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According to PANews, Douyin's Doubao Work launched three new features on September 9. The platform now supports simultaneous editing of local PowerPoint and Excel files, with Word editing capability coming soon. Users can switch between local and cloud execution environments during task execution without creating new conversations, and sync tasks to the cloud at any time.

According to ChainCatcher, Jacob Coxon, a researcher at Anthropic (previously at OpenAI), announced his resignation from the AI industry, citing concerns over both companies' approach to AI safety. Coxon, who conducted pretraining research at both firms over the past three years, stated that OpenAI and Anthropic are competing to develop increasingly capable systems rather than prioritizing safety. He acknowledged Anthropic takes safety seriously but argues the competitive race for AGI makes safe

According to Jin10 Data, former Bank of Korea governor Lee Chang-yong said on Wednesday that South Koreans need not panic over short-term won fluctuations, as the economy has undergone structural changes making the currency more resilient. Lee noted that South Korea is no longer a net debtor in international markets but a creditor nation. "The situation has changed, so when the exchange rate reaches a certain level, we don't need to panic," he said. As a small economy, policymakers must remain h

According to RootData's spot exchange ranking data, Bitget's 24-hour public order book trading volume reached approximately $70.5 million, representing a 540.26% increase from the previous period. The exchange currently holds a 15.19% market share, ranking third globally alongside Binance (26.43%) and OKX (15.5%).

According to BlockBeats, Hunter Biden's LAPTOP meme coin launches on Coinbase's Base network on September 9, with trading expected to begin around 8 a.m. ET. The token represents a play on the "laptop" controversy that has shadowed Biden's son. The crypto community has largely rejected the launch. Base founder Jesse Pollak confirmed the team "consciously decided not to participate in the design or promotion," while opinion leaders including Cobie and Ansem declined to endorse the coin. Key conce

On Tuesday (September 8), Polkadot led older layer-1 tokens sharply higher with gains between 7% and 20%, driven by a derivatives short squeeze that triggered over $610K in liquidations, a 150% spike in daily on-chain activity following a new devnet launch, and governance proposals to burn DOT tokens. The rally occurred as Bitcoin and Ether posted modest declines. Traders are increasingly pricing in a Federal Reserve rate hike at the mid-September meeting, with probability now at roughly 58% fol

According to Chime's announcement on September 8, Chime Financial will acquire Stride Bank, N.A. for $590 million in cash and rebrand it as Chime Bank, N.A. once regulatory approvals are obtained. The move transforms Chime from a fintech relying on partner banks into a full-fledged bank, with expected net synergies exceeding $100 million, driven by eliminating sponsor bank fees and expanding lending capabilities. The all-cash transaction is immediately accretive to earnings per share. Chime rais

Jeffrey Gundlach, a prominent bond investor, called today for the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise the federal funds rate by 50 basis points, citing expectations for continued upward pressure on Treasury yields. The current effective federal funds rate stands at approximately 3.63% to 3.75%, while the 10-year Treasury yield hovers near 4.80% and the 30-year yield exceeds 5.25%. Market pricing currently places the probability of a rate hike at the Fed's September 15-16 meeting at 55%, with the Octob

According to US Central Command, Iran launched 13 ballistic missiles from multiple cities toward US military positions across the Middle East on September 9, with Jordanian defense forces intercepting 10 missiles that crossed their airspace. The strikes targeted US facilities in Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Iraq's Erbil region. Tehran framed the barrage as retaliation for US airstrikes conducted on September 1 against Iranian military installations near the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian state media

According to Jin10 and Yonhap News, South Korea dispatched an assessment team to evaluate the situation around the Strait of Hormuz on September 9, as the country weighs the possibility of military deployment to the region amid U.S. pressure. The South Korean Defense Ministry said in a statement that the team's purpose is to assess the local political and security situation. The ministry emphasized that the assessment itself does not mean South Korea has predetermined a military deployment. The

According to data from growthepie, Commerce Payments Protocol on Base processed $1.7 million in USDC volume across roughly 8,000 transactions as of late February 2026. The protocol, jointly developed by Coinbase and Shopify, saw approximately $750,000 of that volume concentrated in the two months prior to the latest data point, indicating accelerating adoption after a slower initial launch in June 2025.

According to OpenAI, the company has solved the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem, one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems, in just 88 hours by coordinating approximately 10,000 AI agents. The mathematical problem, which asks whether smooth three-dimensional fluid motion can "break," has remained unsolved for over 90 years. OpenAI stated the proof was generated by an internal model significantly more capable than GPT-6 Astra, providing both analytical proof and Lean formal verifi

According to Foresight News, Hemi's Genesis Drop suffered a reentrancy attack on September 7 at 03:36:47 UTC, resulting in the loss of approximately 124.5 million unclaimed tokens. The attacker exploited a flaw in the MerkleBox smart contract, which processed token lock creation before updating account balances, allowing the attacker to withdraw far more than their allocated amount. The attacker initiated the attack using a 2 million HEMI/USDT flash loan from Sushiswap and executed the exploit a

According to Lookonchain monitoring, whale address 4Hw4QR withdrew 16,976 SOL (approximately $1.76 million) from Binance and subsequently purchased 9.32 million PENGU tokens at an average price of $0.19 per token.

According to Foresight News, Aptos will conduct its first testnet reset on October 7. The testnet will be restored to its initial state, with all deployed contracts, test accounts, balances, and transaction history cleared and requiring redeployment. The reset will not impact mainnet or devnet. Aptos noted that its testnet has processed over 10 billion transactions, and periodic resets help maintain storage at manageable levels.

According to ChainCatcher, B.AI announced today (Sept 9) that cumulative registered users surpassed 2.4 million (2,400,612), growing from 2.3 million. The platform positions itself as infrastructure for the AI Agent era, facilitating efficient circulation and sharing of computational resources.

Tesla Inc. (TSLA) slipped overnight heading into Wednesday despite CEO Elon Musk touting Cybercab production over 5 times faster than conventional manufacturing, after shares closed up nearly 4% to $368.16 on Tuesday. Musk stated Tesla "redesigned Cybercab production for production over 5 times faster than conventional automotive manufacturing" using an "unboxed" process that builds vehicle modules in parallel. The company also rolled out FSD version 14.3.9 with Automatic Collision Evasion, enab

On Tuesday, U.S. stock indices fell as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East pushed oil prices higher ahead of key inflation data later this week. The S&P 500 ended 0.6% lower, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.2%, and the Nasdaq 100 declined 0.1%. Brent crude settled around $98 per barrel following weekend military exchanges involving Washington and Tehran, marking West Texas Intermediate crude's longest winning streak since March. Producer and consumer price figures for August will be

Semiconductor packaging firm Amkor Technology (AMKR) announced on Tuesday, September 8, that it is expanding its Arizona manufacturing site with Phase 2 development, raising total capital commitment to approximately $12 billion. Phase 2 will add 60,000 square meters of cleanroom floor space, bringing the site's total advanced packaging and testing capacity to around 93,000 square meters. The expansion is expected to create more than 3,500 local jobs. Construction on the second phase is slated to