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With only 22 days left until the U.S. midterm elections, Fairshake, aligned with the stance of the U.S. cryptocurrency industry, and its affiliated Political Action Committee (PAC) have ramped up advertising to support their identified "crypto-friendly" candidates. According to documents disclosed by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Saturday, the PACs Defend American Jobs and Protect Progress have collectively spent $2.7 million on media and direct mail production to support Democratic and Republican candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2026. Fairshake's funding primarily comes from donations from investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, and Ripple Labs.Specific expenditures include: over $76,000 for House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, $73,000 for House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn Thompson, $512,000 for California Congressman Pete Aguilar, and $500,000 for New Jersey Congressman Josh Gottheimer. A few days earlier, Fairshake announced it would additionally support 32 House candidates in 2026, with 6 of them each receiving $1 million in media support.

According to The Wall Street Journal, the prediction market platform Kalshi is investigating betting activity related to "Trump's press secretary candidate" on its platform. Three bets, amounting to approximately $19, $74, and $80, appeared before the reports of Katie Zacharia being selected were published.The report states that the contract ultimately settled at "yes," but it remains unclear whether the related accounts are subject to withdrawal restrictions.

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic is establishing a presidential candidate outreach program, forming an internal team to collaborate with bipartisan presidential candidates on AI issues ahead of the 2028 U.S. election, assisting leadership in developing political strategies and operating political funding projects. The company is hiring a political program manager responsible for establishing and operating related programs for the 2028 election cycle, identifying potential candidates from both parties, providing AI policy education to candidates and their advisors on equal terms, preparing executives for dialogues, and planning party platforms, conventions, and transitions in advance. The position requires over 12 years of experience in campaigns, party committees, or political organizations, along with a record of credible bipartisan collaboration, with a salary ranging from $295,000 to $345,000.Fortune reports that the program is taking shape ahead of the November midterm elections and the company's potential initial public offering, which could be valued at up to $2 trillion. Bruce F. Freed, chairman of the Center for Political Accountability, stated that it is not uncommon for businesses to maintain relationships with presidential campaign teams, but he has not seen such a formal presidential election outreach arrangement. California Democratic Senator Alex Padilla noted that this hiring indicates that cutting-edge model companies are also establishing political operations beyond their products, emphasizing that education and influence are not the same, and urged Anthropic to disclose more details. Katie Harbath, founder and CEO of Anchor Change, believes the unusual aspect is that this role is also responsible for political action committee funding. Anthropic did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The 14-day public announcement period for the Sun Yuchen Award regarding question numbers 305, 371, 381, 526, 866, and 1001 has officially ended. The official confirmation states that there were no unresolved objections during the announcement period, and the qualifications of the relevant awardees have been finally confirmed, entering the written confirmation and prize distribution process for the first batch of awardees.According to the previous announcement information, the awardees for questions 305, 371, and 381 are formal verifiers, while the awardees for questions 866 and 1001 are problem solvers. Question 526 received rewards for both roles. Additionally, candidates for problem-solving for questions 239 and 327 have been under public announcement since September 30 and are still ongoing.The Sun Yuchen Award was established by Sun Yuchen, the founder of TRON, with a maximum single-question prize of 1 million USD. The prize pool on-chain address has already deposited 10 million USD. The confirmation of this first batch of awardees also signifies that the Sun Yuchen Award has completed its first complete public announcement loop and initiated substantial prize redemption.

According to CNBC, U.S. Democratic Congressman Don Davis proposed the "No Betting on Your Own Race Act," which aims to prohibit federal office candidates from trading prediction market contracts related to their own election results.Under the bill, violators will be fined at least $10,000 or three times the net profits from the related trades, whichever is higher. Before this proposal was introduced, Davis's Republican opponent in North Carolina's 1st Congressional District, Laurie Buckhout, was fined nearly $2,600 for trading Kalshi contracts related to her candidacy and was suspended from trading on Kalshi for three years.

According to Cointelegraph, the crypto political action committee (PAC) Fairshake, supported by institutions such as Coinbase, Ripple Labs, and A16z, announced that it will support 32 incumbent members of Congress in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, including 19 Republicans and 13 Democrats.Fairshake plans to initially invest $6 million, providing $1 million in campaign support expenditures for 3 Republican and 3 Democratic candidates. Spokesperson Geoff Vetter stated, "We support pro-crypto candidates from both parties who advocate for American innovation." All 32 candidates voted in favor of advancing the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act) in 2025, but the bill failed to pass a key Senate vote, and its future remains uncertain.Fairshake expects to invest over $100 million this year to support House and Senate candidates through advertising, with at least $30 million allocated for the Ohio Senate race, backing Republican candidate Jon Husted against Democratic candidate Sherrod Brown.Vetter previously stated that as of August, Fairshake held $122 million in cash, aiming to help establish the largest pro-crypto coalition of lawmakers in U.S. history.

EntropyLab has released the first candidate version of its self-contained Bitcoin key and wallet calculator v1.0rc1. The application runs as a single HTML file, requiring no internet connection and does not generate entropy on its own; users can provide their own entropy to calculate keys and wallets in a completely offline environment.The tool supports multi-signature, PSBT, BIP-85, Silent Payments, vanity addresses, watch-only wallet exports, and random number analysis. This version is reproducible and can be verified through the signatures of four independent signers; the team recommends that users download and verify the file before transferring it to an isolated network computer. The official version v1.0 will be released after the candidate version testing is completed.

According to The Block, the crypto advocacy organization supported by Coinbase, Stand With Crypto, has announced its first round of Senate candidate endorsements.The organization stated that it will endorse Ohio Republican Senator Jon Husted, whose opponent is the crypto-skeptical former Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown. Additionally, it will endorse Ashley Hinson from Iowa and Chris Pappas from New Hampshire.This endorsement comes after the Senate's procedural vote on September 15 failed to pass the Clarity Act, which aims to establish a federal regulatory framework for the industry.Senate Democrats stated that they could not vote for a bill that would allow President Trump to profit personally from the crypto industry. Stand With Crypto's Executive Director Mason Lynaugh mentioned that after the Senate's recent failure to advance the Clarity Act, the organization’s more than 3 million advocates are fully shifting their focus to ensuring the election of candidates who support crypto.In addition to the Senate endorsements, Stand With Crypto also stated that it will increase advertising spending in six House campaigns, including those of Democratic Congressman Don Davis and Republican Congressman Bryan Steil.These newly endorsed House candidates all voted in favor of the Clarity Act when it passed the House last year. The organization has also endorsed more House candidates, including Congressmen Shomari Figures and Mariannette Miller-Meeks.

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform that Bitcoin Core 32 is currently undergoing candidate version testing, with the developers aiming to release it on October 10.This version can speed up block validation by reading database data in parallel, but it will not change the block generation speed. Four wallet commands will default to the updated partially signed transaction format, while the old format will still be available as needed. Security patches can prevent custom wallet names from executing commands on non-Windows nodes, and in one test, the memory growth caused by unauthenticated HTTP was reduced from about 3.2 GB to about 3 MB.

Bitcoin Core 32 has entered the candidate testing phase this week, with developers aiming to release the official version on October 10. This update is primarily aimed at node operators and developers, as it can accelerate block verification speed and adjust the way wallets handle payments.According to the draft release notes, the update speeds up block verification by reading database information in parallel, but it will not change the Bitcoin block generation speed. Four wallet commands will default to the updated format for exchanging partially signed transactions, although applications can still request the old version. In terms of security fixes, the update prevents maliciously constructed wallet names from triggering commands on node computers, a vulnerability that affects non-Windows systems; another patch fixes an issue with excessive memory usage by the new HTTP server.Contributor Matthew Zipkin described a "memory exhaustion scenario" in the patch proposal, which he discovered while auditing the new HTTP server of Bitcoin Core using the AI model Kimi K3. GitHub user jeanpablojp found that unauthenticated requests could also lead to memory growth during the review; after patch revisions, 16 unauthenticated connections caused only about 3 MB of memory growth in 90 seconds, compared to 3.2 GB previously. The patch was merged on September 5.

According to Digital Assets, South Korea's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister nominee Lee Hyeong-jin stated at a parliamentary hearing that taxing virtual assets poses a relatively small burden for most investors and is not expected to have a significant impact on the market.Data shows that about 95% of investors hold assets of less than 5 million Korean Won; when the acquisition cost cannot be proven, 50% of the income can be considered necessary expenses, plus a basic deduction of 2.5 million Korean Won, resulting in a limited actual tax burden for small investors.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the "Republican 2028 Presidential Candidate" event is currently the most actively traded on the prediction market Polymarket, with a cumulative pool size reaching $6.973 billion. The option with the highest market consensus is "J.D. Vance," with an associated winning probability of approximately 53.05%.

The prediction market platform Kalshi announced a three-year suspension of trading eligibility for North Carolina Republican congressional candidate Laurie Buckhout, along with a fine of $2,589.96, due to her having purchased contracts related to her own campaign. According to a settlement agreement effective August 28, Buckhout purchased contracts worth less than $1,000 related to her candidacy, violating the platform's rule 5.17(z), which prohibits trading by individuals who have "direct or indirect influence" on the outcome.Buckhout stated in a declaration, "I did bet on myself, and it was indeed a foolish mistake. Once I realized the issue, I immediately cooperated to correct it. You could say my career as a Kalshi trader was very short." Kalshi indicated that Buckhout cooperated during the investigation and agreed to accept the penalties. Previously, Kalshi had imposed similar penalties on several politicians, including Minnesota Senator Matt Klein and former Texas congressional candidate Ezekiel Enriquez, who also bet on their own campaigns.Buckhout is a retired Army colonel who previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy. She is challenging Democratic Congressman Don Davis, replaying the 2024 matchup, in which Davis won with 49.5% to 47.8%. The North Carolina legislature redrew the district last year to make it more favorable to Republicans, and the Cook Political Report rated the district as "leaning Republican."

According to BeInCrypto, the digital campaign of Brazil's "pro-Bitcoin" presidential candidate Renan Santos has been suspended, with 3.3 million reais (approximately 600,000 USD) of public campaign funds frozen and 16 campaign social media accounts restricted.Weeks before this ruling, Santos had just supported the establishment of a national Bitcoin reserve. His candidacy has not been revoked, but his online reach and funding have been severely impacted.

According to Reuters, the cryptocurrency advocacy organization Stand With Crypto, supported by Coinbase, announced endorsements for 32 incumbent congressional candidates for the midterm elections in November. All 32 candidates voted last year in favor of sending the cryptocurrency industry's top legislative priority, the CLARITY Act, out of the House of Representatives, which is currently stalled in the Senate due to opposition from some lawmakers.The list includes key allies in the cryptocurrency industry such as Republican Representatives Tom Emmer and Bill Huizenga, as well as Democratic Representatives Ritchie Torres and Josh Gottheimer, some of whom are facing fiercely competitive races.Mason Lynaugh, Executive Director of Stand With Crypto, stated, "In 2024, we proved that crypto voters are real, and in 2026, we want to demonstrate our organizational mobilization ability; our advocates are a voting bloc that can truly impact outcomes."Stand With Crypto was launched by Coinbase in 2023 to influence elections by mobilizing voters rather than through large-scale campaign spending, and it claims to have over 3 million registered "advocates." In 2024, the cryptocurrency industry invested $170 million to support congressional candidates, most of whom won, and pushed Congress to pass the GENIUS Act for stablecoin regulation. During this midterm election cycle, the cryptocurrency industry has already invested nearly $200 million through channels such as the Fairshake super PAC to continue solidifying its influence in Congress.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the "Democratic Party 2028 Presidential Candidate" event is currently the most actively traded on the prediction market Polymarket, with a cumulative pool size reaching $12.654 billion. The option with the highest market consensus is "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez," corresponding to a winning probability of approximately 22.9%.

Fox News reporter Aishah Hasnie cited sources revealing that Trump will begin to utilize approximately $400 million from his personal super PAC "MAGA Inc" to support Republicans facing campaign pressure in the midterm elections this November.

According to BeInCrypto, El Salvador's two major opposition parties, ARENA and FMLN, have nominated Maytee Iraheta and Rafael Aguirre, respectively, as candidates for the presidential election in February 2027, challenging the re-election campaign of current President Nayib Bukele. Both candidates have not supported Bukele's Bitcoin strategy and have publicly criticized it as a financial failure.Bukele's New Ideas party has nominated him to run, with his approval rating reaching as high as 94% in recent polls, but this support mainly comes from improvements in public safety rather than Bitcoin policy—polls show that only 2.2% of Salvadorans believe Bitcoin is their biggest failure. Bitcoin is no longer mandatory legal tender in the country following the IMF loan agreement in February 2025, with the dollar resuming its status as the only official currency for daily transactions. However, the El Salvador Bitcoin Office continues to buy Bitcoin, acquiring about 1 BTC daily, and as of July 27, its holdings have risen to approximately 7,730 BTC. The IMF has repeatedly warned that the Bitcoin strategy poses financial and governance risks and has not significantly improved financial inclusivity for unbanked residents. The next president will decide whether this accumulation continues.

According to Bloomberg, large IPO candidates including SpaceX may have to wait several years to be included in the S&P 500 index.The reason is that S&P Dow Jones Indices has refused to relax the criteria for inclusion of constituent stocks, maintaining the requirement for companies to achieve positive net income over the past year (including the most recent quarter). This decision was made by its index committee after a month of discussions, meaning that large newly listed companies that have not yet met the conditions for sustained profitability will still find it difficult to enter the index in the short term.