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Coldcard has released the latest firmware 5.6.1 (Mk4/Mk5) and 1.5.1Q (Q). This update is based on a three-week security review following the emergency fix on July 31, addressing security risks brought by the previous mnemonic generation attack. Each newly generated mnemonic must now include at least one source of user entropy, including at least 65 irregular keystrokes, 50 physical dice throws, or 128 physical coin flips, combined with fresh entropy provided by STM32 TRNG, SE1, and SE2. The new firmware also adds instant staged PSBT verification before signing, strengthens USB connection and firmware update boundaries, improves Delta Mode isolation mechanisms, fixes active wallet backup issues, enhances random number generator initialization and fault checking, adjusts SIGHASH default settings, and includes multiple security and correctness improvements. Coldcard stated that this update aims to further reduce the risk of device attacks. The official reminder notes that updating the firmware cannot fix existing mnemonics generated by previously affected firmware. If users' mnemonics fall within the scope of this security advisory, they should first update the device, then generate and verify a completely new mnemonic, and migrate funds to the new wallet. Coldcard recommends that all Mk4, Mk5, and Q users update their devices promptly and verify the signature of the downloaded firmware.
Odaily News, according to official sources, decentralized AI infrastructure DeAgentAI has announced the official launch of its new website.The AI Agent hosting platform, launched alongside the new website, is dedicated to providing long-term underlying support for the construction, deployment, and persistent hosting of intelligent agents. As the first flagship application deployed on this platform, Sentry has been released simultaneously, enabling round-the-clock persistent strategy monitoring with full coverage of all 308 assets on Hyperliquid (including crypto assets, stocks, and commodities). Leveraging the underlying trusted infrastructure, it transforms market insights into objective, emotion-free automated strategy execution.DeAgentAI stated that Sentry is only the first step in the platform's deployment, with more AI Agents for vertical scenarios to be continuously built and hosted on this platform in the future.Meanwhile, with the full deployment of the AI Agent platform, Sentry, and enterprise solutions, DeAgentAI has officially initiated a programmatic regular buyback and burn mechanism for $AIA based on real protocol revenue, driving token deflation and value capture through actual business growth, while continuously reinforcing the long-term value of $AIA.
Odaily News: GnosisDAO has approved the transition of the blockchain network Gnosis Chain from a standalone Layer 1 network to a zero-knowledge proof-based Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ) Rollup. The network will eliminate its independent validator set and instead rely on Ethereum validators to settle transactions.The proposal received 123,158 GNO in favor, 115 against, and 151 abstentions, involving 54 participants with a total participation of 123,425 GNO, exceeding the quorum threshold of 75,000 GNO. The upgrade is initially planned to launch in late 2026 or early 2027, depending on the technical readiness of the EEZ.After the upgrade, Gnosis Chain's native smart contracts will be able to call Ethereum and use the returned results within the same transaction, while also accessing Ethereum mainnet assets and liquidity. Gnosis Chain will become the first deployed EEZ instance, retaining its existing applications, balances, and xDAI fuel token. (Cointelegraph)
According to Trend Research, an HSBC report released on August 18 spanning 12 industries points out that SpaceX's Starlink has crossed the inflection point for scale. As of June 30, it operates 10,200 satellites in orbit and serves 12 million broadband subscribers across 167 markets. Additionally, 7.4 million monthly active devices connect directly to mobile phones via satellite (Direct to Cell), covering 30 countries. Maersk has installed Starlink on more than 330 container ships, while United Airlines plans to upgrade 15 Boeing 737-800 aircraft per month. Starship aims to reduce launch costs to $100–$300 per kilogram, representing a decline of over 95% compared to historical averages. HSBC assesses that the space race is now benefiting terrestrial industries across three dimensions: From a communications standpoint, Starlink and ground-based telecom operators are predominantly complementary, filling coverage gaps in oceanic, desert, and post-disaster environments. Regarding compute infrastructure, orbital data centers currently cost three times as much as ground-based equivalents, acting mainly as strategic reserves; however, if TeraFab’s vertically integrated wafer fabs succeed, they could revolutionize the division of labor in the semiconductor industry. At the energy level, AI data centers have pushed the annual growth rate of U.S. power demand to 4%-5%, making renewable energy and the electrical grid the largest beneficiaries. Among the 12 industries covered, power, semiconductors, and robotics are being directly transformed.
Odaily News: Hyperliquid ecosystem project team HyperLabs has unlocked 433,025 HYPE, worth approximately $23.46 million, and has been continuously depositing tokens into trading platforms, including Flowdesk and OKX. Tracking data shows that an additional 9.92 million HYPE is expected to be unlocked on September 6, worth approximately $589 million based on a price of $59.39. The Hyper Foundation publishes the claim amounts around the 6th of each month. In March, only 173,217 HYPE were actually claimed, lower than the planned 99,200 tokens. Tokenomist data shows that the aid fund has repurchased 11.9 million HYPE from the unlock schedule, accounting for approximately 14%. The repurchased tokens will be burned, reducing the current total supply to 955.3 million HYPE. Certified Public Accountant Dat Ngo stated that tax liabilities typically arise upon token vesting, and some holders may sell tokens to cover taxes. TMGM CPA Ashley Akin stated that if the market is not overly leveraged, the $581 million unlock can still be absorbed, but combined with margin requirements, it would increase trading difficulty. On-chain perpetual contract trading platform Hyperliquid does not restrict users from trading during certain news events. Market data shows that liquidation volume has dropped 71%, trading volume has fallen 50%, and open interest continues to decline. Bitcoin remains below $65,000, and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting minutes will be released ahead of the Federal Reserve's September 15-16 meeting. (Forbes Digital Assets)
Odaily News: Enterprise AI data platform Prevalent AI has announced the completion of a $22 million funding round, with Los Angeles-based investment firm Integrity Growth Partners (IGP) participating. Founded in 2017, the company specializes in developing AI-driven data platforms that connect and integrate data from multiple systems within an enterprise, helping organizations build continuously updated "sovereign knowledge graphs" and supporting the deployment of AI Agents and automation systems. (Tech.eu)
Odaily News: Blockchain data analytics platform Nansen released its "Starknet H1 2026 Report," stating that in the first half of 2026, Starknet completed its strategic transformation from a high-performance Layer 2 network to a "privacy-preserving execution layer." The launch of the STRK20 privacy framework and the Bitcoin asset strkBTC became the ecosystem's most significant upgrades.The report notes that as an Ethereum-based ZK-Rollup network, Starknet generates STARK proofs off-chain and verifies them on-chain, achieving high throughput and low transaction costs. Its smart contracts use the Cairo language, specifically designed for verifiable computation, and support native account abstraction functionality.In the first half of this year, Starknet launched the v0.14.2 upgrade, introducing the SNIP-36 protocol to lay the technical foundation for private transactions. This upgrade allows the network to directly verify off-chain execution proofs, enabling confidential state transitions without exposing account balances or counterparty information. Additionally, SNIP-37 adjusted the network's economic model, increasing storage costs while lowering base gas fees to optimize incentives for long-term state growth.In terms of privacy applications, Starknet launched the STRK20 privacy framework, which allows users to convert any ERC-20 asset into encrypted balances and conduct private transfers, trades, and DeFi interactions. The system is built on zero-knowledge proof technology and implements compliant auditing through an encrypted viewing key mechanism, protecting user privacy while supporting targeted information disclosure in regulatory scenarios.On-chain data shows that in Q2 2026, Starknet recorded an average daily transaction volume of approximately 239,000 and an average of about 50,000 daily active addresses. During the period, a total of 22.5 million transactions were completed, involving approximately 71,000 users. Among these, DEX aggregator AVNU contributed roughly 14 million transactions, accounting for 62.2% of total volume; gaming infrastructure Cartridge contributed 6.57 million transactions, with the two combined accounting for approximately 91% of transaction activity.
Odaily News: Cantor Fitzgerald has announced that it will open access to the prediction market platform Kalshi for institutional investors, providing event contract trading services to its approximately 3,000 institutional clients, including family offices and hedge funds.According to The Wall Street Journal, Cantor Fitzgerald will act as a broker arranging block trades for institutional clients, enabling them to participate in "yes/no" contract trading based on real-world event outcomes offered by Kalshi. The trading instruments cover multiple areas, including weather forecasts, commodity price trends, and corporate performance.This partnership marks the further entry of traditional financial institutions into the prediction market space. Kalshi is an event trading platform regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), where users can bet via contracts on whether specific events will occur, such as economic data releases, policy changes, weather conditions, and business events.In recent years, prediction markets have drawn attention from investors, with proponents arguing that they can reflect collective expectations through market prices and provide risk hedging tools for businesses and investment institutions. However, regulators and some market participants have also continued to scrutinize the boundary between these markets and gambling. (WSJ)
Odaily News: The KITE Foundation has provided an update on the handling of a token security incident. A new KITE ERC-20 contract has been deployed on the Ethereum mainnet, with the total token supply remaining unchanged. Old KITE tokens will be migrated to the new contract at a 1:1 ratio. Addresses confirmed to be controlled by the attacker will be excluded and will not receive new tokens.The migration snapshot is based on Ethereum mainnet block height 25,692,498. Regular self-custody wallet users will receive the new tokens directly without needing to redeem or authorize anything. Exchange users will have their migration coordinated between the exchange and the KITE team. Cross-chain channels will remain paused until migration and verification are complete.Previously, KITE detected abnormal transfers on August 6 and confirmed it had been attacked by hackers. The team stated that this incident did not result in any asset losses for users or the project, and the impact is currently under control.
Mantle officially launches its new website (mantle.xyz) and simultaneously initiates a brand narrative upgrade. Mantle's new positioning focuses on "powering borderless access to global capital markets," aiming to build an open finance network connecting global market participants with on-chain institutional-grade capital market assets. This Mantle upgrade is not a rebranding or narrative pivot, but a natural evolution based on RWA product practices over the past year. Over the past year, Mantle has launched various types of RWA assets such as tokenized stocks, money markets, treasury yields, and commodities, and from this has derived a core insight: tokenization itself cannot solve the problem of "who can truly reach and use the assets"; liquidity and distribution are key. The new narrative "powering borderless access to global capital markets" is precisely the core theme running through all important product launches this year. The Mantle ecosystem already hosts 710+ RWA assets, enabling 7×24-hour non-stop trading; its dual liquidity model features xChange's Atomic RFQ fixed quotes operating alongside Fluxion's AMM deep liquidity, ensuring assets can be traded at real scale, not just passively listed. According to RWA.xyz data, in July, RWA price on Mantle
Odaily News, X-Agent recently published a technical article titled "An OPC Is a Stack, Not a Headcount Story," arguing that as AI significantly reduces R&D and operational costs, the competitiveness of a One Person Company (OPC) should no longer be measured by how much work a single person can complete.The article points out that an OPC with true commercial capability needs to establish a complete closed loop spanning demand discovery, AI production, capability infrastructure, distribution, economic systems, and market feedback.And this is precisely the problem X-Agent aims to solve.At the capability layer, X-Agent leverages MCP to help individual developers productize their capabilities, transforming a project into a service that can be discovered, invoked, and verified by Agents. At the commercial layer, X-Agent further connects Agent distribution and payment infrastructure, enabling services to enter real Agent workflows, with usage-based billing, budget management, payment, and settlement.Meanwhile, the X-Agent MCP Hackathon is also driving this model into practice: developers do not need to start by building an "MCP server" from scratch. Instead, they first prove that a real capability can solve a practical problem, then convert it into a production-grade Agent service through standardization, deployment verification, and security checks.Therefore, what X-Agent is building is not just a development tool, but a framework that helps OPCs complete:Demand discovery → Capability building → MCP productization → Agent distribution → Commercial settlement → Market feedbackUltimately forming a self-reinforcing AI business closed loop.The OPC of the future is not one person taking on all the work, but one person using AI and Agents to organize a complete set of company-level capabilities.
Monitoring by the PPP Prediction Market Tool shows that in the Polymarket event "Will the Fed hold interest rates steady in September?", an account (0xfbe66593e49c4e7a7180a2582f041158bfb800f8) that has earned over $160,000 in profit over the past month purchased $278,000 worth of shares betting the Fed will keep rates unchanged in September, at an average entry price of 50.7¢, holding 389,715.1 shares.According to the settlement rules, this market will settle based on the interest rate change following the Fed's September 2026 FOMC meeting. If the rate adjustment magnitude does not fall within existing options, it will be rounded up to the nearest 25 basis points—for example, a 12.5 basis point rate cut or hike would be calculated as 25 basis points. If no relevant statement is released before the meeting concludes, the event will settle as "unchanged."The Fed's next FOMC meeting is scheduled for September 15-16, 2026. Previously, at its July meeting, the FOMC voted 9 to 3 to hold interest rates steady.Join the PPP Signal Push Community to stay ahead of the curve and seize the initiative.
Odaily News: Banking giant Citigroup Inc. has announced plans to launch a Bitcoin custody service on its institutional platform Custody+ later this year, starting with Bitcoin custody. Clients will be able to use both traditional asset and crypto asset custody services within the same framework. Citi stated that its Single Event Processing system has enabled continuous processing of custody transactions, with over 80% of event volume completed in real-time and 96% of U.S. voluntary corporate actions processed within two hours. The platform also integrates settlement, foreign exchange, liquidity, tax, and market data services. Citi noted that its digital asset infrastructure supports the transfer of funds and securities beyond traditional market hours, and through Citi Token Services, enables near-instant, 24/7 movement of tokenized deposits in certain markets. In June, Citi also launched blockchain-based securities custody services representing shares of private companies. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: HyperliquidNews posted on the X platform that HyperliquidPC and TradeXYZ have submitted a letter to the SEC, requesting new rules for TradeXYZ's IPOPs, including: 1. Issuing coordinated guidance through the SEC and CFTC to clarify the classification of the instrument; 2. Establishing disclosure requirements based on the nature of the instrument; 3. Implementing listing safeguards; 4. Ensuring market integrity; 5. Opening these markets to all U.S. investors.
Bitcoin News posted on X platform, stating that Simon Males has launched Krackpot, a browser-based game that allows anyone to use GPU to attempt cracking the private key of Bitcoin Puzzle 71. The prize is 6 BTC. The probability of cracking depends on the number of GPUs: a single gaming GPU would take approximately 830,000 years, 1 million GPUs would take 1 year, and simultaneous participation from all Steam players would take 1 week. The game runs locally in the browser via WebGPU. If a user finds the private key, 6 BTC will be sent to their designated Bitcoin address, with the remainder going to the developer.
According to Bloomberg, people familiar with the matter said that Shenzhen-based robotics company LimX Dynamics has confidentially filed for a Hong Kong initial public offering, planning to raise up to $300 million. The company is working with CITIC Securities to advance the transaction. This move comes as several Chinese robotics companies prepare to go public.
Odaily News: B.AI Android App has officially upgraded its "Service Availability Detection" feature, adding a "Real-Time Response Latency" data display. When users run a connection test, they can now directly view the precise latency value (ms) of the current node and flexibly filter the optimal service address based on their own network conditions. This move significantly enhances transparency and decision-making efficiency in connection selection, helping users enjoy an ultra-smooth AI interaction experience. Download or update the B.AI App now to unlock a smarter, more stable conversational experience.
The Blockchain Association stated that it has submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, supporting its proposal to rescind Rule 611 and Rule 610(e) under Regulation National Market System. The association believes that the relevant rules were based on the 2005 market structure and are no longer able to adapt to the current faster, automated, and interconnected market environment.
Odaily News: Uniswap founder Hayden Adams published a long post on the X platform, stating that as traditional assets such as stocks progressively become tokenized, AMMs are expected to expand from crypto long-tail assets and the stablecoin market into traditional financial markets. He believes that tokenization makes markets programmable, which not only changes how markets operate, but also what kinds of markets can exist, who provides liquidity, and how trading pairs are formed between different assets.Adams argues that in the future, on-chain liquidity may be reorganized around correlation-based trading pairs—for example, NVDA could trade directly against SPY, with SPY/USD serving as the bridge to the US dollar. Meanwhile, he stated that AMMs will win the market. Beyond correlation-based trading, another important factor is the continuous improvement in AMM design and customizability—for instance, Uniswap v4 Hooks enables deep market customization, significantly enhancing LP returns. Adams believes that passive liquidity will ultimately follow a similar development path and prevail, and its impact could be even greater, as it can substantially lower the barriers to creating and participating in markets.
According to Cryptopolitan, DeFi lending protocol Compound approved a record $52 million two-year development budget via DAO voting and completed leadership restructuring, announcing a full pivot to the institutional market. The COMP token subsequently rose over 10% within 24 hours, currently trading at around $18. Regarding the budget, $14 million has been authorized for immediate use, with the remaining funds unlocked in batches based on milestones. In terms of fund allocation, approximately $28 million is designated for operations and R&D for the new version Compound V4, and $24 million for growth, of which $8 million to $10 million is specifically allocated for institutional partnerships. The V4 core adopts a "hub-and-spoke" architecture, centralizing fund scheduling through a central hub to meet higher institutional requirements for risk control. Currently, over 10 partners have confirmed joining, with another 20+ currently in negotiations.