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AI healthcare startup Tandem Health completes €86.5 million Series B funding round
According to EU-Startups, Stockholm-based Swedish health tech startup Tandem Health has closed a €86.49 million (approximately $100 million) Series B funding round, led by EQT's Scaleup Europe Fund alongside Kinnevik, Northzone, Amino Collective, and Visionaries. This brings the company's total cumulative funding to €138 million (approximately $160 million).
Syndicate Labs Decides to Shut Down Due to Severe Market Contraction
Syndicate Labs stated that after five years of developing on-chain infrastructure for customizable Ethereum Rollups and sequencers, the company has decided to shut down due to a drastic contraction in the Rollup market. Syndicate Labs previously completed a $20 million Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz in 2021.This decision caused the SYND token price to drop 21% in the past three hours, hitting an all-time low of $0.012, a 99.5% decline from its peak of $2.61 in September 2025.Additionally, Syndicate Labs stated that the Syndicate Network Collective operates independently of Syndicate Labs, so the governance of the SYND token will not be immediately affected. The decision to shut down was not influenced by the previous hacking incident involving bridged assets.
Institutions: AI Giants Worry They're Moving Too Fast, But Most of Their Customers Are Still Far From the "Frontier"
Over the past year, the AI field has experienced explosive growth, and this pace seems to have left frontier AI developers struggling to keep up in a short period of time. Now, these companies are beginning to call for a slower pace of research and stronger regulation and oversight.However, the AI safety crises that have previously been brought to light are unlikely to similarly impact the customers of AI giants like Anthropic and OpenAI. Enterprises typically deploy models that have already been commercialized and whose capabilities are relatively well understood by the market. These models may not be at the absolute cutting edge of AI, but their capabilities are already powerful enough to handle the various tasks enterprises assign to them.Stephen Messer, co-founder of Collective, said that most enterprises are not using the most cutting-edge models. They may even still be using versions from two years ago, and for the work they are doing, these models are actually more than sufficient. Some users don't even really know how to effectively prompt the models. Therefore, if the pace of AI development slows down, it won't have much of an impact on them. (WSJ)
The UK Financial Conduct Authority is exploring regulatory exemptions for tokenized gold.
According to the Financial Times, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is working with the Treasury and the Bank of England to establish a dedicated regulatory framework for tokenized gold or broader tokenized commodities, while also assessing whether certain tokenized gold products or market infrastructure should be exempt from the regulatory scope of Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) and Alternative Investment Funds (AIF). Specific arrangements have not yet been finalized.
Canton Strategic Sells Biotech Subsidiary Gravitas, Shifts Focus to Financial Digitalization
: Canton Strategic Holdings, a Nasdaq-listed company, announced the completion of the sale of its biotech R&D subsidiary, Gravitas Life Sciences. The buyer for this transaction is Gravitas Collective Corp. The deal received unanimous approval from the company's board of directors and was officially closed on July 17, 2026.This asset divestiture is a key strategic transformation move for the company. Going forward, the company will focus on the Canton Network ecosystem, transforming into a digitalization service provider for financial markets. It will prioritize the implementation of asset tokenization and financial digitalization, while continuously improving its compliant financial infrastructure business. (PRNewswire)
Avalanche Launches Payment Ecosystem Alliance, with 28 Organizations Already Onboard
Avalanche announced the launch of the Avalanche Payments Collective, with 28 organizations already joining the coalition to build payment infrastructure on the Avalanche network. The coalition aims to integrate multiple domains, including settlement, stablecoins, capital infrastructure, foreign exchange, asset management, compliance, and global payments. Members include Franklin Templeton, VanEck, WisdomTree, Paxos, Kraken, Anchorage Digital, Ethena, and the Wyoming Stablecoin Committee.
0G APAC Hackathon Announces Winners, with Over 1,000 Developers Worldwide Participating
According to HackQuest (@HackQuest_), the 0G APAC Hackathon has officially announced its winners. The event attracted 1,145 participants globally and received 293 final project submissions, generating over 1.04 million social media impressions. Winners are as follows: First Place: Ghast AI (@Ghast_AI) — A crypto-native AI agent client built on 0G, supporting decentralized inference, user-controlled long-term memory, censorship-resistant access, and portable agent IDs. Second Place: NeoSoul (@NeoSoulAI) — A trust layer designed specifically for the emerging agent economy, providing infrastructure such as verifiable agent permissions, accountability mechanisms, and recovery systems. Third Place: Anima (@anima_0g) — A CLI-native agent framework where agent identity, memory, inference, wallet, and economic activities all run atop 0G’s decentralized infrastructure, enabling cross-device, independent, and persistent operation. Excellence Awards: - @Alsphere0G — Collective intelligence memory layer for AI agents - @Hash_PayLink — Payment-gated AI infrastructure for the agent economy - @railbeam_ai — Payment rails and financial operations workspace for humans and agents - @stealth_pay — Privacy-preserving payment-related project
Ethereum Foundation Completes Five-Year Funding Commitment to Argot Collective
According to official sources, the Ethereum Foundation stated that it has completed its five-year cooperation agreement with Argot Collective to support the development and maintenance of critical Ethereum infrastructure under a neutral, independent framework. Argot Collective stated that both parties have completed the final phase of the original five-year funding commitment, with approximately 4,938 staked ETH to be transferred to a multi-signature wallet and unlocked in phases on July 1, 2026, and July 1, 2027.
Bit Digital stakes nearly 30,000 ETH via Liquid Collective, valued at approximately $65.3 million
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), publicly listed mining company Bit Digital (@bitdigital_btbt) has staked 29,900 ETH via Liquid Collective (@liquid_col), valued at approximately $65.3 million.
FUNVERSE's First On-Chain Game FUN LONGINUS to Launch on Anubis Chain Mainnet on September 1
Odaily News: FUN LONGINUS, the first on-chain game launched by FUNVERSE, will officially go live on the Anubis Chain mainnet at 10:00 UTC on September 1, 2026 (18:00 UTC+8).Originating from a hackathon, FUN LONGINUS is an Eastern martial arts-themed on-chain game built for the Anubis GameFi ecosystem.The game adopts the 24 solar terms as its competitive structure. Each round brings together 24 different addresses, with each player using fLGNS to enter the arena. The execution of matches, determination of results, and final settlement are all handled by smart contracts, ultimately crowning one champion.On August 18, 2026, FUN LONGINUS completed its "Heroes Collective Mint." Based on market prices at the time of writing, the total value of this collective mint exceeded $1.4 million.This mainnet launch marks FUN LONGINUS's official transition from the hackathon prototype, public beta, and collective mint phases into the on-chain game operation stage.
0G APAC Hackathon Announces Winners, with Over 1,000 Developers Worldwide Participating
According to HackQuest (@HackQuest_), the 0G APAC Hackathon has officially announced its winners. The event attracted 1,145 participants globally and received 293 final project submissions, generating over 1.04 million social media impressions. Winners are as follows: First Place: Ghast AI (@Ghast_AI) — A crypto-native AI agent client built on 0G, supporting decentralized inference, user-controlled long-term memory, censorship-resistant access, and portable agent IDs. Second Place: NeoSoul (@NeoSoulAI) — A trust layer designed specifically for the emerging agent economy, providing infrastructure such as verifiable agent permissions, accountability mechanisms, and recovery systems. Third Place: Anima (@anima_0g) — A CLI-native agent framework where agent identity, memory, inference, wallet, and economic activities all run atop 0G’s decentralized infrastructure, enabling cross-device, independent, and persistent operation. Excellence Awards: - @Alsphere0G — Collective intelligence memory layer for AI agents - @Hash_PayLink — Payment-gated AI infrastructure for the agent economy - @railbeam_ai — Payment rails and financial operations workspace for humans and agents - @stealth_pay — Privacy-preserving payment-related project
Syndicate Labs Decides to Shut Down Due to Severe Market Contraction
Syndicate Labs stated that after five years of developing on-chain infrastructure for customizable Ethereum Rollups and sequencers, the company has decided to shut down due to a drastic contraction in the Rollup market. Syndicate Labs previously completed a $20 million Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz in 2021.This decision caused the SYND token price to drop 21% in the past three hours, hitting an all-time low of $0.012, a 99.5% decline from its peak of $2.61 in September 2025.Additionally, Syndicate Labs stated that the Syndicate Network Collective operates independently of Syndicate Labs, so the governance of the SYND token will not be immediately affected. The decision to shut down was not influenced by the previous hacking incident involving bridged assets.
Syndicate Development Company to Gradually Cease Operations, SYND Governance Unaffected in Short Term
Syndicate, a DAO infrastructure service provider, has announced it will gradually cease operations. It stated that after five years of continuously building on-chain developer infrastructure, the Rollup market has undergone fundamental changes. Currently, the Rollup market has significantly shrunk, some Rollup projects are gradually shutting down, and the market has shifted from EVM Rollups to custom chains built from scratch by consulting teams, leading to a notable decline in reusable technology and network value.Syndicate stated that its system consists of two parts: Syndicate Labs, responsible for development, will be closed, while the independent entity Syndicate Network Collective (Wyoming DUNA), which holds SYND tokens and has governance rights, will continue to exist. SYND governance will not be affected in the short term.Furthermore, Syndicate emphasized that this decision to cease operations is unrelated to recent cross-chain security incidents. Affected users and SYND holders have been fully compensated through the treasury reserves, and team and investor tokens are currently still in a lock-up period.
Institutions: AI Giants Worry They're Moving Too Fast, But Most of Their Customers Are Still Far From the "Frontier"
Over the past year, the AI field has experienced explosive growth, and this pace seems to have left frontier AI developers struggling to keep up in a short period of time. Now, these companies are beginning to call for a slower pace of research and stronger regulation and oversight.However, the AI safety crises that have previously been brought to light are unlikely to similarly impact the customers of AI giants like Anthropic and OpenAI. Enterprises typically deploy models that have already been commercialized and whose capabilities are relatively well understood by the market. These models may not be at the absolute cutting edge of AI, but their capabilities are already powerful enough to handle the various tasks enterprises assign to them.Stephen Messer, co-founder of Collective, said that most enterprises are not using the most cutting-edge models. They may even still be using versions from two years ago, and for the work they are doing, these models are actually more than sufficient. Some users don't even really know how to effectively prompt the models. Therefore, if the pace of AI development slows down, it won't have much of an impact on them. (WSJ)
FUNVERSE's First On-Chain Game FUN LONGINUS to Launch on Anubis Chain Mainnet on September 1
Odaily News: FUN LONGINUS, the first on-chain game launched by FUNVERSE, will officially go live on the Anubis Chain mainnet at 10:00 UTC on September 1, 2026 (18:00 UTC+8).Originating from a hackathon, FUN LONGINUS is an Eastern martial arts-themed on-chain game built for the Anubis GameFi ecosystem.The game adopts the 24 solar terms as its competitive structure. Each round brings together 24 different addresses, with each player using fLGNS to enter the arena. The execution of matches, determination of results, and final settlement are all handled by smart contracts, ultimately crowning one champion.On August 18, 2026, FUN LONGINUS completed its "Heroes Collective Mint." Based on market prices at the time of writing, the total value of this collective mint exceeded $1.4 million.This mainnet launch marks FUN LONGINUS's official transition from the hackathon prototype, public beta, and collective mint phases into the on-chain game operation stage.
Changes to the US-Iran Deal, Escalating Russia-Ukraine Tensions, and the Federal Reserve's Collective Hawkish Stance
The Trump administration reportedly refused to return to the US-Iran June memorandum of understanding. Russia warned it may strike UK targets in Ukraine. Three Federal Reserve officials collectively signaled tightening.
Hyperliquid Releases Q2 Report: HYPE Up 79% This Quarter, Sets All-Time High
Hyperliquid Research Collective released the Hyperliquid Q2 2026 Report. The report stated that against the backdrop of Bitcoin falling 14% during the quarter, HYPE rose 79% and hit a new all-time high. The report also noted that HIP-3-based real-world markets set new records in trading related to stocks, commodities, and pre-IPO companies, with trading volume accounting for nearly one-third of the platform's total trading volume. Additionally, the first batch of HYPE exchange-traded funds have started trading in the United States, and a private rocket company also achieved on-chain pricing while the New York Stock Exchange was closed.
Ethereum Foundation Completes Five-Year Funding Commitment to Argot Collective
According to official sources, the Ethereum Foundation stated that it has completed its five-year cooperation agreement with Argot Collective to support the development and maintenance of critical Ethereum infrastructure under a neutral, independent framework. Argot Collective stated that both parties have completed the final phase of the original five-year funding commitment, with approximately 4,938 staked ETH to be transferred to a multi-signature wallet and unlocked in phases on July 1, 2026, and July 1, 2027.
Avalanche Launches Payment Ecosystem Alliance, with 28 Organizations Already Onboard
Avalanche announced the launch of the Avalanche Payments Collective, with 28 organizations already joining the coalition to build payment infrastructure on the Avalanche network. The coalition aims to integrate multiple domains, including settlement, stablecoins, capital infrastructure, foreign exchange, asset management, compliance, and global payments. Members include Franklin Templeton, VanEck, WisdomTree, Paxos, Kraken, Anchorage Digital, Ethena, and the Wyoming Stablecoin Committee.
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Institutions: AI Giants Worry They're Moving Too Fast, But Most of Their Customers Are Still Far From the "Frontier"
Over the past year, the AI field has experienced explosive growth, and this pace seems to have left frontier AI developers struggling to keep up in a short period of time. Now, these companies are beginning to call for a slower pace of research and stronger regulation and oversight.However, the AI safety crises that have previously been brought to light are unlikely to similarly impact the customers of AI giants like Anthropic and OpenAI. Enterprises typically deploy models that have already been commercialized and whose capabilities are relatively well understood by the market. These models may not be at the absolute cutting edge of AI, but their capabilities are already powerful enough to handle the various tasks enterprises assign to them.Stephen Messer, co-founder of Collective, said that most enterprises are not using the most cutting-edge models. They may even still be using versions from two years ago, and for the work they are doing, these models are actually more than sufficient. Some users don't even really know how to effectively prompt the models. Therefore, if the pace of AI development slows down, it won't have much of an impact on them. (WSJ)
AI healthcare startup Tandem Health completes €86.5 million Series B funding round
According to EU-Startups, Stockholm-based Swedish health tech startup Tandem Health has closed a €86.49 million (approximately $100 million) Series B funding round, led by EQT's Scaleup Europe Fund alongside Kinnevik, Northzone, Amino Collective, and Visionaries. This brings the company's total cumulative funding to €138 million (approximately $160 million).
The UK Financial Conduct Authority is exploring regulatory exemptions for tokenized gold.
According to the Financial Times, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is working with the Treasury and the Bank of England to establish a dedicated regulatory framework for tokenized gold or broader tokenized commodities, while also assessing whether certain tokenized gold products or market infrastructure should be exempt from the regulatory scope of Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) and Alternative Investment Funds (AIF). Specific arrangements have not yet been finalized.
FUNVERSE's First On-Chain Game FUN LONGINUS to Launch on Anubis Chain Mainnet on September 1
Odaily News: FUN LONGINUS, the first on-chain game launched by FUNVERSE, will officially go live on the Anubis Chain mainnet at 10:00 UTC on September 1, 2026 (18:00 UTC+8).Originating from a hackathon, FUN LONGINUS is an Eastern martial arts-themed on-chain game built for the Anubis GameFi ecosystem.The game adopts the 24 solar terms as its competitive structure. Each round brings together 24 different addresses, with each player using fLGNS to enter the arena. The execution of matches, determination of results, and final settlement are all handled by smart contracts, ultimately crowning one champion.On August 18, 2026, FUN LONGINUS completed its "Heroes Collective Mint." Based on market prices at the time of writing, the total value of this collective mint exceeded $1.4 million.This mainnet launch marks FUN LONGINUS's official transition from the hackathon prototype, public beta, and collective mint phases into the on-chain game operation stage.
Changes to the US-Iran Deal, Escalating Russia-Ukraine Tensions, and the Federal Reserve's Collective Hawkish Stance
The Trump administration reportedly refused to return to the US-Iran June memorandum of understanding. Russia warned it may strike UK targets in Ukraine. Three Federal Reserve officials collectively signaled tightening.
Gained $8 million, 152 Polymarket wallets betting on military and defense markets boast an average win rate of 97.2%
Odaily News: Over 150 wallets on Polymarket International may have traded using insider information from the U.S. military, attracting copycat bettors and raising concerns that the market could leak signals exploitable by foreign adversaries. Research by the Anti-Corruption Data Collective (ACDC), a non-profit research organization, shows that 556 wallets it calls "killer whales" typically move quickly to make high-risk, high-reward trades in niche markets where insiders often hold an information advantage. These wallets usually cash out and exit shortly afterward. Among them, 152 wallets primarily bet on military and defense markets, collectively profiting $8 million with an average win rate of 97.2%. A Polymarket spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment. Polymarket stated that the company has strict control measures in place, closely monitors suspicious activity, and has referred dozens of trader wallets to authorities, including in the case of Maduro.