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According to Upbit's official announcement, the exchange will officially launch BTC and USDT trading pairs for four tokens BICO (Biconomy), BMT (Bubblemaps), NIL (Nillion), and GWEI (ETHGas) on August 21 at 13:00. Deposit services will open within two hours after the announcement.
According to CryptoSlate, researchers from USENIX Security publicly disclosed a clock attack vulnerability against Solana’s Proof of History (PoH) mechanism on August 12. The vulnerability had been privately reported to the Solana development team as early as December 2025. Research indicates that a malicious scheduler leader could manipulate the PoH logical clock through "re-anchoring," slowing the progression of logical time. This would yield a longer transaction selection window within physical time, allowing the attacker to isolate honest leaders' blocks via the TowerBFT fork-choice mechanism, with the required stake for the attack falling below 33%. The Alpenglow security contest hosted by Anza, which offered a 50,000 SOL prize pool, concluded on August 19. However, the vulnerability was excluded from the evaluation scope because the contest rules explicitly excluded "behaviors that can only be triggered when Alpenglow is inactive." The Solana development team confirmed awareness of the issue, stating that the probability of the worst-case scenario occurring under current conditions is low. They expect the Alpenglow upgrade to fundamentally eliminate the attack's prerequisites. The Alpenglow code is already integrated into the Agave 4.2 client but remains inactive on the mainnet, with full deployment expected alongside Agave 4.3. Until then, the transitional risks associated with this vulnerability have yet to receive public implementation-level analysis or official responses.
Odaily News: On August 20 local time, the White House announced that U.S. President Trump has signed a memorandum proposing that by 2030, U.S. space transportation ranges and related facilities should be capable of supporting more than 1,000 launch and reentry missions annually. The memorandum states that the U.S. will expand and improve space launch and reentry infrastructure, requiring relevant agencies to promote the opening of federal launch sites to commercial users, encourage commercial investment, public-private partnerships, and joint infrastructure development, while accelerating facility permitting and environmental reviews. NASA has also been tasked with developing a commercial lunar logistics architecture, exploring commercial robotic Mars landings, and related architectures for commercial crewed round-trip missions to Mars. (CCTV News)
Odaily News: BounceBit announced that the team has identified an issue affecting BounceBit Chain and has temporarily paused node operations to deploy fixes. BB trading and exchange deposits/withdrawals are temporarily unavailable. The team emphasized that the issue is limited to the chain itself, and CeDeFi applications, smart contracts, and vaults remain unaffected, with no private key leaks or user wallet compromises. The chain upgrade is scheduled for August 23 at 17:00 UTC+8.
According to Trend Research, an HSBC report released on August 18 spanning 12 industries points out that SpaceX's Starlink has crossed the inflection point for scale. As of June 30, it operates 10,200 satellites in orbit and serves 12 million broadband subscribers across 167 markets. Additionally, 7.4 million monthly active devices connect directly to mobile phones via satellite (Direct to Cell), covering 30 countries. Maersk has installed Starlink on more than 330 container ships, while United Airlines plans to upgrade 15 Boeing 737-800 aircraft per month. Starship aims to reduce launch costs to $100–$300 per kilogram, representing a decline of over 95% compared to historical averages. HSBC assesses that the space race is now benefiting terrestrial industries across three dimensions: From a communications standpoint, Starlink and ground-based telecom operators are predominantly complementary, filling coverage gaps in oceanic, desert, and post-disaster environments. Regarding compute infrastructure, orbital data centers currently cost three times as much as ground-based equivalents, acting mainly as strategic reserves; however, if TeraFab’s vertically integrated wafer fabs succeed, they could revolutionize the division of labor in the semiconductor industry. At the energy level, AI data centers have pushed the annual growth rate of U.S. power demand to 4%-5%, making renewable energy and the electrical grid the largest beneficiaries. Among the 12 industries covered, power, semiconductors, and robotics are being directly transformed.
According to an official announcement, HTX launched perpetual contracts for MRNA/USDT and SOFTBANK/USDT on August 20, supporting 1-20x leverage for long and short positions. Meanwhile, from today until August 25 at 15:00 (UTC+8), HTX is hosting a new token perpetual contract trading contest. Users who complete registration, trade the participating contract pairs, and meet the specified thresholds will have the chance to share a total prize pool of 1 billion $HTX tokens.
Bitget will list Aligned (ALIGN) for spot trading. Deposits are now open, and the trading channel will open on August 21 at 3:00 AM (UTC+8).
According to TechFlow Research, UBS pointed out in its research report on August 18 that Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s Fukui Takefu Plant opened to market visits for the first time in about 20 years. This plant is the mother factory for advanced MLCCs (Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors), mainly supplying AI servers and high-end smartphones. Murata's global market share is approximately 35%. UBS confirmed three key pieces of information: technical barriers remain substantial, existing equipment still has about 20% potential for production increase through yield improvement and process optimization, and physical capacity expansion is approaching its limits. UBS maintains a Buy rating on Murata, with a target price of 13,200 yen. UBS believes that against the backdrop of limited new capacity construction and extended lead times for in-house equipment components, tapping into the potential of existing equipment is more certain than adding new production lines. Murata is transferring general-purpose products overseas, while domestic Japan plants focus on advanced products such as high capacitance and small size. The product mix upgrade will drive the operating profit margin to climb from 15.4% in fiscal year 2026 to 37.6% in fiscal year 2029. UBS assesses that the industry structure is expected to improve over the next 6 months, and there is a possibility of an upward revision in earnings guidance around October 31.
As disclosed by security researcher V12 (@v12sec), the Rabby Wallet browser extension contains a silent signature extraction vulnerability that allows attackers to extract wallet signatures via malicious websites without user awareness, thereby draining wallet assets. The conditions required to trigger this vulnerability are extremely limited: users must simultaneously meet two conditions—connecting to a malicious website and manually setting the auto-lock timer to 10 minutes. Other timer settings are unaffected, and the mobile app is also unaffected. Rabby Wallet officially stated that a fix update was released on August 11 following the vulnerability's discovery. No actual exploitation cases have been detected so far. Users are advised to confirm as soon as possible that the extension has been updated to the latest version.
According to CryptoSlate, Nasdaq-listed company AIxCrypto Holdings announced plans to orderly sell all its crypto assets. As of June 30, the company held 46 BTC, 616 ETH, 6,659 SOL, 1,308 BNB, and small amounts of ADA, LINK, TRX, USDT, and XRP, with a total cost basis of $10.43 million, fair value of only $5.21 million, an unrealized loss of approximately $5.22 million, representing a drop of about 50% from cost. Meanwhile, the company's operating cash consumption in the first half of the year reached $7.94 million, with accumulated losses as high as $150.3 million, raising doubts about its ability to continue as a going concern. The company is shifting its business focus to its RoboShare robot rental platform and completed its first commercial order on August 15, deploying 6 robots at a Malibu event, but specific revenue and subsequent demand have not yet been disclosed.
Odaily News: BIP-110 supporters are discussing a hard fork to change the stalled minority chain's mining algorithm from SHA-256d to BLAKE2b. Transaction history before the fork remains shared by both chains. If transaction and signature rules remain consistent, the same transaction could be replayed on the other chain, creating a replay attack.BIP-110's peak miner support was approximately 2.53%. After the consensus rules took effect on August 8, the minority chain produced only two consecutive blocks before stalling, while the Bitcoin main chain continued operating and widening the block height gap. The BIP-110 proposal was subsequently marked as closed, and supporters shifted focus to discussing the BLAKE2b proof-of-work scheme.Bitcoin Knots plans to add a new signature hash option, but RDTS will still maintain compatibility with Bitcoin Core's existing signature hash types. Regular transactions may continue to be valid on both chains. Users will need to use the new option and rely on wallets or hardware signing firmware that support it to achieve asset separation.Luke Dashjr stated on August 18 that Bitcoin should bear the responsibility for replay protection, calling it "Spamcoin." If the BLAKE2b fork proceeds around September 1, exchanges, wallets, and holders will need to distinguish between cross-chain transactions and chain-specific transactions. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News Bitcoin reserve company Strategy released its latest investor briefing, disclosing that as of August 9, the company holds 840,447 bitcoins, accounting for approximately 4% of the total Bitcoin supply. The company stated that its core strategy is not just holding Bitcoin, but also building a "Digital Credit" platform through capital markets to enhance Bitcoin holdings per share.As of August 10, Strategy's stock (MSTR) had a market capitalization of approximately $38.368 billion, corresponding to a 1.06x mNAV (market cap/net Bitcoin value per share). The company noted that MSTR is not a Bitcoin ETF; common shareholders do not directly own the Bitcoin held by the company, but rather are residual interest holders positioned after debt and preferred stock.Strategy stated that the goal of its "Digital Credit" strategy is to issue digital credit products equivalent to 10%-20% of its Bitcoin reserve annually, when market conditions permit, with an expected scale of approximately $5.4 billion to $10.8 billion. The company said that if the long-term yield on Bitcoin exceeds financing costs, this model could increase common shareholders' Bitcoin exposure per share.Strategy emphasized that MSTR, as common stock of a Bitcoin reserve company, has the dual nature of amplifying both returns and risks. The main risks listed by the company include Bitcoin price volatility, changes in financing conditions, mNAV compression, dilution from stock issuance, and debt and preferred stock repayment pressures.To date, Strategy remains one of the public companies holding the largest amount of Bitcoin globally. The company stated that it will continue to increase its long-term Bitcoin holdings and per-share Bitcoin exposure through capital market instruments, digital credit issuance, and proactive asset allocation.
Bitget launches the AEHR stock spot trading event with a total prize pool worth 40,000 USDT. The event runs from 19:00 on August 19 to 18:59 on August 26 (UTC+8). During the event, users can earn blind box draw chances by completing rAEHR trading tasks.
According to monitoring by the PPP Prediction Market Tool, in the Polymarket "OpenAI Astra Release Date" prediction market, the probability of OpenAI releasing Astra before September 15 has dropped to 42%, down 18% in 24 hours; the probability of a release before August 31 is currently at 10%, down 8% in 24 hours.If OpenAI officially releases Astra before the specified date in the title (Eastern Time), or releases a product confirmed to be the same model as the previously disclosed Astra and makes it available to the public, the market will settle as Yes; otherwise, it will settle as No.The model can be named Astra, Astra 1, GPT-6 Astra, or any other name, but it must be confirmed by OpenAI's official channels or credible media that it is indeed Astra. Models such as GPT-5.7 and GPT-6 will only count if they are confirmed to be the same model as Astra.A public beta or opening a waitlist counts as an official release; closed beta or private access does not. Settlement will primarily rely on official information from OpenAI, with consistent reports from credible media also considered.Join the PPP Signal Push Community to stay ahead of the curve and seize the initiative.
Odaily News: The KITE Foundation has provided an update on the handling of a token security incident. A new KITE ERC-20 contract has been deployed on the Ethereum mainnet, with the total token supply remaining unchanged. Old KITE tokens will be migrated to the new contract at a 1:1 ratio. Addresses confirmed to be controlled by the attacker will be excluded and will not receive new tokens.The migration snapshot is based on Ethereum mainnet block height 25,692,498. Regular self-custody wallet users will receive the new tokens directly without needing to redeem or authorize anything. Exchange users will have their migration coordinated between the exchange and the KITE team. Cross-chain channels will remain paused until migration and verification are complete.Previously, KITE detected abnormal transfers on August 6 and confirmed it had been attacked by hackers. The team stated that this incident did not result in any asset losses for users or the project, and the impact is currently under control.
According to the official announcement, Huobi HTX listed KR200/USDT, SKUU/USDT, and SKDD/USDT perpetual contracts on August 19, supporting 1-20x long and short positions. Meanwhile, from now until August 25, 15:00 (UTC+8), Huobi HTX is launching a new coin perpetual contract trading competition. Users who complete registration, participate in contract trading of the event coins, and reach specified thresholds will have the opportunity to share a total prize pool of 1 billion $HTX tokens.
According to TechFlow Research, Goldman Sachs' research report on August 18 noted that ahead of Broadcom (AVGO)'s Q2 earnings release, it maintained a "Buy" rating and a $525 price target, representing 34% upside from the current stock price. Goldman Sachs expects Broadcom's FY2026 AI revenue to be approximately $57 billion, basically in line with consensus; FY2027 AI revenue forecast reaches $133 billion, 12% higher than consensus. FY2027 total revenue is expected to be $186.986 billion, with EPS of $21.40. Goldman Sachs believes that market concerns regarding competition from MediaTek and AMD entering the ASIC custom chip sector have been overly reflected in the stock price; Broadcom's current PE is approximately 38 times, which does not fully account for FY2027 AI revenue potential. Broadcom's barriers in mass production delivery and customer relationships, as well as the volume increase of Tomahawk 6 switch chips driven by data center expansion, are two key drivers ignored by the market. Goldman Sachs suggests focusing on three major topics during the earnings conference call: FY2027 AI revenue guidance, ASIC share changes, and data center deployment readiness.
According to Bloomberg, AI chip company Cerebras Systems unveiled the new computer CS-4 in San Francisco on August 19. The device is equipped with Cerebras' self-developed chip, with speeds several times that of the previous generation. Cerebras claims its previous generation product already outperformed Nvidia's mainstream processors in response speed, and CS-4 will further expand this advantage. Currently, CS-4 is available for trial to a limited number of customers and is expected to officially launch on a large scale in the late third quarter.
According to Cursor's official announcement, its code hosting platform Origin officially launched on August 18, enabling users to sync code repositories directly from GitHub and featuring deep integration with Cursor. It has currently integrated with mainstream GitHub ecosystem partners such as Vercel, Buildkite, and Depot. More integration services will be introduced successively, and the Beta version has begun rolling out to users.
Odaily News: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins introduced the "Regulation Crypto Assets" proposal on August 18, covering issuance pathways, disclosure obligations, and safe harbor conditions. Atkins stated that tailored exemptions could attract crypto issuers and investment back to the United States while preserving core investor protections, and expressed support for Congress's push for the CLARITY Act. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce noted that the proposal was developed through public comment and staff engagement, with feedback from both industry supporters and critics shaping the framework's design. SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda pointed out that fixed thresholds and disclosure obligations could enhance issuers' compliance expectations; the proposal has not yet taken effect. (Bitcoin.com News)