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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.
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, 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.
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.
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.
The Stand With Crypto Alliance, a lobbying organization supported by Coinbase, announced on August 24 a list of 32 supporters for the 2026 midterm elections, including crypto-friendly politicians such as Tom Emmer, highlighting the industry's strategic positioning for the election year.
As of the evening of August 24, the cumulative number of registered users on the B.AI platform has officially surpassed the 2.1 million mark. Following the 2 million milestone, the platform's growth momentum remains strong. With the continuous expansion of its frontier large model matrix, steadily decreasing compute invocation costs, comprehensive upgrades to product interaction experiences and underlying architecture, coupled with an increasingly mature AI Agent ecosystem, B.AI is attracting a growing number of global developers and users to explore and build next-generation intelligent applications via B.AI with lower barriers to entry and greater efficiency.
Odaily Planet Daily reported that Bitget has launched a new round of CandyBomb, with a total prize pool of 3 XAUT. This event is aimed at new users of stock, metal, and commodity futures, and the participation period is from 21:00 on August 24 to 21:00 on September 3 (UTC+8).During the event, users who complete designated futures trading tasks can earn up to 0.03 XAUT per person. Detailed rules have been published on Bitget's official platform. Eligible users must click "Join Now" to complete registration before participating in the event.
: HertzFlow, a perpetual contract protocol supported by YZi Labs, has opened mainnet trading. Users can trade, provide liquidity, and invite friends to earn Merit points. Previously, the Genesis Vault pre-deposit campaign was completed, and early participants have received 230,000 WLFI in allocations. The project is now adding 390,000 WLFI in liquidity rewards to the USD1 Vault. The campaign runs until August 31, has no cap, and is open to all users. Active users who have already participated in the pre-deposit campaign or testnet can directly access the mainnet, while new users need an invitation code. The platform currently supports BTC, ETH, and BNB trading pairs, with more markets to be expanded in the future. HertzFlow aims to create permissionless leveraged trading markets for oracle-backed assets and activate on-chain liquidity on BNB Chain through composable DeFi strategies.
Odaily News: On August 21, 2026, PeaqOS integrated World ID, allowing robots and machines operating on PeaqOS to natively request and verify World ID proofs via robotic.sh, confirming that the interacting party is a real and unique human—without collecting names, facial information, or other personal data.The system employs zero-knowledge proofs, meaning machines receive cryptographic proof that the user is a real human, rather than identity information. As a coordination layer, PeaqOS connects to World ID through decentralized identifiers (DIDs) and machine markets, recording auditable interaction logs.This solution can be applied in scenarios such as autonomous delivery, shared machines, and pharmaceutical delivery. Users can verify multiple times in the World App and during the delivery process, allowing robots to confirm that the recipient is the same person associated with the order. PeaqOS also plans to extend zero-knowledge verification to more DePIN projects. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to the official announcement, HTX launched the PDD/USDT perpetual contract on August 24, supporting 1x to 20x leverage for both long and short positions.
According to Caixin Online, the National Development and Reform Commission has released the Draft Revised Measures for the Administration of Outbound Investment for public consultation, with the period running from August 21 to September 20, 2026. The draft expands the investor scope from enterprises to include domestic enterprises, other organizations, and resident individuals, and clarifies that re-investment overseas by investors also falls under outbound investment. Under the regulatory framework for outbound investment, concerning the classification of investments, division of regulatory responsibilities, and procedures and deadlines for approval and filing, investors must obtain approval documents or filing notices prior to implementing outbound investments. For resident individuals newly included as investors, the approving authority is the National Development and Reform Commission, while the filing authority is the provincial development and reform department at their place of household registration or habitual residence. The draft introduces new systems for an annual report on outbound investment information and a report on preliminary work progress. Investors are required to submit the annual report on outbound investment information via an online system by March 31 each year, thereby notifying the development and reform authorities of their outbound investment details as of the end of the preceding year.
According to Chaoxiang Research, Goldman Sachs' fourth annual report in its CHIPS Act series, released on August 24, indicates that by June 2026, China's semiconductor IC self-sufficiency rate will reach 70%, nearly double the 38% recorded in January 2010. Goldman Sachs has raised its forecast for China's semiconductor capital expenditure to $82 billion in 2030, up 79% from previous estimates. The report covers CXMT, China's leading DRAM manufacturer, for the first time, assigning a Buy rating with a target price of ¥129. Goldman Sachs projects that the supply-demand gap for China's advanced logic processes at 7nm and below will narrow from 92% in 2025 to 34% by 2035, while wafer demand for AI servers will grow at a CAGR of 42% over the same period. Under the baseline scenario, China's AI chip market is projected to reach $678 billion by 2030, representing a CAGR of 69% from 2025 to 2030; the DRAM market will reach $257 billion by 2028, growing at a 50% CAGR, with HBM expanding at an 188% CAGR. China's WFE spending will increase by 13%, 20%, and 15% in 2026, 2027, and 2028, respectively. The revenue share of domestic equipment manufacturers in China's WFE market will rise from 31% to 38%. Despite the rising localization rate, global equipment suppliers remain key beneficiaries of China's capacity expansion in advanced processes. Goldman Sachs recommends Applied Materials, Lam Research, and Onto Innovation.
Odaily News: Ethereum client Besu has fixed 5 security vulnerabilities discovered by blockchain security firm CertiK in version 26.7.1 released on July 27, and published 4 detailed security advisories on August 14. Vulnerability details were disclosed after a delay to allow node operators to complete upgrade deployments.Jialiang Chang, Director of Security Engineering and Senior Audit Partner at CertiK, stated that the arrangement of releasing patches first and details later provided an 18-day buffer period, allowing node operators to identify affected deployments, test new versions, and coordinate with validators or consortium participants to complete upgrades.The vulnerabilities involve block broadcast handling, caching of future-height consensus proposals, WebSocket subscription limits, and JSON-RPC filter creation. If left unpatched, attackers could exhaust node memory or thread resources, impacting node availability and consensus processing.Using the Chain Scan methodology, CertiK conducted adversarial testing on peer-to-peer, HTTP RPC, WebSocket RPC, and consensus interfaces in a private multi-node test network, and provided reproducible testing tools to the Besu team. CertiK is updating Chain Scan to expand round-the-clock multi-node testing on public chain networks. (Bitcoin.com News)
Bitget launches a Crypto vs. Stock Futures Trading Competition, running from August 24 to August 31. During the event, users who reach specified thresholds with their cumulative crypto and stock futures trading volumes will earn lucky draw entries, with a maximum prize of 100 USDT per draw. Additionally, users can separately participate in trading tasks for either the crypto or stock futures track. The two tracks are calculated independently, with a maximum reward of 500 USDT per track. Users ranking in the top 10 based on total cumulative trading volume will receive ranking prizes, with the champion exclusively winning 1,000 USDT. For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.
Alibaba Cloud's video generation model Wan3.0 officially launched today, capable of generating 30-second videos in a single run and for the first time supporting input from document formats such as doc, xls, ppt, pdf, and md. Since the public beta began over ten days ago, the model has continuously evolved in areas including instruction following, cross-shot consistency, audio quality, and video editing. For API pricing, 480P, 720P, and 1080P are priced at 0.3 yuan/second, 0.6 yuan/second, and 1.2 yuan/second, respectively, with a limited-time 30% discount from August 24 to September 23.