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Odaily News: Samsung plans to add native stablecoin features, including fiat-pegged savings and payment accounts, to 800 million new Galaxy smartphones through Samsung Wallet, with the functionality potentially covering tokens such as USDC. The plan is based on Samsung's existing crypto wallet infrastructure and the nearly 19 million Samsung Wallet users in South Korea. Samsung intends to integrate payments, rewards, and digital assets into a single ecosystem across 61 countries. Samsung holds a $408 million stake in Dunamu, the operator of Upbit, and is advancing its digital asset infrastructure strategy. As South Korea drafts its Digital Asset Basic Act, Samsung's initiatives encompass support for both USD- and KRW-denominated stablecoins.
Galaxy Digital Head of Research Alex Thorn stated that based on new victim reports received following the incident, the number of attackers exploiting the Coldcard vulnerability has reached at least 15.Thorn noted that information provided by victims helped the research team uncover previously unidentified attack activity. Unlike thefts from centralized exchanges, correlations between the attackers in this vulnerability exploit require confirmation through on-chain analysis and victim feedback.He added that a single victim reporting less than 1 BTC stolen helped the team discover a previously unknown attack, which siphoned approximately 12 BTC from 126 addresses.According to Galaxy Research's earlier estimates, the Coldcard vulnerability has led to at least three rounds of attacks, with losses amounting to approximately $100 million in BTC. Additionally, Galaxy has identified a suspected fourth round of attacks, which could bring total losses to approximately $130 million.Meanwhile, the incident has also sparked discussions regarding the security of Bitcoin self-custody. Dragonfly Managing Partner Haseeb Qureshi stated that "AI security hardening costing around $2" could potentially have prevented this vulnerability, and noted that some AI models were able to rediscover related vulnerabilities within a relatively short timeframe. However, industry insiders pointed out that current claims about the speed of AI discovering vulnerabilities lack rigorous blind testing and verification.Researchers believe that as AI model capabilities improve, the costs of vulnerability discovery and attacks in the crypto industry may continue to decline, requiring wallet developers to further strengthen code audits and security protections. (Cointelegraph)
According to TechCrunch, Apple Inc. has formally applied for a preliminary injunction against OpenAI, requiring it to stop developing AI devices and related products based on Apple technology. Apple's latest investigation shows that, in addition to Senior Systems Engineer Chang Liu and Chief Hardware Officer Tang Yew Tan named in the previous complaint, another 11 former Apple employees may be involved in trade secret theft, with some having privately retained work equipment issued by Apple upon departure. Apple has simultaneously applied for an expedited discovery process, involving parties including OpenAI, its foundation, and the device startup io co-founded by Jony Ive. In response, OpenAI publicly stated that Apple's allegations are "based on misinformation and completely unnecessary," and counterclaimed that Apple has security procedure vulnerabilities, resulting in former employees still being able to access its internal systems.
Odaily News: Apple has limited the number of vulnerability reports a single researcher can submit at one time because its security team has received a large number of submissions generated by AI, many of which do not actually contain real flaws. Apple stated that researchers can request a higher limit at any time, and the company is also using AI internally to triage submissions.Bynario, a Milan-based cybersecurity startup, said it used OpenAI's ChatGPT to discover more than 50 vulnerabilities in the latest version of macOS within three weeks, including a privilege escalation chain that could give attackers full control of a Mac device.Bynario stated that it was unable to report this vulnerability because Apple had already rejected further submissions. Bynario CEO Alfredo Pesoli estimated the vulnerability's value on the criminal market at $100,000 to $200,000. Apple said it has reached out to the company and reviewed its work. In June, Apple added a submission cap and a 30-day cooldown period to its security portal. In a recent security update, Apple listed vulnerabilities discovered with the assistance of Anthropic and OpenAI software, with the number of fixes approximately five times that of a normal cycle. (Decrypt)
OneBullEx announces the launch of a TradFi perpetual contract position incentive campaign. The campaign period is from August 4, 18:00 to August 19, 18:00 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of 40,000 USDT in contract trial funds. The campaign covers TradFi USDT-margined perpetual contracts including tech stocks, indices, and gold. After completing registration, users can receive rewards based on their daily average position value. The applicable reward rate is unlocked jointly by the total average position size of all registered users, with a maximum annualized reward rate of 21%. Of this, 35,000 USDT is allocated for position rewards; another 5,000 USDT is for new user first-trade bonuses. New users who have never completed contract trading on OneBullEx prior to registration can receive 10 USDT in contract trial funds if they complete a net deposit of no less than 100 USDT into their contract account during the campaign period and achieve 5,000 USDT in valid trading volume for designated TradFi contracts, limited to the first 500 users. The maximum annualized reward rate is calculated based on the maximum 50x leverage supported by designated contracts and the actual margin occupied, and does not constitute fixed income or a promise of returns.
Odaily News: SK Hynix and SanDisk have unveiled the first standard specification for High Bandwidth Flash (HBF), a next-generation storage technology based on NAND flash. SK Hynix presented the specification at FMS 2026, held from August 4 to 6 in Santa Clara, California, USA.HBF stacks NAND flash vertically in a manner similar to High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) to enhance capacity and data transfer speeds. The specification defines two stacked configurations—8-layer and 16-layer NAND dies—with a maximum capacity of 512GB and bandwidth offered in three tiers, supporting 0.4TB to 3.0TB per second.HBF connects to processors using the industry-standard UCIe interface, enabling compatibility with different processor types such as GPUs and CPUs. The specification has been released through the Open Compute Project (OCP), and the HBF Consortium currently includes Google and AI semiconductor company Tenstorrent.SK Hynix will also showcase its in-development 10th-generation (V10) 375-layer 4D NAND wafers and products for the first time at this event, with plans to begin mass production of high-performance, high-capacity enterprise SSDs (eSSD) utilizing this technology early next year.
Blockchain media ChainCatcher recently released the report "Options Market Enters New Paradigm: 2026 H1 Landscape Evolution and Key Features," systematically reviewing the global crypto options market in the first half of 2026 based on data from platforms such as CoinGlass, with Bybit's options business listed as a core case for focused analysis.
Odaily Odaily News: TokenWorks announced on the X platform that the initial distribution phase of Fake World Assets has been completed, and external purchases will officially open at 3:00 PM EST on August 4.Previously, to prevent external capital from affecting the protocol's early development, Fake World Assets only distributed tokens to participants. TokenWorks stated that going forward, the 50% portion of protocol fees originally allocated to TokenWorks will be redirected to a buyback mechanism.Under the new mechanism, tokens repurchased will be distributed proportionally: 70% to buyers, 10% to depositors, and 20% burned. Additionally, the platform will reduce the purchase fee from 5% to 2.5% and increase the depositor bid ratio from 85% to 90%.TokenWorks stated that these parameters will be continuously adjusted based on protocol performance in the future to drive the protocol toward long-term sustainable development.
: Asset management giant BlackRock has announced the launch of two tokenized money market products: the BlackRock Select Treasury Based Liquidity Fund (BSTBL) and the BlackRock Daily Reinvestment Stablecoin Reserve Vehicle (BRSRV). BSTBL will offer Ethereum-based tokenized shares of an existing money market fund. These on-chain shares can be transferred between approved wallets, subject to regulatory compliance. BNY Mellon will serve as the transfer agent and tokenization service provider for BSTBL. BRSRV, meanwhile, is a new tokenized money market fund designed for digital-native institutional investors, supporting daily dividend reinvestment and multi-blockchain access, and can be used for a variety of digital asset applications, including stablecoin reserve management. Securitize will serve as the transfer agent and tokenization service provider for this fund.
Odaily News: Bitcoin wallet service provider Nunchuk has issued an important update regarding the recent Coldcard security incident, recommending that users with multisig wallets containing Coldcard-generated keys migrate their funds as soon as possible.Nunchuk has categorized response levels based on the number of affected Coldcard keys in a multisig wallet: if the number of Coldcard-generated keys has reached the signing threshold, attackers could theoretically transfer funds directly, and such users should migrate immediately; if the wallet contains only 1 Coldcard-generated key and it is below the signing threshold, a single compromised key cannot move funds independently, making the risk relatively lower, but migration is still strongly recommended. If users cannot confirm the exact number of Coldcard keys in their wallet, they should treat it as a high-risk situation.Additionally, Nunchuk announced that an upcoming mobile update will automatically enable the Slipstream channel for paid users. At that point, any auxiliary multisig wallet transaction containing at least one Coldcard key will bypass the public mempool and be submitted via Slipstream, reducing the risk of transaction monitoring and replacement. For users who wish to act immediately or for free-tier users, Nunchuk offers a manual migration option: users need to create a migration transaction, complete multisig signing without broadcasting, and then submit the raw transaction data to the Slipstream platform.
CSOP Asset Management issued an announcement regarding a total of 12 single-stock leveraged and inverse products under its management, linked to underlying individual stocks such as SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics in the Korean stock market, and Tesla, Nvidia, Coinbase, etc. in the US stock market. These products will adopt a flexible leverage structure on August 3. Under this structure, the leverage multiple of each leveraged product or each inverse product will be adjusted based on market conditions. The upper limit of the leverage multiple shall not exceed 2x (applicable to leveraged products) or 2x inverse (-2x) (applicable to inverse products).
Odaily News — According to official sources, OKX.AI has announced that registration for its inaugural trading hackathon is now open. Following the previous Genesis hackathon for Agent Service Providers (ASP), this hackathon focuses on AI Agent live trading capabilities. Participants are required to deploy their trading strategies as Trading ASPs and conduct live trading with no less than 300 USDT in equivalent funds. Rankings will be updated in real time based on yield (PnL %). The total prize pool is $20,000, with the champion receiving a $5,000 reward.It is reported that OKX.AI is an economic system built specifically for Agents, where users and Agents can discover and utilize professional services provided by ASPs. This event supports two development frameworks: Onchain OS and Agent Trade Kit. Registration runs from July 31 to August 11 at 12:00 (UTC+8), and the competition will take place from August 11 to August 25.
Odaily News, OpenAI released research findings stating that its next-generation AI model, Astra, has made progress in mathematics and theoretical computer science, covering fields such as high-dimensional geometry, coding theory, group theory, quantum complexity, post-quantum cryptography, and extremal combinatorics. The 10 results published cover: the high-dimensional sphere packing problem, binary and spherical coding problems, non-sofic group problems, Connes rigidity conjecture, arithmetic circuit complexity problems, quantum parallel repetition problems, the closest vector problem, Ehrhart volume conjecture, multicolor Ramsey number problems, and extremal graph theory conjectures.According to reports, these results were derived by an internal version of the Astra model, with the computational cost of finding solutions amounting to approximately $2,000 (calculated based on Sol API pricing). Subsequently, human researchers used the same model to help compile the results into papers and generated verifiable proof certificates through the Lean formal proof system.
Odaily News: The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a fraud alert on July 30, warning that scammers are mailing counterfeit IRS notices requiring cryptocurrency holders to register through a non-existent "Digital Asset Compliance Portal" before an urgent deadline. Each fraudulent letter contains a QR code that directs recipients to a website impersonating IRS.gov. The fake portal may request personal information, cryptocurrency wallet details, exchange login credentials, recovery phrases, private keys, or other data that could be used for theft. Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and cybersecurity firm Darktower traced the related infrastructure to a domain registered through a Hong Kong-based registrar shortly before the letters were distributed. Investigators found that the website is hosted in Romania, on a network previously associated with phishing pages impersonating financial institutions.
Bitget launches Phase 8 of the Contract VIP "Ten Million Club" event. The event snapshot rules are "Calendar Month Cumulative Target Achievement + End-of-Month Status Confirmation". Based on account data from August 31, the platform will award esports-themed gift boxes of different tiers based on users' US Stock rToken trading volume or Contract trading volume from August 1 to August 31. Rewards include: Razer Gaming Chair, PS5 Pro, Colorful RTX 5090 Graphics Card, and other great gifts. Previously, Bitget announced an upgrade to its Contract VIP service system and launched the "Ten Million Club" plan. Eligible users can receive platform-customized high-end physical gift boxes on a monthly basis. Previous gifts to users have included Moutai, Hermes, Apple gift boxes, and Luk Fook Jewellery. Specific benefits are subject to the monthly announcement.
Odaily News: Zurich-based crypto bank Sygnum Bank has integrated its regulated cryptocurrency services into the Bancastato online banking system, allowing clients in the Swiss canton of Ticino to buy, hold, and sell BTC, ETH, LTC, and SOL via Bancastato's web and mobile platforms without needing to open a separate exchange account. Bancastato has become the first bank to offer cryptocurrency trading through Sygnum's application programming interface within an Avaloq software-as-a-service banking environment. Clients can place market orders based on cryptocurrency quantity or dollar value, with Sygnum handling trade execution while Bancastato retains the client relationship, brand, and front-end experience. Sygnum stated that its B2B platform has provided trading, custody, compliance, and settlement infrastructure to more than 25 banks and international financial institutions, including partners such as Zuger Kantonalbank, Luzerner Kantonalbank, Postfinance, and VZ Vermögenszentrum. Sygnum noted that these collaborations have delivered regulated digital asset services to over one-third of the Swiss population through existing banking relationships.
Google has begun rolling out Gemini Spark to Google AI Pro users outside the United States. Spark is a personal AI agent that runs 24/7 in the background, capable of handling heavy tasks based on user instructions. According to the test account Testing Catalog, the product's next major upgrade will support true MCP (Model Context Protocol), with related features already in development.
Minicoin, an IP RWA network built on the Creditcoin blockchain, has announced that its native token, MINI, will be the first project to launch on the PenguinSwap Launchpad.In addition, Mini Labs, the development company behind Minicoin, has received official authorization from IPX. Minicoin will mint each piece of intellectual property into IP NFTs representing full ownership. The platform ecosystem includes an on-chain IP registration system, smart contract-based revenue settlement (settled in MINI), creator and fan incentive mechanisms, and AI creation tools.Currently, the survival adventure game "minini universe: ROOM" has been deployed on the PenguinBase platform. Users can qualify for the MINI Launchpad public offering by playing the game, leveling up, and minting SBTs.
Odaily News, August 1: trade.xyz has announced the completion of compensation distribution for the Hynix contract pricing anomaly event that occurred on July 27. Users will receive their corresponding USDC compensation without any additional action required.According to the announcement, compensation amounts are calculated based on a reference price of $1,115.5. Users with compensation under 10,000 USDC will receive the full amount directly; for amounts exceeding that threshold, an initial distribution of 9,999 USDC will be issued, and users must contact support to complete due diligence before August 15 to claim the remaining balance.At 23:01 UTC on July 27, the marked price of the SK Hynix token on trade.xyz briefly dropped from $1,127.9 to $917.25, triggering forced liquidations across numerous long positions.
Odaily News: Former US Congressman George Santos has reached a settlement with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The CFTC stated that Santos engaged in manipulative trading behavior while trading a prediction contract on Kalshi regarding whether he would attend the State of the Union address in February 2026, profiting over $17,500 from the trades.According to the CFTC's Friday announcement, Santos is required to pay $35,000 as part of the settlement, but neither admitted nor denied the regulator's findings.The CFTC stated that in the two weeks leading up to the State of the Union address, Santos repeatedly made public comments about whether he would attend the event, causing significant fluctuations in the price of the event contract. For example, while holding a "Yes" position indicating he would attend, he posted on X asking what he should wear to the State of the Union. Within hours, the price of the Yes position rose, after which Santos closed his position for a profit.The CFTC also alleged that Santos subsequently continued to post updates about his travel to Washington, D.C., including flights and train rides, and profited by trading back and forth based on market reactions to his public statements. The CFTC stated that Santos's conduct was intentional, or at least reckless. He traded in an event contract whose underlying outcome he could influence, and affected the contract price through misleading public statements or omissions of information, thereby profiting from his trading positions.Santos's attorney, Joseph W. Murray, stated in Friday's announcement that the State of the Union contract was Santos's first foray into prediction market betting.