The US-Canada trade war has fallen into a deadlock, and the Bank of Canada may hold interest rates steady for the seventh consecutive time.

Beating AI News Brief: Pi’s GitHub Repository Surpasses 100,000 Stars, Official Teases Upcoming Pi v2. Pi is an open-source Agent harness that also provides a terminal Coding Agent. Over the past month and a half, Pi has been rewriting its underlying Agent runtime framework. At the end of July, it first unveiled Harness v2, adding key features including task persistence, crash recovery, and multiple execution lanes. Shortly after this design was integrated into official APIs in early August, the team began work on Harness v3, which involved a full redesign of storage and runtime states. The v3 work was later consolidated into the current unified harness.md. The new Harness is designed to let Agents resume from their last safe state even if the process crashes mid-execution, and support parallel execution of multiple Agent tasks on the same session history. The current dev branch still has hundreds of commits not yet merged into main, with the new Harness under rapid development.

According to GMGN market data, the BSC-based meme coin "Niu Lai" has fallen more than 21% in 24 hours, with its market capitalization dropping to $87 million. BlockBeats reported yesterday that all screenings of the movie "Niu Lai" have been extended to 23:59 on October 4, 2026. As of press time, the film "Niu Lai" has accumulated a box office (including pre-sales) of over 60 million yuan, and AI forecasts its total box office will exceed 69 million yuan.

According to market data from BIT (bit.com), US-listed cryptocurrency-related stocks saw their intraday declines widen, with MSTR down 6.12%, CRCL down 5.94%, COIN down 4.53%, BMNR down 5.73%, SBET down 5.16%, and PURR down 7.02%.

Bitunix has officially launched the On-Chart Order Preview feature, allowing users to preview entry prices and estimated liquidation prices for long and short positions directly on the K-line chart before placing an order. Users can adjust prices in real time by dragging the preview line, with order details in the order panel updating simultaneously. This feature gives users a clearer view of their positions before executing trades, enabling intuitive understanding of entry points and liquidation risks, and effectively reducing operational errors. This update marks another key step in Bitunix’s ongoing optimization of its chart trading experience, further advancing the platform’s core concepts of Ultra Products and Ultra Experience.

Ethena has announced the launch of its self-custodial financial application Ethena Pay, positioned as a "new internet currency bank" that integrates the stablecoin USDe with payment, savings, and global money transfer capabilities. The product is now available on iOS, with phased testing rolled out across 48 countries and regions. Ethena Pay offers up to 6% annual percentage yield (APY) on USD savings, up to 5% cashback on card transactions, free instant global transfers, and supports fiat onramps for USD, GBP, EUR, etc., alongside IBAN accounts. Users can deposit fiat or crypto assets into their accounts, hold funds in USDe, or withdraw to bank accounts for local currency settlement. Additionally, the platform features a multi-tier membership system: users can lock ENA tokens or invite new users to access higher yield and cashback tiers, with select merchants offering up to 10% cashback. The product currently operates on the Avalanche network, and the U.S. and EU are not included in its initial launch regions.

According to market data from BIT (bit.com), the semiconductor and storage sectors in US stocks saw broad declines during the trading session, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index falling more than 3%. Specific stock performances: Micron Technology (MU) dropped 2.53%, SanDisk (SNDK) fell 2.26%, Seagate Technology (STX) declined 3.06%, Western Digital (WDC) dropped 1.94%, SK Hynix ADR fell 2.41%, NVIDIA (NVDA) declined 3.25%, Intel (INTC) dropped 3.88%, and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) fell 3.48%.