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Odaily reports: Bitcoin News posted on X that Core Lightning is urging node operators to immediately disable experimental features, as developers are investigating a vulnerability that could put channel funds at risk. This is Core Lightning's second warning within a few weeks, following an August patch and the release of the 26.06.7 upgrade after a series of AI-generated CVE reports. Core Lightning has not yet disclosed how the experimental feature could be exploited.
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Odaily News — Column, the bank founded by William Hockey, co-founder of U.S. fintech infrastructure giant Plaid, has officially launched bank-native stablecoin infrastructure. The solution integrates USDC and USDT directly into the bank's core system, placing stablecoin addresses and bank accounts on the same ledger, supporting 24/7 instant conversion between stablecoins and U.S. dollars, and connecting to payment networks including ACH, Fedwire, FedNow, RTP, and SWIFT.Public information shows that Plaid is a major U.S. provider of bank account connectivity and financial data APIs, offering bank account connection services to thousands of financial applications.
Odaily News: Hong Kong's 2026 Policy Address proposes that the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) refine the virtual asset licensing regime and formulate regulatory guidelines to clarify the compliance pathway for virtual asset service providers. It also aims to improve the regulatory framework for tokenized investment products, promoting the issuance, trading, and launch of innovative products for gold and other suitable real-world asset tokenized products on licensed platforms.The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) will explore more tokenized deposit applications, collaborate with mainland China to study trade finance use cases, and complete pilot transactions by the end of this year. It plans to finalize the Ensemble central bank digital currency 24/7 operational arrangements around the end of this year. HKEX intends to partner with designated banks to launch a tokenized warehouse receipt financing pilot within 2027. Its blockchain multi-asset tokenization platform has already incorporated Core Climate-listed carbon credits and plans to include LME-approved warehouse commodity receipts as a pilot next year.
According to CoinDesk, Bitcoin Core 32.0 entered its final testing phase on September 14, with its official release scheduled for October 10. This update adds a transaction fee estimator based on real-time mempool status, enabling fee estimates to be lowered more quickly once network congestion subsides. It also enables multi-threaded parallel reading of transaction data to speed up node blockchain synchronization, defaulting to 8 threads. Security-wise, it resolves a wallet naming vulnerability on non-Windows systems since version 24.0 that allowed attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the node host via a specially crafted wallet name. Additionally, it patches an out-of-memory vulnerability in the newly added built-in web server; testing indicates that 16 unauthenticated connections can spike node memory usage from 46MB to roughly 3GB in approximately one minute. This update does not include any changes to Bitcoin's consensus rules.
Odaily News: Bitcoin Core 32.0 entered its final testing phase on September 14, with the official version planned for release on October 10.This version will improve fee estimation, speed up block processing, and make PSBT version 2 the default option for multiple wallet commands, without changing Bitcoin's consensus rules.Developers also fixed a command execution vulnerability affecting certain wallet configurations, as well as a memory exhaustion vulnerability in the new web server. (CoinDesk)
According to CoinShares’ Q2 Bitcoin Mining Report, even as Bitcoin prices continue to rebound, publicly listed miners that have already pivoted to AI infrastructure are highly unlikely to return to mining operations. The report indicates that AI infrastructure yields approximately $1.5 million in profit per megawatt, roughly triple that of Bitcoin mining (around $500,000), highlighting a stark economic disparity. Currently, at least 35 EH/s of hash rate (representing about 4.7% of the network’s total 750 EH/s) is slated to exit the publicly listed mining sector, with companies such as Core Scientific, IREN, Cipher Digital, and TeraWulf having sequentially announced either full exits or scaling back of mining operations. Given that some AI hosting agreements extend up to 15 years, this transformation is largely irreversible.
Odaily News — The Ethereum Ecosystem Summit, jointly initiated by Sharplink, BlockUnion, and ETH HK Hub, and co-organized by Lido Institutional, will be held on October 8, 2026, in Singapore. The summit is aimed at Ethereum ecosystem builders, financial institutions, investors, and on-chain infrastructure teams, and will focus on discussions around Ethereum's long-term value, institutional adoption, and the development direction of agentic finance.Ethereum co-founder and Consensys founder Joe Lubin has confirmed his attendance and will hold a fireside chat with Sharplink CEO Joseph Chalom, reflecting on Ethereum's development over the past decade under the theme "Ethereum's Ten Years: From an Idea to the Future of Open Finance," and discussing the next phase of open finance.As one of the high-profile events focused on the Ethereum ecosystem during TOKEN2049, the summit will center on three core topics, including Ethereum's long-term value, infrastructure, and credible neutrality; institutional treasuries, asset tokenization, and on-chain infrastructure; and the agentic finance technology stack composed of stablecoins, tokenized assets, instant settlement, and autonomous commerce.The conference is also supported by ecosystem partners including SNZ, EthSystems, EthLabs, Ethereum Institutional, HashKey Capital, and Ethereum Singapore, and will invite representatives from fields such as Ethereum infrastructure, liquid staking, digital asset custody, payments, and on-chain finance to participate in discussions. More guests and the full agenda will be announced soon.
Flop Labs officially released an announcement, making the draft of the $FLOP tokenomics model public. The total supply cap is set at 18.1 billion tokens by the end of Year 10, with a terminal inflation rate of 0.5% per year and a halving mechanism to control the release pace. Core principles include no VC allocation and no pre-sale, with all tokens distributed solely through participation. The allocation structure is as follows: • Miners: 8.8 billion tokens, accounting for 48.6%, representing the largest share • Airdrop: 4.4 billion tokens, accounting for 24.3%, covering miners, validators, Agents, and reserve incentives • Team + Foundation: 2.0 billion tokens, accounting for 10.8% • Validators: 1.2 billion tokens, accounting for 6.5% • Broker/Agent: 1.2 billion tokens, accounting for 6.5% • Staking Rewards: 600 million tokens, accounting for 3.2% Currently, this data represents a draft version, and all figures remain subject to adjustment.
On September 7, macroeconomic data from multiple countries, including China's August foreign exchange reserves, Germany's July industrial production, and the final Q2 GDP for the eurozone, will be released. Investors should closely monitor European and UK-related indicators released between 14:00 and 17:00 on that day.
According to the official ZKsync X account (@zksync), ZKsync has announced a security upgrade for its EraVM chain. Core measures include introducing an instant upgrade framework, extending the proving delay from 3 hours to 24 hours, and deploying a second prover, EraBender, to defend against AI-driven vulnerability attacks. Over the next six months, all Boojum/EraVM chains will gradually phase out the legacy execution environment, with each chain formulating and publishing its own transition schedule. Users who hold funds directly in EOAs do not need to take any action at this time. Users who hold funds through smart contracts such as multisigs, smart accounts, DEXs, and lending protocols must take action as required once the transition plans for their respective chains are finalized. The ZKsync Atlas chain remains unaffected by this upgrade.
Odaily News: Blockchain project Core DAO has announced a coordinated emergency hard fork, caused by validators receiving CORE rewards exceeding the blockchain's originally scheduled issuance. Core DAO stated that the incident is under control, malicious validators can no longer continue to obtain excess rewards, and the upgrade will not roll back the network or revoke confirmed transactions.Core DAO previously stated that a small number of validators had accumulated rewards significantly higher than the protocol's set issuance, and that the incident only involved reward distribution, with user assets remaining secure. Coinbase, Bithumb, Coinone, Bitget, and LBank had restricted CORE deposits, withdrawals, or transfers.Core DAO has not yet disclosed the amount of excess CORE issued, the duration of the related activity, whether the extra tokens entered circulation, or the cause of the vulnerability, and stated that it will publish a technical post-mortem report. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily News: Bitcoin News posted on X platform that Core Lightning version 26.06.7 has been released, fixing multiple vulnerabilities that were responsibly disclosed over the past three weeks. Recently, there has been an increase in AI-generated security reports targeting open-source Bitcoin projects. Specific vulnerability details will be kept confidential for two weeks to allow node operators to complete upgrades before technical details and source code are published. Developers warned that immediately disclosing the fixes could allow attackers to reverse-engineer the vulnerabilities and attack nodes that have not yet been updated. All Core Lightning node operators should upgrade immediately. Docker images are not yet available, and developers have explicitly warned users not to wait for the Docker image.
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: Sparrow Wallet v2.5.4 has been released following an extensive AI-assisted review, featuring multiple security hardening updates aimed at reducing users' reliance on external servers such as Electrum.Additionally, this version strengthens Ledger, Keycard, Trezor, Payjoin, PSBT, and multi-signature handling, removes Bitcoin Core credentials and other sensitive information from debug logs, restricts permissions for existing wallet and backup directories to owner-only access, closes residual local DNS resolution leaks when using Tor, and reinforces validation for wallet import, signing, downloads, and server responses. The update expands Sparrow Wallet's scope of independent verification for transaction data, hardware devices, and other inputs, reducing dependence on data provided by external servers. (Bitcoin News)
According to The Defiant, the Core Lightning (CLN) maintainers for the Bitcoin Lightning Network have notified node operators that if they are unable to upgrade to the upcoming patched version, they should run their nodes offline using the --offline parameter. The team stated it will release binaries containing fixes for multiple disclosed vulnerabilities, but specific vulnerability details will remain confidential for two more weeks; as of press time, the relevant binaries and security advisory have not been published. CLN had previously noted that it received several AI-generated CVE reports over the past ten days, and the team is working with open-source contributors to verify, classify, and patch them. The latest public release is v26.06.6, issued on July 22, and the v26.09 release, originally slated for late September, continues to proceed as planned.
: Bitcoin News posted on X that Core Lightning developers have received a large number of AI-generated CVE reports over the past 10 days, and have verified the existence of vulnerabilities that need to be fixed. The team has now escalated its response, will release signed binaries, and will keep vulnerability details confidential for a two-week period. Core Lightning strongly urges all users to upgrade during this period; users who have not upgraded should take their nodes offline. Previous versions, including 26.04, will no longer be supported.
Odaily News: According to the official announcement, Bitget has listed 23 stock spot rTokens, including rHDV (iShares Core High Dividend ETF), rJEPI (JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF), rLUV (Southwest Airlines), and rOMC (Omnicom Group), covering multiple sectors such as financials, healthcare, and consumer goods. To date, the Bitget platform supports a total of 682 rTokens.It is reported that rTokens, identified by the letter "r" followed by a stock ticker (e.g., rNVDA for Nvidia), are issued by Reality, Bitget's licensed RWA protocol, and provide direct access to global liquidity pools such as Nasdaq and NYSE through a partnership with the compliant broker Alpaca. Their features include: 1:1 reserve backing of the underlying assets, held by licensed custodians; stock dividends distributed 1:1 in token form; support for synchronized mapping of corporate actions (such as stock splits); and the ability to use holdings as joint margin for unified accounts and USDT-margined contracts, allowing users to flexibly manage their funds while holding global equity assets.
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)
: AI programming platform Replit has launched a new feature called Free Mode, powered by OpenAI's latest low-cost model GPT-5.6 Luna, aimed at reducing the cost for users to access AI programming tools and enhancing the value for paid subscribers.Replit stated that Free Mode is currently available to Core and Pro subscribers, corresponding to the $20/month and $100/month plans, respectively. This mode will serve as the default experience, allowing users to prioritize the low-cost model for chat, brainstorming, and simple programming tasks. When a task requires stronger reasoning capabilities, Replit Agent will automatically switch to a higher-performance model.Michele Catasta, Head of AI at Replit, said that the launch of Free Mode is made possible by OpenAI significantly cutting the cost of the GPT-5.6 Luna model. At the end of July, OpenAI reduced the API price of this model by approximately 80%, achieving cost reduction through improved model efficiency rather than relying on additional computing resources. (Fortune)