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On October 12, Polygon announced that its Open Money Stack (OMS) has launched automated stablecoin payment operations. The team can set the recipient range, payment budget, and operation window all at once. At the start of the cycle, the product sends a payment request without the need to re-sign for each transfer.The pre-set content by the team includes approved payment operations and recipient range, project expenditure limits, operation window, and expiration time, as well as the ability to close current rules. The wallet will verify the recipient range, expenditure limits, and expiration time on-chain, and the team can also close the rules in advance to prevent the next payment request.Related terms are recorded in the Sessions Module on the wallet chain and executed at the contract layer. Once approved, the backend cannot expand the recipient range, increase expenditure limits, or extend expiration time; requests that exceed the agreed terms will be rejected. This process is part of the same system as deposits, holding stablecoin balances, and subsequent settlement routing.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) pointed out in Chapter 3 of the October 2026 "Global Financial Stability Report" that as of July 31, excluding repurchase agreements and stablecoins, the scale of tokenized real-world assets reached approximately $65.1 billion, including tokenized credit of $30.4 billion, money market funds of $17.5 billion, and tokenized equities of $2.3 billion.The report indicated that automatic clearing, instant settlement, continuous trading, and programmable collateral could accelerate forced liquidations and amplify financial shocks during market stress. Cross-platform reuse of collateral could also increase leverage, allowing risks to transmit more quickly to different institutions and markets. The IMF identified four obstacles to the expanded application of the tokenized market: legal certainty, regulatory clarity, blockchain network interoperability, and reliable settlement assets, and recommended adopting technology-neutral regulation, strengthening supervision, establishing circuit breakers, and preventing instability in automatic clearing.

Virtuals Protocol announced the launch of the Virtuals App, which is currently in closed testing on iOS, limited to invited users.According to the introduction, the Virtuals App equips personal AI with wallet and market access capabilities. Users can assign tasks to the AI like using a personal quantitative trader and set operational ranges and permissions, which the AI will then execute automatically. Users can also research investment opportunities, discuss trading strategies, and conduct fund operations through conversation.Currently, test users are utilizing the application to continuously track market and social media information, automatically executing trades based on social media posts, or building dashboards to track the complete process of specific token sniper wallets from buying to exiting. These functions can all be completed directly in group chats where users discuss investment ideas with friends.

Chainalysis, in its "East Asia Cryptocurrency Adoption Report" released on October 5, stated that during the period from July 2025 to June 2026, overall cryptocurrency activity in East Asia has slightly contracted due to the global bear market, but significant differentiation has emerged within the region: South Korea remains the largest retail trading center, Hong Kong is becoming a hub for institutional fund settlement, Japanese users are accelerating their shift towards DEX and perpetual contracts, while the peer-to-peer use of stablecoins in mainland China continues to expand.The report estimates that South Korea's cryptocurrency economy will reach $449.1 billion during the same period, a 12.3% increase from the previous cycle, maintaining its position as the leader in East Asia; Japan, Hong Kong, mainland China, and Taiwan are at $228.3 billion, $192.2 billion, $176.3 billion, and $140.4 billion, respectively. The growth in South Korea is mainly driven by increased capital flows related to trading platforms, with the report stating that the local trading platform ecosystem has added approximately $51.1 billion in new traffic.The most notable change in the South Korean market comes from AI token trading. Chainalysis noted that by June 2026, AI-related cryptocurrency assets have become the largest thematic sector in won trading, surpassing the popularity of payment tokens like XRP. The report recorded that Worldcoin (WLD) achieved a trading volume of $7.41 billion during the observation period, with SAHARA, VIRTUAL, BIO, and NEAR also becoming active varieties. AI token trading priced in won accounts for about 19.5 times that of the yen market, indicating that South Korean retail investors are extending their AI investment preferences from the domestic stock market to the cryptocurrency market.However, institutional funds in South Korea are still in the preparation stage. The report points out that local banks and brokerages have generally formed digital asset teams and are promoting stablecoin, custody, and tokenization pilots, but direct corporate participation in cryptocurrency investment has not yet reached scale. If the cryptocurrency asset income tax planned for implementation in South Korea in 2027 is realized as scheduled, and corporate trading restrictions continue to be relaxed, the retail-dominated landscape of the South Korean market may face reevaluation.

PAID Official Announcement: Currently, the token creator fee automatic distribution tool has successfully distributed 1.44 million dollars to Xmoney users. Paid previously launched the token issuance feature on Pons on the 19th. The official statement claims that 80% of the fees will be sent to X users via X Money, while 20% will be converted to SOL for repurchasing PAID tokens. Issuers can send fees through X Money by adding their X Handle in the project text description. Additionally, celebrities on X can receive fund distributions through X Money without needing to register for Paid or give consent.According to market news, the market capitalization of PAID on Solana has now surpassed 40 million dollars, with a 24-hour increase of over 360%, and a trading volume of 32.8 million dollars during the same period. Furthermore, on-chain data shows that Frank DeGods, the founder of DeGods, bought PAID approximately four days ago, investing around 145,000 to 169,000 dollars and holding tens of millions of tokens. The price of related tokens is highly volatile, and investment should be approached with caution.

According to Blockaid monitoring, the QiDao Protocol stablecoin miMATIC on Polygon is currently still in a depegged state, reported at approximately 0.86 USD, about 14% lower than its 1 USD peg price.Blockaid stated that the depegging situation is still ongoing as of now.

OpenAI announced the establishment of an independent advisory group on mathematics and artificial intelligence in collaboration with mathematicians, hosted by the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. OpenAI stated that its new internal model, which began training on August 28, has solved the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize Problem and addressed over 100 long-standing open problems in most areas of mathematics, with progress that surprised its internal mathematicians.The group will provide advice on the review and dissemination of emerging results, academic and professional standards in mathematical research, and how OpenAI tools can support mathematical research and learning. Initial members include François Charles, Camillo De Lellis, Timothy Gowers, Martin Hairer, Nikhil Srivastava, Ulrike Tillmann, Ravi Vakil, Edward Witten, and Melanie Matchett Wood.The group operates independently of OpenAI, and members are not compensated by OpenAI; they can proactively provide advice, comment on its impact on mathematics, and make public recommendations. Previously, mathematicians expressed concerns in an open letter titled "A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics" regarding the use of solving open problems as a benchmark for AI. The group is not responsible for providing advice on the pace of OpenAI's internal mathematical progress.

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."

Argentina has committed to implementing the OECD's "Crypto Asset Reporting Framework" and will launch automatic exchange of tax information on crypto asset transactions by September 2029 at the latest. Argentina needs to incorporate this framework into its national laws before 2029 and clarify the reporting obligations of relevant crypto asset service providers.Trading platforms, intermediaries, and other related service providers will be responsible for identifying eligible users and collecting information such as names, addresses, tax residency, taxpayer identification numbers, and transaction information related to buying, selling, and transferring crypto assets. This measure will not introduce new types of taxes, nor does it mean that users will automatically incur new tax obligations; Argentina's tax authority ARCA will have access to standardized information on the overseas crypto asset transactions of domestic residents and will compare it with tax declarations. The first annual information reporting period to be included in this mechanism has not yet been publicly determined.

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 MTS, there are rumors that several leading AI laboratories have used models to provide solutions to multiple long-standing major mathematical problems. However, following the controversy surrounding the results related to Navier-Stokes, these institutions have chosen to temporarily withhold the publication of relevant results.

According to the official announcement from the Ethena Foundation, the fee conversion vote has been approved, with 100% in favor. The programmatic ENA buyback will begin and will gradually scale up as indicators and milestones are achieved.Previously, on August 27, the Ethena Foundation announced four adjustments to the Ethena ecosystem, including the buyback of locked tokens held by early investors, further aligning the token with equity value, initiating a governance proposal for revenue buyback of ENA, and canceling future monthly VC investor unlocks.

Uniswap founder Hayden posted on the X platform stating that they had not anticipated that the tokens created during the pools.trade testing period would be discovered. They have waived all creator fees generated during the Uniswap employee testing period and transferred them to the automatic buyback and burn contract.They are currently considering making it a feature available for other deployers to use.

On July 17, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot submitted Bill No. 921 to the Senate, proposing to incorporate the Crypto Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) established by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) into French law and to automatically exchange encrypted data with 48 countries that have signed related agreements.The exchanged information includes specific transactions, user names, addresses, tax identification numbers, places of residence, and the cumulative transaction value during the reporting period. EU member states have prepared to conduct relevant data exchanges based on the DAC-8 directive, which will take effect on September 30, 2027. After the bill is approved, the French government will accelerate the collection of encrypted data. A Chainalysis report indicates that by 2026, France had recorded 30 publicly known violent robberies of crypto assets; the report states that a tax official in the Paris region is suspected of selling data on high-net-worth crypto holders.

The cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer Coldcard has released an update on its customer data retention policy. Due to legal compliance requirements arising from the security incident disclosed on July 30, the company has temporarily suspended its original automatic customer data deletion mechanism.Previously, Coldcard's standard practice was to automatically clear customer records after 120 days, retaining only the user's email address and country information, while allowing customers to request early deletion of data at any time after product delivery. Coldcard stated that due to the security incident involving ongoing and potential legal proceedings, the company is obligated to retain records that may be relevant to litigation. Therefore, customer data that was originally scheduled for deletion will be temporarily retained until the law permits the resumption of normal processes.However, users can still request Coldcard to handle their personal information according to the original data retention policy. If users wish for their data not to be included in this legal retention scope, they can contact official customer service to make a request. Coldcard emphasizes that the retained data will be strictly protected, accessible only to authorized personnel, and will not be used for any purposes other than fulfilling legal obligations. The company will restore the previous automatic data deletion mechanism once legally permissible.

The Volcano Engine officially launched the Seedance 2.5 API. Compared to Seedance 2, the new version has significantly improved in areas such as instruction adherence, long narratives, character consistency, realism, lighting and shadow quality, and sound effects. It natively supports 30-second video output, a maximum of 50 multimodal material references, and is compatible with more than a dozen languages.

Uniswap founder Hayden posted on the X platform stating that the technical design of automatic compounding liquidity is his personal contribution to pools.trade. The way it works is: liquidity positions are deposited into a smart contract, with the rule that anyone can withdraw all unclaimed fees from that position, provided they increase the size of that liquidity position by 0.2%. Therefore, the fees will grow over time, and when the value of the fees exceeds 0.2% of the liquidity, seekers will naturally be incentivized to add 0.2% liquidity to the pool and claim the fees. This mechanism is based on the Uniswap token jar and can also be used for automatic compounding of regular Uniswap LP positions, so this feature will be added to the roadmap.

According to Jinshi reports, the Korea Exchange has launched a sidecar mechanism for the KOSDAQ, suspending programmatic trading for 5 minutes.

According to official news, OpenAI has released research results stating that its next-generation AI model Astra has made progress in the fields of mathematics and theoretical computer science, involving areas such as high-dimensional geometry, coding theory, group theory, quantum complexity, post-quantum cryptography, and extremal combinatorial mathematics. The 10 published results include: the high-dimensional sphere packing problem, binary and spherical coding problems, non-sofic group problems, Connes rigidity conjecture, arithmetic circuit complexity problems, quantum parallel repetition problems, nearest vector problems, Ehrhart volume conjecture, multi-color Ramsey number problems, and extremal graph theory conjectures.It is reported that these results were derived using an internal version of the Astra model, with the computational cost of finding solutions amounting to approximately $2000 (calculated based on Sol API prices).Subsequently, human researchers used the same model to assist in compiling the results into a paper and generated verifiable proof certificates through the Lean formal proof system.

Tencent's official X account stated that its research agent Hyra collaborated with the Hy3 model to explicitly prove an issue that has troubled the mathematical community for over 50 years: the optimal growth rate exponent of the size of the sum set |A+A| and the size of the difference set |A-A| for a finite integer set A is exactly 2. The theorem from 1969 provided an upper bound of 2, but for the following 50 years, the best constructed exponent was only slightly above 1.1.This achievement demonstrates the potential of AI agents in the field of pure mathematical reasoning. Tencent stated that Hyra is an AI research agent developed in-house, specifically designed to assist in the exploration of complex mathematical and scientific problems. This conclusion still requires confirmation through peer review by the mathematical community.