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Binance announced that it will list the USDC/ARS, ACE/USDC, and PUMP/U spot trading pairs on August 26, 2026, at 16:00 UTC+8, and will simultaneously enable algorithmic order trading bot services for these spot trading pairs.
TermMax (TMX) has launched on Bitget PoolX, allowing users to lock ETH or TMX to share a total airdrop of 1,380,000 TMX tokens. The lockup period runs from 20:00 UTC+8 on August 25 to 20:00 UTC+8 on August 30. The ETH lockup pool accounts for a total airdrop allocation of 1,290,000 TMX, with an individual lockup limit of 1,500 ETH. This pool also incorporates a long-term holding bonus mechanism: the system will apply an additional bonus to the locked amount based on the user's minimum balance for the corresponding locked asset over the past 15 days. The TMX lockup pool allocates a total of 90,000 TMX for airdrops, subject to an individual lockup cap of 4,200,000 TMX.
According to Bloomberg, Apple is preparing to launch its first new Mac mini in nearly two years, with a release potentially preceding the September iPhone event. Sources familiar with the matter say Apple has tested models powered by M5 and M6 chips. The current Mac mini has grown in popularity due to rising demand for running AI applications locally, but supply lead times have extended due to a shortage of memory chips.
Odaily News, August 23 — Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz posted a cryptic tweet on August 23, featuring an image of eyes, a penguin, and a building, followed by an arrow pointing to "SOON." Although the post contained no text, the market interpreted it as a hint that the company is advancing its listing plans. As a result, PENGU rose over 17% that day, and with improving overall market conditions, it has gained more than 66% over the past week.The community interpreted the building in the post as a stock exchange, reading the message as "Look, the penguin is about to go public soon." In a 2025 interview, Luca Netz stated he hopes to take the company public by 2027.
Odaily News: Standard Chartered has become the first authorized bank to support the circulation of HKDAP. HKDAP is Hong Kong's first regulated, HKD-backed stablecoin. (Cointelegraph)
According to official sources, OpenAI has banned a group of ChatGPT accounts suspected to originate from Russia, which were used to generate social media content promoting the self-described Israeli-based "expert community," International Burke Institute (IBI). OpenAI stated that the operation involved publishing content on platforms such as Substack, Telegram, X, Facebook, and LinkedIn, while attempting to conceal the operators' Russian origin. Investigations revealed that the IBI website contains copied and misattributed academic content, and has introduced a so-called "Sovereignty Index." Related content tends to present Russia in a positive light while criticizing Western countries.
Odaily News, according to the official announcement, Gate will list Cash Cat (CASHCAT) for spot trading at 16:00 (UTC+8) on August 25, and will launch Cash Cat (CASHCAT) perpetual contract live trading (USDT-settled) at 16:10 (UTC+8), supporting 1-20x leverage. In addition, Gate will list Cash Cat (CASHCAT) on its flash swap platform at 17:00 (UTC+8).
According to official announcements, Huobi HTX listed JP225/USDT and ADI/USDT perpetual contracts on August 25, supporting leverage from 1x to 20x for both long and short positions. Meanwhile, from today until September 1 at 15:00 (UTC+8), Huobi HTX has launched a new coin contract trading competition. Users who complete registration, trade perpetual contracts of participating assets, and meet the designated threshold will have the opportunity to share in a total prize pool of 1 billion $HTX tokens.
According to The Block, Franklin Templeton has partnered with HashKey Exchange in Hong Kong to launch the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Liquidity Fund on its Earn channel, offering tokenized money market fund products to professional investors across Asia. The fund primarily invests in U.S. government money market instruments and USD cash assets, and is not currently available to the retail public in Hong Kong. Franklin Templeton stated that both parties plan to expand their cooperation from tokenized money market funds to more tokenized products in the future, leveraging HashKey’s multi-jurisdictional platforms covering Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Dubai, and Bermuda to drive distribution. Previously, the firm launched Hong Kong's first tokenized money market fund in November 2025. Data shows that as of August 23, the global tokenized RWA asset market reached $38.2 billion, with tokenized U.S. Treasuries accounting for approximately $15.6 billion.
According to The Block, the Blockchain Association has submitted comments on the stablecoin issuer rules under the GENIUS Act, proposed jointly by U.S. Treasury agencies including the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Reserve. The association supports limiting Customer Identification Program (CIP) obligations to direct customer transactions in the primary market, emphasizing that they should not extend to peer-to-peer transfers in the secondary market. It also calls on regulators to further clarify the definitions of "account," "customer," and "digital asset service provider," exempt one-time redemptions and other non-recurring activities, and avoid duplicative compliance burdens alongside anti-money laundering regulations. The association stated that the implementation of the rules must strike a balance between ensuring stablecoin security, maintaining operational feasibility, and preserving room for industry innovation.
Alibaba Cloud Wan 3.0 has officially launched on Picsart, supporting native 30-second video generation, synchronized audio, and up to 20 reference inputs to ensure character and detail consistency across shots. Users can draft at 480p first before generating a full-quality final version, making it ideal for product videos, advertising concepts, and similar scenarios. The API is now open via Model Studio and Qwen Cloud.
Odaily News, L1 blockchain Decred stated that between August 16 and 17, its mainnet inflation vulnerability was exploited, resulting in the generation of approximately 2,077.97 DCR. This vulnerability has existed in the consensus code since the mainnet launch in February 2016, stemming from improper handling of edge cases when the regular transaction tree interacts with the stake transaction tree, allowing for double-spending of inputs. The vulnerability was submitted via a bounty program on August 12, but was exploited before a fix could be implemented. Decred has decided not to roll back to minimize the impact on users. The approximately 2,000 DCR minted through this exploit do not affect the 21 million hard cap and are far lower than historical shortfalls in subsidies due to missed votes and other causes, which exceed 215,000 DCR. Currently, the team has developed an additional double-spend monitoring service and plans to improve the emergency upgrade signaling mechanism.
Odaily News: The whale known as "Setting 10 Big Goals First" posted on X to update the progress of its previous BTC short position. The whale stated that it had established a short position when BTC was in the $74,000-$76,000 range. When the price rapidly surged to around $79,500, it reduced most of the position. Although some short positions were re-established near $78,000 afterward, the early moves had already resulted in realized losses of approximately $10 million.The whale stated that despite BTC briefly falling back to around $76,000 over the weekend, reducing the position at that time still aligned with its trading discipline. As for the remaining position, the original plan was to set a hard stop-loss near $80,400. However, considering that if BTC's daily chart were to reclaim the $78,000-$78,500 level after the US stock market opens, it would close the position early and accept the loss. The whale claimed that even if this trade ultimately results in a loss, it is acceptable, as it does not want to miss out on a potential trend move from $80,000 to $100,000 in the future because of chasing back a single loss.In its latest reply, the whale confirmed that it has closed the remaining BTC short position and stated, "This trade is completely over."
Odaily News: The U.S. Department of the Treasury has expanded its sanctions framework against Iran to include the digital asset sector, stating that related crypto payments exceeding $100 million have been used to facilitate Iranian crude oil sales. The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has also imposed sanctions on nearly 60 entities, individuals, and vessels involved in nuclear, missile, cyber, and crude oil networks.This digital asset-related sanctions designation allows OFAC to sanction foreign individuals and companies operating in Iran's digital asset sector or providing support services to related fields. The U.S. Treasury stated that Iran is increasingly using cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions, including processing transactions linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and government insiders.The U.S. Treasury stated that Ivan Obukhov, a Ukrainian national based in the UAE, has processed over $100 million in crypto payments since 2023 to facilitate crude oil sales on behalf of the IRGC's Quds Force. OFAC has added Ivan Obukhov and his UAE-based company, Foscom FZE, to the sanctions list. (Cointelegraph)
According to Yonhap News Agency, a survey released by Dell Technologies at the Dell Technologies Forum 2026 shows that 72% of surveyed South Korean companies believe existing data center environments are insufficient to support large-scale artificial intelligence and data analytics workloads; 84% of enterprises plan to advance data center modernization by integrating legacy equipment, upgrading servers, and storage facilities. The survey also reveals that the main obstacles to AI implementation center on security, regulation, and data governance: 75% of respondents find it difficult to navigate government regulations related to AI data, 65% stated that security and compliance issues have caused delays or halts in AI projects, and 60% expressed concern over entrusting critical corporate data to generative AI tools that may be accessible by third parties.
According to BeInCrypto, Kylie Jenner’s X account appears to have been compromised, with an attacker posting the ticker and Pump.fun page link for the Solana-based memecoin kylie before the post was subsequently deleted. The token’s market cap briefly spiked to approximately $1.19 million before retreating by around 68%; at press time, it stood at roughly $378,500.
According to Chaoxiang Research, on August 24, UBS released a SemiBytes Industry Flash Review, highlighting three synchronized key tracks: Broadcom, NVIDIA, and Terafab under SpaceX. Broadcom is set to release its Q2 earnings report on September 2. UBS forecasts third-quarter AI revenue of approximately $16 billion, rising to $21–22 billion in the fourth quarter. The firm has lowered its 2027 AI revenue projection from roughly $135 billion to $130 billion, slightly adjusted its target price from $485 to $470, and maintained a Buy rating. Anthropic contributed approximately $2.5 billion in Q3, while Google Cloud AI revenue saw a quarter-over-quarter increase of around $2 billion. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang disclosed that the company's business model is expanding into compute infrastructure, with a $1.5 billion investment in SB Energy via the PORTS-Pike project and up to $105 billion in credit support to assist OpenAI in securing 4.25 GW of land and power facilities. UBS believes land, power, and fabs are emerging as strategic inputs for the AI supply chain. On the Terafab front, Tesla's recruiting portal listed 44 relevant positions in July spanning all major semiconductor manufacturing processes. The appearance of memory design and integration engineering roles confirms internal memory fabrication intentions. Satellite imagery of the Grimes County, Texas campus shows the project is still in its early stages, with only site-clearing operations visible.
Odaily Odaily News: According to the official announcement, Binance Futures will adjust the leverage and margin tiers for the USDⓈ-M perpetual contracts of FILUSDT, ROBOUSDT, LPTUSDT, ZRXUSDT, SPORTFUNUSDT, NOMUSDT, SAGAUSDT, QNTXUSDT, SHAZUSDT, STRCUSDT, and BSPUSDT at 14:30 (UTC+8) on August 28, 2026. The update is expected to be completed within one hour, and existing positions will be affected. Users are advised to make adjustments in advance.
According to an official Binance announcement, Binance Futures will list U-margined perpetual contracts for SKUUUSDT, SKDDUSDT, RAMUSDT, DJTUSDT, and MRNAUSDT in batches on August 25 between 17:00 and 17:20 (UTC+8), with underlying assets including the SK Hynix Leveraged ETF, DRAM-themed ETF, Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), and Moderna (MRNA) — traditional financial assets. All the aforementioned contracts settle in USDT, support 24/7 trading, multi-asset mode, and leverage of up to 20x. Funding rates are settled every 8 hours, with upper and lower limits set at +2% and -2%, respectively.
According to Odaily, blockchain network BNB Chain has activated the Pasteur hard fork on the BNB Smart Chain (BSC) mainnet. The upgrade addresses cross-chain bridge verification, validator authorization, staking, and governance security, while increasing block capacity without altering the 450-millisecond block time.This upgrade includes BEP-682, BEP-695, and BEP-675, which pertain to duplicate validator entries, validator key rotation and penalty governance, and the block submission process, respectively. In the internal test environment QANet, the new process increased throughput from 1,237 transactions per second to 2,324 transactions per second, though these figures are from controlled tests and do not represent mainnet measurements. (Cointelegraph)