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Bitget CFD has officially launched its sub-account feature, aimed at providing institutional clients, professional trading teams, and high-net-worth users with more refined multi-strategy management, achieving 100% physical isolation between different strategies and positions. Sub-accounts share the master account's KYC status with no need for repeated verification. By default, users can create up to 5 independent CFD accounts with one click, supporting the deployment of different strategies—such as EA, high-frequency scalping, long-term trend, and hedging—into separate accounts, ensuring each strategy operates in a clean, independent environment.At the same time, the master account can centrally view real-time equity, margin ratio, current orders, and historical orders of all sub-accounts, while retaining the authority to reset sub-account trading passwords and read-only passwords, catering to professional teams' needs in account management, permission control, and internal risk management. Risk notifications for each sub-account, including margin top-ups and liquidation warnings, will also be independently sent to corresponding emails and app pushes, further enhancing the efficiency of multi-strategy collaboration and risk response.
Odaily News – According to the latest report by The Economist Enterprise, after 13 years of development and multiple strategic upgrades, Gate is gradually evolving from a traditional crypto asset trading platform into a comprehensive financial infrastructure connecting digital assets with traditional financial markets. The report notes that as more traditional financial products — including stocks, ETFs, tokenized assets, forex, and metals — enter the digital asset ecosystem, Gate is leveraging its multi-asset product layout and global infrastructure development to further bridge the gap between crypto finance and TradFi. In the interview, Gate Founder and CEO Dr. Han stated that as the industry evolves, digital asset platforms are no longer facing only technical challenges, but also risk management, user protection, and industry regulation.In terms of TradFi integration, Gate has established a multi-layered framework spanning tokenized assets, derivatives, and native stock trading, successively launching products and services such as xStocks, Ondo, Gate TradFi, Pre-IPOs, Direct IPO Access, and Gate Stocks. Among these, Gate Stocks now supports stock trading in the U.S., Hong Kong, and South Korea, significantly lowering the barrier for global users to participate in traditional financial markets. Meanwhile, Gate continues to enhance its 24/7 trading and liquidity infrastructure to meet the cross-market asset allocation needs of users worldwide.The Economist Enterprise also pointed out that as the digital asset market moves further toward institutionalization, compliance, transparency, and infrastructure capabilities are becoming key components of platform competitiveness. Gate continues to advance its compliance framework across multiple global jurisdictions and has provided third-party audits and open-source Proof of Reserves since 2020. In addition, Gate is introducing AI infrastructure into Web3, connecting AI with trading, wallets, and more services through products such as Gate AI, Gate MCP, and GateClaw, driving the platform's evolution from a traditional trading venue into a comprehensive financial infrastructure that connects digital assets, traditional finance, and AI applications.
Odaily News - Bitcoin News announced on the X platform that BitBox has disclosed two severe hardware wallet vulnerabilities, stating there is currently no evidence that these vulnerabilities have been exploited or led to user fund theft. All disclosed issues have been fixed in firmware v9.26.5, and BitBox urges all users to update immediately. An internal security audit uncovered two severe vulnerabilities, along with new details regarding a previously fixed bootloader vulnerability. One vulnerability affecting BitBox Multi devices could allow a malicious host to execute arbitrary code and install malicious firmware on devices that have not yet completed setup. Another vulnerability in Silent Payments could allow an attacker to exploit a malicious host device to redirect funds to unintended addresses, resulting in Bitcoin being locked and potentially enabling extortion attacks. BitBox also disclosed that the previously fixed bootloader vulnerability could allow attackers to trick users into installing malicious firmware capable of stealing funds.
Odaily News: Oracle and quantum computing company Quantinuum have announced a multi-year partnership to connect Quantinuum's Helios quantum computer to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Customers will soon be able to combine quantum computing with resources such as GPUs and high-performance computing through OCI's quantum services.In addition, Oracle plans to preview its quantum computing services in the coming months and will integrate Quantinuum's development tool stack with open-source hybrid programming frameworks for developing and testing quantum-classical hybrid applications. The two parties did not disclose the collaboration amount or specific deployment dates. (Reuters)
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.
Odaily News: The latest software version 3.3.0 of XRP Ledger (XRPL) introduces several upgrade proposals, including Confidential Transfers. This feature is designed for institutional users, supporting encrypted token balances and transfer amounts while preserving the visibility of accounts and token types. It is primarily applied to Multi-Purpose Tokens (MPT) on XRPL, including tokenized financial assets such as funds and bonds. Through cryptographic technologies like zero-knowledge proofs, the network can verify transaction validity without disclosing specific amounts. XRPL currently holds approximately $1.38 billion in on-chain real-world assets (RWA), including about $845.7 million in RLUSD. In addition to RLUSD, there are over $530 million in tokenized assets on XRPL, involving issuers such as Ondo, VERT Capital, Archax, and Societe Generale. XRPL 3.3.0 also includes five proposals—Batch, Sponsor, Permission Delegation, and Dynamic MPT—addressing institutional needs such as batch transactions, fee sponsorship, permission management, and dynamic adjustments to token attributes. The aforementioned upgrades have not yet been officially launched and will only be activated after receiving support from more than 80% of XRPL's trusted validator nodes for two consecutive weeks.
xAI has released a new version of the text-to-image model Grok Imagine Image 2.0. The model improves prompt accuracy, typography, and layout results, and adds professional-grade editing tools such as magic wand and segmentation editing, background removal, and smart resizing. The model now supports up to 5 input images, enhances consistency across generations, and introduces templates for product images, avatars, icons, game assets, and more. It is currently available on the Grok web version, iOS, and Android apps in Quality Mode.
Odaily News: Brian Armstrong posted on the X platform that Coinbase Dev now allows the creation of multi-type wallets through a single API call, including self-custodial, developer-custodial, and user-custodial options. This feature supports multiple blockchains and various asset classes, including stablecoins, crypto assets, and tokenized real-world assets.
Meta launches Muse Code (Beta), a terminal programming agent designed for long-cycle software engineering, powered by the Muse Spark 1.2 model. Muse Code can plan, implement, and verify complex multi-file changes in large codebases, and with the support of persistent sub-agents, it resolves engineering challenges faster, more accurately, and with less intervention, improving development efficiency.
Odaily News: Crypto exchange Coinbase is exploring the next generation of software development models through its internal AI coding system, Forge. The platform has evolved from an early internal tool into an ecosystem encompassing multiple AI development capabilities, and has become a case study of enterprises adopting Agentic AI.It is understood that Forge was previously known as Cloudbot, and its early version was even named Claudebot. Currently, Forge has become an important part of OpenSWE, an open-source AI coding framework. OpenSWE aims to provide infrastructure similar to an "AI software engineer," including agent orchestration, cloud sandboxes, tool invocation, Slack/Linear/GitHub integrations, sub-agents, and automated Pull Request creation capabilities.One of Forge's most notable features is "Mux." The tool currently has around 600 internal users at Coinbase, allowing engineers to run multiple AI agents simultaneously, transforming traditional serial development processes into a parallel collaboration model. Additionally, Forge includes features such as Slack task routing and "bug-to-fix" automation flows, designed to reduce manual handling of repetitive development tasks.Coinbase's engineering lead, Chintan Turakhia, previously conducted an internal experiment in which nearly a thousand engineers were asked to pause using traditional IDE tools for two weeks, in order to explore which tasks in the development workflow could be automated by AI-driven processes. As AI coding tool usage has increased, Coinbase's AI spending has declined, while Token usage continues to grow. He noted that by building proprietary AI development tools, the company provides employees with an alternative to third-party AI coding services such as those from Anthropic and OpenAI.However, external independent feedback on Forge and Mux remains limited so far, with most public information coming from Coinbase management disclosures. The actual hands-on experience of rank-and-file engineers has not yet been fully shared publicly.Industry observers believe that Coinbase's Forge represents a new direction for enterprise AI applications: companies are no longer just calling general-purpose large models, but are building AI agent systems centered around their own business processes to improve development efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance internal productivity. (Forbes)
Y Combinator announced the open-source release of its internal multi-agent framework QM (quartermaster) under the MIT license. QM is designed for organizational collaboration scenarios, runs on Slack and the Web, and can be used for tasks such as searching internal materials, handling emails, managing code repositories, and tracking projects.
Odaily, July 21 - Microsoft and French AI startup Mistral AI announced an expansion of their strategic partnership on July 21, signing a multi-billion dollar agreement centered on European AI infrastructure to enhance AI computing capabilities in the region. Under the agreement, Microsoft will leverage Mistral's expanded European GPU infrastructure to support its cloud computing and AI services. This infrastructure will be based on thousands of Nvidia Vera Rubin GPUs.In terms of products, the Mistral Medium 3.5 and OCR 4 models are now available on the Microsoft Foundry platform, and Mistral Medium 3.5 has also been integrated into Microsoft Copilot Studio for agent applications, document processing workflows, and industry-customized workflows. Additionally, the two parties will expand AI deployment options through Azure and Azure Local, supporting cloud, cloud-connected, and fully offline environments, targeting industries with high data compliance requirements such as finance, healthcare, and manufacturing.
Gate DEX has announced its full integration with Robinhood Chain, becoming one of the first mainstream exchange on-chain gateways to support this ecosystem, further expanding the platform's multi-chain ecosystem layout and Web3 infrastructure capabilities. This integration covers core scenarios such as asset discovery, wallet management, on-chain trading, cross-chain swaps, market tracking, and DApp interaction, providing users with a more complete and efficient on-chain experience.With this upgrade, Gate Main Site Alpha has added support for the display and trading of Robinhood Chain ecosystem assets, and has integrated with ecosystem launch platforms such as Noxa.fun and Bankr; Gate Wallet supports Robinhood Chain asset management and DApp interaction; Gate DEX Swap supports single-chain and cross-chain swaps on Robinhood Chain, and achieves asset interoperability with mainstream public chains such as BSC, Ethereum, and Base via Across and LayerZero, further improving the efficiency of multi-chain asset flow.As emerging public chain ecosystems like Robinhood Chain develop rapidly, Gate DEX continues to enhance its one-stop on-chain service capabilities covering asset discovery, trading, cross-chain connectivity, and ecosystem applications. Looking ahead, Gate will continue to deepen its multi-chain ecosystem development, connect with more high-quality public chains and innovative applications, continuously improve its Web3 product capabilities, and create a more open, efficient, and convenient on-chain experience for global users.
according to an official announcement, Binance will adjust the collateral rate and tiered collateral rate for assets such as LUNC and MORPHO under the portfolio margin program at 06:00 UTC on July 17, 2026. Additionally, it will update the leverage and margin tiers for USDⓈ-M perpetual contracts including PTBUSDT, NOMUSDT, VICUSDT, HFTUSDT, ACEUSDT, BMTUSDT, LYNUSDT, ANIMEUSDT, KERNELUSDT, TAGUSDT, CELRUSDT, XAIUSDT, PIXELUSDT, and SAPIENUSDT. The adjustment is expected to be completed around 06:30 UTC on the same day, and existing positions will be affected.
: Prediction market platform Kalshi has officially launched the beta version of its professional trading terminal, Kalshi Pro. The product is targeted at high-frequency, professional event traders to meet real-time trading demands across multiple markets. The terminal is equipped with several institutional-grade features, including real-time public trade data feeds, full order book depth, multi-leg contract calculation, and batch order management. It also introduces professional charting tools and position risk management tools tailored for perpetual contracts. Kalshi Product Lead Andy Chang stated that active traders now view prediction markets and perpetual contracts as standardized trading asset classes comparable to stocks and bonds. Kalshi Pro aims to provide professional investors with the complete suite of institutional trading capabilities they require. (CNBC)
: Japanese convenience store operator Lawson plans to test yen-pegged stablecoin payments in August at its Lawson Takanawa Gateway City store in Tokyo. HashPort has signed agreements with Lawson and KDDI to conduct the pilot, where participants will use HashPort's non-custodial wallet. The store will process payments through the HashPort payment system, eliminating the need for merchants to open or manage crypto wallets. Japanese payment company Netstars has launched Stablecoin Pay, opening applications to merchants looking to accept multiple stablecoins. The service initially supports USDC, USDT, and the yen-pegged stablecoin JPYC on the Solana and Polygon networks. Supported wallets include MetaMask, and the merchant transaction fee rate is 0.98%. (Cointelegraph).
According to Circle's (@circle) official announcement, Circle Agent Stack is now open source, enabling developers to add wallets, USDC payments, and on-chain operation capabilities to AI agents. It currently supports the following mainstream frameworks: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude AI Agent SDK, LangChain, Mastra, Vercel AI SDK, and Google AI ADK. Developers can directly clone the example code to get started quickly, and the project is hosted on GitHub. This move is regarded by the industry as a significant advancement in AI agent payment layer infrastructure, expected to accelerate the large-scale adoption of Agentic AI.
Gate issued an announcement regarding the recent "user asset theft incident," sharing internal comprehensive verification results, analysis of the incident's cause, and progress on subsequent handling. Regarding the verification process and key facts, the announcement stated that after comprehensive verification, materials submitted by the applicant at the time, including account information, real-name information, transaction records, Alipay screen recordings, etc., matched the account completely. According to analysis by the technical team, Alipay screen recordings can only be made by the customer themselves or someone with access to the customer's Alipay account. Alipay possesses an extremely strict real-time risk control system; logging into Alipay on a different device will mandate multi-factor authentication. This indicates a situation involving serious leakage of customer information or device compromise. Regarding the Gate platform audit mechanism, the announcement stated that the Company's security unbinding audit mechanism strictly executes the four-fold verification process of "Multi-channel advance notification + System risk control preliminary screening + Manual multi-layer review + Time protection," and never has nor will it approve any security item change application based on a single material alone. Gate always takes information security and customer data protection as the Company's core management requirements. The issue of internal information leakage mentioned by some parties does not exist. Regarding fund recovery and subsequent handling, the announcement stated that Gate processed the matter with the highest priority immediately after the incident occurred, coordinating security, compliance, legal, business, and other teams to carry out on-chain analysis and asset tracking and freezing. It continues to coordinate with third-party institutions such as Tether to advance fund freezing. Subsequently, it will also actively cooperate with judicial authorities in investigations and data collection. Any substantive progress will be communicated immediately.
According to The Block, Block agreed to pay $45 million to settle with regulators in nearly 50 U.S. states. Regulators alleged that its Cash App exaggerated platform security safeguards, describing it as having fund protection capabilities comparable to traditional banks, but failed to effectively prevent fraud and did not provide adequate customer support and fraud reporting channels.
ENS community member AvsA has proposed a draft suggesting that the approximately 5 million ENS tokens held by the DAO be allocated to various governance stakeholders through a multi-delegation contract. This aims to alleviate the current issue of voting power being highly concentrated in the hands of a few representatives. The proposal plans to withdraw tokens from the DAO treasury and select candidates from stakeholders such as users, integrators, developers, traditional domain name service providers, and the governance community based on preset criteria, delegating approximately 1 million ENS equally to each group. Delegates will only receive voting rights and will not have the authority to dispose of the tokens. If they fail to participate in voting for six consecutive months, their delegated tokens will be reclaimed and redistributed.