September 15th, according to Cointelegraph, Nolan Bushnell, founder of gaming giant Atari, described in an interview the three pillars that blockchain can provide for much-needed upgrades to modern gaming, including: The first and most important value proposition is the ability to achieve seamless and secure fund transfers; The second is the practicality of smart contracts. Smart contracts are valuable not only in games, but also in all human interactions, because many of the things we do in life involve establishing relationships and setting terms for those relationships; The third is the ability to securely store the value of digital assets in the form of currency and tokens.

Despite the current bearish NFT market, ZTX's Genesis Homes NFTs achieved a record-breaking sale of its inaugural collection of 4,000 NFTs. The sale quickly sold out within hours after being posted on the OpenSea platform, showcasing investors' enthusiasm for virtual participation in the new metaverse world.

Mary Hui, the head of global banking business in the Asia-Pacific region of HSBC, said that the Orion platform launched by HSBC allows issuers to issue electronic bonds in Luxembourg through blockchain and can be traded in multiple currencies on the platform. It may support cross-border transactions in the future.

JPMorgan is reportedly close to entering a new era of digital finance, with a deposit token built on blockchain in the final stages of development. The product will initially target corporate clients, aiming to speed up settlements and payments. Unlike stablecoins, the deposit token will be issued by a depository institution and will allow transactions with other banks. Regulatory approval is still required before the product can be rolled out.

Zeebu, an innovative settlement platform based on blockchain, announced the completion of a $25 million pre-sale round of financing, with participation from strategic investment institutions such as Bankai Ventures. Zeebu mainly focuses on the telecommunications operator industry, providing low-cost and fast on-chain token settlement transaction services, allowing customers to no longer rely on banks and other financial intermediaries to process telecom fee transactions.

GPTScan's emergence provides an unprecedented tool for gaining insight into and safeguarding smart contracts from potential threats.

Raoul Pal, a former executive at Goldman Sachs, believes that the finance industry could eventually see up to $1 quadrillion worth of derivatives and equities move onto blockchain and crypto platforms. Pal notes that BlackRock's recent push for a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) sends a message to the industry that crypto is a meaningful technology.

Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana, and Rune Christensen, co-founder of MakerDAO, warned their communities on the X (formerly Twitter) platform to stop attacking Ethereum and to avoid any behavior that would cause division within their own communities.

According to blockchain tracker Lookonchain, the investment fund associated with decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch has suddenly acquired $10 million worth of Ethereum over the weekend. The same wallet also purchased 17,000 ETH worth $26.8 million between January and March of this year. On July 5th, the wallet sold 11,000 ETH for roughly $21 million at a profit of $3.7 million. Additionally, Lookonchain notes that a wallet known as dimethyltryptamine.eth spent 27 ETH worth $45,000 to purchase 50 billion Pepe on Sunday.

Shibarium, a layer-2 blockchain for Shiba Inu, has exceeded 100,000 wallets on its platform, with 35,000 added within 24 hours of its relaunch on August 28th. The lead developer and co-founder of Shiba Inu, Shytoshi Kusama, confirmed the relaunch and noted that Shibarium had 65,000 wallets across 350,000 transactions.