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EVAA Protocol (EVAA) lists on Bitget PoolX. Users can lock XAUT to share 70,000 EVAA airdrop, with an individual locking limit of 300 XAUT. The locking period is from August 12 22:00 to August 18 22:00 (UTC+8).
Odaily News – Luke Dashjr, co-founder, chairman, and CTO of Jack Dorsey-backed Bitcoin mining pool Ocean, has announced he is temporarily stepping away from these roles to focus on Bitcoin and open-source project development. Ocean's communications lead, Bitcoin Mechanic, has also announced a temporary departure. Both have stated this is a temporary leave of absence rather than a permanent resignation.The BIP-110 minority chain has mined only two blocks since splitting at block height 961,632, and has since stalled due to inheriting Bitcoin's 127,480,000 difficulty and a relatively low share of SHA-256d hashrate. Bitcoin Knots developers are preparing a hard fork that plans to reset the proof-of-work, adjust the block header, and add replay protection.Developers plan to select the new PoW algorithm from BLAKE2b-256, SHA3x, BLAKE2s, Scrypt, BLAKE3x2, and Eaglesong, using a commit-reveal mechanism, with the algorithm to be determined by the next block produced after 14:00 UTC the following day. Dashjr, Kyle, and Chris Guida are respectively responsible for the block header and PoW, replay protection, and RDTS adaptation. BIP-110 shares transaction history with Bitcoin, and developers believe changes such as transaction signatures are needed to prevent Bitcoin transactions from becoming valid on the minority chain. The Bitcoin community has criticized the fork for producing only two blocks so far, arguing that nodes can execute custom rules but cannot compel users, miners, exchanges, and businesses to switch to the chain. (Bitcoin News)
Odaily News: The "DeepSeek Harness (Tool Framework)" WeChat public account has been registered, with the account's verified entity being "Beijing DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Co., Ltd." (i.e., DeepSeek's Beijing branch). This move is believed to mark the first time DeepSeek has set up a dedicated official publication channel for its Harness business line, operating independently from DeepSeek Group's main official account.According to social media information and media reports, DeepSeek Harness was internally initiated in May 2026, with a dedicated core team for the Harness project established independently, led by Cui Tianyi. Cui Tianyi graduated from the Computer Science Department of Zhejiang University and previously worked at quantitative trading firm Jane Street for nine years before joining DeepSeek in March 2026. Recruitment information posted simultaneously on his LinkedIn and multiple social platforms indicates that Harness is a newly established department. (21st Century Business Herald)
Odaily News: The North Korean regime stole at least $2.8 billion in crypto assets between January 2024 and September 2025, increasingly laundering them through established criminal networks. According to a report by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a UK-based defense and security think tank, the funds are believed to support its weapons programs. Stolen tokens frequently change ownership before being converted into cash, with third parties sometimes purchasing them at a discount or mixing them with proceeds from investment scams such as "pig butchering" schemes. Cashing out primarily relies on "money mules" recruited in the Philippines, Indonesia, and China, where stablecoins are typically split up and sold through peer-to-peer markets. After the Bybit hack, ZeroShadow found that TraderTraitor moved funds through over-the-counter (OTC) desks, peer-to-peer traders, and Chinese organized crime syndicates. Bybit has recovered $48.4 million and frozen $30.5 million in assets, accounting for roughly 5% of the stolen amount in total. (Decrypt)
Odaily News: Cross-border payment company MoneyGram has announced the expansion of its cash-to-crypto exchange service, MoneyGram Ramps, to Solana, allowing wallets, exchanges, and developers within the Solana ecosystem to access its global cash network. The service supports two-way exchange between cash and digital assets, with cash deposits available in over 25 countries and cash withdrawals covering more than 170 countries and regions. MoneyGram had previously launched a USDC-based cash on/off-ramp service with Stellar and issued the U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin MGUSD, continuing to expand its stablecoin payment and remittance business. (CoinDesk)
Odaily News: The Layer 2 network X Layer, developed by OKX, continues to see rising ecosystem activity. On-chain data shows that its DeFi TVL has exceeded $100 million, stablecoin scale has surpassed $2 billion, and xStocks tokenized stock trading volume now accounts for over 80%.Stock-driven Meme launch platform StockMars (stockmars.fun) has gone live on X Layer. The platform's first launched token, $MARSDOGE, has reached a market cap exceeding $400,000.
Wintermute released a market update noting that U.S. non-farm payrolls in July unexpectedly decreased by 23,000, significantly weaker than market expectations, pushing September rate hike expectations down from 55% to 40% and driving a broad rebound in risk assets. Gold led the weekly gains, with Nasdaq, S&P 500, Bitcoin, and altcoins generally rising, while Brent crude oil fell 6.85%.
Bitcoin analyst Plan B stated on the X platform that the core of Bitcoin's long-term value lies in scarcity, not short-term price fluctuations.Plan B believes that many people focus on Bitcoin's price charts, while the S2F model he uses focuses on the degree of asset scarcity. This model measures scarcity through "existing supply ÷ annual new production," where the S2F for gold is approximately 60. Due to Bitcoin's fixed total supply of 21 million coins and its predictable issuance schedule, its S2F is currently around 120 and continues to rise over time.The Bitcoin halving mechanism is an important driver of the S2F model. Approximately every four years, the Bitcoin network reduces the block reward by half, decreasing new supply and roughly doubling the S2F level, making it the core supply-side event observed by the model.Plan B emphasized that the S2F and its upgraded version, the S2FX model, predict long-term average value rather than precisely forecasting market tops or bottoms. Bitcoin's price typically fluctuates around the model's estimated value, and investors should focus on multi-year cycle averages rather than single-day price highs. Additionally, Plan B believes that as scarcity increases, Bitcoin is undergoing different stages of development, including proof of concept, payment network, "digital gold"/store of value asset, and institutional-grade financial asset. Each increase in scarcity could bring new market narratives and capital inflows.However, Plan B also reiterated that "all models are wrong, but some are useful." He stated that the S2F model is merely a tool for long-term understanding of Bitcoin's scarcity, not a trading signal or a "crystal ball" for price prediction. Although the model has withstood major events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and China's mining ban, it still has limitations.
Odaily News: eToro released its Q2 2026 earnings report, showing a notable slowdown in digital asset trading activity, while the company continues to advance its on-chain financial infrastructure development.In terms of trading data, eToro's crypto asset trading volume in July was 1.4 million transactions, down 73% year-over-year; the average investment amount per crypto transaction was $182, down 50% year-over-year. Q2 crypto-related revenue was $1.346 billion, down from $1.915 billion in the same period in 2025. Despite the decline in crypto business revenue, the company's overall net profit still grew 77% year-over-year to $53.48 million.On the crypto strategy front, eToro completed the acquisitions of digital asset self-custody platform Zengo and Israeli crypto trading platform Bit2C during Q2, aiming to strengthen its self-custody service capabilities and promote the integration of traditional finance with the on-chain economy. Additionally, the company made a strategic investment in on-chain perpetual contract platform Extended and became a founding partner of the Open USD stablecoin ecosystem alliance, further intensifying its focus on on-chain trading and stablecoin infrastructure.On the balance sheet side, as of the end of Q2, eToro held $49.95 million in crypto assets, down from $62.61 million at the end of 2025. (Globenewswire)
Odaily News Unitree Robotics today released the announcement regarding the online issuance subscription and lottery result for its initial public offering of shares on the STAR Market. The announcement disclosed that after the strategic placement adjustment, the offline issuance volume is 25,886,148 shares, accounting for approximately 80.00% of the issuance volume after deducting the final strategic placement quantity. This offline issuance adopts a proportional lock-up method, where offline investors must commit that 10% of their allocated shares (rounded up) will be subject to a lock-up period of 6 months from the date of the issuer's initial public offering and listing. Specifically, for the shares allocated to each placement object, 90% of the shares have no lock-up period and can be traded immediately upon listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange; the remaining 10% of shares will be locked up for 6 months, with the lock-up period commencing from the date the shares are listed and traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.Unitree Robotics also announced that the issuer and the lead underwriter (sponsor) have scheduled the online issuance lottery drawing ceremony for the morning of August 11, 2026 (T+1 day) at Room 707, North Tower, Shanghai Securities Building, No. 528 South Pudong Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai. The results of the online lottery drawing will be announced on August 12, 2026 (T+2 day).
According to Fortune, OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar stated that AI can help finance teams identify issues faster, optimize forecasts, and enhance decision support capabilities, but cannot replace human judgment, accountability, and financial rigor.
Odaily News According to the official announcement, Gate has officially launched CandyDrop Round 176 for DappOS (DOS) from August 10, 19:00 to August 23, 19:00 (UTC+8), introducing a DOS token airdrop campaign. During the event, users can earn candies through spot trading, VIP-exclusive tasks, and inviting friends, sharing a total of 1,500,000 DOS, with a maximum individual reward of 1,000 DOS.Among these, new users who complete their first DOS spot trade are eligible for a new-user exclusive bonus. Regular users and VIP users can earn candies by reaching specified trading volumes, while inviting valid friends also grants candies and a chance to share in the reward pool.Gate CandyDrop continues to provide users with opportunities to participate in popular project airdrops and earn token rewards through diversified task mechanisms.
According to Fortune, cybersecurity AI startup Corma announced the completion of a $60 million seed round, led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Khosla Ventures and Coatue. Founded in 2025 and headquartered in Tel Aviv and San Francisco, the company has now deployed its first model to multiple Fortune 100 and 500 companies across industries such as healthcare, financial services, energy, critical infrastructure, and retail.
According to the official announcement, HTX launched KUAISHOU/USDT and MEITUAN/USDT perpetual contracts on August 11, supporting 1-10x long and short trading.
TRON DeFi Summer S2 is in full swing. As the largest single reward pool of this season, the $1.2 million TRX incentive pool is now fully live.
According to Reuters, Kalshi will integrate the Nasdaq market surveillance platform in phases to strengthen real-time monitoring of trading on the platform. The integration aims to enhance the ability to identify market abuse, manipulation, and insider trading, and support submitting trading data in the format required by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Odaily News, official data shows that the cumulative subscription volume for Gate's yield-bearing stable asset GUSD has surpassed $241 million, setting a new all-time high. Users holding GUSD can enjoy an annualized subscription yield of 3.8%, with daily distributions and support for instant deposits and withdrawals. Additionally, GUSD can be utilized in diverse ecosystem scenarios such as Launchpool and Pre-IPOs, further enhancing asset utilization efficiency while maintaining capital liquidity.Currently, Gate Launchpool's DOS staking campaign is underway. The DOS GUSD staking pool offers an estimated annualized yield of 18.04%, and when combined with GUSD's base 3.80% current yield, the total annualized return reaches 21.84%. Furthermore, subscriptions for Phase 3 of Gate Pre-IPOs, featuring Moonshot AI (KIMI), have opened, supporting participation with both USDT and GUSD. Subscribing with GUSD simultaneously enables users to earn the 3.8% current U.S. Treasury yield, combining income generation with innovative asset allocation.
Odaily News - Bitget has officially launched an institutional-grade CFD liquidity solution, targeting quantitative teams, proprietary trading firms, funds, brokers, and high-net-worth professional traders, supporting high-frequency trading, spot-futures arbitrage, and automated trading scenarios such as Expert Advisors (EA). As professional trading institutions continue to demand greater execution efficiency, liquidity, and low latency, this solution aims to provide a more stable and efficient execution environment for large-volume, high-frequency trading.On the execution and liquidity front, Bitget adopts a 100% STP (Straight-Through Processing) model, routing orders directly to external liquidity pools and aggregating multi-level market depth from global Tier-1 banks and non-bank market makers, thereby reducing slippage and market impact during large-order execution. Additionally, trading servers are deployed in core financial data centers such as LD4 in London and TY3 in Tokyo, supporting sub-millisecond order matching via dedicated lines and fiber-optic connections, and offering a FIX API to facilitate institutional clients' integration with existing trading systems, bridging tools, and liquidity aggregation platforms.In terms of fund management, client assets are segregated from platform operating funds, with independent custody accounts, compliance reviews, and third-party audit mechanisms enhancing asset management transparency. The launch of this institutional-grade liquidity solution further strengthens Bitget's CFD backend trading infrastructure, complementing its existing retail-facing products and covering a multi-tiered range of trading needs from retail traders to professional institutions.
According to the official announcement, Huobi HTX will open DOS deposit services on August 11 at 18:00 (UTC+8), and will open DOS/USDT spot trading on August 11 at 20:00. DOS withdrawal services will open on August 12 at 20:00. It is reported that DAPPOS is committed to building low-barrier AI products. Its flagship product, xBubble, is a low-prompt AI agent that converts simple requests into ready-to-use results. xBubble lowers the usage barrier by automatically coding, testing, and orchestrating AI Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) solutions for specific tasks, enabling users to focus on their own goals without the need to manually write code or operate AI.
According to the official announcement, Bitget has launched USDT-margined DOS Perpetual Contracts, supporting up to 10x leverage, and the Contract Trading Bot will be available simultaneously. For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.