Odaily News: DeepSeek Harness v0.2 preview version has been officially released, offering out-of-the-box desktop installation packages for macOS and Windows. According to the introduction, the new version comes preloaded with commonly used features for daily office work and development, making essential capabilities available right out of the box. Additionally, a new plugin installation and management page has been added, along with more flexible configuration options, allowing users to extend functionality on demand and build a smarter product that better suits their needs. (STAR Market Daily)
Odaily reports that US House Speaker Mike Johnson stated that today's AI meeting at the White House will reach an agreement, and noted that AI industry leaders welcome a certain degree of regulation. (CNBC)
Odaily News — Crypto payment company MoonPay has established a subsidiary in South Korea, MoonPay Korea, and plans to use South Korea as the hub for its APAC business expansion.
The company has partnered with KakaoBank, Woori Bank, and KB Financial Group, with related businesses covering cross-border payments, Korean won stablecoin distribution, wallet services, and crypto asset on/off-ramps. MoonPay previously signed a memorandum of understanding with Woori Bank to support global distribution of Korean won stablecoins, cross-border settlement, wallet integration, and currency exchange infrastructure. In addition, MoonPay will apply for the necessary licenses in South Korea and push for further integration of its services into the local Korean financial system.
Odaily News: The Hong Kong SAR Government announced today (September 29) the successful pricing of approximately HK$20 billion equivalent in digital green bonds under the Government Sustainable Bond Programme, covering Hong Kong dollars, Renminbi, US dollars, and euros. In addition to continuing the use of traditional settlement methods and the tokenized central bank money settlement option introduced last time, this issuance also introduced tokenized deposits through EnsembleTX in the primary issuance settlement process for the HKD-denominated bonds, making it among the world's first digital bonds to incorporate HKD tokenized deposits. This further enhances the digital ecosystem and lays the foundation for exploring the programmability of digital currencies.
Odaily reports: According to feedback from multiple community users, Websea has once again experienced withdrawal suspensions or failure to receive funds since September 25. When responding to user inquiries, Websea's official community MOD stated that withdrawals are "undergoing maintenance due to technical reasons" and that an announcement will be made as soon as they are restored. As of September 29, community users are still reporting inability to withdraw, and Websea has yet to release a formal public statement regarding this withdrawal anomaly.
In April of this year, Websea had previously restricted withdrawals due to asset verification and other reasons, resuming them in phases. On August 28, it announced the cancellation of tiered withdrawal limits and the restoration of normal withdrawals. Websea's proof of reserves on September 15 showed that the reserve ratios for USDT, BTC, and ETH were 117%, 105%, and 118% respectively at that time; the current balances of some previously disclosed wallet addresses have noticeably declined compared to that snapshot. However, since the reserves involve a large number of addresses, multiple blockchains, and third-party custody, it is currently impossible to judge the platform's overall reserve status based on this information.
Odaily News: Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE): May partner with S&P Dow Jones Indices to explore innovations such as tokenized options contracts and other new products. (Sina Finance P)
Odaily News: Zcash developers are integrating parts of the scaling project Tachyon's code into the Zakura Common cryptography library, with a new component called Udon released on Monday. Tachyon lead Sean Bowe stated that Udon was previously developed as part of Tachyon and has now been added to Zakura Common to leverage the library's existing performance optimizations.
The long-term goal set by Bowe and Dev Ojha, lead at Valar Group, is to achieve over 50,000 private payments per second. Tachyon aims to reduce the amount of data that Zcash nodes need to receive and verify by merging proofs from multiple transactions into a single proof. However, the upgrade has not yet been activated on the Zcash network.
According to ZecStats data, in the 7 days ending September 28, Zcash averaged approximately 6,200 transactions per day involving shielded funds, down from an average of approximately 11,700 per day in the 7 days ending September 21. (CoinDesk)
Odaily News — Multiple Bitcoin ventures associated with Bitcoin pioneer and Blockstream co-founder Adam Back have recently suffered a series of setbacks: the merger between BSTR Holdings, the Bitcoin treasury project he championed, and a SPAC under Cantor Fitzgerald has been terminated, with BSTR ordered to pay a $15 million breakup fee; Blockstream Mining, the Bitcoin mining operation he co-founded and in which he holds a minority stake, along with its partner Exacore, has faced multiple lawsuits following its spin-off from Blockstream, accused of owing equipment payments, electricity bills, and customer deposits, with related financing totaling approximately $2 billion; meanwhile, Liquid Network, the Bitcoin sidechain initiated by Blockstream, suffered a hack in which approximately 4,000 BTC were stolen, of which 3,400 have been returned, with the hacker still retaining approximately $47 million worth of Bitcoin. (Bloomberg)
Odaily News: According to on-chain analyst Ember Monitoring, a newly created address withdrew 14,800 ETH worth $39.73 million from Binance and OKX over the past 9 hours.
According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale swapped 20,040 stETH for approximately 20,000 ETH via 1inch, worth about $54.69 million; minutes later, the whale deposited 20,000 ETH into Bitget, worth about $54.66 million.
Odaily reports: The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced the launch of a new round of applications for its digital euro innovation platform, inviting fintech companies, payment institutions, and other organizations to explore AI agents participating in digital euro payments. The project will be divided into two parts: practical testing and future application workshops. The practical testing will take place from January to June 2027, during which participants will develop prototypes for features such as electronic receipts, multi-party transactions, and conditional payments; the workshops will explore AI payments, micropayments, machine-to-machine transactions, and the use of the digital euro in public services.
In addition, the ECB has selected 36 banks and payment institutions, including Revolut, Stripe, and Deutsche Bank, to participate in another 12-month digital euro pilot, which is scheduled to launch in the second half of 2027. The final issuance of the digital euro still requires EU legislation and subsequent ECB decisions. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily: Glassnode posted on X platform that Bitcoin (BTC) is rising with lower leverage levels. Since the August low, the BTC price has risen 35%, while BTC-denominated open interest (OI) has declined by nearly 20% over the same period, currently at its lowest level since March. Glassnode believes this suggests the current rally may be less susceptible to leverage-driven liquidations.
According to Gate data, the US dollar against the Japanese yen (USDJPY) briefly pulled back to 157.0, currently at 156.998, with a 24-hour gain of 0.1%.
Odaily News: Prediction market trading platform Polymarket has hired Lisa Mantil, a Goldman Sachs veteran with nearly thirty years of experience, as Head of Institutional Business Growth to drive its plans to attract Wall Street liquidity. Mantil was previously a partner at Goldman Sachs and served as the global head of the bank's ETF Accelerator.
Odaily reports that Benjamin Cowen, founder of ITC Crypto, has questioned the bearish outlook on Bitcoin for Q4. He noted that from a technical perspective, current market trends favor the bulls, with the gap between BTC's price and its May high now less than 1%, making it difficult to draw conclusions about the market's direction before entering Q4.
Benjamin Cowen further pointed out that historically, when BTC breaks above the 50-week moving average — as seen in 2019 and 2023 — it typically rises 20% to 30% within 1 to 2 weeks. However, this cycle's move has been notably more moderate, possibly influenced by seasonal factors and rising US Treasury yields. Meanwhile, Bitcoin has continued to demonstrate resilience, warranting a reassessment of the bearish thesis for Q4.
Odaily reports that Coinbase posted on the X platform stating that last year Salvadorans remitted $9 billion back to the country, and proportional fees deducted millions of dollars from that amount. Modveon's Sivar now integrates Coinbase infrastructure and Base, with a flat $2 fee for U.S. users sending any amount to El Salvador, including the service to fiat off-ramp channels.
