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According to Iran's ISNA news agency, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with mediators in New York on September 28 to discuss the latest proposals and Iran's position on current diplomatic issues. The U.S. delegation did not participate in the meeting. This comes after U.S. President Donald Trump rejected Iran's proposed seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which included demands for unfreezing at least $12 billion in Iranian assets, lifting oil sanctions, and ending the U.S.

According to court documents, on September 28, a Florida court requested a ban on OpenAI developing new models without regulatory oversight in a lawsuit involving alleged harm to children.

According to The Defiant, Ondo Perps, the perpetual contract platform operated by Ondo Finance, has launched spot trading for 12 tokenized stocks and ETFs. Traders can purchase the tokenized assets and use them as collateral to open short perpetual positions. Ondo Perps waived spot trading fees for the first 30 days following the launch.

According to Bitmine's disclosure on September 28, the Ethereum treasury company's total ETH holdings as of September 27 exceeded 6 million, reaching 6,001,302 ETH valued at approximately $16.19 billion. The company increased its position by 17,362 ETH over the past week. Bitmine has staked 5,067,309 ETH worth $13.7 billion, generating an estimated annual staking income of $358 million. The company launched its ETH reserve strategy in June 2025 and has been acquiring ETH weekly since then.

According to Guru Club, China's domestic futures main contracts closed mixed on Sept 28 at 23:00. Methanol led gains with a rise of nearly 4%, while pure benzene and styrene (EB) rose over 2%. On the downside, No. 20 rubber fell over 3%, with rapeseed meal and rubber declining more than 2%.

According to CCTV Financial News, oil prices surged on September 28 amid escalating Middle East geopolitical tensions. U.S. crude and Brent crude rose over 4% during European trading hours, with gains moderating afterward. Rising inflation expectations pushed government bond yields higher globally. Consequently, spot gold fell 3.75% to $4,125.39 per ounce, while spot silver declined 5% to $61.063 per ounce as of 23:25 Beijing time on September 28. December gold futures dropped 3.85% to $4,154.70

According to Onchain Lens, BlackRock withdrew approximately $126.95 million in crypto assets from Coinbase Prime overnight on Sept 29. The withdrawal included 1,150 BTC valued at $95.43 million and 11,840 ETH valued at $31.52 million, completed within the past 40 minutes.

According to onchain analyst Wazz, a single coordinated operation extracted at least $18.43 million from 53 memecoin launches on Robinhood Chain between July 10 and September 21. The scheme exploited Pons V2, a token launchpad on Robinhood Chain, by exempting attacker wallets from the platform's 99% anti-sniping tax. Creators and exempt addresses controlled between 82% and 86% of token supply immediately after launch, with the largest extraction being CRUMBS at $3.12 million.

According to a Form 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Strive acquired 1,107 bitcoins for approximately $94.5 million between September 21 and 25, at an average price of $85,396 per BTC. The purchase brought Strive's total holdings to 27,462 BTC, maintaining its position as the world's fifth-largest public bitcoin holder, behind Strategy, Twenty One, Metaplanet, and MARA.

According to CoinMarketCap, the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap showed mixed performance today (September 28). Leading gainers were Hedera (HBAR) up 32.39%, Quant (QNT) up 24.84%, Algorand (ALGO) up 14.60%, XDC Network (XDC) up 6.95%, and Sei (SEI) up 6.64%. Top decliners included Worldcoin (WLD) down 11.87%, Raydium (RAY) down 11.69%, Venice Token (VVV) down 10.02%, Pendle (PENDLE) down 9.80%, and Celestia (TIA) down 9.06%.

According to The Kobeissi Letter, AI agents are increasingly being deployed in commercial transactions, but lack unified standards to verify authorization and identity, creating security risks. The AI agent market is projected to exceed $53 billion by 2030. Stripe reported in June that 70% of API data access requests now originate from AI agents. Visa, Mastercard, and American Express have all launched AI agent commercial agreements this year, while Shopify has opened its sales channel to AI age

According to Odaily, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a joint statement on Monday (September 28) addressing valuation and disclosure requirements for illiquid private assets. The statement, released by the SEC's Office of the Chief Accountant and Division of Investment Management, emphasizes that sound valuation policies and procedures, combined with comprehensive disclosure of material information, help investors understand how entities determine fair values for private assets and

According to Bitcoin.com, Ripple's stablecoin RLUSD reached a market cap of $2.491 billion on September 28, narrowing the gap with PayPal's PYUSD at $2.739 billion to approximately $248 million. RLUSD has surged 86% since the beginning of 2026. Over the past week, RLUSD supply increased by $112 million while PYUSD declined by $61 million. RLUSD is currently distributed across XRP Ledger (44%) and Ethereum (56%).

Investors withdrew $610 million from BlackRock's iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (EMB) last week, marking the largest single-week outflow since March. The $13 billion fund experienced the fastest redemption pace in six months as U.S. Treasury yields surged, prompting traders to flee emerging market debt positions.

According to Richard Ho, OpenAI's Head of Hardware, in an interview with Tom's Hardware at Hot Chips 2026, the company's custom Jalapeño inference ASIC is currently deployed for OpenAI's internal use only. Ho stated that OpenAI will "have our hands full" meeting its own compute demands for "a good long time," prioritizing the fulfillment of internal needs before considering broader deployment. However, Ho left the door open to potential external applications, noting that the chip is "programmabl

According to ChainCatcher, Circle and Volante Technologies announced a partnership to integrate USDC workflows into Volante's payment platform. Financial institutions can now assess USDC minting, redemption, wallet registration, fund deposits, and cross-wallet payments without separately building digital asset technology infrastructure. Volante's clients include four of the top five global enterprise banks and seven of the top ten U.S. banks.

According to Solana's X post, the network has gradually reduced its target Slot Time from 400 ms to 250 ms while maintaining stable skip rates and reduced consecutive skip stoppage times ahead of Alpenglow launch. However, shorter Slot Times have increased voting delays, with nodes in Asia and South America most affected. The project noted that a further reduction to 200 ms before Alpenglow goes live requires careful consideration.

According to Guru Club, Kuaishou announced on September 28 that Kling 4.0 will officially launch in October, with Kling 4.0 Flash opening for limited experience access on the same day. The new version supports 4K and 1080p 10-bit HDR output, accepts up to 10 images, 5 video clips, and 7 subjects in a single generation task, and enables video generation up to 30 seconds with long-form and continuous narrative capabilities.

According to EU Commission officials cited by CCTV, the European Union is considering drafting dedicated accession roadmaps for Montenegro, Ukraine, Moldova, and Albania on September 27 to accelerate their EU membership process. The roadmaps will outline specific reform priorities, set clear timelines, and establish target dates for key negotiation stages, the officials said.

According to Maple on Twitter, Chainlink has launched CCIP 2.0 upgrade integrating syrupUSDC, syrupUSDT, and syrupUSDG to enhance cross-chain interoperability. The upgrade promises faster bridging transactions and future capabilities for native minting and redeeming across chains, advancing decentralized finance infrastructure.