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Odaily News - IBM announced today that it has completed the acquisition of HRL Laboratories, LLC (HRL), a leading research and development institution specializing in quantum computing, quantum sensing, advanced communications, electronics, manufacturing, and materials science. The acquisition also complements IBM's broader innovation and investment in quantum manufacturing and infrastructure. HRL's expertise in silicon-based quantum technology creates opportunities for future collaboration with IBM's pure-play quantum foundry, Anderon, supporting scalable manufacturing methods and accelerating learning cycles across multiple quantum computing paradigms. Boeing and General Motors (HRL's former owners) will continue to work with IBM and HRL on quantum applications and advanced technology development. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Odaily News: Hyperscale Data, Inc. (NYSE: GPUS), an AI data center and Bitcoin-related enterprise, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Gresham Worldwide, Inc.'s radio frequency (RF) business secured approximately $5.4 million in new orders between July and August 2026, primarily from U.S. defense programs and prime defense contractors.These orders cover RF and microwave components supporting radar, electronic warfare, communications, and other mission-critical systems, and are expected to be produced and delivered by the relevant business units of Gresham Worldwide. The company stated that the new orders reflect the continued growth in demand for high-reliability RF technology and critical components in the U.S. defense sector. (PRNewswire)
Odaily News - At the 2026 Wyoming Blockchain Symposium, CZ stated that Trump had previously mentioned Hyperliquid, and that CFTC Chairman Mike Selig would look for a path to bring the platform into the U.S. market. CZ believes that if Hyperliquid can operate in the U.S. in a compliant manner, it will open the door for perpetual contracts and more decentralized services to enter the U.S., serving as a major positive for the entire crypto industry. CZ noted that because of his stake in Binance, outsiders tend to view him as a supporter of centralized exchanges, but his fundamental reason for entering the crypto industry is his belief in decentralization. Some users choose Hyperliquid because the platform allows them to use it via wallet without requiring a traditional account or KYC process. CZ said that Hyperliquid's entry into the U.S. will not only benefit itself—more decentralized products and companies in its portfolio will also benefit—and it will bring more liquidity to international centralized exchanges, giving U.S. users more competitive prices when buying and selling crypto assets. At this stage, the crypto market is far from saturated, and competition between platforms is not the primary issue.
According to TechCrunch, Accel-backed startup Keenable has recently closed a $26 million seed funding round and officially emerged from stealth mode. The round was led by Accel, with participation from Conviction Partners and several angel investors. Co-founded by Andrey Styskin, former head of search, AI, and cloud at Yandex, and German AI scientist Matthias Petri, Keenable is building web search indexing and retrieval infrastructure for AI agents.
Bitdeer released its July 2026 Production and Operations Update: The company has signed a 16-year, $4.7 billion artificial intelligence data center (AIDC) colocation lease agreement for its Tydal site in Norway, configured with 121 MW of IT capacity to operate Nvidia GPUs.
Bybit has added the TermMax (TMXUSDT) perpetual contract today, supporting up to 20x leverage.
Bybit today added three US stock perpetual contracts: Infleqtion (INFQUSDT), Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bull 3X ETF (SPXLUSDT), and T-Rex 2X Long MSTR Daily Target ETF (MSTUUSDT), supporting up to 25x leverage.
Odaily News, according to the official announcement, Bitget's equity contracts have launched MARA (MARA Holdings). The contract is settled in USDT and supports up to 20x leverage with 7×24-hour trading. As of now, Bitget supports a total of 292 perpetual equity contract trading pairs.
Odaily News: Hyperliquid co-founder Jeff Yan stated that the HyperCore manual borrowing feature has been launched on the testnet. Currently, all borrowing functions on the mainnet remain limited to portfolio margin mode. HyperEVM smart contracts can now access HyperCore lending and borrowing features via CoreWriter and read-only precompiled contracts.
Well-known crypto KOL Ansem published a post on pump.fun introducing Robinhood's on-chain DeFi protocol NetNet Capital. He stated that the NET token is backed by at least 1 USDG from the protocol's on-chain asset portfolio, and the protocol accumulates productive assets such as stablecoins and stocks through various mechanisms.
According to Bloomberg, China-based AI company Z.AI (Zhipu) confirmed on Wednesday that the mysterious AI model Ox Alpha, which has recently risen rapidly to the top of online usage charts, is a new iteration of its GLM series. Responding to a Bloomberg news inquiry, the company stated it would release the model weights for Ox Alpha tonight.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he has secured agreement from state and territory leaders, including Queensland which had previously opposed the proposal, to advance new regulations on energy use for AI data centers, targeting their implementation next year. Australia’s Federal Cabinet has agreed to set minimum requirements for data centers regarding their use of electricity, water, and land.
According to official statements, Lisk clarified that whether to migrate to Celo is entirely at the discretion of each project team based on their respective products, user base, and technical architecture, and is not mandatory. The Lisk Chain will shut down on October 31, 2026, and will remain operational and supported until that date.
A survey released by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that over 90% of corporate executives admitted when surveyed that AI has "not affected our company's employment" over the past three years; approximately 89% of executives stated that AI has "had absolutely no impact on productivity."
: According to official sources, OKX Flash Earn Lite will launch AEON "Staking Rewards" from August 31, 2026, 15:00 to September 5, 2026, 15:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users who participate by locking BTC, ETH, OKB, or AEON can share a total of 4,100,000 AEON airdrop rewards. Notably, ETH borrowed via flexible borrowing will not be counted toward the valid subscription amount.Users can start subscribing in advance from now on, with rewards calculated after the event officially begins. Participation is available via the event link or by tapping "Flash Earn" at the top of the Explore page in the OKX App.
Alloco was founded by a team with a quantitative background, and its core members bring over $1 billion in institutional asset management experience. The platform packages institutional-grade trading strategies into on-chain fund products, covering hedge fund strategies, thematic asset baskets, and tokenized Pre-IPO product lines. The inaugural product will be launched in the near term. Funds from this round will be allocated to product development, compliance framework establishment, and market expansion.
According to the official announcement, HTX has launched DJT/USDT, MKR/USDT, and XOM/USDT perpetual contracts on August 26, supporting 1x to 20x leverage for both long and short positions. Additionally, from today until September 1 at 15:00 (UTC+8), HTX is launching a New Token Futures Trading Competition. Participants who complete registration, trade the featured tokens in the futures market, and meet the required thresholds will have the chance to share the total prize pool of 1 billion $HTX tokens.
According to Chaoxiang Research, a Morgan Stanley report dated August 24 indicates that the total disclosed off-balance-sheet commitments from hyperscalers, NVIDIA, and Broadcom have surpassed $3.1 trillion. Lease commitments total $1.1 trillion and procurement commitments $1.7 trillion, while the combined on-balance-sheet debt and lease liabilities of hyperscalers reach $770 billion. Amazon and Google's free cash flow turned negative in Q2 2026, with Meta expected to follow suit next quarter. Financing instruments are restructuring the AI compute capital structure across six dimensions: off-balance-sheet lease and procurement commitments form the first financing layer; the share of debt issuance rises from 2% in 2025 to 19% in 2026; Google frees up $110 billion by reducing share buybacks and issuing equity; Oracle records $4.6 billion in customer advance payments in Q2; and Broadcom and NVIDIA launch chip-leasing SPVs to support unrated AI labs. Morgan Stanley notes that when the financing structure itself becomes a core variable in the AI supply chain, tracking changes in off-balance-sheet commitments and accounting judgments is nearing the importance of tracking chip shipments themselves.
According to Digital Asset, Hyperliquid launched the AQAv2 (Aligned Quote Asset v2) mechanism on August 26, allocating a portion of the returns generated by USDC reserves on the platform toward capital accumulation, which will ultimately be directed to the Assistance Fund for secondary market repurchases and burns of HYPE to reduce its circulating supply. Under this mechanism, Circle is responsible for USDC technical deployment, while Coinbase handles reserve management; stablecoin issuers are expected to share approximately 90% of the relevant reserve returns with the protocol after deducting operating costs. Returns are accumulated on a 30-day cycle, with the initial fund transfer expected on October 3. Market estimates indicate that, based on current USDC outstanding balances and yield rates, annualized returns could reach $135 million to $160 million, although the actual repurchase scale will ultimately depend on the platform's USDC supply and reserve yields.
Odaily News: As of August, cumulative top-ups on USDC- and USDT-linked stablecoin cards have reached $13.8 billion, an increase of nearly $10 billion over the past 12 months. Stablecoin cards are shifting USDC and USDT from trading balances toward everyday consumer use cases.USDC currently leads in tracked card spending, while USDT is accelerating its catch-up. The two follow different adoption paths: USDC benefits more from fintech integrations and payment infrastructure, whereas USDT is more active across exchanges, remittances, and emerging markets.On-chain settlement also reflects a multi-chain distribution, with Base leading at approximately $1.2 billion, followed by Solana at $635 million, Polygon at $544 million, and Optimism at $509 million. Networks such as Arbitrum, Scroll, Ethereum, and Stellar are also carrying significant activity.Stablecoin cards still rely on traditional payment networks like Visa and Mastercard, shifting the competitive focus toward custody, FX costs, cashback, and capital efficiency. Meanwhile, Circle has renewed its USDC partnership with Coinbase under the original terms, excluding any dividend arrangements. (Bitcoin.com News)