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Ethereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstätter stated that the protocol architecture team hopes to prioritize the advancement of Frame Transactions (EIP-8141) and FOCIL (EIP-7805) in the Hegotá upgrade planned for 2027. Frame Transactions can collaborate with Keyed Nonces and Recent Roots (EIP-8272) and Transaction Assertions (EIP-7906) to allow privacy pools to autonomously pay transaction fees and enable wallets to set execution conditions after transaction submission.FOCIL can provide protocol layer inclusion guarantees for eligible transactions. Currently, FOCIL is the only proposal confirmed for inclusion in Hegotá, while the Frame Transactions-related proposals are among the 66 proposals under evaluation. Other candidate proposals involve transaction pricing, state growth, block access lists, and optional zkEVM proofs on the mainnet. Vitalik Buterin previously proposed enhancing Ethereum's privacy, quantum resistance, and reducing reliance on layer two networks. Hegotá will be launched after Glamsterdam, with developers planning to complete Glamsterdam by the end of 2026.

Yield Guild Games (YGG) announced the official launch of YGG 3.0, transforming from a Web3 gaming pioneer into a cross-domain infrastructure layer, providing a platform for various communities to organize manpower, skills, and capital, covering digital economy collaboration.The core of YGG 3.0 includes the Guild Protocol open framework, composed of three main components: Guilds (social), Assets (capital), and Activities (operations), promoting decentralized networks to become productive economic engines; in terms of World Model Training, the guild collects human spatial data to serve physical AI and robotics, and distributes collection tasks through the @yggalerts task platform.In addition, YGG provides a human coordination layer for AI-assisted game development for @vibecode_game, responsible for playtesting, curation, and ranking; Institutional DeFi supports professional independent guilds in managing idle capital through automated, risk-controlled yield strategies.

The Sui ecosystem lending protocol NAVI Protocol has announced the launch of NAVI Prime. This product is a new lending framework designed for funds with higher demands for clarity, transparency, and control, deployed on the Sui network.NAVI Protocol stated that NAVI Prime aims to provide a more comprehensive lending infrastructure for institutions and professional capital, emphasizing transparency and controllability in fund management. Relevant details are further explained through the official thread.

KOL Ansem (@blknoiz06) announced the launch of the first on-chain index z500 on Ansem.io. The protocol allows new project teams to airdrop a portion of their token supply to $ANSEM holders at the time of token issuance, and to demonstrate long-term alignment intentions by buying and burning $ANSEM, thereby improving their ranking on the z500 leaderboard. $ANSEM holders only need to hold one token to gain exposure to multiple successful projects through automatic airdrops.Ansem stated that Pump.fun solved the token creation problem but has yet to address the filtering and curation issues. z500 requires teams to invest value upfront (such as buying and burning $ANSEM) to enhance transparency and filter long-term projects, reducing bundled sell-offs and quick exits. The leaderboard will showcase teams that buy and burn the most $ANSEM and those with the best market performance of airdropped tokens. Ansem claims it will actively share the top projects on the list and noted that the market cap of $ANSEM has risen from about $200,000 to over $200 million since its takeover.This mechanism aims to flip the creator economy model, allowing brands to deliver value directly to $ANSEM holders instead of paying KOLs who might sell off, thus providing productized alignment marketing for quality teams while enhancing network effects.

The token issuance platform Printr announced that it will initiate a shutdown process, and all operations will cease before August 31, 2026. The team stated that they have explored all feasible paths over the past three months to seek a sustainable solution, but due to a lack of capital and distribution support required by the current market, the project can no longer be maintained.Starting from August 18, 2026, all staking positions and staking rewards on supported chains will be automatically unstaked or claimed and returned to the original wallet address, after which the staking function will be suspended. If users have not received their assets by August 20, they need to contact the team via Discord before August 31. There will be no TGE or airdrop held after the shutdown.After August 31, 2026, the Printr application interface will go offline, and it will no longer be possible to issue new tokens through the platform. Tokens issued by Printr are independent on-chain assets, not owned or controlled by the team, and will continue to exist on the respective chains.

Castle Securities stated that the Federal Reserve remains unwilling to tighten monetary policy despite inflation rates being above target levels, leading to long-term bond yields being at multi-year highs, posing risks to the market. Noshad Shah pointed out that although the policy rate is 175 basis points lower than its peak, long-term U.S. Treasury yields are still at their highest levels in nearly 20 years. Shah warned that recent improvements in inflation should not be interpreted as a removal of interest rate risks.

UBS's second quarter IBIT call option exposure increased 24 times. As of now, the bank holds 407,890 shares of IBIT, valued at $13.6 million; at the end of the first quarter, it held 364,371 shares.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "Cincinnati Open: Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Martin Landaluce," the option "Thiago Agustin Tirante" in the sub-market "Cincinnati Open: Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Martin Landaluce" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 55.5% an hour ago to the current 78.5% (a fluctuation of 23%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Decrypt, security company Bitdefender has warned that the newly released Hollywood blockbuster "The Odyssey" has been embedded with Lumma Stealer information-stealing malware by attackers, who are attempting to steal users' cryptocurrency wallets, passwords, and browser data through fake movie files.Bitdefender revealed that the malicious files began spreading within days of the film's release, with attackers disguising them as high-definition WEBRip or Blu-ray version resources and using names similar to legitimate torrent files to entice users to download. In reality, these files are not videos but Windows executable programs that, when run, will infect the device. Attackers often replace the file icons to make them look like VLC player or video files, while also taking advantage of Windows' default setting to hide file extensions, reducing users' ability to recognize the risk.Once executed, Lumma Stealer will collect saved passwords, payment information, autofill data, remote desktop credentials, and sensitive information including cryptocurrency wallets. Additionally, the malware will steal authentication cookies, allowing attackers to potentially bypass some account protections even if the user has enabled multi-factor authentication (MFA).

According to Protos, the latest disclosure from 21Shares' Polkadot ETF (TDOT) shows that in the second quarter of 2026, for every $1 in distribution income generated through the sale of DOT tokens to pay staking rewards, there was an accompanying realized loss of approximately $4.52.According to regulatory documents, TDOT sold 98,505 DOT in the second quarter, generating about $107,500 in cash to pay staking rewards to shareholders. However, due to a significant drop in DOT prices, these sales confirmed a loss of approximately $485,600.Data shows that DOT fell by about 34% in the second quarter of 2026, with a cumulative decline of 76% over the past 12 months as of June 30. Since TDOT shareholders receive distributions in USD rather than directly receiving DOT staking rewards, the fund needs to sell DOT to convert to cash payments, thereby locking in losses in a low-price environment. In the second quarter, TDOT paid shareholders a cumulative distribution of approximately $0.14698 per share, but during the same period, the fund's share price dropped from $14.95 to $9.86, a decline of about 34%, and the staking rewards did not offset the losses caused by the decline in asset prices.

According to The Block, Bitcoin mining companies CleanSpark, BitFuFu, and Canaan saw their Bitcoin production decline again in July, decreasing by approximately 5%, 10%, and 28% compared to June, respectively. The stock tickers for these companies are CLSK, FUFU, and CAN.Meanwhile, the price of Bitcoin rebounded in July, starting at around $58,500 at the beginning of the month and nearing $63,000 by the end. The production data reflects a month-on-month decline in output for the aforementioned mining companies, while the coin price showed a recovery trend during the same period.

According to CoinDesk, the decentralized lending protocol Compound Finance has completed a leadership adjustment and approved a record budget of $52 million. The total value locked in the protocol has decreased from a peak of $12 billion in 2021 to $1.2 billion, and it is seeking to restore growth.Compound Finance is shifting towards serving institutional clients, developing real-world asset products, partner integration solutions, and credit infrastructure to meet the compliance and technical standards of traditional finance.Industry executives stated that Compound Finance's new leadership team and large budget align with the overall shift in the decentralized finance sector towards serving financial institutions. The overall assets in this sector had previously decreased due to market weakness and security breach incidents.

According to Bloomberg, SoftBank Group invested $200 million in Swiss construction robotics startup Gravis Robotics, completing its Series A funding.Gravis originated from ETH Zurich and primarily develops autonomous hardware and software for earthmoving construction equipment, enabling heavy machinery to operate autonomously and allowing remote supervision of robotic fleets.

According to Bitcoin News, the Duquesne Family Office managed by Stanley Druckenmiller has exited its positions in Intel and Micron Technology, and has established new positions in four publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies: Bitdeer Technologies, Riot Platforms, Hut 8, and IREN.

According to Gate market data, BTC/USDT is currently priced at $64009.4, with a 24-hour increase of 1.41%.

According to official news, the credit delegation layer project Twyne announced the completion of its seed round financing, which was co-led by Cyber Fund and Ethereal Ventures. Twyne aims to build a Credit Delegation Layer that connects idle credit in the lending market with parties in need of credit, addressing the issue of collateral depositors' credit being locked and half of the market's credit being idle while the other half urgently needs credit.Twyne stated that in the current lending market, credit often remains with the party depositing collateral, leading to a mismatch between supply and demand. The project will promote the flow and efficient allocation of credit through the credit delegation layer.

According to The Block, Benchmark analysts reiterated their buy rating on the tokenized company Securitize ($SECZ), while lowering its target price from $16 to $10, believing that the company's approximately 29% two-day decline after its first public earnings report was an overreaction.Securitize disclosed a 5% decline in revenue in its first earnings report as a public company and recorded an adjusted EBITDA loss, while also lowering its full-year outlook. Analysts pointed out that despite the short-term performance pressure, they still maintain a positive outlook on its long-term tokenization business prospects, thus maintaining the buy rating.

Glassnode co-founder Rafael Schultze-Kraft stated that the current low volatility environment of Bitcoin (BTC) does not necessarily indicate an investment opportunity, and the market may be forming a "volatility trap."Schultze-Kraft pointed out that the implied volatility of BTC is currently in the lowest 2% range of historical distribution, but the volatility level priced in the options market is still about 1.5 times that of the actual market volatility performance.He noted that the "volatility trap score" constructed by Glassnode has currently reached 91/100, the highest level in over 3.5 years. Schultze-Kraft believes that although the current market appears to be in an extremely low volatility state, the options prices do not fully reflect the actual trends, and the volatility premium paid by investors may be relatively high.This indicator shows that the market is experiencing a rare phase of volatility compression. Historically, similar extreme low volatility environments often create conditions for subsequent volatility expansion, but the specific direction still depends on capital flows, the macro environment, and market catalysts.

Cryptocurrency analyst cryptopainter pointed out that the Kaito-related address base:0x98d0baa52b2d063e780de12f615f963fe8537553 will unlock 18.53 million tokens on August 20, followed by an additional 6.58 million tokens unlocking from September 16 to 17. He believes that the recent actions of issuing good news and driving up prices to sell off are forms of price manipulation, and explained that although he was once optimistic about Kaito, his current stance has shifted to criticism.The analyst stated that his observation logic for Kaito has been simplified to testing whether the new product ecosystem can truly take off and generate social heat and scale close to 2025 levels. Even a recovery to 50% would prove that it remains a leader in InfoFi, and re-entering related positions at that time would be more assured. If product delivery falls short of expectations and ecosystem participation is average, he will not consider re-staking for now.He further mentioned that the aforementioned massive unlocks have mostly completed hedging and closing positions, and the spot supply has not been fully released. The true release signal should be when the spot price is significantly lower than the futures price, the funding rate is positively high, and the price is declining with volume. Without seeing these signals, he has no motivation to participate and advises investors to at least wait until after October to observe, while also reminding those who have recently bought back due to the price drop to be cautious.