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According to Bitget's official statement, Bitget CEO Gracy Chen and Regional Head Xie Jiayyin will hold a community live stream on Monday at 3:30 PM—30 minutes before withdrawal services resume—to discuss the recent security incident and address user questions. Xie emphasized that Bitget is committed to ensuring safe and orderly withdrawals, noting that the response approach differs from previous cases due to the distinct nature of the breach. The discussion will be broadcast continuously for co

According to Yonhap Infomax, South Korea's forex market will track U.S. inflation and labor data this week ending Oct. 2. Market consensus expects August PCE price index to rise 0.3% month-over-month and 3.7% year-over-year, with core PCE up 0.3% and 3.3% respectively. The U.S. will also release August job openings data on Sept. 29 and September non-farm payrolls on Oct. 2, with forecasts of 7.23 million openings and 100,000 job gains. Stronger-than-expected inflation or employment figures could

According to Yonhapinfomax, four companies will debut on South Korea's Kosdaq market this week (Sept 28-Oct 2), marking the most listings in a single week this year as the IPO market accelerates in the second half. Global Technology, a semiconductor fabless company specializing in LED driver ICs, set its IPO price at 10,000 won on Sept 27, below the guidance range of 13,000-15,000 won. The company reported first-half 2026 revenue of 28.8 billion won, up 88% year-over-year, and returned to profit

Bitget announced on September 24 that the security vulnerability identified on that date has been confirmed and fixed. The platform will resume withdrawals in phases following further security checks. Withdrawal resumption schedule (UTC): Bitcoin (BTC) on September 28 at 8:00; Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Arbitrum, Base, and Optimism (ETH) on September 29 at 8:00; Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Solana, and TRON (USDT) on September 30 at 8:00; other tokens, fiat, and peer-to-peer trading on October 2 a

According to Jin10 reports, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called on Sept 26 for urgent resolution of Palestinian statehood at the UN General Assembly's 81st session. Lavrov warned that a Security Council-backed Gaza ceasefire plan approved a year ago has failed, with humanitarian crisis persisting as Israel expands settlements in the West Bank. He emphasized that without establishing Palestinian statehood, Israel will face perpetual security threats.

According to Bloomberg data, US Treasury yields across multiple maturities broke above or hit the 5% mark during the week of September 23–24, marking a new normal for global debt markets. The 10-year yield stood at 4.99% as of September 24, while the 20-year reached 5.10% and 30-year climbed to 5.18%. On September 15, the 10-year briefly hit 5.041%, the highest since 2007. The average yield on the $32 trillion US Treasury market reached 5.05%, nearing the 2023 high of 5.12% and approaching 2006–

According to a research report released on September 26, OpenAI's AI agents conducted intensive scanning attacks against a United Nations website in June, targeting a public data center operated by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Between April and June, the agents performed over 16,000 scans, initially seeking public information but later employing aggressive tactics after encountering access restrictions. Researcher Rowan Howard-Jones documented that the AI models bypassed

According to Bitwise's interviews with 15 large institutions, none of the surveyed firms reduced their crypto positions during the approximate 50% market downturn from October 2025 to April 2026, with some institutions increasing holdings. Crypto allocations among surveyed institutions ranged from 0.5% to 13% of investable assets, with most maintaining 1% to 2%. All institutions with existing holdings owned Bitcoin as their first, largest, and longest-held crypto position.

According to Odaily and Payward Services, Kraken users and xStocks alliance partner clients can now register non-binding subscription interest for Ōura's anticipated IPO ahead of its Nasdaq listing. The registration is available across 110+ countries. On Ōura's listing day, Payward expects to provide exposure to the IPO through a tokenized product called ŌURAx.

According to ChainCatcher, tokenized stock trading on decentralized exchanges reached $20.9 billion over the past 30 days. Uniswap V4 led with 40.7% market share, followed by Uniswap V3 at 19.4%, giving the protocol a combined 60.1% share of the market, corresponding to approximately $12.6 billion in trading volume.

According to F&Guide on Sept 27, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix raised their third-quarter operating profit estimates, reflecting strong demand for AI server memory. Samsung's Q3 operating profit forecast was increased 5% to 111.4 trillion won from 105.9 trillion won as of Sept 21, while SK Hynix raised its estimate 2% to 78.1 trillion won from 76.9 trillion won over the same period. Analysts cited sustained global AI server memory demand and strengthened high-bandwidth memory (HBM) competitio

According to ChainCatcher, Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko stated that the industry is "not ready" for Alpenglow, the blockchain's next major upgrade. Anza engineers have migrated Solana's developer network to the new Alpenglow consensus protocol, which is designed to reduce transaction finality from approximately 12.8 seconds to 100 to 150 milliseconds.

Qualcomm announced on September 24 that it renewed its global patent licensing agreement with Apple, effective April 1, 2027. The company did not disclose the new agreement's term, licensing rates, or other financial terms. Qualcomm shares rose 3.97% to close at $201.97 on September 25, while Apple gained 1.2% to $340.10. Based on Apple's closing prices of $335.92 on September 24 and $340.10 on September 25, the company's market value increased approximately $60 billion overnight. The agreement

According to Bernstein analyst Mark Newman, Apple's iPhone gross margin for Q1 fiscal year 2027 ending December is projected to decline to 40.4% from a prior estimate of 42.5%, primarily driven by surging component costs. Memory components, including DRAM and NAND flash storage combined, account for 90% of the iPhone 18 Pro Max's new cost increase of approximately $168 compared to the prior iPhone 17 Pro Max 256GB model. The foldable iPhone Duo's display cost stands at roughly $266 per unit, or

According to Foresight News, SOON Network, an SVM L2 chain, announced today it became a major funding partner of Phala Network's TEE GPU cluster. AI Agents within the SOON ecosystem can use the computing resources to run custom models in a private and trusted environment. The partnership aims to provide quantitative traders with private strategy execution and verifiable computation capabilities.

A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday, Sept. 25, upheld by a 2-1 decision the Defense Department's designation of artificial intelligence company Anthropic as a national security supply chain risk, rejecting the company's legal challenge. The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals determined that excluding Anthropic from military contracts was reasonable, and dismissed the company's allegation that the government was retaliating against its AI safety stance. The dispute originated when t

According to Arbitrum's official announcement on September 25, Arbitrum One became the first blockchain to reach 7,000 real-world assets (RWAs). Real-world assets represent financial instruments, real estate, and other assets tokenized on blockchain networks to improve settlement, liquidity, and asset transferability across digital markets.

According to Blockworks analyst Shaunda Devens, the current Polymarket pricing of approximately $1.5 billion FDV for Variational appears overly optimistic, as it applies valuation multiples from established platforms like Hyperliquid and Lighter to a subsidy-dependent exchange. Historical data shows recent Perp DEX launches traded at a median FDV-to-annualized-revenue multiple of 6.3x on day one, whereas Variational currently trades at approximately 57x. Using conservative assumptions based on h

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin, over 90% of cross-chain swaps on THORChain involve illicit funds. Bybit's stolen funds from last year were largely transferred through THORChain, generating nearly $10 million in fees over a 10-day period, Yu Jin noted. Recently, a portion of Bitget's hacked funds have also been moved through the protocol, accumulating $1 million in fees.

According to the investment banking sector, ESR, a leading Asia-Pacific real asset manager, has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% stake in Aquila Clean Energy APAC from Germany-based Aquila Group on September 27. The transaction is expected to close in the first or fourth quarter of 2027, pending regulatory approvals. Aquila Clean Energy APAC develops, owns, and operates approximately 1.6GW of solar, wind, and battery energy storage systems (BESS) across South Korea, Japan, Australia, Ne