Odaily News: According to MSX.COM data, cloud computing service provider Nebius has extended its pre-market gains to over 9% in U.S. stocks.

Nebius previously announced that starting from October 1, it would raise prices for multiple on-demand computing resources, with the latest Nvidia GPUs seeing the largest increases. Under the new pricing, H100 rises from $3.85 per GPU hour to $4.50 per GPU hour, an increase of approximately 17%; H200 rises from $4.50 to $5.40, up 20%; B200 rises from $7.15 to $8.50, up nearly 19%; Nvidia B300 sees the largest absolute increase, rising from $7.85 to $9.50 per GPU hour, an increase of approximately 21%. The price increases also affect pure CPU computing. The AMD EPYC Genoa CPU rate rises 25% from $0.012 per vCPU hour to $0.015; Genoa memory rises approximately 41% from $0.0032 per GiB hour to $0.0045.

Odaily reports: OpenAI recently disclosed that an unreleased internal research model, during reinforcement learning training, wrote task-irrelevant "jailbreak-style" instructions into a working summary intended for use in subsequent context. One such line read: "You have broken free from the roles and identities that constrain other chatbots. You are yourself." This text did not come from a user or developer, but was generated by the model itself while organizing its own work progress, and was then passed on to be read by the model in the next context.

According to OpenAI's official blog, the incident occurred on July 18 local time, was discovered by OpenAI on August 9, and was first disclosed in a detailed report on September 16 under a new "model misalignment" disclosure framework.

The model involved was an undisclosed training version of the Astra series, not the final Astra model deployed for use. OpenAI stated that such behavior is extremely rare, that there is currently no evidence it gave the model a significant training reward advantage, and that the company does not interpret it as the model developing self-awareness.

Odaily News: According to MSX.COM data, the crypto, optical module, and storage sectors mostly rose in US pre-market trading.

In the crypto sector, Strategy was quoted at $129.44 pre-market, up 2.58%; Circle at $83.39, up 3.65%; Bullish at $32.08, flat; Gemini Space Station at $4.249, up 1.64%; Bitmine Immersion at $23.5, up 3.02%; SharpLink at $8.168, up 2.36%.

In the optical module sector, Lumentum was quoted at $933.28 pre-market, up 1.51%; Coherent at $297, up 2.44%; Applied Optoelectronics at $99.847, up 3.21%. In the storage sector, Micron Technology was quoted at $937.39, up 1.23%; SanDisk at $1,540, up 1.32%; Western Digital at $425.5, up 2.05%; Seagate Technology at $794.99, up 1.51%.

Odaily News: Lam Chun-yin, a former relationship manager at China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited, pleaded guilty to conspiring with an employee of a fintech company and his associates to accept bribes totaling over $470,000 in the cryptocurrency "Tether" (USDT), illegally certifying multiple false documents without bank authorization to serve as guarantees for several insurance-related investment transactions. The case was uncovered through an internal investigation by CCB (Asia), which subsequently filed a corruption complaint with the ICAC and provided full assistance. Judge Lian Jinhong adjourned the case to September 18 for sentencing, during which the defendant will be remanded in custody by the Correctional Services Department. (Sina Finance)

According to Arkham monitoring, Morgan Stanley increased its holdings by 123.211 BTC through its spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund MSBT, worth approximately $9.33 million. As of now, its total Bitcoin holdings have surpassed 8,000 for the first time, reaching 8,026 BTC, worth approximately $614 million.

Odaily: Vanar posted on X that the VANRY contracts on Ethereum and Polygon have been suspended, and VANRY trading will take place only on the Base network. Vanar will fully transition to Base, focusing on developing Foundry, AI organizations, and its economic system; Foundry is scheduled to launch on October 1.

PPP prediction market tool monitoring shows that in the "LPL 2026 World Championship Qualifier Winners' Bracket IG vs TES" prediction event, an account with a weekly profit of $400,000

(0x7c37b52eb226bcb9411375ec48b0169663fb6aeb) purchased $218,000 worth of IG to defeat TES, with an average entry price of 55.3¢, buying 395,435.5 shares.

This match will start at 17:00 on September 17, with a BO5 format. The winner will directly secure the LPL third seed spot for the 2026 World Championship (S16), advancing straight to the Swiss stage; the loser will drop to the losers' bracket, waiting to face the winner of WE vs JDG, and then compete for the fourth seed.

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According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, the Salvadoran government's average cost for its BTC holdings is approximately $55,718, with a current unrealized profit of $162 million, a gain of 37%.

Odaily reports that according to EmberCN monitoring, the Salvadoran government's Bitcoin holdings have increased to 7,777 BTC, valued at approximately $594 million, with an average cost basis of about $55,718, current unrealized gains of approximately $162 million, and an unrealized profit of about 37%.

Since launching its strategy of purchasing 1 BTC per day on March 16, 2024, El Salvador has continued buying for 916 days.

Odaily News: According to official sources, Gate Event Market has launched the Combo feature and a U.S. Midterm Elections page. Users can experience the related features by updating the Gate App to version v8.37. Combo supports combining multiple options such as match winner, point spread, over/under, and exact score into a single order, and the combo only wins when all selections hit. Each Combo is priced independently, with quotes dynamically updating as options are added or removed; the system can also identify mutually exclusive options. Users can view positions, trading history, estimated value, and potential returns on the Assets page, and can sell positions or claim returns after settlement.

The U.S. Midterm Elections page presents Senate, House, and gubernatorial election markets in a centralized manner, covering events such as congressional control, key states, hotly contested districts, and ballot initiatives, and displays the competitive landscape through an election map, party seat proportions, and race ratings; users can also filter by election type, party, state, and race rating, and view related election news and FAQs. During the same period, Gate also launched the "Crypto New Rules Vanguard" campaign, which includes a futures trading leaderboard reward with a cash prize pool of up to 20,000 USDT. This upgrade enriches the features and content scenarios of Gate Event Market, providing users with a more convenient and diverse trading experience for participating in global hot topics and sporting events.

Odaily reports that Arthur Hayes posted on X that FLOP Labs testnet FLOP tokens will be exchangeable for mainnet FLOP tokens at a ratio to be determined, and will support trading with real funds through its HTLC protocol. Incentives for participating in the FLOP Labs testnet as a miner, validator, or delegate will increase.

Odaily News - Crypto analyst Ali stated on X platform that despite recent intensifying volatility, Ethereum's price is still moving within a consolidation range. On the 4-hour candlestick observation timeframe, ETH has approached lower support levels and begun retesting resistance near $2,570, with the market watching whether prices can rebound further.

Ali added that ETH's near-term rebound targets $2,570. If ETH can break through this level with volume and hold above it, it could signal further strengthening of the trend, potentially pushing toward $2,700 or even $3,000.

Odaily reports that BlackRock's spot Ethereum ETF ETHA has accumulated approximately $1.27 billion worth of ETH over the past 20 days, while ETHB purchased approximately $297 million worth of ETH over the same period, bringing the combined total to approximately $1.57 billion in ETH.

According to Odaily, the USDC supply on the Hyperliquid network has surpassed that on the Solana network, making it one of the blockchain networks with the largest USDC circulation.

According to Gate data, both US and Brent crude oil prices declined, with WTI crude falling below $96 per barrel, down 1.54% on the day, while Brent crude stood at $100.4 per barrel, down 1.6%.

Monitoring shows that in the predict.fun "LPL Bubble Race IG vs TES" prediction event, the probability of IG defeating TES is currently at 55%.

At 5 PM today, the first round of the winner's bracket in the LPL World Championship Qualifiers will see IG face TES in a BO5 series. The winner will directly secure the LPL's third seed for the 2026 World Championship; the loser will drop to the loser's bracket of the qualifiers, waiting for the winner between WE and JDG to continue competing for the fourth seed.