Kast introduces KAST Business, a stablecoin commercial platform for enterprises, offering accounts, cards, and transfers in over 20 currencies, with up to 8% annual yield across 170+ countries. The company says it provides a one-stop solution for stablecoin business management.

Coinbase Exchange has updated the quote increment (tick size) for several trading pairs, including PENDLE-USD, ETHFI-USD, PYTH-USD, PRCL-USD, ENS-USD, ASTER-USD, and SWELL-USD. The changes aim to improve market liquidity and price discovery efficiency.

Stablecoin payments firm Kast has rolled out KAST Business, a new platform that bundles business accounts, payment cards, cross-border transfers and yield-bearing stablecoin balances, according to Cointelegraph. The company said businesses can receive funds through fiat virtual accounts provided by regulated partners, deposit supported stablecoins and crypto assets, issue virtual cards and make local payments in more than 20 currencies. KAST Business is available across more than 170 countries and regions, though access depends on the jurisdiction. Kast said idle balances can earn up to 8% annualized yield, while card spending can qualify for as much as 3% cashback. The company also said it is a fintech firm rather than a bank, and that regulated services are offered through licensed partners. In March, Kast completed an $80 million funding round at a $600 million valuation. The company said the capital will be used for product development, licensing and expansion in North America, Latin America and the Middle East. Kast added that it now has more than 1 million users and aims to bring in 1,000 to 5,000 active businesses by the end of 2026.

Stablecoin payment company Kast has launched KAST Business, a platform integrating corporate accounts, payment cards, cross-border transfers, and stablecoin yield-bearing balances. The service is available in over 170 countries, offering up to 8% annualized yield on idle balances and 3% cashback on spending. Kast raised $80 million in March at a $600 million valuation, aiming to expand in North America, Latin America, and the Middle East.

Aster has pushed back the cliff for the 400 million ASTER tokens allocated to its team, delaying the start of unlocks by 12 months to Sept. 17, 2027. The team allocation represents 5% of ASTER's maximum supply. Under the original terms, those tokens were set to unlock at a rate of 10 million ASTER per month beginning Sept. 17, 2026. That schedule is now shifted, and the tokens, which have been fully locked since the token generation event, will remain locked through the revised date. Aster announced the change in a social media post on Sept. 1, according to BlockBeats. The project also said the adjustment will not affect ASTER's buyback-and-burn mechanism. For every 1 ASTER bought back, an equal amount continues to be burned from the reserve, with team-allocated tokens burned first. The buyback side of the program remains unchanged even as the unlock timeline moves out by a year.

AI 3D company VAST has closed its Series B and Series B+ rounds, raising about 300 million yuan in total, with Jingwei Venture Capital leading the deal. Strategic investors including Perfect World, BlueFocus, ThunderSoft and 37 Interactive Entertainment also joined, while existing backers such as Dachen Capital, Primavera Capital and 4399 added more capital. VAST did not disclose a valuation in this round. The company has moved quickly through successive financings this year. It completed a $50 million Series A in March, followed by Series A+ and A++ rounds in June that raised nearly $200 million, and a Series A3 round in July that brought in more than 1 billion yuan. Based on the publicly disclosed amounts, VAST’s total financing has now approached 6 billion yuan. The broader AI 3D market has also drawn attention, with direct rival Meshy raising nearly $400 million in a July Series B at a $1.5 billion valuation.

A BlockTempo article argues that nuclear fusion, despite a string of technical advances and growing investor backing, is unlikely to play a meaningful role in cutting global emissions during the most critical decades of climate action. The piece ties renewed interest in fusion to intensifying El Niño conditions, noting that NOAA assessed a more than 90% chance of the event developing into a “super El Niño” after the Niño 3.4 index reached +2.7°C in mid-August. Against that backdrop of heatwaves, drought and extreme rainfall, fusion is again being framed as a possible long-term clean energy answer. The article lays out why fusion attracts such optimism: no greenhouse gas emissions during the reaction, fuel sources centered on deuterium and tritium, no meltdown scenario comparable to Chernobyl or Fukushima, and a much lighter waste burden than fission. It also points to more than $7 billion invested in private fusion companies over the past decade, along with Microsoft’s 2023 power purchase agreement with Helion for electricity starting in 2028. Still, the report says climate deadlines come much sooner than fusion deployment. It places engineering net gain in the late 2020s or early 2030s, first demonstration plants in the mid-to-late 2030s, and large-scale commercial buildout much later. With ITER’s first plasma pushed beyond 2034 and major hurdles still unresolved, BlockTempo concludes fusion is more likely to matter after 2050 than before it.

Data from Hyperbot shows that an anti-CZ whale has earned a floating profit of more than $7.2 million on two leveraged long positions. The trader entered a 20x leveraged bitcoin long and a 15x leveraged ethereum long. Combined, the positions have delivered a return on investment of 491%. The wallet currently holds 31.31624 BTC in the bitcoin long and 8,092.4521 ETH in the ethereum long, so the gains remain unrealized for now. The same whale previously drew attention by shorting ASTER right after CZ bought the token. The latest Hyperbot reading confirms both positions are still open. The whale's earlier trade against a CZ-related token gave the address a distinct anti-CZ profile, and its current leveraged longs add another large position to that history. Hyperbot's data offers a snapshot of the current holdings; entry prices and liquidation levels were not disclosed in the update.