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Crypto Violent Heists Exceed $30 Million in 2026, France Becomes a Hard-Hit Area
According to The Block, data from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis shows that violent robberies targeting cryptocurrency holders in the first half of 2026 have resulted in losses exceeding $30 million. If the trend continues in the second half, the full-year total will surpass the historical peak of $58 million in 2025. France has become the world's largest "Wrench Attack" hotspot, with 30 public cases recorded in the first half of 2026, while the French Minister of the Interior stated that actual cases exceed 70. Chainalysis attributes this to the 2024 French tax authority data breach—a tax official was suspected of stealing and selling the names, addresses, holdings, and tax records of high-net-worth crypto holders, causing the attack frequency to surge from a monthly average of 1.9 in 2025 to a monthly average of 4.6 in the first half of 2026. Attack methods have also deteriorated; cases targeting family members rather than the holders themselves now account for over 40% of French cases, and the proportion of home invasions rose from 14% in 2025 to 37%. Stolen funds are typically quickly moved on-chain, with some laundered through tools such as decentralized exchanges and cross-chain bridges; advanced criminal networks are even linked to cartel money laundering and terrorist financing channels.
Analysis: Strategy’s Bitcoin Purchases Plunge 91%, Possibly Linked to STRC Cooling Off
According to Decrypt, Bitcoin treasury company Strategy purchased only 3,273 BTC last week—down approximately 91% from the previous week’s acquisition of 34,164 BTC for $2.54 billion. Analysts attribute this slowdown in buying pace to cooling market sentiment surrounding Strategy’s perpetual preferred shares (STRC). STRC had previously driven Strategy to execute its largest BTC purchase in nearly 16 months, fueled by an 11.5% monthly dividend. However, since the ex-dividend date on April 14, STRC’s price has persistently traded below its $100 target range, prompting Strategy to issue 1.4 million common shares for fundraising last week. Notably, Michael Saylor has announced plans to adjust STRC’s dividend distribution frequency to biweekly, aiming to mitigate cyclical fluctuations in the company’s BTC acquisition rhythm.
Strategy Plans to Change STRC Preferred Stock Dividends to Semi-Monthly
Odaily News: Strategy has proposed adjusting the dividend mechanism for its STRC preferred stock, planning to change the current monthly dividend distribution to twice a month (semi-monthly), subject to shareholder approval.STRC is a perpetual preferred stock, targeting trading near a par value of $100, with its price regulated through a floating dividend mechanism. The current annualized dividend yield is approximately 11.5%. The company stated that increasing the dividend frequency helps reduce reinvestment lag, enhance market liquidity, and improve price stability.STRC is one of a series of preferred stock financing instruments within Strategy, forming part of its capital structure alongside products like STRF, STRE, STRK, and STRD. These instruments have already helped the company raise significant funds for its ongoing accumulation of Bitcoin.
STRC Perpetual Preferred Shares Record $1.1 Billion in Daily Trading Volume, Continuously Fueling the Engine for BTC Accumulation
Odaily News Bitcoin treasury company Strategy's perpetual preferred shares, STRC, recorded approximately $1.1 billion in trading volume on April 13, representing a nearly 47% increase from the previous record. This has become a core financing tool for the company to accelerate its Bitcoin accumulation. Strategy raises capital by selling preferred shares like STRC and uses the funds for high-frequency Bitcoin purchases.Data shows that Strategy recently purchased 13,927 BTC for approximately $1 billion, bringing its total holdings to 780,897 BTC. The related funds primarily came from the issuance of over 10 million STRC shares. Within the overall capital plan, STRC, along with STRK, STRF, STRD, and common stock financing, constitutes its "42/42" financing framework. The goal is to raise $84 billion by 2027 for continuous Bitcoin purchases. Current market views suggest that STRC is gradually becoming the dominant instrument within this financing system. (The Block)
U.S. House Financial Services Committee Advances Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Bill with 28-21 Vote
Odaily News: The U.S. House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday advanced the American Reserve Modernization Act (H.R. 8957) by a vote of 28 to 21. All 28 votes in favor came from Republicans, while all 21 votes against came from Democrats.The bill requires the Treasury Department to establish a Bitcoin strategic reserve and a digital asset reserve within 180 days, and mandates that federal agencies declare their asset holdings within 60 days. Bitcoin included in the reserve may not be sold, exchanged, auctioned, or pledged as collateral for 20 years.The revised text removes provisions to purchase additional Bitcoin using Federal Reserve funds, gold certificate revaluation, and tariff revenues, and changes the frequency of proof-of-reserve reports from quarterly to annual. The bill does not authorize the purchase of Bitcoin; it only requires the Treasury Department and the Commerce Department to study acquisition plans that impose no cost on taxpayers. (Decrypt)
Analysts: Fed rate hike probability reaches 92.7%, US stocks and Bitcoin face correction risk
CryptoQuant certified analyst Axel Adler Jr. noted in a post that CME FedWatch data indicates a 92.7% probability of the Federal Reserve raising rates by 25 basis points at its September meeting, potentially moving the target rate range to 3.75%-4.00%. In the seven rounds of initial rate hikes since 1988, the S&P 500 index declined five times six weeks later, with an average drop of 2.83%. The market has largely priced in this hike, with attention shifting to the future policy path; should the Fed signal a higher frequency of rate hikes or a longer duration of elevated rates, it could further pressure U.S. stocks and Bitcoin.
Wintermute Plans ~$1B Investment Over Five Years to Expand AI and High-Frequency Trading, Non-Crypto Revenue Expected to Exceed 50% by 2027
Odaily News: Cryptocurrency market maker Wintermute plans to invest approximately $1 billion over the next five years in AI infrastructure and high-frequency trading systems, while expanding into equities, commodities, foreign exchange, and prediction markets. The company aims to increase non-crypto revenue to more than 50% of total revenue by the end of 2027. Wintermute founder and CEO Evgeny Gaevoy said the company plans to fund the investment with retained earnings. Wintermute's average daily trading volume this year is around $10 billion, down from approximately $15 billion last year; non-crypto businesses currently account for about 10% of revenue. The investment projects will cover computing power, storage, network, and data center infrastructure, supporting quantitative strategies that rely on large-scale datasets and models requiring continuous training and retraining. Wintermute has already expanded into exchange-traded funds, real-world asset perpetual futures, and prediction markets. Wintermute's U.S. affiliate recently completed its broker-dealer registration, allowing it to trade equities and stock options for its own account and serve as an authorized participant for exchange-traded products. The registration provides a pathway for the company to enter regulated securities markets. (Bitcoin.com News)
Bitget Launches Institutional-Grade CFD Liquidity Solution, Supporting Multi-Level Depth Aggregation and 100% STP Execution
Odaily News - Bitget has officially launched an institutional-grade CFD liquidity solution, targeting quantitative teams, proprietary trading firms, funds, brokers, and high-net-worth professional traders, supporting high-frequency trading, spot-futures arbitrage, and automated trading scenarios such as Expert Advisors (EA). As professional trading institutions continue to demand greater execution efficiency, liquidity, and low latency, this solution aims to provide a more stable and efficient execution environment for large-volume, high-frequency trading.On the execution and liquidity front, Bitget adopts a 100% STP (Straight-Through Processing) model, routing orders directly to external liquidity pools and aggregating multi-level market depth from global Tier-1 banks and non-bank market makers, thereby reducing slippage and market impact during large-order execution. Additionally, trading servers are deployed in core financial data centers such as LD4 in London and TY3 in Tokyo, supporting sub-millisecond order matching via dedicated lines and fiber-optic connections, and offering a FIX API to facilitate institutional clients' integration with existing trading systems, bridging tools, and liquidity aggregation platforms.In terms of fund management, client assets are segregated from platform operating funds, with independent custody accounts, compliance reviews, and third-party audit mechanisms enhancing asset management transparency. The launch of this institutional-grade liquidity solution further strengthens Bitget's CFD backend trading infrastructure, complementing its existing retail-facing products and covering a multi-tiered range of trading needs from retail traders to professional institutions.
South Korea's Financial Services Commission: If Demand for Single-Stock Leveraged ETFs Does Not Cool Down, Will Consider Setting Individual Investment Quota Limits
South Korean Financial Services Commission Chairman Lee Eok-yeon announced that if market demand for single-stock leveraged ETFs fails to cool down sufficiently, regulators will study the introduction of further regulatory measures, including limits on individual investment quotas. It is reported that South Korea may limit the investment scale of single-stock leveraged ETFs to within 20% of an individual's total financial investment assets and assess further raising investor access thresholds, including introducing periodic re-education, simulated trading, and minimum investment experience requirements. At the same time, the South Korean Financial Services Commission requires fund companies to disperse ETF rebalancing (Rebalancing) timing to avoid concentrated position adjustments at the end of trading sessions amplifying market volatility, and calls on Liquidity Providers (LP) to reasonably control quoting and trading frequency to reduce unnecessary trading. The South Korean FSC previously announced that starting from July 31, the minimum margin for single-stock leveraged ETFs will be increased to 30 million Korean won, and investor education and premium rate management will be strengthened.
South Korea's single-stock leveraged ETF daily trading volume falls below 10 trillion won, trading cools ahead of new regulatory rules
according to data from the Korea Exchange, the combined daily trading volume of 16 single-stock leveraged and inverse ETFs tracking Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix fell below the 10 trillion won mark this Monday (July 27), dropping to 7.46 trillion won. This represents a 27% decrease from the previous trading day and a more than 30% decline compared to the average daily trading volume of the previous week. Their share of the total trading volume in the Korean ETF market also fell to 36.9%. Among these, products related to SK Hynix still dominated trading, accounting for approximately 70% of the total trading volume of all single-stock leveraged and inverse ETFs.Market analysts believe the cooling of trading is mainly due to new regulations from South Korea's financial authorities. Starting July 31, individual investors in South Korea who newly purchase or increase holdings of single-stock leveraged ETFs/ETNs must maintain a cash-based margin of at least 30 million won. Additionally, regulators plan to raise the minimum trading unit to further curb high-frequency short-term trading. (Duam)
Analysts: Fed rate hike probability reaches 92.7%, US stocks and Bitcoin face correction risk
CryptoQuant certified analyst Axel Adler Jr. noted in a post that CME FedWatch data indicates a 92.7% probability of the Federal Reserve raising rates by 25 basis points at its September meeting, potentially moving the target rate range to 3.75%-4.00%. In the seven rounds of initial rate hikes since 1988, the S&P 500 index declined five times six weeks later, with an average drop of 2.83%. The market has largely priced in this hike, with attention shifting to the future policy path; should the Fed signal a higher frequency of rate hikes or a longer duration of elevated rates, it could further pressure U.S. stocks and Bitcoin.
Bybit appoints Sean Ballard as Head of Derivatives and Institutional Business
Bybit announced the appointment of Sean Ballard as Head of Derivatives and Institutional Business. He will oversee enhancements to Bybit’s trading infrastructure, risk framework, and institutional business capabilities, with responsibilities spanning trading risk and exchange technology domains. According to public information, Ballard possesses over 25 years of experience in global financial markets, with deep expertise in derivatives, high-frequency trading, trading risk, and market structure. Prior to joining Bybit, he held a position at Jump Trading, leading the firm’s high-frequency futures operations in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. He also served as a Senior Trader on the Jump Crypto team, spearheading centralized exchange trading initiatives and strategic ecosystem partnerships.
Binance Report: Gen Z Prefers ETFs and Has Lower Trading Frequency
Binance Research data shows that the share of ETFs in Gen Z investors' net stock inflows rose to 22%, and this group's trading frequency and leverage usage are both lower than other generations.
Since May, cumulative contract profits have reached $17.44 million; a whale is 10x shorting PLTR with a $26.6 million order placed
Odaily News According to monitoring, the PLTR contract on Hyperliquid is currently trading at $172.32, rebounding 39.3% from its 7-day low of $123.74. The 24-hour trading volume is approximately $7 million, with open interest valued at around $33.986 million. One whale currently holds 39% of the total platform open interest for this asset, and their order size is equivalent to 78% of the asset's total open interest value. After the price increase, the largest short seller, a whale, is currently in a losing position. This whale is shorting 78,300 PLTR contracts with 10x isolated leverage, with a position value of approximately $13.5 million, an average entry price of $169.46, and an unrealized loss of about $224,000. The liquidation price is $187.08, roughly 8.6% above the current price. The whale has set up three layers of orders around its existing short position, totaling $26.6 million, making it the largest order placer for PLTR at present. Near the $172 price level, the whale has placed 24 reduce-only buy orders, planning to cover 5,845.7 short contracts with a notional value of approximately $1.006 million; in the $167.3 to $171.41 range, 49 buy orders have been placed, planning to purchase 101,200 PLTR contracts with a notional value of approximately $17.002 million, at a weighted average order price of about $167.98. If all of these are filled, the remaining short position would be closed, potentially converting to a long position of approximately 28,700 PLTR contracts; in the $175.9 to $179.08 range, 49 sell orders have been placed, planning to sell 54,300 PLTR contracts with a notional value of approximately $9.6 million, at a weighted average order price of about $176.8. If PLTR rises first after the market opens, this batch of orders would expand its short position to approximately 132,600 contracts. Currently, PLTR's 24-hour trading volume is approximately $7 million, with open interest valued at around $33.986 million, and an hourly funding rate of approximately +0.00042%. The market has not yet shown obvious long-side crowding. This whale primarily trades US equities and is a high-frequency event-driven trader, often using positions worth tens of millions of dollars and dense laddered orders to rotate between storage, semiconductor, and technology stocks. Since May, its cumulative contract profits have reached approximately $17.44 million.
GateToken (GT) 2026 Q2 On-Chain Burn Complete, Cumulative Total Burn Value Exceeds $1.311 Billion
According to official announcements, the on-chain burn for GateToken (GT) in the second quarter of 2026 has been officially completed. A total of 2,570,063.3829548 GT has been transferred to the burn address, with a destruction value exceeding $17.75 million.Since the launch of the Gate Chain mainnet in 2019, GT has implemented a continuous burning mechanism. To date, a cumulative total of 189,947,219 GT has been burned, with a total cumulative destruction value exceeding $1.311 billion (based on the quarterly average price). The total token supply has been significantly reduced by approximately 63.32% from the initial 300 million tokens.As the sole Gas token for the Gate Layer, GT's usage frequency continues to rise. As the underlying infrastructure, the Gate Layer provides high-performance network support for applications such as Gate Perp DEX, Gate Fun, Gate Meme Go, and Gate Swap. Furthermore, Gate is continuously enriching its product ecosystem. Gate Stocks has established a 7×24 hour trading service system covering the three core markets of US stocks, Hong Kong stocks, and Korean stocks, encompassing over 12,500 global stocks and ETF assets. It supports fractional share trading starting from as low as 0.01 shares and provides entitlements to stock dividends. The platform also supports cross-broker transfer of US and Hong Kong stocks, and facilitates corporate actions such as stock splits and reverse stock splits, further enhancing the stock investment service experience. Gate will persistently execute a long-term, stable GT burning mechanism to form a tighter positive cycle between the token's economic model, actual usage demand, and ecosystem expansion.
a16z-affiliated entity transfers 77,400 HYPE worth $5.18 million to exchanges in 5 hours
that, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, an a16z-affiliated entity has not accumulated HYPE for a week. Over the past 5 hours, it has transferred a total of 77,400 HYPE, worth $5.18 million, to various exchanges. The entity transfers tokens to exchanges with high frequency, but the scale is lower than its accumulation magnitude; the price of HYPE has remained largely flat over the past week.
Crypto Violent Heists Exceed $30 Million in 2026, France Becomes a Hard-Hit Area
According to The Block, data from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis shows that violent robberies targeting cryptocurrency holders in the first half of 2026 have resulted in losses exceeding $30 million. If the trend continues in the second half, the full-year total will surpass the historical peak of $58 million in 2025. France has become the world's largest "Wrench Attack" hotspot, with 30 public cases recorded in the first half of 2026, while the French Minister of the Interior stated that actual cases exceed 70. Chainalysis attributes this to the 2024 French tax authority data breach—a tax official was suspected of stealing and selling the names, addresses, holdings, and tax records of high-net-worth crypto holders, causing the attack frequency to surge from a monthly average of 1.9 in 2025 to a monthly average of 4.6 in the first half of 2026. Attack methods have also deteriorated; cases targeting family members rather than the holders themselves now account for over 40% of French cases, and the proportion of home invasions rose from 14% in 2025 to 37%. Stolen funds are typically quickly moved on-chain, with some laundered through tools such as decentralized exchanges and cross-chain bridges; advanced criminal networks are even linked to cartel money laundering and terrorist financing channels.
Citadel Securities Sues Former Employee for Over $7.9 Million Over Crypto Startup
Citadel Securities has filed a lawsuit in London, seeking over £6 million (approximately $7.9 million) from Leonard Lancia, its former European Head of Derivatives Systematic Market Making and co-founder of high-frequency crypto trading firm Portofino Technologies.Citadel Securities alleges that Leonard Lancia and his colleagues began planning their startup while still employed, and has won damages and legal cost support in related labor arbitration. Additionally, Citadel Securities filed a lawsuit against Portofino Technologies in the US in 2023, accusing it of stealing trade secrets. Leonard Lancia and Portofino Technologies have denied all allegations. The High Court in London rejected Leonard Lancia's request to lift the asset freezing order last Friday. (Bloomberg)
2026 Q2 sees 83 crypto hacks, a new all-time high
according to DefiLlama data, Q2 2026 has become the most active quarter on record for crypto hacks, with 83 separate attack incidents, setting a new all-time high.Despite the increased frequency of attacks, the total losses for the quarter were approximately $755.3 million, still lower than the $3.56 billion lost in Q4 2020. Of this, the $293 million attack on KelpDAO and the $280 million attack on Drift Protocol accounted for more than three-quarters of the quarter's total losses. Cross-chain bridges were the largest source of losses, with related attacks leading to approximately $351 million being stolen. Earlier this month, Humanity Protocol lost $36 million, Aztec Connect experienced two attacks on passive smart contracts, each losing about $2.1 million, and decentralized exchange Raydium suffered a $1.3 million attack in June. (financefeeds)
Threshold Network: Successfully Thwarted Attempt to Maliciously Mint tBTC
Threshold Network posted on platform X, stating that on May 18, 2026, a malicious attacker attempted to mint tBTC without depositing the underlying Bitcoin. The attempt was unsuccessful; no invalid tBTC was issued, and user funds were not at risk.As a precautionary measure against high-frequency malicious activity in the broader crypto ecosystem, Optimistic Minting has been temporarily suspended. Currently, minting operations are conducted through the liquidation mechanism, with typical minting times increasing from approximately 1.5 hours to around 6 to 7 hours.
PeckShield: Cross-chain bridge attacks from February to May 2026 caused $329 million in losses
PeckShield posted on platform X, stating that from February to mid-May 2026, at least 8 major cross-chain bridge security incidents occurred in the crypto industry, with attackers stealing approximately $328.6 million in assets from cross-chain protocols in total.PeckShield pointed out that cross-chain infrastructure remains a high-frequency target for hackers, with related risks continuing to intensify amid the expansion of the multi-chain ecosystem.
Coinbase internal tool Mux reveals AI coding paradigm shift: Engineers transition from "code writers" to "multi-agent orchestrators"
Coinbase, a cryptocurrency trading platform, has disclosed in a technical sharing session that its internal multi-agent development tool "Mux" is reshaping software engineering workflows, transitioning the engineer's role from traditional code implementers to task orchestrators for AI agents.With the widespread internal adoption of AI programming tools such as Cursor, Copilot, OpenCode, and Claude Code, code generation efficiency has significantly improved. However, development workflows have long remained stuck in a traditional "single-task, single-branch, sequential execution" mode, creating a new collaboration bottleneck.Mux was born as an internal tool against this backdrop. By assigning each AI agent an independent git worktree, branch, and terminal environment, the system enables parallel multi-task development and conflict-free collaboration, allowing engineers to simultaneously direct multiple agents to handle tasks such as API development, test writing, vulnerability fixes, and code refactoring.Data shows that as of April 2026, Mux has covered over 600 users within Coinbase (including engineers, product managers, and designers), with 335 actively using it and 197 being high-frequency users. It has facilitated over 5,000 PR merges across 461 code repositories and 10 organizations. Engineers using Mux achieved an average of 39.6 PR merges, approximately 3.5 times the baseline of 11.4.Coinbase stated that Mux's success relies on its internal infrastructure capabilities, including an LLM Gateway, secure model access, and a code flow deployment system, enabling deep integration of multi-agent tools into real development workflows. This trend marks a structural shift in the software engineering paradigm: as AI reduces the cost of code generation, the core value of engineers is transitioning from "implementation capability" to "problem definition and agent orchestration capability."
Pump.fun adjusts its Callout reward mechanism: high-frequency posting yields diminishing marginal returns, with rewards now prioritizing content quality.
Pump.fun co-founder Alon stated that the initial Callout reward mechanism previously led to low-quality spam. The platform has adjusted its algorithm to reduce the marginal returns for high-frequency posting, emphasizing that rewards are tied to the actual trading volume generated by the content.
Gemini Switches Zcash Software Ahead of NU7 Upgrade's 25-Second Block Times
Odaily News: Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has switched its Zcash system operating software from Zebra to Zakura, reducing the time required for nodes to catch up with the network state from nearly a day to just over 6 hours.The switch was made ahead of Zcash's planned NU7 upgrade. The upgrade aims to reduce block times from 75 seconds to 25 seconds, requiring network computers to process transactions at three times the previous frequency.Developers aim to implement the mainnet upgrade on November 5, but Gemini has not yet published performance test results for Zakura under the faster block production frequency. (CoinDesk)
B.AI Exclusive Perks Incoming: Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6 Series Limited-Time Special Offer Launching Soon
B.AI has announced that the latest Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6 series will begin its exclusive promotional event on September 25 at 15:00 (SGT): MiMo-V2.6-Flash will be available at 90% off, and MiMo-V2.6-Pro will enjoy a 50% off introductory discount. The series supports a 1M ultra-long context window and full multimodal understanding, covering high-frequency Agent and complex reasoning scenarios, enabling developers to implement API calls cost-effectively. Log in to chat.b.ai/chat in advance to obtain your API Key.
OpenAI GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna Launch on B.AI, Simultaneously Available on Both Platforms
Odaily News: On September 23, the B.AI platform announced the official launch of two high-efficiency models from the OpenAI GPT-6 series, GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna, simultaneously available on both API and Web Chat. The entire series supports a 1.05M ultra-long context window and 128K output, natively supports image understanding and Computer Use, and offers 6 adjustable levels of reasoning intensity.Among them, GPT-6 Sol is designed for complex software engineering and Agent workflows, scoring 68.8% on DeepSWE v1.1 with per-task costs reduced by approximately 80%; GPT-6 Luna is built for high-frequency, large-batch workloads, scoring 66.6% on DeepSWE v1.1, with input pricing as low as $0.10/1M Tokens. Starting today, developers and users can directly access both models through the B.AI platform.
Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6 Series Models Officially Launch on B.AI, Flagship All-Modal and Efficient Versions Now Open for Both Platforms
B.AI has announced the full launch of Xiaomi's open-source, native multimodal reasoning large models in the MiMo-V2.6 series, with simultaneous access via both API and Web Chat. The entire series features a 1M token ultra-long context window and comprehensive understanding capabilities across text, images, video, and audio. The MiMo-V2.6-Pro utilizes a sparse MoE architecture with 1.02 trillion total parameters and 42 billion active parameters, specifically engineered for repository-level software engineering, long-horizon agents, and complex multimodal reasoning. The MiMo-V2.6-Flash, on the other hand, is built on an architecture with 309 billion total parameters and 15 billion active parameters, prioritizing high throughput and rapid response for high-frequency office automation and large-scale agent invocation scenarios. Starting today, developers and users can directly invoke both models via the B.AI platform. Visit chat.b.ai/chat to experience them now.
Solana aims to cut target slot time to 250 milliseconds, increasing block production speed by nearly 17%
Solana shortened its target slot time from 300 milliseconds to 250 milliseconds on Friday, increasing block production frequency by nearly 17%. The computing resources and data volume available per slot are reduced accordingly, while the network's overall transaction processing capacity remains unchanged.This adjustment is the third of four planned phases in the SIMD-0525 proposal. The window during which validators have block production rights for four consecutive slots has been shortened from 1.2 seconds to 1 second, and the estimated duration of an Epoch, fixed at 432,000 slots, has been reduced from about 36 hours to about 30 hours.The next phase plans to further reduce slot time to 200 milliseconds, but a mainnet launch date has not yet been determined, and the implementation condition is that the block skip rate remains stable. (Decrypt)
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Pump.fun adjusts its Callout reward mechanism: high-frequency posting yields diminishing marginal returns, with rewards now prioritizing content quality.
Pump.fun co-founder Alon stated that the initial Callout reward mechanism previously led to low-quality spam. The platform has adjusted its algorithm to reduce the marginal returns for high-frequency posting, emphasizing that rewards are tied to the actual trading volume generated by the content.
Gemini Switches Zcash Software Ahead of NU7 Upgrade's 25-Second Block Times
Odaily News: Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has switched its Zcash system operating software from Zebra to Zakura, reducing the time required for nodes to catch up with the network state from nearly a day to just over 6 hours.The switch was made ahead of Zcash's planned NU7 upgrade. The upgrade aims to reduce block times from 75 seconds to 25 seconds, requiring network computers to process transactions at three times the previous frequency.Developers aim to implement the mainnet upgrade on November 5, but Gemini has not yet published performance test results for Zakura under the faster block production frequency. (CoinDesk)
Over $14 Billion in Preferred Stock Outstanding, Strategy Proposes Changing Dividend to Daily Payments
Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor has proposed changing the dividend payment frequency for billions of dollars in preferred stock from semi-monthly or quarterly to daily payments, with the related securities offering an annualized yield of up to 12%. Strategy currently has over $14 billion in preferred stock outstanding; the company previously raised funds by selling common stock to purchase Bitcoin, and shifted to issuing perpetual preferred stock after the premium of its common stock relative to its Bitcoin holdings disappeared. Shareholder voting on the proposal will conclude on October 28.
B.AI Exclusive Perks Incoming: Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6 Series Limited-Time Special Offer Launching Soon
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OpenAI GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna Launch on B.AI, Simultaneously Available on Both Platforms
Odaily News: On September 23, the B.AI platform announced the official launch of two high-efficiency models from the OpenAI GPT-6 series, GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna, simultaneously available on both API and Web Chat. The entire series supports a 1.05M ultra-long context window and 128K output, natively supports image understanding and Computer Use, and offers 6 adjustable levels of reasoning intensity.Among them, GPT-6 Sol is designed for complex software engineering and Agent workflows, scoring 68.8% on DeepSWE v1.1 with per-task costs reduced by approximately 80%; GPT-6 Luna is built for high-frequency, large-batch workloads, scoring 66.6% on DeepSWE v1.1, with input pricing as low as $0.10/1M Tokens. Starting today, developers and users can directly access both models through the B.AI platform.
Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6 Series Models Officially Launch on B.AI, Flagship All-Modal and Efficient Versions Now Open for Both Platforms
B.AI has announced the full launch of Xiaomi's open-source, native multimodal reasoning large models in the MiMo-V2.6 series, with simultaneous access via both API and Web Chat. The entire series features a 1M token ultra-long context window and comprehensive understanding capabilities across text, images, video, and audio. The MiMo-V2.6-Pro utilizes a sparse MoE architecture with 1.02 trillion total parameters and 42 billion active parameters, specifically engineered for repository-level software engineering, long-horizon agents, and complex multimodal reasoning. The MiMo-V2.6-Flash, on the other hand, is built on an architecture with 309 billion total parameters and 15 billion active parameters, prioritizing high throughput and rapid response for high-frequency office automation and large-scale agent invocation scenarios. Starting today, developers and users can directly invoke both models via the B.AI platform. Visit chat.b.ai/chat to experience them now.