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Today's Headlines:

• Before the release of economic data, mainstream cryptocurrencies experienced volatility; Bitcoin traded at $83,900.
• Robinhood announced a number of new products at the summit, including perpetual contracts, weekend stock trading, proxy trading, social applications, etc.
• CBOE may begin to study tokenized option contracts
• Blockchain.com aims to raise $500 million this year; IPO; Kalshi refinancing, with a valuation of $40 billion
• Pump Leads Online Protocols Again with Revenue of $2.26 Million

Robinhood announced several new products at the HOOD summit

On Tuesday evening, at the Houston Summit, the largest number of new products in recent years were announced. These include encrypted perpetual futures, weekend stock trading, tradable AI agents, corporate performance contracts, longer option trading hours, and more in-trading margin arrangements. All of these are aimed at one type of user: active traders.

• Sustainable contracts are targeted at American customers. Bitcoin and Ethereum contracts offer a maximum leverage of 10 times, while other assets start at 3 times leverage. This is provided through Robinhood Derivatives and Bitstamp, rather than Lighter. The head of US futures products at Robinhood stated that traders wish to use leverage, but the company has chosen to start with smaller cryptocurrencies in a more cautious manner.
• Weekend stock trading. Robinhood launched 24/7 trading in 2023, but trading is still suspended on weekends. Now, some stocks and ETF will be available for trading 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including Saturdays and Sundays, through an alternative trading platform called Bruce ATS. This means that the last time difference between stocks and cryptocurrencies has been eliminated.
• AI agent that can trade on your behalf. Users can create an agent within the application, select a model from OpenAI or Anthropic, and assign an independent trading account to it for market research and transaction execution. A feature named Loops allows users to set up recurring orders, enabling the agent to act automatically when certain conditions are met. Earlier this year, after Robinhood opened its system to external AI, there were already over 150,000 agent accounts in existence.
• Performance contract. Through Cboe, users will be able to trade on whether a company meets certain targets—such as revenue, earnings per share, or in the case of Apple, iPhone sales volume.
• Social trading apps. Robinhood announces that its Robinhood Social application has been launched within the main app, joining the ranks of Fomo and Pump, entering the hottest new niche in on-chain transactions.

Robinhood The vice president of products described his goal as: selling stocks, buying cryptocurrencies, selling cryptocurrencies within the same account, and trading in predicted markets, without having to worry about which market one is currently in. This is what is known as the definition of a "super app."

Next, it's a matter of which of these products will become the breakthrough for Robinhood.

Macro, Cryptography, and Market

• The overall performance of major cryptocurrencies remains stable; BTC has fallen by 0.4% to $83,900, ETH has fallen by 1% to $2,700, SOL remains flat at $120, HYPE has fallen by 2% to $86.60, and ZEC has risen by 1% to $1,427.
• The top-performing altcoins in terms of increase include QNT (+23%), ZRO (+10%), NEAR (+9%), and PUMP (+4%).
• Crude oil falls 1% to $91, gold rises 0.75% to $4,211
• Before the release of key economic data, stock index futures slightly declined; Dow Jones futures fell by 0.15%, and Nasdaq futures fell by 0.3%.
• Bitcoin rose by 7.33% in September, slightly higher than 7.29% in 2024, and is on track to set a new record for September; to retain this title, it needs to close around $83,600.
• Cboe S&P Dow Jones extends the S&P 500 options agreement until 2051 and indicates a possible study of tokenized options contracts
• Blockchain.com aims to raise $500 million this year IPO, with a potential valuation of up to $6 billion; the company secretly filed documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this year.
• Aztec will bring zk.money back to Ethereum. This is a wallet that hides the payment amount, balance, and recipient through readable names such as bob.zk.money.
• Zcash Developers have begun to integrate Tachyon code into the software that supports faster and more private payments, linking the November upgrade with a larger scale-out plan.
• HSBC has named its Hong Kong dollar stablecoin RedCoin, and plans to launch it through PayMe applications and mobile banking by the end of the year; it will initially be used for personal transfers and merchant payments, with subsequent expansion to corporate use.
• Bitget On Wednesday morning, attackers stole approximately $3.9 million. Zcash The funds were transferred to a privacy pool for this cryptocurrency, where the sender, recipient, and amount are all concealed.

Enterprise vault and ETF

• Bitcoin recorded a net inflow of $66 million on Tuesday; there was a net outflow of $3 million, and a net inflow of $5 million.
• Bitwise launches the first spot NEAR ETF in the United States, traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the code Arca at a fee rate of 0.75%. There is no fee for assets of up to 500 million US dollars in the first three months. The foundation pledges its tokens and retains approximately one-third of the rewards.

Meme Coin Tracking

• Meme coin leaders see a slight overall increase; DOGE remains flat, SHIB remains flat, PEPE rises 2%, PENGU rises 6%, TRUMP rises 2%, SPX rises 3%, BONK rises 10%.
• Robinhood On the first day of the RH summit, after the meme coin was not mentioned, most of the leading coins on the chain fell in value; Pons rose by 6% to $384 million, AI fell by 11% to $186 million, Cashcat fell by 2% to $172 million, Hookr rose by 43%, and VRAX saw the largest increase of 300 times.
• Solana Token led the gains with a rise of SI, increasing by 100%. Arthur increased by 40 times, and Stonk rose by 20%; Ansem fell by 10% to $140 million.

Tokens, Airdrops, and Protocol Tracking

• Pump led the blockchain protocols again on Tuesday with revenue of $2.26 million, followed by Hyperliquid with $1.82 million and Collector Crypt with $760,000.
• Relying on SI, it soared to $50 million, and on Tuesday, revenue rebounded to $1.16 million.
• Kalshi is in deep negotiations for a financing round of around $1 billion, with a valuation approaching $40 billion; Sequoia and Wellington are discussing taking the lead in the funding, while Tiger Global and Dragoneer may join in as well.

NFT What's the latest development?

• NFT Leading stocks show divergence in performance; Punks Drops 1% to 33.49; ETH, BAYC Drops 1% to 6.14; ETH; Pudgy Rises 3% to 3.29; ETH
• Cashcats (+43%) and Milady (+12%) lead the gains