⚡️🇺🇸 Trump to Meet NYC Mayor Mamdani in New York City on Monday

President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will meet in the mayor’s residence Monday. The meeting will focus on issues affecting New York City and its residents, Mamdani’s press office said in a statement Sunday.

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🔥 Coinbase, Robinhood, Circle could be early winners of SEC's tokenized-stock push, analysts say

The SEC’s tokenized-stock experiment may be narrow for now, but analysts are already pointing to Coinbase, Robinhood and Circle as potential beneficiaries if more U.S. securities move onchain.

❗️The SEC’s five-year innovation exemption creates a path for tokenized U.S. stocks to trade through automated market makers on public blockchains. To qualify, the tokens must preserve shareholder rights such as dividends and voting, while venues face limits on trading volume and the number of stocks they can offer.

🔜 Goldman Sachs said Coinbase could benefit across several parts of its business.

Coinbase also has an institutional custody business and Coinbase Tokenize, which provides infrastructure for other firms putting assets onchain, the Goldman report added.

Analysts at Citizens similarly highlighted Coinbase’s reach across custody, tokenized assets, stablecoins and its Ethereum-based blockchain Base.

🔜 Robinhood could also benefit, even though its current offshore stock tokens do not fit the SEC framework.

Those products provide price exposure to U.S. shares through a derivative without conveying the full ownership rights required under the exemption. Goldman analysts said Robinhood would need additional product development to offer a compliant version in the U.S.

❗️Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev already signaled this week that more shareholder features, including share redemptions and voting rights, will be added to the stock tokens.

🏆 Stablecoins could be another winner

More tokenized securities trading could also bring more demand for tokenized cash. Goldman and Citizens reports both pointed to Circle as an indirect beneficiary, with USDC potentially used for settlement, collateral and other activity around onchain markets.

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🤖 ChatGPT-6 Astra cracks 108-year-old unsolved WWI German code for the first time

Now 108 years after its transmission, an encrypted World War I German radio message has apparently been deciphered for the first time. The decoded and translated message relays information about the movements of an English cruiser and an Allied squadron near the Crimean Peninsula.

Prinz, the developer who reckons they successfully decoded this covert WWI communication, used GPT-Astra to solve the cipher. Prinz picked the code from a relatively famous list of 50 unsolved ciphers maintained by the German science blogging portal Scienceblogs.de.

Astra solved the cipher using the word “TRUPPENVERSCHIEBUNG” as the key. This resulted in the decoded message: “EIN ENGLISCHER KREUZER EINLIEG X SEWASTOPOL X S4STEN X EIN GESCHWADER DER X ALLIIERTEN FOLGT 26STEN X.”

Translated into English, we can at last understand that the radio message was the following alert: “AN ENGLISH CRUISER ARRIVED AT SEVASTOPOL ON THE ?4TH AN ALLIED SQUADRON FOLLOWS ON THE 26TH."

GPT-Astra hypothesizes that previous attempts to decipher this German message failed because code sleuths made an incorrect assumption. Before this decoding feat, it was thought that the keyword “TRUPPENVERSCHIEBUNG” was used only as a key starting December 9, 1918. Remember, this message was transmitted on November 29 of that year.

This codebreaking feat is a cool result and a good example of Astra’s flexible problem-solving capabilities.

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⚡️🇺🇦🇺🇸 Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Will Meet Trump During UN Events in New York

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he’ll meet President Donald Trump during the UN General Assembly week in New York.

“I just spoke with President Trump. An important conversation, and we got through a lot. We agreed to meet in New York, and this meeting could change a lot. There is diplomatic momentum,” — Zelenskyy said.

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⚡️🇺🇸 Trump posted on Truth Social

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🇷🇺 Russia’s Finance Ministry and Central Bank Work on Framework for a Russian Stablecoin

The Russian Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Russia have officially commenced joint work to design the operational mechanism and regulatory boundaries for a Russian stablecoin.

The initiative, confirmed by Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebekov, marks a shift toward structuring a specific framework for crypto-assets pegged to stable underlying values like the ruble.

“It is too early to talk about a specific model or a finalized draft bill. However, we are working on the issue together with the Bank of Russia: how such a stablecoin would operate, what types of transactions would be permitted, and so on,” — he noted.

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🤖 New solar panel tech could trap heat for 1,000 times longer to beat a long-standing limit in energy production

There's a long-standing physics theory that suggests solar panels will only ever be able to convert a maximum of 33% of the sunlight that comes their way, but a team from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands has detailed a way to harvest extra energy from 'hot' electrons that could push through this limit.

Solar panels work by using the photons from sunshine to jump-start electrons. With the most energetic photons, the result is super-charged, so-called hot electrons, that have the potential to generate significantly more electricity — but the problem is they cool down too quickly and lose the energy as heat before it can be captured.

This new research builds on previous studies reporting a promising new tin-based solar panel material. The material has demonstrated it can keep the heat from hot electrons trapped for around 1,000 times longer — but there have been competing ideas about the mechanism making that possible.

Understanding the material's key properties will help scientists build on the potential of the material and potentially scale it up into something that's viable commercially.

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🇺🇸 Nobel economists throw support behind California billionaire tax

A ballot initiative that would impose a wealth tax on California's billionaires could be the start of a global trend, according to six Nobel Prize-winning economists. In a letter, they endorsed the state's Proposition 40, which calls for residents worth more than $1 billion to pay a one-time tax equivalent to 5% of their assets.

"California is the right place to take this historic step," — they wrote. "The explosive growth of the state's billionaires over the past few decades has made it one of the most unequal places in America."

❗️The economists estimated that California's 250 billionaires are collectively worth $2.3 trillion, and the state income taxes they paid amounted to only 1.6% of their $1.4 trillion wealth gain from 2019 to 2025.

While billionaires have "made important contributions," the letter added, they have also been "amply rewarded" and have used loopholes to avoid taxes on capital returns, allowing their wealth to compound further.

Supporters point to the AI boom and say California's ultra-rich would still be among the world's wealthiest. The union pushing Prop 40, the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West, has said the wealth tax could raise $100 billion in revenue and help offset federal cuts to health spending.

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🚀 Elon Musk posted the video

“This is the future we shall bring into being,” — Musk said.

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⚡️🇨🇳🇺🇸China Confirms Xi’s First Trip to US in Nearly Three Years

China said President Xi Jinping will travel to the US to meet Donald Trump, a visit that comes with a one-year trade truce winding down. Xi will make a state visit on Sept. 23-25 at the US president’s invitation, according to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun.

The Chinese leader will have an “in-depth exchange of views” with Trump “on major issues concerning bilateral ties and world peace and development” as both countries look to work jointly to “properly manage differences,” Guo said.

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⚡️🇪🇺 ECB deploys Pontes platform to settle wholesale tokenized assets in central-bank money

The ECB launched Pontes on Monday, a platform that enables banks and other eligible financial institutions to settle tokenized-asset transactions in central-bank money.

“Now, Pontes is, to summarize it quickly for you, it’s a digital euro made available for banks so that they can transact amongst themselves using tokenized assets and distributed ledger technology,” — said Christine Lagarde, ECB President.

🔘Pontes links market distributed-ledger technology platforms to the Eurosystem’s TARGET Services, enabling participating banks to settle tokenized wholesale transactions in central-bank money. It will only be available to eligible financial institutions and market infrastructure providers.

🔘Tokenized bonds, funds and other financial assets need a reliable way to settle the cash side of a trade. Pontes gives European institutions a central-bank-money option, rather than requiring them to rely solely on stablecoins or tokenized commercial-bank deposits.

The ECB has said Pontes will be developed in stages, alongside its longer-term Appia initiative for wholesale tokenization. 🚀

❗️The retail digital euro remains a separate project. The ECB selected 36 banks and payment firms to join the one-year digital euro pilot in July. The pilot is slated to kick off in the second half of next year as it prepares the CBDC for potential issuance in 2029.

🔜 The 12-month pilot will test a beta version of the digital euro across the ECB and 19 euro-area national central banks. It will cover online and offline transfers between individuals, in-store payments and e-commerce purchases. The ECB called for merchants to join the pilot last week.

“A digital euro will need enough places to spend it if consumers are to use it, making merchant acceptance a commercial question as much as a policy one,” — Isadora Arredondo, vice president of global policy at Hedera, said.

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🇨🇳🇺🇸 Bessent says the US and China had 'very successful' talks on trade, AI

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng concluded talks in New ​York on Sunday with the US side proposing a new AI safety notification mechanism for US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to consider at their summit this ‌week.

Ttwo sides discussed setting up a new US-China AI dialogue, with a particular emphasis on national security concerns with a notification system for common goals and common threats that would cover AI-related incidents that rise to a national security level.

"We think that, just like with any cross-border activity, that moving from opaque to more transparency between the number one and the number two AI powers in the world is very important," — Bessent said at the conclusion of the talks.

Trump ​and Xi first discussed potential consultations on AI development in May in Beijing, but that forum was never formalized.

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🇸🇬 Singapore Is Paying People to Put Down Their Phones and Read Books

What if reading a book for 15 minutes could earn you a small cash reward? Singapore has introduced a national reading campaign that does exactly that, using virtual rewards that can eventually be converted into money.

The initiative, called ReadSG, was launched by Singapore’s National Library Board (NLB) on September 6, 2026, as part of a five-year national movement to encourage people to make reading a regular habit. The campaign asks participants to spend at least 15 minutes reading each day and record their reading sessions on the government’s CrowdTaskSG platform.

The idea comes amid concerns in Singapore about digital distraction and the amount of time people spend consuming short-form digital content.

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🤑🇩🇪 Zebec Brings Europe’s First Onchain Employee-Benefits Program Live in Germany

Stablecoin adoption is moving beyond speculative settlement into everyday business operations.

AllUnity and Zebec are driving this shift through a live employee-benefits program powered by EURAU, AllUnity’s regulated euro stablecoin, on the Stellar network. Originally announced in June 2026, the initiative combines Stellar’s high-speed payment network with Zebec’s payroll and payments technology. 🤝

By applying blockchain architecture to an established German employee-benefits framework, employers gain a digital way to distribute non-cash perks while providing staff seamless access through the Zebec ecosystem.

❗️This deployment represents the first program of its kind in Europe to bring a government-established benefit framework onchain using a regulated stablecoin.

Under Section 8 of the German Income Tax Act, employers can offer qualifying non-cash perks to staff alongside standard salaries. These eligible benefits receive favorable tax treatment when kept within a government-defined monthly threshold and compliant with state guidelines.

Crucially, while the framework stems from German tax policy, individual participating employers fund and distribute these perks — not the government directly.

This operational bottleneck creates a compelling case for programmable payment rails that can automate recurring payouts, enhance transaction visibility, and reduce administrative costs while maintaining strict compliance. 🚀

#Stellar

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🤖 World’s first FDA-cleared self-balancing personal exoskeleton launched, offers hands-free upright mobility

A Paris-based company has announced the U.S. commercial launch of Eve, the world’s first FDA-cleared self-balancing personal exoskeleton. This device helps eligible adults with spinal cord injuries stand up and move around at home.

The Eve uses self-balancing technology powered by physical AI, allowing users to stand and move upright while keeping their hands free to reach, carry objects, prepare food, open doors, and participate in other activities of daily living. Eve is designed to complement, not replace, a wheelchair, offering another mobility option for moments when users choose to be upright.

“For years, I experienced much of the world while seated,” — Caroline Laubach, a test pilot for the device, added.

“Using Eve transformed ordinary moments in ways I never expected, like having conversations eye-to-eye whether seated or standing, getting a cup from the highest kitchen cabinet, and simply bringing a new type of confidence into my life.”

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🔥 CFTC Innovation Task Force to Host Frontier Forum Series on Innovative Financial Technologies

The CFTC’s Innovation Task Force will host the Frontier Forum Series, a series of public roundtables on the technologies that are transforming American financial markets. 🇺🇸

🔜 Each Frontier Forum will provide a venue for public dialogue on the financial technologies and evolving market structures that are shaping the new frontier of finance.

🔜 Each Forum will convene builders and leaders from across the public and private sectors to discuss how the Commission can promote responsible innovation while protecting market participants and preserving the integrity and resilience of U.S. financial markets.

“The technologies transforming our markets are rapidly advancing, and the CFTC must engage directly with the people building, using, and studying them,” — said Chairman Michael S. Selig.

The inaugural Frontier Forum, focused on AI and agentic finance, will take place on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. 🚀

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