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TREE NEWS update: CATL said at its ‘CATL Quality’ 2026 Global Open Month energy storage event that strong battery cells are only a starting point, with the company now focusing on tightly integrated hardware-and-software system-level products to support long-term reliable interaction between energy storage stations and the power grid. Wu Dianfeng, director of CATL’s energy storage technology center, drew analogies to Nvidia’s GB300 rack-level system and Apple’s iPhone, noting that chip performance depends on coordinated design across the entire hardware and software stack.

TREE NEWS update: Apple introduced a “Restrict Motion Data” feature in iOS 27.2 beta 2, released on September 21. Located under Settings > Privacy & Security > Motion & Fitness, the option lets users add apps to a blocklist so they cannot access motion data. The feature is currently available only to users in China.

TREE NEWS reports: HyperLiquid has launched a contract tied to Chinese memory chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), drawing domestic market attention. Analysts describe a structural split in crypto trading, with centralized exchanges under regulatory pressure while decentralized offshore platforms expand through mechanism innovation, broader use cases and traffic growth.

TREE NEWS update: Spring Airlines and Ant Group signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement in Shanghai, upgrading the carrier’s partnership with Alipay. The two sides will work on ‘tap-and-go’ contactless services and an expanded full-journey air travel ecosystem, aiming to build a next-generation smart travel service model combining AI and aviation.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin slipped below 86,000 USDT and was last quoted at 85,960.3 USDT, down 0.33% over the past 24 hours. The move puts BTC just under the 86,000 level.

TREE NEWS update: Austrian cooperative bank Volksbank has partnered with crypto broker Bitpanda to let customers across Central and Eastern Europe buy digital assets, with the service rolling out gradually at subsidiaries in each market. The deal is among the first major moves announced by new CEO Michael Hoellerer. Bitpanda, which already provides similar services to banks including N26, is considering a public listing.

TREE NEWS update: BitMEX officially ended exchange operations after more than 11 years, the crypto derivatives platform said, while withdrawals remain open as it urges users to remove their funds. The platform did not give a deadline for withdrawing remaining balances.

TREE NEWS update: Zcash’s proposed NU7 network upgrade would disable version 4 transactions, potentially leaving ZEC held in the legacy Sprout shielded pool unspendable. The change, slated for November, would cut off the transaction format still used to move funds out of Sprout. ZEC held in that pool could be frozen once the upgrade activates.

TREE NEWS update: CME plans to launch standard and Micro futures on Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Uniswap (UNI) on October 19, pending regulatory review. The BCH standard contract covers 250 BCH and the Micro 25 BCH; the UNI standard contract covers 10,000 UNI and the Micro 1,000 UNI. The products are intended for price discovery and risk management. BCH and UNI drew market attention after Bitcoin broke above $87,000 on September 21.

TREE NEWS reports: US spot Bitcoin ETFs drew more than $1.7 billion in net inflows across two days, as Bitcoin climbed above investors’ estimated average cost basis. The two-day haul marks a sharp pickup in demand for the US-listed spot funds. Bitcoin’s move past that level puts the average holder back in profit.

TREE NEWS update: WeChat Security Center said on Sept. 23 that it is continuing to crack down on accounts using pyramid schemes and fraud, including scams run under the guise of “national projects” and “blockchain virtual currencies, stablecoins.” The platform said perpetrators lured users into groups promising high returns, then stole accounts via unknown links and pushed fraudulent apps. WeChat will restrict or ban offending accounts and urged users not to trust low-input, high-return schemes.

TREE NEWS update: Binance Futures will list a OURAUSDT USDT-margined Pre-IPO perpetual contract at 16:30 on Binance RIE, tracking shares of Oura Inc., which plans to list on Nasdaq. The contract covers an estimated total share count of about 321 million shares, supports up to 20x leverage, settles in USDT with a minimum order of 0.01 OURA, and carries a fixed funding rate of 0.005% every eight hours during Pre-IPO trading. If the IPO fails the contract will be removed; if it succeeds, it will transition to a standard TradFi perpetual.

TREE NEWS update: China Everbright Bank will stop handling individual precious metals agency business for the Shanghai Gold Exchange from October 19, joining more than 10 banks that have exited the service. A person familiar said the withdrawal was initiated by the SGE, with clients no longer able to buy through banks, while banks continue clearing existing positions. Physical gold consignment sales are unaffected.

TREE NEWS update: Jupiter has launched perpetual futures markets for HYPE, ZEC, SpaceX (SPCX), SK Hynix (SKHYNIX), SanDisk (SNDK) and JUP, the Solana-based DEX aggregator said on X. Users staking at least 69 JUP get priority trading access. The markets are currently in Beta, with more to be added later.

TREE NEWS reports: Hyperliquid’s open interest reached a record $18 billion, the decentralized derivatives exchange said on X. The platform’s daily active users also set a record of about 283,200 on September 21.

TREE NEWS update: Xiamen Vector Space Technology Co., a ByteDance-affiliated entity, increased its registered capital to about RMB 990 million from RMB 290 million. Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co. was added as a new shareholder, joining Vector Space (Hong Kong) Limited. The company was founded in November 2020 and is legally represented by Wu Guohui.

TREE NEWS update: Chengdu, together with China Telecom, unveiled the city’s first Token public service platform, the Tianfu Ciyuan Smart Manufacturing Factory, at a launch event in Chengdu. Built on a fully domestic IT stack, the platform aims to close gaps in computing-power scheduling and tokenized services, shifting compute from rack leasing to on-demand token-based supply.

TREE NEWS update: Stablecoin payments infrastructure firm BVNK, owned by Mastercard, has integrated the Stellar network into its platform, letting clients use a unified API for cross-border payments, merchant payouts and fund transfers. BVNK processes roughly $39 billion in annualized volume across more than 130 countries and territories. Mastercard completed its acquisition of BVNK in August.