According to the announcement from Binance, the platform will support cash dividend distribution for Broadcom (AVGO), Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ), Meta (META), and Seagate (STX) through the bStocks tokens AVGOB, QQQB, METAB, and STXB. The net cash dividend, after applicable withholding taxes, fees, costs, and other deductions, will be reinvested into additional units or fractions of the same underlying security. Eligible users will receive the dividend in the form of AVGOB, QQQB, METAB, and STXB bStocks, while on-chain holders of these tokens will receive the dividend through a multiplier adjustment. Trading of AVGOB/USDT, QQQB/USDT, METAB/USDT, and STXB/USDT will not be affected. For AVGOB, QQQB, and METAB, the token conversion service for 1:1 swaps between AVGO/AVGOB, QQQ/QQQB, and META/METAB will be suspended at 2026-09-18 23:30 (UTC), and deposits and withdrawals of these tokens will be suspended at 2026-09-20 23:30 (UTC). Users with holdings on the record date snapshot at 2026-09-21 00:00 (UTC) will be eligible for the distribution. For STXB, the token conversion service for 1:1 swaps between STX stock and STXB bStocks will be suspended at 2026-09-23 23:30 (UTC), and deposits and withdrawals of STX will be suspended at the same time. Users with STXB holdings on the record date snapshot at 2026-09-24 00:00 (UTC) will be eligible for the dividend distribution. Binance said deposits, withdrawals, and token conversion services for AVGOB, QQQB, METAB, and STXB will resume when the distribution is completed, and no further announcement will be posted. The company added that dividends earned from assets held in other accounts, including Savings Account and Margin Account, will be credited to the Spot Account. Binance will handle the technical requirements for users involved in the event, and reinvestment and distribution will occur after deduction of withholding tax. Binance Convert will pause the conversion of AVGOB, QQQB, and METAB and all associated pairs at 2026-09-20 23:30 (UTC), while conversion of STXB and all associated pairs will pause at 2026-09-23 23:30 (UTC).

Zcash developers are targeting Nov. 5 for NU7 mainnet activation. According to NS3.AI, testnet activation is planned for Oct. 6. NU7 would reduce block times from 75 seconds to 25 seconds while preserving Zcash's halving schedule.

PPP market monitoring showed that an account with more than $160,000 in cumulative profits bought $150,000 worth of contracts betting that Republicans will not control both chambers after the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, at an average entry price of 89.3 cents. The position totaled 167,687.2 shares, according to Odaily. The 2026 U.S. midterm elections are scheduled for November 3, 2026. Under the market’s settlement rules, it will resolve based on whether Democrats or Republicans control the Senate and House after the election.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan said tokenization has become a major trend and that financial activity is moving on-chain. According to Foresight News, he said investors may regret not buying DeFi and tokenization products in June when prices were lower. Hougan added that the shift represents a multi-year change in how finance operates. He said that if developments unfold as he expects, there is still significant upside ahead.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said negotiations with the United States over projects tied to Seoul's $350 billion investment pledge have kept him awake at night. According to Sina Finance, he said talks resumed after he found some terms of a nearly finalized agreement unacceptable. Lee said on Friday at a news conference that South Korea would only pursue commercially viable projects. According to Sina Finance, he said Seoul insisted on including that condition in its agreement with Washington after "extraordinarily difficult" negotiations. Lee said the talks have restarted with the goal of designing projects that would not harm South Korea's national interests and would benefit both countries. According to Sina Finance, he also said South Korea would not send troops or military equipment into combat and that its non-intervention principle remains unchanged.

The company behind GCash received approval from the Philippines stock exchange operator for an initial public offering of as much as 92.3 billion pesos ($1.47 billion), according to Bloomberg. The approval clears the final regulatory hurdle for what would be a record debut for the biggest mobile wallet app in the Philippines.

An independent security research team used Anthropic's Claude software to breach a ChatGPT account belonging to an OpenAI employee and access an internal code system linked to the account, The Wall Street Journal reported. According to ChainCatcher, the researchers first used Claude to analyze a Discourse vulnerability used by OpenAI's developer community and generate working attack code, then obtained an authentication token and exploited a permissions configuration issue to enter the employee's ChatGPT account. They also gained limited read access to some private GitHub repositories and the ability to submit suggested code changes.

Bonk Guy's portfolio increased by about $2.5 million over the past 24 hours, bringing total assets to more than $19 million. According to ChainCatcher, the portfolio has returned to first place on the FOMO platform's 24-hour leaderboard and has remained at the top of the all-time rankings for a month.

Chinese technology giant ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, has denied claims that the company is planning to design and produce two types of semiconductors by 2026 to cut reliance on Nvidia.