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According to Ethlabs developer Derek Chiang, Ethereum and Base developers stopped collaborating to align account abstraction proposals EIP-8130 and EIP-8141 last week. The two sides diverged on their core priorities: Ethereum prioritizes censorship resistance, privacy, and security, while Base is optimizing for scale, customization, and compliance. "While we identified a number of technical solutions, they all required one side or the other to compromise at least a little bit on their core goals

According to Yonhapinfomax, on September 15, IBK Securities held a shareholder meeting where minority shareholders voted down two auditor appointment proposals. The proposals were rejected with 6.03 million opposing votes against 5.28 million supporting votes, representing approximately 4.8% of issued shares. The rejections occurred under South Korea's 3% voting cap rule for majority shareholders, which limited IBK Bank's stake to 3% despite its larger ownership. Minority shareholders coordinate

According to ARK Invest Tracker, Cathie Wood's ARK Invest unloaded more than $65 million worth of crypto-related holdings on Monday, selling shares across Coinbase, Circle, Bitmine, Bullish, and its own Bitcoin ETF product, ARKB. The company sold approximately 1.87 million shares in total, including 1.5 million ARKB shares for about $40 million and 142,350 Circle shares for nearly $14 million. The moves align with ARK's documented strategy of selling strength during market rallies to rebalance p

Tokenized gold reached approximately $5.1 billion in on-chain value as of recent data, representing less than 0.02% of the estimated $30.1 trillion global gold market. The sector is dominated by two tokens: Tether Gold (XAUt) with $2.4–2.7 billion in market cap and Pax Gold (PAXG) with $1.8–1.9 billion, together commanding 89–98% of all tokenized gold supply. The market has more than tripled since late 2024, when on-chain tokenized gold sat below $1.5 billion. In the first quarter of 2026, spot

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, China's urban unemployment rate reached 5.3% in August, up 0.1 percentage points from July, driven by seasonal inflows of new graduates entering the labor market, spokesman Fu Linghui said at a State Council Information Office press conference. The unemployment rate for the core working-age population (ages 30-59) held steady at 3.9%, unchanged from July and year-over-year, indicating overall employment stability. Manufacturing employment remained

According to Bill Gates on September 15, the U.S. and China each have four or more institutions with models maintaining the most advanced level. The performance gap between the highest-scoring model and the next seven leading models is relatively small. Gates added that the world's top eight large language models have already surpassed the best performance from four months ago, with China and the U.S. entering intense competition in talent and computing power.

According to Crypto Briefing, spot gold prices fell over 1% to around $4,355.85 per ounce on September 10, with an intraday low of $4,323.78, amid rising oil prices triggered by Middle East supply disruptions. The decline reflects growing inflationary concerns that could prompt the Federal Reserve to maintain tighter monetary policy.

According to Crypto Briefing, Solana activated Transaction V1 on mainnet on September 15 at approximately 01:20 UTC (epoch 1035), expanding the maximum transaction size from 1,232 bytes to 4,096 bytes—a 3.3x increase. The upgrade, driven by Solana Improvement Documents SIMD-0296 and SIMD-0385 and implemented by Anza, enables atomic execution of zero-knowledge proofs, large multisig configurations, and confidential transfers in a single on-chain operation. Legacy and v0 transaction formats remain

Tencent Cloud and U Mobile signed a memorandum of understanding on September 14 in Kuala Lumpur to explore 5G and AI solutions for enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses. The partnership will combine U Mobile's ULTRA5G network and enterprise customer base with Tencent Cloud's AI and cloud capabilities to develop and test applications. Successful use cases will progress through pilot deployments to commercialization and sales. Tencent Cloud described the deal as its first official AI-f

According to the World Health Organization on September 14, Chile has become the first country in South America to eliminate dog-mediated human rabies, following over 50 years of sustained public health prevention and monitoring efforts. The organization noted that Chile's last recorded case of dog-mediated human rabies occurred in 1972, after which the country eradicated the disease through mass pet vaccination campaigns, post-exposure prophylaxis for at-risk populations, improved dog managemen

According to Jin10, European Central Bank Vice President Bovic warned on Monday (September 15) that market valuations driven by artificial intelligence hype are susceptible to correction. "These price-to-earnings and forward price-to-earnings ratios are unprecedented or unseen for a long time," he stated, adding that while these valuations could eventually prove justified, "the related risk exposure is enormous and increasing." He cautioned that massive capital inflows into the sector pose signi

According to Life Asset Management, on September 14, the hedge fund urged Samsung Electronics to repurchase and cancel its preferred shares, which are trading at approximately 26% discount to the company's common stock. Life Asset Management has asked Samsung's board to review the proposal at its October meeting, with share cancellations targeted for completion by December. Samsung announced a massive shareholder-return plan in August worth up to 110 trillion won (approximately $81.8 billion) th

Tokenized equities platform xStocks achieved over $1 billion in decentralized exchange trading volume in the past 30 days, with SPYx, a tokenized version of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF, driving the surge. Raydium, an automated market maker on Solana, processed approximately 75% of the flows. SPYx has attracted between 63,000 and 73,000 holders with an on-chain market cap ranging from $46 million to $73 million. On September 14, xStocks expanded its ecosystem by launching yield-generating vaults for SPY

According to Coinglass data, the Crypto Fear and Greed Index stands at 68 today, up 12 points from yesterday, indicating a greed sentiment in the market.

Japan's tertiary industry activity index rose 0.4% month-over-month in July, rebounding from a decline of 0.2% in the prior month.

According to Odaily, Ave has completed integration with Ink chain, a Layer 2 network launched by cryptocurrency exchange Kraken. The integration enables users to execute cross-chain flash swaps and on-chain trades, providing a single entry point for Ink ecosystem assets. With this addition, Ave's coverage now extends to emerging Layer 2 networks.

According to official data released September 15, China's August industrial output accelerated to 5.2% year-over-year, with high-tech manufacturing growth reaching 16.7%. Social consumption growth remained subdued at 0.4%, though communications equipment surged 27.3% while vehicle sales declined 18.5%. Property sector weakness persisted, with real estate development investment falling 19.9% year-over-year for the January-August period and new property sales down 13% over the same timeframe. Hous

According to Reuters, Vietnam's Finance Ministry is considering issuing dollar-denominated sovereign bonds for the first time since 2014, people familiar with the matter said.

According to ChainCatcher, X user Kevin Bass called on Congress to investigate Anthropic's regulatory capture structure, citing a financial audit. Bass alleged that Anthropic has built what he described as a self-perpetuating regulatory capture system, with financial incentives that make it impossible to close its own AI risk evaluation loop. He stated that METR (Anthropic's risk assessment framework led by CEO Dario Amodei) is financially dependent on Anthropic's success; Anthropic's valuation

According to Guru Club, the Taiwan dollar weakened to 31.836 against the U.S. dollar today, marking the lowest level since August 26.