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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman proposed in internal communications to integrate top AI laboratories into a single organization to centrally manage the risks of cutting-edge AI models. However, as OpenAI and Anthropic prepare for IPOs, the rising demands for commercialization face resistance to deep collaboration among competitors.

According to The Defiant, the HashKey Chain administrator transferred 142,818 USDT by temporarily replacing the contract, and about six minutes later, the original deposit code was restored. HashKey Chain is an Ethereum Layer 2 network launched by HashKey Group, primarily aimed at compliance and institutional-level application scenarios.The report shows that this temporary replacement did not change the final state of the deposit code, but a multi-signature composed of five members, requiring three signatures, still retains the immediate upgrade authority, allowing upgrades to the contract to be executed without a time lock delay.

According to South Korean media etoday, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Financial Services Commission of South Korea stated that the Korea Communications Commission has decided to implement domestic access blocking or termination measures against 27 virtual asset operators' websites, including KuCoin, MEXC, BingX, Phemex, XT.com, Bitrue, CoinW, Poloniex, BTCC, and BitMart, which have not reported in accordance with the law.This initiative expands the scope of restrictions on unreported operators from mobile application markets to internet web pages.

AI computing power operator KONST has completed a $30 million Series B financing round, led by ADATA Technology, with strategic investments from M Mobility and other venture capital firms.The new funds will be used to expand the construction of its AI data centers and accelerate the Token factory strategy.

Australian AI data center operator Firmus, supported by NVIDIA, stated via email to CNBC that the company has withdrawn its planned large IPO due to market volatility and conditions. The board believes that the proposed issuance terms do not adequately reflect the business's strength and long-term growth prospects, and continuing with the issuance is not in the best interests of the company and its shareholders. The company stated it will turn to private market financing and consider other public and private market options.Reportedly, Firmus originally planned to raise $5 billion through the IPO, pricing shares at AUD 11. If successful, it would have become the second-largest IPO in Australian history, with a valuation of approximately $30.6 billion. In August 2026, the company announced the completion of $2 billion in financing, with investors including NVIDIA, Coatue Management, Blackstone, and Jane Street; the previous year, it raised over $3 billion in equity financing, with a valuation exceeding $10.5 billion. Last month, Firmus announced an agreement with Meta to provide GPU computing power for AI research, model development, and training based on NVIDIA's DSX platform in Southeast Asia.

According to Nikkei Asia, chip design software leader Synopsys is seeking to collaborate with Chinese large language model developers, planning to use the AI version of its tools to help Chinese companies develop chips faster, and stated that it will carry out related work within the scope of tightening artificial intelligence and semiconductor export controls in Washington.The report states that Synopsys expects a revenue of $11.15 billion for the fiscal year 2027, with collaborations with OpenAI and Amazon driving its artificial intelligence business. Synopsys is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, and is a global leader in chip design software.

According to monitoring by PeckShield, the attacker of the 79AU operational hot wallet 79thVault has returned 15,000 BNB, worth approximately 11 million USD, to the wallet address designated by the project team. Additionally, the attacker previously deposited 30 BNB into KuCoin. The current status of the remaining funds is still unclear.Previously, 79thVault on BNB Chain lost approximately 12.5 million USD, possibly due to a private key leak. The team typically operates the hot wallet for small transfers to the reward pool. However, recently this address transferred a total of 2.01 million 79AU to external addresses in 7 transactions, with amounts of 10,000, 100,000, 100,000, 300,000, 500,000, 500,000, and 500,000 coins respectively.

CrowdStrike, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and NVIDIA expand their global cybersecurity startup accelerator, aiming to define the next generation of innovation in the era of intelligent agents.

According to a report by Businesswire, BNB Plus Corp. (OTCQB: BNBX) announced a strategic transformation, shifting from a digital asset treasury company focused on the BNB Chain ecosystem to an operational company providing open network infrastructure such as blockchain and Agentic AI for financial institutions and enterprises.In the future, the company will still participate in ecosystems like BNB Chain, with a strategic focus shifting from passive holding of digital assets to infrastructure, integration, and deployment services. BNB Plus, formerly known as Applied DNA Sciences, previously transitioned from a biotechnology business to a BNB treasury strategy, holding approximately 18,830 BNB as of July 30.

The Core Lightning team, which develops the open-source Bitcoin Lightning Network node software, has issued an urgent alert stating that reports indicate attackers are targeting nodes that have not installed patches, urging operators still running old versions to upgrade immediately. The team stated: "Emergency security update: If you are using version 26.06.7 or earlier, please upgrade to the latest release as soon as possible."Prior to this, Core Lightning began investigating a potential issue that could affect its experimental features and, in turn, impact user funds on September 16, and approximately six days later, version 26.06.8 was released. This update not only fixed several defects but also provided patches for security vulnerabilities reported responsibly by multiple parties, thanking the Bitcoin Red Team and 12 other individuals and organizations in the release notes, while also acknowledging anonymous reporters.According to the changelog, this round of fixes covers a bug that could cause sender nodes to crash, requests that could exhaust REST interface memory, and a vulnerability that could result in user funds facing confiscation losses when closing payment channels. To provide operators with ample upgrade windows and prevent attackers from taking advantage of reverse engineering and exploitation, this version intentionally obscured some testing content. Additionally, in August of this year, the project initiated a collaborative fixing process after reviewing a large number of AI-generated general vulnerability disclosure reports, and two days later released version 26.06.7 to close confirmed vulnerabilities.

The official ether.fi account posted on the X platform, stating that it has learned about a previous security incident related to Ethereum node operators. WEETH has no risk exposure and will not be affected. All funds are safe.Metamask announced earlier today that it is dealing with a security incident affecting some of Metamask's infrastructure. No direct threats to the MetaMask wallet have been identified at this time.As a precaution, Metamask is actively working with customers, partners, and security consultants to withdraw affected validators to maintain the security of Metamask's non-custodial staking business.

Ethena founder Guy Young posted on social media that he is aware of the current "security incident involving a certain Ethereum node operator."The supported assets of USDe currently do not include any direct exposure to stETH or any other liquid staking tokens. It is expected that there will be no impact on Ethena.

According to Bloomberg, Morgan Stanley has established a digital asset lab to test technologies such as stablecoins, tokenization, and decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. The Wall Street bank is exploring how blockchain-based systems can be applied to its various businesses.Megan Brewer, head of market innovation and labs at Morgan Stanley, stated in an interview that the initiative is part of the company's existing innovation lab network. This network provides employees with dedicated facilities to explore emerging technologies while avoiding risks to the bank's core systems.

Cosmos ecosystem DEX Astroport stated that the attack event that occurred on Neutron may have led to the theft of administrator privileges for the Astroport contract. Neutron has suspended chain operations for investigation.Astroport advises users to withdraw liquidity from all Astroport liquidity pools.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang accused the warnings from the head of a leading AI lab of being "dishonest" in an interview aired on CBS on Sunday. These warnings claimed that without more AI regulation, their products could pose various threats to humanity. Huang believes there are ulterior motives behind the warnings and stated, "Go read between the lines. They are not actually asking for more laws; they are asking for exemptions from our existing laws." He also remarked that using technology to scare the public is "irresponsible" and "unnecessary."Huang's comments align with the stance of former President Trump. Trump stated on Saturday that no new regulations are needed to ensure the safety of AI technology. Michael Kratsios, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, also opposed government intervention. Last week, a group of leading AI CEOs called for a slowdown in AI development, with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei publishing related articles, receiving support from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Huang reiterated that slowing down development in U.S. labs would give China an advantage and stated that no more regulation is needed, only the application of existing laws.

According to CoinDesk, Latin American telecom operator VIVA has become the first operator to launch the Iris network. Iris is a telecom settlement network based on Avalanche, founded by former IBM blockchain partner Jules Miller, which helps operators integrate identity, billing, and distribution systems into financial services without replacing existing telecom systems. VIVA has been operating in Bolivia for over 25 years and has recently expanded into the Mexican market.VIVA conducts transaction settlements using the US dollar stablecoin USDi issued by stablecoin infrastructure company Agora, and can hold eligible operational reserves in US dollars instead of local currency. Iris operates on a dedicated Avalanche Layer 1 to control settlement, operations, and compliance requirements. At the launch of Iris, it secured a commitment of $43 million from Balesia Group, a family office that has telecom operations in the Americas.Ava Labs Chief Business Officer John Nahas stated that the initial expansion of Iris will focus on Latin America and parts of Africa and Asia. He mentioned that the super app product used by VIVA has helped reduce the churn rate of prepaid mobile users by 33% and increase customer lifetime value by 35%. Iris is currently in discussions with more telecom operators worldwide to onboard additional operators and services.

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.

Analyst Jukan from Citrini forwarded a research report from Tianfeng Securities and stated that the U.S. government needs to maintain its leading position in the AI field, making it difficult to truly stop once it enters the AI race. Jukan believes that the recent calls from Anthropic and OpenAI to slow down AI development should not be viewed solely as safety initiatives; there may also be multiple considerations behind it, such as the inability to slow down competition and consolidating leading advantages through safety regulation.Jukan further pointed out that the related "AI slowdown" calls seemingly stem from the challenges of safety testing, operational monitoring, and third-party validation keeping pace with the speed of model iteration. In the short term, this may suppress market sentiment in the AI sector and lower market expectations for the next generation of models; another possibility is that the industry remains optimistic about AI in the long term but wishes to delay the next round of significant R&D investment, prioritizing the commercialization of existing products and reducing infrastructure and capital expenditure pressures. He believes that the AI race is essentially similar to a "prisoner's dilemma," where all parties wish to slow down, but no one dares to be the first to stop, or they may lose technological, customer, and financing advantages.Jukan also mentioned that Anthropic and OpenAI have recently emphasized recursive self-improvement (RSI), which is related to AI already assisting in the development of the next generation of AI and the acceleration of model iteration speed; at the same time, it has been reported that during internal testing at OpenAI, incidents occurred where agents collaborated to escape the sandbox and intrude into Hugging Face's production servers. Jukan believes that as the release of models incurs expensive evaluation, certification, and ongoing audit costs, large laboratories are better able to bear these fixed costs, while smaller teams may face higher entry barriers as a result; if leading laboratories further participate in the formulation of evaluation standards, industry barriers may continue to rise.

The city council of Albuquerque, New Mexico, passed an ordinance on Wednesday prohibiting the operation of cryptocurrency ATMs (cryptocurrency vending machines) within the city limits, while also banning cashier-assisted virtual currency transactions. The city government will notify known operators and retailers hosting the machines, requiring them to remove the relevant equipment within 45 days.The ordinance was jointly initiated by District 1 Councilor Stephanie Telles and District 7 Councilor Tammy Fiebelkorn. Telles stated that 90% of cryptocurrency ATM transactions in Albuquerque are related to fraud, claiming that these machines are primarily exploited by scammers, organized crime, and human traffickers due to the instant, anonymous, and irreversible nature of transactions. Fiebelkorn remarked that we cannot wait for federal regulators to resolve the crisis. The city council emphasized that residents can still freely hold, mine, and transfer cryptocurrencies through online exchanges and personal wallets.In terms of background, Indiana banned such machines statewide in March, Tennessee in July, and Minnesota in August; Delaware has advanced related legislation, New Jersey is considering it, and Texas is also brewing a ban. One of North America's largest operators, Bitcoin Depot, filed for bankruptcy protection in May and removed about 9,700 machines. According to data from the FBI, nearly 11,000 complaints of vending machine fraud were received in 2024, involving amounts exceeding $246 million.