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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, according to Bloomberg, AI startup Emulate, founded by Google DeepMind alumni, is just three months old and has no official website or product, yet venture capital firms are competing to invest, pushing its valuation into the billions of dollars. The report said that fierce competition has led investors to buy in at increasingly higher prices within the same funding round, resulting in different valuations for the same company in a single round.

Mars Finance reported on October 22 that Liquid Capital founder Yi Lihua posted that in choppy markets, both long and short trades face losses and challenges, and traders need to overcome greed and control their trading frequency. In a bull market, pullbacks should not be shorted; sticking to opportunities with a high degree of certainty is enough to meet annual targets. With the midterm elections approaching, Trump is facing an unfavorable situation. Whether he loses one seat or two, greater volatility lies ahead.

On October 22, the EQT XI fund, through Crown NL Bidco B.V., made a voluntary all-cash public takeover offer for Qiagen at €46.50 per share, covering all outstanding shares. The two co-investors are Luxinva S.A. and CPP Investment Board Europe Inc. The offer price of €46.50 represents a 40.3% premium to the July 8 closing price of €33.15 and a 46.9% premium to the three-month VWAP. The enterprise value is approximately €10.8 billion, or about $12.1 billion, with net debt of approximately $1.1 billion.

Mars Finance News, Oct. 22 — According to market data from BIT (Bit.com), U.S. stock index futures continued to decline, with Nasdaq futures down 1.5%, S&P 500 futures down 0.80%, and Dow futures down 0.40%.

Mars Finance reports that, according to market data on October 22, the Hang Seng TECH Index fell more than 5% in afternoon trading, dropping below 3,800 points. The Hang Seng Index fell more than 3%, while Tianshu Zhixin and Zhipu fell more than 9%, and MiniMax dropped 6.98%.

The SEC has proposed “Regulation Crypto Assets,” which would establish a public fundraising framework for crypto assets, including a registration exemption for startups, two tiers of fundraising exemptions, a safe harbor for exiting securities status, and partial federal preemption of state registration requirements. Comments have been largely supportive, subject to conditions, with a focus on fundraising caps, disclosures, insider sales, and exit conditions. The author believes the proposal is highly likely to be implemented after revisions, ushering in a new phase of regulated ICOs and unified interstate oversight.

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said that attempts to exploit a widely used PHP vulnerability surged worldwide after it was disclosed: there were over a thousand attempts in the 10 hours before disclosure, rising to 10,000 within 45 minutes and reaching the million-plus range in two hours. There have now been several million attempts. After the news broke, websites worldwide broadly strengthened their defenses, causing some government websites to go offline.

Mars Finance reports that, according to Gate market data, the ChiNext Index fell 4%, the Shenzhen Component Index fell 2.9%, and the Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.5%, with more than 4,800 stocks declining across the market.

Mars Finance News, October 22 — According to market data, WTI crude oil broke above $99 per barrel, up nearly 2% on the day, to $99.06 per barrel.

Mars Finance reports that, according to market data on October 22, spot silver fell 3% intraday to $56.23 per ounce.

Mars Finance News: According to MTS, nearly all official North Korean websites have been offline for more than 24 hours, including official media outlets and government portals.

According to Mars Finance, 4K Garden and Baidu-owned Qimao Chinese Network recently signed an agreement. The two parties will adopt a joint investment model, with production handled by 4K Garden and the Diebian AI Creator Alliance, to jointly expand into the overseas AI short-drama market.

According to Al Jazeera, Trump said the US is in a favorable position on Iran both militarily and economically. He described the current situation as a “minor conflict” and said he had not abandoned negotiations, but that there would be no negotiations for now. The outcome would become clear soon, though many people expect it to be after the midterm elections. He also said the US’s actions on Iran had been remarkable.

Mars Finance reports that on October 22, JPMorgan raised its price target for Meta Platforms (META.O) from $920 to $940.

On October 22, a core draft titled “Decoupled Consensus” appeared in Ethereum’s EIP repository on GitHub. It proposes separating Beacon Chain head votes from finality proof votes to improve fork safety, shorten time to finality, and lay the groundwork for a transition to post-quantum cryptography. The draft has multiple co-authors and is still at an early stage, with details yet to be finalized. Its primary goal is to obtain an EIP number; it is awaiting review and has not yet been merged.

Volcengine announced that the Seedance 2.5 4K model has entered its first round of enterprise trials, open to 20 studios and directors worldwide. Pricing is affordable: users can generate sample videos in 480P and upgrade to 4K once satisfied. The 4K version is focused on high-end film and TV production needs, with an S-tier IP from a satellite TV broadcaster and films based on major global IPs expected to air next month. The Seedance series has already supported the industrial-scale production of creative content for film, TV, advertising, and other sectors, and has expanded into real-world industries such as embodied intelligence and manufacturing simulation.

Mars Finance reports that, according to Coinglass data, the Crypto Fear & Greed Index is currently 67, up 3 points from yesterday. The average over the past 7 days is 59, and the average over the past 30 days is 65.

Mars Finance reports: Qichacha APP shows that Shanghai Xinshiqi Semiconductor Co., Ltd. was recently established, with Wang Can as its legal representative. Its business scope includes integrated circuit design; integrated circuit chip design and services; integrated circuit sales; sales of integrated circuit chips and products; and wholesale of electronic components, among other activities. Qichacha’s ownership structure data shows that the company is wholly owned by Hangzhou Xinshili Semiconductor Co., Ltd., in which Biwin Storage (688525) holds a stake. (CLS)

At the 2026 World Physical AI Conference, Wang Xingxing, founder of Unitree Robotics, described an “embodied intelligence GPT moment”: robots can complete about 80% of core tasks in roughly 80% of unfamiliar settings when given instructions. Large models are already quite capable in areas such as robot planning and navigation, but the biggest challenge is aligning AI model inputs and outputs with real-world robots. He expects that as early as the end of this year or next year, robots may be able to follow instructions to perform tasks such as tidying a room.