Deadstock said it has completed a $2.5 million seed funding round led by Bullish Capital, the venture arm of Bullish, with participation from a group of angel investors. According to ChainCatcher, the funding will support Deadstock’s public beta and its next stage of building infrastructure for a global liquid trading card market.

Bonk Guy said PONS fundamentals have improved during the recent consolidation period, with daily revenue staying above $1 million over the past two weeks even as interest in Robinhood Chain eased. According to Odaily, he said 80% of protocol revenue continues to be used to buy back and burn PONS, and more than 30% of the token supply has already been permanently destroyed. He added that Pons now holds about 75% to 80% of the Robinhood Chain Launchpad market. Based on current data, annualized fees and revenue are about $829 million and $159 million, respectively, while PONS has a market capitalization of about $430 million. By comparison, PUMP has annualized fees and revenue of about $1.115 billion and $460 million, with a market capitalization of about $1.75 billion. Bonk Guy said PONS has at least a chance to reach a circulating market capitalization of $5 billion in this cycle, more than 10 times its current level.

According to Axios, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Congress has a role in AI oversight and that “guardrails” make sense for frontier models, while also backing a “light touch” approach that would not stifle innovation. Thune said he sees “potential consequential risks” from AI but added that people often create worst-case scenarios, and he left open the possibility of Senate action on a House bill aimed at ensuring communities do not pay more for data centers’ power use. He said he spoke with Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Saturday night about their AI bill, which would require companies building frontier AI models to guard against catastrophic risks and submit to federal oversight, and said he has been working with Commerce Chair Ted Cruz to reintroduce it “hopefully soon.” House GOP leaders have not indicated they plan to keep the chamber in session after this week for AI legislation, while Speaker Mike Johnson said Congress may need to act but that corporate responsibility is also important.

US stocks closed lower on Monday as concerns over AI safety spurred major uncertainty in the AI IPO space, compounded by the latest moves in oil prices, according to Sina Finance. The Dow fell 0.29%, the S&P 500 dropped 0.48%, and the Nasdaq declined 0.56%. Among the "Magnificent Seven," Meta Platforms rose 2.71%, Google gained 3.06%, Microsoft added 1.97%, and Apple edged up 0.24%, while Tesla fell 1.77%, Amazon lost 1.26%, and Nvidia dropped 3.36%. The most immediate risk for the market is that the billions of dollars in spending underpinning the AI boom could slow, a concern that intensified after OpenAI's Altman said the company would not pursue an initial public offering this year due to safety concerns. Kathleen Brooks, head of research at XTB, called it a very rare unified signal from a group of tech CEOs that was weighing on AI trades in early trading, and questioned whether the warnings meant hyperscale AI compute and infrastructure buildout was nearing an end. Chris Armstrong of Berenberg said irrational exuberance seen in midsummer was being squeezed out, marking a further stage of lowered market expectations. Elsewhere, Saudi Arabia shut a key pipeline that can bypass the Strait of Hormuz, pushing oil prices higher; US WTI crude futures rose 4% to break above $104 a barrel, and Brent crude gained 4% to top $109. US crude prices had broken past the $100 mark last week amid escalating Middle East conflict. The Federal Reserve will hold its September monetary policy meeting this week. According to the CME FedWatch tool, federal funds futures traders priced the probability of a Fed rate hike at about 88%, and following higher-than-expected US consumer inflation data released last Friday, traders now see the odds of a Wednesday hike at close to 90%, which would be the Fed's first hike since mid-2023. The European Central Bank raised rates last week and signaled possible further hikes if inflation continues to climb. Government bond yields edged higher, with the global bond market posting its worst week since mid-May. The benchmark 10-year US Treasury yield is approaching 5%, set to reach its highest since 2023, while the German 10-year yield broke above 3.53%, its highest since 2009. European indexes closed mixed, with the Stoxx 600 down 0.48%, the UK FTSE 100 up 0.4%, Germany's DAX down 0.6%, and France's CAC 40 down 0.78%. In Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.81%, South Korea's Kospi tumbled 3.26%, Australia's S&P 200 rose 0.10%, and mainland China's CSI 300 closed down 0.67% at 4480.08.

U.S. stocks closed lower on Monday as investors worried that the pace of artificial intelligence development may be slowing, while tensions in the Middle East pushed up oil prices and the 10-year Treasury yield briefly topped 5%, according to ETNet. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 152.09 points, or 0.29%, to 52,421.2. The S&P 500 dropped 37 points, or 0.48%, to 7,619.98, and the Nasdaq Composite lost 146.62 points, or 0.56%, to 26,186.41. Chip stocks were broadly weaker, with Nvidia down 3.4%, AMD down 4.4%, Broadcom down 4.8% and Micron Technology down 5.3%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 5.9%. Among large-cap tech names, Meta rose 2.7%, Alphabet gained 3.2%, Microsoft added nearly 2% and Apple edged up 0.2%, while Tesla fell 1.8% and Amazon lost 1.3%. In energy markets, Brent crude briefly climbed to near $110 a barrel after a key east-west pipeline in Saudi Arabia was attacked and shut, before trimming gains to $106.09, up 1.4%. West Texas Intermediate rose 1.6% to $101.74. The 10-year Treasury yield hit about 5.011%, its first break above that level since 2023, before easing to around 4.96%. The move reflected rising concern over inflation, fiscal deficits and the Federal Reserve's rate outlook. Investors are now focused on this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting, with markets widely expecting a 25-basis-point rate hike to a 3.75% to 4% range. Reuters' latest survey showed 85% of economists expect a hike, while futures imply about a 90% chance. Gold prices also fell as rate expectations rose. Spot gold dropped 0.9% to $4,305 an ounce, while New York gold futures fell about 1.3% to $4,350. The dollar strengthened, with the dollar index touching 99.73, its highest since September 2, before trading around 99.5. The yen weakened after the dollar rebounded above 154 yen, while the euro slipped to around $1.152 before ending the day at $1.155, down 0.3%.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing said the top 10 most actively traded stocks under Southbound Trading via Shanghai and Shenzhen on the 14th included Zhihu (02513), ZTE? No, the source listed Zhipu (02513), Tencent (00700), Alibaba (09988), Xiaomi (01810), CNOOC (00883), SMIC (00981), Lens Technology? No, the source listed Changfei Optical Fiber and Cable (06869), Kingboard Laminates (01888), Cambridge Technology (06166), MiniMax (00100), Kingboard Holdings (00148), WuXi Biologics (02269), Lenovo Group (00992) and Akeso (09926), according to ETNet. In the Shanghai-bound list, Zhipu recorded the largest net buy at HK$845.92 million, while SMIC had the largest net sell at HK$288.51 million. In the Shenzhen-bound list, SMIC posted the largest net sell at HK$348.14 million, while Zhipu led net buying at HK$355.32 million.

Wall Street's digital-asset expansion is likely to continue even if the Senate does not pass the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill on Tuesday, and the measure would clarify regulatory authority over digital assets. According to NS3.AI, disputes remain over stablecoin rewards and whether they could pull deposits away from banks. The debate comes as lawmakers weigh how to define oversight for the sector while financial firms continue expanding their digital-asset businesses.

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