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DeepSeek announced today that its brand-new multimodal visual understanding model, DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp, is now available on the DeepSeek API platform. The model is experimental and can be invoked by users by setting model="deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp". Its pure text capabilities are roughly on par with the official release of DeepSeek-V4-Flash, while demonstrating significantly improved performance in benchmarks requiring visual understanding, bringing its multimodal Agent capabilities close to Opus-4.8.
Odaily News: Brian Armstrong, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, stated that crypto regulatory clarity will be advanced either through a Senate vote on September 15 or new federal regulatory rules on September 16, with both paths expected to move forward. The procedural vote on the CLARITY Act requires at least 60 votes of support.The digital asset market structure bill, the CLARITY Act, passed the U.S. House of Representatives on July 17, 2025, with 294 votes in favor and 134 against, but has since stalled in the Senate. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Mike Selig has instructed staff to establish a registration category for "crypto asset markets," which may apply to digital asset trading platforms.Armstrong also stated that Bitcoin's price could likely reach $300,000 to $400,000 by 2030. He cited increased institutional adoption, Bitcoin's fixed supply, and improved crypto regulatory clarity in the U.S. as contributing factors. (Bitcoin.com News)
The B.AI platform has announced the official launch of Tencent Hunyuan's next-generation foundation model, Hy3, which is now fully available for free across both Web Chat and API endpoints. As a robust model built on a fast-and-slow thinking fusion architecture, Hy3 achieves significant breakthroughs in agent engineering, complex code generation, long-horizon intent understanding, and anti-hallucination capabilities, specifically tailored for real-world productivity scenarios. Starting today, all users can log into the B.AI platform with zero barriers to freely access this top-tier Tencent model capability, experiencing the powerful enablement that cutting-edge AI technology brings to development and creation at absolutely no cost.
Bybit 今日新增 默沙东（MRKUSDT）、京东（JDUSDT）、拼多多（PDDUSDT）3个美股永续合约，最高支持 25 倍杠杆。上线同期享限时手续费优惠：限价单费率 0%，市价单费率 5 折。
Odaily News: RWA trading platform MSX Maitong has announced that it will open subscription for the third round of MSX Pre-IPO projects at 18:00 (UTC+8) on August 31, 2026. This round will exclusively feature two globally high-profile AI unicorns—Neuralink, the brain-computer interface leader under Elon Musk, and Anduril Industries, a top-tier AI defense technology unicorn in the United States.Previously, the second round of MSX Maitong Pre-IPO projects, featuring Polymarket, has opened for redemption, with subscription yields reaching 33.3%. The introduction of Neuralink and Anduril in this third round further expands the platform's Pre-IPO portfolio into cutting-edge technology assets.Users participating in this round of subscription are required to hold $MSX. Subscription quotas will be allocated based on users' effective holdings, with specific allocation tiers and participation rules subject to the information published on MSX's official platform.
Odaily News: Injective, a Layer 1 blockchain, has had its institutional services division register as a securities transfer agent with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Injective states that this marks the first time a Layer 1 blockchain has obtained this type of registration, enabling regulated ownership records, transfers, distributions, and shareholder management services for securities.The registration covers four types of tokenized assets already launched—institutional funds, publicly listed company stocks, private company shares, and corporate accounts receivable—and allows related processes to utilize distributed ledger infrastructure while remaining compliant with U.S. securities regulatory rules.Injective has launched markets tied to digital asset treasury companies, publicly listed stocks, and shares of private companies such as SpaceX and OpenAI, and has introduced its tokenized asset issuance platform, Injective Mint Alpha.In July, South Korea's largest trading firm, POSCO International, and LG CNS, a technology company under the LG Group, selected Injective for a trade finance pilot. The plan involves tokenizing accounts receivable arising from international trade and completing their transfer, management, and settlement. (Bitcoin.com News)
Qianhe Yibang, a 3D computing-in-memory chip company, announced that its self-developed world's first 4-layer 3D DRAM-stacked computing-in-memory chip has been successfully fabricated and powered on, marking the technology's transition from validation to engineering implementation. The chip employs a three-dimensional integrated native computing architecture, delivering a data memory access bandwidth that is an order of magnitude greater than conventional approaches. Memory access power consumption, latency, and per-processing costs are all reduced by an order of magnitude. Founded in January 2024 and incubated by NetEase, Qianhe Yibang recently closed a Series B funding round exceeding 2 billion yuan.
Odaily News: Zach Witkoff stated on X platform that Sun Yuchen's claims regarding the latest court hearing contain multiple false statements. Sun Yuchen previously claimed that the court supported his position and described the outcome as a "major victory," but in fact, the court made no ruling whatsoever. Zach Witkoff said that Sun Yuchen packaged "keeping personal claims temporarily before the court" as a victory, but WLFI never requested that his personal claims be submitted to arbitration. WLFI's motion to dismiss these personal claims is still pending the court's decision.
In an official announcement, to meet users' diverse investment needs, Bitget has launched perpetual contracts for three stocks: MRK (Merck), MRNA (Moderna), and TEM (Tempus AI). These contracts are all settled in USDT, support up to 20x leverage, and enable 24/7 trading. As of now, Bitget supports a total of 280 stock contract underlying assets.
Odaily News According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, "Set 10 Big Goals First" has added another 1,000 BTC to its position, bringing the total position to $218 million, with a current floating loss of $877,000. The entity holds a 5x short position of 2,449.968 BTC, valued at $183 million, with an entry price of $74,746.1; it also holds a 7x short position of 15,000 ETH, valued at $35.21 million, with an entry price of $2,347.89.
Odaily News, August 20 — JustLend DAO announced the launch of "Buy Energy," a one-stop energy direct purchase service, offering TRON ecosystem users a more efficient and cost-effective new option for resource acquisition. This feature precisely targets short-term energy demand scenarios, with users receiving their energy within 10 seconds of placing an order, completely eliminating the 14-day lock-up and redemption waiting period required by traditional staking models, truly achieving "buy and use instantly." Additionally, a single order supports batch energy purchases for up to 50 addresses, greatly enhancing convenience for multi-account operations.According to estimates, compared to directly burning TRX to obtain energy, the Buy Energy feature can help users save approximately 63% in costs, combining both efficiency and cost-effectiveness advantages, further lowering the barrier to entry for interactions on the TRON blockchain.
According to Cointelegraph, Capital Vault, an affiliate of trading platform Capital.com, has obtained a virtual asset license issued by the UAE's Capital Markets Authority (CMA), authorizing it to handle virtual assets and provide custody services as an agent or principal. Capital Vault will operate as an independent regulated entity, having already opened an office in Abu Dhabi and assembled a local virtual asset team. Once the service goes live, UAE users will be able to directly purchase and hold crypto assets via the Capital.com app, differing from its prior CFD business that only offered price exposure.
Odaily News Capital.com, a trading platform and contracts-for-differences (CFD) broker, has had its affiliated entity Capital Vault obtain a virtual asset license from the UAE's Capital Markets Authority (CMA), allowing it to conduct virtual asset trading as an agent or principal, as well as provide custody services to clients.Once the service goes live, UAE clients will be able to buy and hold crypto assets through the Capital.com app, with Capital Vault handling execution, custody, and settlement. This service is distinct from Capital.com's existing CFD products, which only offer price exposure and do not represent ownership of the underlying crypto assets.Capital Vault operates as an independent regulated entity, with its governance, custody, and risk arrangements separated from Capital.com's other businesses. It has established an office in Abu Dhabi and assembled a local virtual asset team.The approval follows the CMA's introduction of a virtual asset regulatory framework in April. The framework expands the number of regulated activities from three to eight, covering business conduct, alternative trading system requirements, anti-money laundering controls, and prudential standards. (Cointelegraph)
According to reports from South Korean media outlet Chosun Ilbo, internet giant Kakao announced that its board of directors has approved a corporate spin-off plan. The company intends to establish a new entity named "Kakao AI" while retaining "Kakao X", with each focusing respectively on artificial intelligence platforms and investments, as well as fintech, content, and mobility services. Under the proposal, the book value of net assets will be allocated between the two companies at a ratio of 36% to 64%. Existing shareholders will receive shares in both entities in proportion to this split. Following the spin-off, Kakao AI will take primary responsibility for KakaoTalk and AI operations. The company plans to upgrade KakaoTalk, which currently serves approximately 50 million users, into an "AI agent-style interface" designed to understand user intent and conversational context. As scheduled, Kakao will convene a special general meeting of shareholders on December 17, complete the corporate separation on January 1, 2027, and proceed with Kakao AI's relisting and Kakao X's change of listing venue on January 27.
Odaily News: MANTRA Chain officially stated that an incident affecting on-chain operations has occurred on the network. The team has paused the blockchain as a precautionary measure and is currently investigating. At present, all interfaces and transactions have been frozen, temporarily impacting users' ability to deposit or withdraw assets to and from MANTRA Chain. The root cause of the incident has not yet been confirmed, and no recovery timeline has been announced. MANTRA Chain will provide further updates through official channels once verified information is available.
Odaily News, according to official sources, OKX has upgraded its RLUSD rewards program. Eligible VIP users can now earn 10% APR on the first 10,000 RLUSD held, an increase from the previous 2,000 RLUSD limit; balances exceeding 10,000 RLUSD are rewarded at 4.2% APR; regular users continue to enjoy 3.5% APR.It is reported that users holding RLUSD automatically earn rewards without the need for subscription, redemption, or lock-up, and can choose to receive them in either RLUSD or XRP.
Odaily News: Brian Armstrong posted on X platform that regulatory clarity seems inevitable either way: first, the U.S. Senate secured over 60 votes on September 15; second, the CFTC and SEC will release a new set of rules on September 16.
According to the official announcement, Upbit will list CRV/KRW and USDT trading pairs.
Odaily News - Gate has officially announced the launch of its Japanese stock trading service, initially covering approximately 300 stocks listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), including popular names such as Toyota Motor, Sony Group, SoftBank Group, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Nintendo, and Tokyo Electron. Users can directly trade Japanese stocks on the Gate platform using USDT, without needing to open a traditional Japanese brokerage account or exchange yen. Japanese stock trading is now available on Gate's Web interface, with the App version expected to launch soon.In terms of trading features, Japanese stocks share the same stock account and related trading capabilities as Gate's US stocks, Hong Kong stocks, and Korean stocks, supporting functions such as market data viewing, buying, selling, position management, and trade history inquiry. Japanese stock trading supports intraday sessions from 09:00–11:30 and 12:30–15:25 Japan time, corresponding to 08:00–10:30 and 11:30–14:25 UTC+8.The launch of Japanese stock trading further enriches Gate's global multi-asset trading ecosystem. The platform now supports over 10,000 US stocks and ETFs, more than 1,500 Hong Kong stocks, over 1,000 Korean stocks, and approximately 300 Japanese stocks, offering a combined total of more than 12,800 stocks and ETF assets for trading. Going forward, Gate will continue to expand into core global markets and high-quality assets, driving the integration of traditional finance and digital assets to provide users with more diversified one-stop asset allocation options.
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