Crypto bank Augustus completes $180 million financing round, led by Tiger Global.

According to an official announcement, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has added Finanx AI (菲纳斯科技有限公司) to its list of unlicensed entities. The entity may have promoted FNXAI and 1FNXAI tokens to investors via events held in Hong Kong, and may have claimed that investing in these tokens would yield high returns. The FNXAI and 1FNXAI tokens were added to the SFC’s alert list for suspicious investment products on September 30, 2026. The SFC stated that the entity is not licensed or registered by the SFC to conduct any regulated activities in Hong Kong under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO), and is prohibited from engaging in any regulated activities in the city.

Beating AI News Flash: Anthropic rolls out two new features for Claude. Claude Dashboards turns enterprise data into real-time updated chart dashboards, while Claude Motion converts reports, charts, and product demos into short animations. Both tools are currently in testing. Dashboards supports integration with data platforms including BigQuery, Snowflake, and Databricks, and can also pull business data from Salesforce. Users only need to input natural language queries, and Claude will automatically generate SQL queries, extract data, and create charts. Dashboards update in real time as data changes. Clicking on chart figures also displays the corresponding query statement and last refresh time. For in-depth analysis, users can switch to professional tools such as PostHog and Grafana. Motion, however, does not rely on video generation models at all. Claude animates text, charts, and images by writing code. Users can freely modify numbers, text, and playback rhythm in the animation without regenerating the entire content. After completion, animations can be exported as MP4 files or handed over to other video editing tools for further processing. The two tools have different availability: Dashboards is accessible to Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise users, while Motion is currently limited to Team and Enterprise plans. On the same day, Claude Docs, Slides, and Design officially exited beta testing and are now available to free users as well. Anthropic stated that the three tools have collectively generated over 45 million documents, slides, and design works to date.

According to Bitget's market data, the Hang Seng Tech Index's intraday gain has expanded to 1.2%.

According to Bloomberg, OpenAI is projected to reach an annualized revenue of $70 billion by the end of 2026.

Beating AI News Flash: OpenAI’s Head of Products and Platforms Thibault Sottiaux announced Day 4 of the 28-day product sprint. GPT-6.1 Sol Ultrafast is now rolling out to API, Codex, and ChatGPT Work. According to the official announcement, the model has capabilities close to GPT-6 Astra, with generation speed in Codex reaching up to 8 times that of the standard Sol mode, and up to 6 times faster in the API. The Ultrafast API is priced at $12 per million input tokens and $60 per million output tokens, 6 times the standard tier rates. The API is open to all developers, though subject to rate limits. Codex and ChatGPT Work are restricted to Pro users paying $500 monthly, as well as eligible enterprise and educational users. On the same day, OpenAI also upgraded Codex’s mid-task correction feature. On the ChatGPT desktop app, when Agents are executing tasks, users can add additional requests or adjust directions, allowing the model to adapt faster and reduce instances of working along incorrect paths.

According to Bitget’s market data, Hong Kong stocks opened, with the Hang Seng Index gaining 0.65% at open and the Hang Seng Tech Index gaining 0.29% at open.