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The monthly active users of the Google Gemini app have exceeded 1 billion, making it the fastest-growing product in Google's history.

Manus announced that the company will soon resume independent operations. To complete this transition and meet regulatory requirements in certain jurisdictions, affected users must back up their data by 7:59 AM Singapore time on August 23, and data recovery will begin at 8:00 AM on August 25 to ensure normal usage thereafter.Manus stated that affected users will be notified via email and in-app notifications; users who registered with an Apple ID or Facebook account should pay attention to in-app notifications. Affected users can perform multiple backups before August 23 and can continue to create data after the first backup, followed by re-executing the backup. Starting at 8:00 AM on August 25, the data recovery portal will officially open, and users can continue using their previous data after completing the recovery. During the transition period, affected users will incur no charges, and Manus will also provide rewards.For users not affected by this adjustment, no action is required, and they can continue to use Manus normally; the system will also confirm via in-app notifications that their accounts are unaffected. Manus understands that this adjustment may cause inconvenience to affected users and has provided detailed operational guidelines in the help center, while the customer service team will offer 24/7 support.Manus stated that it is preparing a series of new features aimed at further expanding the capabilities of general AI entities and expressed optimism about the company's development prospects after resuming independent operations.

Coinbase posted on the X platform stating that the company has designated the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) as its international tokenization center. After obtaining the new FSRA license, the company can now offer global securities to any user with a wallet.Coinbase stated that the next frontier of global finance is the on-chain space, and the company is advancing related developments from the UAE.

OpenGradient co-founder Matthew posted that his market maker (MM) team's funds on the BitMart trading platform are currently unable to be withdrawn, with the reason suspected to be related to the platform's insolvency. Matthew stated that BitMart still required token holders to lock their assets on the platform a week before halting related services, an action that he described as "shocking."He believes that BitMart's previous push for users to lock their assets was essentially just to gain liquidity. Currently, BitMart has not responded to these related accusations. This incident has raised community concerns about the security of funds on centralized trading platforms, asset custody, and liquidity management risks.

The number of registered users on the Zhipu MaaS open platform (i.e., API users) has approached 7 million, an increase of about 2 million compared to early July, including 23,000 enterprise customers. The user count for the developer product ZCode, which competes with Codex, surpassed one million within one month of its launch.Since the beginning of this year, Zhipu's ARR has grown 15 times. It is understood that after the release of new models by Kimi and Alibaba, Zhipu's ARR growth rate has not been affected. Some investors have revealed that the current ARR has reached $2 billion, but Zhipu's official stance has denied this, with people close to the company indicating that the actual figure should be higher. On July 21, it was reported that Zhipu has built a domestic AI computing power infrastructure with a scale of 1GW. It is understood that more than 50,000 domestic computing chips have been activated to alleviate the growing inference demand. On July 31, Zhipu's long-term Coding Plan, which had significantly increased in price, was opened for purchase.

Regarding the abnormal and severe fluctuations in the perpetual contract market for TUT (TUTUSDT), Lobster (LobsterUSDT), and BICO (BICOUSDT) on August 9, 2026, Gate has promptly initiated a special review and risk control investigation. To protect users' legitimate rights and interests, Gate will provide full USDT compensation to affected users who meet the compensation criteria. The platform has opened a special processing channel, and affected users can contact Gate through official channels such as VIP account managers and online customer service. The platform will assist in implementing the compensation plan within three working days and will distribute the compensation amount to users' spot accounts.Gate stated that user rights are always the core focus of the platform, and it will continue to strengthen the identification of abnormal trading, risk control in low liquidity markets, dynamic management of risk parameters, and the construction of pricing and settlement mechanisms, further enhancing the platform's risk prevention capabilities and market governance level. Gate is committed to creating a fair, transparent, and secure trading environment, continuously listening to user feedback, and working with the community to maintain a healthy and stable market ecosystem.

Bitget's head of Greater China, Xie Jiayin, issued a statement indicating that in response to the abnormal price marking incident involving TUT and two other trading pairs on August 9, Bitget will compensate affected users who meet the criteria, with a total compensation amount of nearly 40 million USD. The compensation will be calculated based on the user's account equity at 15:00 on that day, addressing related losses caused by forced liquidation of short positions during the period of abnormal price fluctuations.Xie Jiayin also stated that Bitget will continue to uphold the concept of "a warm exchange," ensuring the protection of user rights for retail, VIP, and institutional clients alike. After handling the incident, the platform will continue to review and promote the continuous iteration of products and related mechanisms.

Websea officially announces the launch of a new community representative group------Websea Star Goddess Group. The first batch of members consists of five highly representative community forces: Websea "Wave Goddess," "Star Sea Goddess," "Guardian Goddess," "Escort Goddess," and "Trust Goddess."As the core business card of the brand image and a bridge connecting global users, the Websea Goddess Group will break the boundaries between the platform and users, injecting strong vitality into global communities around core dimensions such as deep interaction, content co-creation, ecological promotion, and community building.In the future, the Websea Star Goddess Group will deeply participate in Websea Global Summit, online and offline community activities, and ecological cooperation, growing together with global users and jointly creating a next-generation Web3 trading ecosystem that is warmer, more immersive, and more inclusive.

According to FX News Group, the crypto platform Crypto.com and Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (NASDAQ: DJT) announced adjustments to their previously announced prediction market integration plan. The two parties will no longer develop a direct prediction market integration on Truth Social, but will instead shift to a marketing cooperation agreement to promote Crypto.com's prediction market products to the Truth Social user base.According to TMTG interim CEO Kevin McGurn, the company's strategic focus is on increasing revenue for Truth Social, continuing to expand its global media business, and completing the merger with TAE, and this marketing agreement aligns better with the company's priorities.It is reported that Crypto.com is actively expanding its product line beyond digital assets and has recently hired former OKX executive Iskandar Vanblarcum to lead its prediction market department.

According to Cointelegraph, Dan Katz, the First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), stated that local currency stablecoins, aimed at reducing dependence on dollar stablecoins, may instead make it easier for users to turn to digital dollars. Once local currency stablecoins operate on the same blockchain infrastructure as dollar stablecoins, users can easily switch between the two through decentralized exchanges, liquidity pools, or peer-to-peer exchanges.This could accelerate the shift of foreign exchange activities from banks and currency traders to on-chain, weakening authorities' ability to monitor and manage capital flows. Katz mentioned that while it is still too early to draw conclusions, many users may prefer dollar tokens due to their strong liquidity, network effects, and ability to be used across platforms and borders. Katz pointed out that risks vary by country. In highly dollarized economies, stablecoins may primarily replace existing dollar holdings; whereas in countries where access to dollars is restricted and economic frameworks are weak, it may further increase demand for foreign currencies. Katz urged authorities to include deposit/withdrawal channels and on-chain exchange points in the regulatory framework.

Strategy founder Michael Saylor posted that Bitcoin's operation fully aligns with its design. BIP-110 can fork freely, and the Bitcoin network can also choose not to follow. As a result, about 99.85% of Bitcoin's hash power remains on the original network, while the BIP-110 branch has only mined 2 blocks and is currently over 80 blocks behind.He pointed out that BIP-110 has only gained about 0.15% of Bitcoin's hash power and needs to mine 2015 blocks before the first difficulty adjustment. Based on the current block generation speed, this process will take about 25 years.Saylor stated: "Anyone can fork Bitcoin, but if there is a lack of security, practicality, capital, and users, the fork is meaningless. Consensus needs to be earned, not declared."

CLR revealed on platform X that pump.fun is attracting users to migrate from the FOMO platform through an incentive program. According to the disclosed agreement documents, pump.fun plans to offer eligible users a one-time signing bonus of $20,000 and a fixed monthly salary of $30,000. The agreement requires users to: migrate funds and trading positions from the FOMO platform to pump.fun; use a new wallet that has not been used by other platforms as an exclusive wallet; bind their X (formerly Twitter) account to the pump.fun wallet; publicly declare on their X homepage that this wallet is the only public wallet; and permanently delete and close their FOMO platform account.In addition, users must also meet real trading requirements, including completing at least $25,000 in trading volume on pump.fun each month (or 25% of the previous average monthly trading volume on the FOMO platform).

JUST released the GasFree July data report. As a tool to simplify the transfer experience in the TRON ecosystem, GasFree allows users to pay transaction fees directly with USDT in their wallets, enjoying smooth on-chain transfer services without any extra steps.In July, the platform completed 784,000 GasFree transactions, with a total monthly transfer amount reaching 13.42 billion USD, and the cumulative number of users has surpassed 399,000. The continuous growth in real usage scenarios confirms the value of GasFree in lowering the threshold for on-chain operations. In the future, GasFree will continue to focus on convenient transfer services, allowing more users to enjoy a seamless experience.

On August 6, OpenAI first released usage data of ChatGPT across various countries, showing significant differences in usage across different scenarios, ages, and regions. In work scenarios, users utilizing ChatGPT for execution tasks (writing, editing, analyzing, etc.) accounted for over 50%, more than twice that of non-work scenarios; non-work scenarios are still primarily focused on "information retrieval." By age group, the proportion of messages from users over 35 years old globally increased by 5 percentage points year-on-year, with France and the Czech Republic seeing increases of over 10 percentage points. Nearly three-quarters of European countries exceeded the global average increase, while some regions in Southeast Asia saw smaller increases.Regionally, Latin America, Africa, and Oceania are narrowing the gap with early adopters, with Peru, Uruguay, and Costa Rica showing the fastest rankings rise. Multimodal (such as image generation and analysis) is the fastest-growing use case, with its global share rising to 7.8%, exceeding 10% in countries like Brazil and Colombia. OpenAI stated that the relevant data has been made public through the OpenAI Signals platform, aimed at helping policymakers and researchers understand the usage trends of over 1 billion users.

According to official news from the decentralized stablecoin USDD, the DeFi protocol Pendle has integrated PT-s USDD into its PT Looping module. Users can complete looping loan operations with one click through the Pendle interface, without the need for cross-platform operations. Currently, the looping loan APY for PT-s USDD in the Morpho/USDT market can reach up to 20.87%.It is introduced that the PT Looping module is based on the PT-s USDD/USDT and PT-s USDD/USDC markets on Morpho. This integration aims to significantly enhance the capital efficiency for USDD holders and, combined with the fixed income of PT-s USDD and borrowing space, forms a robust yield portfolio. The official reminds users that they can participate according to their own risk preferences.

Decentralized stablecoin USDD announced that with the launch of the second season of TRON DeFi Summer, its summer earning program in collaboration with Binance Wallet and JustLend DAO is now live. This event will run from today until October 4th at 07:59 (Singapore time), and participating users can share a total reward of $900,000.Among them, users who complete specified deposits or purchase designated activity treasury assets through Binance Wallet can share a total value of $300,000 TRX exclusive airdrop; by purchasing USDD through JustLend, users can enjoy the basic APR and also participate in sharing a prize pool of 600,000 USDD, with no upper limit on the amount users can participate with.

According to the official announcement, Bitget has upgraded the stock spot (rToken) fee structure. While maintaining a base fee rate of 0.05%, high-level VIP and PRO users can enjoy lower tier exclusive rates; using BGB to offset fees also provides a 20% discount.Among them, after applying the BGB offset, the VIP user Maker rate is as low as 0%, and the Taker rate is as low as 0.024%; the PRO user Maker rate is as low as 0.008%, and the Taker rate is as low as 0.01752%. During regular trading hours for U.S. stocks, orders will be routed to the underlying market via StockRoute and charged uniformly at the Taker rate; during weekends and holidays, internal matching periods will differentiate between Maker and Taker rates.

According to BlockBeats' in-depth article "Using a Gate Account to Experience Four Types of Stock Products," the article points out that as traditional financial assets and cryptocurrency trading scenarios continue to merge, users' trading needs for assets such as stocks, indices, and gold have expanded from simple holding to trading, hedging, and asset management. Gate integrates four types of products—stocks, tokenized stocks, stock perpetual contracts, and CFDs—through a TradFi account system, providing users with trading options covering U.S. stocks, Hong Kong stocks, Korean stocks, and various global assets.The article states that Gate's stock focus is on real stock trading and long-term asset allocation needs; gStocks tokenized stocks bring stock assets into the crypto ecosystem, supporting more flexible asset application scenarios; stock perpetual contracts meet short-term trading and risk hedging needs; CFDs cover multi-asset strategies including stocks, indices, foreign exchange, gold, and commodities. The article believes that Gate's differentiation lies in combining the funding system familiar to crypto users, 24/7 trading capabilities, and traditional financial products, thereby lowering the barriers to cross-market trading. By continuously improving its TradFi product layout, Gate is further promoting the connection between the crypto market and the traditional financial system, providing users with a more efficient global asset trading experience.

Circle's Senior Director of Strategy and Policy, Patrick Hansen, stated that after the comprehensive implementation of the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), licenses have been issued for 35 electronic currency tokens from 21 issuers, and local issuers are making good progress. Patrick Hansen pointed out that the strict regulations of MiCA have made it impossible for most major stablecoin issuers, including Tether, to meet operational requirements. Currently, only USDG, USDC, and EURC comply with the framework requirements, while other stablecoins fall outside the regulatory scope of MiCA, leaving EU users unprotected or unable to access services.He believes that the upcoming review of MiCA should address this issue and provide a more pragmatic operational pathway for foreign issuers. The EU's Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services, and Capital Markets Union launched a public consultation on May 20 to assess whether the current framework is still applicable, with the consultation continuing until September 30.

According to Gate's latest weekly report, the Federal Reserve maintained interest rates, but hawkish expectations have risen. The high interest rate environment combined with the deleveraging effects of derivatives has put overall pressure on the crypto market, with BTC and ETH dropping approximately 2.8% and 3.6%, respectively. Meanwhile, U.S. stocks continued to recover last week. In terms of capital flow, BTC spot ETFs have turned to net outflows, while ETH spot ETFs still maintain a slight net inflow, showing some resilience in institutional capital allocation.On-chain, PancakeSwap's weekly trading volume surpassed Uniswap, and the Robinhood Chain, RWA, and Meme ecosystems remain active. In the derivatives market, BTC open interest (OI) rose and then fell, with funding rates remaining positive, and DVOL continuing to decline, while the market overall still maintains high-level fluctuations.In response to the evolving macro policies, institutional capital flows, and on-chain ecosystems, Gate is continuously building a multi-asset trading system covering digital assets, stocks, indices, foreign exchange, and commodities. Relying on institutional-level trading, liquidity, custody, lending, asset management, and API services, it provides professional investors with a one-stop institutional solution.At the same time, Gate is continuously improving its global institutional ecosystem layout, strengthening trading execution efficiency, cross-market liquidity, and risk management capabilities, helping institutional clients respond more efficiently to market fluctuations and seize global asset allocation and structural trading opportunities.