[Athena Bitcoin Accused of Stealing Bitcoin ATM Source Code] On September 25, Bloomberg reported that AML Company filed a lawsuit against Athena Bitcoin Inc. in a federal court in Florida, accusing it of obtaining AML's Bitcoin ATM source code through a protocol, alleging copyright infringement and unlawful misappropriation of trade secrets. AML stated that part of the source code constitutes trade secrets, accessible only to individuals who have signed a confidentiality agreement.

[Core DAO Bitcoin Staking ETP Listed on London Stock Exchange] According to Jinse Finance, the Bitcoin staking exchange-traded product (ETP) launched by Core DAO has officially started trading on the London Stock Exchange.

Dominated by platform giants like Amazon and Google, the internet has strayed from Web3’s original vision of decentralization, but innovations like state channels now offer a path back by enabling fast, secure, peer-to-peer interactions without trusted intermediaries, says Alexis Sirkia of Yellow Network.

Private credit — especially asset-backed finance — is plagued by inefficiencies, but blockchain and programmable money are now enabling faster, cheaper and more scalable solutions that could democratize access and disrupt traditional players, writes Ava Labs’ Morgan Krupetsky.

**[September 24, 2023: Trump Aide Under Scrutiny for Cryptocurrency and Chip Transactions]** On September 24, 2023, *The New York Times* reported that two U.S. Democratic senators have called for an investigation into whether officials from the Trump administration violated ethical regulations in two major transactions involving the UAE. One transaction concerns the UAE importing U.S.-made AI chips, while the other involves a UAE-backed company transferring $2 billion to a cryptocurrency firm linked to the Trump family. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Elissa Slotkin expressed serious concerns, stating that the transaction patterns are troubling.