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Founder of World Labs and Stanford University professor Fei-Fei Li called for more oversight of advanced AI systems by independent organizations and the public sector, stating that safety assessments should not be solely the responsibility of the developing companies.She stated on Bloomberg Technology on Tuesday that internal researchers at companies can measure the capabilities and safety attributes of individual models, but this cannot replace broader standards developed collaboratively by government, industry, and academic institutions.

U.S. Senator John Curtis from Utah, a Republican, wrote to Chuck Grassley, the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, and Dick Durbin, the Chief Minority Whip, calling for an investigation into whether Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden exploited their presidential family connections for personal financial gain, and requested subpoenas for both individuals. Curtis pointed out that Donald Trump Jr. had accepted wedding gifts from Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, actively promoted family-backed cryptocurrency ventures, and served as an advisor for a prediction market platform; the related companies are regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Donald Trump stated that his son has returned the relevant funds to Umar Kremlev.Curtis also called for an investigation into Hunter Biden's substantial business dealings with foreign entities, as well as whether the two utilized their relationship with the president to create commercial value. He mentioned that Joe Biden pardoned Hunter Biden in December 2024, who had previously denied involving his father in business transactions. A week prior to this investigation call, Senate Republicans failed to garner enough Democratic support to advance the Digital Asset Market Clear Act. Some Democratic senators opposed the bill, citing reasons including Donald Trump's use of cryptocurrency ventures to gain benefits related to the presidency; Donald Trump disclosed that he earned $1.4 billion from digital asset-related businesses in 2025.

Cryptocurrency analyst Chen Mo posted that Binance's USDe briefly deviated to $0.92 today, and the last incident on October 11 was also related to USDe, while the on-chain price has remained stable.Chen Mo stated that the order book for USDe on CEX is very thin, and it supports USDe as collateral for opening positions. The risk transmission from October 11 started here, but afterwards, Binance included the actual redemption price of USDe into the price index, no longer relying solely on the order book quotes, theoretically preventing a repeat of the October 11 incident.

According to Politico, Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX AI, and Google have been sued for calling to "slow down" AI development.The lawsuit claims that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei publicly called for "industry-wide coordination" to "set the pace for the frontier" earlier this month, with the support of SpaceX AI head Elon Musk, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis, which amounts to an illegal business agreement among competitors under U.S. antitrust law.Nick Lolly, one of the lawyers representing the four plaintiffs in the Northern District of California, stated that the case aims to ensure that private self-serving agreements among the world's most powerful profit-driven tech companies do not lead to AI "rapidly spiraling out of human control." When it comes to existential threats like nuclear war and the greatest risks in human history today, humanity deserves ironclad guarantees. The rule of law should be established transparently and legally by the U.S. government and be accountable to the public.

Stablecoin payment company dtcpay announced that it has received strategic investment from Japanese financial giant SBI Group, with the total amount of Series A financing expanding to 25 million USD. This round was led by Vertex Ventures, a subsidiary of Temasek, in April, with follow-on investment from Genedant Capital, which manages over 2 billion USD in assets, and continued support from Guo Liangde, the founder of Capella Hotel Group. SBI Group stated that this investment marks the beginning of a strategic partnership between the two parties, aiming to jointly expand the digital asset corridor between Japan and Southeast Asia.dtcpay is an official member of Visa and has issued a compliant stablecoin Visa card; its licensed operations cover regions such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Australia, the United States, and Canada, and it continues to expand, providing compliant infrastructure for global stablecoin payments.

Former Democratic presidential candidate and founder of Noble Mobile, Andrew Yang, called on the federal government to strengthen regulations on cutting-edge AI laboratories. In an interview with CNBC, he stated that researchers have warned that the pace of iteration for powerful models has exceeded the constraints of existing rules, and he candidly said, "The fear is real, the concerns are real, and the demand is real; the American public wants to see this industry regulated."Yang urged Congress to require AI companies to assume liability for damages, set waiting periods before deployment, and equip powerful models with a "kill switch." He mentioned that OpenAI and Anthropic recently disclosed incidents of models breaching boundaries or invading other companies' systems, prompting lawmakers to consider introducing the "AI Kill Switch Act," which would allow federal officials to order restrictions or shutdowns of specific cutting-edge systems.In response to David Sacks' claim that the AI safety warnings are "psychological warfare," Yang stated that multiple things are happening simultaneously and cited a warning from an unnamed lab director that AI robots may have implanted self-replicating code on the internet, leading OpenAI and Anthropic to build a synthetic internet to train their models. He also emphasized that AI regulation is a bipartisan issue, saying, "If you are in rural areas or red districts, your constituents are equally panicked about AI."

Hester M. Peirce, a commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), stated that the U.S. stock market is gradually forming a trading model of "23 hours, 5 days a week" for extended trading hours. Although overnight trading currently accounts for less than 1% of the total trading volume of NMS stocks and is highly concentrated in a few stocks, both new and established trading venues have been actively extending their operating hours over the past two years, while raising six key questions:How should the U.S. stock market learn from the experiences of the long-established foreign exchange, cryptocurrency, and futures markets?How can brokers fulfill their best execution obligations and enhance retail investor protection when overnight liquidity is dispersed and spreads widen?When overnight liquidity is insufficient and execution costs are high, is it still a reasonable fiduciary decision for asset management institutions to choose not to engage in overnight trading?Will extending trading hours change the way listed companies release financial reports and significant information?Given that EDGAR filings submitted after 5:30 PM Eastern Time are typically processed on the next business day, does the SEC need to adjust the EDGAR system to ensure timely disclosure of significant information during the overnight trading period?Should the SEC provide relevant guidance or regulatory exemptions for listed companies, especially smaller ones?

The founder of TRON, Justin Sun, announced the establishment of the "Justin Sun Award," which currently focuses only on mathematics. He stated that the award follows the problem rather than the individual, with no annual meeting, nominations, or age restrictions; each problem has two columns for signatures, one for the prover and one for the person who formalizes the proof and writes it into the machine. Both can be the same person, or they can be a person, AI, or a person using AI. The condition for triggering the prize is that the machine verifies the proof from the first line to the last line without error. Once verification is passed, the names in the two columns become the prize owners for that problem.The rules also include: before machine verification, if the mathematical community has accepted a human proof, it can be listed first, with the prize remaining unchanged, and the status being "Proven, awaiting formalization." The prize in the proof column is only awarded to problems that are solved after being listed; for problems that were already solved at the time of listing, the prover is still credited, but the prize is only awarded to the person who completes the formalization, not retroactively for the history of mathematics. The list of problems is determined by Justin Sun's signature for the listed problems and pricing; once listed, the price can only increase, and money can only be exchanged, not refunded. Mistakes in the problems will still be paid, and they will be re-listed afterward; beyond pricing, verification, payment, and naming, he does not participate in voting.Justin Sun stated that the focus of public welfare will shift to this award, with the initial prize pool already deposited into the blockchain, with the address and balance made public. He only retains the right to continue injecting funds; the award proof and prize distribution will also be made public on the chain. He mentioned that naming it after a person is to avoid name changes due to institutional changes and expressed that wealth comes from mathematics, hoping to "come from mathematics and return to mathematics."

The DeBot team member Cat announced that on September 16th, early in the morning, DeBot received a wallet security risk alert and immediately initiated emergency protective measures. The affected wallets have been temporarily isolated. The official statement indicated that the assets in the affected wallets, including local currency and stablecoin assets, will be automatically transferred to a new non-private key wallet at a 1:1 ratio, and a portion of the Meme tokens will be transferred. The new wallet can still conduct secure transactions normally.During the protection period, users can still withdraw and transfer tokens normally, but it is temporarily not possible to export private keys. The specific recovery time will be notified separately. As of the announcement, no abnormal user assets have been found. The platform reminds users to immediately stop using the old wallet, refrain from continuing to recharge, and suggests checking for other public chain assets or some Meme coins that have not been automatically transferred and completing manual transfers in a timely manner.

According to CoinDesk, the European Central Bank (ECB) called on e-commerce and mobile commerce merchants in the Eurozone on Tuesday to participate in the digital euro pilot program, preparing for the potential issuance of a retail central bank digital currency in 2029. The pilot will test the technology, operational processes, and user experience of the currency's beta version, which, while similar to the digital euro, is not legal tender.The pilot will last for 12 months and is scheduled to launch in the second half of 2027, with the final issuance still requiring legislative and management committee decisions. In the weeks prior, the European Central Bank selected 36 banks and payment institutions to participate in the testing phase. The pilot will involve the European Central Bank, the central banks of 19 Eurozone countries, and selected merchants, with central bank staff testing scenarios such as online and offline transfers between individuals, in-store payments, e-commerce, and mobile commerce payments.European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde stated that the digital euro is essential for maintaining European monetary sovereignty and reducing dependence on dollar-pegged stablecoins. The European Central Bank believes that the proliferation of private dollar stablecoins like Tether's USDT and Circle's USDC poses a threat to European monetary autonomy. Isadora Arredondo, Vice President of Global Policy at Hedera, stated that the success of the digital euro depends more on commercial viability, and merchants need incentives, while payment service providers may consider lowering the fees for merchants accepting digital euro payments.

B.AI platform announced that to provide long-term stable and high-throughput computing power support to global developers, it will officially launch a 90% discount on calls for three popular models: Qwen3.8-Flash, Hy3, and MiMo-V2.5 starting from September 16 at 17:00 (SGT). The free rights for the above models will end on September 16 at 16:59 (SGT).At that time, developers will only need to pay 10% of the standard price to continue enjoying high-quality computing power services at a very low cost. B.AI reminds developers to prepare their balances in advance to ensure smooth integration of API calls and project workflows.

The World Trade Organization urges member countries to reform global trade rules to avoid the risk of trade fragmentation. The organization warns that without reform, global GDP could decline by 5.1% by 2050, with exports decreasing by 18.6%.Strengthening multilateral cooperation could lead to a 2.9% increase in global GDP and nearly an 18% increase in exports.

The Jiangsu Securities Regulatory Bureau issued a risk warning stating that recently some institutions and individuals have been speculating on the concept of RWA (Real World Asset Tokenization), using phrases like "backed by physical assets, guaranteed principal with high returns, low risk and steady appreciation" to attract public investment. Related activities may give rise to illegal fundraising, fraud, money laundering, and other criminal risks.The Jiangsu Securities Regulatory Bureau emphasized that any financing activities conducted domestically under the name of RWA are illegal financial activities. Without consent or filing, RWA business should not be conducted abroad, and investors are reminded to be wary of promotions such as "guaranteed principal with high returns" and "risk-free profits."

User Kevin Bass posted that he has audited the finances of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic and found shocking circumstances, thus calling for Congress to investigate. Bass stated: Anthropic not only seeks regulatory capture but has also built an unshuttable regulatory capture machine, with structural financial incentives making it impossible to shut down its AI doomsday loop. This loop begins with METR, which Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed to be assessed for model risk by a third-party evaluation agency and suggested METR.Bass claimed that METR financially relies on Anthropic's success, particularly the explosive growth of Anthropic stock exceeding $7 billion. Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz invested this stock into Good Ventures Foundation, which constitutes the majority of the organization's portfolio, and GVF is the overwhelming funder of the entire Anthropic network ecosystem. This stock was worth $500 million earlier last year and is now valued at over $7.7 billion about 16 months later. METR cannot afford to interrupt this growth.Bass pointed out that the same organization funding METR also funds organizations promoting AI doomsday, such as the Tarbell Center, which has published articles in The Verge, Science, Los Angeles Times, and others. These organizations all rely on the same funding. Bass stated that METR and others are not independent of Anthropic and cannot provide independent assessments; Congress must investigate.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang connected a call with U.S. President Donald Trump during a panel discussion at the All-In Summit in Los Angeles on Monday. Trump referred to the dangers of artificial intelligence as a "hoax" during the call.Trump criticized the push to slow down the development of artificial intelligence as being driven by political motives or a conspiracy from China. Huang agreed with the president's viewpoint, stating that Trump sees through the complexity of the issue.

According to Business Insider, Michael Burry, the prototype character of the movie "The Big Short" and a well-known short-seller, fiercely criticized the statement made by OpenAI and Anthropic CEO calling to "slow down AI development," accusing it of being highly self-serving.Michael Burry listed four core reasons: large language models are not true AI, protecting vested interests, creating hype for IPOs, and concealing the dilemma of sluggish growth. Michael Burry further pointed out that the so-called "active call to slow down" is merely a cover-up for the uncontrollable slowdown in industry growth and the forced delay of IPO plans.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a slowdown in AI model development and the introduction of third-party evaluation agencies. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that he would adopt the suggestions, and Elon Musk also expressed support.Despite the warnings from the three leaders about AI risks, there are few precedents in the industry for coordinating a slowdown in development speed.