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According to official news, Gate CandyDrop will launch a special event exclusively for old users from August 25 at 18:00 to September 8 at 18:00 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of 1 BTC.During the event, eligible old users who complete contract trading tasks can receive candies and participate in sharing airdrop rewards. Among them, old users who registered before August 25, 2026, at 00:00 (UTC+8) and have a cumulative contract trading volume of any token (opening + closing) reaching 1 USDT will receive 1 candy and participate in sharing the 1 BTC prize pool, with a maximum individual reward of 0.001 BTC.

Bitget launches the 4th phase of the VIP Guardian Program, running from August 24 to September 13, with a total prize pool of 55,000 USDT. This phase of the event is aimed at a specific user group: users whose VIP level has dropped since May 18 and have not reached VIP1 as of August 16.The event includes three main sections: return benefits, level recovery rewards, and trading volume rewards. Eligible users who complete registration will automatically receive a 30-day VIP2 experience card and a 200 USDT contract position voucher based on the type of VIP level they lost. In addition, users who complete specified stock spot or contract trading tasks can receive rewards of up to 1,600 USDT. Rewards can be accumulated and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.

According to security company Salus monitoring, a user lost approximately 550,000 USDC after clicking on a Google sponsored ad that led to a counterfeit Hyperliquid website. This case utilized specialized "coin theft service" infrastructure associated with the Inferno system. The relevant services attract customers through Telegram accounts, offering malicious scripts, automatic theft, cross-chain withdrawals, and automatic profit sharing functions.In this case, the phishing gang was responsible for purchasing ads, deploying counterfeit entry points, and providing the final collection address; after the theft of coins was successful, the backend automatically completed the fund splitting. The total amount involved by the relevant gang is approximately 52.74 million USD, which has been linked to multiple significant phishing incidents, such as on September 23, 2025, when the original attacker of UXLINK encountered a second authorization phishing, resulting in about 542 million UXLINK; on April 15, 2026, the official domain of CoW.fi was hijacked, with associated losses of 316,000 USDC; on July 9, 2026, a fake DApp/fake airdrop authorization phishing stole about 1 million USDT. Salus stated that the relevant evidence and high-risk addresses have been submitted to the appropriate authorities for handling.

Phantom and Sui have decided to stop supporting Sui on Phantom on September 24 and will keep the possibility of exploring other collaborations in the future.Before September 24, users can migrate their wallets to other applications that support Sui, or exchange Sui for other assets supported on Phantom, and Phantom will waive the fees.

On August 21, the GATE ZONE fireside chat event took place in the Summer Bay area of Coinfest Asia, where Gate Head of Global Partnerships Jason Fung shared insights on the theme "Predicting the Biggest Market Opportunities." He discussed the competitive landscape of prediction markets, user-created markets, the Builder ecosystem, and future market opportunities. Jason Fung stated that as on-chain prediction markets continue to develop, industry competition will no longer focus solely on liquidity and trading volume. Instead, lowering the barriers to market creation, diversifying market types, and enabling more users to participate in market building will become important directions for the future development of prediction markets.Regarding the recent launch of the event contract Builder by Gate DexBuilder, Jason Fung mentioned that enabling users to create markets independently is an important step towards the openness of prediction markets. By lowering the barriers to creating and launching event markets, users can quickly build markets around popular events and explore more niche themes and potential demands, thereby driving the evolution of prediction markets from a product form dominated by a few platforms to a more open market ecosystem.Jason Fung believes that there are still many opportunities in prediction markets that have not been fully explored, and their application scope is expected to continue extending from popular fields such as politics, sports, crypto, AI, and entertainment. As more developers and entrepreneurs enter this space, the Builder ecosystem, market diversity, and user experience will become important driving forces for industry development, and on-chain event markets are expected to further expand from early user groups to a broader user market.

Coldcard has released the latest firmware 5.6.1 (Mk4/Mk5) and 1.5.1Q (Q). This update is based on a three-week security review following an emergency fix, focusing on addressing the security risks posed by previous mnemonic phrase generation attacks. Each newly generated mnemonic phrase must include at least one user entropy source, such as irregular key presses at least 65 times, physical dice rolls 50 times, or physical coin tosses 128 times, combined with fresh entropy provided by STM32 TRNG, SE1, and SE2.The new firmware also adds pre-signing phased PSBT verification, strengthens USB connection and firmware update boundaries, improves Delta Mode isolation mechanisms, fixes active wallet backup issues, enhances random number generator initialization and fault checking, adjusts SIGHASH default settings, and includes multiple security and correctness improvements. Coldcard states that this update aims to further reduce the risk of the device being attacked.The official reminder is that updating the firmware cannot fix existing mnemonic phrases generated by previously affected firmware. If a user's mnemonic phrase falls within the scope of this security announcement, they should first update the device, then generate and verify a brand new mnemonic phrase, and migrate funds to the new wallet. Coldcard recommends that all Mk4, Mk5, and Q users update their devices promptly and verify the signatures of the downloaded firmware.

Binance co-founder He Yi cited data from the research team, stating that among users investing in U.S. stocks on the Binance platform, about three-quarters are net buyers, and about one-fifth have never sold. Generation Z users show the strongest willingness to hold long-term, with the highest net buying ratio and the lowest trading frequency. He Yi stated that this reflects how, after lowering investment barriers, a new generation of investors is participating in the market with patience and a long-term perspective.

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has announced that it has opened U.S. stock trading services to European users. Eligible users can now buy and sell U.S. stocks directly through the Kraken platform, further expanding its traditional financial asset trading product line.In recent years, Kraken has continuously promoted compliance and product diversification. While providing cryptocurrency trading, it has gradually introduced traditional securities such as stocks and ETFs to meet the demand of European users for one-stop investment services.

According to KOL Kuai Dong (@_FORAB), several cryptocurrency practitioners reported this morning that their addresses on other exchanges inexplicably received small deposits from HTX exchange, and shortly after receiving them, their accounts were frozen. Previously, several exchanges, including Binance and OKX, announced that in response to sanctions from the EU and the UK, they would no longer process deposits and withdrawals from HTX, otherwise accounts could be forcibly frozen. Some users in the community claimed that this action is similar to "address poisoning," which could trigger KYT/AML risk control on other platforms.However, HTX market manager MollyFu stated that the official side absolutely did not engage in such behavior; it is either a misunderstanding or someone is deliberately causing trouble. The platform has been processing tens of thousands of deposits and withdrawals daily in the past two days, and accounts are normal. They will not randomly airdrop to users on other platforms; if testing is conducted, it will only be done on a small scale through their own accounts. HTX stated that they have held an internal meeting to discuss the matter and are quickly investigating the cause, promising to provide an explanation to the community.

Decred official X account (@decredproject) released a security notice, stating that a security vulnerability has been discovered in the Decred (DCR) network, and a patch will be released on August 18 at 10 AM Eastern Time.For security reasons, the official recommends that users suspend voting and mining operations until the upgrade is completed. An announcement will be synchronized on the official X account as soon as the patch is released.

Websea officially announced the launch of the Proof of Reserves (PoR) mechanism on August 18, using a Merkle tree scheme to publicly disclose platform reserve data, while also opening up open-source verification tools. Users can view verification dates, covered currencies, user asset balances, on-chain wallet balances, wallet address files, and historical reports, as well as download personal verification data to locally verify whether their assets are fully accounted for in the platform reserves.According to the introduction, the reserve ratio is the ratio of the platform's on-chain assets to the total user assets, and a reserve ratio of no less than 100% means that the assets held on-chain by the platform are not less than the total amount of user assets. Websea stated that it will continue to update reserve data periodically, promoting asset transparency and the construction of a user self-verification mechanism.

AI programming tool Cursor announces the launch of the Origin code hosting feature, which is now available for early testing to all paid users starting today. This feature supports the creation of new code repositories, bidirectional synchronization with GitHub repositories, and includes pull requests, code browsing, and AI Agent integration capabilities. Users can complete code reading, questioning, modification, and PR merging all within the same interface.The synchronized GitHub repositories support bidirectional comment synchronization. Comments in Cursor will sync to GitHub, and replies on GitHub will also be sent back to Cursor in real-time. Origin also integrates applications such as Vercel, Depot, and Buildkite, allowing PRs to automatically generate preview deployments. Cursor indicates that more native Agent features will be launched in the future. Enterprise users can opt out of this testing program through their administrators.

According to the monitoring by the head of Galaxy Research, attacks targeting Coldcard are still ongoing. Users who continue to use Coldcard should remain vigilant and verify their device settings.They continue to assist victims and gather intelligence about the attackers, and they express hope that victims seeking help to track stolen funds can contact them via private message.

On-chain detective Specter posted on the X platform, stating that considering the time period covered by the stolen data, this could mean that the data breach occurred as early as April, and no later than early May. However, the parties involved chose to remain silent until recently, roughly at the same time Trezor announced its own data breach.Some users had already received phishing attacks and suffered asset losses at that time, but the parties involved did not maintain transparency, warn users, or provide risk alerts, instead denying the data breach.

SafePal stated that its order tracking plugin has a security vulnerability, leading to unauthorized access to some customer information.This incident involves approximately 39,798 users, with affected customers being those who placed orders between March 2, 2025, and April 11, 2026.The leaked information includes names, email addresses, shipping addresses, phone numbers, and purchase details, but does not involve mnemonic phrases, private keys, wallet passwords, bank card information, or government-issued identification numbers.SafePal stated that the relevant vulnerability has been fixed, and affected users have been notified individually. At the same time, the official has launched a query page where users can confirm whether they are affected by entering their order number and shipping country.

According to DefiLlama Research data, from January to June 2026, approximately 169,000 wallets made their first transaction in the RWA market on Hyperliquid, accounting for 31.7% of new users during the same period.DefiLlama co-founder 0xngmi stated that among users who made their first transaction in RWA, about 80.9% continued to trade RWA thereafter but did not further enter the cryptocurrency trading market.The data shows that Hyperliquid's RWA product has indeed brought in a new user base, but most users remain in the RWA trading space and have not converted to cryptocurrency trading users, indicating a clear user stratification between RWA and crypto trading demand.

Coinbase posted on the X platform stating that AiFi-related content is for reference only and does not constitute investment advice or recommendations.Trading involves significant risks and may result in the loss of the entire investment. Users must make their own decisions regarding all activities of the AI agent and bear all risks associated with the transactions executed by the AI agent and the use of their data by third-party AI providers.

According to Bitcoin News, Boltzhq has shut down due to its five-person team being overwhelmed by increasingly complex AI-assisted attacks. A group of experienced Bitcoin users will take over the service with additional capital and engineering resources.The founder has stepped down. The service is currently still offline, and the new team is working to restart it.

Binance has launched a special trading competition for new users. Complete your first trade on Binance Spot or Instant Exchange to win up to 1,000 USDT vouchers. The event runs from August 14, 2026, 20:00 to August 29, 07:59.Eligibility to participate is for new users who register a Binance account and complete identity verification during the event period. Rewards will be distributed based on the total qualified trading volume of spot or instant exchange trades during the event.

He Yi posted on the X platform stating that he will not contact users via email, Instagram, or LinkedIn. Although he serves as an official administrator for Binance in some Telegram groups, he will not send private messages to any Telegram accounts. For public communication, please contact through this X account or the Binance Square account, and be wary of scams impersonating Binance staff.