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Block CEO Jack Dorsey has expressed support for review, independent evaluation, and planning of frontier AI, but opposes governments and leading AI companies negotiating industry-wide development restrictions.He advocates for an open-release approach that allows outside parties to reproduce results, identify problems, and develop alternatives, and supports providing models, computing power, and public infrastructure to independent researchers and safety researchers.Block is developing open-source AI tools and provides Bitcoin-related services across products including Square and Cash App. The company has also launched the open-source AI agent goose, and is developing Bitcoin mining hardware Proto and hardware wallet Bitkey. (Bitcoin.com News)
Binance Alpha 2.0 now supports trading, deposits, and withdrawals on Robinhood Chain. Limit orders and instant orders currently support USDT pairs. Additionally, Binance Alpha 2.0 has added tokens such as Cash Cat (CASHCAT), up (UP), Artificial Inu (AI), and Pons (PONS).
According to an official tweet from Binance Wallet, Binance Alpha 1.0 added three new tokens on September 4, 2026: Cash Cat (CASHCAT), UP (UP), and Artificial Inu (AI), exclusively accessible to Binance Wallet users.
Odaily News: Fomo, a social crypto trading app built for Robinhood Chain and other networks, entered the top five finance apps in the U.S. on August 21, briefly climbing to No. 3 and surpassing Cash App and prediction market Kalshi. It currently ranks in the top 15.Founded by Paul Erlanger and Se Yong Park, Fomo launched its public beta in May 2025. In November 2025, it completed a $17 million Series A round led by Benchmark, with participation from 140 angel investors; this was followed by a $75 million Series B round, bringing total disclosed equity funding to approximately $94 million.Fomo supports Solana, Base, BNB Chain, Monad, and Robinhood Chain, allowing users to view real-time trades of people they follow, track leaderboards, and copy trading signals, with instant deposits funded via Apple Pay. Its cumulative installs on Google Play have surpassed 1 million, with over 600,000 users and more than $4 billion in trading volume. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: The sandwich attack bot operated by JaredfromSubway.eth has extracted a cumulative total of 117,007 ETH since March 2023, worth approximately $295 million at current prices. In June 2026, an anonymous attacker deployed 66 counterfeit token contracts, exploiting the bot's automated trading logic to steal at least $7.5 million in ETH and stablecoins, and funneled the funds into Tornado Cash. The stolen assets have not yet been recovered.Sandwich attacks are a form of Maximal Extractable Value (MEV): the bot monitors large transactions in Ethereum's public mempool, buys ahead of the target transaction, and sells after the transaction pushes the price up, capturing profits from the spread. The bot's primary contract had received a cumulative total of 117,007 ETH as of August 28.MEV-Boost block construction is centralized among a small group of participants, with relay.ultrasound.money, Titan Relay, and bloXroute regulated relays collectively forwarding approximately 85% to 88% of related blocks within a 24-hour window; Titan's builder independently assembled 50.3% of the blocks. Monthly sandwich attack extraction amounts have declined from approximately $10 million in late 2024 to roughly $2.5 million in October 2025. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to The Defiant, Aave V4 user deposits reached a new high of $806 million, with a 30% increase over the past seven days. Of these, the Ethereum Core market holds $378 million in deposits, EtherFi Cash (deployed on Optimism) ranks second with $257 million, while Ethereum Global Dollar and Ethereum Prime contributed $75 million and $63 million respectively. The primary deposit assets are weETH ($97 million), USDG ($90 million), and WETH/USDC ($81 million each). V4's current active loan volume stands at $216 million, including $62 million in loans from the EtherFi market, with the utilization rate for borrowing WETH against weETH collateral reaching as high as 92%. In comparison, Aave V3's deposit scale remains at $31 billion, far exceeding V4.
Odaily News, according to the official announcement, Gate will list Cash Cat (CASHCAT) for spot trading at 16:00 (UTC+8) on August 25, and will launch Cash Cat (CASHCAT) perpetual contract live trading (USDT-settled) at 16:10 (UTC+8), supporting 1-20x leverage. In addition, Gate will list Cash Cat (CASHCAT) on its flash swap platform at 17:00 (UTC+8).
Odaily News - Nomura Holdings' digital asset company Laser Digital Japan announced this week that it has completed registration as a crypto asset trading service provider under Japan's Payment Services Act, with registration number 00032, and has joined the Japan Virtual and Crypto asset Trading Association, bringing an end to Japan's nearly 4-year period without new industry participants.The license covers six crypto assets: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, and Shiba Inu, all of which are listed on the industry association's "green list." Laser Digital Japan will initially provide liquidity to licensed crypto asset companies in Japan, while the launch date for trading services targeting professional investors has not yet been announced.Japanese regulators require the segregation of customer assets from company assets, with at least 95% of customer crypto assets stored in offline cold wallets, subject to verification through annual audits. The license does not cover crypto asset derivatives, nor does it permit Laser Digital Japan to launch exchange-traded funds; major adjustments to Japan's crypto asset regulatory framework are expected to be implemented in fiscal year 2027. (Bitcoin.com News)
United Stables ($U) has partnered with Venus Protocol and Asseto Finance to launch a new $U fixed-term vault on BNB Chain, bringing the institutional-grade RWA asset CASH+ into the on-chain credit market. CASH+ holders can retain their underlying RWA exposure while using CASH+ as collateral to borrow $U without selling their assets. $U suppliers can earn a target annualized yield of 2.16%, over a 1-month term, with a $500K $U capacity.
According to CoinDesk, Cash App has integrated with crypto payment platform MoonPay, expanding its cryptocurrency services from previously primarily supporting Bitcoin and the USD stablecoin USDC to various digital assets including Ethereum, Solana, XRP, and USDT.
Odaily News: Payment app Cash App is expanding its cryptocurrency services through crypto payment platform MoonPay, allowing 50 million users to purchase tokens such as ETH, SOL, XRP, and USDT. Additionally, users can top up major wallets like Ledger, BitPay, Trust Wallet, MetaMask, and Uniswap through Cash App. Previously, Cash App's crypto services only supported Bitcoin, with USDC support added earlier this year. (CoinDesk)
Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor stated that company stock buybacks are not a current priority, and the company is focusing on building a $4.8 billion cash reserve to support the STRC preferred stock business.
Bitcoin News announced on X platform that @BitcoinatBlock has updated its Bitcoin roadmap, having rolled out multiple features across its products over the past year. Recently launched features include: - Cash App supports Bitcoin purchases via ACH. - More readable Bitcoin addresses. - Dollar payments via the Lightning Network. - Square merchants support Bitcoin payments and Tap to Pay. - 5% Bitcoin cashback. - Increased withdrawal limits and reduced fees. - Open-source mining management through Proto. Features currently in development include: automatic withdrawals to Bitkey, Coin Control, multi-account support, and multi-beneficiary inheritance.
Odaily News: ether.fi announced that EtherFi Cash's existing lending infrastructure can no longer meet development demands. It is currently deploying a dedicated Aave V4 instance on the Optimism chain to support its credit card backend. EtherFi Cash currently has $22 million in active borrowings, and its lending capacity is expected to reach $500 million by 2027. Already, 70,000 cardholders are using cryptocurrency for spending without needing to sell their crypto holdings.
According to CoinDesk, Fidelity plans to add ETH staking functionality and a quarterly cash distribution mechanism to its spot Ethereum ETF—the Fidelity Ethereum Fund (FETH). FETH currently has a net asset value of approximately $898 million and can stake up to 100% of its held ETH under normal circumstances. Under the arrangement, Fidelity will retain 85% of the staking rewards, with the remaining 15% allocated to the fund sponsor, custodian, and node operators (including Blockdaemon, Figment, and Galaxy). Net staking rewards will be prioritized to cover fund operating expenses, with the remainder distributed to investors as cash on a quarterly basis. This move is driven by a safe harbor announcement released by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in November 2025, which allows eligible crypto trusts to stake without losing their grantor trust tax status.
Odaily News: Cross-border payment company MoneyGram has announced the expansion of its cash-to-crypto exchange service, MoneyGram Ramps, to Solana, allowing wallets, exchanges, and developers within the Solana ecosystem to access its global cash network. The service supports two-way exchange between cash and digital assets, with cash deposits available in over 25 countries and cash withdrawals covering more than 170 countries and regions. MoneyGram had previously launched a USDC-based cash on/off-ramp service with Stellar and issued the U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin MGUSD, continuing to expand its stablecoin payment and remittance business. (CoinDesk)
Odaily News: On August 5, the minority staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs stated that the July 22 version of the CLARITY Act fails to meet five minimum standards. The bill, numbered H.R. 3633, aims to divide digital asset regulatory authority between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The analysis suggests that the bill's two-tier system could remove certain blockchain assets from SEC oversight, allowing issuing companies to self-certify exemptions from securities regulation. Healthy Markets and five labor organizations have raised concerns over pension protections and securities law loopholes, while minority staff also noted that investors' private right of action and state and tribal enforcement powers could be weakened. Minority staff stated that DeFi-related companies could be exempt from anti-illegal financing obligations even if they earn millions of dollars from platform transactions; some crypto mixers may circumvent U.S. sanctions by exploiting the "Tornado Cash loophole." The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) warned that stablecoin yields could drain deposits from community banks, and the Systemic Risk Council has flagged related banking activities as potential bailout risks. Minority staff noted that Donald Trump alone earned over $1.4 billion from crypto businesses in 2025, with related enforcement solely under the purview of his Attorney General, and that obligations would terminate upon his departure from office. Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal, citing $3.8 billion in investor losses, have separately called on the SEC to investigate Trump memecoin. The Senate is scheduled to hold a cloture vote on September 15 on the motion to proceed, with the bill needing 60 votes to advance. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News Bitcoin nodes running BIP-110 rules have begun enforcing mandatory signaling mechanisms at block height 961,632. Latest data shows that BIP-110 miner signaling support fluctuates between just 0.3% and 2.6%, with no major mining pool publicly supporting the proposal. Nodes enabling BIP-110 enforcement rules are mainly operated by users running Bitcoin Knots software. These nodes subsequently reject blocks that do not emit signals, effectively isolating themselves from the Bitcoin main network.It is reported that the BIP-110 signaling period will continue until Bitcoin block height 965,664, expected to conclude in approximately four weeks. At that point, the community will face the critical decision of whether to activate the proposal. If the 55% miner support threshold is reached during the signaling period, BIP-110's data limit rules will take effect at block height 965,664 and remain active for approximately one year, covering around 52,416 blocks.Analysts point out that unlike the 2017 Bitcoin Cash fork, the BIP-110 split lacks substantial miner support and exchange infrastructure. If the number of nodes and hash power separating from the main chain proves insufficient, the forked chain could face severe block production speed issues. Since Bitcoin's difficulty adjustment mechanism relies on stable hash power, when a minority chain loses adequate miner support, block generation times could extend from the target 10 minutes to several hours or even days.For Bitcoin Knots node operators who have already enabled BIP-110 rules, the current practical impact is that their nodes can no longer stay synchronized with the Bitcoin main network. Going forward, they will need to either disable the enforcement rules and resynchronize with the main chain, or continue running this independent network that lacks widespread support. (Cryptobriefing)
Bybit today lists Cash Cat (CASHCATUSDT) perpetual contract, supporting up to 10x leverage.
Odaily News: Bybit has launched the Cash Cat (CASHCATUSDT) perpetual contract today, supporting up to 10x leverage.