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BlockBeats news, September 10: Nasdaq today announced an investment of $100 million through its investment arm in Payward, the parent company of Kraken, valuing Payward at $21 billion after the deal. Meanwhile, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and OKX announced in June the formation of a 50:50 joint venture, planning to operate as a U.S.-registered broker-dealer and futures commission merchant upon regulatory approval, to connect OKX users to ICE futures markets and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) tokenized equity market. Both deals point to the same thing: traditional exchanges are no longer satisfied with "researching on-chain" but are directly acquiring entry points, licenses, and on-chain settlement capabilities. Deutsche Börse already acquired approximately 1.5% of Payward for $200 million in April; the London Stock Exchange is also advancing xStocks tokenization of London-listed shares with Payward. Nasdaq, NYSE, Deutsche Börse, and LSE are almost simultaneously treating crypto platforms as the next-generation market infrastructure, not competitors. Payward completed an $800 million funding round in November 2025 at a $20 billion valuation and confidentially submitted an S-1 to the SEC, but its IPO has been delayed to as early as Q2 2027. Nasdaq's stake at a $21 billion valuation marks a new high for the company in nearly a year and shows traditional exchanges are willing to pay a premium for tokenization channels. Regulatory approval remains the hurdle. The ICE-OKX joint venture requires U.S. broker-dealer and FCM licenses; Nasdaq's equity tokenization plan must also align with existing securities frameworks. But the direction is clear: Wall Street doesn't want to watch crypto from the sidelines—it wants to make crypto its own trading hours, clearing network, and retail gateway.

BlockBeats news, September 10, according to Bloomberg, Nasdaq's investment arm will invest $100 million in Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, valuing the latter at $21 billion. This investment continues the partnership the two parties reached in March this year. As part of the collaboration, Kraken will offer users tokenized stocks of Nasdaq-listed companies, and users holding the relevant tokens will receive the same voting rights as ordinary shares. Nasdaq is accelerating its push into stock tokenization and plans to launch its own stock tokens in the second quarter of 2027. The company applied to the U.S. SEC last year to amend relevant rules to allow tokenized trading of stocks on regulated trading venues, and received approval in March this year. This investment also shows that the integration of Wall Street's traditional financial infrastructure with the crypto market is further accelerating.

Tech industry user Leo posted on X that, according to his information, OpenAI is very close to verifying the "Hodge Conjecture," and OpenAI or Anthropic may also be close to solving the "Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture." The user emphasized that the relevant information is still rumor at present and its authenticity cannot be confirmed, but if it ultimately proves true, it would mean that as many as 3 "Millennium Prize Problems" may have been conquered within just one month. At present, both the Hodge Conjecture and the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture remain unsolved Millennium Prize Problems. Previously, AI breakthroughs in the field of mathematics have already drawn market attention, and prediction markets currently also list the Hodge Conjecture and the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture as the next Millennium Prize Problems AI may conquer.

OpenAI is beginning to push for a nationwide unified mandatory AI safety rule in the United States, requiring Congress to directly regulate the most frontier AI companies. The rules include unified testing, independent safety assessments, cybersecurity, and reporting of major incidents. OpenAI hopes the government will further establish a unified safety threshold, clarifying when AI development must slow down or even stop, and promote the adoption of similar standards by countries around the world. This set of regulations mainly targets a small number of large companies developing the most powerful models and does not cover ordinary startups and small developers. OpenAI also announced its support for four AI safety bills in California, some of which it had not previously supported. OpenAI said that as model capabilities rapidly improve, the company has changed its position.

BlockBeats news, September 10 - Deepcoin has recently launched global stock perpetual contracts, further advancing its multi-asset trading infrastructure. Users can trade popular individual stocks and index ETF products such as Nvidia, Tesla, Pop Mart, and Unitree Robotics 24/7 without interruption on the platform. At the same time, Deepcoin has also launched a sector narrative tool that aggregates hot events, market data, and sentiment information to help users quickly understand market mainlines and sector dynamics, achieving "understand first, then trade." By centrally presenting market hotspots and sector information, users can more intuitively understand the market background and changes of related assets. Around the launch of stock perpetual contracts, Deepcoin has introduced a series of supporting activities. The trading fees for newly listed stock perpetual contracts are discounted at 75% for a limited time, and three activities are simultaneously launched: the Stock God Championship, Sector Trading Challenge, and Stock Copy Trader Trading Rankings, further improving the trading and interactive scenarios for stock perpetual contracts.

BlockBeats news, September 10, according to Reuters, two people familiar with the matter said the White House has not yet made a decision on refined copper tariffs, and officials are weighing the potential benefits of encouraging domestic mining against the risk that higher copper prices could drive up manufacturing costs. The hesitation comes as the administration is increasingly focused on affordability ahead of the November midterm elections, with Trump and Republican lawmakers under pressure to show their economic policies are lowering, rather than raising, costs for American consumers and businesses. Copper prices have surged to record highs on expectations that Trump will impose tariffs on refined copper products such as cathode copper as well as copper concentrate produced at mines. Traders and industrial buyers are rushing to build inventories in the United States to stock up before the new tariffs take effect, creating one of the world's largest copper stockpiles. A White House official said the administration has not made a final decision on tariffs and confirmed that the Commerce Department submitted its latest update to Trump before the White House's June 30 deadline. "The administration continues to evaluate all options to bring copper and other critical manufacturing back to the United States," the official said. Those remarks suggest tariffs are not a foregone conclusion, even though the market expects the United States may expand existing tariffs to refined copper.

BlockBeats news, September 10 — Brent crude oil prices broke through $102 per barrel, reigniting market concerns over the prolonged US-Iran conflict. Bloomberg reported that a senior Iranian official said Iran has no intention of backing down in the face of continued US attacks on Iranian territory and is prepared to further escalate its countermeasures. US President Trump stated that the war may last until after the November midterm elections, and that gasoline prices are unlikely to decline significantly in the short term, further weakening market expectations for a near-term de-escalation of the conflict. Brent crude has risen nearly 70% so far this year, with the physical benchmark price once reaching $114 on Wednesday. Meanwhile, US diesel prices are approaching $6 per gallon, and gasoline and diesel prices in Europe also continue to climb, further intensifying energy inflation pressures. Market participants said that if the conflict further disrupts oil transportation through the Strait of Hormuz, oil prices could continue to rise. The US is currently squeezing Iran's oil exports through a maritime blockade, and White House advisers have also discussed scenarios in which the war could last until the end of Trump's term. In addition, a rebound in crude oil purchases by Asian countries is further tightening global supply, but high oil prices may also force some refineries to reduce processing volumes. US diesel inventories are expected to fall to a more than 20-year low this month.

OpenAI brings former alignment research head Paul Christiano back to the board. Christiano led alignment research at OpenAI from 2017 to 2021 and participated in the foundational work on RLHF; after leaving, he founded the Alignment Research Center. This time, he joins the OpenAI Foundation board and the Safety and Security Committee; at the same time, he joins the board of the for-profit entity OpenAI Group as an observer. In his public statement after taking office, he directly named OpenAI. Christiano believes that automated AI R&D may soon cause model capabilities to accelerate rapidly. If superintelligence is created before the alignment problem is solved, humanity may permanently lose control, and at that point "most people may die." He also said that the entire AI industry, including OpenAI, currently has not reduced this risk to an acceptable level.

BlockBeats news, September 10 - Binance has launched the "Starter Carnival" series of events, with the first installment featuring the Button Game. The gameplay is simple: after a user clicks the button, a 60-minute countdown immediately begins; if no other user clicks again during this period, the countdown eventually reaches zero, and that user wins 30 BNB vouchers. Once someone clicks, the countdown resets to 60:00, and the game continues. The event requires a cumulative 50,000 registrations to start. Each user initially gets 3 click chances and can earn additional chances through tasks such as deposits, trading, and sharing. If ultimately no one succeeds in bringing the countdown to 00:00, the user whose countdown is closest to 00:00 wins the prize.

BlockBeats news, September 10 — Trump threw out a bold promise at the Republican midterm election convention: if Republicans retain the House and Senate in the November midterm elections, every American adult citizen will receive a $5,000 "Trump dividend." The plan is expected to cost more than $1 trillion, but Trump did not specify the funding source, and implementing it would also require congressional approval. This rare promise highlights the midterm election pressure facing Trump and Republicans. Trump's approval rating continues to come under pressure, voter dissatisfaction with the cost of living and the Iran war is heating up, and several Republican candidates in fiercely contested races even skipped the convention; Republicans currently also need to defend their slim House majority, while Senate seats are also facing competition. In his speech, Trump unusually asked voters to "pretend I'm on the ballot," and acknowledged that the president's party typically loses congressional seats in midterm elections. He also promised to devote more time to helping Republican candidates campaign, seeking to recast himself as the central mobilizing force for the November elections. At the same time, U.S. national debt has surpassed $40 trillion, and the fiscal feasibility of the $5,000 dividend plan is being questioned. Republicans are also beginning to seek adjustments to the plan, with Senator Ted Cruz suggesting it could be designed as a tax rebate with work requirements.