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Harmony has released a rollback plan, planning to retain Shard 0 Block 92,730,034 and Shard 1 Block 94,978,278, both corresponding to 23:25:37 UTC on August 11, 2026. Validators will use a replacement database, and the new client version will reject the relevant anomalous block hashes, subsequently continuing block production from the new block height.
According to the official announcement, Huobi HTX launched ZHONGJI/USDT and NET/USDT perpetual contracts on August 17, supporting 1-20x long and short trading.
According to the official announcement, OKX will list MOONSHOT/USDT Pre-IPO pre-market perpetual contracts on August 17 at 17:00.
Odaily News, the official interface shows that predict.fun has launched a Hang Seng Index up/down prediction market, allowing users to participate in daily Hang Seng Index movement markets, with settlement at 16:00 daily. Among these, the probability of the Hang Seng Index rising on August 17, 2026, has reached 99%.
According to Binance's official announcement, Binance will support cash dividends for Applied Materials (AMAT) and Microsoft (MSFT) to be distributed to holders of AMATB and MSFTB in the form of bStocks. After deducting withholding tax and related fees, the dividends will be reinvested and returned in the form of corresponding bStocks tokens. The snapshot time is 00:00 on August 20, 2026 (UTC), and users holding AMATB or MSFTB at that time are eligible to participate. The AMATB/USDT and MSFTB/USDT trading pairs will remain unaffected; however, deposit, withdrawal, and 1:1 token conversion services will be suspended at 23:30 on August 19, 2026 (UTC) and will resume after the distribution is completed.
Odaily News According to the official announcement, Gate's Event Market has recently launched a leaderboard incentive system, alongside the debut of an esports zone and the "Top Five Leagues Kickoff" campaign, further expanding diversified interactive scenarios such as sports and esports. The first phase of the points campaign will officially begin on August 17 at 18:00 (UTC+8). Users can participate after upgrading the Gate App to version v8.32 or above. The campaign adopts a "trade to earn cards—scratch cards for prizes—climb the points leaderboard—weekly settlement" mechanism. Users who complete valid event contract trades can earn scratch cards and have the opportunity to win USDT, event points, and experience vouchers. Additionally, the top 100 users on the weekly leaderboard will share the points prize pool based on their rankings.Meanwhile, the Gate esports zone aggregates popular tournaments such as Dota 2, League of Legends, CS2, and Valorant, providing centralized access to matchups, live scores, prediction odds, and trading information. It also supports event subscriptions and match start reminders, helping users easily browse and engage in event interactions.Furthermore, from August 12 at 16:00 to August 31 at 16:00 (UTC+8), Gate is hosting the "Top Five Leagues Kickoff Carnival" campaign with a total prize pool of 200,000 USDT. Users who participate in designated football event contracts can enjoy benefits such as kickoff gifts, loss compensation, and leaderboard rewards, further enhancing the interactive experience between football events and event contracts.
Odaily News, August 14 — The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) announced a €70,000 fine against crypto asset trading platform Bitpanda. The FMA stated that this is the first legally binding penalty case under the MiCA framework. The FMA noted that Bitpanda violated Article 8 of MiCA by failing to notify the authority and submit a whitepaper at least 20 days before the relevant crypto assets were approved for trading. Additionally, Bitpanda issued marketing notices without first publishing the required whitepaper, in violation of Article 1 of MiCA. The FMA stated that MiCA has moved from mere regulation to the enforcement phase, emphasizing that even though Bitpanda is the first publicly penalized case, it will not receive special treatment. Markus Miller stated that a license can only build trust if the relevant rules are continuously complied with. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to the official announcement, the Binance Futures platform will sequentially launch 6 USDT perpetual contracts based on traditional finance underlying assets from August 17 to 18, 2026, as follows: • GDXUSDT (Underlying: VanEck Gold Miners ETF) — August 17, 13:30 UTC • NETUSDT (Underlying: Cloudflare Class A Common Stock) — August 17, 13:35 UTC • VSTUSDT (Underlying: Vistra Corp Common Stock) — August 17, 13:40 UTC • SHOPUSDT (Underlying: Shopify Class A Shares) — August 17, 13:45 UTC • LYTEUSDT (Underlying: Roundhill Photonics & Optical ETF) — August 17, 13:50 UTC • CXMTUSDT (Underlying: ChangXin Memory Technologies, SSE 688825) — August 18, 05:00 UTC The above contracts all support up to 20x leverage, 24/7 trading, and multi-asset mode, with funding rates settled every 8 hours, capped at ±2%.
Only 1 day remains until DeepSeek-V4-Flash is fully available for free on the B.AI platform on August 17. At that time, the web interface and API will go live simultaneously, allowing users to freely enjoy full-scenario experiences such as code execution, complex Agent tasks, and long text processing. To empower developers to use DeepSeek without worrying about costs, B.AI is simultaneously launching three benefits: New users logging in via Binance Wallet, Bitget Wallet, or imToken wallet can claim 1 million free Credits; entering an invitation code adds another 300,000, bringing the cumulative total to up to 1.3 million; both new and existing users who recharge can enjoy extra Bonus Credits of up to 100 USD. Please note that accounts must retain a small amount of Credits for identity verification; please prepare in advance. The specific launch time will be announced soon; please stay tuned to B.AI official updates.
Odaily News: The BIP-110 fork branched off from the Bitcoin mainnet at block height 961,632 on August 8. Since then, the Roughnecks mining pool has mined only 4 blocks in 7 days, with on-chain progress stalled at block 961,635. BIP-110 supporters plan to switch the proof-of-work hash function from SHA-256 to Blake2b as early as September. The related development requires adjustments to block header validation, as well as upgrades to mining pools, wallets, block explorers, and indexing tools. The fork coin has not yet received support from trading platforms and currently has no market price, with over 400,000 transfers awaiting confirmation. Due to the lack of replay protection, a large number of these transfers were unintentionally generated by users. Tokens mined by Roughnecks require 100 confirmations before they can be used. (Bitcoin.com News)
Microsoft Excel's COPILOT function will cease support on September 14. This feature allows users to describe requirements in natural language and invoke Copilot to generate results. It was tested for Frontier and Insider users in August last year and was originally planned to launch in January 2027. Microsoft decided to deprecate it because Copilot already has multiple interaction entry points, such as floating action buttons and sidebars, and does not recommend users use this function for numerical calculations.
According to Bitget's official announcement, the platform's Stock Dual Investment products are officially launched, initially covering over 20 popular US stocks and ETF-related underlying assets, including rNVDA, rTSLA, rAAPL, rMETA, and others. This upgrade adjusts the product settlement time to 23:30 (UTC+8), better aligning with market trading hours following the US stock market open. In addition, Bitget is simultaneously launching two limited-time campaigns. During the campaign, new users who participate in Bitget Dual Investment for the first time and complete designated tasks such as net deposit will have a chance to receive Dual Investment trial funds rewards, up to 3,000 USDT; the campaign ends on August 21. Meanwhile, purchasing Dual Investment products during the campaign can also earn limited edition merchandise such as Bitget camping kits and commemorative gold coins; the campaign ends on August 28. For more details, please visit the Bitget official website.
Odaily News: Coinbase has announced that it will stop supporting USDC deposits and withdrawals on the Noble network as of August 17. USDC deposits and withdrawals on other supported networks, including Ethereum, Base, Solana, Arbitrum, Optimism, and Polygon, remain unaffected. Coinbase reminds users not to transfer funds to its Noble network USDC deposit address after August 17, as such funds may be irretrievable.
According to Red Star News, Moonshot AI Kimi issued a statement on August 14, stating that it has reported acts of false financing using the company's name and suspected illegal criminal activities in the market to the public security organs, and will pursue accountability to the fullest extent. The statement explicitly denied the existence of so-called "Friend Fund", "Special Channel", "Old Share Quota", "Reserved Quota", "Official Agent", or "Authorized Intermediary" during the financing process, reminded investors to be aware of risks, and advised that suspicious transactions can be reported to the company's legal department.
Odaily News, according to the official announcement, Bitget CFD will adjust the leverage and margin tier rules for XAUUSD (Gold/USD) and USDCNH (USD/Offshore CNY) starting August 15.Among them, when the notional value of XAUUSD contracts is below $100,000, up to 800x leverage is supported; when the notional value of USDCNH contracts is below $1,000,000, up to 100x leverage is supported. For positions exceeding the corresponding thresholds, the platform will adopt a tiered margin calculation method, with margin rates adjusting as the notional value of positions increases. Users can reasonably allocate positions based on their own asset needs.
Odaily News: BNB Smart Chain (BSC) has announced that the Pasteur hard fork will officially go live on the mainnet at 10:30 AM Beijing time on August 25 (02:30 UTC on August 25). Node operators are required to upgrade their clients to v1.7.7 in advance.This upgrade includes three improvements—BEP-682, BEP-695, and BEP-675—focusing on enhancing cross-chain security, validator governance mechanisms, and network throughput. Among them, BEP-682 will strengthen the BNB Chain cross-chain bridge verification mechanism, preventing permission bypass risks caused by duplicate signature counting by validators, thereby improving the security of cross-chain asset transfers. BEP-695 optimizes the validator key rotation mechanism, ensuring that old keys no longer retain management privileges after exit, while also fixing potential vulnerabilities related to slashing and governance voting.In terms of performance, BEP-675 reduces the time consumption caused by validators repeatedly executing transactions by optimizing the block construction process. In BNB Chain's internal QANet test environment, this solution increased throughput from 1,237 TPS to 2,324 TPS. While maintaining the 450-millisecond block time and the 100 million Gas block limit unchanged, the average Gas usage per block rose from 46.35 million to 84.15 million.BNB Chain stated that this upgrade is primarily aimed at validators and block builders, designed to provide greater capacity during network peak periods and advance the throughput expansion goals outlined in BNB Chain's roadmap for the second half of 2026.
Bitget PoolX lists project HOME. Users can lock HOME to share in an airdrop of 1,100,000 HOME, with a maximum individual lock limit of 20,000,000 HOME. The locking channel is open from 20:00 on August 14 to 20:00 on August 17 (UTC+8). For more details, please refer to the official Bitget platform.
According to U Chinese (@UstablesZH), the stablecoin $U Flexible Savings on Binance has been renewed again. The event period is August 16 08:00 – September 15 07:59 (UTC+8), totaling 30 days: • Regular users: 0 – 5,000 $U enjoy 8% tiered interest boost • VIP 1–9 users: 0 – 500,000 $U enjoy 5% tiered interest boost
Amidst the intensive release of US stock earnings reports, Bybit encourages users to leverage its powerful TradFi trading tools to analyze market opportunities and boost trading confidence. Currently, Bybit users who complete trading tasks using the two major robot tools, TradFi Portfolio or TradFi Copy Trading, can register for the limited-time event to win lucky draw opportunities, compete on the individual and team leaderboards, and share a 100,000 USDT prize pool. This event is open to eligible users for registration, running from August 13, 2026, to September 12, 2026. For details and terms, please refer to the official website. Participation Method: Users need to log in to their main account and click "Join Now". After successful registration, trading TradFi products using TradFi Copy Trading (as a Lead Trader or Copy Trader) or TradFi Portfolio (Bot Trading) will unlock lucky draw opportunities, allow them to compete on the individual leaderboard, or lead a team to the top of the team leaderboard. This event features three major paths, including a lucky draw for unlocking trading volume milestones with a prize pool of 10,000 USDT; a top 100 competition for the individual trading volume leaderboard with a prize pool of 30,000 USDT; and a team trading volume leaderboard with a prize pool of 60,000 USDT, shared by the top 50 Lead Traders, where Lead Traders receive 50% of the team reward, and Copy Traders receive the remaining 50%.
According to CNA, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and the Cyber Security Agency (CSA) jointly issued a warning on August 14 that a cryptocurrency scam utilizing fake recruitment has caused losses of approximately US$11.8 million. Scammers impersonated recruiters from cryptocurrency companies, communicated with victims via emails from spoofed domains, and induced them to download malware onto company devices under the pretext of technical programming tests. The malware stole victims' session tokens, bypassed multi-factor authentication to infiltrate their Bitbucket code repositories, then tampered with automated deployment instructions and remotely accessed internal servers, ultimately bypassing transaction approval mechanisms to complete cryptocurrency transfers.