Odaily News: US August JOLTs job openings came in at 7.079 million, versus the expected 7.225 million. The previous reading was revised from 7.271 million to 7.335 million.

US September Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index came in at 81.9, versus the expected 89.2. The previous reading was revised from 89.4 to 88.6. (Jinshi)

Odaily reported that U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins, in a live interview with CNBC, said he hopes to push the stock market toward onchain operations and stated that the entire financial system is moving toward Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. The SEC has previously introduced an "innovation exemption" allowing eligible trading venues to conduct onchain trading of tokenized U.S. stocks.

Odaily News: The U.S. 30-year Treasury yield rose to 5.59%, the highest since 2002.

According to Odaily, Bonk Guy stated in a personal channel post that USELESS has retraced approximately 40% from its recent high. Following its previous rapid rally, the current price level is beginning to present a favorable pullback buying opportunity. USELESS is expected to regain its prior relative strength in the near term, and he noted that it could become the "next DOGE/SHIB" of this cycle as well as a representative meme coin.

Odaily News: Pope Leo XIV, when asked about artificial intelligence (AI), said: "Am I in panic mode? No, I'm not. I sleep well at night." However, he also noted that experts' concerns about AI "should be taken seriously," and warned that turning a blind eye to what might happen in the future "may not be the most responsible approach." (Reuters)

Odaily reports that Bitcoin News posted on X that U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Hester Peirce, known as "Crypto Mom," will leave her post on October 2, ending nearly nine years of service. She previously led the SEC's Crypto Task Force, which worked on issues including Bitcoin, digital asset mining, staking, memecoins, and digital asset classification. After Peirce's departure, the SEC will be left with two commissioners: Chairman Paul Atkins and Commissioner Mark Uyeda. She plans to join Regent University School of Law as an associate professor in November.

Odaily News: U.S. President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson will hold a luncheon on Tuesday with several AI and tech industry executives to discuss the regulation of rapidly evolving AI technology. Attendees include Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, AMD CEO Lisa Su, Broadcom CEO Hock Tan, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. The Trump administration favors industry-led AI safety governance, but pressure to strengthen government regulation continues to rise.

Odaily reports, according to MSX.COM data, the US optical communications sector rose in early trading, with Lumentum and Corning up over 4%, Marvell Technology and Coherent up over 3%, and AAOI up nearly 3%.

According to market news, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will attend an AI luncheon hosted at the White House.

According to Gate data, the US dollar against the Japanese yen (USDJPY) has risen above 157.5, now at 157.502, with a 24-hour gain of 0.3%.

Odaily News: GF Securities stated that Nvidia's co-packaged optics (CPO) scale-out is progressing faster than expected, which should be a positive for supplier Lumentum, maintaining a "Buy" rating on Lumentum. GF data shows that Lumentum's estimated revenue from CPO and near-packaged optics (NPO) will see significant year-over-year acceleration between 2027 and 2028. In 2027, Lumentum is expected to generate $427 million in CPO laser revenue and $501 million in NPO laser revenue. By 2028, this forecast expands to $750 million for CPO and $2.55 billion for NPO.

Odaily News: According to official sources, Gate's Contract Stock Zone launched contract trading for TWST (Twist Bioscience), CVNA (Carvana), RUM (Rumble), WBD (Warner Bros. Discovery), CRML (Critical Metals Corp), and BWET (Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF) at 20:00 (UTC+8) on September 29, with trading bots and copy trading features enabled within 1 hour of listing, supporting 1–20x long and short positions.

In the same period, Gate has also listed CARDS (Collector Crypt) and XDP (Doppler Finance) contract trading, along with trading bots and copy trading features. The CARDS contract supports 1–10x long and short positions, while the XDP contract supports 1–20x long and short positions. CARDS is a physical collectibles RWA platform; Doppler Finance is dedicated to building tokenized capital market infrastructure, with business covering areas such as yield management, collateral asset utility unlock, and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization. This new listing further enriches the trading options available on Gate's contract market.

Odaily reports: Michael Saylor, founder of Bitcoin treasury company Strategy, published a post explaining how the company builds "Digital Credit" by managing its asset and capital structure, including Bitcoin, dollars, debt, preferred stock, and common stock.

Saylor stated that MSTR represents "digital equity" and STRC represents "digital credit." Strategy aims to allocate more Bitcoin volatility and upside potential to common stockholders through its capital structure, while providing STRC investors with dollar income, lower price volatility, and shorter duration characteristics. Saylor said the company's goal is to transform non-yielding Bitcoin capital into income-generating corporate securities through "stripping volatility, compressing duration, and extracting yield."

Odaily reports that according to MSX.COM data, at the U.S. stock market open, Corning rose 2.8%, with AT&T signing a multi-year fiber supply agreement with Corning valued at over $3 billion. The storage sector rose collectively, with Micron Technology up 2%, SanDisk up 1.8%, Western Digital up 2.2%, and SK Hynix up 1.7%.

Odaily reports: Veteran trader Peter Brandt says Bitcoin has likely bottomed out for this cycle and entered a new bull market. He has raised his cycle top forecast from the previous $250,000 to $300,000 to $300,000 to $600,000 by late 2029, adding that hitting $500,000 is "very likely."

However, Peter Brandt warns that Bitcoin could pull back to $65,000 to $66,000 in early October to flush out momentum chasers. Brandt is also skeptical of XRP's investment value, calling it a "fool coin," and said that XRP having payment use cases and Ripple having banking partners does not necessarily mean its value will rise. (Cointelegraph)

Odaily News: According to MSX.COM data, at the U.S. stock market open, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.09%, the S&P 500 rose 0.08%, the Nasdaq rose 0.26%, and the VIX fear index fell 1.56%. AI-related stocks rose broadly, with Marvell up 2.68%, KLA up 2.53%, Broadcom up 2.52%, Teradyne up 2.33%, and Arm up 2.28%.

It is reported that MSX is a leading RWA trading platform and has cumulatively listed hundreds of RWA tokens, covering popular U.S. stocks and ETF token assets such as NVIDIA, GOOGL, MSFT, AMZN, META, TSM, and AMD.