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Mars Finance news, September 3: Market news: The Bank of Japan is reportedly inclined to raise interest rates by 25 basis points and plans to adopt flexible policy measures going forward.

Mars Finance reports that analysts at the Bank of Montreal noted that the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis’s annual benchmark revisions showed a larger-than-expected downward adjustment to the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge. Core PCE inflation in August rose less than expected, slowing to 3% year over year, below the market expectation of 3.3%. Analysts believe this eases the urgency for another rate hike in October.

Mars Finance reports that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed reforms aimed at expanding channels for individual investors to participate in private markets. The proposal would allow registered investment advisers to charge performance fees of up to 20% based on fund performance, attracting more private fund managers to serve individual investors. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said he hopes to explore ways to expand individual investor participation in private markets while preventing fraud and misconduct. The SEC also proposed expanding the definition of an “accredited investor.”

Mars Finance reports that on September 30, Open Standard CEO Zach Abrams stated that the company is not an alliance jointly governed by hundreds of participants. The company’s day-to-day affairs are managed by its leadership team, while a smaller group of founding partners holds ownership and governance functions. The remaining partners are rewarded based on their contributions to driving OUSD supply and trading activity. Coinbase, Mastercard, Shopify, Stripe, and Visa have invested to become the first five founding partners, each receiving an equal share of the initial equity. The five companies have also committed to investing more than $1 billion over the coming months to establish liquidity for OUSD. The specific investment amounts and ownership percentages of each company have not yet been disclosed. The five companies are currently Open Standard’s only investors.

NVIDIA said that CoreWeave has put the Vera Rubin NVL72 into production and is offering it as a cloud service, with Cognition becoming the first customer to run production workloads on it. Early testing showed that the system achieved 4.8 times the total token throughput of the GB200 NVL72 on software engineering AI inference tasks, while AI agent sandboxes powered by the Vera CPU launched more than 3 times faster.

Ostium announced its loss compensation plan. The compensation portal will open this Wednesday, covering 3,666 affected wallets. The 3,321 addresses with individual losses of ≤$1,000 can be fully reimbursed. The remaining 345 addresses with larger losses account for ≥86% of the approximately $23.8 million in total losses. These 345 addresses can choose to receive a one-time payment of $1,000 or file a pro rata claim for the unrecovered portion.

Mars Finance reported that on September 30, the U.S. Treasury Department said it would purchase up to $6 billion of Treasury bonds with maturities of 10 to 20 years in its liquidity buyback operation on October 1.

Mars Finance reports that Swift CEO Javier Pérez-Tasso said at Sibos 2026 that Swift’s blockchain-based ledger is now live and being used by some of the world’s largest financial institutions. By the end of this year, at least 19 banks are expected to use the ledger to enable 24/7 payments through tokenized deposits covering 5 major currencies. Swift announced the development of the ledger at last year’s Sibos conference.

Mars Finance reports that on September 30, Senate Majority Leader Thune said Congress may raise the debt ceiling after the midterm elections.

Mars Finance reports that Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong posted on X that Coinbase is building financial accounts for superintelligence, covering services such as trading, payments, and lending. These accounts can help users build wealth and manage their personal finances, and can also provide AI Agent teams with independent accounts, enabling them to complete more tasks on users’ behalf.

UK prosecutors are seeking to recover approximately £1.81 million from former NCA officer Paul Chowles under the Proceeds of Crime Act, relating to part of the 50 Bitcoin stolen in 2017. 30 Bitcoin have now been recovered, while the rest remains unrecovered due to its appreciation in value. Chowles was involved in the Silk Road 2 investigation and cashed out through a mixer. In 2022, a device containing private keys was found at his home, and police traced the flow of funds with assistance from Chainalysis.

Mars Finance reports that, driven by a new surge in energy prices, inflation in Europe’s major economies has soared to multi-year highs. Inflation data for September in Germany, France, Italy, and Spain all came in above expectations, with Spain’s inflation rate reaching 5%, the highest since 2023. Fuel costs were the main driver and are expected to push overall eurozone inflation toward 4%. Although the market expected eurozone inflation to come in at 3.7% in September, data from several countries exceeded expectations, reducing investors’ bets on an October rate hike by the European Central Bank.

Jiangsu Expressway plans to acquire 65%, 22.82%, and 12.18% stakes in the Suxichang Southern Expressway Company for RMB 7.341 billion, bringing its ownership to 100% upon completion. The counterparty has committed to cumulative net profit of no less than RMB 611 million for 2026–2028; if 95% of this target is not achieved, compensation will be paid based on the shareholding ratio. The consideration will be funded with 30% of the company’s own funds and 70% through an acquisition loan. The company plans to pay an interim dividend of RMB 0.25 per share for 2026, with total cash dividends of approximately RMB 1.259 billion. The matter must be submitted to an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders for consideration.

Mars Finance reports that on September 30, according to monitoring by Onchain Lens, a whale currently holds LIT and HYPE long positions worth $41 million, with unrealized profits of approximately $9.25 million, including:
4.9 million LIT long position: $6.46 million in unrealized profit, held for more than 78 days;
200,000 HYPE long position: $2.73 million in unrealized profit, held for more than 418 days.
The trader’s cumulative profit and loss is a profit of $8.68 million.

Mars Finance reports that Hyperliquid Labs plans to unstake approximately $320 million worth of HYPE for the monthly team token unlocks. The tokens will be sold over the counter (OTC) to an institution.

Mars Finance News: On September 30, Beijing Bio-Techne Corporation submitted a listing application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with China Merchants Securities International as the sole sponsor. (Kegubao report)

Mars Finance reports that on September 30, according to the New York Post, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched a comprehensive investigation into Anthropic, OpenAI, and other superintelligent models.

Mars Finance reports that, according to an official USA₮ announcement, as of August 31, the circulating supply of USA₮ was 175.73 million, nearly 10 times the 17.5 million recorded at the end of January. Total reserve assets stood at $176.4 million, exceeding the value of circulating tokens by $660,000. USA₮ is issued by Anchorage Digital Bank and backed by Tether, in compliance with the requirements of the GENIUS Act.