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The Responsible Fintech Institute (RFI) and the cryptocurrency asset custody infrastructure provider Safeheron announced the launch of a pilot program for quantum-resistant digital asset wallets and on-chain transfers, with participants from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The pilot operates on the quantum-resistant NEAR testnet and uses a multiparty computation protocol that supports the ML-DSA-65 standard.Participating regulatory bodies include the Abu Dhabi Global Market, Bhutan's Gelephu Financial Services Office, and Malta's Financial Services Authority, with Bison Bank and DK Bank participating as financial institutions. The banks will test wallet generation and transfers in a shared application environment, while regulatory bodies will observe in the initial phase and later participate in governance workflows. The organizers plan to release a white paper covering research, protocol design, and testing results, and gradually open-source the underlying technology. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority plans to prepare the Hong Kong banking sector to fully address quantum security risks by 2030, while a report from the Bank for International Settlements published in 2025 suggests that financial institutions should migrate to quantum-resistant systems in phases.

According to the official announcement from Gate, Gate is collaborating with World Liberty Financial (WLFI) to promote the USD1 Points Program, and the second phase of the WLFI token airdrop is about to be distributed. The total amount of this airdrop is 700,000 WLFI, which will be allocated based on the proportion of points earned by users during the specified statistical period. All users holding points will receive the corresponding airdrop.The points statistics are valid until August 25 at 08:00 (UTC+8), and WLFI tokens will be directly credited to the spot accounts of eligible users on August 26 at 08:00 (UTC+8). It is worth noting that since Gate and WLFI jointly launched the USD1 Points Program in August 2025, the program has cumulatively distributed 3,000,000 WLFI tokens to participating users. In addition, the new phase of the USD1 Points Airdrop Program will be launched on August 26.

WasabiCard's global remittance service supports over 30 fiat currencies, providing cross-border payment and bulk fund distribution capabilities for businesses, fintech platforms, and internet-native enterprises. Eligible payment channels support real-time or T+0 settlement.This service uses stablecoins as the funding allocation and settlement layer, connecting the traditional banking system with local payment networks. After completing the necessary KYC/KYB verification, users can deposit USDT into their WasabiCard accounts and exchange USDT for their chosen fiat currency through the global remittance feature, which is then transferred in real-time to the user's personal bank card account with the same name. In scenarios of corporate fund management and fund collection, eligible businesses can also use corporate bank accounts for receiving payments.Businesses can initiate payments to employees, contractors, suppliers, creators, affiliate partners, and platform merchants through a unified management backend or API. Core capabilities include bulk payments, smart routing, transparent exchange rates and fees, payment status tracking, and financial reconciliation.

DeFi protocol Term Labs updates on the progress of the attack incident, disclosing that the affected entity is the Term Vault governance mechanism, rather than the underlying Term protocol and its direct lending market. All Meta Vaults have now been closed and DAO governance permissions revoked to prevent further inflow of funds. This closure operation is irreversible and will permanently block new deposits.Currently, the withdrawal function remains open, and they are working with external security teams to conduct repairs and recovery. If a funding gap is ultimately confirmed, corresponding solutions will be explored. Term Labs reminds users to pay attention only to information released by official accounts and to be wary of impersonators and fraud. Previously, it was reported that Term Labs suffered a governance attack resulting in losses of approximately $8.5 million.

According to the token unlock data from the Crypto asset data platform RootData, GUNZ (GUN) will unlock approximately 36.857 million tokens at 1 PM Beijing time on August 31, worth about 1.16 million USD.

According to the token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, FLock (FLOCK) will unlock approximately 16.804 million tokens at 0:00 Beijing time on August 31, worth about 5.65 million USD.

According to DIGITIMES, the NB supply chain has reported that brand manufacturers are significantly returning to production in China, with "returning to China for production" becoming a new trend. Brands such as HP, ASUS, and Acer have recently noticeably reduced their originally planned capacity shifts to Southeast Asia, with production focus returning to Chongqing or Kunshan in China, and increasing orders to Chinese ODM or EMS manufacturers and the proportion of private label products. This involves production lines at Quanta, Inventec's Thailand factories, and Compal, Wistron’s Vietnam factories, which may be affected by customer transfers. Lenovo, Dell, and Apple, on the other hand, remain relatively unchanged.The supply chain indicates that after the U.S. equivalent tariffs were ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, the impact of substitute tariffs is smaller, and the production costs for NB in Southeast Asia are on average $9 higher per unit than in China. The gross profit margin for brand manufacturers per unit of NB is mostly between 3% to 10%. Based on a low-priced model with an average price of about $300, the $9 difference is close to or even exceeds their profit, resulting in unprofitable shipments. Local Chinese governments are also demanding increased production due to reduced tax revenues, or they will reclaim past subsidies, creating a pull for returning production.Relevant ODM personnel stated that they will respect customer decisions, and if they cannot take on a single product, they will shift production locally to servers and other product lines such as networking. Lenovo is more cautious due to its diversified layout, with limited relocation; Dell has not significantly returned due to the high proportion of U.S. government orders; Apple targets the high-end market and promotes automation, with the main reason for relocating MacBook production from Shanghai being the pandemic-related supply chain disruptions, and its plans in Vietnam remain unchanged to date.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a certain address has accumulated 4,000 ETH in the past week, currently showing an unrealized profit of $166,000.The total value of ETH withdrawn from this address is $9.596 million, with an average price of $2,399. ETH is the only asset held by this address.

The research director of Galaxy posted on the X platform stating that even with a high probability of witch nodes, the peak proportion of BIP-110 nodes is only about 20% of the entire network.He mentioned that it is quite ridiculous to see Mechanic and others so shocked by the failure of BIP-110; even accounting for this approximately 20%, its hash power proportion is still far from sufficient, the scale of hash power is very small, and the node proportion is only about one-fifth, still a long way from the target.

The official developer account of Solana announced that the on-chain voting for governance proposals SGP 1-3 has started in epoch 1023, and is expected to close on August 26 at 15:30 UTC.The three proposals cover: approving the Solana constitution to establish a normative governance framework (SGP-0001), raising the inflation reduction rate from -15% to -30% (SGP-0002), and restructuring transaction fees to a fixed inclusion fee + floating resource fee (SGP-0003). Institutional staker DFDV stated that they have cast the largest weighted vote, while some staked accounts that have not activated users reported being unable to participate in the voting.

According to Nikkei Asia, Alibaba Group announced that it will raise HKD 80 billion (approximately USD 10.2 billion) through a new share placement to investors outside the United States, with all proceeds being invested in the company's full-stack AI capability development.Alibaba is increasing its investment in the field of artificial intelligence, as the competition between China and the United States in cutting-edge models and the underlying infrastructure continues to heat up. This financing aims to support its comprehensive layout of AI-related technologies and capabilities.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, Arthur Hayes repurchased 1.9 million ETHFI at a unit price of $0.62 (worth approximately $1.17 million).Four months ago, Arthur Hayes sold 265,461 ETHFI at a loss for $0.44 each (worth approximately $118,000).

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket prediction market event "Cincinnati Reds vs. Arizona Diamondbacks," the "Arizona Diamondbacks" option in the sub-market "Spread -1.5" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 8% an hour ago to the current 93.5% (a fluctuation of 85.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to a report by Reuters, Tether's Bitcoin mining project in Uruguay has ultimately come to a halt due to a power supply contract dispute with the local state-owned electricity company UTE, with an estimated investment scale of about $120 million. The two parties have differences regarding the contracted power supply amount, with Tether believing the relevant figure is the minimum guaranteed supply, while UTE considers it the maximum supply limit.Due to the failure to sign a new agreement and overdue electricity payments, UTE cut off power supply to two mining sites on July 25, 2025. Tether subsequently ended its local operations and laid off most of its employees. The Uruguay project was seen by Tether as the "first step" into the South American Bitcoin mining market. However, Tether continues to expand its regional energy and mining layout, having previously acquired a 70% stake in the renewable energy company Adecoagro and plans to utilize its remaining electricity for Bitcoin mining.

Bitwise CEO posted on the X platform stating that in the first half of this year, despite the bear market environment, investors net invested over $1.8 billion into Bitwise products. Among these, the inflows for ETFs/ETPs, private active and Alpha strategies, staking, and vault products all exceeded $100 million.Bitwise is composed of more than 150 individuals from the finance and technology sectors. He stated that these individuals could have pursued other careers but chose to drive this turnaround story alongside the crypto industry. The Bitwise team hopes that the crypto industry can change the world and that the efforts of many participants will be recognized.He mentioned that Bitwise is not the main player in the industry; its role is to support the industry ecosystem and help investors participate in emerging opportunities. He also expressed gratitude to everyone who entrusted Bitwise with managing their investments and assets, stating that the team is happy to engage in related work.

According to Business Insider, the artificial intelligence open-source community Hugging Face is currently receiving multiple acquisition proposals, with potential deal values reaching 13 billion dollars.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, approximately 1000 WBTC (worth about 77.408 million USD) were transferred from an unknown wallet to the mining pool platform F2Pool.

According to Hyperbot data, all of Huang Licheng's current long positions are in profit, with an investment return rate currently reported at 55%.Among them: 1. 25x leverage Ethereum long position holds 26,800 ETH, with a profit of approximately $2.653 million; 2. 40x leverage Bitcoin long position holds 303 BTC, with a profit of approximately $52,000; 3. 10x leverage HYPE long position holds 238,000 HYPE, with a profit of approximately $298,000; 4. 10x leverage PUMP long position holds 700,000,000 PUMP, with a profit of approximately $26,000.

The cryptocurrency wallet project SafePal has released updates on the security incident, stating that it is continuously tracking phishing websites and impersonation accounts, and plans to introduce a professional anti-phishing security company to expedite the removal of malicious information to protect user asset security. SafePal mentioned that it is currently in the final selection process among four professional anti-phishing security companies, and once a partner is selected, it will further enhance the efficiency of handling threats such as counterfeit websites and scam accounts.The team is also continuously monitoring whether the affected data has been sold or made public, including channels such as dark web forums and trading markets. Once signs of data leakage are detected, affected users will receive risk alerts immediately. Regarding security audits, SafePal stated that it is in the final selection among three mature independent security institutions, which will conduct a comprehensive security review of the order system. Meanwhile, the team is reassessing the order and logistics processes to reduce the amount of data that needs to be stored in the initial phase of the system, thereby reducing potential risks from the source.For affected users, SafePal stated that it will continue to provide one-on-one assistance through official support channels and will keep updating the fraud protection page, providing updates on the incident, FAQs, and analysis of fraud cases. SafePal once again reminds users: the official will never ask users to provide their seed phrase. Users should not disclose their seed phrase to anyone, should not scan unknown QR codes or click on suspicious links, and should verify the source of information through official channels.