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Odaily News According to the official announcement, OKX will list DOS (DappOS) spot trading. The DOS/USDT spot trading pair will officially open at 18:00 (UTC+8) on August 13, 2026; deposits are now open, and users can place orders one hour before the spot trading goes live.It is reported that DappOS is a Web3-oriented AI operating system designed to integrate research and analysis, content creation, strategy planning, and on-chain execution into a unified platform.
Odaily News: The specification for Bitcoin's proposed soft fork BIP-54 (Consensus Cleanup) was completed in May 2026, aiming to fix four consensus rule boundary issues without adding new Bitcoin features. On August 10, Wang Chun, co-founder of digital asset mining pool F2pool, stated that he does not support BIP-54. He said that if the proposal obtains the required majority through the standard BIP-9 process, F2pool will upgrade its mining nodes, but will not issue a signal of support ahead of time. BIP-54 has been tested in Bitcoin Inquisition, a Signet-based testing environment. Mining pools MARA and ViaBTC have voluntarily produced compatible coinbase transactions; the official activation parameters have not yet been determined, and the mainnet vote has not been completed. Previously, BIP-110, which attempted to restrict certain non-financial data in Bitcoin transactions, failed to gain sufficient miner support and stalled around block height 961,635; BIP-54 does not involve restricting general script functionality. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News – Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings disclosed in its latest quarterly SEC filing that it has pledged 18,750 BTC as collateral for two Bitcoin-backed loans, totaling $750 million in principal.Among these, financing provided by Coinbase Credit includes a refinancing of the original $150 million credit facility plus an additional $300 million in new funds; Two Prime Lending separately provided a $300 million loan. Both loans have been fully drawn, with a combined financing cost of approximately 7.56%, primarily maturing in August 2028.The pledged 18,750 BTC were valued at approximately $1.2 billion at the time of the transaction. If a decline in Bitcoin's price pushes the collateral ratio below the agreed level, MARA could face margin call requirements; otherwise, the related BTC may be subject to liquidation risk.The new funds will mainly be used for general corporate purposes and to support MARA's acquisition of Long Ridge Energy & Power. The transaction has an enterprise value of approximately $1.5 billion. Long Ridge owns a natural gas power plant in Ohio, USA, with an expected installed capacity of 505 MW, along with over 1,600 acres of industrial land. MARA plans to further develop the site into a base for Bitcoin mining, AI, and high-performance computing infrastructure. (Crowdfund Insider)
Odaily News: ZEC treasury company Cypherpunk Technologies (Nasdaq: CYPH) has released its Q2 2026 financial report, posting a net profit of $39.39 million, or $0.18 diluted earnings per share; in the same period last year, the company reported a net loss of $16.64 million and an operating loss of $4.69 million. R&D expenses stood at $0.2 million, down from $10.54 million in the same period last year, primarily due to the completion of clinical trials; general and administrative expenses reached $4.49 million, up $2.75 million year-over-year, mainly driven by increased stock-based compensation. As of June 30, the company's cash balance was $7.6 million. During Q2, the ZEC price rose from $243.35 to $400.09, generating approximately $46 million in non-cash unrealized gains for the company. As of August 11, 2026, the company held a cumulative total of 323,400 ZEC, with an average cost basis of approximately $341.83, representing about 1.92% of ZEC's total circulating supply. On the business development front, the company has appointed Dev Ojha, founder of Valar Group, as an advisor. Valar Group focuses on Zcash network development and research, and has led the development of the high-performance full node software Zakura and the Ironwood shielded pool. The company's subsidiary, Leap Therapeutics, has reached an agreement with the U.S. FDA on the Phase III clinical trial design for sirexatamab (anti-DKK1 monoclonal antibody), and received FDA Fast Track designation in May 2026 for the treatment of patients with second-line metastatic colorectal cancer with high DKK1 expression. The company has also initiated a strategic process to evaluate pathways for advancing sirexatamab development through independent financing or collaboration with partners.
It is reported that Bybit has recently launched a USDC ecosystem incentive campaign with a total prize pool of 100,000 USDC. During the event period from today until August 22, users can participate in the reward distribution by trading designated USDC trading pairs. This campaign will further enrich USDC trading scenarios and enhance the market liquidity and user participation of relevant trading pairs.
According to the official announcement, Bitget CFD has launched Pro mode based on the existing ECN and STP modes, providing independent quote depth for high-frequency and large-volume traders. Currently, this feature is live on the web platform, and the mobile app is expected to open on August 21. Trading instruments in Pro mode uniformly use the .pro suffix; the fee structure and rebate rules are consistent with ECN mode, with a fixed handling fee charged per lot per instrument, and overnight fees charged as normal. This mode is open only to qualified professional clients; users can contact their account managers or official customer service to apply for activation. Previously, Bitget CFD launched liquidity solutions for institutional traders, supporting multi-tier depth aggregation and 100% STP execution. The launch of Pro mode further enriches Bitget CFD's support for professional trading scenarios.
According to TechFlow Research, a Bernstein research report on August 10 pointed out that Microsoft's current lease liabilities increased 33% year-over-year to $114.4 billion, future lease obligations surged 255% year-over-year to $329.1 billion, and fiscal 2027 procurement commitments reached $169 billion. The report believes the market has misread these figures: existing leases are spread over a 13-year period, with rent expiring in 2027 at approximately $13.2 billion; the $329.1 billion future leases will commence sequentially between 2027 and 2033, assuming an average lease term of 12 to 15 years, the annualized rent growth rate is approximately 12% to 16%, roughly in line with Microsoft's commercial cloud revenue historical growth rate; among the $169 billion procurement commitments, GPU servers account for only a portion and are concentrated within 12 months, with only $25 billion for fiscal 2028 and beyond. The report maintains Microsoft's "Outperform" rating, with the price target raised from $647 to $660 and the P/E multiple raised from 26.5x to 27x. Bernstein believes that data center designs support hybrid deployment of CPU and GPU, and if AI demand slows down, capacity can be shifted to traditional cloud business. AI accounts for approximately 16% to 17% of Microsoft's commercial cloud revenue, but since AI gross margin is approximately 27%, far lower than traditional cloud business, AI accounts for approximately 40% of commercial cloud cost of sales. Management stated at the Q4 earnings call that current demand still far exceeds available supply.
Odaily News – Bitget has launched an rToken leveraged trading campaign open to users who have not previously engaged in rToken leveraged trading. During the campaign period, users who complete their first borrow-and-buy rToken leveraged trade will randomly receive a leveraged trading fee rebate coupon worth 10 to 88 USDT, with rewards available to the first 1,000 users on a first-come, first-served basis.Additionally, users participating in rToken leveraged trading who reach specific thresholds can earn between 2 and 888 USDT worth of rSPCX stock, with a total prize pool of 50,000 USDT in equivalent rSPCX. No registration is required for this campaign, which runs from August 12 to August 19. For more details, please refer to Bitget's official platform.
Odaily News According to official sources, Gate's Contract Stocks Section launched perpetual contract trading (USDT settlement) for CSOPSKHYNIX2L (CSOP SK Hynix Daily Leverage 2X ETF 7709.HK), CSOPSAMSUNG2L (CSOP Samsung Electronics Daily Leverage 2X ETF 7747.HK), SSPC (2X Daily Short SpaceX ETF), SPCH (2X Daily Long SpaceX ETF), GFS (GlobalFoundries), VST (Vistra Energy), OKTA (Okta), and OUST (Ouster) on August 12 at 14:00 (UTC+8), supporting 1-20x leverage.Additionally, Gate is hosting Round 13 of the Contract Stocks Section New Coin Airdrop from August 12 at 16:00 to August 21 at 16:00 (UTC+8). New users who complete their first contract trade will receive 5 USDT; daily check-ins based on trading volume in eligible coins can accumulate up to 35 USDT; trading eligible coins in contract markets qualifies participants to share a 30,000 USDT prize pool. The total prize pool for the event is 50,000 USDT, with individual participants eligible to receive up to 240 USDT.
Binance will list the bStocks tokenized security GameStop (GMEB) trading pair on August 12, 2026, at 20:00 (UTC+8) and enable the spot algorithmic trading bot service.
Odaily News: The cross-chain bridge connecting XRP Ledger and Coreum was attacked on August 9. The attacker exploited a validation logic vulnerability to steal approximately 199,900 XRP, reducing the bridge's asset balance from roughly 200,400 XRP to 493.5 XRP. The attack did not involve private key leaks and did not target the XRP Ledger protocol itself. The attacker forged deposit operations, causing the bridge system to recognize them as legitimate deposits and triggering the bridge wallet on the other end to send real XRP. On-chain data shows that the attacker completed the fund transfer through 94 multi-signature authorization transactions within 97 minutes. These transactions required signatures from 17 of the 28 relay node keys, allowing the attacker to bypass the bridge's validation mechanism. As of August 11, the Coreum cross-chain bridge remains suspended, and the Coreum Development Foundation has not yet released an official incident report. The XRP mainnet and user private keys remain unaffected and secure.
According to TechFlow Research, Reuters reported on August 4 that the Trump administration and the FCC are drafting a plan to ban US imports of Chinese data center components, with optical modules specifically mentioned. Goldman Sachs responded to three core questions in an August 10 research report: rapid technological iteration, strong AI demand, and high R&D requirements for multiple SKU varieties make clients more reliant on existing leading manufacturers in the current environment and unlikely to switch to new suppliers easily. Seven of the top ten global optical module suppliers are headquartered in China, and their market share in 2025 will expand further compared to 2024. Goldman Sachs pointed out that leading manufacturers have outstanding advantages in capacity commitments, automated production, and manufacturing efficiency. Product upgrades to 1.6T and above further raise the manufacturing threshold, making it difficult for small and medium-sized manufacturers to catch up in the short term. Overseas capacity deployment is underway; Eoptolink's Phase I in Thailand is at full capacity, and Phase II will expand in 2026, establishing a long-term diversification trend. Goldman Sachs gave Buy ratings to Eoptolink and Robotechnik, and also gave Buy ratings to FOCI, LandMark, and VPEC (all Taiwan stocks), believing that technology, capacity, and customer synergy constitute difficult-to-replicate competitive barriers.
According to the official announcement, Binance Futures will launch the DOSUSDT Perpetual Contract on August 11, 2026, at 15:00 (UTC), supporting up to 20x leverage, with USDT as the settlement asset.
Odaily News: According to the official announcement, Binance Futures will list the DOSUSDT perpetual contract at 15:00 (UTC) on August 11, 2026, supporting up to 20x leverage and using USDT as the settlement asset. Within 24 hours after the contract goes live, the futures copy trading feature will be opened.
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 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).
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 the official announcement, HTX launched KUAISHOU/USDT and MEITUAN/USDT perpetual contracts on August 11, supporting 1-10x long and short trading.
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.
Odaily News: According to official announcements, Binance Futures will update the Portfolio Margin Pro collateral ratios for certain assets at 06:00 (UTC) on August 14, 2026, and adjust the leverage and margin tiers for multiple USDⓈ-M perpetual contracts. The affected contracts include SNDKUSDT, 0GUSDT, RVNUSDT, COWUSDT, GASUSDT, 1000BONKUSDT, METISUSDT, CYBERUSDT, DOGSUSDT, IOSTUSDT, QNTXUSDT, SHAZUSDT, BOTUSDT, PENGUSDT, STRCUSDT, and BSPUSDT. The update is expected to be completed within approximately one hour, and existing positions will be impacted. Grid trading may be terminated as a result of these adjustments.