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Odaily News: Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, stated that the US debt could reach $55 trillion to $60 trillion over the next 10 years. If the fiscal path remains unchanged, a full-blown debt crisis could occur within about 3 years, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2 years.Ray Dalio recommends investors allocate 10% to 15% of their funds to gold, along with a small allocation to Bitcoin, while reducing exposure to debt assets such as bonds. He noted that non-government-issued currencies like gold and Bitcoin may perform relatively well.According to data from the US Treasury Department, as of the end of the business day on August 18, the total public debt balance stood at $40.05 trillion, surpassing $40 trillion for the first time.On August 19, the US Treasury announced an expansion of its long-term liquidity support repurchase program, increasing the maximum single repurchase size for certain 10-year to 30-year securities from $2 billion to at least $4 billion. The measures take effect from September 9 to November 4. (Bitcoin.com News)
Developers have discovered two early-access Claude models from Anthropic, codenamed claude-marshmallow-eap and claude-melon-eap.According to tester feedback, Marshmallow performs better overall than Melon, but neither has yet reached the level of Fable 5. Another tester noted that Marshmallow's conversation experience surpasses that of Opus 5.Previously, Anthropic has repeatedly seen early models named in the "food name + EAP" format. In early July, Claude Honeycomb EAP briefly appeared in Cursor before being removed; on July 24, Anthropic officially released Opus 5, but the company has never confirmed a direct correspondence between Honeycomb and Opus 5.
Phantom has announced it will discontinue support for the Sui network on September 24, 2026. After this date, users will no longer be able to view, send, swap, or manage Sui assets within Phantom; however, the assets will not be lost and will remain on the Sui blockchain. Prior to the transition date, users can swap their Sui assets for assets supported by Phantom. Phantom will waive the platform fee for cross-chain conversions of native SUI to wrapped SUI on the Solana network, though network and exchange fees still apply; alternatively, users can import their wallet mnemonic into other wallets that support Sui.
According to the official announcement, Bithumb will list the PROM/KRW trading pair.
According to a recent article in CoinDesk's "State of Crypto" column, as the U.S. crypto regulatory framework takes substantive shape, the industry has officially entered a standardized phase of "strict regulation." The report notes that regulatory certainty has become the norm, and "compliance pioneers," leveraging more robust infrastructure development, will dominate the next market cycle.
According to Reuters as cited by Decrypt, Wang Xiaogang, chairman of Chinese robotics startup ACE Robotics, stated that with advances in world models and improved capabilities for collecting real-world environment data, embodied AI is poised to experience a "ChatGPT moment" similar to that of large language models by the end of 2027. Wang pointed out that one of the main bottlenecks hindering the large-scale commercialization of robots remains a shortage of real-world training data. Across the industry, cumulative data over the past few years amounts to approximately 100,000 hours—far from enough to train embodied foundation models. ACE Robotics plans to collect tens of millions of hours of real-world environment data over the next two years and aims to deploy the corresponding technology to 1,000 stores within the coming year. Established in July 2025, ACE Robotics focuses on developing AI models for humanoid robots. With support from Ant Group and SenseTime, the company secured over $100 million in funding in the first half of 2026 and intends to fast-track its IPO as soon as conditions allow.
Odaily News: Cryptocurrency wallet project SafePal has released an update on the security incident, stating that it is continuously tracking phishing websites and impersonating accounts. The company plans to bring in a professional anti-phishing security firm to expedite the takedown of malicious information, aiming to protect user asset security.SafePal stated that it is currently in the final selection process among 4 professional anti-phishing security firms. Once a partner is chosen, it will further enhance the efficiency of handling threats such as imitation websites and fraudulent accounts. The team is also continuously monitoring whether affected data has been sold or made public, including channels such as dark web forums and trading markets. In the event that any signs of data leakage are detected, affected users will receive risk alerts as a top priority.In terms of security auditing, SafePal stated that it is making a final selection among 3 established independent security agencies, which will conduct a comprehensive security review of the order system. Meanwhile, the team is re-evaluating the order and logistics processes to reduce the scale of data that needs to be stored during the initial phase of the system, thereby lowering potential risks at the source.For affected users, SafePal stated that it will continue to provide one-on-one assistance through official support channels and will keep updating its fraud prevention page with event progress, frequently asked questions, and analysis of scam cases.SafePal once again reminds users: The official team will never ask users for their Seed Phrase. Users should not disclose their seed phrase to anyone, should not scan unknown QR codes or click on suspicious links, and should verify information sources through official channels.
Odaily News, according to the official announcement, Gate will list DGrid AI (DGAI) for spot trading at 16:00 (UTC+8) on August 24, and will list DGrid AI (DGAI) on its instant swap platform at 17:00 (UTC+8).
Odaily News - CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost stated on the X platform that the altcoin market has recently shown clear signs of recovery, with market structure undergoing changes, and "Altseason" may have entered its early stages. Data shows that from August 19 to 22, the total market cap of altcoins increased by approximately $215 billion, surging over 24% in just 3 days, pushing the total altcoin market cap back above $1 trillion.Darkfost pointed out that mid- and small-cap altcoins have performed the strongest in this rally. Due to their lower circulating market caps, these assets are more sensitive to capital inflows, while also carrying higher two-way volatility risks.Data from the Binance platform further reinforces the signals of an altcoin market recovery. Since last November, approximately 80% to 85% of altcoins have remained below the 200-day moving average (200-DMA), but currently 56% of Binance-listed altcoins have climbed back above this key technical indicator, suggesting the market may be entering a new cyclical phase.Darkfost believes this trend reversal is linked to a series of positive cryptocurrency signals recently released by Trump. On August 19, Trump stated that the U.S. would "massively purchase Bitcoin" and urged Congress to push through the CLARITY Act, while claiming his administration had ended previous unfriendly policies toward the crypto industry. These remarks boosted market sentiment, and against a backdrop of low trading volume and reduced selling pressure, substantial capital began flowing into the altcoin market, driving gains across multiple sectors simultaneously.Darkfost noted that from a historical perspective, the current broad-based altcoin rally is typically viewed as an important signal of the early stage of altseason. However, he also cautioned that the market has entered overbought territory in the short term, and investors should be wary of periodic pullbacks. If the overall upward momentum continues, new investment opportunities may still emerge down the road.
B.AI has launched DeepSeek's brand-new multimodal experimental flagship model, DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp. The official API team has taken the lead in completing full integration and is now making it freely accessible to all users. Building upon V4-Flash's state-of-the-art pure text and code Agent capabilities, the model officially unlocks native image understanding, with its comprehensive multimodal Agent performance approaching that of the Claude Opus-4.8 flagship. The new model supports mixed text-and-image input and a 1M ultra-long context window, effortlessly handling demanding scenarios such as multimodal PPT generation, complex UI reconstruction, and frontend visual effects. Image input is billed per token, consuming a maximum of just 384 tokens per image. All users can now log into the B.AI platform to access this latest multimodal model capability completely free of charge and with zero barriers, empowering top-tier compute to rapidly accelerate the realization of creative and productive workflows.
Odaily News, "White-Haired Stock Guru" Serenity stated on the X platform that following a series of Fact Sheets released by the U.S. government recently, the country's future priority industries and strategic directions can now be seen more clearly.Serenity pointed out that this week, the U.S. government released policy documents related to the "Golden Age of Space Transportation," with the space industry becoming a key area of focus. She believes that relevant policy goals will drive the development of the launch industry and may benefit space supply chain companies, including rocket manufacturers and other enterprises.The U.S. government has proposed a target of achieving 1,000 launch and reentry missions per year by 2030, with rocket companies such as Rocket Lab (RKLB) expected to be beneficiaries. In addition, Serenity stated that other policy areas of U.S. focus this month include: tariffs on drone components; cooperation on U.S. mining and critical mineral resources; adjustments to polysilicon supply chain tariffs; and other strategic industrial policies. By continuously monitoring U.S. government policy documents, it is possible to more directly assess the industry sectors that capital markets will focus on in the future, helping investors identify potential industrial opportunities.
Monitoring by PPP Prediction Market Tool shows that on Polymarket, the probability of "Trump picking Margo Martin as the next White House press secretary" briefly rose to 15% before falling back to 9%, up 5% over 24 hours.When asked this week at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland about who would succeed White House press secretary Leavitt, Trump suddenly asked reporters: "What about Margo, what do you all think of her?" He also jokingly turned the question back to the reporters on site, saying, "I don't know (who it will be), maybe it's you."Karoline Leavitt will leave office at the end of August, making "who will succeed Leavitt" a recent focus of U.S. media attention. Margo Martin currently serves as Special Assistant to the President and Communications Advisor, primarily responsible for sharing information about presidential activities via social media.Join the PPP Signal Push Community to stay one step ahead and seize the initiative.
Odaily News: The Bank Policy Institute (BPI), an organization representing major banks including JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Citi, has proposed that the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) expand Customer Identification Program (CIP) requirements to stablecoin secondary markets, covering exchanges and other platforms that establish direct account relationships with retail customers.BPI stated that relevant exchanges and platforms handle a substantial volume of purchasing and selling activity within the payment stablecoin ecosystem, and that the majority of stablecoin-related illicit activity occurs in this space. Should the proposal be incorporated into the rules, affected platforms would be required to collect customer information under the Bank Secrecy Act, and decentralized exchanges could also fall within the regulatory scope.FinCEN's proposed rule notes that secondary market transactions of stablecoins on the blockchain typically involve anonymous or pseudonymous identities, with no centralized node collecting identity information, and that issuers have limited ability to gather customer data from secondary markets. BPI has also joined other banking organizations in opposing the current version of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: The latest financial disclosure from Michigan Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib shows that her retirement accounts hold Bitcoin and Ethereum-related ETFs, including up to $15,000 in the Grayscale Ethereum Staking Mini ETF, as well as up to $15,000 in the iShares Bitcoin ETF.Tlaib previously voted against the CLARITY Act, which supports cryptocurrency market structure legislation, and supported a resolution aimed at prohibiting so-called "crypto corruption." In addition to crypto asset-related ETFs, Tlaib's investments also include European and Asian market funds, international bond funds, and funds used to hedge against dollar risk. Her assets are distributed across accounts such as traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, and college savings accounts. (New York Post)
Odaily News ECX plans to launch in three phases. The Alpha phase will go live around Bitcoin block height 963,648, the Beta phase is expected on September 20 at block height 967,680, and the permanent mainnet is scheduled to launch on October 31 at block height 973,728. The project is driven by Paul Sztorc, founder and lead of Layertwo Labs, and developer of Drivechains and BIP-300/301.ECX will replicate the transaction ledger of a designated Bitcoin snapshot and allocate ECX to the majority of Bitcoin holders on a 1:1 basis on the new network. Users who control their private keys via self-custody wallets at the time of the snapshot can directly claim the corresponding assets, while users on exchanges and other custodian platforms will need to wait for those platforms to decide whether to support the fork and ECX distribution. Original BTC will not be exchanged, locked, or transferred.ECX plans to initially launch seven dedicated sidechains: Thunder, Zside, Bitnames, Bitassets, Photon, Truthcoin, and Coinshift. Of the approximately 1.1 million early Bitcoin associated with addresses linked to Satoshi Nakamoto, around 600,000 ECX will continue to be allocated to these addresses, while approximately 500,000 ECX will be transferred via special transactions as funding for early investors and development, without affecting BTC on the Bitcoin network. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News According to official sources, Predict.fun's Dota 2 prediction event, The Predict International, has launched markets for the lower bracket final.As the tournament enters its final stage, the platform will open more prediction markets for the grand finals, with higher overall AP rewards available per market.Given the short interval between the lower bracket final and the grand finals, users may have limited time to complete predictions and lock in shares after the grand finals markets go live. Those planning to participate in the final round of activities should keep a close eye on the event page.The Predict International event offers total rewards of 100,000 USDT and 5,000,000 Predict Points.
According to the Upbit announcement, Upbit will add trading support for Interfold (FOLD), opening KRW, BTC, and USDT markets, and support deposits and withdrawals on the Ethereum network. FOLD deposit and withdrawal services are expected to open within 2 hours after the announcement, with trading expected to begin on August 23 at 12:30.
According to TechCrunch, the UK AI lab Inherent, founded by several former members of Google DeepMind, has released an AI research agent named Faraday. The company states that Faraday outperforms frontier models such as Anthropic Claude Opus 4.8 and OpenAI GPT-5.5 in tasks requiring the independent reproduction of research results from published scientific papers.
Odaily News, Ansem commented on X platform regarding "Kraken might become the first compliant CEX to deploy HIP-3," stating that if Hyperliquid aims to conduct compliant business in the US, it may need to find a partner that is both familiar with its product architecture and possesses complete regulatory qualifications. Kraken could be one of the potential choices.He pointed out that after Kraken's recent acquisitions of NinjaTrader and Bitnomial, its parent company Payward now holds FCM, DCM, and DCO licenses under the CFTC regulatory framework. Meanwhile, Hyperliquid has already established the corresponding infrastructure through HIP-3, meaning Kraken could theoretically serve as a new access point, offering related products in a manner similar to TradeXYZ. Arjun Sethi has consistently emphasized publicly that Kraken aims to play a "positive-sum game." Among existing US centralized exchanges, Kraken's potential may be severely underestimated. If this partnership actually materializes, it would be a major strategic move for Kraken to expand its market influence and add a significant business line.
Odaily News - Nomura Holdings' digital asset company Laser Digital Japan announced this week that it has completed registration as a crypto asset trading service provider under Japan's Payment Services Act, with registration number 00032, and has joined the Japan Virtual and Crypto asset Trading Association, bringing an end to Japan's nearly 4-year period without new industry participants.The license covers six crypto assets: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, and Shiba Inu, all of which are listed on the industry association's "green list." Laser Digital Japan will initially provide liquidity to licensed crypto asset companies in Japan, while the launch date for trading services targeting professional investors has not yet been announced.Japanese regulators require the segregation of customer assets from company assets, with at least 95% of customer crypto assets stored in offline cold wallets, subject to verification through annual audits. The license does not cover crypto asset derivatives, nor does it permit Laser Digital Japan to launch exchange-traded funds; major adjustments to Japan's crypto asset regulatory framework are expected to be implemented in fiscal year 2027. (Bitcoin.com News)