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NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin posted that the recent increase in developer activity and further reduction in development barriers within the ecosystem center on what applications to build and how to establish distribution channels. In response, he proposed a series of potential building directions, including AI virtual pets combining NEAR AI’s on-chain verifiable inference with non-fungible tokens (NFTs); a universal checkout component supporting cross-chain intent payments; a decentralized encyclopedia integrating prediction markets with AI-generated content; a privacy-oriented OTC market based on NEAR Intents, alongside liquidation-resistant lending and perpetual contract management; a cross-chain event registration escrow tool backed by staking deposits; a privacy-preserving code review agent; a corporate cap table management tool; Delta-neutral strategy management; private copy trading utilizing view keys; an end-to-end encrypted medical auxiliary diagnostic system; a privacy-focused voice transcription desktop application; and AI benchmarking based on private test sets, among others.
Illia Polosukhin stated that the attack involving approximately $3.8 million only affected USDT on BSC. NEAR Intents and near.com are now back online, and affected users will receive full compensation.
Odaily News: According to monitoring by Bitget CEO, Bitget was hacked on September 24, with approximately $387.5 million in funds stolen, a large portion of which was transferred across chains and primarily consolidated on Ethereum. A report released by NEAR Intents shows that its risk intelligence layer SHIELD detected over $50 million in suspected money laundering transfer attempts; of this, $166,000 in funds went through, while $503,000 was frozen during execution. The frozen funds remain restricted pending subsequent legal and recovery proceedings.
Odaily News: Sei posted on X platform that REX Shares and Osprey Funds have updated their staking SEI ETF application filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), setting October 23 as the effective date. The ETF is intended to provide spot SEI exposure with staking yield support. Previously, REX Shares and Osprey Funds also filed similar ETF applications for assets including NEAR, HYPE, SUI, and AVAX.
NEAR Protocol announced on X that the NEAR platform has launched a private limit order feature, supporting assets from any blockchain. Users can set a target price, and the order will automatically execute when the market price reaches the target. Orders will not be publicly displayed while awaiting execution.
Odaily report: NEAR has been listed on the Hyperliquid spot market, allowing users to trade the NEAR/USDC trading pair. According to the Hyperliquid process, it will take several more days for NEAR to appear in the Strict List on the platform interface.
Ondo Finance has announced its tokenized securities platform, Ondo Stocks, has launched on the NEAR mainnet and integrated with NEAR Intents. The initial rollout supports 20 tokenized U.S. stocks, ETFs, and commodity-related products, including shares of Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, as well as QQQ, gold, and silver ETFs. Eligible users can access these assets through the NEAR mainnet and distribute them to wallets and applications on connected networks via NEAR Intents. The NEAR mainnet supports access to over 30 blockchains. Ondo stated that its tokenized securities platform has surpassed $1 billion in total value locked, with cumulative trading volume exceeding $26 billion.
Odaily reports: Polygon founder Sandeep posted on X that Polygon is preparing to permanently burn 100 million POL tokens. The relevant contract is currently on testnet and will go live on mainnet after final sign-off by the Polygon Council. Once live, anyone can trigger the initial burn, after which community members can execute a burn once per quarter.Sandeep added that Polygon's year-to-date revenue is approximately $24.5 million, higher than Arbitrum's $8.41 million and NEAR's $5.6 million. POL's supply has been in a deflationary state since January 2026, and the network's TPS has increased 10x to 5,000.
NEAR Protocol posted on X stating that perpetual contract trading now has privacy protection enabled by default. Users can open positions directly with their existing accounts, and others cannot identify position ownership; this feature is powered by Hyperliquid.
Bankless co-founder David Hoffman stated that ZEC primarily protects fund privacy through shielded transactions, while NEAR's privacy capabilities can extend to broader business activities. He views NEAR as a generalized version of ZEC's privacy concept.
Odaily News: Fintech institution Responsible Fintech Institute (RFI) and crypto asset custody infrastructure provider Safeheron have announced the launch of a pilot for quantum-resistant digital asset wallets and on-chain transfers, with participants from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The pilot runs on the quantum-resistant NEAR testnet and utilizes a multi-party computation protocol supporting the ML-DSA-65 standard.Participating regulators include Abu Dhabi Global Market, Bhutan's Gelephu Financial Services Office, and Malta's Financial Services Authority, with Bison Bank and DK Bank participating as financial institutions. Banks will test wallet generation and transfers in a shared application environment, with regulators observing in the initial phase and later participating in governance workflows.The organizers plan to publish a whitepaper covering research, protocol design, and test results, and will gradually open-source the underlying technology. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority plans to fully prepare Hong Kong's banking sector for quantum security risks by 2030, while a 2025 report from the Bank for International Settlements recommends that financial institutions migrate to quantum-resistant systems in phases. (Cointelegraph)
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)
NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin submitted a proposal to "Establish a Protocol Sovereign Fund" in the community, suggesting that current and future protocol reserves, historical protocol revenue, and future protocol revenue be included in the fund reserves, and that fund returns be used to fund ecosystem public goods. The proposal is currently still in the community discussion phase.
, According to the "2026 Q3 Staking Report" released by Bitwise, 2026 Q2 presented a divergent pattern of "rising on-chain activity, declining fee revenue," with the core driving factor being protocols actively reducing block space costs. In terms of core data for each chain, Ethereum's active staked amount hit a record high of 40.2 million ETH (accounting for 33% of total supply), network revenue decreased 51% year-over-year to $64 million, but rebounded quarter-over-quarter when denominated in ETH; Solana Q2 Real Economic Value (REV) dropped to $51 million, significantly shrunk compared to the peak of $812 million in 2025 Q1, but non-voting transaction volume reached 9.8 billion, and on-chain activity remained resilient; Hyperliquid Q2 protocol total revenue was $174.8 million, perpetual contract trading volume reached $652 billion, and the proportion of non-crypto assets (commodities, stock indices, etc.) rose to 32%; Avalanche C-Chain transaction volume increased approximately fourfold year-over-year to 236 million, but network revenue, due to a significant decrease in fees, remained only $330,000; NEAR, due to the collapse of Kai-Ching application activity, Q2 on-chain transaction volume plummeted 75% to 77.7 million, but Intents execution layer generated fees approximately 68 times that of the base chain. In terms of institutional adoption, BlackRock launched Ethereum Staking ETF (ETHB), Coin
Interactive Brokers announced on Tuesday an expansion of its digital asset business, adding trading tokens such as Aave, Aptos, Canton, Lido DAO, Monad, NEAR Protocol, Plasma, Pax Gold, and Uniswap, and supporting 24/7 stablecoin wallet transfers via USDC, PYUSD, and RLUSD. As of mid-2026, Interactive Brokers manages approximately $930.3 billion in client assets. Crypto trading commissions start at 0.12% to 0.18% of the total transaction amount, with a minimum of $1.75 per order, and no additional spreads, markups, or custody fees are charged. The company stated that two-way stablecoin deposits are not available for UK and Irish accounts, and clients of the Irish affiliate company will not have access to the newly listed crypto assets. (Bitcoin.com News).
according to on-chain sleuth Specter's monitoring, Arthur Hayes once promoted what he called the "Holy Trinity"—HYPE, ZEC, and NEAR—predicting that HYPE would reach $150. He also published a Substack article promoting HYPE. A few days later, Arthur Hayes sold all three tokens.Subsequently, Arthur promoted WLD, posting "This shitcoin is going to moon." Three days later, Arthur Hayes announced "I'm out."After that, Arthur promoted CARDS with a target price of $4. One day later, a linked wallet deposited 1.9 million CARDS into an exchange.In 2024, Arthur promoted ENA and, approximately one hour later, deposited ENA worth $8.4 million into a CEX.
Bitget has launched a new edition of its Futures Super Pairs campaign, running until June 11 at 16:00 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of $30,000 USDT. During the campaign, users can unlock mystery box rewards by trading the NEAR, WLD, TAO, H, and FET trading pairs and completing designated futures trading tasks. The mystery box prize pool includes popular tokens and multiple tiers of USDT trial vouchers, with a maximum reward of 5 SOL per draw. Additionally, all users ranking within the top 1,000 by trading volume—and whose cumulative trading volume reaches at least $10,000 USDT—will share a $20,000 USDT prize pool, with a maximum individual payout of $2,000 USDT. Full campaign rules are available on the official Bitget platform; users must click “Join Now” to register before participating.
Arthur Hayes 在 X 平台发文表示，他已清仓全部 HYPE 和 NEAR 持仓，并将在下周二发布的文章“Reality Test”中解释原因。Arthur Hayes 称，伊朗战争和库存补充将推高能源价格；当前至第三季度初之间将有 3 家大型 AI 企业 IPO；预测特朗普将为帮助共和党赢得中期选举而转向反 AI；其认为市场高点将在当前至 9 月之间出现；现在是止盈的时候，可以在无需担心持仓的情况下抽身。
Hyperliquid has recently significantly outperformed the broader market. Its token, HYPE, hit an all-time high following the launch of two related ETFs in the United States. Meanwhile, European traders are accelerating their migration to the platform due to restricted access to perpetual contracts on regulated exchanges. Market analyst Michael van de Poppe stated that with Hyperliquid's continued rally and renewed interest in AI-related crypto projects, signs of improving risk appetite are emerging in the altcoin market. Hyperliquid’s expansion into tokenized stocks, commodities, and pre-IPO assets is strengthening the on-chain asset tokenization trend. He suggested that if market sentiment continues to improve, HYPE’s price could target $100 or even higher.However, Michael van de Poppe also stressed that while Hyperliquid holds a short-term advantage, Solana offers greater long-term investment certainty, transitioning from a "speculative ecosystem" to institutional-grade infrastructure. In the AI track, he noted that NEAR Protocol and Bittensor remain significantly undervalued, citing a disconnect between their fundamental growth and valuations. He pointed out that NEAR’s revenue growth potential and Bittensor’s subnet expansion could support higher valuation ranges. Additionally, he indicated that the privacy sector retains long-term demand, but fully anonymous systems face regulatory pressure. The future is more likely to be dominated by zero-knowledge proofs and compliant privacy solutions.On the macro level, Michael van de Poppe highlighted that bond yields and central bank policies remain the core drivers of the crypto market, with changes in Japanese government bond yields potentially serving as a key barometer. (CoinDesk)
Odaily News Rhea Finance has released a post-mortem report on the attack, confirming that the actual loss from the vulnerability is approximately $18.4 million, a significant increase from the initial estimate of around $7.6 million.The attacker constructed complex transaction paths, manipulated liquidity using fake token pools, funneled borrowed assets into pools under their control, and returned only minimal assets. This caused a large number of margin positions to rapidly become undercollateralized and triggered liquidations, ultimately depleting the protocol's reserve funds.Approximately $11.2 million in funds have been recovered or frozen so far. This includes some USDC and NEAR assets returned by the attacker, as well as about $4.34 million in USDT that was frozen (with assistance from Tether).