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Odaily Odaily News: Ansem posted on platform X that he is starting a trading tracking campaign around PUMP, planning to hold from the current cycle bottom all the way to the market top. Ansem stated that his initial position in $PUMP was around $0.001675, and he will now update his trading progress around $0.002544, with plans to continue tracking it to historical highs and beyond. His investment thesis mainly includes: Pump.fun is one of the top three platforms in the crypto industry by revenue, holding approximately $2 billion in cash reserves. However, due to market bias against the tokenization model, its current circulating market cap is around $1 billion, corresponding to a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of under 2.8x.Ansem believes that as on-chain activity continues to grow, especially with the further adoption of mobile applications, Pump.fun will be a key beneficiary. If more retail users participate in new token launches through platforms like Ansem's in the future, $PUMP could see even greater growth potential. He predicts that PUMP has a chance to enter the top 10 crypto assets by market cap within the next two years.
Odaily News: Software company Strategy holds nearly 850,000 Bitcoin, valued at just over $50 billion, with some recent purchases funded through debt and stock issuance. Since Michael Saylor shifted the company toward Bitcoin accumulation in 2020, his wealth has fluctuated with Bitcoin's price. Michael Saylor stated that last year, with the aid of an AI chatbot, he earned $15 billion through the company's Bitcoin-backed preferred stock. Strategy's STRC offers an annual dividend yield of 12%, with its price recently recovering to near $100 after dipping to around $75 in late June. Over the past year, Strategy's common stock value has fallen by approximately 80% alongside Bitcoin's price decline. The company recently sold some of its Bitcoin holdings to manage debt and dividend commitments, and has built a $4 billion cash reserve, providing roughly two years of funding support before subsequent financing. Michael Saylor also mentioned that in May of last year, he used ChatGPT's deep research mode to design the company's convertible preferred stock product.
Odaily Odaily News Bitcoin News stated on the X platform that, aside from Roughnecks, PyBLOCK—one of the largest Bitcoin mining pools supporting BIP-110—has indicated that it has been advised to pause signaling for BIP-110 until further notice. PyBLOCK stated that it will continue mining "completely clean blocks with zero junk information," consistent with its practices prior to BIP-110. Roughnecks confirmed the suspension, saying, "Yes, temporarily paused. BIP-110 is not over, but mining under the current algorithm is mostly a waste. More updates will follow."
Odaily News: South Africa's National Treasury and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) have released draft rules on cross-border transfers of crypto assets. Farzam Ehsani, co-founder and CEO of crypto exchange VALR, stated that without significant amendments to key provisions, the framework could harm the country's digital asset industry and drive capital offshore. The draft rules allow individual residents to transfer crypto assets abroad within existing foreign exchange limits but restrict corporates from conducting cross-border crypto transactions, while also classifying certain inbound transfers from private, non-custodial self-hosted wallets as unacceptable transfers for local crypto asset service providers (CASPs). Ehsani believes this could push both businesses and retail users toward overseas platforms. Ehsani noted that prohibiting regulated entities from handling legitimate corporate transactions—particularly cross-border stablecoin payments—could drive such activity underground or offshore, ultimately undermining the transaction visibility and monitoring capabilities regulators aim to achieve. South Africa's National Treasury and SARB have opened a public consultation period, with feedback due by September 30.
Odaily News BIP-110 has sparked community controversy over its attempt to restrict non-financial data storage on the Bitcoin blockchain. Supporters of this proposal plan to push for the rule change through a User-Activated Soft Fork (UASF), but current miner support is far from meeting the activation requirements. The market is watching whether this controversy will further escalate into a split within Bitcoin's network governance.Blockstream CEO Adam Back criticized the arguments of BIP-110 supporters in a post on the X platform, stating that the claim "Bitcoin supports spam data" is incorrect and noting that all Bitcoin participants dislike network spam. Adam Back pointed out that Bitcoin cannot achieve absolute censorship at the mathematical level, and the BIP-110 proposal itself has numerous flaws that prevent it from functioning effectively, which is why it has not gained network consensus. He emphasized that forcibly pushing rule changes without consensus could ultimately lead to a fork outcome similar to Bitcoin SV (BSV).
According to Cointelegraph, BTCPay Server has temporarily restricted public remote connections to Lightning Network nodes due to attackers exploiting a critical vulnerability in LND (Lightning Network Daemon) to steal node credentials and transfer funds. Version 2.4.2 has upgraded to LND 0.21.1 and automatically rotates macaroon credentials in standard installations. The project team reminds operators to check for abnormal payments, channel closures, and balance changes as soon as possible; if nodes are exposed via self-built reverse proxies, Tor services, or port forwarding, relevant credentials must also be manually replaced. Currently, Foundation and Citadel21 have reported node fund losses, but the specific scale of losses has not yet been disclosed.
Bitcoin payment processing service BTCPay Server has temporarily restricted public remote connections to Lightning Network nodes running Lightning Network Daemon (LND) software. Attackers exploited a severe vulnerability to obtain credentials and transfer funds. The number of affected operators and the total amount stolen have not yet been disclosed. This restriction affects external wallets such as Zeus that connect via BTCPay Server domains or Tor onion addresses in Docker deployments, but Lightning Network payments can still continue. BTCPay Server stated that remote access functionality will be restored once security is confirmed. BTCPay Server 2.4.2 will install LND 0.21.1 and automatically regenerate macaroon credentials during standard installation. Foundation and Citadel21 have respectively disclosed that funds from their Lightning Network nodes were swept. Foundation stated that hot wallets were not affected, and the specific amounts of losses have not been disclosed.
The mining pool Roughnecks, which supports the BIP-110 protocol, stated on the X platform that after a team meeting, it has decided to cease mining operations under the name Roughnecks, and advised miners on the BIP-110 chain under the current algorithm to pause mining until further notice.Roughnecks stated that this decision is not a failure of the BIP-110 movement, but rather an upgrade to the next phase, and thanked all supporters, noting that the struggle will continue, but Roughnecks will no longer serve as the pioneer.
The Bitcoin fork chain supporting BIP-110, after triggering at block height 961,632, produced only 2 blocks in approximately 8 hours since launch, indicating significantly insufficient hashrate support, and the fork is nearing failure. Currently, this branch remains at height 961,633, while the Bitcoin main chain has advanced to 961,681.
Odaily News: The Bitcoin minority fork chain created by BIP-110 supporters has produced only 2 blocks in approximately 8 hours and has essentially stalled; during the same period, the Bitcoin main chain has advanced 48 blocks. The proposal aims to temporarily prohibit the storage of non-financial data such as images and text in Bitcoin transactions. Supporters believe this move can reduce congestion and costs, while critics argue it restricts users' freedom to utilize block space they have already paid for. The fork chain has recently received only 2.53% mining support, and its block production speed is extremely slow, making it difficult to meet the threshold before the signaling deadline. Additionally, if users sell the fork coins while spending their main chain Bitcoin, they may face risks similar to replay attacks.
OpenAI's AI-native browser Atlas, released in October 2025, officially ceased operations on August 9, 2026, after 292 days online. The article argues that Atlas's shutdown is not merely the failure of a single product, but also reflects the overall pressure facing the "independent AI browser" business model.
Odaily News: Anas posted on platform X, stating that the Solana perpetual contract protocol FlashTrade will be shutting down the project and seeks to sell its existing tech stack to compensate FAF holders. Anas cited severe internal team disagreements, a shrinking market, and a prolonged lack of profitability as reasons for the closure, adding that what hurt him most personally was the Solana Foundation's indifference toward the team. He claimed that the Solana Foundation only fully supports one team because it believes this contributes to Solana's success, while emphasizing that he is not blaming the foundation for the project's failure and acknowledged being overly emotional about the matter. Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko subsequently responded, stating that the foundation cannot determine whether a product succeeds, as its primary role is to assist with go-to-market efforts and expand exposure at product launch, and that ultimately, whether attention translates into users depends on the product itself.
According to The Information, Cursor informed employees that the transaction regarding its sale to SpaceX could be completed as early as next week, with a transaction size of approximately $60 billion. After the transaction is completed, Cursor employees will be merged into the SpaceX AI team. Meanwhile, the Cursor brand may no longer be used for certain new products in the future, including an upcoming general agent product, which may be launched under the name Grok Bot.
Mike Dudas posted on X, stating that after receiving tokens gifted by the TOAD community—a Meme coin on Solana—he has continued to share related content and made small purchases of TOAD. He has no plans to sell these tokens, instead following Ansem's approach to encourage narrative dissemination. TOAD launched at 10 PM last night, reaching a market cap of $20 million before retreating to $12 million, with trading volume exceeding $52.1 million.
Odaily News Bitcoin nodes running BIP-110 rules have begun enforcing mandatory signaling mechanisms at block height 961,632. Latest data shows that BIP-110 miner signaling support fluctuates between just 0.3% and 2.6%, with no major mining pool publicly supporting the proposal. Nodes enabling BIP-110 enforcement rules are mainly operated by users running Bitcoin Knots software. These nodes subsequently reject blocks that do not emit signals, effectively isolating themselves from the Bitcoin main network.It is reported that the BIP-110 signaling period will continue until Bitcoin block height 965,664, expected to conclude in approximately four weeks. At that point, the community will face the critical decision of whether to activate the proposal. If the 55% miner support threshold is reached during the signaling period, BIP-110's data limit rules will take effect at block height 965,664 and remain active for approximately one year, covering around 52,416 blocks.Analysts point out that unlike the 2017 Bitcoin Cash fork, the BIP-110 split lacks substantial miner support and exchange infrastructure. If the number of nodes and hash power separating from the main chain proves insufficient, the forked chain could face severe block production speed issues. Since Bitcoin's difficulty adjustment mechanism relies on stable hash power, when a minority chain loses adequate miner support, block generation times could extend from the target 10 minutes to several hours or even days.For Bitcoin Knots node operators who have already enabled BIP-110 rules, the current practical impact is that their nodes can no longer stay synchronized with the Bitcoin main network. Going forward, they will need to either disable the enforcement rules and resynchronize with the main chain, or continue running this independent network that lacks widespread support. (Cryptobriefing)
According to CoinDesk, the controversial BIP-110 soft fork proposal initiated the signaling window at Bitcoin block height 961,632 at approximately 3:35 AM Beijing Time early this Sunday morning (UTC 19:35), officially entering the mandatory signaling phase. The proposal aims to temporarily restrict non-financial data from being written to the Bitcoin blockchain, but currently the miner support rate is extremely low, with the proportion of supporting miners far below the 55% activation threshold required by the proposal.
SK Hynix is exploring options such as introducing external investors or selling a partial stake for its Chongqing plant in China, with the facility valued at approximately $3 billion. The plant is an important semiconductor back-end process base for SK Hynix in China. Relevant discussions are currently still in the early stages, and the transaction may not ultimately be finalized.
硬件钱包厂商 Ledger 就 BIP-110 分叉发布安全提醒称，BIP-110 是一项未内置重放保护（replay protection）的比特币软分叉方案，如果形成独立链，BTC 持有者可能在新链获得相同数量的对应资产，但两条链初期可能接受相同签名交易。 用户若尝试转移或出售 BIP-110 链上的资产，相关交易可能被“重放”至比特币主链，导致对应 BTC 同时被转出。
Odaily News: Presentation startup NextSlide announced its integration into OpenAI, with team members now involved in ChatGPT-related work. NextSlide founder Ahmed Beshry stated that the company's previously developed product can generate editable presentations from prompts, notes, documents, or research materials. Beshry noted that upon joining OpenAI, the team will continue developing AI products that help users create, communicate, and express their ideas.The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Beshry indicated that the acquisition actually took place earlier this year, with this announcement coming several months after the deal was completed. (TechCrunch)
Apple China's official website briefly launched the support document "Use Qwen with Apple Intelligence on Mac" on August 8, confirming that Apple Intelligence can collaborate with Alibaba's Qwen model, but the Chinese manual was subsequently deleted, and the original link is now inaccessible.