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Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee said that the artificial intelligence (AI) and cryptocurrency sectors are gradually integrating, with tokenization and agentic AI poised to become the two key drivers of the next crypto market cycle. Lee noted that BlackRock anticipates more assets will be tokenized, and financial settlement infrastructure is increasingly being built on crypto networks; some fintech firms, including Revolut, have already begun developing related businesses on Ethereum. AI is fueling the growth of the digital economy, while cryptocurrencies provide the digital currencies and blockchain infrastructure required to underpin this economic system.

Beating AI News Flash: AI influencer Max For AI posted that OpenAI appears to be on the verge of announcing a new ChatGPT subscription plan. ChatGPT Pro’s former “5x” and “20x” tiers have been renamed to “Pro Standard” and “Pro More” respectively, while the official pricing page has removed previous descriptions of the “5x / 20x Plus” usage limits. These adjustments likely signal OpenAI is redesigning its ChatGPT Pro subscription system, though the company has not yet released specific details of the new plan and pricing.

According to monitoring by crypto analytics account Ai Yi, an entity that accumulated a position of 130,591 ETH in 2023 is suspected of liquidating its holdings. The entity transferred an additional 16,919 ETH to a trading platform three hours ago, worth approximately $45.85 million. Over the past week, it has transferred a total of 128,972.05 ETH to trading platforms, with an average transfer price of $2,680.31, totaling around $345 million. If all of this ETH is sold, the entity is projected to realize a profit of roughly $84.31 million. Following this transfer, the entity’s on-chain ETH balance has been fully depleted.

Next week, global markets will be greeted with a series of key economic data releases and central bank officials’ speeches, with U.S. employment, inflation figures, and Federal Reserve policy signals drawing particular attention. On Tuesday, the U.S. will release August’s JOLTs job openings and September’s consumer confidence index. On Wednesday, August’s core PCE price index, personal spending, second-quarter GDP final estimate, and ADP employment data are due, with multiple Federal Reserve officials set to deliver speeches. On Thursday, the U.S. will release September’s ISM Manufacturing PMI and initial jobless claims, while several Federal Reserve officials, as well as representatives from the Bank of England and European Central Bank, will also make frequent public remarks. Friday will bring the week’s most critical U.S. economic data: September’s nonfarm payrolls, unemployment rate, and average hourly earnings. Among these, nonfarm payrolls and wage data will serve as key references for markets to assess U.S. labor market conditions and the Federal Reserve’s future policy path. Additionally, the euro zone will release September’s preliminary CPI figures, and Japan will publish August’s unemployment rate. On Sunday, seven OPEC+ oil-producing nations will hold their monthly oil policy meeting, with markets closely watching the group’s latest crude supply policy arrangements; Australia will also enter daylight saving time on the same day.

According to Lookonchain’s monitoring, trader 0x9c6a went long on 550,087 SOL with 20x leverage about a month ago, with a notional value of approximately $67.88 million. The trader’s unrealized profit has now exceeded $23 million. They have set a take-profit order at $200; if SOL’s price rises to that level, their potential profit will exceed $65 million.

Trader 0x9c6a opened a 20x long on 550,087 $SOL ($67.88M) a month ago and is now sitting on an unrealized profit of over $23M! He has also set take-profit orders at $200. If $SOL reaches $200, he could make over $65M in profit!