Golden Web3.0 Daily Report | US Congress Releases New Version of the Clarity Act

DeFi data

1. Total market value of DeFi tokens: 74.699 billion US dollars

DeFi Total Market Cap Data Source: coingecko

2. Trading volume of decentralized exchanges in the past 24 hours: $64.82

Trading volume of decentralized exchanges in the past 24 hours. Data source: coingecko

3. Assets locked in DeFi: $867.64 billion$100 million

Top 10 DeFi Projects by Locked Assets and Total Value Locked. Data Source: defillama

NFT Data

1. Total Market Value of NFTs: $6.248 billion

2.24 hours NFT transaction volume 899 million US dollars

Headlines

The US Senate Releases New Text of the CLARITY Act, Key Vote Imminent on September 15
Senate Republican senators released a 630-page revised text of the CLARITY Act, just days before the first procedural vote on September 15. Senators including Cynthia Loomis released this revised version. US Treasury Secretary Bessant publicly urged the Senate to continue the legislative process of the Clarity Act—which aims to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets—after ending its August recess. AI Hot Topics 1. OpenAI Launches ChatGPT for Investment Banks, Extending AI Reach into Wall Street's Core Business OpenAI officially launched "ChatGPT Financial Services Edition," tailored for investment bankers and stock analysts, aiming to promote the application of AI in financial institutions and compete with rival Anthropic for the enterprise market. 2. Altman Open to Slowing Down Cutting-Edge AI Development According to foreign media reports, OpenAI is considering slowing down the development of cutting-edge artificial intelligence, and its CEO, Altman, hopes other AI companies will follow suit. Multiple sources revealed that Altman expressed this stance at a company-wide meeting this week.

3. DeepSeek: Will Continue to Provide DeepSeek V4 Pro API Call Service After September 14
DeepSeek stated that, in response to the needs of its users, it has decided to continue providing DeepSeek V4 Pro API call service after September 14, 2026.

4. Zhipu Plans to Place Approximately 21.97 Million H Shares at HK$714 Per Share, Raising Approximately US$2 Billion
Zhipu plans to issue shares through CICC, raising approximately US$2 billion. The proceeds will be used for R&D and computing resource deployment, business expansion plans, strategic investments and potential acquisitions, and optimizing its capital structure. The offering price represents a 9.96% discount to the closing price of the previous trading day.

5. Anthropic Discloses Dangerous Uses of Claude: Blocks Biological Weapon Development Attempts, Yemeni Group Used it in Missile Systems. Anthropic stated that it has blocked some scientists from using Claude models for activities that "may support biological weapons development." According to US media reports, Anthropic discovered that a group in northern Yemen was using Claude to support the development of missile and rocket systems. White House technology advisor David Sacks posted sarcastically on the same day, saying that since a "whistleblower" has emerged, Anthropic's IPO "should certainly be suspended." DeFi Hot Topics 1. US SEC Proposes Revising Transfer Agent Rules, Blockchain Ledgers Can Serve as Official Records of Securities Ownership. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week proposed a new amendment to the decades-old transfer agent rules, explicitly allowing electronic databases, including blockchain ledgers, as official records of securities ownership for the first time. If the proposal is approved, the securities registration and custody system will be fundamentally rewritten. 2. Solana's on-chain tokenized stock supply hits a record high of $684 million; GRND's trading volume surpasses that of the NYSE in less than 24 hours. The supply of tokenized stocks on the Solana chain has reached a record high of $684 million, a 47% increase in three weeks. Among them, the tokenized stock GRND saw its trading volume exceed $31 million in less than 24 hours, almost double its trading volume of approximately $16.6 million on the NYSE yesterday.

3. SBF Petitions to the U.S. Supreme Court to Overturn 25-Year Fraud Conviction and $11 Billion Forfeiture Order
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking a new trial and the revocation of the court order to forfeit $11 billion in assets. SBF was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2024, and this is one of his current last resorts for legal redress.

4. U.S. Department of Justice Praises Tether for Assisting in Freezing $52 Million in Cryptocurrency
The U.S. Department of Justice praised Tether for assisting in freezing $52 million in cryptocurrency linked to a global fraud network, further deepening cooperation between stablecoin issuers and law enforcement.