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Odaily News: The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has warned that the Gas model changes in the Glamsterdam upgrade may cause some wallets, indexers, and gas estimation tools to malfunction. The EF Protocol DevOps team stated that tools relying on hardcoded maximum gas limits will fail, and developers need to update their systems and test on the Plataberget public testnet. Plataberget went live on August 13 and is expected to run for several months. The Glamsterdam fork is scheduled to activate on the Ethereum network on Thursday, followed by deployment to the Sepolia and Hoodi testnets. EIP-8037 will introduce a separate state gas dimension for operations that create new state. Transferring ETH to an existing account will still require 21,000 gas, while transfers to new accounts will incur additional state gas; developers should also re-examine software that treats 21,000 gas as the cost for all ETH transfers, or that estimates transaction fees using only a single gas dimension. (Cointelegraph)
According to Russian crypto media Bits.media, Maria Patrikeyeva, Managing Director of the Derivatives Market at Moscow Exchange, stated that the exchange plans to launch Bitcoin and Ethereum perpetual futures contracts for professional investors and plans to gradually expand the tradable cryptocurrency varieties to 10. Perpetual futures are contracts with no fixed expiration date that are automatically rolled over daily, offering greater flexibility compared to traditional quarterly/monthly contracts. Currently, Moscow Exchange has already launched quarterly and monthly futures for five cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Ripple, and Tron, in the summer of 2025. In addition, the Russian Central Bank has recently included BTC, ETH, and USDT in the list of crypto assets allowed for trading by non-professional investors. It is worth noting that Moscow Exchange is currently on the U.S. sanctions list, with restricted access to international settlement infrastructure, and the exchange is also preparing to establish a digital settlement depository system independent of the National Settlement Depository.
According to PRNewswire, Cannan Technology released its Bitcoin production and mining operations update for July 2026. In July, the company mined a total of 46 Bitcoins and held 1,917 BTC and 3,952 ETH on its balance sheet at the end of the month. Its non-joint venture business installed hashrate at month-end was 10.05 EH/s, joint venture business installed hashrate was 4.85 EH/s; joint venture business operating hashrate rose to 4.20 EH/s.
Odaily News Ethereum developer Toni Wahrstätter stated on the X platform that Ethereum core developers are planning the next annual upgrade, "Hegotá", with 66 Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) currently on the candidate list. In the coming core developer meetings, these proposals will be filtered to ultimately determine the upgrade contents that can complete implementation, devnet testing, testnet deployment, and have the potential to launch in 2027. Proposals that fail to be included in Hegotá will be postponed to the next hard fork, making the current screening process highly significant for the future direction of Ethereum's development.Currently, FOCIL (Fork-Choice Enforced Inclusion Lists) has been confirmed as one of the key upgrade components of Hegotá. Developers believe that combining it with scoped transactions (EIP-8141), keyed nonces (EIP-8250), and root references (EIP-8272) could help build native privacy capabilities, enabling privacy applications to operate without relying on third-party intermediaries.Additionally, enhancing scalability is also a key direction for Hegotá. Developers have proposed repricing data resources (EIP-8131, EIP-8279) and state growth costs (EIP-8368) to prepare for a future increase of the Gas limit to 600 million. While these improvements are less intuitive than privacy features, they are considered critical work for advancing Ethereum's scaling in the short term.Other candidate upgrades include shorter block times (EIP-8198), issuance mechanism adjustments (EIP-8363), anti-correlation penalty mechanisms (EIP-7716), EVM optimization and simplification, as well as the first round of EIP discussions related to zkEVM and quantum-resistant cryptography.It is noted that Hegotá cannot include all features expected by the community. The core team will need to strike a balance between the "future vision" and "near-term deliverable upgrades," and most candidate EIPs may ultimately not make it into this upgrade.Currently, 256 days have passed since the launch of the current Glamsterdam upgrade, with the goal of completing deployment by the end of this year. Hegotá is planned to launch in 2027, and in the coming months, core developers and the community will engage in discussions around the prioritization of various EIPs. Community feedback will still play a role in the selection process, and participants who support or oppose a particular EIP's inclusion in Hegotá can voice their opinions to the core development team through public discussions.
Odaily News: Coinbase has announced that it will stop supporting USDC deposits and withdrawals on the Noble network as of August 17. USDC deposits and withdrawals on other supported networks, including Ethereum, Base, Solana, Arbitrum, Optimism, and Polygon, remain unaffected. Coinbase reminds users not to transfer funds to its Noble network USDC deposit address after August 17, as such funds may be irretrievable.
Grayscale Research Director Zach Pandl stated in a post that the Ethereum and Solana blockchain networks are considering adjusting their token economic models to reduce future token supply growth by lowering annual inflation rates, thereby enhancing asset scarcity. As key blockchain-native assets underpinning the stablecoin and tokenized asset ecosystems, the prices of ETH and SOL are primarily determined by supply and demand dynamics. If relevant code upgrade proposals are approved, all else being equal, lower supply growth could support token prices. ETH and SOL are becoming important digital commodities underpinning stablecoins and the tokenization of real-world assets, and tokenomic adjustments to lower inflation may further strengthen the scarcity attributes of both. According to Grayscale's analysis, if relevant adjustments are implemented, the supply inflation rates of BTC, ETH, and SOL will continue to decline over the next five years. It is projected that by the end of 2031, the annual inflation rates for Bitcoin and Ethereum will both be approximately 0.4%, while Solana will be around 1.1%, lower than gold's annual supply growth rate of approximately 1.8% and the US CPI inflation level of approximately 3.3%.
According to Calcalist, Israel's Bank Leumi announced a cooperation agreement with Nasdaq-listed company Galaxy Digital, planning to launch cryptocurrency trading services within the Leumi Trade application, allowing customers to buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. The service is expected to go live in early 2027, but requires regulatory approval from the Bank of Israel. This collaboration will integrate Galaxy's Galaxy Custody (formerly GK8) blockchain infrastructure and custody services to provide customers with access to regulated digital assets.
Odaily News – Israel's Bank Leumi has announced a partnership with Galaxy Digital to offer clients bitcoin and other digital asset trading services starting in 2027. The initial offerings will include Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and others, making Bank Leumi the first bank in Israel to provide digital asset trading services to its clients. In addition, Leumi will integrate Galaxy's digital asset custody infrastructure platform to provide underlying security architecture support for the bank's digital asset services. (PRNewswire)
Odaily News - According to Gate's July wealth management monthly report, the cryptocurrency market continued its cautious recovery in July, with total market capitalization rising to $2.26 trillion, up approximately 7.6% month-over-month. BTC and ETH gained 7.3% and 18.5%, respectively. During the market recovery, demand for stable returns and diversified strategies increased, keeping Gate's wealth management business active.In conservative wealth management, Gate's fixed-term holdings in Yu Bi Bao saw BTC grow 7.3% month-over-month, while USDT surged 70.4%. Total GUSD minting rose from approximately 182 million at the start of the month to around 215 million by month-end, at one point exceeding 230 million. In advanced wealth management, Gate's dual-currency investment for BTC low-buy and high-sell strategies delivered annualized yields of 95.5% and 113.5% for 0-day terms, respectively, surpassing market averages by 34.4 and 32.6 percentage points. In July, the quantitative fund's USDT strategy posted an average monthly return of 3.0%, with Star Pioneer leading at 4.2%. Star Hedging achieved a cumulative return of 19.1%, maintaining a 100% monthly win rate for 25 consecutive months.In equity assets, Gate's platform trading structure shifted with market conditions. Korean stock trading accounted for approximately 90% at the start of the month, before U.S. stock trading rebounded to around 70%. In terms of holdings, SK Hynix ranked first with a 59.3% share, followed by SpaceX at 15.2%, reflecting that platform users' asset allocation is further expanding to cover diverse areas such as crypto assets, stable-yield products, structured strategies, and stocks.
Justin Drake stated that Ethereum L1 will no longer adopt the SNARK-friendly hash function Poseidon, which has dominated since 2019, shifting toward traditional hash functions such as SHA2 or BLAKE2s. This adjustment is based on progress in the SNARK design space, with the focus shifting from "SNARK-friendly hashing" to "hash-friendly SNARKs." By natively aligning Boolean operations in traditional hashing with binary fields, the proving performance of traditional hashes in SNARKs has reached 1 million operations per second, with an overhead of approximately 100x. Research efforts such as Binius and Flock have driven related progress. The Ethereum Foundation's post-quantum team is advancing this roadmap, which includes deploying a production-grade leanVM in 2027 and deploying across the consensus layer, execution layer, and data processing layer in 2028. Justin Drake also noted that AI's enhanced capabilities in cryptanalysis have recently dealt successive blows to the lattice-based scheme HAWK and the isogeny-based scheme SQIsign, with hash-based schemes being used for blockchain post-quantum signatures. The trend of open-source automated research is also accelerating, with SNARK.fast achieving 1.8 million BLAKE3 proofs per second.
Decentralized finance platform Ether.fi announced that its self-custody app has added trading for tokenized stocks, metals, and crypto assets, along with the ability to borrow against multiple holdings as collateral. Users can lend assets or borrow against a portfolio through the integrated Aave market on Optimism, allowing them to transfer or spend borrowed funds without selling their positions. Ether.fi stated that its fiat accounts support global deposits and withdrawals across more than 30 currencies and payment methods. However, tokenized stock and metal trading is not available to users in the United States and certain other markets. Fiat accounts are only open to users who have completed payment card identity verification, and deposit and withdrawal speeds may vary. Ether.fi will also introduce automatic ETHFI buybacks and offer 3% cashback on card spending. Ether.fi founder and CEO Mike Silagadze said that initial support will cover Ethereum, Bitcoin, Hyperliquid, ETHFI, and select tokenized stocks and gold, with additional collateral assets to be added later. (Decrypt)
Odaily News: Ethereum treasury company Sharplink (Nasdaq: SBET) announced it will stake $200 million worth of ETH through Lido, Ethereum's largest liquid staking protocol, to enhance returns on its ETH holdings.Sharplink stated that following this staking, the company will receive wrapped staked ETH (wstETH), which represents staked ETH and its rewards, with institutional-grade digital asset custodian Anchorage Digital responsible for custody. This allocation will further expand Sharplink's existing ETH staking and restaking strategies.Lido is currently one of Ethereum's largest liquid staking protocols, with approximately $16.5 billion in ETH staked on the platform. Its wstETH token has been integrated by over 100 protocols, with roughly $10 billion currently used as DeFi collateral. While holding wstETH, users' underlying ETH continues to accrue staking rewards and can still be utilized within the Ethereum DeFi ecosystem.Sharplink CEO Joseph Chalom stated that introducing Lido will further enhance the productivity of the company's ETH assets, leveraging wstETH's composability while maintaining institutional-grade risk management standards. This collaboration will strengthen the diversification of the company's treasury strategy and provide access to one of the most liquid and widely used assets in the Ethereum DeFi ecosystem.Vasiliy Shapovalov, Executive Director of the Lido Labs Foundation, stated that Sharplink's increased use of Ethereum's native staking protocols and DeFi ecosystem reflects its support for the Ethereum application ecosystem. (Globenewswire)
Odaily Planet Daily: Crypto asset trading platform Bullish has announced its financial results for Q2 2026. The company stated that as global securities markets gradually migrate to public blockchains, Bullish is planning to build a comprehensive issuer-supported tokenized securities service system covering issuance, listing, trading, and tracking.Bullish CEO Tom Farley stated that the global securities market, valued at nearly $300 trillion, is transitioning to public blockchains, and Bullish aims to work with issuers to drive this process. Upon completion of the proposed acquisition of Equiniti, the company will form an integrated platform covering tokenized securities issuance, listing, trading, and tracking.Financial data shows that Bullish's Q2 digital asset sales reached $32.6 billion, down from $58.6 billion in the same period last year; the net loss was $280 million, compared to a net profit of $108.3 million in the same period last year, corresponding to a diluted loss per share of $1.78.However, the company's core business performance improved. Q2 adjusted revenue (non-IFRS) reached $92.6 million, up 62% year-over-year from $57 million in the same period last year; among which subscription, services, and other revenue hit a record $62.7 million. Adjusted trading revenue was $29.9 million, up 24% year-over-year; adjusted EBITDA was $29.5 million, compared to $8.1 million in the same period last year; adjusted net profit was $14.3 million, compared to a loss of $6 million in the same period last year.In terms of business progress, Bullish stated that the acquisition of UK fintech company Equiniti is progressing and is expected to be completed in early 2027, subject to customary conditions including regulatory approvals. Additionally, Bullish's CoinDesk indices continue to gain institutional adoption. Morgan Stanley has launched Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana-related trading products based on CoinDesk benchmark indices, attracting over $400 million in inflows during Q2.On the regulatory front, Bullish has received approval from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) to provide secondary trading services for tokenized securities, becoming one of the first regulated platforms to offer issuer-supported tokenized securities trading.The company has also raised and refined its full-year 2026 guidance, projecting subscription, services, and other revenue (non-IFRS) of $225 million to $245 million, adjusted operating expenses of $225 million to $230 million, and financing costs of $52 million to $60 million. (Globenewswire)
Odaily News: U.S. financial services firm Charles Schwab began rolling out Bitcoin and Ethereum spot trading to retail clients in batches on May 13, 2026, with a transaction fee rate of 75 basis points per trade. The company disclosed client assets of $13.1 trillion and 39.8 million brokerage accounts, with Paxos handling execution and sub-custody. During the July earnings call, Charles Schwab stated that related business progress is on track, launched a crypto asset transfer pilot, and has taken an equity stake in Paxos. Initially, only Bitcoin and Ethereum are supported, with no deposits or withdrawals available, and no SIPC protection, except in New York State and Louisiana. Charles Schwab clients already hold approximately $25 billion in crypto ETPs. Morgan Stanley's E*Trade launched Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana trading on July 16 via Zerohash, with a fee rate of 50 basis points; Fidelity's fee rate is 1%, while Coinbase's implied fee rate for consumer trades is approximately 1.75%. (Forbes Digital Assets)
cirBTC was officially launched on Ethereum on June 8. Data from its Ethereum contract shows a maximum total supply of approximately 40.02 tokens, with 11 holder addresses in total. Eligible institutional participants can mint and redeem cirBTC through Circle Mint. Currently, Ethereum is the only network where it has been launched, with future support planned for Circle's own blockchain Arc and additional networks. cirBTC is issued by Circle International Bermuda Limited, with the underlying Bitcoin held in custody by Circle National Trust and segregated from Circle's own assets. Reserve data from August 11 shows that cirBTC supply stands at 40.02159077 tokens, with 42.5070808 BTC held in reserves. Circle has publicly disclosed the reserve addresses and balances, and employs Chainlink's Proof of Reserve mechanism to publish verified reserve data on-chain. By comparison, WBTC has a circulating supply of approximately 116,100 tokens with a market cap of about $7.362 billion, while cbBTC has a circulating supply of approximately 97,200 tokens with a market cap of about $6.162 billion. cirBTC has not yet established a trackable market price or market capitalization.
Odaily News According to official announcements, Gate will list 9 USD1 perpetual contracts at 14:00 (UTC+8) on August 13, covering assets such as BTC, ETH, SOL, XAU, SPCX, SNDK, MU, SK HYNIX, and XAG. Meanwhile, Gate will launch a limited-time promotional fee discount for USD1 contract trading starting from 14:00 (UTC+8) on August 13. During the campaign period, users from VIP 0 to VIP 16 trading any USD1 perpetual contract will enjoy zero taker fees for maker orders and a 75% discount on taker fees.In addition, Gate will launch the USD1 Contract Pioneer Challenge from 15:00 on August 13 to 15:00 on August 20 (UTC+8). Users who participate in trading designated USD1 contract pairs and complete a cumulative trading volume of 1,000 USD1 for the first time can claim a 20 USD1 contract position experience voucher; those who check in for 7 consecutive days of trading can share a 50,000 USD1 contract position experience voucher prize pool; and the top 100 users by cumulative trading volume can also share a 50,000 USD1 cash reward. The three reward tiers—first trade, daily check-ins, and leaderboard ranking—can be stacked, with a total prize pool of 140,000 USD1 equivalent.
crypto lending firm Figure Lending LLC offers cryptocurrency-backed loans, allowing borrowers to use Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Solana as collateral to access cash of up to 75% of the collateral's value while retaining ownership of their tokens. Such loans generally do not constitute a sale and typically do not trigger a capital gains event. Figure Lending LLC stated that borrowers should compare maximum loan-to-value ratios, fixed or variable interest rates, regulatory licensing, and liquidation terms. The firm offers fixed-rate loans with a 12-month term, a maximum annual percentage rate of 12.62%, and supports same-day funding without requiring a credit score, as approval is based on the collateral. Figure provides an optional liquidation protection feature, available in select states, which may defer liquidation during the loan term due to price declines; however, liquidation may still occur if the loan becomes delinquent. This feature does not apply to non-payment, default, or violation of loan terms, and declines in crypto asset prices may still trigger margin calls. (Decrypt)
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.
: Pudgy Penguins co-founder Cole Villemain was voted out and removed from his role by the project's holders in January 2022. Early Tuesday morning, the 44,444-piece NFT collection Spritehood, launched by Cole Villemain on the Robinhood Chain, sold out in under an hour. According to on-chain transaction data, the NFT mint generated approximately $1.28 million in revenue. During the public mint, 37,430 NFTs were sold at $17 each, while another 5,526 were sold at $117 each, the latter corresponding to the $100 upgrade option available on the mint page. Based on these figures, total sales revenue amounted to $1.2829 million, equivalent to approximately 684.28 ETH at the contract's mint-time pricing. Prior to the paid sale, the contract deployer also free-minted 1,488 NFTs through 20 zero-price transactions.
Odaily News ENS DAO has voted to pass the "Next Era of ENS DAO" proposal and completed on-chain execution, officially establishing the ENS Foundation to usher the ENS ecosystem into a new phase of governance.According to the proposal, the ENS Foundation will become a fully operational organization, equipped with a full-time executive director, a professional team, and a board of directors consisting of 5 members. It will be responsible for ENS's institutional work in legal, policy, standards-setting, and brand protection. ENS stated that over the past nearly decade, it has developed into critical infrastructure within the Ethereum ecosystem, with millions of registered domain names and integration across numerous wallets, applications, and Layer 2 networks. However, the DAO itself lacks a legal entity status, which prevents it from effectively participating in internet naming system governance, signing institutional cooperation agreements, hiring full-time employees, safeguarding trademark rights, or engaging in regulatory discussions. The establishment of the ENS Foundation aims to fill this gap. Going forward, the Foundation will be responsible for:1. Representing ENS in internet standards organizations such as ICANN, IETF, and W3C, to promote the recognition and management of the ".ens" top-level domain (TLD);2. Participating in policy discussions as a legal entity, communicating with regulators and government agencies;3. Holding and protecting ENS trademarks and intellectual property, and combating phishing and impersonation activities;4. Hiring full-time employees to manage ecosystem operations, grant programs, and treasury management;5. Serving as the formal cooperation entity between traditional institutions such as registrars and standards organizations and the ENS ecosystem.