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According to The Block, the prediction market platform Kalshi will terminate its trading volume incentive program, effective no earlier than October 13. This information comes from documents submitted by Kalshi to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).The program pays rewards to traders from a reward pool based on their share of qualified trading volume, aimed at enhancing liquidity. Kalshi is an event contract trading platform regulated by the CFTC.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is investigating prediction markets, focusing on the compliance of their incentive programs and expressing concerns about misleading promotional practices present in the market.

According to the Snapshot page, the proposal for the World Liberty Financial (WLFI) community to "Launch the WLFI Governance Participation Incentive Program" has concluded voting. Approximately 82.13% voted in favor, about 9.17% voted against, and around 8.70% abstained.A total of 2,306 addresses participated in the voting, with a total voting volume of approximately 2.114 billion WLFI, exceeding the statutory threshold of 1 billion. Holders of unlocked WLFI will lock their tokens for at least 180 days and participate directly in governance voting at least once every 90 days to receive dynamically calculated rewards; delegated votes do not count towards participation requirements.The program is scheduled to be launched before October 1 and will replace the original proposal passed on March 12, 2026.

Ethena posted that since the initial airdrop in early 2024, the token incentives related to the stablecoin USDe have decreased by about 85% compared to 2024. Starting at the end of this month, the token incentives and new inflation related to USDe will be completely eliminated, and future scale expansion will no longer be driven by additional token subsidies.

Zuckerberg stated that every lab has the responsibility and incentive to train models safely at the required speed and has the capability to take action independently. People will not use agents that are not aligned with them or do not act as required, so labs have a strong natural incentive to enhance model alignment. Trust and alignment are rapidly becoming the most important capabilities that distinguish agents from models, and any lab that does not focus on alignment will fall behind.Zuckerberg indicated that labs will face significant liability if their models cause harm, thus there is a strong incentive to prevent this. Meta has postponed the release of Muse by several months to focus on safety and security, and has not asked other labs to follow suit, but rather considers it part of their daily work. Hiring independent evaluators and consultants is an industry best practice, and MSL has been doing this in multiple areas. Allocating most computing power to serve people rather than competing for recursive self-improvement is one of the best ways to ensure the safe development of this technology, and Meta has made this commitment.

The CEO of Bitcoin Reserve Company Metaplanet, Simon Gerovich, posted on the X platform in response to the controversy surrounding the company's equity incentive plan and MMXX Ventures. Gerovich admitted that the company "failed to adequately explain" the incentive arrangement known as "Series 10 Stock Options" and stated that he is a "significant but non-controlling shareholder" of MMXX's parent company, not involved in its trading decisions.The controversy stems from a stock rights plan established in December 2022, with a reward pool set at 20% of Metaplanet's fully diluted equity. After shifting to a Bitcoin reserve strategy in April 2024, the company dilutes existing shareholders with each new share issuance, while Gerovich's option rights increase accordingly. On August 18, the board canceled the floating adjustment mechanism, fixing the Series 10 pool at 319 million shares and setting a five-year lock-up period, but did not restore the reward pool to the level it was at when the Bitcoin strategy was initiated. On August 28, Gerovich exercised 92,000 Series 10 options, acquiring 64 million new shares, and currently holds about 6.2% of the company; he and MMXX together hold over 27% of the fully diluted equity.Shareholders expressed dissatisfaction. A shareholder using the pseudonym The Bitcoin Pharaoh stated on X that the adjustments in August were "a step in the right direction," but demanded that Gerovich address the issues that have arisen, disclose the owners of MMXX, and restore the reward pool to the level it was at when the Bitcoin strategy was initiated.

Aptos Foundation's ecosystem lead Ash Pampati tweeted that the team has cleared over 50 legacy funding projects and incentive programs in the past 9 months.He stated that nearly four years after the Aptos mainnet launch, data and experience have been accumulated, and they will increase collaboration with partners while focusing on major growth opportunities for Aptos in the crypto space. Details will be announced in the future.

Ireland is preparing to exclude cryptocurrencies from the government-designed personal investment accounts set to launch in 2027, which will allow savers to invest in listed stocks, bonds, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The Irish government has classified cryptocurrencies and derivatives as "highly complex and higher-risk products" in its retail investment tax roadmap, and they will not be included in the scope of qualifying assets.The new accounts will set a yet-to-be-determined tax-free threshold, with amounts above the threshold subject to a low tax rate based on annual average value, and the existing deemed-disposal regime (which taxes unrealized gains at a rate of 38% every eight years) will not apply to investments within the accounts. Account providers will be responsible for calculating, reporting, and paying taxes to the Irish Revenue Commissioners, and savers will not face minimum contribution amounts, holding period, or lock-in period restrictions.The product list follows the European Commission's September 2025 recommendations regarding savings and investment accounts, which exclude high-risk and complex derivatives and cryptocurrencies, but with the exception of tokenized financial instruments. Tax rates, thresholds, and annual contribution limits are expected to be determined in the 2027 budget to be announced in October. Research from the Central Bank of Ireland shows that 38% of Irish households' financial assets are held in cash and deposits, higher than the EU average of 30%.

On August 27, the decentralized stablecoin USDD announced the end of the first incentive campaign for the sUSDD market in collaboration with Pendle and the launch of the second incentive campaign. During the first phase, USDD provided over $300,000 in reward subsidies, with the Pendle sUSDD market reaching a maximum TVL of nearly $40 million, and the PT fixed income rate maintained overall at above 7%.The total value of the second phase rewards is $600,000, with the event running from August 27, 2026, to November 26, 2026, lasting 91 days. Users can connect their positions from the first phase to continue participating.

According to the official announcement, Websea celebrates its third anniversary. The platform announced that it will resume withdrawal services starting from August 28 and officially launch a long-term user incentive program, allocating 15% of the platform's revenue to the user incentive pool each month. The three-year anniversary points redemption event will also be launched simultaneously.In the three years since its establishment, Websea has continuously focused on product capabilities, user services, and global ecological layout. Recently, it completed a comprehensive upgrade of its copy trading product and launched the "Websea Star Goddess Community" IP; it co-hosted the global RWA summit in Almaty, Kazakhstan, deepening the Central Asian market and promoting connections with the RWA ecosystem.In terms of transparency and asset security, Websea has launched PoR (Proof of Reserves) and Merkle Tree self-verification tools to provide users with verifiable on-chain asset information.

The decentralized AI infrastructure network DGrid AI announced the $DGAI token economic model, with a total supply of 1 billion $DGAI tokens. Of this, 50% will be allocated to node network operations and node incentives, 15% will be allocated to community growth and ecological participation, 10% will be allocated to team incentives and long-term development, 10% will be allocated to early investors, 8% will be allocated to airdrop rewards, and 7% will be allocated to initial liquidity and secondary market support.According to previous news, DGrid AI opened the $DGAI airdrop eligibility inquiry and application channel on August 17, and the window will remain open until 16:00 Beijing time on August 22.

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.

The decentralized stablecoin USDD announced that it will add TRX exclusive rewards to Pendle's sUSDD market and simultaneously increase the base USDD rewards. The total reward for this event is 21,000 USDD and 12,000 TRX, along with PENDLE tokens worth approximately 30% of the total value of the aforementioned USDD and TRX. The event will take place from August 13th, 8:00 to August 20th, 8:00 (Singapore time).The official statement indicated that Pendle has integrated PT-sUSDD into the PT Looping module, allowing users to further connect to the USDC and USDT markets on the Morpho platform to expand their earning potential. At the same time, they are preparing for the renewal of the sUSDD market with Pendle, and specific arrangements will be announced separately.

According to official news, Bitget C2C has officially launched the merchant ecosystem recruitment. This recruitment adopts a selective and invitation-based model, with dedicated business managers providing one-on-one access. The platform requires that applying merchants must be certified merchants from other platforms and have more than 180 days of industry experience; for senior high-level merchants, a "certificate direct upgrade channel" is open, allowing for direct upgrades to bulk merchants based on relevant certifications and transaction records, enjoying expedited review, 1V1 exclusive connection, and platform traffic exposure support.To accelerate ecosystem construction, Bitget has launched a dual incentive program. New merchants can receive a 100 USDT onboarding reward after completing specified tasks; existing merchants can receive up to 200 USDT referral rewards for each new merchant they successfully refer, with no limit on the number of referrals. The event will last until September 30 at 23:59 (UTC+8). For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.

TRON DeFi Summer S2 is in full swing, and this season's largest single reward pool of 1.2 million TRX incentive pool has been fully launched. Participating users can earn dual TRX rewards: basic staking rewards from JustLend DAO, plus a boosted APR of up to 20%+, along with daily sharing rewards.Users only need to enter JustLend DAO through the Binance Wallet DeFi section and deposit 500+ TRX to participate. The S2 season covers core asset pools such as TRX, USDD, JST, SUN, etc.

JUST officially launches TRON DeFi Summer S2 user voting, from now until August 17, all TRX holders can participate in the voting to decide the final allocation plan for this season's $1.2 million TRX incentive pool. The voting results will directly affect the coverage and allocation weight of the S2 season Boosted APR.TRON DeFi Summer S2 was launched on August 5, lasting for 60 days, with Boosted APR exclusive incentives covering core asset pools such as TRX, USDD, JST, SUN, etc. Users can access JustLend DAO through the DeFi section of the Binance wallet for a one-stop participation. This voting is an important action in the governance aspect of the TRON ecosystem, and community participation will influence the incentive strategy formulation for subsequent quarters. Holders can participate in the voting through the official JUST account.

According to Bifrost monitoring, hackers exploited vulnerabilities in liquidity pools to steal assets worth approximately $720,000 from the vDOT single currency pool and the vASTR/ASTR and vMANTA/MANTA pools. The related assets were subsequently deposited into HitBTC and eventually flowed into Binance.Bifrost has contacted the Binance security department to submit a fund freeze application and has reported to law enforcement along with an on-chain evidence package, including transaction tracking, wallet addresses, and timestamps. Currently, Bifrost has halted all liquidity mining rewards and is conducting a comprehensive security review.