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Decentralized Scientific Finance Layer Bio Protocol announced that NeuroLab AI, developed by NootropicsDAO, will launch its Ignition Sale on September 16 at 14:00 (UTC) on Bio Protocol. The token for sale is NDT, lasting for two weeks, and participation requires staking USDC, with the option to pair with BioXP. Bio Protocol stated that NeuroLab AI is used to predict the potential effects of compounds on the brain and associates molecular interactions with cognitive effects, aiming to assist researchers in deciding the next laboratory test subjects. The project claims its knowledge graph has compiled over 150,000 entries and over 8 million associations.The initial fundraising scale is $200,000, with a starting fully diluted valuation of $3 million and initial project funds of $100,000. Participant shares are 100% unlocked upon receipt, with no lock-up period and no linear release. veBIO holders are allocated 20%, which can be claimed at any time; any unreleased portion becomes void upon claiming, with 20% released at TGE, and the remainder released linearly over 6 months; the ignition sale allocation is 6.67%. Users without BioXP can obtain it by staking BIO or ecosystem tokens, or by consuming BIO for instant minting.

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.

Rome-based Physical AI cybersecurity company Exein announced the completion of a new funding round of 234 million euros (approximately 270 million dollars), with a valuation of 1.4 billion euros (approximately 1.7 billion dollars), making it the highest-valued cybersecurity startup in Europe.This funding round was led by Headline, with participation from Sofina, Goldman Sachs, the European Investment Bank Group, KfW Capital, and T.Capital, while J.P. Morgan simultaneously expanded its revolving credit facility.

According to a report by Reuters, three trade sources said that after the east-west oil pipeline was shut down, Saudi Arabia is notifying some European refiners that their crude oil shipments scheduled for September have been canceled.

According to Techstartups, Dutch AI chip startup Euclyd has completed over 200 million euros (approximately 231 million dollars) in Series A funding, led jointly by Samsung, Somerset Capital Partners, EQT's Scaleup Europe Fund, and Innovation Industries.Euclyd was founded in 2024 by Bernardo Kastrup and Atul Sinha, headquartered in Eindhoven, focusing on the field of AI inference, aiming to replace GPU solutions with self-developed chips and memory architectures to reduce AI inference energy consumption and per Token costs. Former ASML CEO Peter Wennink will serve as the chairman of the company's board.

TON ecosystem self-custody wallet Tonkeeper announced its rebranding to Keeper and expanded from a single TON wallet to a multi-chain wallet supporting 7 blockchain networks. According to a statement disclosed exclusively to The Block, Keeper now supports TON, Bitcoin, Ethereum, TRON, BNB Smart Chain, Arbitrum, and Base. Tonkeeper claims to be the largest self-custody wallet in the TON ecosystem, with over 77 million registered users.Andrew Rogozov, founder and CEO of The Open Platform, stated that Keeper is the next chapter, aiming to bring the wallet experience known for its simplicity from TON to a broader crypto economy, with the goal of creating the default self-custody wallet for a multi-chain world, allowing users to freely hold, trade, and spend across any chain. This rebranding follows changes in the management of Tonkeeper, as The Open Platform took over the operational leadership of the wallet last month, while co-founders Oleg Andreev and Oleg Illarionov remain shareholders.Keeper also includes a gas-free transaction infrastructure called Battery, which allows users to pay network fees without holding the native gas tokens of each chain. The Open Platform plans to expand Battery to all supported networks within the next year and launch native DeFi services, daily payment tools, cross-chain exchanges, a built-in decentralized application browser, and more financial products such as perpetual contract trading.

According to The Block, the on-chain confidentiality protocol Zama will open deposits for 16 confidential vaults on Morpho, covering assets such as USDC, USDT, AUSD, and TGBP. Its first vault went live in June in collaboration with Morpho and Steakhouse Financial, using Steakhouse's USDC Prime strategy, with total locked assets increasing from zero to $40 million within seven weeks. Steakhouse will manage part of the vaults, while Armitage by Wintermute, Flowdesk, RockawayX, and Bitwise will also serve as managers.Users can confidentially access 12 existing non-confidential versions of Morpho vaults on Ethereum, with an additional 4 created specifically for confidential deposits. Zama also launched the Zama Swap Protocol, allowing depositors to confidentially exchange cUSDC, cUSDT, cAUSD, and cTGBP as well as confidential vault shares on Ethereum, without disclosing transaction size or intent. Zama stated that positions, balances, and strategies on public blockchains are visible to competitors and frontrunners, posing a structural barrier to large-scale deployment by institutions. The vaults will first go live through Zama's own application, with Utila, Zerion Wallet, and Yield.xyz set to integrate in the coming weeks.

According to Blockaid monitoring, an attack was discovered on an unidentified user's Safe multi-signature wallet on Ethereum. The attacker introduced a custom Uni V4 LP Safe module into a liquidity pool they created through a public keeper multicall, and then the hook unpacked aEthrsETH into rsETH, completing the extraction of Yoink MEV within the block. Currently, two transactions have been confirmed to cause approximately 7.73 million dollars in rsETH losses.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius will meet with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in Washington to discuss deepening defense industrial cooperation. The two sides are expected to sign an agreement that will allow European companies to produce some U.S. weapon systems in Europe through licensing. Pistorius stated that this will enhance the readiness capabilities of Germany, the United States, and NATO allies.

According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time September 14) the total net inflow of Ethereum spot ETFs was $121 million. The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest single-day net inflow yesterday was Blackrock ETF ETHA, with a single-day net inflow of $80.5048 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow of ETHA has reached $13.094 billion.The second was Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF ETH, with a single-day net inflow of $16.2324 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow of ETH has reached $1.933 billion. The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest single-day net outflow yesterday was Invesco ETF QETH, with a single-day net outflow of $5.4301 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow of QETH has reached $23.1966 million. As of the time of this report, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is $16.422 billion, and the ETF net asset ratio (market value compared to the total market value of Ethereum) is 5.23%. The historical cumulative net inflow has reached $13.511 billion.

On-chain data analysis platform Token Terminal stated that Ethereum, Solana, and Base together account for 91.5% of the euro stablecoin market value.Outside of the top three, Gnosis leads with 2.8%, followed by XRP Ledger at 1.6%, BNB Chain at 1.4%, and Avalanche at 1.0%.

Ethlabs researcher Derek Chiang stated that the collaboration between Base and Ethereum regarding account abstraction around EIP-8130 and EIP-8141 (Frames) has broken down last week, with both parties advancing their respective AA standards.He pointed out that for a long time, the EVM has been a unifying force between L1 and L2, and sharing an AA standard could have ensured a consistent multi-chain experience for smart accounts, including future post-quantum accounts. However, as the industry evolves, L1 and L2 are beginning to differentiate in terms of value and use cases: L1 pursues censorship resistance and capture, open source, privacy, and security, while L2 focuses on scalability, customization, and compliance.Both sides agree on core use cases such as gasless transactions and passkey wallets, but there are significant differences in compliance requirements. Chiang believes that a lack of unified standards may not be a bad outcome, as both parties can maximize innovation according to their visions.He proposed two paths: establishing a governance mechanism for shared resources like the EVM that covers more stakeholders, or accepting that a lack of unified standards is inevitable and focusing on building wallets and applications that can mask differences, expressing greater optimism about the second path.

According to Cointelegraph, the European Union's Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) officially came into effect on September 11, requiring cryptocurrency hardware and software wallet providers to submit early warning reports within 24 hours upon discovering actively exploited vulnerabilities or serious security flaws, and to submit complete notifications within 72 hours. Manufacturers must also submit final reports within 14 days after taking corrective or mitigating measures, while serious incidents must be reported within one month.The European Commission stated that the new reporting requirements aim to better protect consumers and businesses from cyber threats, applicable to all "products with digital elements" sold in the EU market, and are built upon the EU's broader cybersecurity strategy. According to the penalty provisions of the final draft, companies that fail to comply with Articles 13 and 14 may face administrative fines of up to €15 million (approximately $17.3 million) or 2.5% of their global annual turnover, whichever is higher; providing incorrect, incomplete, or misleading information may also incur fines of up to €5 million.Before the implementation of this measure, several hardware wallet manufacturers recently disclosed incidents of user data breaches. On September 4, Trezor revealed that a data breach involving its logistics provider ShipMonk affected approximately 67,000 U.S. customers, exceeding the initial estimate of 14,000; this week, Trezor and BitBox also warned users to be cautious of phishing emails disguised as urgent security notifications. In June, the Layer-1 blockchain network Zilliqa warned of vulnerabilities in its Ledger application, where attackers could exploit publicly available on-chain data to recover user private keys.

Market news reports that the EU antitrust regulatory agency has approved EQT's proposal to acquire Exolaunch, a satellite launch partner of SpaceX.

According to Bitcoin.com News, the supply of Ripple's stablecoin RLUSD reached a historical high of $2.442 billion this week, an increase of about 41% compared to $1.72 billion a month ago.It is worth noting that the new supply mainly flowed into Ethereum rather than XRP Ledger—Ethereum currently holds $1.37 billion, while XRP Ledger holds $1.05 billion, completely reversing the pattern from July when XRP Ledger accounted for 58.9%. Since July, Ethereum has absorbed the vast majority of the approximately $840 million in new supply.

The CEO of JERA, Japan's largest power company, stated that starting from January 1 next year, the supply of liquefied natural gas and natural gas from Russia to Europe will be halted, and gas prices may rise further.

According to SoSoValue data, during the last trading week (Eastern Time from September 7 to September 11), the net inflow of Ethereum spot ETFs was $197 million.The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest net inflow last week was Blackrock ETF ETHA, with a weekly net inflow of $140 million, bringing the total historical net inflow of ETHA to $13.01 billion; followed by Blackrock ETF ETHB, with a weekly net inflow of $55.2009 million, currently having a total historical net inflow of $831 million. The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest net outflow last week was Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETHE, with a weekly net outflow of $17.2921 million, currently having a total historical net outflow of $5.4 billion.As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is $16.31 billion, with an ETF net asset ratio (market value relative to the total market value of Ethereum) reaching 5.28%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $13.39 billion.

According to on-chain analysts, Ethereum early contributor billΞ.eth's associated address (0xC31...23fb) withdrew 500,000 LIT from the Lighter protocol 2 hours ago, worth 2.07 million USD.Lighter is the built-in Perp DEX of Robinhood Wallet, which has seen an increase in trading volume recently, with LIT rising over 97% in the past month.

According to Ledger Insights, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) recently published the "Trends, Risks, and Vulnerabilities Report for the First Half of 2026," in which digital assets and prediction markets occupy three chapters. Regarding crypto assets, the report warns that the increasing ties between cryptocurrencies and the traditional financial sector pose risks. Concerning tokenization, the report points out that issuing different tokenized versions of the same stock may lead to fragmented liquidity.As for prediction markets, the report believes that prediction markets have not yet seen significant development in Europe. This is because major platforms do not yet hold EU licenses, and in most cases, they need to obtain licenses. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) outlines some potential advantages of tokenization, including increased efficiency, expanded investor access, programmability, and atomic settlement. On the other hand, ESMA also questions how much these advantages are actually realized within these encapsulated structures.Since the ownership of the underlying stocks is off-chain, there is no single data source on-chain, and self-custody can only be achieved indirectly through these structures. Tokenization structures also introduce additional layers of intermediaries, leading to complexity and risk. The settlement advantages are also difficult to realize. Even if token transfers occur on-chain, the cash portion of the transaction is usually settled separately, whether through bank payments or other channels. This means that for certain transactions, the promised atomic settlement (i.e., simultaneous delivery of securities and cash) has not yet been achieved.