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SpaceXAI announced the launch of Grok 4.6 on Amazon Bedrock.

According to Curve.finance Governance, Swiss Stake AG submitted a progress report for H1 2026 stating that Llamalend V2 has passed the ChainSecurity audit and has launched on Optimism and the Ethereum mainnet, supporting LP Token and PT collateral while introducing new admin fee revenue for Curve DAO.FXSwap has entered the production optimization phase, focusing on research around liquidity concentration, price_scale, and dynamic fees. FastBridge has launched on Arbitrum, Optimism, and Fraxtal, reducing the time to withdraw crvUSD from Layer 2 to Ethereum from about 7 days to approximately 15 minutes. The team has secured the second phase of 8.725 million CRV and additional CRV and crvUSD funds to support operations until the end of 2026, and plans to submit a proposal to increase the DAO protocol fee share from 10% to 30%.

AWS announced that the Amazon Bedrock AgentCore payments service is officially fully available (GA). This service collaborates with Coinbase and Stripe, enabling AI agents to autonomously pay for paid APIs, MCP, and content services with just a few lines of code. AgentCore payments integrates Coinbase and Stripe Privy wallets, supporting small transaction payments in USDC stablecoin. Users can recharge the agent wallet and authorize the agent to spend using credit cards or USDC.The service supports the x402 protocol and MPP protocol, with a new "upto" payment scheme that allows agents to set spending limits instead of fixed prices, enabling dynamic billing based on actual reasoning usage. It includes built-in payment session limits (maximum spending per interaction and expiration time), which will be rejected if exceeded, and integrates AgentCore Observability to provide visual dashboards for transaction audit logs, success rates, and average transaction values.Related features have been integrated with CDNs such as Amazon CloudFront and Cloudflare, and clients such as Anchor Browser, SpreadX, and Travala are already using this service. AgentCore payments is now available in multiple regions, and developers can integrate it through the console, CLI, and open-source frameworks like LangGraph and OpenClaw. The launch of this service is a key step in the evolution of AI agents from "reasoning and action" to "autonomous transactions."

Mech-Mind (Xiong'an) Robotics Technology Co., Ltd. passed the listing hearing on August 16 through the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, becoming the first company to be declared and pass the hearing from Xiong'an. The company was founded by a Tsinghua overseas returnee team in 2016 and will relocate its registered office to Xiong'an in 2024, making it the first unicorn enterprise in the Xiong'an New Area.Mech-Mind is positioned as "AI + 3D Vision + Robotics," independently developing the Mech-GPT multimodal large model and the "Eye-Brain-Hand" full-stack technology system. By 2025, it is expected to hold the top position in the global AI + 3D vision-guided general-purpose intelligent robot components market with a 22.1% share. From 2023 to 2025, revenue is projected to increase from 181 million yuan to 389 million yuan, with adjusted net losses narrowing to 109 million yuan and overseas revenue accounting for 50.3%.The company has deployed over 27,000 units, with clients including CATL, BYD, Toyota, BMW, and others. Previously, it received investments from Qiming Venture Partners, Intel Capital, Meituan, IDG, Sequoia China, and other institutions.

According to DeFiLlama data, the top three centralized exchange (CEX) net inflows in the past 24 hours are: Binance ($234 million), Bybit ($51.55 million), and Bitget ($17.56 million).

Binance announces that it will distribute dividends of Applied Materials (AMAT) and Microsoft (MSFT) to users holding AMATB or MSFTB balances through bStocks. After deducting applicable withholding taxes, fees, costs, and other expenses, the net cash dividend will be reinvested into additional units or fractional shares of the same underlying securities.Users holding AMATB or MSFTB at the snapshot time of August 20, 2026, 08:00 (UTC+8) will receive dividends in the form of AMATB or MSFTB bStocks tokens.

According to Cointelegraph, DeFiLlama founder 0xngmi stated that the team had delayed the release of the official mobile application due to the long-standing presence of phishing apps impersonating DeFiLlama on the Apple App Store. The team will only release the official mobile application after all counterfeit apps have been removed to reduce the risk of users falling victim to scams.Yesterday, DeFiLlama founder 0xngmi stated, "We have been trying for months to get a fake app impersonating DeFiLlama removed from the Apple App Store and have continuously reported trademark infringement and impersonation of the official app to Apple.Subsequently, we funded a small wallet, downloaded the app, and as expected, all the funds in the wallet were stolen, so we reported this situation to Apple. As a result, the app was removed by Apple within a few days. We hope to inform other cryptocurrency companies about this so they won't waste time like we did."

Coinbase announced the construction of a complete financial and payment infrastructure for AI Agents. The official statement claims that AI Agents can conduct research, decision-making, and trading on its platform, including cryptocurrencies, stocks, and derivatives, through "Coinbase for Agents," and can access Coinbase Advisor for personalized investment advice and tax-loss harvesting services.On the payment layer, Coinbase launched the open standard x402, enabling agent-to-agent machine payments without human involvement. Related transactions are primarily settled on the Base chain, while Coinbase Business supports businesses in receiving payments from AI Agents in USDC and provides discovery and marketplace access for x402 payable services on Agentic.Market.

According to Bloomberg, Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital has purchased approximately $215 million worth of shares in Amazon, continuing the venture capital firm's strategy of entering public market investments.This investment was disclosed in a regulatory filing on Friday and is expected to give Thrive exposure to a large company benefiting from artificial intelligence. Amazon benefits from AI by providing agent-based AI shopping tools and offering computing infrastructure to other businesses. Earlier this month, Amazon's market value surpassed $3 trillion for the first time, becoming the fifth company to reach this milestone.Thrive declined to comment. An Amazon representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Thrive is known for its early investments in companies such as SpaceX, Stripe, and OpenAI, the latter of which has also received support from Amazon. The venture capital firm's other public market holdings include Figma Inc., Stubhub Holdings Inc., and Oscar Health, which was co-founded and incubated by Kushner.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "LoL: Ninjas in Pyjamas vs LNG Esports - LPL Group Nirvana," the option "Ninjas in Pyjamas" in the sub-market "Match Winner" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in win rate, dropping from 94.5% an hour ago to the current 72.6% (a fluctuation of 21.9%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Talking Biz News citing Courthouse News Service, The Wall Street Journal requested a federal judge on Wednesday afternoon to dismiss the defamation lawsuit filed by Binance. The lawsuit targets the newspaper's reports regarding Binance covering up internal investigations, obstructing compliance, and allowing sanctioned entities to trade.In the motion to dismiss, The Wall Street Journal stated that Binance's complaint from March 2026 failed to prove actual malice at the time the relevant reports were published. Binance claimed that the reports were false because it had issued a denial statement to the newspaper, but the newspaper argued that merely repeating a self-defensive denial is insufficient to constitute a defamation claim. During the hearing, The Wall Street Journal's lawyer pointed out that Binance did not deny the core content of the three reports.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "LoL Weibo Gaming vs Ninjas in Pyjamas LPL Group Nirvana" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option win rate for the sub-market "Both teams kill a dragon" has experienced a sharp fluctuation, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 90% (a fluctuation of 40%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to exclusive reports from CTech (Calcalist), Israeli AI startup Decart is in deep negotiations with an international tech giant for a sale, with a valuation of about $6 to $7 billion, and the deal could be signed next week. Founded in 2023, Decart focuses on the development of real-time video generation AI models, employing around 100 people, and has raised approximately $450 million to date. The company just completed a $300 million funding round in May, with a valuation of $4 billion. Initial negotiations were with NVIDIA, and as they were nearing an agreement, another giant intervened, prompting the founder to shift focus to the new buyer. Industry speculation suggests the new buyer could be SpaceX, but Amazon and Nebius are also reportedly interested in participating.Decart's technological advantage lies in its ability to generate videos at a cost far lower than its competitors. SpaceX founder Elon Musk has maintained regular contact with co-founder Dean Leitersdorf since experiencing the game Oasis developed based on Decart's technology in 2024. Sequoia Capital partner Shaun Maguire (who organized Musk's post-war trip to Israel) has been investing in the company since the seed round. If the buyer is SpaceX, it will establish its first R&D center in Israel. Previously, SpaceX had acquired AI programming startup Cursor for $60 billion after its IPO, and acquiring Decart would further strengthen its position in the AI infrastructure sector.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the event "Dota 2: Amaru Gaming vs Team Jenz (BO3) - EPL Masters Group A" is currently the most traded on the prediction market Polymarket, with a total pool size reaching $2,126,800. The option with the highest consensus in the current market is "Game 1 Winner," with an associated win rate of approximately 50.5%.

MetaMask launched the self-custody wallet Agent Wallet on Thursday, allowing AI agents to execute on-chain transactions within user-defined limits, aimed at traders and developers using AI agents to monitor the market, identify opportunities, and autonomously execute trades. Users can set spending limits, approve specific protocols, choose risk settings, and select different levels of automation between Guard Mode and Beast Mode.Agent Wallet supports Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw, Hermes, OpenCode, as well as Hyperliquid and Ethereum Virtual Machine compatible networks. Agent Wallet supports gas abstraction, allowing users to pay network fees with the assets being transferred, without needing to hold the corresponding native tokens of the network. MetaMask stated that supported transactions will undergo transaction simulation, threat scanning, and smart trading MEV protection, and if qualifying transactions incur losses after passing security checks, they can receive up to $10,000 in Transaction Protection coverage per month.

According to Wired, a security researcher who has been infiltrating a North Korean hacking organization for nearly two years has issued a warning, pointing out that the attack methods targeting individual employees and contractors are extremely effective and have a wide-ranging impact, leading to numerous organizations worldwide suffering breaches.Greek cybersecurity researcher Vangelis Stykas stated that since gaining access to the North Korean system 22 months ago, he has found evidence indicating that 1,640 companies in 57 countries have been affected by North Korean hacking operations. Among them, approximately 700 to 800 affected organizations have suffered "highly destructive" breaches.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "LoL: Invictus Gaming vs Ninjas in Pyjamas - LPL Group Nirvana," the option "Invictus Gaming" in the sub-market "Match Winner" has experienced a drastic fluctuation in win rate, dropping from 80.5% an hour ago to the current 50.5% (a fluctuation of 30%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

Web3 investment banking and consulting platform Forgd announced that its market maker leaderboard has officially launched on DefiLlama. This leaderboard ranks mainstream crypto market makers based on standardized metrics such as pricing, market depth, reliability, and execution quality, helping traders and analysts assess the performance of market makers behind token liquidity.The leaderboard data comes from the real-time performance monitored by Forgd tools across over 500 token projects and 35 market makers. Forgd previously launched this leaderboard in May 2026, and this integration with DefiLlama opens the data to a broader market audience.

According to Jinshi reports, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu stated that the Israeli military "will not withdraw from the current defense line in Gaza" until Hamas is completely disarmed. He mentioned that Trump and his team believe Hamas can be fully disarmed and Gaza can be demilitarized, but Israel holds a different opinion and has submitted a response.

Jensen Huang announced on the X platform the launch of Alpamayo 2 Super, a cutting-edge open-source inference model developed by NVIDIA for the autonomous driving field. Jensen Huang stated that Alpamayo 2 Super can not only "see" the environment but also understand and reason about the complex world, thinking before acting, and can serve as the core model for robot taxis, autonomous trucks, shuttles, delivery vehicles, agricultural machinery, and future large-scale mobile robot systems.The model will be based on OpenMDW-1.1 and made available for commercial use, allowing developers and enterprises to inspect, fine-tune, and deploy the model. Jensen Huang mentioned that open models help promote the safety and reliability of autonomous driving systems. He stated that the next wave of artificial intelligence will belong to robotics, and autonomous vehicles will be an important starting point for this trend.