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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.

Market data on October 15 showed a broad decline across the cryptocurrency market. BTC fell to $80,654, down 3.13% in 24 hours; ETH fell to $2,350, down 6%; SOL, LTC, OP, JTO, and RAY were priced at $101.8, $57.8, $0.133, $0.465, and $1.78, respectively, with declines of 5%, 6.2%, 16%, 13.6%, and 13%, respectively. Coinglass data showed that $935 million in positions were liquidated across the network over the past 24 hours, including $860 million in long positions and $75.25 million in short positions.

Mars Finance reported, citing Crypto Briefing, that Marc Vanlerberghe, chief strategy and marketing officer of the Algorand Foundation, a public blockchain, resigned on October 14. He joined the foundation in March 2024 as chief marketing officer and held the title of chief strategy and marketing officer when he departed, serving for approximately two and a half years. Previously, the foundation’s chief technology officer, Bruno Martins, left around October 9. Former CEO Staci Warden stepped down in August this year, and William

In March 2025, Zheng Mouyi and others took advantage of weak oversight of offline USDT over-the-counter transactions, raised approximately RMB 340,000, and lured merchants into conducting offline transactions. After the merchants transferred more than 40,000 USDT to their wallet, the principal offender sprayed them with pepper spray and violently robbed them, and the six individuals divided the proceeds. After the case was reported, police quickly arrested the suspects and recovered most of the stolen funds. The Jin’an District Procuratorate initiated a public prosecution for robbery. In 2026, the court sentenced five defendants to prison terms ranging from 5 years and 7 months to 10 years and 4 months.

Mars Finance reports that at 20:30 Beijing time tonight, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the September PPI (Producer Price Index). The market currently expects headline PPI to rise 0.5% month over month and core PPI to rise 0.3% month over month. If the data comes in above expectations, it will boost market pricing for continued Fed rate hikes, pressuring U.S. stocks, cryptocurrencies, and other risk assets. If it comes in below expectations, it will cool expectations for further tightening and benefit risk assets. The previous CPI data already showed resilient inflation, and this PPI release will further validate the persistence of inflation.

Mars Finance reported on October 15 that, according to monitoring by Lookonchain, as the market declined, the address belonging to “Machi Big Brother” Huang Licheng continued closing positions to cut losses and avoid liquidation. Currently, his account balance has fallen to only $129,000, representing a $12.08 million retracement from the account’s peak unrealized profit of $5.26 million on October 5.

Anthropic reported third-quarter revenue of $1.8 billion, up nearly 50% quarter over quarter, and achieved adjusted profitability and positive cash flow. Its IPO is expected to launch in November, with an emphasis on safety first, rapid growth, and efficiency. Core costs include chips and data center infrastructure, while investors are focused on cost control and the sustainability of its expansion. Competition, the macroeconomic environment, and disclosures about AI model risks are weighing on valuation and financing expectations, while chip stocks declined amid inflation concerns.

Mars Finance reports that, according to Gate market data, spot gold rose 1% during the Asian trading session and is currently quoted at $4,146 per ounce, largely recovering all of its losses since the release of yesterday’s U.S. CPI report.

Bitwise says it is currently working with more than 20 wealth management firms, representing approximately $24 trillion in assets under management, to promote the approval of crypto asset ETPs for client allocation. Multiple firms have already approved ETPs for BTC, ETH, SOL, and other assets; spot crypto ETPs have recorded approximately $7.7 billion in net inflows since 2024, and the US now has more than 50 spot ETPs, with demand expanding into trading, custody, payments, and tokenization.

Mars Finance reports that on October 15, according to Ember Monitoring, a whale/institution sold 237.8 BTC over the past day for 19.7 million USDC and used it to buy 7,929 ETH. Over a cumulative period of four days, it sold 1,312.1 BTC for 109.1 million USDC and bought 43,275 ETH.

Fragment, an AI agent finance software company, announced the completion of a $12 million Series A led by FirstMark and BoxGroup, with CEO Thomas Neckel. Its double-entry bookkeeping module can connect to proprietary software, verify the source and destination of funds, and then execute transactions, positioning it as a building block for agentic financial automation. It previously raised $11 million in seed funding from investors including Stripe, Dara Khosrowshahi, and Zach Perret. It currently has approximately 50–60 paying customers, including Ramp, BILL, and Whop.

Mars Finance reports that, according to Gate market data, global technology hardware stocks continued to decline amid expectations of Federal Reserve rate hikes and ongoing challenges in AI financing. South Korea’s Samsung Electronics fell more than 7%, while SK Hynix dropped more than 8%, dragging the KOSPI Index down more than 6% at one point. The Nikkei 225 Index fell more than 3% intraday. Despite strong earnings reports from Samsung and ASML, investor confidence remained under pressure. CoreWeave’s stock price plunged, while bond prices reflected financial distress. U.S. September CPI growth hit a five-month high, intensifying expectations of further rate hikes.

Pear VC announced its fifth fund, Pear Fund V, with $333 million in capital, bringing assets under management to over $1.1 billion. Its new general partners include Arash Afrakhteh, Ajay Kamat, and Shravan Reddy. Pear’s investments include DoorDash, Gusto, and Guardant Health, and it operates a founder ecosystem encompassing PearX, university programs, hackathons, and more. Arash focuses on B2B, AI, and cloud data. He previously founded Cariden, which was acquired by Cisco. Ajay focuses on consumer, fintech, and healthcare. He founded Wedding Party, which was later acquired by Instacart.

Mars Finance reports that Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama warned speculators that she is prepared to intervene in the foreign exchange market again if necessary after the yen fell to a monthly low against the U.S. dollar amid rising U.S. inflation data. Katayama said that the positions of Japan and the United States have not changed since the two countries jointly intervened to support the yen in July.

Derive (formerly Lyra) has recorded $14.22 billion in on-chain options notional trading volume since the beginning of this year, accounting for approximately 75%, with paid premiums at 88.1%; September volume was $343 million, and the first week of October exceeded $100 million. On 2026-10-06, it completed the V3 migration, abandoning its own chain in favor of zero-knowledge settlement on Ethereum, with the goal of becoming a cross-application options engine and establishing a multi-domain risk system covering BTC/ETH, SOL, XRP, ZEC, DOGE, gold, and more. V2 launched in 2023-12, using an order book to provide liquidity, and portfolio margin launched in 2024-02; in 2025-10, FalconX became an institutional market maker quoting on Derive, with positions represented on-chain as fxUSDC.

Galaxy Research divides the market into decision markets and conditional markets: the former settle clearly defined and binding outcomes, while the latter settle only when specific outcomes occur, with the underlying assets and prices serving as the traded instruments. Umia launched in September, using ownership tokens to expand Solana and EVM into multi-outcome markets. Deposits cover positions across all outcomes, and ultimately only the winning positions settle. Currently, the 22 decision-governance DAO treasuries hold approximately $50.5 million in total, with MetaDAO accounting for 78%; stablecoins make up $35.8 million, with MetaDAO accounting for 82%.

Mars Finance reports that on October 15, HIP-3 market deployer Entropy launched the Anthropic Pre-IPO market on Hyperliquid. ANTH fell 4.81% over the past 24 hours and is currently priced at $1,936, with a 24-hour trading volume of $23.71 million and open interest of $39.72 million.

Mars Finance reports that Social Graph Ventures founder Jakub Rusiecki has joined Colosseum as a Principal, recalling his early interactions with Clay Robbins, Matty Tay, and Nate Levine, as well as their convergence of views. Colosseum attracts developers through hackathons, nurtures founders through its accelerator, and continuously supports breakthrough projects and other companies through its fund. Rusiecki said he will review hackathon submissions and plans to attend Breakpoint in London.