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Vitalik Buterin and Etherealize co-founder and CEO Vivek Raman, supported by the Ethereum Foundation, warned that Wall Street's renewed enthusiasm for private, permissioned "consortium chains" is recreating a fragmented system, undermining the interoperability and liquidity that blockchain should bring, akin to "race to the bottom." He pointed out the rise of gated networks such as Digital Asset's Canton Network, Circle's ARC, and Stripe's Tempo, reminiscent of the R3 and Hyperledger consortium chains 2.0 from years past, where institutions will ultimately find themselves in a situation of competing consortium chains, needing permission or membership to participate.Raman emphasized that the Ethereum mainnet should serve as a globally open, permissionless foundation layer similar to HTTP, where institutions can overlay permission and privacy features at the application layer or L2 to achieve maximum interoperability and liquidity. Etherealize is committed to attracting TradFi to embrace Ethereum, which has already hosted billions of dollars in tokenized assets and supported a large amount of DeFi settlements. The company received seed funding from Buterin and the foundation in January 2025 and completed a $40 million Series A financing in the same year.He cited examples such as BlackRock's new fund based on Ethereum, stating that once regulations are clear, institutional funds are more inclined towards open network tracks that are not proprietary; choosing consortium chains would require paying the consortium and being bound by its rules, with incentives for non-early members quickly fading. Christian Catalini, founder of the MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab, also pointed out that if permissioned networks driven by enterprise sales become mainstream, some competitive benefits of blockchain may not be realized.

Galaxy Research analyst Alex Thorn pointed out that as the likelihood of the CLARITY Act passing in 2026 significantly decreases, the U.S. SEC and CFTC are intensifying independent cryptocurrency regulatory actions. The bill previously gained bipartisan support in the Senate Banking Committee but has stalled due to unresolved ethical rules for officials regarding cryptocurrency, pressure from community banks leading to some Republican positions softening, and disputes over developer protection clauses. The Senate Majority Leader failed to push for a vote before the August recess, and the September session is only about two to three weeks long, leading Galaxy to lower the probability to 10%.On the SEC side, the originally planned "Reg Crypto" exemption (which provides a new path for primary issuance of crypto assets) and "Innovation Exemption" (which allows tokenized securities to trade in DeFi secondary markets) have been postponed multiple times. It is reported that the agency had retreated due to opposition from the traditional securities industry, but may restart due to the bleak outlook of the bill, with text expected to be released in the coming weeks to months. These measures are likely to be time-limited sandboxes that will face litigation and require years to refine. The CFTC is actively advocating for jurisdiction over prediction market contracts, responding to the New York Attorney General's attempt to issue an emergency order to ban Kalshi event contracts nationwide, continuing the tug-of-war over federal and state jurisdiction regarding prediction markets.Thorn believes that while the bill covers a comprehensive framework including registration licensing, compliance monitoring, and consumer protection, it is currently more dominated by political factors. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce's planned departure in November also adds urgency to the advancement of the rules. The related actions aim to fill the legislative vacuum but may ultimately undergo a lengthy judicial and rule-making process.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the prediction market Polymarket for the event "Milwaukee Brewers vs. Los Angeles Dodgers," the option "Los Angeles Dodgers" in the sub-market "Spread -1.5" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, rising from 51.5% an hour ago to the current 70.5% (a fluctuation of 19%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket prediction market for the event "San Diego Padres vs. Cleveland Guardians," the "San Diego Padres" option in the sub-market "Spread -1.5" experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 68% an hour ago to the current 52% (a fluctuation of 16%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the event "St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs" on the prediction market Polymarket, the winning probability of the "Chicago Cubs" option in the sub-market "Spread -1.5" has experienced significant fluctuations, soaring from 45.5% an hour ago to the current 83.5% (a fluctuation of 38%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to the monitoring by the head of Galaxy Research, it has communicated with over 190 victims of Coldcard vulnerability attacks and has asked victims who have not yet contacted them to reach out via private message so that they can provide tracking information and assist in reporting losses to the relevant authorities.Since August 6, no new attack incidents have been confirmed, but this does not mean that new attacks will not occur, and vigilance is required.

Market pricing shows that the probability of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates more than once before mid-2027 has decreased.

According to GMGN market data, the market capitalization of the Binance Wallet stock meme token UTILITY has fallen back to $7.3 million, with a 24-hour increase narrowing to 18.5 times, and a 24-hour trading volume reaching $20.3 million. Last night, the market capitalization of UTILITY once broke through $10 million.CZ previously stated on January 30 that GME should issue a utility token on the blockchain, preferably on BSC. bStocks officially retweeted CZ's old post and announced that GMEB (the tokenized stock version of GameStop) is now trading on the platform.The trading pair for UTILITY is UTILITY/GMEB, rather than the common BNB or USDT as the liquidity pair, belonging to the current popular "stock meme" play on BSC, using bStocks' US stock token (here GMEB) as the base, focusing on the classic narrative of retail investors battling Wall Street and meme stocks. Users are reminded that meme coins often have no practical use cases, and price fluctuations can be significant, so investment should be approached with caution.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the event "Clacton By-Election: Farage's Vote Share" on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Farage 60--70%" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 28.85% an hour ago to the current 67.75% (a fluctuation of 38.9%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the prediction market Polymarket for the event "National Bank Open: Ben Shelton vs. Brandon Nakashima," the "over" option for the sub-market "National Bank Open: Ben Shelton vs. Brandon Nakashima Total Games in the Second Set Greater than 10.5" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 27% an hour ago to the current 42.5% (a fluctuation of 15.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket event "Boston Red Sox vs. Toronto Blue Jays," the "Overtime" sub-market's "Yes" option probability has experienced a sharp fluctuation, soaring from 14.5% an hour ago to the current 50% (a fluctuation of 35.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the event "Clacton By-Election: Farage's Vote Share" on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Farage 80%+" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, plummeting from 48.5% an hour ago to the current 30.5% (a fluctuation of 18%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the "Seattle Mariners vs. New York Yankees" event, the option "New York Yankees" in the sub-market "First 5 Innings Spread -1.5" experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 34% an hour ago to the current 49.5% (a fluctuation of 15.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

GMGN data shows that influenced by Zhao Changpeng's retweet of related content, the utility of BSC Meme coins surged rapidly for a short time, with a market cap once exceeding 9 million USD, currently reported at about 8 million USD, with an intraday increase of over 900%.According to market news, the prices of Meme coins are highly volatile, and most lack practical use cases, please pay attention to asset protection.

Market pricing shows that the probability of the Federal Reserve maintaining the interest rate in the range of 3.5%-3.75% in September is about 65%, up from about 60% before the release of the PPI report.

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform stating that Trezor claims its customer data was exposed due to a security breach at the logistics provider ShipMonk. Customers who placed orders in the past 90 days in the United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Colombia, Brazil, Italy, or Portugal may be affected. The exposed data includes full names, shipping addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and order numbers.Trezor stated that its systems were not compromised, and the devices remain secure, but it warns affected customers to be vigilant against carefully designed phishing attacks that exploit the leaked information.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the prediction market Polymarket for the event "Kansas City Royals vs. Los Angeles Dodgers," the option "Los Angeles Dodgers" in the sub-market "Spread -1.5" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, rising from 55.5% an hour ago to the current 81% (a fluctuation of 25.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Harmony monitoring, Harmony stated that it is advancing the rollback plan and has reached an agreement with validators and exchanges on the specific path. The minting vulnerability fix has been activated, and a complete list of attacker wallets will be announced soon.Previously, the number of ONE tokens abnormally minted on the Harmony network had exceeded 30 trillion, involving 6 abnormal blocks.

According to a report by Decrypt, Israeli cybersecurity company ASecurity released a report stating that a researcher used publicly available AI models to discover multiple vulnerabilities in the Zoom annotation tool in less than 24 hours with fewer than 20 prompts, and constructed an exploitable attack chain. The vulnerabilities are numbered CVE-2026-53413, CVE-2026-53414, and CVE-2026-53415, allowing attackers to remotely execute code in meetings without any action from the victim, control their devices, steal data, and activate the microphone or camera.The attack was tested successfully on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS versions of Zoom. ASecurity claimed it reached a "national-level" standard, whereas previously constructing such exploitation tools required months of work and a substantial budget from professional teams. ASecurity reported the first vulnerability to Zoom on June 10, and Zoom released fixes between June 22 and July 20, but the server-side protections in end-to-end encrypted meetings could not filter malicious messages, requiring users to update manually. A Zoom spokesperson confirmed that the issue has been resolved and advised users to keep their versions up to date.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket prediction market for the event "National Bank Open: Learner Tien vs. Ben Shelton," the "Over" option in the sub-market "National Bank Open: Learner Tien vs. Ben Shelton First Set O/U 8.5" experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 84% an hour ago to the current 50% (a fluctuation of 34%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.