MicroStrategy bought another 2,530 $BTC($243M) at an average price of $95,972 last week!

According to HTX market data, Bitcoin has rebounded to break through the $84,000 level, with its 24-hour decline narrowing to 1.7%.

According to BIT (bit.com) market data, semiconductor, storage, and optical communication sectors all declined at the opening of U.S. stock trading, while crypto-related stocks posted mixed results. Details are as follows: Semiconductor and storage sector: Seagate Technology (STX) fell 1.07%; Western Digital (WDC) dropped 3.28%; SanDisk (SNDK) declined 3.18%; Micron Technology (MU) fell 2.08%; NVIDIA (NVDA) dropped 1.58%; Intel (INTC) decreased 0.60%; Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) fell 0.71%. Crypto-related stocks: Strategy (MSTR) edged down 0.01%; Coinbase (COIN) slipped 0.43%; Circle (CRCL) rose 1.30%; BitMine Immersion (BMNR) gained 0.76%; SharpLink Gaming (SBET) increased 0.71%. Optical communication-related stocks: Pure Photonics ETF (FOTO) fell 1.76%; Marvell Technology (MRVL) dropped 2.09%; Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) declined 0.79%; Lumentum Holdings (LITE) fell 1.06%; Coherent Corp. (COHR) dropped 2.17%; Ciena Corporation (CIEN) decreased 1.38%; Fabrinet (FN) fell 1.85%; AXT Inc. (AXTI) declined 0.68%.

Sept 24 Update: #Bitcoin ETFs: 1D NetFlow: +3,824 $BTC(+$320.43M)?? 7D NetFlow: +28,862 $BTC(+$2.42B)?? #Ethereum ETFs: 1D NetFlow: +49,304 $ETH(+$131.2M)?? 7D NetFlow: +211,638 $ETH(+$563.17M)??

Hardware wallet maker Ledger has partnered with Payward, parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, to enable investors to hold tokenized stocks offline. Ledger says customers using Payward’s stock trading platform xStocks can request counterparties to sign transactions via their Ledger devices before completion, acting as a final security safeguard. Beyond its basic custody service, Ledger devices — which also offer a trading platform — will now integrate xStocks functionality.

Paxos Labs has announced the launch of PAXGy, a gold-backed token that appreciates in value based on gold ounces, with the gold token PAX Gold (PAXG) as its underlying asset. PAXG is fully collateralized by investment-grade gold held in LBMA vaults and independently verified by KPMG. Holders can acquire PAXGy by depositing PAXG or converting accepted stablecoins. Bhau Kotecha, co-founder of Paxos Labs, said: "Gold has been lent for thousands of years, and institutions have been earning returns on their gold bar reserves for decades, but this market has never been open to ordinary gold holders. PAXGy will bring these economic returns to anyone who can hold the token."

Beating AI Express, as reported by The Information, an AI safety initiative jointly pushed by Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic is taking initial shape. The new AI safety standards body being established by the three parties is tentatively named the "Frontier AI Standards Institute". The organization plans to operate independently to fill gaps in government regulation and has reached out to Sriram Krishnan to invite him to serve as its CEO.