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Hyperliquid Research Collective released the Hyperliquid Q2 2026 Report. The report stated that against the backdrop of Bitcoin falling 14% during the quarter, HYPE rose 79% and hit a new all-time high. The report also noted that HIP-3-based real-world markets set new records in trading related to stocks, commodities, and pre-IPO companies, with trading volume accounting for nearly one-third of the platform's total trading volume. Additionally, the first batch of HYPE exchange-traded funds have started trading in the United States, and a private rocket company also achieved on-chain pricing while the New York Stock Exchange was closed.
Odaily News: Mastercard has completed its acquisition of stablecoin payments company BVNK, integrating its on-chain settlement and wallet infrastructure into its global network. The final acquisition price was not disclosed; when the agreement was announced in March, the transaction was valued at up to $1.8 billion, including $300 million in contingent payments. Founded in 2021, BVNK provides businesses with infrastructure to send, receive, store, and convert funds between traditional currencies and blockchain networks. Mastercard stated that BVNK's existing customers will continue to use the same products, integrations, and support teams, and no action is required at this time. Mastercard's Chief Product Officer Jorn Lambert said that digital currencies, particularly stablecoins, are increasingly meeting real-world needs. The combined platform is expected to support banks in connecting customer accounts with digital wallets and provide payment service providers with 24/7 merchant settlement capabilities.
Squid (QUID) launches on Bitget PoolX. Users can stake XAUT and QUID to share an airdrop of 860,000 QUID. Among them, the XAUT staking pool has a total airdrop of 780,000 QUID, with a per-user staking limit of 300 XAUT; the QUID staking pool has a total airdrop of 80,000 QUID, with a per-user staking limit of 5,000,000 QUID. The staking period runs from August 5 to August 12. Additionally, users with a positive net XAUT deposit amount during the event can receive a 3% XAUT Earn interest rate boost voucher after the event concludes. Users participating in PoolX for the first time who also meet the net deposit condition can also receive a 12% APR XAUT interest rate boost voucher. For more details, please refer to the official Bitget platform.
According to the official announcement, Binance Futures will launch KOUSDT and RDDTUSDT perpetual contracts.
Bitget launches 2U2 Flexible Savings, with the event period from August 5 to September 4. Users can subscribe to the corresponding token in the "Simple Earn" section, enjoying up to 30% APR, with a single user subscription limit of 3,600,000 2U2. For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.
According to the official announcement, Upbit will list CAP trading pairs against KRW, BTC, and USDT.
Valar Group 与 Project Tachyon 宣布，计划于 2026 年 8 月 25 日 发起为期约 18 天 的 Zcash NU7 持币人投票，以确定 NU7 升级范围。此次投票将在专用投票链上进行，采用经审计的隐私投票技术，符合条件的投票者需在 8 月 24 日 19:00 UTC 快照时持有可支配的 Ironwood 屏蔽资金。
Odaily News, Uniswap founder Hayden Adams posted on X platform, expressing excitement about the launch of Uniswap's launchpad platform, Pools.trade.Hayden Adams stated that prior to the official launch, some users had already discovered an early version of the smart contract and completed over $150 million in trading volume before the UI was released. Due to the need to support both the early test version and the final contract version simultaneously, the team updated the website and indexing system, causing a delay in the official release.He noted that Uniswap has been used as token issuance infrastructure by the market for over 8 years, and the team hopes to work with other launch platforms to drive the development of this sector.According to the introduction, the key features of Pools.trade include:No additional launchpad fees—only the standard protocol fees for Uniswap v4 pools;Automatic liquidity compounding to improve capital efficiency;All launch pool liquidity is permanently locked;Supports both instant issuance and crowdfunding issuance modes;Integrated with multiple ecosystem entry points from day one, including the Uniswap Web app, wallet, trading API, Bitget, Fomo, GMGN, and OKX Wallet.Hayden Adams also clarified that the 0.25% LP fee from Pools.trade does not go to the Uniswap team but is automatically reinvested into the locked liquidity pool. The revenue distribution mechanism allocates 20% to the creator and 80% to liquidity compounding.He added that Pools.trade is currently still in Beta, and Uniswap Labs will continue to roll out upgrades and optimizations.
Odaily News The U.S. Department of the Treasury released a joint statement on August 4, outlining discussions from the U.S.-UK Financial Regulatory Working Group meeting held in London on July 8. Regulators from both countries expanded collaboration in areas including digital assets, stablecoins, payment modernization, AI, financial stability, capital markets, and cross-border financial cooperation. Participants included finance ministries from both countries, the Bank of England, the Federal Reserve, the UK Financial Conduct Authority, and multiple U.S. financial regulatory agencies. The U.S. side provided updates on the implementation progress of the GENIUS Act for stablecoins and digital asset market structure, while the UK side presented its digital strategy for wholesale financial markets. Both sides support comparable regulatory standards for stablecoins, including cross-border usage, comparable treatment of similar risks, and requirements that stablecoins used as money be backed at least one-to-one by high-quality liquid asset reserves. The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has proposed implementation standards for the GENIUS Act, covering reserves, redemption, capital, liquidity, risk management, custody, and safekeeping. The Bank of England has published draft rules for stablecoins that could reach systemic scale in the UK economy, including a temporary issuance cap of £40 billion per systemic stablecoin, unrestricted use by individuals and businesses, and reserve requirements. The Financial Regulatory Working Group is expected to convene again in early 2027.
据 Bitcoin Magazine 报道，在 Coldcard 硬件钱包漏洞事件引发行业关注后，由 Calle与 Anchorwatch 首席执行官 Rob Hamilton 推动的“比特币红队”已对 390 个比特币开源代码库展开 AI 驱动安全审计，累计提交 4,962 项问题，其中包括 85 项严重漏洞和 635 项高危问题。该项目已获得 OpenSats 支持，审计成本超过 4 万美元，并计划未来开源相关测试工具，以协助更多比特币企业和开发团队排查安全风险。
Alibaba Cloud has launched SecOps Agent, featuring native AI capabilities built into the console, enabling users to achieve security operations automation through natural language intent input. The product integrates 600+ skills covering 20+ security domains. According to official data, Mean Time To Response (MTTR) has been reduced from the original 30 minutes to 3 minutes, marking a significant performance improvement. The system employs a "Policy Gateway Confirmation" mechanism for high-risk operations to ensure operations are auditable and controllable. It is now available for public preview.
Meta launches Muse Code (Beta), a terminal programming agent designed for long-cycle software engineering, powered by the Muse Spark 1.2 model. Muse Code can plan, implement, and verify complex multi-file changes in large codebases, and with the support of persistent sub-agents, it resolves engineering challenges faster, more accurately, and with less intervention, improving development efficiency.
MiniMax announced the open-sourcing of the H3 model, gaining support from tools and platforms such as ComfyUI, magnific, and OpenRouter. MiniMax emphasized that open weights represent more possibilities, enabling better performance, deeper customization capabilities, and more open community collaboration. The company stated that from Hailuo 01 to H3, the open-source strategy continues to advance, aiming to accelerate technological progress and move towards the goal of Artificial General Intelligence together with the developer community.
According to sources familiar with the matter cited by Gelonghui, just days after his hedge fund was on the verge of collapse, former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner has returned to the investment arena, investing a hefty $400 million to back a private company. The investment, completed on Tuesday, is the first sign of how Aschenbrenner is managing the aftermath following the near-collapse of the Situational Awareness Fund last week amid a flurry of margin calls from multiple Wall Street lenders.
Sapiom 宣布完成 3500 万美元 A 轮融资，由 Dragonfly 领投，公司累计融资总额达到 5000 万美元。同时，Sapiom 对外发布其面向 AI 智能体 的生产基础设施，核心定位是在智能体执行操作时，实时决定其可调用的模型、工具、算力与支付行为，并对成本、权限、延迟、可靠性及合规要求进行控制。
Odaily News: Uniswap founder Hayden posted on X, stating that FUD spreaders are concentrating on spreading narratives based more on positions than facts. Meanwhile, Pools.trade has already reached a trading volume of $150 million before its official launch and is still in the Beta stage. Traffic has far exceeded expectations, so there are some areas of the UI that need improvement, but they will be fixed soon.
Odaily News: U.S. Senate Digital Assets Subcommittee Chair Cynthia Lummis stated that the Senate will hold a vote on the CLARITY Act before lawmakers begin their August recess. The bill aims to divide federal crypto regulatory responsibilities and covers ethics, enforcement, consumer protection, and market certainty. Lummis said negotiations around the bill have been ongoing for 11 months, with Democrats proposing more than 300 pages of amendments. Current negotiations still involve sections related to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), enforcement provisions, and ethics rules for senior federal officials. On August 5, Democratic staff on the Senate Banking Committee listed five unresolved areas, including securities protection, illicit finance, national security, and presidential conflicts of interest. Donald Trump has received a bipartisan counter-proposal that would allow state attorneys general to enforce federal crypto ethics rules. Under the CLARITY Act, the CFTC and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would share regulatory oversight, establishing distinct pathways for qualifying digital commodities and securities. CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig and SEC Chairman Paul Atkins both support advancing clearer digital asset regulatory legislation.
Odaily News: Bitcoin News stated on the X platform that ZEUS has temporarily taken its infrastructure offline following a cybersecurity incident over the past few hours. ZEUS said the attack has been mitigated and services will remain offline until it completes a full security audit and resumes operations. ZEUS stated that no customer funds have been lost, and no customer funds are currently at risk. Customers whose Lightning Service Provider channels were closed will receive replacement channels once services are restored. Based on the current investigation, ZEUS said the incident appears to be limited to its own infrastructure, with no evidence yet suggesting it was caused by a vulnerability in Lightning node software. ZEUS added that it has been strengthening its infrastructure using trusted execution environments and the Validating Lightning Signer project, noting that the project is designed to mitigate such attacks in its upcoming architecture. ZEUS said it will continue to provide updates as the investigation progresses.
Odaily News: TeraWulf's high-performance computing (HPC) rental revenue grew 52% quarter-over-quarter in Q2, reaching $31.9 million, continuing to expand its lead over its traditional Bitcoin mining business.HPC rental revenue accounted for approximately 71% of TeraWulf's total revenue of $44.8 million in Q2, up from 62% in the previous quarter. In comparison, digital asset revenue was roughly flat quarter-over-quarter at $12.8 million, but down significantly from $47.6 million in the same period last year. Company CFO Patrick Fleury stated on the earnings call that Q2 results reflect TeraWulf's financial structure becoming increasingly driven by long-term, contracted HPC revenue.However, the company's net loss attributable to shareholders widened to nearly $940 million in Q2, up from $427.6 million in Q1. The loss was primarily driven by a $755.7 million valuation adjustment related to Google warrants, which was impacted by the rise in TeraWulf's share price.Following the earnings release, TeraWulf's stock price fell less than 1%, but remains up approximately 47% year-to-date. Overall, the company is further transitioning from a Bitcoin miner into an AI/HPC infrastructure platform, though short-term financial performance continues to be affected by equity instrument valuations and transition costs.
Odaily News: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has asked the U.S. Department of Commerce to explain its policy toward the UAE, following the U.S. granting the UAE greater access to AI chip exports after UAE-linked entities invested in Trump-family-backed crypto project World Liberty Financial. In a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, it was mentioned that an Abu Dhabi entity invested $500 million in World Liberty Financial in January; another UAE-affiliated company used World Liberty's USD1 stablecoin to complete a $2 billion investment in crypto exchange Binance. The U.S. Department of Commerce previously reclassified the UAE as Country Group A:5, granting it greater access to license-free exports, including advanced chips. The department also stated it would "actively review" license applications involving exports of chips and servers to MGX, the UAE entity that completed the $2 billion Binance investment. Warren stated that the Commerce Department's actions raise significant questions about whether the president's crypto business interests could influence agency operations and national security. In June, several senators, including Warren, had already requested a hearing regarding the $500 million World Liberty Financial deal.