Flow is a fast, decentralized, and developer-friendly blockchain. It is designed as the foundation for a new generation of games, apps, and the digital assets that power them. It is based on a unique, multi-role architecture and designed to scale without sharding. This allows for massive improvements in speed and throughput, while still preserving a developer-friendly and ACID-compliant environment.
Odaily News: Spout Finance announced the completion of a $2 million strategic funding round, with participation from Draper Dragon, Anchorage, Flow Traders, Vessel Capital, Solayer, 2Square, and Bering Waters Group, among others, as well as strategic support from Solana Labs. The project's main business is providing Solana-based DeFi lending services, enabling users to borrow stablecoins such as USDC using their tokenized US stocks as collateral, without paying interest.
Peng Jinlong, Chairman of Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), stated that the Virtual Asset Service Provider Act was passed following its third reading on June 30 this year. The FSC is currently drafting nine subsidiary regulations covering stablecoin-related provisions, which are expected to be published and implemented as early as the first quarter of next year. With the advancement of technologies such as AI and blockchain, the financial markets in Taiwan and globally are evolving toward a landscape where traditional finance, digital finance, and blockchain finance operate on three parallel tracks. Rising demand for cross-border payments, trade financing, and fund allocation within semiconductor supply chains has highlighted the role of stablecoins, blockchain, and fintech as new infrastructure supporting cross-border capital flows.
Odaily News AI voice-to-text startup Wispr Flow has completed a $280 million Series B funding round at a valuation of $2 billion, led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Notable Capital, NEA, Neo Ventures, and others. In November last year, Wispr Flow completed a $25 million Series A extension round at a valuation of $700 million. Following this round, the company's total cumulative funding has reached $361 million.Wispr Flow primarily provides AI voice dictation tools for writing and office scenarios. (Reuters)
According to Yonhap News Agency, AI cloud computing company CoreWeave was forced to make significant concessions in a $2.6 billion loan project collateralized by compute supply contracts with Anthropic due to sluggish investor demand: raising the annual yield on the loan to 9.1% and adding a "Cash Flow Lockbox" protection clause to ensure revenue generated from Anthropic contracts is prioritized for debt repayment, a clause that will remain in effect until 50% of the loan principal is repaid or the server utilization rate falls below a specific level. Following the adjustment of terms, subscription demand reversed rapidly—buy orders received on the morning of July 30 totaled as high as $9 billion, exceeding the target financing amount by more than three times. A CoreWeave spokesperson expressed satisfaction with the financing results, describing the term revision as a "natural process of introducing innovative financial structures in a volatile market environment."
Lighter founder Vladimir Novakovski published an article on X this morning titled "Equity and Tokens."In the article, Novakovski clarified that all economic value generated by Lighter will belong to token holders.Lighter's original intention has always been to use venture capital to bootstrap the project until the moment of token issuance. Lighter is a U.S. company and exists as a single entity — the entity that issued equity in the years leading up to TGE is the same entity that issued tokens at TGE. Apart from converting to a token cap table at TGE, the equity cap table will have no further function in the future.More specifically, Lighter completed its final equity financing round a few months before TGE, which was oversubscribed by approximately 5 times, attracting over $300 million in capital interest against a $68 million allocation. At that time, all equity stakeholders (including early investors and former employees) were informed of the future plan — that their equity value would only be reflected as holdings on the token cap table — and were given the opportunity to sell their equity stakes. Anyone who disagreed with the philosophy that "all value belongs to the token" could easily exit at a higher valuation. Ultimately, less than 1% of equity holders chose to sell their shares, while the rest chose to stay, thereby supporting Lighter's commitment to "value accruing to the token."
: Bitcoin financial product platform Lombard Finance has announced the launch of the Bitcoin Onchain Credit Strategy, with global trading firm Flow Traders as the first pilot partner. Under this solution, Flow Traders can borrow stablecoins for market making without providing on-chain collateral. Its collateral security is provided by Bitcoin deposited in the Lombard Bitcoin Earn yield product, and underwriting is completed through the Cap private credit platform. (The Block)
According to a report by Caixin, the Hong Kong High Court of Appeal rejected the sentence reduction application of Ma Zhihao, the ringleader of an online fraud and human trafficking syndicate, yesterday, upholding the original 56-month imprisonment term. During the investigation, Hong Kong police traced the criminal funds through blockchain and cryptocurrency transaction records, pinpointing key transactions involving his receipt of ransoms and illicit proceeds. It is reported that the family members of a victim paid approximately 9,527 Tether (USDT) to a cryptocurrency wallet designated by the perpetrators. Blockchain tracking records conclusively proved that 8,127 USDT flowed into an exchange account registered under Ma Zhihao’s real name and Hong Kong identity card. The assets were subsequently converted into approximately HK$63,000 and transferred to his personal HSBC bank account, serving as crucial evidence of his participation in the crimes and his financial gains. The Court of Appeal noted that, were it not constrained by the seven-year maximum sentencing limit prescribed for the District Court, the penalties faced by the defendant would have been significantly more severe.
Grayscale Head of Research Zach Pandl stated that due to the Senate schedule and election-year political factors, the likelihood of the U.S. bipartisan crypto market structure bill, the CLARITY Act, passing this year has significantly decreased. The article suggests that the bill's failure to pass will not impact the operation of major blockchains or demand for Bitcoin as a store of value in the short term, nor will it hinder the growth of stablecoin payments.
According to an official media announcement, the South African National Treasury and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) jointly released the "Draft Manual on Cross-Border Crypto Asset Activities" on August 3, 2026, which is now open for public consultation with a deadline of September 30, 2026. The manual is implemented in conjunction with the previously released "Draft Regulations on Capital Flow Management 2026," aiming to strengthen supervision over cross-border financial activities and prevent risks related to illicit financial flows associated with crypto assets. The manual clarifies the trigger points for cross-border crypto asset transactions—when crypto assets are transferred between a domestic authorized CASP and a foreign CASP, or from a domestic authorized CASP to a non-custodial wallet, it constitutes cross-border capital inflow or outflow and must be reported to the Financial Supervision Department (FinSurv). It is worth noting that at this stage, only individuals are allowed to conduct crypto asset outflow operations through authorized CASPs within the single discretionary allowance or foreign capital allowance; South African entities are temporarily not allowed to conduct related cross-border operations. In addition, the manual currently does not distinguish between different types of crypto assets, nor does it list crypto assets as official South African currency.
According to PRNewswire, stablecoin operator Notabene announced it has received strategic investment from Ripple; the specific investment amount has not been disclosed yet. The two parties will collaborate on enterprise-level stablecoin payments, including integrating Ripple's USD stablecoin RLUSD into the Notabene Flow B2B stablecoin payment platform. Both parties also plan to further expand the application of RLUSD in institutional payment networks to accelerate the adoption of compliant stablecoin infrastructure by banks, payment institutions, and fintech companies.
Odaily, on-chain security firm Specter has released preliminary findings on the BONK DAO governance attack. After tracing on-chain fund flows, significant suspicions have emerged: the Realms founder, an address associated with Crypto Notte, shows signs of capital flow interaction with the suspected attacker's wallet.According to the review, the attacker published a malicious governance proposal on June 30. The proposal required 1% of the total BONK circulating supply in voting power to pass. Between July 4 and 5, the attacker acquired sufficient voting weight by purchasing tokens through exchanges and borrowing from Marginfi, totaling approximately $4 million, thereby pushing forward and executing the governance attack.
financial infrastructure company TVL Capital announced the completion of a $5 million funding round, led by Framework Ventures, with participation from Flow Traders and other institutions. Co-founder Lars previously served as Head of Market Research at The Block. The company's products are benchmarked against traditional exchange-traded products, aiming to build compliant, composable derivatives and diversified yield structures, primarily targeting institutional investors to meet various structured investment and yield management needs.
Odaily Report: Crypto analyst The Smart Ape posted on X platform that data shows Robinhood Chain's daily Gas fees dropped from $8.4 million on September 4 to $34,000 on October 18, a decline of 99.6%. Comparing the most active 14 consecutive days with the most recent 14 days, Pons V2 fee revenue fell from $87 million to $7 million (-92%), GMGN from $22 million to $900,000 (-96%), and Axiom from $4.6 million to $300,000 (-94%). Additionally, the median price decline of Meme coins on the chain from their all-time highs reached 97%, with 72% of Meme coins falling by 90% or more.However, Robinhood Chain still had 873,000 active wallets last week, Gas fee revenue of approximately $345,000, and TVL hit an all-time high of $1.05 billion, of which about $480 million is concentrated in two stablecoin lending markets on Morpho, primarily involving leveraged arbitrage trading. Therefore, it is judged that the high-risk speculative capital on Robinhood Chain has clearly receded, with retained funds more concentrated in scenarios such as stablecoin lending, and there is a clear divergence between on-chain capital activity and TVL growth.
10x Research's latest crypto market weekly report notes that the crypto market broadly suffered a sell-off last week, with altcoins declining significantly more than Bitcoin. The 141 tokens it tracks fell 14% on average, while Bitcoin dropped only 3% over the same period.10x Research states that trading volume in the crypto market is currently declining, stablecoin supply continues to contract, and ETF fund flows have turned to net outflows, reflecting mounting pressure on market liquidity.However, options market pricing indicates that pressure remains relatively low, while speculative positions in the CME futures market are near highs, suggesting that the derivatives market has not yet fully reflected the weak performance of the spot market.10x Research believes that investors should focus this week on key Bitcoin technical levels, Ethereum position allocation, as well as capital flows and position changes in the altcoin market.
according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, of the 5,500 BTC originally held by Bitget's BTC Protection Fund, 3,215.28 BTC has now flowed out, worth approximately $266 million, with 2,284.71 BTC remaining on-chain.Ai Yi stated that approximately 13 hours have passed since the most recent Bitget hot wallet transfer, and the first wave of BTC withdrawal demand has likely been largely processed. Future attention can be directed toward ETH withdrawal activity.
Odaily News Trader BonkGuy (Unipcs) shared his recent trading performance and strategy in a post on X, noting that his portfolio value once reached $20 million. Among his positions, PONS surged 11,108% from his average entry price, yielding a floating profit of approximately $7.5 million. Additionally, he recorded gains of 1,111%, 894%, 405%, 356%, and 108% on MICRODUCK, DELTA, MARSCOIN, USELESS, and BASECAT, respectively.BonkGuy summarized his trading strategy into five key points: First, anticipate shifts in market narratives and attention early, identifying the biggest beneficiaries likely to absorb capital and interest in the next phase, rather than chasing assets that have already rallied. Second, diversify trading logic rather than conviction—based on the same trend thesis, seek out the most likely beneficiaries across different ecosystems. Third, build a high-quality on-chain trading information network, continuously sourcing information, exchanging views, and validating trading logic through trading groups, X, friends, and other traders. Fourth, accept the time and energy costs associated with opportunities, as he believes the window of opportunity during the current bull market's high-explosive phase is limited. Fifth, reduce personal emotions and biases in trading, avoiding the active exclusion of potential opportunities due to personal opinions about a particular chain, platform, founder, or ecosystem. He concluded, "The market doesn't care what you believe; it rewards correct judgment."
Odaily News: According to blockchain security firm Blockaid's monitoring, More Markets (More Labs) on Flow EVM has been exploited. The attacker leveraged Ankr's liquid staking tokens and the E-Mode mechanism to drain More Markets' WFLOW lending reserves, transferring approximately 15.5 million WFLOW from the mFlowWFLOW reserve. The detected impact amount is approximately $9.3 million, and the related attack transaction cluster also includes post-exploit fund transfer operations. At present, the specific losses and the destination of the attacker's funds are still under further confirmation.
According to a report by Caixin, the Hong Kong High Court of Appeal rejected the sentence reduction application of Ma Zhihao, the ringleader of an online fraud and human trafficking syndicate, yesterday, upholding the original 56-month imprisonment term. During the investigation, Hong Kong police traced the criminal funds through blockchain and cryptocurrency transaction records, pinpointing key transactions involving his receipt of ransoms and illicit proceeds. It is reported that the family members of a victim paid approximately 9,527 Tether (USDT) to a cryptocurrency wallet designated by the perpetrators. Blockchain tracking records conclusively proved that 8,127 USDT flowed into an exchange account registered under Ma Zhihao’s real name and Hong Kong identity card. The assets were subsequently converted into approximately HK$63,000 and transferred to his personal HSBC bank account, serving as crucial evidence of his participation in the crimes and his financial gains. The Court of Appeal noted that, were it not constrained by the seven-year maximum sentencing limit prescribed for the District Court, the penalties faced by the defendant would have been significantly more severe.
Odaily News: According to blockchain security firm Blockaid's monitoring, More Markets (More Labs) on Flow EVM has been exploited. The attacker leveraged Ankr's liquid staking tokens and the E-Mode mechanism to drain More Markets' WFLOW lending reserves, transferring approximately 15.5 million WFLOW from the mFlowWFLOW reserve. The detected impact amount is approximately $9.3 million, and the related attack transaction cluster also includes post-exploit fund transfer operations. At present, the specific losses and the destination of the attacker's funds are still under further confirmation.
Odaily, on-chain security firm Specter has released preliminary findings on the BONK DAO governance attack. After tracing on-chain fund flows, significant suspicions have emerged: the Realms founder, an address associated with Crypto Notte, shows signs of capital flow interaction with the suspected attacker's wallet.According to the review, the attacker published a malicious governance proposal on June 30. The proposal required 1% of the total BONK circulating supply in voting power to pass. Between July 4 and 5, the attacker acquired sufficient voting weight by purchasing tokens through exchanges and borrowing from Marginfi, totaling approximately $4 million, thereby pushing forward and executing the governance attack.
Odaily Odaily News Gate Research recently released its "April 2026 Cryptocurrency Market Review" report, indicating that the overall cryptocurrency market saw a volatile upward trend in April, with total market capitalization significantly higher than in March. BTC and ETH ETF trading volumes maintained high volatility overall. The report shows continued divergence in activity across major public chain ecosystems. Solana's daily transaction volume remained in the range of approximately 90 million to 110 million transactions, maintaining its leading position.Regarding trending sectors, the report notes that Pokemon TCG RWA has become one of the fastest-growing on-chain RWA sub-sectors, entering a second explosive growth phase in April. Major trading platforms saw monthly trading volumes exceed $220 million, with weekly revenue briefly approaching $6 million, setting new historical records. Meanwhile, Aave experienced its most severe liquidity crisis ever in April, with TVL outflows reaching tens of billions of dollars within a few days and net outflows exceeding $9 billion for the entire month.In terms of fundraising and security incidents, the Web3 industry completed 51 financing rounds in April, totaling approximately $834 million, with capital further concentrating on leading financial and infrastructure tracks. Among these, Payward ranked first for the month with a $200 million financing round. On the security front, Web3 security incidents in April resulted in losses of approximately $306 million, a month-over-month increase of about 858%, primarily driven by a single cross-chain infrastructure attack on Kelp DAO worth approximately $293 million. The report suggests that against the backdrop of a recovering market, on-chain activity and capital liquidity are both increasing simultaneously. However, the security risks associated with cross-chain infrastructure and high-leverage protocols remain worthy of continued attention.
10x Research's latest crypto market weekly report notes that the crypto market broadly suffered a sell-off last week, with altcoins declining significantly more than Bitcoin. The 141 tokens it tracks fell 14% on average, while Bitcoin dropped only 3% over the same period.10x Research states that trading volume in the crypto market is currently declining, stablecoin supply continues to contract, and ETF fund flows have turned to net outflows, reflecting mounting pressure on market liquidity.However, options market pricing indicates that pressure remains relatively low, while speculative positions in the CME futures market are near highs, suggesting that the derivatives market has not yet fully reflected the weak performance of the spot market.10x Research believes that investors should focus this week on key Bitcoin technical levels, Ethereum position allocation, as well as capital flows and position changes in the altcoin market.
The Shanghai Cyberspace Administration and the Shanghai Data Bureau have issued the Several Measures of Shanghai on Promoting High-Level Opening Up and Facilitating Cross-Border Data Flow. The measures propose improving infrastructure for cross-border data flow, advancing the construction of the National Blockchain Network (Shanghai Hub), and strengthening foundational capabilities such as distributed digital identities, privacy computing, and cross-chain services. Support will be provided for developing facilities for cross-border data flow services, and exploring service models based on the mutual recognition of rules. The measures also support the construction of international data centers to underpin the computing power service industry and related cross-border digital services.
Odaily News: Spout Finance announced the completion of a $2 million strategic funding round, with participation from Draper Dragon, Anchorage, Flow Traders, Vessel Capital, Solayer, 2Square, and Bering Waters Group, among others, as well as strategic support from Solana Labs. The project's main business is providing Solana-based DeFi lending services, enabling users to borrow stablecoins such as USDC using their tokenized US stocks as collateral, without paying interest.
Pump.fun announced the launch of the Custom Pairs feature, allowing users to pair newly issued tokens with any token already listed on the platform. Under the new mechanism, when users purchase paired new tokens, transactions will be automatically routed to the original token's liquidity pool. Each buy order will generate buying pressure for the original token, thereby enhancing its liquidity depth.
Blasts and attacks were reported across multiple locations in the Middle East as the standoff between the Houthis and the Israeli military escalated. Under Qatari mediation, the United States and Iran have begun negotiations. Crude oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz are gradually recovering, though diesel remains in short supply.
Wintermute released a market update noting that U.S. non-farm payrolls in July unexpectedly decreased by 23,000, significantly weaker than market expectations, pushing September rate hike expectations down from 55% to 40% and driving a broad rebound in risk assets. Gold led the weekly gains, with Nasdaq, S&P 500, Bitcoin, and altcoins generally rising, while Brent crude oil fell 6.85%.
Odaily Report: Crypto analyst The Smart Ape posted on X platform that data shows Robinhood Chain's daily Gas fees dropped from $8.4 million on September 4 to $34,000 on October 18, a decline of 99.6%. Comparing the most active 14 consecutive days with the most recent 14 days, Pons V2 fee revenue fell from $87 million to $7 million (-92%), GMGN from $22 million to $900,000 (-96%), and Axiom from $4.6 million to $300,000 (-94%). Additionally, the median price decline of Meme coins on the chain from their all-time highs reached 97%, with 72% of Meme coins falling by 90% or more.However, Robinhood Chain still had 873,000 active wallets last week, Gas fee revenue of approximately $345,000, and TVL hit an all-time high of $1.05 billion, of which about $480 million is concentrated in two stablecoin lending markets on Morpho, primarily involving leveraged arbitrage trading. Therefore, it is judged that the high-risk speculative capital on Robinhood Chain has clearly receded, with retained funds more concentrated in scenarios such as stablecoin lending, and there is a clear divergence between on-chain capital activity and TVL growth.
10x Research's latest crypto market weekly report notes that the crypto market broadly suffered a sell-off last week, with altcoins declining significantly more than Bitcoin. The 141 tokens it tracks fell 14% on average, while Bitcoin dropped only 3% over the same period.10x Research states that trading volume in the crypto market is currently declining, stablecoin supply continues to contract, and ETF fund flows have turned to net outflows, reflecting mounting pressure on market liquidity.However, options market pricing indicates that pressure remains relatively low, while speculative positions in the CME futures market are near highs, suggesting that the derivatives market has not yet fully reflected the weak performance of the spot market.10x Research believes that investors should focus this week on key Bitcoin technical levels, Ethereum position allocation, as well as capital flows and position changes in the altcoin market.
The Shanghai Cyberspace Administration and the Shanghai Data Bureau have issued the Several Measures of Shanghai on Promoting High-Level Opening Up and Facilitating Cross-Border Data Flow. The measures propose improving infrastructure for cross-border data flow, advancing the construction of the National Blockchain Network (Shanghai Hub), and strengthening foundational capabilities such as distributed digital identities, privacy computing, and cross-chain services. Support will be provided for developing facilities for cross-border data flow services, and exploring service models based on the mutual recognition of rules. The measures also support the construction of international data centers to underpin the computing power service industry and related cross-border digital services.
Odaily News — According to a Bitcoin.com report, Gate founder and CEO Dr. Han gave an exclusive interview during TOKEN2049 in Singapore, sharing in-depth insights on the "One Gate, Everything Money" vision and the Gate Money product architecture.Discussing the platform's evolution from an exchange to a comprehensive financial platform, Dr. Han stated that the value of Gate Money lies in completely reshaping users' fund management experience. Under the traditional model, idle cash depreciates due to inflation, while stocks and gold lack liquidity. Gate Money completely dissolves the barriers between traditional finance and the crypto world, integrating fiat currency, crypto assets, gold, stocks, and wealth management and consumption scenarios into a unified account. Users no longer need to hold large amounts of idle cash and can directly use high-quality assets such as gold and stocks as liquidity for instant spending and transfers, eliminating the cumbersome experience of cross-platform transfers while maximizing the capital utilization efficiency of their investment portfolios. Dr. Han pointed out: "The future of finance is not about holding cash, but about making all assets flow instantly and maximizing capital efficiency."Dr. Han emphasized that this integrated architecture allows users to commit all their capital to high-quality assets with value-preservation and appreciation potential, without having to sacrifice investment returns for daily liquidity. When settlement occurs, the underlying system automatically completes an instant conversion of assets to fiat currency at the point of payment, ensuring that every unit of funds remains in efficient investment operation before it is actually spent, achieving a seamless and frictionless connection from asset holding to instant payment.
Odaily News: Spout Finance announced the completion of a $2 million strategic funding round, with participation from Draper Dragon, Anchorage, Flow Traders, Vessel Capital, Solayer, 2Square, and Bering Waters Group, among others, as well as strategic support from Solana Labs. The project's main business is providing Solana-based DeFi lending services, enabling users to borrow stablecoins such as USDC using their tokenized US stocks as collateral, without paying interest.
Pump.fun announced the launch of the Custom Pairs feature, allowing users to pair newly issued tokens with any token already listed on the platform. Under the new mechanism, when users purchase paired new tokens, transactions will be automatically routed to the original token's liquidity pool. Each buy order will generate buying pressure for the original token, thereby enhancing its liquidity depth.