Odaily News: Bitcoin News posted on X that Raiffeisen Bank International is expanding its partnership with Bitpanda to Central and Eastern Europe, providing digital asset services to approximately 18 million customers across its banking network. The initiative builds on the partnership model first launched in Austria in 2024.

Odaily reports: AI startup Island announced the completion of a $400 million Series F funding round led by Evolution Equity Partners, with participation from existing investors Prysm Capital, Sequoia Capital, Coatue Management, Cyberstarts, Insight Partners, and JP Morgan Growth Equity Partners. The company's valuation reached $6.4 billion.

The Dallas-based company primarily develops enterprise security tools. Island stated that the new funding will drive the company into its next phase of growth and innovation, helping enterprises scale the adoption of AI agents and modernize the way they work. (Reuters)

Odaily reports that blockchain security researcher Specter has stated that while investigating the Payy Network attack incident, he discovered that an address associated with a MetaMask Swap router contract was blacklisted by Tether in 2021 and has remained blacklisted ever since. Specter said he had not previously noticed this situation.

Odaily News: On September 24, Bybit announced the launch of its new global brand theme "Make Your Move," marking the company's further evolution from a cryptocurrency trading platform to a full-stack financial platform. Since its founding in 2018, Bybit has weathered multiple industry cycles and its own transformations, and has now grown into a comprehensive platform connecting markets including cryptocurrency, stocks, gold, forex, indices, and derivatives, while bridging payments, spending, wealth management, institutional solutions, and intelligent financial services to build an integrated The New Financial Platform.

The new brand positioning continues the vision set forth earlier this year by co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou—built for everyone, driven by intelligence, and open to the world. Make Your Move focuses on the diverse choices users have on an interconnected financial platform, emphasizing a financial experience centered on the individual.

Visually, the iconic orange letter I in the Bybit name has been transformed into a standalone brand symbol, representing the power of action for individuals within the financial system. The new visual pattern features a single orange line standing out from repeated lines, symbolizing an individual taking their own step within the system. It is reported that Bybit teased the refresh on social media yesterday, and today simultaneously updated its logo and visual assets across official channels.

Currently, Bybit has over 80 million registered users across 181 countries and regions, offering more than 442 spot assets and 235 traditional financial market trading instruments, with its P2P network covering 48,000 active merchants, and Bybit AI having connected over 600 platform services.

This brand refresh reflects Bybit's transformation from the inside out, and further reinforces its commitment to building The New Financial Platform and opening global financial opportunities to a new generation of users.

1. Binance will list HYPE and add the seed tag;

2. Former SEC Acting Chairman Mark Uyeda: crypto cases were dropped in early 2025 to preserve the court's credibility;

3. The Information: DeepSeek completes $7.5 billion funding round at a $75 billion valuation;

4. Polymarket odds of "the Fed raising rates by 25 basis points in October" currently at 65%;

5. Nearly $16 million stolen; scammer impersonating Coinbase customer service sentenced to 4 to 12 years in prison;

6. Goldman Sachs Asset Management: the Fed is unlikely to enter a sustained rate-hiking cycle;

7. Kalshi single market's approximate trading volume exceeds $5 billion, CFTC reviews related activity;

8. Citi: expects the Fed to hold rates steady in October and December, resuming rate cuts in June 2027;

9. A cumulative 4.23 million HYPE worth $285 million deposited, as Multicoin Capital deposits another 130,300 HYPE to Coinbase Prime;

10. "The Big Short" prototype: continues shorting tech stocks such as Micron, AI tech stocks may repeat a cyclical downturn.

Odaily News: According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin, over the past week, HypeStrat (0x6436...0103) added 1.444 million HYPE at approximately $93.7 per token, worth about $135 million. The address currently holds approximately 35.1 million HYPE, worth about $3.206 billion, with an average cost of approximately $46.7, resulting in unrealized gains of approximately $1.567 billion.

Odaily reports that on September 24, Japanese stocks related to digital assets, semiconductors, and data centers showed active performance. According to Japanese stock market data on the Gate platform, Metaplanet (3350) rose 20.16% to approximately $2.00; Ibiden (4062) rose 14.62% to approximately $142.00; Data Section (3905) rose 13.61% to approximately $11.00.

Gate has established a trading service system covering four core markets: US stocks, Japanese stocks, Hong Kong stocks, and Korean stocks, supporting over 10,000 US stocks and ETFs, more than 1,500 Hong Kong stocks, over 1,000 Korean stocks, and approximately 300 Japanese stocks, covering a total of over 12,800 global stock and ETF assets. Gate supports users in participating in global stock trading through a one-stop experience using USDT, and offers fractional share trading with a minimum investment of 0.01 shares and corresponding stock dividend rights. The platform also supports cross-brokerage transfers for US and Hong Kong stocks, as well as corporate actions such as stock splits and reverse splits, further optimizing the stock investment service experience.

Odaily reports that Shan Aggarwal posted on X that Coinbase's integration progress following the acquisition of Deribit is generally going well. The two parties have launched over 100 new USDC-settled contracts across 5 market segments, including pre-IPO perpetual contracts, marking the largest perpetual contract expansion in Deribit's history. Coinbase has also for the first time listed stocks and ETFs as perpetual contracts, launched a new matching engine to enhance trading infrastructure, and connected Coinbase spot liquidity to Deribit spot trading.

Odaily reports that Killa posted on X platform stating that they believe Bitcoin's bottom has already formed, and from current levels up to $126,000, the maximum pullback in this bull cycle is expected to be around 10% to 15%. If Bitcoin forms a local high near $87,000 before further declining to the low $70,000s, that zone could become Bitcoin's bottom; if the relevant price level is touched, they will significantly increase long positions betting on the continuation of the uptrend. Killa stated that Bitcoin is currently testing the key zone near $80,000, and if it can hold the previous breakout range high, the uptrend may still continue; they would only consider shorting near $90,000.

Odaily reports: The European Banking Authority (EBA) has stated that the EU should bring crypto asset lending under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework, and that the regulatory scope should also cover situations where crypto asset service providers assist clients in accessing decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocols.

The EBA recommends that the European Commission (EC) conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the relevant legislative changes, and consider adding compliance requirements and supervisory activities for intermediated crypto lending services, while also setting additional requirements for crypto firms that provide access to DeFi lending protocols.

Potential measures include user suitability tests, leverage limits, and additional disclosure requirements; the EBA also proposes restricting lending involving asset-referenced tokens or e-money tokens that require MiCA authorization, and establishing a certification system for DeFi lending protocols.

The EBA noted that crypto lending is already taking place in at least 16 EU member states, and that access to DeFi through crypto firms and AI tools is increasingly blurring the line between centralized and decentralized finance. The recommendations are part of the MiCA review opinion, which also covers stablecoin rules, crypto asset classification, and reporting requirements. (Cointelegraph)

Odaily News: Colb announced on September 24 that its digital finance AI agent Colbee has launched on WhatsApp. The product simplifies the use of DeFi and on-chain financial products through conversational interaction, allowing users to explore and access related products via natural language without directly operating wallets, networks, or decentralized trading platforms.

Colbee previously primarily served accredited investors and has executed over $40 million in crypto asset and tokenized asset transactions based on client instructions and signatures. Currently, it supports 10,163 on-chain operations across Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Polygon, including 63 product operations, 3,368 swap routes, and 6,732 cross-chain routes, and has integrated infrastructure such as PancakeSwap. Colbee does not hold users' private keys or funds, nor does it make autonomous investment decisions; every transaction must be reviewed by the user and signed through their own wallet. Some tokenized financial products still require eligibility certification, identity verification, and regional restrictions. Colb plans to increase the platform's TVL to $1 billion by 2027, and its colb.finance currently has a TVL exceeding $108 million.

Odaily News: Bitget Onchain has now integrated Robinhood Chain, enabling users to directly trade the full range of Robinhood ecosystem assets using the stablecoin U (United Stables) in their spot wallet. This integration further expands the Bitget UEX panoramic ecosystem, bringing users a more efficient onchain trading experience.

As of now, Bitget Onchain has connected six major networks: Robinhood, MORPH, ETH, SOL, BSC, and Base. Users can directly access millions of onchain assets and US stock trading through their spot wallet, and leverage auxiliary tools such as AI smart money copy-trading and onchain limit orders to achieve intelligent analysis and trade execution.

Odaily reports that according to Gate data, gold (XAUUSD) has fallen to $4,250/oz, now trading at $4,249.77/oz, down 1.5% over 24 hours.

Odaily reports: IBM has announced the launch of a new ISO 20022 message adapter, enabling financial institutions to instruct tokenized deposits through standard payment messages; financial institutions participating in the Swift project have already used Digital Asset Haven to test tokenized deposits.

The Swift shared ledger supports banks in issuing tokenized deposits and enables participating institutions to conduct 24/7 digital asset transfers and final settlement. IBM has also launched a beta version of an on-premises deployment of Digital Asset Haven that can run on IBM Z and LinuxONE, allowing customers to manage stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and other digital assets without relying on public clouds. The key management layer runs in the customer's own environment and is protected by IBM Crypto Express hardware security modules.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, an address built positions over the past hour consisting of 814,000 UNI, 12,397 Litecoin, and 2,382 BNB, valued at $7.443 million, $841,000, and $1.85 million respectively, with a total value of $10.13 million.