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According to Decrypt, Buzz, a former advisor of the public blockchain Aptos, known by the pseudonym BuzzlamicJihad, left Aptos after the expiration of a one-year contract. Buzz stated that it was a mutual decision and that he has sold his holdings of APT. He mentioned that he believes the project has not made further progress, and some plans have not been realized as expected, which is why he did not renew the contract. APT has dropped 10.7% this month, with a market cap of approximately $607 million.Buzz has begun to promote Meta using the same Meme marketing strategy. His arguments surrounding Aptos have always been based on the project's connection to Facebook, as Aptos was founded by developers of the Libra project. Buzz believes that Meta has strong fundamentals, but retail investors are being overlooked, especially with the recent creation of Class C shares that have no voting rights. He has started posting messages like "META looking good here" and mentioned that he has moved communication from Telegram to WhatsApp. Meta dropped 1.2% on the day, with a market cap of approximately $1.59 trillion, about 2,619 times that of Aptos.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the probability of the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Zach Edey: Rebounds O/U 8.5" for the event "Grizzlies vs. Jazz" on the prediction market Polymarket has experienced significant fluctuations, dropping from 42% an hour ago to the current 25.5% (a fluctuation of 16.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the probability of the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Cedric Coward: Points O/U 13.5" for the event "Bears vs. Kings" on the prediction market Polymarket has experienced significant fluctuations, soaring from 21.5% an hour ago to the current 45.5% (a fluctuation of 24%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket event "Grizzlies vs. Warriors," the "Grizzlies" option in the sub-market "Race to 30" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 68% (a fluctuation of 18%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket event "Pelicans vs. Jazz," the sub-market "Jeremiah Fears: Rebounds O/U 2.5" saw a dramatic fluctuation in the "Yes" option's winning probability, soaring from 29% an hour ago to the current 54% (a fluctuation of 25%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Pelicans vs. Jazz" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Trey Murphy III: Points O/U 18.5" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in win probability, dropping from 47.5% an hour ago to the current 30% (a fluctuation of 17.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Anthropic's AI model Claude cracked a 25-year-old puzzle in the field of cryptography in less than 30 minutes, tracing a set of numbers provided by the National Security Agency (NSA) to the U.S. government in the late 1990s back to a common random number generator that used timestamps from 1997 and 1998. These numbers have long been suspected of hiding a backdoor.In 2000, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) adopted a set of elliptic curves provided by the NSA, but the NSA never explained where the partial numbers (seeds) used to generate these curves came from. After Edward Snowden disclosed that the NSA had attempted to undermine cryptographic standards, suspicions about its hidden backdoors intensified. Cryptographers Neal Koblitz and Alfred Menezes discussed this controversy in a 2015 paper, and security researcher Steve Weis spent years searching for answers. In 2023, Filippo Valsorda and others even set up a bounty for this.Claude traced the five NIST curve seeds back to the random number generator lrand48 in an old C software library and reproduced the widely used P-256 curve sequence, finding an exact match with the published seeds among the 1842 candidates. Anthropic stated that this significantly reduces the possibility of hidden weaknesses, and users of NIST curves do not need to make any changes. Bitcoin is unaffected, as its wallets use the simpler secp256k1 curve, which has almost no room for secretly implanted weaknesses. The bounty of $36,864 will be donated to the nonprofit organization Internet Security Research Group behind Let's Encrypt.

Pons founder Ozzy posted on platform X that he has purchased some Bitcoin spot, marking his first purchase of BTC spot since January 2023. The specific quantity and price of the purchase have not yet been disclosed.

Honeypot Finance founder and early investor in RootsFi, Wilson, stated that Pons reached an annualized revenue speed of 100 million dollars within two months, ranking first on related lists. Wilson reflected on his experience meeting Ozzy at Berachain and investing in RootsFi, stating that Ozzy's sincerity, technical ability, and resilience were the reasons for early support.Wilson indicated that Pons is built on the Robinhood Chain, and its V2 design allows new tokens to trade on a bonding curve first, and after meeting conditions, enter the permanently locked liquidity Uniswap V4 pool, with the priced assets being either native ETH or ERC-20 approved by Pons. He believes this mechanism creates a convergence point for meme culture and stock tokens, and stated that he will continue to support Ozzy, optimistic about Pons's future development on the Robinhood Chain.

Pons founder and lead developer Ozzy responded on September 9, stating that modifying the tax rate after the token launch is not supported, and the claim that "Pons can adjust the tax rate after launch" is incorrect.Ozzy indicated that the initialized Uniswap V4 pool for Pons has a 0% tax rate and a 1% Hook fee, which is clearly disclosed in all transactions. Some terminals incorrectly routed buy and sell orders to high tax liquidity pools due to router configuration issues, including vampire pools created by malicious actors, resulting in abnormally high tax rates displayed, which is not a modification of the tax rate after Pons' launch.Ozzy has requested the relevant terminals to correct the erroneous routing and stated that if users see a tax rate higher than 1%, unless the deployer set a higher tax rate at launch, it is likely routed to the wrong pool.

According to GMGN data, the market capitalization of the Meme token ZZZ on the Robinhood Chain briefly surpassed 50 million USD, with a 24H increase of over 200%, currently reported at 46.2 million USD.It is reported that the narrative of this Meme coin originates from independent investigators discovering that a large number of Wikis were edited by the same group, with AI agents adding ZZZ before editing to reduce visibility. Market news reminds users that the prices of Meme coins are highly volatile, and investors should participate with caution.

According to Japan's Sankei Shimbun, "Saint Seiya" author Masami Kurumada has sued his former manager and their relatives and acquaintances, accusing them of misappropriating approximately 4.68 billion yen from Kurumada Productions and two other companies over a period of about six years through company account transfers and withholding copyright fees, among other methods. Some of the funds are reportedly used for investing in cryptocurrencies.The related incident was exposed during a tax investigation by the Tokyo National Tax Agency in 2024, with approximately 1.8 billion yen already recovered. Masami Kurumada is now seeking compensation of about 2.89 billion yen from the Tokyo District Court.

According to the New York Post, a blockchain entrepreneur is accused of embezzling over $5 million from his own company and deleted 194 expense records before suddenly resigning.57-year-old Dionysios "Dean" Karakitsos is accused of draining Bitquery Inc. (a company that tracks cryptocurrency values and fund flows). A related lawsuit has been filed in Manhattan Supreme Court.Karakitsos is a co-founder of the company and served as CEO, director, and financial officer until 2025. He is accused of continuously transferring company funds into his personal accounts over the years. Karakitsos later operated a prediction market platform called Assymetrix.Bitquery filed a lawsuit in June seeking the return of at least $5 million allegedly stolen. The company stated that it is seeking additional compensation to cover legal fees.

According to Tencent News "Frontline," a 26-year-old male employee of Hong Kong Central Wealth Management Services Limited misappropriated 50 million Hong Kong dollars as margin without authorization, using it to finance the purchase of a double long position in the Southern Eastern Ying Hynix ETF (07709.HK), resulting in a paper loss of up to 150 million Hong Kong dollars. The trader was arrested by the police on July 20 on suspicion of "theft," with the incident occurring from January 9 to July 20.Financial analysts in Hong Kong stated that the reason the 50 million principal turned into a 150 million loss was due to the combination of margin financing and the double leverage of the long ETF. This ETF surged to a historical high of 193.65 Hong Kong dollars at the end of June, driven by the storage chip concept, but then the semiconductor sector sharply corrected, falling to 52.58 Hong Kong dollars by July 20, a decline of over 72%. The police revealed that the relevant positions had not yet been forcibly liquidated, and the final loss would still fluctuate with the stock price. The incident was discovered during a recent audit of the company, which reported it to the police. Central Wealth Management is not a licensed company by the Securities and Futures Commission, and Central Wealth Securities stated that the involved personnel are not their employees and are unrelated to the incident, but after the event, some clients exhibited risk-averse withdrawals.

According to Bitcoin Magazine, Jack Dorsey, the founder of Block (formerly Square), announced the launch of the open-source decentralized group chat application Buzz, aimed at challenging team collaboration platforms like Slack. Buzz is built on the decentralized social protocol Nostr and is designed for teams composed of humans and AI agents, supporting chat, project management, coding, and PR collaboration.Block stated that the application is decentralized and open-source, allowing users to have full control over their data, and teams can collaborate with members and dedicated agents in a shared space.

According to Business Insider, Worldcoin developer Tools For Humanity previously hired two law firms to investigate internal financial irregularities, employee classification, and whether there were violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in its operations in Thailand.The report also stated that the investigation involves allegations of senior management approving large payments to foreign companies to boost the performance of Worldcoin tokens. The company stated that after the investigation, it has terminated its relationships with Thai partners and strengthened internal compliance policies and due diligence processes, and currently has not found sufficient evidence to prove that the company or its employees violated relevant anti-bribery laws.

According to Jinshi reports, Deutsche Bank's Chief Economist in the U.S., Luzzetti, stated that clear signals indicate the need to raise interest rates to curb inflation.

According to official news, Gate DEX will officially launch the "DEX Pizza Festival Exchange Trading Competition" from May 25, 2026, 18:00 to June 11, 18:00 (UTC+8). The event covers all EVM-compatible networks and supports participation from multiple business lines on both web and app platforms. During the event, users can exchange any cryptocurrency through Gate Swap, and those who accumulate an effective trading volume of 5,000 USDT will qualify to share a total prize pool of 10,000 USDT. Among them, the top 1-3 traders can receive a fixed reward of up to 500 USDT, while the participants ranked 4-200 will share a tiered prize pool of 9,000 USDT based on their trading volume proportion.The trading competition activity area launched on December 23, 2025, is a fair and transparent trading arena designed specifically for on-chain users. Relying on the powerful aggregated liquidity of Gate Swap, it aims to provide users with a superior experience of low slippage and fast transactions. Users can participate in designated cryptocurrency trading with one click using the Gate DEX wallet, flexibly competing in three major event types: trading volume, yield, and newcomers. After the competition, bonuses will be automatically airdropped, allowing users to earn substantial token rewards based on their trading strength and enjoy the added value of on-chain trading.

On the occasion of Bitcoin Pizza Day in 2026, Bitget launched a global branding campaign titled "Flip the Slice," centered around a music short film called "The Infinite Flip." The short film humorously transforms the voices of skeptics into a part of community culture expression, continuing the spirit and narrative tension of Bitcoin Pizza Day.The film portrays the development of the crypto industry through various cartoon characters. Each time the outside world shouts "crypto is dead," the characters reappear with a "resurrection dance," symbolizing the crypto industry's rebirth from doubt and lows. Through this dark humor and the repeatedly "flipping" narrative style, the short film aims to convey the spirit of "crypto is not dead, it flips and is reborn" to the crypto community.Bitget's Chief Marketing Officer Ignacio Aguirre Franco stated that Bitcoin has been declared "dead" hundreds of times, but in this short film, the critics' arguments become plot points rather than conclusions. By flipping these narratives with humor and fun, each "death" serves as a prologue to the resurgence of the crypto world.As part of the overall Pizza Festival activities, Bitget's "Pizza Box Resume Project" will print selected Web3 youth resumes on pizza boxes and deliver them to industry partners in various regions, transforming classic crypto culture memes into career pathways for young people. This initiative also continues the core direction of Blockchain4Youth, which is to help young people establish a connection path from knowledge acquisition and skill demonstration to integration into the industry ecosystem.