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Odaily News: CZ posted a SafePal security incident alert on platform X, reminding the community to beware of phishing attacks. He also disclosed that SafePal is one of YZi Labs' (formerly Binance Labs) portfolio companies, and YZi Labs is currently a minority shareholder of SafePal.
Only 1 day remains until DeepSeek-V4-Flash is fully available for free on the B.AI platform on August 17. At that time, the web interface and API will go live simultaneously, allowing users to freely enjoy full-scenario experiences such as code execution, complex Agent tasks, and long text processing. To empower developers to use DeepSeek without worrying about costs, B.AI is simultaneously launching three benefits: New users logging in via Binance Wallet, Bitget Wallet, or imToken wallet can claim 1 million free Credits; entering an invitation code adds another 300,000, bringing the cumulative total to up to 1.3 million; both new and existing users who recharge can enjoy extra Bonus Credits of up to 100 USD. Please note that accounts must retain a small amount of Credits for identity verification; please prepare in advance. The specific launch time will be announced soon; please stay tuned to B.AI official updates.
Stacks co-founder Muneeb Ali stated that the Satoshi Upgrade I hard fork has been successfully completed, and the network's decentralization has further improved after the new signer went live. Regarding Binance's "monitoring label," there are currently no concerns regarding delisting risks or liquidity, but waiting for the next round of formal evaluation is still necessary.
Odaily News: BNB Smart Chain (BSC) has announced that the Pasteur hard fork will officially go live on the mainnet at 10:30 AM Beijing time on August 25 (02:30 UTC on August 25). Node operators are required to upgrade their clients to v1.7.7 in advance.This upgrade includes three improvements—BEP-682, BEP-695, and BEP-675—focusing on enhancing cross-chain security, validator governance mechanisms, and network throughput. Among them, BEP-682 will strengthen the BNB Chain cross-chain bridge verification mechanism, preventing permission bypass risks caused by duplicate signature counting by validators, thereby improving the security of cross-chain asset transfers. BEP-695 optimizes the validator key rotation mechanism, ensuring that old keys no longer retain management privileges after exit, while also fixing potential vulnerabilities related to slashing and governance voting.In terms of performance, BEP-675 reduces the time consumption caused by validators repeatedly executing transactions by optimizing the block construction process. In BNB Chain's internal QANet test environment, this solution increased throughput from 1,237 TPS to 2,324 TPS. While maintaining the 450-millisecond block time and the 100 million Gas block limit unchanged, the average Gas usage per block rose from 46.35 million to 84.15 million.BNB Chain stated that this upgrade is primarily aimed at validators and block builders, designed to provide greater capacity during network peak periods and advance the throughput expansion goals outlined in BNB Chain's roadmap for the second half of 2026.
According to U Chinese (@UstablesZH), the stablecoin $U Flexible Savings on Binance has been renewed again. The event period is August 16 08:00 – September 15 07:59 (UTC+8), totaling 30 days: • Regular users: 0 – 5,000 $U enjoy 8% tiered interest boost • VIP 1–9 users: 0 – 500,000 $U enjoy 5% tiered interest boost
Odaily News: Flap has announced the launch of bBroker Vault, powered by bStocks, on BNB Chain, combining Meme coin trading activity with NFT yields and tokenized stock ecosystems through a new mechanism.Under this mechanism, users are required to pay a fixed fee in corresponding tax tokens to mint bBroker NFTs, and the tokens paid are burned directly. Subsequently, trading fees from quote assets flowing into the Vault are automatically allocated to a "dividend pool" and a "floor price pool," enabling NFT holders to continuously earn dividends in quote assets without staking or locking up.Meanwhile, each bBroker NFT carries an on-chain floor price backed 1:1 by assets in the floor price pool, and holders can sell the NFT back to the Vault at any time to exit. Flap positions this mechanism as a novel on-chain economic model integrating Meme coins, NFTs, and stock assets.
Binance will launch 6 USDT-quoted perpetual contracts on traditional financial assets on August 14, with underlying assets covering Hong Kong stocks, Korean stocks, and the South Korea KODEX 200 ETF, including Zhongji Innolight (3308.HK), Samsung Electro-Mechanics (009150.KS), Hanmi Semiconductor (042700.KS), LG Electronics (066570.KS), NAVER (035420.KS), and KODEX 200 ETF (069500.KS).
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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.
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.
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.
According to the official announcement, to provide more Binance futures trading options and enhance the user trading experience, the Binance Futures platform will list perpetual contracts at the following times:
Odaily News – Grayscale withdrew three ETF registration applications for Cardano (ADA), Hedera (HBAR), and Polkadot (DOT) in succession on August 7, with the three withdrawal filings submitted approximately 190 seconds apart.All three withdrawal filings indicate that Grayscale no longer plans to proceed with the issuance of shares for the related ETFs. The filings also note that the registration statements had not yet taken effect, no securities were issued or sold, and no preliminary prospectus was published. These withdrawals do not represent rejections by the SEC of the related ETF applications, and the filings do not disclose the reasons behind them.As of August 8, Grayscale's altcoin ETF applications for Bittensor, Aave, BNB, NEAR, and Zcash remain in the preliminary stage. Previously, Grayscale's Avalanche Staking ETF and Hyperliquid Staking ETF registration statements took effect in March and June of this year, respectively. However, the effectiveness of a registration statement does not mean the product has begun trading. (cryptoslate)
Odaily News - Karia Samaroo, founder and former CEO of Canadian crypto company WonderFi, recently stated that the company's acquisition by US trading platform Robinhood Markets for CAD 250 million was not due to a lack of growth potential, but rather because Canada's market environment has restricted local tech companies from continuing to scale.Samaroo said that WonderFi was founded in 2021. After several years of development, the company consolidated Canada's fragmented crypto market, built a nationwide brand, and survived the QuadrigaCX collapse, the FTX crash, and Canada's strict crypto regulatory environment. By 2023, WonderFi had become a leading crypto platform in the Canadian market.However, he believes that succeeding in Canada was not the company's ultimate goal. WonderFi had originally hoped to grow into a global enterprise, and Robinhood saw WonderFi as a strategic gateway into the Canadian market, which led to the CAD 250 million acquisition. Samaroo pointed out that Canada has long faced structural issues that limit companies' ability to scale, including insufficient venture capital, weak public markets, regulatory fragmentation, and declining attractiveness of entrepreneurial returns.For the crypto industry, the challenges are even more pronounced. Samaroo noted that after the QuadrigaCX incident, Canadian regulators established one of the world's strictest crypto regulatory frameworks. While the original intent was to protect investors, it also increased operational costs for businesses. International trading platforms including Binance, OKX, Bybit, and Gemini all entered the Canadian market previously and then exited. He believes that Canada's crypto regulations are not only strict but also compounded by fragmented securities regulatory systems, leading to higher financing costs, increased operational complexity, and diminished interest from overseas investors.Samaroo said that WonderFi is not an isolated case—many Canadian tech companies have followed a similar trajectory: growing domestically until hitting market ceilings, then ultimately seeking overseas capital or strategic buyers. Shopify founder Tobi Lütke has also previously criticized Canada for repeatedly "nurturing important companies only to send them abroad." Restricting corporate sales can easily become a political statement, but the real key to solving the problem lies in building a business environment that supports companies in financing, expansion, and competing globally.Robinhood previously announced the acquisition of WonderFi for approximately CAD 250 million. This deal also reflects the accelerating consolidation in the North American crypto industry, as US platforms expand into other markets through M&A. (Fortune)
B.AI welcomes multiple major updates this week. In terms of benefits, new users can log in with one click using Bitget Wallet, Binance Wallet, or imToken wallet to immediately claim 1 million free Credits; logging in via an invitation code grants an additional 300,000, stacking with the exclusive wallet login bonus for a cumulative maximum of 1.3 million, while inviters simultaneously enjoy permanent rebates on friends' recharges and subscriptions. Recharge discounts are released simultaneously, with BNB Chain channels enjoying an exclusive 1:1 equivalent quota bonus, while other multiple payment methods enjoy a 1:0.5 bonus; a single user can receive up to $100 equivalent points. On the model side, new breakthroughs continue as the "Choose Your Own Provider" lineup expands significantly this week, adding the Nebula channel and launching historic call discounts as low as 90% off; meanwhile, Alibaba's flagship Qwen model Qwen3.8-Max officially lands on the platform and is now open for limited-time free experience. Currently, the choose-your-own-provider mode fully covers global mainstream large model series such as Claude, GPT, and Gemini; combined with recharge bonuses and multiple discount tiers, it continues to deliver extreme cost-performance computing power for global developers and enterprise users. Log in now at chat.b.ai/chat to start your journey of intelligent creation.
Decentralized stablecoin USDD announces that with the launch of TRON DeFi Summer Season 2, its Summer Earn Plan launched jointly with Binance Wallet and JustLend DAO is now live. The event runs from today until October 4, 07:59 (Singapore Time), and participating users can share a total reward of $900,000. Specifically, users who complete designated deposits or subscribe to designated event vault assets via Binance Wallet can share a TRX exclusive airdrop worth $300,000; by subscribing to USDD via JustLend, in addition to enjoying the base APR, users can also participate in sharing a 600,000 USDD reward pool, with no upper limit on user participation amounts.
Odaily News: CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost posted on platform X, stating that the cumulative trading volume of the Trump family-linked stablecoin USD1 on Binance has surpassed $50 billion. Data shows that since its launch over a year ago, USD1 has experienced rapid growth in trading scale. The stablecoin was launched by World Liberty Financial in March 2025, a project co-founded with the participation of the Trump family. USD1 is primarily backed by U.S. dollars and short-term U.S. Treasury assets, and adopts an institutional-oriented compliance framework. Currently, the market cap of USD1 has exceeded $4 billion.
According to the official announcement, Binance Futures will launch KOUSDT and RDDTUSDT perpetual contracts.
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.