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Odaily News: Since the launch of Sui's Hashi Bitcoin lending protocol testnet on July 22, it has processed over 1.1 million Bitcoin deposits and 165,000 withdrawals within three weeks. As of last week, more than 25 institutions had participated in the system's stress testing. Participating institutions include digital asset custodian BitGo, trading firm Cumberland, as well as Swissborg, Fluid, and Ledger, covering areas such as trading, custody infrastructure, and wealth management platforms. Hashi allows users to deposit native Bitcoin, which is confirmed by Sui validators before minting hBTC for on-chain lending and stablecoin borrowing. Deposits utilize a 2-of-2 multi-signature mechanism with MPC validator signatures, while withdrawals require review by the Guardian Layer; the project team will proceed with the 2026 mainnet launch only after this security layer completes its security audit. (Bitcoin.com News)
The Securities and Futures Commission welcomes the announcement made today by the National Financial Regulatory Administration actively supporting Mainland insurance funds to participate in the Mainland and Hong Kong financial market connectivity, and supporting Mainland insurance institutions to invest in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) listed on the Hong Kong Exchange through Stock Connect. This policy will further expand the options for Mainland insurance institutions to conduct overseas asset allocation through Hong Kong, demonstrating the National Financial Regulatory Administration's support for continuously deepening the financial connectivity between the Mainland and Hong Kong.
阿里千问办公今日起正式接入企业微信，此前已接入钉钉和飞书，至此覆盖国内三大主流协同办公平台。用户可通过网页在千问办公连接器中完成企业微信授权，以对话方式调用读取智能表格、新建文档、发送通知、查询日程、预约会议或创建待办等能力，客户端版本即将上线。
According to GMGN market data, after listing on Binance Alpha, the Meme coin "NiuLai" briefly surpassed a $50 million market cap to reach a new all-time high, then quickly fell back below $40 million.
CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr. released an analysis indicating that Bitcoin is currently trading at approximately $64,200, 1.30 times the long-term holder cost basis of $49,400, and has remained in the low-risk zone for 78 consecutive days. Long-term holder holdings amount to 16.35 million BTC, only 58,000 less than the all-time high of 16.41 million set on July 30; over the past 90 days, this group's supply increased by 1.38 million BTC.
According to The Block, Kraken has officially launched US stock trading services for eligible users in all member states of the European Economic Area (EEA). It is reported that the service was previously quietly launched in Germany, the Netherlands, and France, and is now officially fully open to the entire European Economic Area. Kraken stated that it is currently the only crypto-native platform capable of providing European Economic Area users with trading of both spot US stocks and their tokenized versions within the same regulated account.
According to the official announcement, Huobi HTX listed OUST/USDT and GPS/USDT perpetual contracts on August 18, supporting 1-20x long and short positions. Meanwhile, from now until 15:00 on August 25 (UTC+8), Huobi HTX is launching a New Coin Futures Trading Competition. Users who complete registration, participate in contract trading of the event coins, and meet the specified threshold will have the opportunity to share a total prize pool of 1 billion $HTX.
According to TechFlow Research, JPMorgan Chase's August 17 research report pointed out that chip manufacturers' capital expenditures continue to be raised, and equipment vendors' WFE outlooks are revised upward in tandem. TSMC raised its 2026 capital expenditure to $60 billion to $64 billion (+52%), Intel raised it to $20 billion (+11%), and SK Hynix plans 40 trillion Korean won (+45%). Tokyo Electron raised its 2026 WFE outlook to over $150 billion and over $190 billion in 2027, with gross margin expected to reach 50% by early fiscal 2027. Screen Holdings expects 2026 WFE growth to exceed 20% (at least $140 billion). AXT is shifting InP substrate capacity to 6-inch, having received requests for five-year contracts from customers and significant prepayments, with prices expected to rise from 2026 to 2027. Storage LTA coverage is accelerating; Samsung plans to bring 60% to 70% of capacity under LTA, SK Hynix has signed 10 contracts, and SanDisk has signed 8 contracts. The research report concludes that signals from four directions all point to the semiconductor equipment and materials cycle shifting from volume expansion to a dual drive of volume and price. Japanese semiconductor and technology material companies are expected to become major beneficiaries.
According to Forbes, Hugging Face released the 2026 Summer Open Source Model Ecosystem Report, revealing that a widely overlooked community distribution layer is expanding rapidly. The report shows that in the first seven months of 2026, model repositories on the Hub grew by 21.5%, while GGUF format repositories grew by as much as 464%, more than 20 times the growth rate of the model layer. Taking the Alibaba Qwen model as an example, there are a total of 28,531 GGUF converted versions on the Hub, while Qwen officially released only 54, with the number of community-produced artifacts far exceeding the official versions. The report also points out that the third largest source of derived models is not frontier labs, but rather the downstream quantization publisher Unsloth. In response to this, the report recommends enterprises adopt a "Software Bill of Materials" approach to record model upstream repository versions, conversion recipes, publisher information, and artifact hash values, rather than relying solely on model names for management; and calls on major labs to also provide signed official GGUF converted versions while releasing weights, to bridge the gap between test versions and actual deployment versions.
The official Decred X account (@decredproject) issued a security notice stating that a security vulnerability was discovered in the Decred (DCR) network. The patch will be released on the morning of August 18, Eastern Time. For security reasons, users are advised to pause voting and mining operations before completing the upgrade. An announcement will be posted on the official X account immediately after the patch is released.
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.
According to Cryptopolitan, data from the on-chain data platform DefiLlama shows that as of August 18, the active deposit size of Real World Assets (RWA) in DeFi protocols has reached $3.98 billion, representing an approximately 6-fold increase compared to $651 million a year ago; three years ago, this figure was only $12 million. The current total issuance of tokenized RWA is $34.55 billion, but the actual on-chain utilization rate is only about 11.5%. Of this, private credit accounts for over half of the active total with $2.13 billion, bonds contribute $799 million, and reinsurance contributes $406 million. In contrast, the utilization rate of tokenized treasury bonds is extremely low—BlackRock BUIDL issuance reaches $2.74 billion, but on-chain deployment is only $18 million, with a utilization rate of only 0.66%; Franklin Templeton BENJI utilization rate is zero. Analysis points out that such products are designed specifically for institutional cash management, where holders pursue treasury yields rather than lending capabilities; tokenization only improves settlement efficiency and does not convert them into collateral.
According to Cointelegraph, the Ethereum Foundation Protocol DevOps team issued a warning that due to significant adjustments to the Ethereum gas model in the upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade, some wallets, indexers, and gas estimators may experience malfunctions. Any tools relying on hardcoded maximum Gas limits will face the risk of becoming non-functional and need to be updated as soon as possible. EIP-8037 will introduce an independent "state Gas dimension" to handle operations that create new state—transfers to existing accounts will still be 21,000 Gas, but transfers to new accounts will incur additional state Gas fees. The Foundation recommends developers complete system testing on the public testnet Plataberget (launched on August 13) as soon as possible. The Glamsterdam fork is scheduled to activate on this testnet this Thursday, subsequently deployed to the Sepolia and Hoodi testnets, and finally launched on the mainnet. This upgrade also covers the Proposer-Builder Separation (PBS) mechanism, block-level access lists, as well as increases in contract and initialization code size limits.
Odaily News: The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has warned that the Gas model changes in the Glamsterdam upgrade may cause some wallets, indexers, and gas estimation tools to malfunction. The EF Protocol DevOps team stated that tools relying on hardcoded maximum gas limits will fail, and developers need to update their systems and test on the Plataberget public testnet. Plataberget went live on August 13 and is expected to run for several months. The Glamsterdam fork is scheduled to activate on the Ethereum network on Thursday, followed by deployment to the Sepolia and Hoodi testnets. EIP-8037 will introduce a separate state gas dimension for operations that create new state. Transferring ETH to an existing account will still require 21,000 gas, while transfers to new accounts will incur additional state gas; developers should also re-examine software that treats 21,000 gas as the cost for all ETH transfers, or that estimates transaction fees using only a single gas dimension. (Cointelegraph)
Monitoring from the PPP Prediction Market Tool shows that in the Polymarket "OpenAI Astra Release Date" prediction market, the probability of OpenAI releasing Astra by August 31 has risen to 24%, up 8% in the past 24 hours; the probability of a release by September 15 is currently at 61%, up 6% in the past 24 hours.According to the settlement rules, if OpenAI releases Astra before the corresponding deadline—or releases a product confirmed to be the same model as Astra—and makes it publicly available, the market settles as "Yes." Public beta testing or opening a waitlist qualifies, while closed testing and private access do not count; the primary basis for settlement is official information from OpenAI.Previously, OpenAI disclosed that it would slow down the development of Astra until appropriate safety measures are established. However, OpenAI founder Sam Altman also stated that Astra is a powerful model and that the company is working to make it available to a broader range of users.Join the PPP Signal Push Community to stay one step ahead and seize the opportunity.
Odaily News: predict.fun announced on the X platform that it has launched a new market to predict the box office revenue of "Niu Lai" up to September 2026.
According to the "BOK Issue Note" report released by the High Employment Research Team of the Bank of Korea Survey Bureau on the 18th, between June 2022 and June 2026, jobs for Korean youth (aged 15-29) decreased by a total of 285,000, of which 268,000 (94%) were concentrated in AI high-exposure industries, involving fields such as information services, publishing, computer programming, and professional services. Meanwhile, employment for the group aged 50 and above increased by 230,000, with 75.2% also coming from AI high-exposure industries. The report pointed out that after the release of ChatGPT, the average unemployment rate for university graduates rose to 7.0%, higher than the 5.4% for youth with associate degrees or below, whereas previously there was almost no difference between the two. The report suggested that policies should focus on building new career ladders to help youth accumulate experience and skills with AI assistance, rather than simply retaining entry-level positions.
Ripple partners with South Korea's Jeonbuk Bank, which becomes the first regional bank in South Korea to deploy Ripple Payments for cross-border remittances. The partnership aims to replace the traditional SWIFT multi-intermediary process with near real-time settlement (seconds to minutes) and support 7×24-hour operations.
Odaily Odaily News According to official sources, Gate's Contract Stock Section will launch perpetual contract trading (USDT settlement) for SHENHUA (China Shenhua 601088.SH), YANGTZE (Yangtze Power 600900.SH), HYGON (Hygon Information 688041.SH), MIDEA (Midea Group 000333.SZ), BEIGENE (BeiGene 688235.SH), MOUTAI (Kweichow Moutai 600519.SH), HENGRUI (Hengrui Medicine 600276.SH), BIWIN (Biwin Storage 688525.SH), DEMINGLI (Demingli 001309.SZ), and TAIJI (Taiji Industry 600667.SH) on August 18 at 14:00 (UTC+8), supporting 1-20x leverage.In addition, Gate will host the 15th round of the Contract Stock Section new token airdrop campaign from August 18, 16:00 to August 27, 16:00 (UTC+8). New users who complete their first contract trade will receive 5 USDT; those who complete daily check-ins on contract trading volume for the participating tokens can earn up to 35 USDT in total; trading the participating tokens in contract trading will share a 30,000 USDT prize pool. The total prize pool for the campaign is 50,000 USDT, with a maximum of 240 USDT per individual.
According to TechFlow Research, the frontier AI data tracking report released by Bank of America Securities on August 17 shows that Anthropic leads comprehensively in three major AI benchmarks, with Claude Opus 5 ranking first in the Intelligence Index, Agent Index, and Coding Agent Index, GPT-5.6 Sol following closely behind, Meta MuseSpark 1.2 entering the top ten, and Google Gemini 3.6 Flash ranking outside the top ten. In terms of usage, DeepSeek leads with approximately 30% of the Vercel platform token share, Anthropic accounts for 25% and OpenAI accounts for 16%; but in terms of payment amount, Anthropic leads far ahead with 65%, while OpenAI accounts for only 11%. In terms of pricing, the AI Token Price Index decreased 9% month-over-month in August to $2.21, but still increased 87% year-over-year; GPU rental rates remain strong, with H100 increasing 33% year-over-year to $2.77/hour, DRAM increasing 483% year-over-year, and NAND increasing 432% year-over-year. The research report judges that AI infrastructure demand remains healthy, with open-source model usage growing but payment share still highly concentrated on top closed-source models. BofA believes that the Meta "Watermelon" and Google Gemini 4 releases, token pricing trends and GPU rental trends are