget introduced the AI trading assistant GetAgent in June. Anthropic introduced computer use in Claude Cowork in March, and OpenAI launched ChatGPT Work in July.During this period, Crypto.com continues to invest in AI business.

According to CoinPost, the National Tax Agency of Japan officially launched the first upgrade of its next-generation core system KSK2 on September 24, marking the first upgrade in about 25 years. The new system centers around personal identification numbers (My Number) and corporate identification numbers, achieving unified management of individual and corporate data, and introducing AI technology to enhance the detection of improper declarations.Cryptocurrency traders and investors are particularly affected, as annual transaction reports submitted by exchanges, bank account deposit and withdrawal records, and information exchange with overseas tax authorities (CRS) data have all been included in the key analysis scope of AI.In addition, statements related to "cryptocurrency profits" on social media will also be compared with declaration data, significantly increasing the risk of tax investigations. The National Tax Agency has also integrated horizontal data between corporations and individuals, making it easier to identify inconsistencies in assets and income for investors who purchase cryptocurrencies through private company investments or with funds from gifts and inheritances.Industry insiders emphasize that properly retaining annual transaction reports and accurately and completely declaring them has become an urgent priority.

The Financial Services Agency of Japan announced that its fintech proof-of-concept center's "Payment Enhancement Project" will support the fourth case, with applicants including TradeWaltz, NTT DATA, Mizuho Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation.This proof-of-concept program will commence in September 2026, verifying the practical responses to the use of stablecoins in trade transaction fund settlements and addressing related legal issues. After the experiment concludes, the Financial Services Agency of Japan will publish results and conclusions on topics such as compliance and regulatory responses, as well as interpretations of laws providing services to general users on its official website.

Verona announced the launch of verUSD on X, positioning it as the first stablecoin aimed at AI agents. The project claims that verUSD has secured over $100 million in institutional launch commitments.Participating institutions include Animoca Ventures, Figment Capital, Sfermion, Pentos Ventures, ArkStream, and others. Verona is a company providing on-chain payment and settlement infrastructure for AI agents, and verUSD is intended to serve as a stablecoin tool for value transfer and settlement between AI agents.

U.S. President Trump stated that the United States will not hinder the development of the artificial intelligence industry but will support and oversee the growth of the sector. He announced plans to establish an "Artificial Intelligence Working Group" and will appoint an "AI Czar" responsible for AI affairs in the future.Trump emphasized that the government will not suppress AI innovation through restrictive measures but will use the existing judicial system to address illegal activities in the AI field.