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P2P cryptocurrency trading platform Peer announced that its beta version now supports users to buy and sell USDC using Alipay in Renminbi. Users can pay sellers in Renminbi to purchase USDC or sell USDC and receive Renminbi through Alipay, with the USDC locked in an on-chain custody contract during the transaction, released after payment verification.Peer stated that since August 21, 45 buyers have completed 107 related orders, with a transaction volume of approximately $7,094. Alipay's official response stated that Alipay does not support virtual currency trading and related services, and claims by third-party platforms that Alipay supports cryptocurrency purchases are false and unauthorized, reminding users to be cautious about their funds and account security.

The Chief Information Security Officer of Slow Fog, 23pds, stated that the data breach at Coinbase has been confirmed, but it has not yet been confirmed whether passwords or funds have been stolen. Hackers obtained contact information for over 70,000 users.

Phoenix Technology cites a report from Business Insider, stating that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates mentioned in the latest episode of the "Decoder" podcast that artificial intelligence will create "true abundance," but the next 20 years will be as turbulent as any period in human history, with unprecedented job losses and chaos, resulting in winners and losers.Gates indicated that jobs such as telemarketing, customer service, and accounting will disappear, as AI can perform these tasks more cheaply, quickly, and even more accurately; blue-collar jobs will be taken over by humanoid robots. If not significantly slowed down or stopped, robots capable of building houses, growing food, and performing surgeries will emerge, making human labor unnecessary for most goods and services. He believes that work provides a sense of purpose, income, a reason to attend, relationships with colleagues, and pathways for creativity and problem-solving, while activities such as art, sports, cooking, and parenting can be left to humans in the future.The report also mentions that Jeff Bezos and Jamie Dimon have proposed shortening the workweek; Elon Musk has predicted that the transition will be "bumpy" and advocates for the government to issue checks to everyone; Dalio Amodi stated that AI is expected to improve quality of life, but the scale of short-term impacts will be unprecedented; Sam Altman mentioned in May of this year that the number of white-collar jobs eliminated by AI is not as high as he expected. Despite concerns that AI will replace jobs and high-profile layoffs at companies like Amazon and Meta, the unemployment rate in the U.S. has not significantly risen during the AI boom.

According to The Block, in response to market rumors about Visa possibly acquiring the cryptocurrency custody company Fireblocks, a spokesperson for Fireblocks stated, "We have noted the rumors regarding Visa potentially acquiring Fireblocks. This is the first time we have heard of this matter, and it does not appear to be true at this time."

The on-chain data platform DefiLlama announced a collaboration with the prediction market platform Trueo to launch a new prediction market settled with DefiLlama data, covering protocol revenue and the probability of vulnerabilities occurring.Revenue markets include protocol revenues from Hyperliquid, Pump, Aero, Uniswap, Collector Crypt, and Papertrade. Vulnerability markets cover DeFi hacking incidents and the probability of specific protocols being exploited, including whether Aave and Morpho will experience vulnerabilities this month, as well as weekly and monthly markets for the scale of the largest hacking events.Other on-chain indicator markets include the RWA market capitalization and DEX trading volume of Robinhood Chain, as well as who will have a higher TVL this weekend between Solana and Base.

According to Bloomberg, citing diplomats involved in the negotiations between Iran and the United States, the talks between Iran and the United States are still ongoing, and reports about the two sides reaching an agreement soon are not true.

According to The Block, Jeff Yan, co-founder of the decentralized perpetual contract trading platform Hyperliquid, stated during a fireside chat at the Korea Blockchain Week 2026 that around-the-clock trading is not the essential difference between on-chain trading venues and traditional exchanges. He pointed out that cryptocurrencies do not need to adhere to traditional market opening hours because these assets inherently possess international attributes, and some traditional exchanges have already begun to actively extend their trading hours.Yan emphasized that the more enduring value of on-chain finance comes from allowing users to retain control and custody of their funds, which helps to avoid a common single point of failure risk. In his view, once a counterparty, intermediary, or even custodian encounters issues, the ability to self-custody becomes particularly crucial.In addition, transparency constitutes another distinct feature of on-chain trading. Although it does not have a strong appeal in serving ordinary consumers, it is essential for building trust in the entire system. In a system controlled solely by a private organization, users cannot obtain the same level of trust and neutrality guarantees.He also mentioned that for assets lacking publicly available prices during the closing hours of traditional exchanges, continuous trading remains necessary. He cited commodities, stocks, and Pre-IPO targets that had already traded on Hyperliquid before the reference market opened as examples to illustrate that the demand is indeed real.

The prediction market platform Trueo announced that it will migrate back to the Ethereum mainnet from Base. The platform launched on Base in March 2025 as an experimental sandbox. Trueo stated that its final form is a widely adopted, widely integrated, fully permissionless, fundamentally immutable, and highly trustworthy platform, which is best suited for Ethereum, and will launch the next generation of oracles.The migration will proceed seamlessly, with operations uninterrupted. Users should not create new markets on Base that expire after January 31, 2027; related markets can be deployed once the Ethereum instance is online. Existing markets will remain accessible, TRUE tokens can be migrated with no deadline, and future staking and liquidity rewards will take place on Ethereum.

Regarding the recent collaboration between Binance and Robinhood at the ecosystem level, BNB Chain ecosystem member Spigg stated that the Binance wallet has integrated Robinhood Chain, PancakeSwap has been deployed to Robinhood Chain, and Binance contracts have also launched Robinhood Chain tokens, while Robinhood has reciprocally launched BNB, with both parties as "competitors" still opening up their ecosystems to each other.In response, Binance co-founder Zhao Changpeng posted, "The BNB ecosystem is open." He also jokingly remarked that while some ecosystems claim to be "decentralized," they actually operate in a very "closed garden" manner.

Bloomberg reporter Emily Nicolle stated that Bitcoin recently rose 23% in a single week, marking the largest weekly increase in over three years and ending a period of stagnation since summer. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen proposed expanding the scale of long-term Treasury bond repurchases, prompting market concerns about U.S. debt and dollar depreciation, which drove funds toward alternative assets like Bitcoin. However, after Bitcoin surpassed $80,000, it has stabilized again, and this catalyst alone is insufficient to bring the market back to a true bull market state.Nicolle pointed out that the narrative of Bitcoin as a hedge against the dollar and inflation still lacks sustainability. After Trump reiterated threats of tariffs against China last October, Bitcoin fell over 12% within 24 hours, while gold reached an all-time high during the same period. Since 2026, gold has cumulatively risen over 7%, while Bitcoin, even accounting for the recent rebound, has still fallen nearly 10%. She believes that the simultaneous rise of gold and Bitcoin last week does not prove that both have the same safe-haven properties, as much of the current crypto market rally is driven by short sellers being forced to cover their positions. Strategy Chairman Michael Saylor called on traders to continue buying Bitcoin during the rise, but his company did not increase its holdings accordingly.In addition, the CLARITY cryptocurrency market structure bill remains stalled due to disagreements over ethical provisions, with the Senate expected to reconsider it by mid-September, leaving limited time before the midterm elections in November. Bitcoin has yet to establish a stable and convincing value narrative, and in daily payments, users still prefer to use stablecoins or cash.

According to information released by Watcher.Guru on the X platform, Eric Trump responded to market rumors stating that claims about an upcoming new Trump meme coin are false, emphasizing that it is "absolutely not true."Eric Trump further stated, "No one is launching any type of coin." This statement directly addresses the recent speculation about the launch of new Trump-related tokens.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated that Signal recently announced it is exploring allowing users to register accounts without a phone number. He welcomed this move, believing it helps reduce reliance on the highly oligopolistic system of phone numbers, lowers the identity security risks associated with SIM card swaps, and makes it more difficult for governments to pressure Signal to ban users based on nationality.Vitalik also pointed out that while this initiative is better for privacy protection than the current situation, it only achieves "confidentiality" and does not reach true anonymity, as metadata such as message sending time, frequency, and recipients could still be used for identity correlation. He believes that with the development of artificial intelligence technology, long-lasting anonymous accounts are becoming outdated, and the only defensible form of privacy is "message-by-message uncorrelatable," meaning that no one other than the sender and receiver knows the identities of the communicating parties. This direction is currently being explored and advanced by new communication tools and mixing network projects such as Session and SimpleX. Additionally, protection against spam and denial-of-service attacks will become the next key issues to address.

According to Bloomberg, Thailand's True Internet Data Center is seeking approximately $2 billion in equivalent loans to build new data center facilities to help Thailand develop into a regional AI and cloud services hub.In terms of financing structure, the loan will be divided into three parts, with about $1.8 billion denominated in US dollars, and the other two parts denominated in Thai baht. Sources familiar with the matter requested anonymity as the details of the transaction have not yet been publicly disclosed.

Dragonfly partner Haseeb responded on Twitter to OpenZeppelin co-founder Manuel Aráoz's previous pessimistic view on DeFi security, stating that with models like GLM 5.2, Fable, and GPT 5.6 now online and actively used by attackers, DeFi has not experienced the anticipated "hacker apocalypse."Chart data shows that based on current year-to-date figures and operating rates, the annualized amount stolen in DeFi by 2026 is approximately $1.89 billion, with a cumulative theft of about $986 million this year, which is lower than the levels of 2025 and still within historical ranges.Haseeb believes that the deeper change currently is that while the number of hacker attacks has increased, the scale of individual attacks has decreased more rapidly, with attackers increasingly targeting smaller protocols and abandoned projects, while larger protocols have completed more security enhancements, thus the overall safety of funds has not significantly worsened.

According to Decrypt, the AI-driven decentralized finance infrastructure project TrueDAO announced the completion of a $10 million strategic financing round, led by Brevan Howard Digital, with participation from Zee Prime Capital and Jump Capital.The funds raised will primarily be used for the development of core AI protocols, the construction of AI risk control systems, security audits, compliance work, and the expansion of ecosystem partnerships. After the financing is completed, TrueDAO will advance the launch of the testnet, developer tools, and ecosystem integration plans.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Market Oversight Division has issued a waiver to designated contract markets (DCM), allowing them to convert existing perpetual digital commodity futures contracts into true digital commodity perpetual futures contracts.According to the waiver, DCM can remove the expiration date of the existing perpetual digital commodity futures contracts and implement relevant modifications to convert them into true digital commodity perpetual futures contracts. The conversion is contingent upon meeting several customer protection and procedural conditions specified in the waiver. These conditions include: soliciting feedback from market participants holding open positions; providing advance notice and an opportunity to close positions; offering appropriate risk disclosures; and ensuring that no other substantive contract terms are modified.

According to The Block, Strike founder and Twenty One Capital CEO Jack Mallers stated that the current price of Bitcoin reflects the true state of the global liquidity crisis. He pointed out that the University of Michigan Consumer Confidence Index is at a historical low, while the S&P 500 is at a historical high, indicating that central bank intervention has distorted the value of the stock market as a signal. Mallers said, "Bitcoin is the closest thing we have to the truth of money."Mallers believes that countries are currently financing wars, AI development, and deficit spending simultaneously, individuals are defaulting on credit cards and rent, and the world is in a cash-raising mode, selling the most liquid assets. "You sell what you can sell, not what you want to sell." Regarding Strategy selling 32 BTC, Mallers stated that this was to make the market accept the reality that its "never sell" stance is no longer feasible. He questioned whether Strategy's perpetual priority tool creates a permanent liquidity obligation, requiring choices to be made among different stakeholders each time liquidity is needed.