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Odaily News, according to the official announcement, Bitget CFD will adjust the leverage and margin tier rules for XAUUSD (Gold/USD) and USDCNH (USD/Offshore CNY) starting August 15.Among them, when the notional value of XAUUSD contracts is below $100,000, up to 800x leverage is supported; when the notional value of USDCNH contracts is below $1,000,000, up to 100x leverage is supported. For positions exceeding the corresponding thresholds, the platform will adopt a tiered margin calculation method, with margin rates adjusting as the notional value of positions increases. Users can reasonably allocate positions based on their own asset needs.
Odaily News – Israel's Bank Leumi has announced a partnership with Galaxy Digital to offer clients bitcoin and other digital asset trading services starting in 2027. The initial offerings will include Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and others, making Bank Leumi the first bank in Israel to provide digital asset trading services to its clients. In addition, Leumi will integrate Galaxy's digital asset custody infrastructure platform to provide underlying security architecture support for the bank's digital asset services. (PRNewswire)
Venture capital fund Team8 announced the completion of a $365 million new fund raise to invest in next-generation AI-native enterprise companies, bringing its assets under management close to $2 billion. This round of fundraising includes a $265 million Team8 Capital Fund III, as well as over $100 million in follow-on investment capital, primarily used to increase stakes in its existing portfolio companies with the highest conviction. The new fund will focus on investing in companies at the Seed and Series A stages, covering areas such as cybersecurity, AI infrastructure, and fintech, with a particular focus on infrastructure projects that help enterprises deploy AI while ensuring security, governance, and control capabilities. Team8 has previously invested in multiple crypto and AI companies, including crypto institutional wallet developer Curv, AI compliance platform IVIX, and AI data loss prevention company Jazz, among others.
以太坊质押协议 Lido DAO 官方发文解读 NEST（Network Economic Support Tokenomics）机制，通过链上自动化方式将协议收入与 LDO 代币价值绑定，实现持续性的 LDO 回购，旨在让 LDO 持有者更直接分享协议增长收益。该机制由 DAO 国库盈余资金支持，当 Lido 质押业务收入超过设定基准后，部分超额收入将通过 CoW Swap 自动兑换为 LDO。 根据 Lido DAO 设定的初始参数，NEST 收入基准为年化 4000 万美元（约每日 10.9 万美元），超额部分的 50%将用于回购 LDO，每日回购上限为 5 万美元，365 天累计上限为 1000 万美元。回购执行每日进行，采用无需许可的链上流程。 NEST 上线初期将采用“财库模式”（Treasury-only mode），购买的 LDO 将直接进入 DAO 国库。未来在市场条件合适时，DAO 可通过链上投票切换至 LP 模式，将一半资金用于购买 LDO，另一半转换为 wstETH 并提供 Curve 流动性。
Odaily News: Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas stated on the X platform that ETF inflows have exceeded $100 billion for 14 consecutive months. According to the chart data he released, about two and a half years ago, monthly inflows of $100 billion had only occurred once.
Odaily News: BNB Smart Chain (BSC) has announced that the Pasteur hard fork will officially go live on the mainnet at 10:30 AM Beijing time on August 25 (02:30 UTC on August 25). Node operators are required to upgrade their clients to v1.7.7 in advance.This upgrade includes three improvements—BEP-682, BEP-695, and BEP-675—focusing on enhancing cross-chain security, validator governance mechanisms, and network throughput. Among them, BEP-682 will strengthen the BNB Chain cross-chain bridge verification mechanism, preventing permission bypass risks caused by duplicate signature counting by validators, thereby improving the security of cross-chain asset transfers. BEP-695 optimizes the validator key rotation mechanism, ensuring that old keys no longer retain management privileges after exit, while also fixing potential vulnerabilities related to slashing and governance voting.In terms of performance, BEP-675 reduces the time consumption caused by validators repeatedly executing transactions by optimizing the block construction process. In BNB Chain's internal QANet test environment, this solution increased throughput from 1,237 TPS to 2,324 TPS. While maintaining the 450-millisecond block time and the 100 million Gas block limit unchanged, the average Gas usage per block rose from 46.35 million to 84.15 million.BNB Chain stated that this upgrade is primarily aimed at validators and block builders, designed to provide greater capacity during network peak periods and advance the throughput expansion goals outlined in BNB Chain's roadmap for the second half of 2026.
Bitget PoolX lists project HOME. Users can lock HOME to share in an airdrop of 1,100,000 HOME, with a maximum individual lock limit of 20,000,000 HOME. The locking channel is open from 20:00 on August 14 to 20:00 on August 17 (UTC+8). For more details, please refer to the official Bitget platform.
Microsoft has removed the anthropomorphic chatbot Mico from Copilot voice features and moved it to the Learn Live learning center to serve as a "tutor". The support page states that the interaction experience accumulated by Mico is shaping the future direction of Copilot, and Copilot voice interaction features remain available. Mico was launched in October 2025, enabled by default in voice mode, and previously included an Easter egg where clicking turns it into Clippy.
According to U Chinese (@UstablesZH), the stablecoin $U Flexible Savings on Binance has been renewed again. The event period is August 16 08:00 – September 15 07:59 (UTC+8), totaling 30 days: • Regular users: 0 – 5,000 $U enjoy 8% tiered interest boost • VIP 1–9 users: 0 – 500,000 $U enjoy 5% tiered interest boost
Odaily News, according to official announcements, Bitget has added 14 stock spot rTokens including rPDD (Pinduoduo), rABNB (Airbnb), and rSONY (Sony) with weekend trading support. Following this update, the number of stock tokens supported for weekend trading on the platform has increased to 93. During US market closures, the platform will generate continuous weekend trading prices based on Friday closing prices, market maker quotes, and market expectations. This feature supports limit orders and take-profit/stop-loss settings. To prevent abnormal fluctuations, the system imposes a protection limit of approximately ±20% on weekend limit orders.It is understood that rTokens, identified by the letter r + stock ticker (e.g., rNVDA for Nvidia), are issued by Reality, a licensed RWA protocol under Bitget. Through a partnership with compliant broker Alpaca, they connect directly to global liquidity pools such as NASDAQ and the New York Stock Exchange. Their features include: 1:1 reserve backing of underlying assets held by licensed custodians, stock dividends distributed 1:1 in token form, corporate actions such as stock splits and reverse splits mirrored synchronously, and the ability to use holdings as cross-margin for unified accounts and USDT-margined contracts, allowing users to manage funds flexibly while holding global equity assets.
Hyperliquid announced that it has implemented multiple new features for the HIP-4 outcome markets and disclosed the phased mainnet launch schedule. Hyperliquid stated that after the next network upgrade, outcome markets deployed by validators will start charging fees, with the average outcome trading fee being approximately half of the standard spot trading fee. During the initial phase of the HIP-4 mainnet launch, phased restrictions will be applied, allowing each deployer to have up to 100 outcomes simultaneously and deploy up to 500 outcomes per day; once the technology stabilizes, limits are expected to increase relatively quickly to 1,000 outcomes simultaneously and 5,000 deployments per day, and may be further relaxed subsequently.
Bybit 今日新增中际旭创（ZHONGJIUSDT）、三星电机（SAMSUNGEMUSDT）、韩美半导体（HANMIUSDT）、LG 电子（LGELECTRONICSUSDT）、NAVER（NAVERUSDT）、KODEX 200 ETF（KODEX200USDT）6个 TradFi 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。
According to Odaily, CryptoQuant's latest report, "Wall Street, Always On," shows that in July 2026, trading volume for traditional financial stock perpetual contracts on crypto exchanges reached approximately $250 billion, up about 17 times from April. Among them, Gate's related trading volume in July was approximately $15 billion, up about 26 times from April, representing a 308% month-over-month increase, making it the fastest-growing exchange among the platforms covered in the report.The report notes that Gate's perpetual contract trading has maintained steady triple-digit growth for three consecutive months, with May, June, and July seeing month-over-month increases of approximately 131%, 177%, and 308%, respectively, showing an accelerating trend. CryptoQuant stated that compared to the episodic growth seen on some platforms, Gate's sustained growth better reflects the continuous penetration of traditional financial asset trading demand into crypto trading infrastructure, "which makes Gate an exchange worth watching in the crypto-stock race."CryptoQuant indicated that crypto trading platforms are gradually becoming 24/7 trading gateways connecting Crypto and Wall Street, with trading demand from traditional stock markets accelerating its extension into crypto infrastructure. As Gate continues to expand its diversified asset services, including stocks and ETFs, CFDs, Pre-IPOs, direct IPOs, and tokenized securities like gStocks, the platform is further strengthening the connection between traditional financial assets and digital asset trading ecosystems, providing global users with a more flexible and efficient multi-asset trading experience.
Odaily News: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has once again postponed its plan for a tokenization "innovation exemption." The framework was intended to allow companies to test blockchain-based tokenized trading of U.S. stocks without meeting full exchange and broker-dealer standards. The delay is tied to unresolved negotiations over Section 10505 of the draft CLARITY Act in the U.S. Senate. That provision stipulates that tokenized securities remain securities and requires the SEC to study custody, consumer protection, cross-border issues, and regulatory coordination. The SEC also postponed a vote scheduled for Friday on a proposed exemption for crypto startup fundraising, citing scheduling issues, with no new date announced. The House version of the CLARITY Act passed in July 2025, and the Senate Banking Committee version advanced by a 15-9 vote in May of this year. A procedural Senate vote is not expected before September 15. (Bitcoin.com News)
SanDisk announced the latest progress on High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) at an investor meeting. The first product has completed tape-out, with plans to provide initial samples in 2027 and mass production in 2028. HBF combines HBM-level read bandwidth, achieving 8-16 times the capacity. According to SanDisk's internal data, when running large AI models, 4 GPUs can achieve the token output of 8 GPUs in an HBM system. The first version of HBF supports up to 512GB capacity, offering three bandwidth tiers, covering 0.4TB/s to 3.0TB/s.
Odaily News - According to the official announcement, all spot trading pairs in Bitget's Unified Account now support leveraged trading, including stock spot rTokens. Users can directly enable leverage and borrow funds to place orders on the spot trading page without needing to transfer funds separately.This feature is applicable to both the Advanced Mode and Delta Neutral Mode of the Unified Account. The availability of leveraged trading depends on whether the currency required for the trade direction supports borrowing. App users can upgrade to version 2.91.1 to experience the relevant features. For more details, please refer to Bitget's official platform.
According to monitoring by on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), a whale holding $125 million worth of BTC short positions added 258 BTC to their position again today. The latest short position is updated to 1,900 BTC, with an average entry price of $63,582, and current unrealized profit has reached $1.794 million. This whale previously persisted in shorting even after being stopped out three times, and added 330 BTC to the position earlier today, pushing the position beyond $110 million (1,742 BTC), earning an additional $118,000 in funding fees.
Amidst the intensive release of US stock earnings reports, Bybit encourages users to leverage its powerful TradFi trading tools to analyze market opportunities and boost trading confidence. Currently, Bybit users who complete trading tasks using the two major robot tools, TradFi Portfolio or TradFi Copy Trading, can register for the limited-time event to win lucky draw opportunities, compete on the individual and team leaderboards, and share a 100,000 USDT prize pool. This event is open to eligible users for registration, running from August 13, 2026, to September 12, 2026. For details and terms, please refer to the official website. Participation Method: Users need to log in to their main account and click "Join Now". After successful registration, trading TradFi products using TradFi Copy Trading (as a Lead Trader or Copy Trader) or TradFi Portfolio (Bot Trading) will unlock lucky draw opportunities, allow them to compete on the individual leaderboard, or lead a team to the top of the team leaderboard. This event features three major paths, including a lucky draw for unlocking trading volume milestones with a prize pool of 10,000 USDT; a top 100 competition for the individual trading volume leaderboard with a prize pool of 30,000 USDT; and a team trading volume leaderboard with a prize pool of 60,000 USDT, shared by the top 50 Lead Traders, where Lead Traders receive 50% of the team reward, and Copy Traders receive the remaining 50%.
According to CNA, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and the Cyber Security Agency (CSA) jointly issued a warning on August 14 that a cryptocurrency scam utilizing fake recruitment has caused losses of approximately US$11.8 million. Scammers impersonated recruiters from cryptocurrency companies, communicated with victims via emails from spoofed domains, and induced them to download malware onto company devices under the pretext of technical programming tests. The malware stole victims' session tokens, bypassed multi-factor authentication to infiltrate their Bitbucket code repositories, then tampered with automated deployment instructions and remotely accessed internal servers, ultimately bypassing transaction approval mechanisms to complete cryptocurrency transfers.
Odaily News - According to Gate's July wealth management monthly report, the cryptocurrency market continued its cautious recovery in July, with total market capitalization rising to $2.26 trillion, up approximately 7.6% month-over-month. BTC and ETH gained 7.3% and 18.5%, respectively. During the market recovery, demand for stable returns and diversified strategies increased, keeping Gate's wealth management business active.In conservative wealth management, Gate's fixed-term holdings in Yu Bi Bao saw BTC grow 7.3% month-over-month, while USDT surged 70.4%. Total GUSD minting rose from approximately 182 million at the start of the month to around 215 million by month-end, at one point exceeding 230 million. In advanced wealth management, Gate's dual-currency investment for BTC low-buy and high-sell strategies delivered annualized yields of 95.5% and 113.5% for 0-day terms, respectively, surpassing market averages by 34.4 and 32.6 percentage points. In July, the quantitative fund's USDT strategy posted an average monthly return of 3.0%, with Star Pioneer leading at 4.2%. Star Hedging achieved a cumulative return of 19.1%, maintaining a 100% monthly win rate for 25 consecutive months.In equity assets, Gate's platform trading structure shifted with market conditions. Korean stock trading accounted for approximately 90% at the start of the month, before U.S. stock trading rebounded to around 70%. In terms of holdings, SK Hynix ranked first with a 59.3% share, followed by SpaceX at 15.2%, reflecting that platform users' asset allocation is further expanding to cover diverse areas such as crypto assets, stable-yield products, structured strategies, and stocks.