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According to official news, Gate Live will launch the second issue of "Lucas Global Stock Observation" on September 24 at 20:00 (UTC+8). This session will be hosted by Lucas Sum, the head of stock market development at Gate, focusing on the core question, "With the Federal Reserve's decision finalized, what will be the next trading moves for U.S. stocks?" It will analyze the changes in market expectations after the FOMC and the subsequent trends in U.S. stocks.This live broadcast will focus on interest rate expectations, technology and AI, industry rotation, and other directions. It will combine the performance of U.S. stocks, U.S. Treasury yields, and the U.S. dollar after the FOMC to dissect how Federal Reserve policies affect stock valuations and capital flows, and share market signals that are worth continuous attention in the future.

A 23-year-old U.S. man who posed as a Coinbase employee and stole as much as $16 million in cryptocurrency from about 100 users was sentenced to four to 12 years in prison, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.Ronald Spector used a social engineering scam rather than a hack of Coinbase’s systems, telling victims their accounts were at risk of being hacked and urging them to move assets to a safe wallet or hand over wallet seed phrases, which he then used to steal the cryptocurrency. Spector pleaded guilty on Sept. 2 to all 31 counts, including money laundering and grand larceny. The court also ordered the forfeiture of more than $500,000 in cash and cryptocurrency and restitution for victims.

Tapbit news, September 24 — Bitcoin recently broke through $80,000 and briefly touched $87,300. Analysts believe this rally has been supported by institutional capital and strong inflows into spot ETFs, but indicators such as trading volume, market breadth, and derivatives positioning show that there is still disagreement over whether the rally can continue.K33 said that Bitcoin's recent pullback has been significantly smaller in both magnitude and duration than the major bear markets of 2013, 2017, and 2021, and that the current cycle low may already be established. K33 also noted that Bitcoin still has room to catch up with gold and US equities.21Shares believes that the US SEC's introduction of an "innovation exemption" and the CFTC's advancement of related rulemaking provide further regulatory tailwinds for the crypto market. K33, meanwhile, believes that the fading of uncertainties such as the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision and the vote on the CLARITY Act also helped the market complete its breakout.However, Nexo remains cautious, pointing out that recent market trading volume has declined, the breadth of the rally has narrowed, and derivatives leverage is also rising, which could expose Bitcoin to risks of profit-taking or a temporary correction. Analysts at Capital.com believe that $87,000 to $88,000 is the near-term resistance zone, with the next target at $90,000 after a breakout, while on the downside, focus is on support at $84,000 to $85,000 and $80,000.Fundstrat founder Tom Lee said that the crypto bull market has already begun, arguing that this round of gains is being driven by factors including AI capital flowing back into the crypto market, improvements in crypto fundamentals such as tokenization and AI, and the end of the four-year cycle.[Source]

Patrick Witt, executive director of the White House crypto council, denied claims that the Clarity Act failed in the Senate last week because of President Donald Trump’s personal crypto interests, according to CoinDesk.Speaking at a conference at Georgetown University, Witt said Democrats had politicized the issue. He said a recently passed House bill did not include strict government ethics review provisions, while the main focus of the debate over the Clarity Act was the president, and Trump agreed to what Witt described as unprecedented ethics provisions. Witt also argued it was ironic for Democrats to raise concerns about improper conflicts of interest on the grounds that Trump was shaping crypto policy while running crypto businesses, adding that many senators on the Banking Committee hold and trade shares in financial services companies they regulate.

According to sources, Russian presidential envoy Dmitryev will travel to the United States for a new round of talks with members of the Trump administration.

Tapbit news, September 23 — According to an official announcement, Binance.US has announced that Binance.US Wallet, a self-custody wallet built into its app, is now available to eligible iOS and Android users. Users can switch between the centralized exchange and the wallet without leaving the Binance.US app, and access tens of thousands of tokens and hundreds of DApps, with support for major blockchain networks including Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base, Arbitrum, Polygon, Solana, and Robinhood Chain.

Tapbit news, September 23, according to GMGN market data, the market cap of Robinhood chain Agrippa surpassed $10 million, with its 24-hour gain expanding to 38.6 times, trading volume reaching $23 million, and current market cap at $8.7 million.This morning, Meta founder Zuckerberg followed the Muse concept Robinhood chain meme coin Agrippa account on X platform, triggering a violent 30-fold surge in the token.The meme coin was inspired by Zuckerberg naming his personal Muse AI agent Agrippa. The meme coin Agrippa was issued through bankrbot, with musebook token as the base pool. Recently, Meta's Muse has gone viral, sparking enthusiasm in the crypto community for speculation on related concept coins.BlockBeats reminds users: Meme coin trading is highly volatile, relying mostly on market sentiment and concept speculation, with no actual value or use case, and investors need to be aware of risks.

The WeChat Security Center has released a governance announcement regarding the crackdown on organizers and promoters of illegal activities such as pyramid schemes and fraud. Recently, some black and gray market accounts have falsely claimed to be "national projects," "ethnic asset unfreezing," and "blockchain virtual currencies, stablecoins," using high returns as bait to lure users into groups and implement pyramid-style "referral" schemes. Subsequently, they induce users to input their account passwords and download fraudulent imitation apps through forged links, ultimately committing property fraud or account theft.WeChat officials stated that once verified, they will take tiered penalties against violating accounts based on the severity of the circumstances, in accordance with relevant laws and platform regulations. This includes banning community functions, restricting feature usage, and permanently banning accounts. They also remind users to be wary of Ponzi schemes that claim to be associated with blockchain but lack substantive technology and applications, and to avoid participating in paying entry fees, developing downlines, and downloading applications from unofficial channels.

Tapbit news reported on September 23 that Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen officially released the Qwen-Audio-3.1 series of voice large models today. This upgrade not only comprehensively evolved the three core models of speech recognition, speech synthesis, and real-time voice interaction, but also launched the brand-new audio creation model Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-Next and audio understanding model Qwen-Audio-3.1-ASR-Next. Five new voice models were released simultaneously, forming a complete audio capability stack covering "understanding-generation-interaction-creation." To further reduce user costs, prices across the entire Qwen-Audio voice model lineup have been lowered, with TTS prices cut by about 70%, Realtime by about 85%, and ASR by as much as 95%.

OKX announced it will delist AEON spot trading pairs at 8:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 30.The exchange said the decision followed a recent listing eligibility review.

Tapbit news, September 23, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Tom Barkin warned that the inflation shock may take some time to subside, and there is a risk that elevated inflationary pressures become entrenched.In a speech detailing his latest outlook on the economy and monetary policy for the FOMC, Barkin said the Fed's rate hike last week will help slow inflation, but he did not send a clear signal on whether further tightening is needed. Instead, the Fed official made clear that supply shocks are no longer one-off or temporary, but are causing persistent price pressures across the economy.Barkin said: "Where do we go from here? We are committed to bringing inflation back down to our 2% target on a sustainable basis. Last week's rate hike will help. Whether additional hikes are needed, and how many? We will see." Barkin does not have a vote on the FOMC this year.The Fed official laid out two scenarios for the future path of inflation. The first is that price pressures cool rapidly as recent shocks fade; the second is that inflationary pressures linger.Barkin said: "I am open-minded that inflation could come down in the near term. Some of the recent shocks may reverse." Consumers may "start to reach their limits," investment may slow, and employment may "soften." "On the other hand, inflation may prove more stubborn. Temporary shocks may drag on longer," he said. "New cost pressures may emerge. Tighter demand conditions may pass through to prices, and the effects of current inflation may also pass through to prices."In addition, Barkin expressed optimism in his economic outlook. He said: "The economy and labor market remain on solid footing. We hear from businesses that economic conditions are at least stabilizing, if not strengthening further."

On September 22, OpenAI released two new models, GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna, just minutes after Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5.5. Both models are positioned below GPT-6 Astra and are cheaper and faster options aimed at everyday work. OpenAI also reduced the API prices for both models by 50% compared to the promotional price of GPT-5.6, with Sol's input and output prices set at $2 and $10 per million tokens, respectively, while Luna's prices dropped to $0.1 and $0.5.In terms of performance, OpenAI cited Zapier's AutomationBench benchmark, stating that GPT-6 Sol scored 33.2% under the highest inference settings, with a cost of $0.27 per task, while Claude Opus 5 scored 26.9% at its highest settings, with a cost over 11 times higher per task. In the Agents' Last Exam test, GPT-6 Sol achieved a top score of 56.4%. In the OSWorld 2 computer usage test, GPT-6 Sol nearly matched Claude Opus 5's moderate effort score at 60.5% to 60.3%, with costs approximately 80% lower.

Moscow Exchange, or MOEX, launched five perpetual futures products tied to assets including BTC and ETH on Sept. 22 local time, and first-day trading volume for its BTCUSDF Bitcoin perpetual futures contract reached about $1.3 million. Crypto Briefing said the figure was relatively small compared with major global cryptocurrency exchanges, but marked the formal start of crypto product trading in Russia’s regulated derivatives market.

Tapbit news, September 22, according to official announcements, Huobi HTX has listed CLSK/USDT, BAC/USDT, LIN/USDT perpetual contracts on September 22, supporting 1-20x long and short operations. Meanwhile, from now until September 29 at 15:00 (UTC+8), Huobi HTX is launching a new contract coin trading competition. Users who complete registration, participate in trading the event coin contracts, and reach the specified threshold will have the opportunity to share a total prize pool of 1 billion HTX.

According to Coinglass data, on September 22 at 15:00, 59.7 million USDT was detected being transferred from an unknown wallet to Binance.

Solana said on X that 76% of x402 transactions, an open payment protocol built on HTTP, were processed on Solana. According to Artemis data, Solana recorded 23.2 million x402 transactions from Aug. 22 to Sept. 19, followed by XRP Ledger with 3.39 million, Polygon PoS with 2.05 million, and Base with 1.85 million. x402 uses HTTP 402, or Payment Required, to let AI agents automatically pay for API access or digital services, mainly through stablecoin-based onchain payments, allowing agents to pay for needed services instantly without separate accounts or subscriptions.

Tapbit news, September 22, according to CME "FedWatch" data, the probability of the Fed keeping interest rates unchanged in October is currently reported at 46.9%, while the probability of a 25 basis point rate hike is 53.1%.[Source]

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) established a five-year framework for tokenized stock trading days after the failure to advance the CLARITY Act. Investment bank TD Cowen stated that U.S. investors can conveniently access stocks, but issuers show limited interest in tokenization, and short-term adoption rates are expected to be low.TD Cowen pointed out that perpetual contracts remain a greater attraction for gaining exposure to crypto asset stocks, with trading volumes far exceeding those of tokenized spot products.

Tapbit news, September 21 — According to an xAI announcement, Grok 4.7 uses a larger base model and has undergone longer reinforcement learning training geared toward complex long-horizon tasks, strengthening its coding, long-context, and self-verification capabilities. The model is now available on Cursor, Grok Build, and the API, with input/output prices of $2 and $6 per million tokens respectively; xAI says it shows significant improvement over Grok 4.6 across multiple coding, office, and safety benchmarks.

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the Trump family’s DeFi project, has started a vote on a proposal to offer rewards to holders who stake WLFI for at least 180 days, according to Crypto Briefing.Under the proposal, holders would need to stake WLFI for a minimum of 180 days and participate in voting at least once every 90 days to qualify for rewards. The proposal targets implementation on Oct. 1.