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Odaily Report: Zcash co-founder Sean Bowe has submitted a proposal to stop the automatic allocation of block rewards to the Zcash Community Grants (ZCG) program and redirect the remaining 8% of block rewards originally allocated to the program to the Network Sustainability Mechanism (NSM). He stated that ZCG currently holds over $125 million in funds and will receive several million more before the funding inflow stops, and that the existing grants program was not designed to manage funds of this scale.According to the draft proposal, ZCG holds 91,452.98 ZEC and approximately $8.8 million in USD-denominated assets, with $2.4 million in outstanding grant commitments. Bowe noted that the current 8% allocation mechanism generates over $68 million worth of ZEC per year, while the Financial Privacy Foundation disclosed that ZCG's spending in the first quarter of 2026 was only $1.53 million. If the proposal is approved, the original allocation percentage will be redirected to the NSM, and the total Zcash issuance will not increase. Meanwhile, the separate 12% of block rewards allocated to the Coinholder-Controlled Fund will remain unchanged. ZCG will still be able to retain and manage its existing assets, continue approving grants, and fulfill outstanding commitments.The proposal has not yet specified an activation block height and has not been included in the currently planned NU7 network upgrade; it would require a future network upgrade to take effect. (The Block)
Zcash co-founder Sean Bowe has released a ZIP draft proposing to halt the automatic allocation of block subsidies to the Zcash Community Grants (ZCG) and redirect the original 8% subsidy portion to the Network Sustainability Mechanism (NSM). The draft notes that ZCG currently holds approximately 91,452.98 ZEC, valued at around $125 million, indicating that existing funds are sufficient to continue supporting related activities without requiring ongoing block subsidies. If the proposal takes effect, starting from a designated activation height, the original 8% allocation will be transferred to the NSM fund until the original funding stream expires; ZCG's existing assets and governance rules will remain unchanged.
GMX 🫐 posted on X that it has opened the Builder Fees mechanism on Solana, allowing third-party developers to build trading interfaces, route orders, or create automation tools and charge fees from each position order submitted by users. Developers need to publish fee rates on-chain, and traders sign the rate in each order; the fee is added on top of the standard trading fee and calculated based on position changes. For example, when a position is increased by $1,000 and the fee rate is 0.01%, $0.10 is charged, with final settlement to the developer's claim vault. Orders submitted through developer interfaces will use the same liquidity pools, oracle prices, and price impact rules as other orders. Builder Fees apply to market and limit orders for increasing positions, decreasing positions, and stop-loss position reductions, but do not apply to swaps, liquidations, or ADL.
Odaily News: Pons founder Ozzy posted on X in response to community questions about the PONS buyback and burn mechanism, stating that the burn rate has indeed not yet been adjusted, and that the "Claim" process is still not fully decentralized.He stated that an on-chain contract upgrade is currently underway. The new buyback mechanism plans to execute a Claim every 7 days, then use all claimed funds over the following 7 days to buy back and burn PONS, repeating this cycle to establish a more sustainable buyback and burn mechanism. All buyback and burn operations are now automated. Anyone can trigger the bot and receive a small reward for doing so.He further stated that the previously set buyback and burn rate was 2e per hour, which, combined with the Splitter (fund allocation contract) currently holding about $950,000, matches a 7-day buyback cycle. After funds are claimed, they will also be automatically executed on a 7-day cycle, so buyback funds will appear in two separate sections: one is the Active Buyback Vault currently conducting buybacks, and the other is the buyback funds reserved for the next week.Previously, crypto analyst yyy posted on X stating that Pons had not replenished funds to the buyback distributor for over 5 days, with about $440,000 in pending claimable funds in the escrow account. The analyst believed that untimely fund Claims led to the recent low PONS burn rate, and called for promoting decentralization of escrow account fund claims.
According to Digital Asset, Hyperliquid launched the AQAv2 (Aligned Quote Asset v2) mechanism on August 26, allocating a portion of the returns generated by USDC reserves on the platform toward capital accumulation, which will ultimately be directed to the Assistance Fund for secondary market repurchases and burns of HYPE to reduce its circulating supply. Under this mechanism, Circle is responsible for USDC technical deployment, while Coinbase handles reserve management; stablecoin issuers are expected to share approximately 90% of the relevant reserve returns with the protocol after deducting operating costs. Returns are accumulated on a 30-day cycle, with the initial fund transfer expected on October 3. Market estimates indicate that, based on current USDC outstanding balances and yield rates, annualized returns could reach $135 million to $160 million, although the actual repurchase scale will ultimately depend on the platform's USDC supply and reserve yields.
Odaily News: Flap has announced the launch of bBroker Vault, powered by bStocks, on BNB Chain, combining Meme coin trading activity with NFT yields and tokenized stock ecosystems through a new mechanism.Under this mechanism, users are required to pay a fixed fee in corresponding tax tokens to mint bBroker NFTs, and the tokens paid are burned directly. Subsequently, trading fees from quote assets flowing into the Vault are automatically allocated to a "dividend pool" and a "floor price pool," enabling NFT holders to continuously earn dividends in quote assets without staking or locking up.Meanwhile, each bBroker NFT carries an on-chain floor price backed 1:1 by assets in the floor price pool, and holders can sell the NFT back to the Vault at any time to exit. Flap positions this mechanism as a novel on-chain economic model integrating Meme coins, NFTs, and stock assets.
Bitget Wallet announces that its crypto payment card, Bitget Wallet Card, has completed a major upgrade and will officially launch the "Assetback" mechanism on August 1, with the asset cashback rate simultaneously increased to 3%. This mechanism will be open to over 50 countries across Europe, Latin America, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region. Cardholders can freely choose their preferred cashback assets, covering BTC, gold, tokenized US stocks (NVDA, TSLA, GOOGL, S&P 500), stablecoins, and more. The base asset cashback rate is 2%, while new users or users who reach the monthly spending threshold can unlock the 3% cashback tier. This upgrade breaks the traditional model where card swiping only returns cash/points, marking the transformation of Bitget Wallet Card services from consumption cashback to accumulation of appreciating assets. It turns daily consumption into an opportunity for RWA asset allocation, allowing users to achieve a new daily finance experience of "spend to build positions" without needing to open a brokerage account throughout the process or perform extra operations at checkout.
Taiko stated on its X platform that it has confirmed its chain state verification mechanism has been compromised, and the security assumptions of all cross-chain bridges deployed on Taiko are no longer reliable.Taiko said it is coordinating with its security committee and ecosystem partners to control the situation, suspending affected systems, and taking technical and legal actions. Taiko strongly advises all users to immediately withdraw funds from cross-chain bridges deployed on Taiko.Additionally, Taiko has made an urgent request for all centralized exchanges to suspend TAIKO token deposit services until further official notice. Previously, Taiko's ERC20 Vault was attacked, resulting in losses exceeding $1 million.
: HyperLiquid has announced an upgrade to the AQAv2 mechanism. The system will use on-chain automated trading to maintain a dynamic 1:9 balance of USDC between two core addresses in each HyperEVM block, corresponding to the contract execution layer and the treasury reserve layer, respectively.According to the mechanism design, this ratio is used for functional stratification between "high-frequency trading and liquidation liquidity" and "long-term reserves and yield pools," aiming to enhance system stability and isolate trading risks.On the technical side, the balancing process is executed automatically by the system without manual intervention. Circle is responsible for the technical deployment, while Coinbase undertakes the treasury deployment and management.Regarding the yield mechanism, AQAv2 stipulates that stablecoin issuers must distribute approximately 90% of their cost-adjusted reserve earnings generated within the Hyperliquid ecosystem to the protocol. Settlement occurs on a 30-day cumulative cycle, and the earnings will be automatically transferred to the Assistance Fund on the 8th day after the cycle ends.Additionally, the mechanism includes a transition period arrangement:1. Start of yield accrual: August 26;2. First yield payment: October 3.The market believes this design marks the evolution of stablecoins from traditional custody structures toward an on-chain infrastructure model characterized by "protocolized capital stratification + automated yield distribution."