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According to Decrypt, the British police confiscated 20.21 bitcoins along with other cryptocurrencies and bank funds, totaling a value of 1.4 million dollars. The individuals involved had previous convictions for money laundering and are now deceased.Investigators traced these assets back to dark web markets that operated from 2016 to 2019 and were later shut down by law enforcement. The police stated that these now-closed websites had facilitated various criminal activities ranging from drug supply to human trafficking, but did not disclose the specific names of the websites.

According to Decrypt, the financial investigation department of the police in Avon and Somerset, UK, has seized 20.21 bitcoins along with other crypto assets and bank account funds, totaling approximately $1.4 million (£1.03 million). Investigators traced the assets to dark web markets that operated between 2016 and 2019, all of which have now been shut down by law enforcement and were involved in criminal activities such as drug supply and human trafficking.This is the largest cryptocurrency seizure operation by the police since the introduction of the cryptocurrency wallet freezing order in the UK in April 2024. This power allows the police to freeze and seize cryptocurrencies without prior arrests, transferring them to wallets controlled by law enforcement, and seizing written passwords or storage devices. The individuals involved had previous money laundering convictions and are now deceased.The police pointed out that every transaction processed by these markets is permanently recorded on the blockchain, serving as a valuable source of evidence. The assets were seized earlier this year under the Proceeds of Crime Act, with the court determining that they represented proceeds from illegal activities, and the recovered funds will be used for community and policing projects.

According to sources, Dark Side of the Moon is negotiating with Microsoft, Amazon, and Google for revenue sharing of the Kimi K3 artificial intelligence model. Dark Side of the Moon is seeking to obtain up to 30% of the revenue generated from K3-related services in the early negotiations.

According to Bitcoin.com, Tomáš Jiříkovský, the main suspect and programmer in a major cryptocurrency money laundering case in the Czech Republic, has sent signals that he may cooperate with the police investigation after the latest detention hearing at the Brno city court. The prosecution stated that he has not yet provided detailed testimony but has changed his previous stance of complete non-cooperation.Jiříkovský is accused of operating a dark web platform and laundering criminal proceeds, with the prosecution seeking a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and asset forfeiture. The court decided to continue his detention on the grounds of flight risk and the possibility that he may still control some undisclosed involved cryptocurrency assets. The core of the case revolves around a donation of approximately $44 million in Bitcoin that he provided to the Czech Ministry of Justice: he had proposed to give 30% of a seized cryptocurrency wallet to the government in exchange for assistance in unlocking the wallet.

According to Xinhua News Agency, Xin Guobin, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, stated on August 26 at the "Starting Point of the 14th Five-Year Plan" series of themed press conferences held by the State Council Information Office that, in terms of application, artificial intelligence in our country has basically penetrated the entire chain of research and development design, production manufacturing, quality inspection, and operation and maintenance.Xin Guobin mentioned that nearly 200 artificial intelligence-related standards have been successfully developed, and multiple cities are being organized to carry out ethical reviews and service practices related to artificial intelligence.

According to CoinDesk, Standard Chartered Bank, headquartered in London with assets of $850 billion, announced that it will become the first bank to distribute Hong Kong-regulated stablecoins. The institution stated in an email announcement released on Monday that it will first assist its eligible institutional clients and partners in integrating the Hong Kong dollar stablecoin HKDAP issued by Anchorpoint Financial, of which Standard Chartered is the majority shareholder.Standard Chartered also indicated plans to launch several new HKDAP commercial applications within the next month, with use cases including market fund subscriptions, settlements with asset management managers, inter-departmental settlements within the bank's global network, and cross-border payments. Anchorpoint Financial began a limited rollout of HKDAP on August 12, having just obtained one of the first two issuance licenses in Hong Kong four months prior. The initial rollout will focus on institutional payments and settlements, with more access channels and cross-border applications to be added later.Another licensed institution, HSBC, is preparing to launch its stablecoin in the second half of 2026 and may distribute it through PayMe, which has 3.3 million users. Additionally, Kraken's parent company Payward has expanded its stablecoin business in Hong Kong through a $600 million acquisition of Reap Technologies.

According to Jinshi reports, the dark side of the moon Kimi announced that the company's first-generation trillion-parameter multimodal model Kimi K2.5 will end its service at the end of this month.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "LoL: Hanwha Life Esports vs T1 - LCK Third to Fourth Round Legendary Group," the sub-market "Both Teams Kill a Dragon" has seen a drastic fluctuation in the "Yes" option win rate, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 90% (a fluctuation of 40%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

The Bank Policy Institute (BPI) is an organization representing large banks such as JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Citi. BPI proposed that the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury should expand customer identification program requirements to the secondary market for stablecoins, covering exchanges and other platforms that establish direct account relationships with retail investors.BPI stated that the relevant exchanges and platforms engage in a significant amount of buying and selling activities within the payment stablecoin ecosystem, where most illegal activities related to stablecoins occur. If the proposal is incorporated into the rules, the relevant platforms will be required to collect customer information in accordance with the Bank Secrecy Act, and decentralized exchanges may also fall under regulatory oversight. The proposed rules by FinCEN indicate that transactions in the secondary market for stablecoins on the blockchain typically use anonymous or pseudonymous identities, and there are no centralized nodes for collecting identity information, limiting the ability of issuers to gather customer data from the secondary market. BPI has also opposed the current version of the Digital Asset Market Structure Bill along with other banking organizations.

Kendrick stated that this round of increase is mainly driven by short covering, while the current open interest remains at a low level. As prices rise, it may leave room for more investors to re-enter the market.

Geoff Kendrick, the Global Head of Digital Asset Research at Standard Chartered Bank, stated that Bitcoin could approach its historical high of $126,000 by the end of the year, with a related recovery potentially accelerating after October 6. He remarked, "For the first time this year, there is a risk that my prediction of $100,000 by the end of the year may be too low."Kendrick pointed out that the recent rise has been primarily driven by short liquidations, but inflows into Bitcoin spot ETFs have also begun to recover. The current open interest is low, which may leave room for more investors to re-enter the market as prices rise.In February of this year, Kendrick had lowered Standard Chartered's Bitcoin year-end target from $150,000 to $100,000 and the Ethereum target from $7,500 to $4,000. At that time, he expected Bitcoin to drop to around $50,000 and Ethereum to around $1,400, before recovering over the remainder of the year.

Real Vision founder Raoul Pal stated that the charts he closely monitors show that Bitcoin has entered an oversold zone of more than two standard deviations relative to the Nasdaq and is currently rising rapidly. He mentioned that he will continue to observe but believes that in the long term, crypto assets should outperform the Nasdaq.Raoul Pal pointed out that such long-term structural trends are of significant reference value for asset allocation. This view is based on the relative strength performance of Bitcoin against the Nasdaq.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the prediction market Polymarket for the event "LoL: KT Rolster vs T1 - LCK Third to Fourth Round Legendary Group," the "KT Rolster" option in the sub-market "Match Winner" has experienced a drastic fluctuation in win rate, dropping from 55.5% an hour ago to the current 30.5% (a fluctuation of 25%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Cointelegraph, Geoff Kendrick, the Global Head of Digital Assets Research at Standard Chartered Bank, stated that the prediction of Bitcoin reaching $100,000 by the end of the year may be too conservative, and there is a possibility of the market challenging the historical high of $126,000 again before the year ends.Geoff Kendrick mentioned on Friday that the recent rise in Bitcoin was primarily driven by short liquidations, while the inflow of funds into spot Bitcoin ETFs has also started to recover. Given the current low level of open contracts in the market, as prices rise, more investors may re-enter, providing further momentum for the market."There is a risk that my prediction of $100,000 by the end of the year may be too low for the first time this year," Kendrick stated.Geoff Kendrick believes that the momentum of Bitcoin's rebound may accelerate further after October 6. Meanwhile, several market participants also believe that the bear market may be nearing its end. Swan Bitcoin CEO Cory Klippsten previously stated that Bitcoin could bottom out in October; 10x Research founder Markus Thielen believes that if the closing price in August stands above $63,000, it may confirm the formation of the bear market bottom.

Cryptocurrency analyst Darkfost stated that the apparent demand for Bitcoin in 2026 reached a record of 25,000 coins, indicating that the actual spot buying volume exceeds the newly mined coins, with market buying power stronger than supply.Apparent demand is calculated by subtracting the daily change in supply that has not been used for over a year from the daily block subsidy, used to measure whether structural accumulation can effectively absorb new supply.

According to Cryptopolitan, attackers released malicious versions of three widely used Rust packages through a supply chain attack, with a library named arrayref being used by about three-quarters of Rust development environments. The malicious update hid a backdoor that could automatically steal login information when users compiled projects; users who compiled the affected versions may have exposed their computers and keys.Wiz researchers pointed out that the command and control path of the arrayref attack overlaps with the Mastra operation used by the North Korean hacker groups Sapphire Sleet and UNC1069, with IP addresses sharing the same security certificate and using the same hosting provider, Hostwinds. The attackers only added a misspelled proc-macro1 dependency, mimicking the popular proc-macro2, without modifying the original code, allowing it to pass tests and builds. The attack was removed 86 minutes after release but had already been downloaded extensively. The affected packages are widely used in Solana and Ethereum tools. The Rust team believes the maintainer's actions were not malicious, and their device or credentials may have been compromised.