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According to CBS, the U.S. Army is assessing military units to support potential operations against Cuba over the coming months. The units required include a combat support battalion, a medical brigade, a forward surgical team, and a military police brigade.

People familiar with the matter said Ondo Finance was presented to potential buyers after founder and CEO Nathan Allman died on May 25 at age 32. Ondo strongly denied that the company itself pursued the outreach, with a spokesperson stating that "nobody at the company has shopped it for sale, been in sales talks, or engaged or asked anyone to do so on its behalf." Allman died without a will while holding a controlling stake in the $3.8 billion tokenized asset platform. His estate passed to his p

Mint.io has expanded its Web3 player economy across its full platform, connecting multiple games through shared progression infrastructure ahead of the planned MNTD token launch. Players can earn XP through eligible activity, advance through ranks, and compete in prize pools, with progression tracked across supported games rather than confined to individual titles. Eligible activity has received a 200% XP boost during the pre-launch period. Players' accumulated leaderboard positions are expected

According to BlockBeats, on September 25, multi-chain DEX Jumper launched its JUMP token sale through Legion and split off from LI.FI as an independent company. Jumper has processed over $40 billion in cumulative trading volume with over 100,000 monthly active users, holding a market-leading 15% share of cross-chain swap aggregation. The token sale marks Jumper's first fundraising, with proceeds allocated to product development, user acquisition, and market expansion.

According to Cointelegraph on September 25, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued new crypto asset reporting requirements. For 2025 transactions, brokers must report sales proceeds but typically do not need to report cost basis; starting 2026, brokers must report cost basis for eligible digital assets. The IRS emphasized that taxpayers must report crypto-related income and capital gains even without receiving Form 1099-DA. A survey by Awaken Tax of 1,000 U.S. crypto investors found that

According to BlockBeats and BIT, on September 25, the three major U.S. stock indices opened higher today, with the Dow up 0.02%, S&P 500 up 0.07%, and Nasdaq up 0.1%. Storage chip stocks also gained, including SK Hynix up 1.4%, Micron up 1.05%, and Western Digital SanDisk up 1.8%.

According to Bitcoinist, KuCoin launched a MOONSHOTUSDT pre-IPO stock index perpetual contract linked to Beijing Moonshot AI Technology on September 23. The contract trades with up to 20x leverage and settles in USDT on a 24/7 basis. Each contract represents 0.1 MOONSHOT exposure under KuCoin's index methodology, based on an estimated one billion share count. Traders gain synthetic price exposure to the Chinese AI company behind the Kimi assistant, but do not acquire actual equity ownership, vot

According to CoinGecko, Ethereum was trading at $2,717.02 as of 13:10 UTC on September 25, up 2.4 percent on the day, with prices confirmed across Coinbase ($2,713.93) and Kraken ($2,714.05). US spot ether ETFs recorded net inflows on four consecutive sessions from September 21 to 24, totaling $270 million, $162.2 million, $104.5 million, and $66.01 million respectively, per SoSoValue data. On September 24, no US spot ether ETF registered an outflow, marking a shift from a $140 million net outfl

According to Odaily, Dragonfly managing partner Haseeb said on X today that AI acceleration should not proceed as long as extinction risk remains a reasonable possibility. Drawing on his background as a professional gambler, Haseeb likened the principle to "risk of ruin"—maintaining reserves to survive worst-case scenarios. While AI risks may be less severe than feared or easily resolved, humans cannot determine which outcome will occur. Therefore, unless extinction risk is confirmed eliminated,

According to Odaily, Hyperliquid whale MK4 (attributed to X account @mk4lul) currently holds a NEAR long position worth approximately $29.7 million with a 10x leverage, at an average entry price of $2.35. The position carries unrealized gains of nearly $16 million.

According to Bloomberg, the Trump administration has required OpenAI and Anthropic not to provide new AI models to the UK's AI Safety Institute (AISI) and other partners before completing U.S. government review. U.S. officials aim to ensure AI models developed domestically are safe before sharing with allies including the United Kingdom. OpenAI declined to comment, while Anthropic and the White House have not yet responded to requests for comment.

USD/JPY fell below 157 today, declining 1.16% intraday as the Japanese yen strengthened against the U.S. dollar.

According to BlockBeats, Bitwise filed a Form 8-A registration statement to register a NEAR ETF on NYSE Arca on September 25. The ETF will be sponsored by Bitwise Investment Advisers, LLC, with the corresponding S-1 filing submitted to the SEC on September 16. The Form 8-A was signed by Bitwise Chief Operating Officer Teddy Fusaro.

According to Pierre Lindh, co-founder of NEXT.io, Morgan Stanley has joined the NEXTPredict summit in New York on October 22-23 as a strategic partner and will lead a panel on institutional capital, marking the first major bank to publicly commit to the prediction markets category. The bank's analyst Stephen Grambling, head of U.S. gaming, lodging and leisure research, will guide the discussion on opportunities and market structure challenges. Industry valuations reflect expectations for institu

According to PANews on September 25, Nscale, an AI cloud computing company, completed a $33.6 billion convertible debt financing round led by Third Point, with participation from Nvidia, funds managed by Apollo, Citadel, Hudson Bay Capital, and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. The first tranche of $23.6 billion has closed, while Nvidia committed an additional $1 billion expected to be deployed in mid-November 2026. Nscale will deploy the proceeds to accelerate AI cloud infrastructure expansio

According to 21Shares, on September 22, the company launched Europe's first exchange-traded product (ETP) providing exposure to Zcash on Euronext Paris and Euronext Amsterdam. The product trades under ticker ZCASH and carries a 2.5% annual management fee. The physically backed structure allows European investors to gain exposure to Zcash's native cryptocurrency, ZEC, through a regulated exchange without requiring direct ownership or wallet management.

According to Libya's National Oil Corporation, as of September 24, the forced closure of valves on the Sirah-to-Zawiya crude oil pipeline has resulted in production losses of 720,362 barrels and direct economic losses exceeding $75 million.

According to BlockBeats citing Arkham, on Sept 25, Hyperliquid address MK4 holds a long NEAR position worth $29.7 million with unrealized gains of approximately $16 million. The address opened the position at $2.35 per NEAR using 10x leverage. Over the past three years, the address has accumulated total gains of approximately $58 million on Hyperliquid.

DXtrade has integrated Notofin to provide brokers with behavioral and execution analytics for their clients. The service imports trading activity and combines it with traders' written notes, screenshots and emotional records to help users examine the decisions behind their trading results. Brokers licensing Devexperts' multi-asset platform can optionally add Notofin to their client offering as part of DXtrade's strategy of expanding functionality through third-party integrations.

PancakeSwap's Chef Kids will participate in the 'More Assets, More Geos' panel at KBW 2026 on September 30 at 3:40 PM KST, focusing on the role of tokenized assets in decentralized finance. The discussion reflects PancakeSwap's strategic focus on expanding asset diversity and liquidity on its DEX platform, aligning with the broader industry shift toward asset tokenization.