U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a new round of sanctions on several bankers, financial institutions, and related entities, accusing them of being involved in laundering money for North Korea, transferring encrypted assets obtained through cybercrime to fund its nuclear weapons program. The U.S. Department of the Treasury stated that over the past three years, North Korea has stolen over $3 billion in digital assets through malicious software and social engineering attacks, surpassing any other country in similar activities. The sanctioned individuals include North Korean bankers Jang Kuk Chol and Ho Jong Son, who are accused of managing funds on behalf of the sanctioned First Credit Bank, including approximately $5.3 million in cryptocurrency. The Department of the Treasury pointed out that North Korea relies on a network of banks, shell companies, and financial institutions established in its own country, Russia, and elsewhere for money laundering, cryptocurrency theft, and sanctions evasion. The U.S. had previously warned companies to be cautious of North Korean IT professionals posing as legitimate entities infiltrating financial systems to engage in illegal activities.

Cryptocurrency mining machine manufacturer Canaan (NASDAQ code: CAN) announced that it will issue approximately 63.66 million American Depositary Shares (ADS) to specific investors through a Registered Direct Offering, with a price of $1.131 per share, raising a total of approximately $72 million.

 Jupiter community has overwhelmingly passed the "Burning the Litterbox" governance proposal, deciding to destroy approximately 130 million JUP tokens currently held in the "Litterbox Trust" (about 4% of the circulating supply).

Glassnode said: "In the Bitcoin perpetual contract, the funding costs paid by the long side have decreased by about 62% per month, from $338 million per month in mid-August to the current $127 million per month. This highlights a clear macro downward trend in speculative demand, as traders are increasingly unwilling to pay interest to maintain long positions."

spot gold touched down to $3960 per ounce, falling over 1% intraday.

 U.S. stock market opened with the Dow down 0.68%, the S&P 500 down 1.12%, and the Nasdaq down 1.58%. Tesla (TSLA.O) fell by about 3%, the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund decided to veto Musk's trillion-dollar compensation plan. Cryptocurrency concept stocks fell across the board, with Riot Platforms (RIOT.O) and Robinhood (HOOD.O) falling by about 5%, and Coinbase (COIN.O) falling by over 4%.

according to official sources, TAO Treasury Company TAO Synergies Inc. (NASDAQ code: TAOX) announced that it has made an initial investment of $750,000 to the Bittensor Subnet Fund under Yuma Asset Management, thereby enhancing the company's investment in the Bittensor ecosystem subnet field.

according to the official announcement, the stablecoin public chain Stable has announced the launch of the public test network. Currently, Stable's public test network provides developers with: public RPC endpoints for interacting with the network; faucets for requesting test USDT for trading; block explorers for viewing contracts and on-chain activities; and system modules that support native USDT transfers and fee settlements.

 market shows BTC falling below $103,000, now trading at $102,991.01, a 24-hour decline of 4.2%. The market is fluctuating greatly, please manage risk control.

 market shows SOL falling below $160, now trading at $159.97, a 24-hour drop of 8.69%. The market is fluctuating greatly, please be prepared for risk control.