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According to The Block, the Solana ecosystem perpetual contract exchange Velocity (formerly Drift) has opened compensation claims for the April theft incident. Users can receive 1 DFX token for every 1 USDT lost, with the current payout rate being approximately 0.0104 USDT per DFX, which is about 1% of the loss.The current compensation pool is approximately 3.11 million USDT, with a total supply of DFX being around 299.5 million tokens and no further issuance planned. The Drift Foundation stated that the compensation pool will continue to be funded with protocol revenue, and Tether has committed to providing up to 127.5 million USDT to support the restart and user compensation, with the claim deadline set for January 1, 2028. Previously, Drift suffered an attack in April, resulting in a loss of approximately 295.4 million USD.

According to Bloomberg, Absa Bank in Johannesburg, South Africa, has become the first bank in Africa to offer Bitcoin custody services, primarily targeting institutional clients, and will also provide custody services for other digital assets. Rob Downes, the head of digital assets at Absa's Corporate and Investment Banking division, stated that Bitcoin is the largest asset under custody at the bank, with plans to include more asset classes in the future. Absa did not immediately respond to Bitcoin Magazine's request for comment.Many banks around the world are gradually integrating or launching Bitcoin-related products and services. Some banks in the United States and Europe have begun offering crypto asset custody for institutional clients. In 2022, BNY Mellon became the first large bank in the United States to offer digital asset custody services; this month, Deutsche Bank announced plans to launch Bitcoin custody services for European businesses and institutional clients later in 2026.Africa has a large base of crypto-native users. A report by Chainalysis in 2025 shows that South Africa's on-chain value reached $36 billion, ranking second in Sub-Saharan Africa, only behind Nigeria's $92.1 billion; South Africa ranks 30th in the global crypto adoption index. Unlike Nigeria, the South African market is characterized by more institutional features, with a relatively clear regulatory framework that has issued hundreds of licenses to virtual asset service providers, attracting professional investors and traditional financial institutions.

According to The Defiant, the asset tokenization protocol Centrifuge has confirmed that three tokenized funds JAAA, JTRSY, and HYB have been launched on Arc.These three funds cover U.S. Treasury and credit assets, and direct participation in fund investments is limited to non-U.S. professional investors.

The G7 leaders' statement reaffirms the commitment not to impose export restrictions on energy and energy products among the seven countries and calls on all producing countries to avoid implementing bans that could exacerbate market tensions.

HL HUB (Community) posted on platform X that Hyperliquid expects to receive its first AQAv2 reserve yield distribution tomorrow. Approximately $14.5 million in passive income generated from USDC reserves will flow into the Assistance Fund for the purpose of repurchasing HYPE.It is reported that the revenue sharing mechanism of AQAv2 stipulates that Hyperliquid stablecoin deployers must allocate 90% of the reserve income from the stablecoin to the Hyperliquid protocol, and these earnings will be used 100% for the repurchase and destruction of HYPE tokens.The stablecoin reserve income distribution is settled on a 30-day cycle, and the income will automatically transfer to the Assistance Fund on the 8th day after the cycle ends. The formal revenue accrual will begin on August 26, and the first income payment will occur on October 3.

NEAR Intents released a security notice confirming that it has encountered an attack. Preliminary investigations indicate that the vulnerability originated from a defect in the interaction between the Omni deposit and withdrawal infrastructure and contracts. The contract vulnerability has been fixed, and core services are expected to be restored within 1 hour, with a commitment to fully compensate for the damaged assets.NEAR Intents stated that deposit and withdrawal services for multiple public chains, including BSC, Polygon, and TON, will be additionally suspended for about 12 hours. The relevant cases have been reported, and on-chain tracking has begun.Subsequently, on-chain detective ZachXBT indicated that NEAR Intents' BSC hot wallet experienced multiple abnormal outflows of funds, with the stolen funds transferred to KuCoin and further cross-chain to the Bitcoin network. The amount involved has exceeded 3.8 million USD.

According to Fortune, Turing Award winner and founder of AMI Labs, Yann LeCun, stated in an interview that he believes recent incidents of AI agents going out of control are mainly due to insufficient human supervision and sandbox design, which can be prevented through engineering improvements.He also revealed that AMI Labs currently has about 60 employees and is developing world models for industrial applications based on the JEPA architecture, with the first product set to be launched "soon."

Lloyds Banking Group and Visa completed their first stablecoin settlement test, settling a total of $750,000 in Visa payment obligations using USDC within 7 days, with funds arriving in as little as one hour.

Micron Technology (MU.O) Chief Financial Officer Mark Murphy stated during the earnings call that revenue for the first quarter of fiscal year 2027 will reach $61.5 billion, with earnings per share of $38.15, continuing to rise quarter-over-quarter, and clearly pointed out that this quarter will be the low point for gross margin for the entire fiscal year 2027, after which gross margins are expected to gradually recover in subsequent quarters.Micron has currently signed 26 long-term agreements, locking in approximately $150 billion in long-term orders. The supply and demand in the storage market for 2027 and 2028 will be tighter than in 2026, and "there is no end in sight for the restoration of supply and demand balance."Micron Technology (MU.O) expects capital expenditures for the first half of fiscal year 2027 to be around $25 billion, with higher spending in the second half, and most of the incremental spending will be for new wafer fabrication plants (construction expenditures) rather than purely for equipment procurement. Micron Technology CFO Mark Murphy explained that this is entirely because long-term contracts provide sufficient demand visibility, and new greenfield factories require a very long lead time.Additionally, Micron Technology Chief Financial Officer Mark Murphy also mentioned during the earnings call that in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026, Micron Technology generated an impressive $44 billion in operating cash flow and $33.2 billion in free cash flow.As time goes on, we expect to return 100% of excess cash to shareholders. We plan to begin increasing capital returns starting December 9, 2026 (the second anniversary of our signing of the final agreement for the CHIPS Act), primarily through stock buybacks.

Data shows that the total expenditure in the cryptocurrency industry in the first half of 2026 exceeded 13 million dollars, with approximately 8 million dollars specifically allocated for lobbying the Clear Act. Despite the heavy investment, the bill has not yet passed in the Senate.

Driven by a new round of increases in the energy market, inflation rates in major European economies have soared to multi-year highs. Inflation data for September in Germany, France, Italy, and Spain all exceeded expectations, with Spain's inflation rate reaching 5%, the highest since 2023.Fuel costs are the main driver, expected to push the overall inflation rate in the Eurozone towards 4%. Although the market anticipated a September inflation rate of 3.7% for the Eurozone, data from multiple countries exceeded expectations, leading to a decrease in investor bets on an interest rate hike by the European Central Bank in October.

According to the latest monitoring data from Arkham, Wall Street financial giant Morgan Stanley has continued to increase its Bitcoin holdings through its spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund MSBT. As of now, its total Bitcoin holdings have surpassed 10,000 coins for the first time, currently reaching 10,436 BTC, valued at approximately 875 million dollars.

According to The Block, the crypto advocacy organization supported by Coinbase, Stand With Crypto, has announced its first round of Senate candidate endorsements.The organization stated that it will endorse Ohio Republican Senator Jon Husted, whose opponent is the crypto-skeptical former Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown. Additionally, it will endorse Ashley Hinson from Iowa and Chris Pappas from New Hampshire.This endorsement comes after the Senate's procedural vote on September 15 failed to pass the Clarity Act, which aims to establish a federal regulatory framework for the industry.Senate Democrats stated that they could not vote for a bill that would allow President Trump to profit personally from the crypto industry. Stand With Crypto's Executive Director Mason Lynaugh mentioned that after the Senate's recent failure to advance the Clarity Act, the organization’s more than 3 million advocates are fully shifting their focus to ensuring the election of candidates who support crypto.In addition to the Senate endorsements, Stand With Crypto also stated that it will increase advertising spending in six House campaigns, including those of Democratic Congressman Don Davis and Republican Congressman Bryan Steil.These newly endorsed House candidates all voted in favor of the Clarity Act when it passed the House last year. The organization has also endorsed more House candidates, including Congressmen Shomari Figures and Mariannette Miller-Meeks.

Bitwise officially stated that the first spot NEAR ETP, Bitwise NEAR ETF (NRR), had an asset management scale of 36 million USD on its first day, with a net inflow of 35.5 million USD and a trading volume of 15.1 million USD.According to previous news, Bitwise plans to stake the NEAR tokens held by the fund internally to maximize participation in the average staking rewards of approximately 5% for NEAR.

According to GMGN data, the top 5 tokens with net inflow of smart money in the past 24 hours are as follows:SI (DEW9....WDP): Net inflow of $2,000, with a 24-hour increase of 98.1%, currently priced at $0.0415.AQUA (AQVc....yY9): Net inflow of $2,000, with a 24-hour decrease of -29.5%, currently priced at $0.0015.JEANPHIL (GTBx....ump): Net inflow of $2,000, with a 24-hour decrease of -9.2%, currently priced at $0.0035.GARP (FKPd....SHo): Net inflow of $2,000, with a 24-hour increase of 4897%, currently priced at $0.0002.NUTFLEX (9a2v....vWi): Net inflow of $1,000, with a 24-hour increase of 3528%, currently priced at $0.0002.

According to on-chain data monitoring account Ember Monitoring, Bitget has opened withdrawals for the third day, and the peak of withdrawals has passed. Coupled with stablecoin fixed income activities and PoolX's ETH and BTC locked mining activities, the platform's funds have turned into net inflows.Since opening withdrawals yesterday afternoon, approximately 28,900 ETH has flowed in, while about 7,266 ETH has flowed out. The largest deposit address retrieved 20,000 ETH from Lido last night and transferred it to Bitget, valued at approximately 54.66 million USD, to participate in the ETH pool with an annualized return of 11.27%.Data shows that Bitget had a net inflow of approximately 9.47 million USD throughout the day yesterday, and from 0:00 to 8:00 today, the net inflow was approximately 31.73 million USD.

According to a report by Caixin, the latest report from International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that the global humanoid robot market continues to experience explosive growth. In the first half of 2026, global humanoid robot shipments are expected to approach 25,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 432.1%. The industry is accelerating its transition from technology validation to commercial application.Among them, China’s shipments exceeded 19,000 units, accounting for approximately 77.9% of the global market; ZhiYuan's shipments exceeded 8,600 units. IDC predicts that by 2030, global humanoid robot shipments will exceed 750,000 units, entering a period of accelerated large-scale application.

Mining company Bitdeer released its unaudited consolidated financial statements for the six months ending June 30, 2026. The net revenue for the first half of 2026 was $417.7 million, compared to $225.7 million in the same period last year. During the same period, the gross loss was $47.57 million, operating loss was $208.3 million, and net loss was $251.8 million, while the net profit in the same period last year was $42.38 million.In terms of digital assets, Bitdeer directly holds digital assets with a fair value of approximately $34.762 million, including 406 BTC, valued at approximately $24.455 million; 3,080 ETH, valued at approximately $4.962 million; 5.3116 million USDT, valued at approximately $5.304 million; as well as 7,447 FIL and a small amount of other digital assets.The company also recorded approximately $162.2 million in digital asset receivables, primarily from approximately 162.4 million USDT pledged to the related party BIT Group. The total of digital assets and digital asset receivables is approximately $196.9 million. The company disclosed that the vast majority of digital assets are custodied by the related party BIT Group.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket event "Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees," the "over" option for the sub-market "total score over 5.5 in the first 5 innings" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 20.5% an hour ago to the current 50% (a fluctuation of 29.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

European ETF and ETC platform HANetf has launched the Arrow Bitcoin EUR Hedged ETC (EBTC), which, according to HANetf, is the world's first Bitcoin ETC that offers euro exchange rate hedging.The product aims to provide euro-denominated investors with exposure to Bitcoin prices while reducing the impact of euro to dollar exchange rate fluctuations on investment returns, with the related currency hedging provided by HSBC.