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Gate Launchpool's three major activities are running simultaneously, and the MarsCat (MCAT) prize pool exceeds one million dollars

According to official news, the Gate Launchpool Phase 375 MarsCat (MCAT) event is currently underway and will last until September 24 at 20:00 (UTC+8). Users can stake USDT, GT, or MCAT to share 2,000,000 MCAT tokens for free, with the current prize pool exceeding one million dollars. Among them, the total amount of USDT staked has reached 83,708,714.6 USDT, with an estimated annualized return rate of 13.69%; the estimated annualized return rate for the GT staking pool is 174.53%; and the estimated annualized return rate for the MCAT staking pool is 7522.57%.In addition, the Gate Launchpool CP and ALIGN events are simultaneously ongoing, with three major Launchpool activities running in parallel, providing users with diverse staking options. In the Gate Launchpool CP event, the total amount of ETH staked has reached 15,974.39 ETH, with an estimated annualized return rate of 3.15%; the estimated annualized return rate for the BTC staking pool is 1.41%; and the estimated annualized return rate for the CP staking pool is 61.65%. In the Gate Launchpool ALIGN event, the total amount of USDT staked has reached 137,165,777.41 USDT, with an estimated annualized return rate of 4.76%; the estimated annualized return rate for the GT staking pool is 0.96%; and the estimated annualized return rate for the ALIGN staking pool is 116.85%.

Hunter Biden will promote the meme coin LAPTOP, previously stated that he entered the crypto space to make money

Former U.S. President Biden's son Hunter Biden is about to launch the meme coin LAPTOP, and some cryptocurrency traders have questioned his personal experiences and motives for the launch. Hunter Biden was convicted in 2024 on three felony gun charges and admitted to nine tax charges, subsequently receiving a full pardon from his father, former U.S. President Biden.Hunter Biden previously testified under oath that he owed his former law firm Winston & Strawn approximately $17 million. The firm sued him last year for unpaid legal fees, and his lawyer stated in April that he resides overseas and is "unable to pay." Hunter himself had previously stated that he entered the cryptocurrency industry out of interest in the technology and "wanted to make some money."Recently, Hunter Biden has publicly supported the cryptocurrency industry multiple times, stating that "decentralized digital currency and blockchain are the inevitable future," and when asked about his views on cryptocurrency, he directly replied "Hyperliquid." He also expressed a desire to put his artwork on the blockchain and accept Bitcoin payments, mentioning that Andreas Antonopoulos's book "The Internet of Money" had "opened his eyes." Additionally, he stated that he has not yet decided whether to run in the 2028 U.S. presidential election, but said that if he receives support from billionaire John Catsimatidis, he "might have to run."

first_img OpenAI's new model Astra can autonomously discover and exploit software vulnerabilities, rated as "critical" in cybersecurity capability level

OpenAI stated that its upcoming Astra model can autonomously discover previously unknown software vulnerabilities and convert them into usable attack vectors without human intervention, making it the company's first model to reach the "Critical" cybersecurity capability level threshold. In a blog post released on Tuesday, OpenAI mentioned that according to its Preparedness Framework, reaching this level means the model can discover zero-day vulnerabilities and develop usable exploit code in hardened real systems without human involvement, or design and execute attacks based solely on a high-level objective.In testing, Astra achieved a 100% score in benchmark tests for developing exploit code based on known vulnerabilities and discovered two previously unknown vulnerabilities in another internal test. Additionally, the model successfully broke through a hardened browser sandbox and executed commands on the host machine, while gaining root access by exploiting multiple weaknesses in the operating system. OpenAI stated that it has delayed some of Astra's development progress to enhance security measures and plans to make its advanced cybersecurity capabilities available only to selected testers.This capability is particularly relevant to the cryptocurrency industry, as software vulnerabilities can be converted into financial losses within minutes. CoinDesk reported in June that increasingly powerful AI models can compress the process of searching code, discovering misconfigurations, and assembling attacks from days or weeks to machine speed. Security researchers noted at the time that the significant change was not the emergence of new categories of attacks, but rather the dramatically increased speed at which existing vulnerabilities are discovered and exploited.

Strategy invested nearly $370 million to purchase 4,603 BTC, and BitMine has continuously increased its holdings of Ethereum for 65 weeks

According to BBX data, last week, publicly listed companies in the U.S. disclosed their latest real accounts regarding digital asset treasury allocation and leverage increases, with the core dynamics as follows:Strategy (NASDAQ: $MSTR) invested $369.7 million to increase its holdings by 4,603 BTC: According to the latest 8-K filing submitted by Strategy, the company purchased 4,603 bitcoins between August 24 and 30, 2026, at an average price of approximately $80,318. The funds for this purchase came from its stock ATM program (during the same period, 4.5314 million shares of MSTR common stock were sold, raising approximately $602.8 million). Of the raised funds, $151.8 million was used to repurchase 1.5572 million shares of STRC preferred stock, and $50.7 million was used for dividend payments. As of August 30, Strategy's cumulative holdings reached 845,050 BTC (total cost approximately $63.73 billion, average price approximately $75,412).Strive increased its holdings by 1,800 bitcoins, with total holdings surpassing 23,000: According to the 8-K filing submitted by Strive to the SEC, the company purchased 1,800 bitcoins between August 24 and 28 at an average price of approximately $79,431. As of August 28, Strive's total bitcoin holdings increased to 23,156 BTC. In addition, its balance sheet also holds 505,000 shares of Strategy STRC preferred stock (fair value approximately $49.15 million) and about $183.5 million in cash.BitMine has increased its holdings for 65 consecutive weeks, with Ethereum holdings soaring to 5.9 million: Nasdaq-listed company BitMine disclosed that it increased its holdings by another 53,501 Ethereum last week, achieving a remarkable 65 consecutive weeks of increases. As of August 30, its total Ethereum holdings reached 5,901,112 ETH (approximately 4.9% of the total supply on the network). Currently, the total value of the company's crypto assets and various investments is as high as $15.6 billion, with the number of staked Ethereum remaining at 5,067,309 (accounting for 86% of total holdings), corresponding to a value of approximately $12.7 billion, and the current annualized staking yield is approximately $335 million.

first_img Polygon has fixed security vulnerabilities through two hard forks, which were previously deployed privately

Polygon Labs disclosed that it has fixed a batch of security vulnerabilities in its proof-of-stake network through two hard forks, with the related fixes privately deployed before public disclosure. According to a forum post released on Wednesday, the team packaged the fixes into the Austin hard fork of the Bor client and the Kyoto hard fork of the Heimdall client, both of which followed the standard process for fixing issues that affect consensus: first validated on the Amoy testnet, and then publicly disclosed once the mainnet was activated and the network was secure.The Austin fork fixed two denial-of-service paths in block processing, including a vulnerability where malicious block producers could crash peer nodes by filling them with oversized field data. The Kyoto fork addressed a broader range of consensus hardening issues, with the most severe vulnerability allowing an attacker to force the entire validator set to perform costly and coordinated work with just one crafted transaction—the cost of constructing the transaction is low, but the network processing cost is high. Polygon emphasized that none of the vulnerabilities were observed to be exploited on the mainnet and have been proactively addressed. The two upgrades are now mandatory for node operators and have taken effect without the need for state migration or resynchronization.This disclosure comes at a critical transformation period for Polygon, which has completed the migration of the traditional MATIC token to POL as part of a comprehensive overhaul of its network architecture. The news did not boost the price of POL; according to CoinGecko data, POL traded at approximately $0.09983 on Sunday, down 2.3% in 24 hours, down about 6.8% over the past week, and down about 60.8% over the past year, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.07 billion.

According to the SpaceX stock unlocking arrangement, Gate will simultaneously support the unlocking of Pre-IPO (stock) shares

According to the SpaceX stock unlocking schedule, the first batch of shares for Gate Pre-IPOs project SpaceX (SPCX) will be unlocked on August 26 at 20:00 (UTC+8). The total amount of the first batch to be unlocked is 33,900 SPCX, with 20% of the shares being unlocked based on the actual holdings at the time of the user’s spot account snapshot, and the corresponding shares will be directly credited to the Gate stock account at a 1:1 ratio.Gate is the first platform in the industry to support Pre-IPO share unlocking and directly distribute listed company stocks to users. This unlocking includes SPCX that users previously acquired and held through Pre-IPOs, as well as SPCX purchased subsequently; SPCX that has been sold will not be included in this round of unlocking. Users need to check their SPCX holdings and open orders in advance to ensure that the SPCX used for this unlocking is in an available state.Gate will continue to provide users with an asset participation experience from Pre-IPOs subscription before listing, internal trading, to stock unlocking entering the U.S. stock market. This is the first 20% stock unlocking for SpaceX (SPCX), and the remaining portion will be processed according to the unlocking rules of the target company as soon as possible, subject to the official announcement from Gate.
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