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According to the US Justice Department, on Tuesday, Singaporean national Malone Lam pleaded guilty to participating in a racketeering conspiracy that stole and laundered over $245 million in cryptocurrency through social engineering and home break-ins. Lam organized the international operation from at least October 2023 through May 2025, identifying victims and coordinating other conspirators. He pleaded guilty to one count of participating in a RICO conspiracy; sentencing has not been scheduled

According to BlockBeats, Anthropic's blockchain-tracked valuation reached $2.27 trillion on September 9, according to TradingBeats monitoring. This valuation exceeds SpaceX's estimated valuation of approximately $1.77 trillion at the time of its IPO, setting a new record for pre-IPO market capitalization.

According to @tokenterminal, Solana accounted for $807.3 million, or 9.1%, of decentralized exchange volume in tokenized stocks over the past 30 days. Raydium's CLMM venue led with $560.4 million in trading volume, followed by ETF reference stock at $165.3 million and SPYx at $145.4 million, signaling growing adoption of tokenized assets on the Solana blockchain.

According to Kraken's official announcement, the exchange has launched kHYPE, a wrapped token backed 1:1 by Kraken's custody. The token is designed for use on Inkonchain and other decentralized finance platforms, allowing users to swap between kHYPE and HYPE seamlessly. Kraken emphasized the token's verifiable on-chain nature and positioning within the expanding DeFi ecosystem.

According to BlockBeats, on September 9, Ant Group released and open-sourced Ling-3.0-flash-VL, the first native multimodal model in its Ling series. The model extends Ling-3.0-flash's Mixture of Experts architecture, featuring 124B total parameters with 5.5B parameters activated per inference. It natively supports image, text, and video inputs with a 256K-token context window. The model incorporates visual feedback mechanisms enabling iterative task execution cycles: observe results, compare ag

According to PANews, Bybit launched perpetual forex contracts on September 9, covering EUR/USD, GBP/USD, and USD/JPY, settled in USDT with dynamic leverage. Unlike traditional forex markets that close on weekends, the product supports 24-hour uninterrupted trading, allowing traders to react to macroeconomic data and central bank statements outside standard trading hours. Contracts have no expiration date and operate through a funding rate mechanism within the Unified Trading Account (UTA).

According to HTX, Ethereum breaks $2,500, trading at $2,500.00 with a 24-hour gain of 0.67%.

According to Ember Monitor, a whale transferred 209.1 BTC to Binance 30 minutes ago, valued at approximately $16.44 million. The address sold 329.1 BTC over the past three months at an average price of $75,392 per coin, generating a profit of roughly $12.94 million. The BTC was originally accumulated in 2022 at an average cost of $36,066 per coin, representing a return of approximately 109%.

According to ChainCatcher and GMGN data, ZZZ Meme token on Robinhood Chain surged over 200% in 24 hours, briefly breaking $50 million market cap before settling at $46.2 million. Market participants cautioned investors about the high volatility typical of Meme coins.

According to Bank of America Securities analyst Wamsi Mohan, Apple will unveil three major products at its September 10 event: a first-generation foldable iPhone starting at $2,099, price increases of $150 to $200 for iPhone 18 Pro models, and a delayed launch of the standard iPhone 18. The foldable model, internally referred to as "iPhone Ultra" or possibly "Fold," will feature a book-style design with a 5.5-inch external OLED display and 7.8-inch internal screen, powered by Apple's new 2-nanom

According to IDC's latest Global Wearable Device Market Quarterly Tracker, global wearable armband shipments reached 48.01 million units in the second quarter of 2026, declining 4.3% year-over-year.

According to crypto commentator @tokenterminal, Ethereum hosts $23.2 billion in real-world assets, representing 51.7% of the total RWA market valued at $45 billion across 33 chains. This positions Ethereum ahead of all other blockchain platforms in the real-world assets sector.

According to Senator Cynthia Lummis, the Clarity Act passed the Banking GOP Committee with a 15-9 bipartisan vote. The bill aims to clarify digital asset regulations in the United States and underscores lawmakers' recognition that the U.S. must strengthen its leadership in digital asset regulation as other nations increase competition.

According to an executive from the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), cargo insurance costs have risen to 5-6% of cargo value since the Iran war erupted. The elevated premiums reflect increased risk assessments for maritime shipping in the region amid ongoing geopolitical tensions.

According to a report released by HCLTech and Omdia on September 9, Singapore enterprises are adopting AI for mission-critical work faster than their systems and controls can accommodate. The survey found that 70% of Singapore leaders expect all competitors in their industry to deploy autonomous AI systems for mission-critical work within 12 months, while 81% said both legacy and modernized applications require significant overhauls to support AI. The report also identified governance challenges

According to CNBC, Australia announced on September 8 that it would introduce legislation requiring social media platforms to let users over 16 choose whether to use algorithmic feeds. Platforms must notify new and existing users of this option. Companies that breach the rules could face fines of up to A$109.2 million (US$78.8 million). The proposed law would also require AI chatbots, online games, and digital services to take steps protecting users under 18 from addictive design features.

According to Societe Generale, on September 9, gold's bull market is transitioning from speculation-driven momentum to synchronized demand across physical, futures, and options markets. Gold spot ETF net inflows reached 201 tonnes in August, marking the third-largest monthly inflow on record, second only to February 2009 and March 2020. Asset managers' net long positions in gold futures reached the second-highest level on record, trailing only January 2026 when spot prices surged above $5,400 pe

According to The Block, Canary Capital launched Canary Staked TRX ETF, trading under ticker TRXS, on September 9. The product allows investors to gain TRX exposure through traditional markets, with staking rewards from Tron's PoS mechanism included in the fund's net value.

According to ChainCatcher, on September 9, Cao Cao Mobility and Dou Bao launched an AI ride-hailing service across Beijing, Hangzhou, and Suzhou.