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According to OpenAI, the company identified and disrupted a coordinated attack campaign targeting its model's protected reasoning abilities in early July. The attackers did not breach encryption systems, compromise databases, or gain access to stored user conversations. OpenAI discovered associated prompt injection patterns affecting over 15,000 users and fully removed the activity by July 28.

According to BlockBeats, Open Standard's OUSD stablecoin went live on October 1 with a total supply of 477.3 million OUSD and 477.3 million USD in reserve assets, maintaining 100% reserve coverage. The reserves consist of 211.2 million USD in U.S. Treasury bills (44.25%) and 266.1 million USD in cash (55.75%). On Tempo Network, OUSD's circulating supply reached 434.2 million with total cumulative transfers of 533.9 million USD.

According to the Federal Reserve Inspector General report, Fed Chair Powell stated on September 30 that he will follow the Inspector General's recommendations on project management and hire an independent audit firm to review the accuracy and compliance of all awarded contracts to date.

According to Petra Tschudin, a member of the Swiss National Bank's governing board, large stablecoins that operate outside the existing dual-layer financial system pose risks to central bank policy effectiveness. Speaking Wednesday in Zurich, Tschudin acknowledged that modernizing the payment system is justified, but emphasized the need for regulatory measures to safeguard policymakers' influence amid the growing use of stablecoins.

According to German Finance Minister Lars Klinbeil, member companies plan to invest a combined total exceeding €850 billion between 2025 and 2028, with over €200 billion already invested in Germany during 2025. Klinbeil emphasized that boosting private sector investment is crucial for reigniting growth in Europe's largest economy after years of stagnation.

According to blockchain investigator ZachXBT, wallets linked to Bitget's $387.5 million security breach moved $3.9 million in Zcash (2,746 ZEC) into Ironwood, the network's shielded pool, on Wednesday. Three transactions sent the combined amount between 08:15 and 08:46 UTC, representing roughly 15% of the ZEC taken during the September 24 attack. Once inside Ironwood's shielded pool, the blockchain no longer publicly reveals the sender, recipient, or transaction amount for subsequent transfers.

According to CoinGlass, Ethereum closed the third quarter of 2026 up 71.2% to $2,687.27 on September 30, starting from $1,569.91 on July 1. The gain surpasses Q3 2025's 66.55% return, marking Ether's second-best third quarter since the data window opened. Bitcoin gained 42% over the same period, its second-best Q3 on record.

The Blockchain Association recently launched its Vaults Workstream, a policy initiative backed by dozens of member organizations including a16z and Aave. The workstream aims to shape regulatory discussions around vault technologies in Washington and facilitate collaboration among major crypto firms to influence policy frameworks surrounding onchain innovations.

According to Open Standard, Securitize joined the Open USD (OUSD) stablecoin network as a Network Partner on September 30, 2026, integrating its tokenization platform with the newly launched stablecoin infrastructure. The partnership aims to streamline onchain settlement for institutional assets by allowing Securitize's tokenized funds and OUSD's stablecoin to operate on shared rails, eliminating detours through traditional banking systems. Securitize currently manages over $4 billion in tokeniz

The U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday the release of 40 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of an International Energy Agency coordinated response to supply disruptions caused by the Iran conflict. The SPR held 283.8 million barrels, its lowest level since October 1982, according to last week's data. Companies will receive the crude as a loan and must return barrels later with a premium reaching 24%. The U.S. committed 172 million barrels as its share of a coor

According to ChainCatcher, SpaceX AI plans to launch four Grok pricing tiers soon.

According to HTX market data, Solana (SOL) broke through $120 in the past 24 hours, currently trading at $120.00 with a 24-hour gain of 1.97%.

According to reports on Wednesday (September 30), the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is launching a comprehensive investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI companies to examine product safety and potential consumer risks. The FTC plans to issue formal information requests to relevant companies in the coming weeks and will require executives from major developers to testify, including scrutiny of AI research organization METR. This marks the first formal regulatory action specifically tar

As of Wednesday end of European trading session on September 30, Germany's 10-year Bund yield rose 70.7 basis points in the third quarter to 3.586%, with September alone posting gains of 26.2 basis points. The 2-year Bund yield climbed 69.5 basis points in Q3 to 3.207%, while the 30-year yield advanced 48.5 basis points during the quarter.

Serbia's natural gas company chief Dusan Bajatovic said on September 30 that the country extended its natural gas supply agreement with Russia for an additional three months through year-end 2026. Serbia will continue to receive natural gas from Russia under previously negotiated favorable terms.

LME base metals declined on September 30. Copper fell $28 to close at $14,410 per ton, aluminum dropped $44 to $3,170, zinc fell $40 to $3,830, and lead decreased $24 to $1,874. Among other metals, nickel declined $30 to $15,928, while tin saw the steepest loss, falling $271 to $53,927. Cobalt remained flat at $39,140 per ton.

According to Yonhapinfomax, December gold futures rose $29.20 to $4,208.90 per troy ounce (+0.70%) on September 30 morning (U.S. Eastern Time) on the COMEX exchange. The U.S. core PCE price index rose 0.2% month-over-month in August, falling short of market expectations of +0.3%, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. The softer-than-expected inflation reading triggered a 5 basis point decline in the 2-year Treasury yield, with gold futures reaching an intraday high of $4,246.10. Lower inter

Embattled DeFi protocol Abracadabra has proposed an orderly wind down of operations, with a governance vote set to close Wednesday evening. The stablecoin MIM, which was pegged to $1, has plummeted to $0.04—losing parity amid a series of security incidents. According to the proposal, the protocol has 22 million MIM in circulation backed by only $900,000 in "actionable collateral," leaving it with no viable path to restore the peg. Abracadabra has accumulated $21 million in bad debt from hacks in

According to Jin10, the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) extended a special license for Serbia's national oil company on September 30, allowing continued operations through October 30. The license covers Serbia's only active refinery, Pancevo Refinery.

According to Susquehanna analyst Mehdi Hosseini, Micron earnings could eventually reach $50 per quarter, translating to roughly $200 annualized, ahead of the company's Q4 earnings report on Wednesday. Hosseini expects initial quarterly earnings of $30 to $40 before climbing to $50, citing memory's increasingly central role in AI semiconductor cycles and diversified customer demand supporting sustainable pricing and margins. Wall Street expects Micron to report Q4 earnings of $31.82 per share on