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Yield Guild Games (YGG) announced the official launch of YGG 3.0, transforming from a Web3 gaming pioneer into a cross-domain infrastructure layer, providing a platform for various communities to organize manpower, skills, and capital, covering digital economy collaboration.The core of YGG 3.0 includes the Guild Protocol open framework, composed of three main components: Guilds (social), Assets (capital), and Activities (operations), promoting decentralized networks to become productive economic engines; in terms of World Model Training, the guild collects human spatial data to serve physical AI and robotics, and distributes collection tasks through the @yggalerts task platform.In addition, YGG provides a human coordination layer for AI-assisted game development for @vibecode_game, responsible for playtesting, curation, and ranking; Institutional DeFi supports professional independent guilds in managing idle capital through automated, risk-controlled yield strategies.

KOL Ansem (@blknoiz06) announced the launch of the first on-chain index z500 on Ansem.io. The protocol allows new project teams to airdrop a portion of their token supply to $ANSEM holders at the time of token issuance, and to demonstrate long-term alignment intentions by buying and burning $ANSEM, thereby improving their ranking on the z500 leaderboard. $ANSEM holders only need to hold one token to gain exposure to multiple successful projects through automatic airdrops.Ansem stated that Pump.fun solved the token creation problem but has yet to address the filtering and curation issues. z500 requires teams to invest value upfront (such as buying and burning $ANSEM) to enhance transparency and filter long-term projects, reducing bundled sell-offs and quick exits. The leaderboard will showcase teams that buy and burn the most $ANSEM and those with the best market performance of airdropped tokens. Ansem claims it will actively share the top projects on the list and noted that the market cap of $ANSEM has risen from about $200,000 to over $200 million since its takeover.This mechanism aims to flip the creator economy model, allowing brands to deliver value directly to $ANSEM holders instead of paying KOLs who might sell off, thus providing productized alignment marketing for quality teams while enhancing network effects.

The token issuance platform Printr announced that it will initiate a shutdown process, and all operations will cease before August 31, 2026. The team stated that they have explored all feasible paths over the past three months to seek a sustainable solution, but due to a lack of capital and distribution support required by the current market, the project can no longer be maintained.Starting from August 18, 2026, all staking positions and staking rewards on supported chains will be automatically unstaked or claimed and returned to the original wallet address, after which the staking function will be suspended. If users have not received their assets by August 20, they need to contact the team via Discord before August 31. There will be no TGE or airdrop held after the shutdown.After August 31, 2026, the Printr application interface will go offline, and it will no longer be possible to issue new tokens through the platform. Tokens issued by Printr are independent on-chain assets, not owned or controlled by the team, and will continue to exist on the respective chains.

Castle Securities stated that the Federal Reserve remains unwilling to tighten monetary policy despite inflation rates being above target levels, leading to long-term bond yields being at multi-year highs, posing risks to the market. Noshad Shah pointed out that although the policy rate is 175 basis points lower than its peak, long-term U.S. Treasury yields are still at their highest levels in nearly 20 years. Shah warned that recent improvements in inflation should not be interpreted as a removal of interest rate risks.

According to Decrypt, security company Bitdefender has warned that the newly released Hollywood blockbuster "The Odyssey" has been embedded with Lumma Stealer information-stealing malware by attackers, who are attempting to steal users' cryptocurrency wallets, passwords, and browser data through fake movie files.Bitdefender revealed that the malicious files began spreading within days of the film's release, with attackers disguising them as high-definition WEBRip or Blu-ray version resources and using names similar to legitimate torrent files to entice users to download. In reality, these files are not videos but Windows executable programs that, when run, will infect the device. Attackers often replace the file icons to make them look like VLC player or video files, while also taking advantage of Windows' default setting to hide file extensions, reducing users' ability to recognize the risk.Once executed, Lumma Stealer will collect saved passwords, payment information, autofill data, remote desktop credentials, and sensitive information including cryptocurrency wallets. Additionally, the malware will steal authentication cookies, allowing attackers to potentially bypass some account protections even if the user has enabled multi-factor authentication (MFA).

The GitHub official status page shows that the platform is currently experiencing service disruptions, with multiple core functionalities experiencing decreased availability.According to the latest announcement, the error rate for GitHub's web interface and API requests reached about 20%, while the error rate for repository archive downloads and raw repository content downloads was around 50%. Additionally, SAML and OIDC authentication, SCIM, and Team Sync functionalities are also affected.Currently affected services include: decreased performance of Pull Requests; decreased performance of Issues; decreased performance of Actions; decreased performance of Webhooks; anomalies in API Requests; decreased availability of GitHub Copilot.GitHub stated that the team is continuously investigating the root cause of this incident and will provide further updates once more information is available.As of now, GitHub has not disclosed the specific cause of the outage, nor has it indicated whether it involves a security incident. This service disruption may affect developers and enterprise users who rely on GitHub for code hosting, continuous integration and deployment, and AI-assisted development.

According to GMGN data, the meme coin "Niu Lai" on the BNB Chain reached a new market cap high of 49.2 million USD, and after failing to break through 50 million USD, it fell back to 36 million USD, experiencing a short-term pullback of 26%, with a 24-hour increase of 227% and a 24-hour trading volume of 37.7 million USD.

According to PR Newswire, digital asset infrastructure company Fireblocks announced the appointment of former Acting Chairman and Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Elad Roisman as Chief Regulatory and Policy Officer and General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, effective immediately.Roisman will be responsible for Fireblocks' regulatory strategy, policy communications, and related legal matters, and will serve as the company's primary liaison with regulators and standard-setting organizations.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has released a proposed rulemaking notice for the implementation of the GENIUS Act and is seeking public comments on the regulatory framework for payment stablecoins in the United States. The draft focuses on clarifying the applicable standards for "issuing payment stablecoins in the United States" and "offering or selling payment stablecoins to individuals within the United States," to assist issuers and digital asset service providers in determining licensing and compliance obligations.According to the provisions of the Act, starting from January 18, 2027, issuing payment stablecoins in the United States will generally require federal or state-level licensing; starting from July 18, 2028, digital asset service providers will generally be prohibited from offering or selling payment stablecoins issued by unlicensed issuers to individuals within the United States. The public comment period will last for 60 days following the publication in the Federal Register.

The Ethereum Foundation's DevOps team announced the launch of the Platåberget testnet as an early public testing environment for the Glamsterdam (Gloas + Amsterdam) upgrade. This testnet is open to the community and is planned to run for several months, providing developers with a stable experimental platform to identify and fix issues before the upgrade is deployed to long-term testnets like Sepolia and Hoodi. The Glamsterdam hard fork is scheduled to activate on August 20 on this testnet.The Glamsterdam upgrade includes several significant changes to both the consensus layer and execution layer, including built-in proposer-builder separation (ePBS), block-level access lists (BALs), gas repricing targeting approximately 200 million gas, an increase in the maximum contract deployment size from 24KiB to 64KiB, an increase in the initcode limit from 48KiB to 128KiB, and forward-compatible consensus data structures. Relevant EIPs are summarized in meta EIP-7773. Gas repricing will affect wallets, indexers, and gas estimation tools, and any tools with hard-coded maximum gas limits will need to be updated; EIP-8037 also introduces an independent state gas dimension, where new accounts or writing to new storage slots will be charged by state bytes.The Platåberget validator set is small and allows public participation, supporting deposits from validators or builders submitted through the Dora browser. The testnet provides one-click resources to add networks, faucets, and client images. The community can provide feedback on issues in the Ethereum R&D Discord and related specification repositories.

According to Decrypt, the Dutch prosecution has sold the seized crypto assets from the bankrupt cryptocurrency platform Knaken, raising approximately $2.5 million to repay creditors.The bankruptcy trustee stated that the funds invested by clients are estimated to be between $12 million and $14 million, and the proceeds from the sale are currently the main available funds in the bankruptcy estate.

Synthetix tweeted that the previously passed SIP-423 proposal has achieved its main goals, including the deprecation of the native stablecoin sUSD, the restructuring of the Debt Jubilee, and the reform of the SNX staking mechanism. The new SNX will be minted at a 4:1 ratio with sUSD, with the conversion including a 1-year lock-up period and a 1-year unlocking period. The original supply was 344,939,867.56 SNX, with an additional minting of 236,464,356 SNX, bringing the new total supply to 581,404,223.56 SNX.Synthetix stated that SIP-423 is a "hard reset" that allows the protocol to break free from internal dependencies and focus on making Synthetix a perpetual contract trading venue on the Ethereum mainnet.

The B.AI platform officially announces that the DeepSeek-V4-Flash model has launched a limited-time free and unrestricted service on both Web Chat and API, allowing developers and regular users to access top-tier computing power at no cost. At the same time, the platform is rolling out multiple benefits: new users who log in through Binance Wallet, BitgetWallet, or imToken can receive 1 million Credits, and by entering an invitation code, they can get an additional 300,000, for a total of up to 1.3 million in free credits; recharging can also earn up to $100 in points rebates, and inviting friends to register can enjoy long-term rebate rights. B.AI will continue to release promotional benefits in the future, lowering the innovation threshold for AI applications.

According to the official announcement, Bitget's stock perpetual contracts have been launched for CXMT (Changxin Storage). The contract is settled in USDT, supports up to 20 times leverage, and allows trading 24/7. So far, Bitget supports a total of 273 stock perpetual contract underlying assets.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a certain whale stopped loss 300 BTC 40 minutes ago, incurring a loss of $9,065. This is the fourth stop loss since opening the position on August 5, with a total realized loss of $988,000.Currently, this whale has 1,700 BTC in short positions remaining, valued at $108 million, with an unrealized profit of $96,000, and a liquidation price of $63,710.5.

According to the Financial Times, the artificial intelligence boom is giving rise to a new class of super-rich individuals. This new wealthy class is keen on purchasing highly personalized luxury items such as private jets, yachts, and cars, and they are starting to use cryptocurrencies for payments.The report points out that the rapid accumulation of wealth related to AI is driving changes in the high-end consumer market, with cryptocurrencies appearing as a payment method in scenarios such as private aviation, yacht customization, and luxury car transactions, reflecting the practical application of digital assets among ultra-high-net-worth individuals.

Regarding the issues of BitMart users' asset withdrawal restrictions and employees' unpaid salaries and compensations, employees of the platform publicly called on BitMart's management and relevant responsible parties to respond publicly by August 19 regarding the whereabouts of user assets, the platform's reserve situation, the reasons for withdrawal restrictions, and employee salary compensations. The open letter pointed out that a large number of users are still unable to withdraw their assets normally, and some employees have not received their last month's salary and due compensation; against this backdrop, if the platform only responds with announcements such as "ceasing operations," it cannot resolve the actual problems faced by users and employees. Relevant individuals requested that BitMart publicly disclose wallet, asset, liability, and available reserve information that can be verified by third parties, and explain when the platform became aware of the funding and withdrawal issues, who made the relevant decisions, and whether it continued to encourage users to redeem or trade despite being aware of the risks.The open letter also called for an investigation into related accounts, affiliated companies, trusts, and other funding arrangements associated with BitMart user assets, and specifically requested that the founder's partner provide explanations regarding their related accounts and funding situation. The open letter stated that there is currently information pending further verification indicating that BitMart accounts related to the founder's partner may have held assets worth tens of millions of dollars and have records of batch withdrawals; relevant individuals emphasized that no criminal characterization will be made against any individual until evidence is fully verified, but they demanded public clarification on whether the aforementioned accounts exist, asset ownership, sources of funds, transfer directions, and whether there is any connection with BitMart user assets, and called for an independent investigation into the relevant fund flows. At the same time, the open letter requested that BitMart promptly settle the salaries and compensations owed to employees, asserting that ordinary employees should not bear the consequences of management's operational decisions.In addition, the open letter requested that BitMart publish a user repayment plan with a clear execution timeline by August 19, including the scale of remaining assets, total liabilities, expected recovery ratio for users, repayment order, start and completion times, and supervision mechanisms, and explicitly stated acceptance of third-party independent audits. The open letter indicated that if a complete, transparent, and verifiable asset explanation and repayment plan are not obtained by then, they will consider submitting existing materials, funding clues, and relevant evidence to law enforcement agencies, regulatory authorities, lawyers, and the media in various locations to promote further investigation.