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According to official news, the AI Agent platform X-Agent has confirmed its participation in the WeWork AI Foundation Community Lightning Pitch to be held on August 25 in Tokyo, where it will share its latest progress in AI Agents, AI application generation, and commercialization infrastructure.The AI Foundation Community is driven by WeWork and collaborates with well-known companies in related fields such as SoftBank and NVIDIA, aiming to connect Japanese AI startups, technology teams, and enterprises with AI implementation needs.X-Agent is currently building its product system around "Natural Language Generation AI Applications + Agent Autonomous Execution." Users can describe their needs in natural language, and the platform will handle application architecture, front-end and back-end, database, and deployment processes. Meanwhile, X-Agent has recently completed deep integration with the OKX Agentic Wallet and has open-sourced the AI payment control plane xpense, providing Agents with capabilities for budget control, payment, delivery verification, and ledger recording.X-Agent stated that participating in this event is also an important step in its ongoing expansion into the Japanese market and connecting the local AI startup and enterprise innovation ecosystem.

ENS DAO has voted to approve the proposal "Next Era of ENS DAO" and completed on-chain execution, officially establishing the ENS Foundation to promote the ENS ecosystem into a new governance phase.According to the proposal, the ENS Foundation will become a fully operational organization, equipped with a full-time executive director, a professional team, and a board of directors consisting of 5 members, responsible for undertaking institutional work related to ENS in areas such as law, policy, standard-setting, and brand protection.ENS stated that over the past nearly ten years, ENS has developed into an important infrastructure within the Ethereum ecosystem, with millions of registered domain names, and has been integrated by numerous wallets, applications, and Layer 2 networks. However, the DAO itself lacks legal entity status, making it unable to effectively participate in the governance of the internet naming system, sign institutional cooperation agreements, hire full-time employees, maintain trademark rights, or engage in regulatory discussions. The establishment of the ENS Foundation aims to fill this gap. In the future, the foundation will be responsible for:Representing ENS in internet standard organizations such as ICANN, IETF, and W3C, promoting the recognition and management of the ".ens" top-level domain (TLD);Participating in policy discussions as a legal entity, communicating with regulatory agencies and government departments;Holding and protecting ENS trademarks and intellectual property, combating phishing and impersonation;Hiring full-time employees responsible for ecosystem operations, funding programs, and fund management;Becoming a formal cooperation entity between traditional institutions such as registrars and standard organizations and the ENS ecosystem.

According to Hyperliquid News, Hyper Foundation received 50,000 HYPE through unstaking 7 days ago, worth approximately $2.723 million at the current price.

ChianCatcher news, Solana Foundation Chair Lily Liu tweeted that the foundation's work revolves around two main goals: attracting top talent and capital to Solana. Capital and talent are interdependent and mutually prerequisite. She pointed out that "king-making" is shortsighted and self-limiting, and that "trustworthy neutrality" is feasible in code, but insufficient when applied to humans who require judgment. The foundation's principle is to be open to talent: actively promoting competition and letting the market decide the outcome. No one can rise above the market.Regarding perpetual contracts, the foundation has always supported diversity among builders, and the recent efforts include making the perpetual plan and cutting-edge trader program public. It is not true that only one team on Solana can build fully on-chain perpetual contracts; several teams have recently challenged this. A fully on-chain architecture is more valuable for DeFi and Solana's future. The foundation does not determine success or failure; the market does.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the Ethereum Foundation Grants address (0x9eE...313D) transferred 566.27 ETH to a certain address, worth approximately 1.09 million USD; another 2.62 ETH was transferred to another address associated with the Ethereum Foundation, which had previously transferred funds to Upbit.

According to monitoring by Onchain Lens, the Ethereum Foundation transferred 566.27 ETH, worth approximately $1.09 million, from its Grants wallet to an unmarked address. In addition, an associated address of the Ethereum Foundation also transferred 2.62 ETH, worth about $5,000, to another address.This address had previously transferred funds to the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit. Data shows that the source address for this transfer is the Ethereum Foundation Grants wallet (0x9eE...313D). Currently, the identity of the anonymous address receiving the $1.09 million in ETH has not been confirmed, and the foundation has not publicly disclosed the purpose of the related funds. The community speculates that this transfer may be related to ecological funding projects, developer support, or other foundation operational activities, but the specific use remains to be further confirmed.

According to the American media MS NOW, two Middle Eastern diplomats familiar with the negotiations stated that Oman has agreed to reach a framework agreement with Iran to temporarily reopen the Strait of Hormuz. An Iranian government official said that the agreement will establish a new shipping route by allowing commercial vessels to enter the Persian Gulf via Iranian-controlled routes and exit via Omani-controlled routes. The agreement does not include charging tolls for commercial vessels seeking safe passage through the waterway. This proposal is a "temporary agreement" that will lay the groundwork for Washington and Tehran to announce a new ceasefire and restart nuclear negotiations.According to Iranian officials, the United Nations International Maritime Organization and the United States will participate in the formal announcement of the agreement. A government official from a Gulf country stated that the arrangement has been recognized by the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Officials have not disclosed when the agreement will be announced. However, whether the United States will support the management agreement for the strait will depend on the final details. An American official stated that Washington only supports a temporary agreement to reopen the strait on the premise of no tolls and unobstructed passage.

The Ethereum Foundation has released a job posting for a Protocol Security Researcher, part of the protocol security team, responsible for identifying security vulnerabilities in various aspects such as the execution layer, consensus layer, network layer, specifications, and client implementations. The work includes AI-assisted security research and automated vulnerability discovery, hard fork reviews, fuzz testing tool development, manual audits of protocol changes, and coordinating vulnerability disclosures.The team requires candidates to have deep experience with the Ethereum protocol, with a preference for engineers who have actively participated in protocol development and are familiar with the specifications of the execution layer or consensus layer. Common programming languages include Go, Rust, Java, C#, Nim, and Python. Remote work is available, and the position is open to candidates in Europe and globally.

The Optimism Foundation released its fifth annual budget update and outlook (from May 2026 to April 2027). According to the foundation's forecast, the circulating supply of OP will increase from the current approximately 2.161 billion to about 2.504 billion, accounting for 58.3% of the total supply, meaning that approximately 343 million OP will enter circulation during this period.By category, it is expected that the ecological fund will add 200 million in circulation, early core contributors 47.6 million, investors 15.3 million, governance fund 10 million, and both airdrops and Retro Funding will be zero. The foundation stated that the relevant tokens all come from the initial allocation framework and no new token allocation has been requested; this update is solely for the purpose of increasing transparency.Token deployment will continue to focus on the two strategic goals of OP mainnet growth and acquiring OP Enterprise corporate clients. Looking back at the fourth year, Optimism committed approximately 150 million OP in new expenditures, a decrease of about one-third compared to the third year; OP Enterprise went live in January 2026, with early clients including Bitpanda, Ink, Dunamu, and Ether.fi; the monthly transaction volume on the OP mainnet grew by over 60% during this period; the governance layer has approved a 12-month buyback plan that will use up to 50% of Superchain revenue for monthly OP buybacks, and over 9 million have been repurchased so far.

According to monitoring by the KITE Foundation, its security monitoring system has flagged abnormal KITE token transfer activities on the Ethereum mainnet. The team subsequently initiated an incident response and suspended all KITE token transfers on the Ethereum mainnet, including cross-chain functionality.The affected tokens have been frozen and will not enter the secondary market. The investigation is still ongoing.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, the Ethereum Foundation grant wallet deposited 2.675 ETH, worth $5,070, into Kraken 12 hours ago, and transferred 578.38 ETH, worth $1,080,000, to a new Gnosis Safe Proxy wallet.

According to official news, the Ethereum Foundation's "Trillion Dollar Security" (1TS) has announced a special grant to the Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) to support the ongoing development of the open-source tool WEBCAT, aimed at addressing the long-standing front-end code verification security gap in Ethereum wallets and decentralized applications (DApps).WEBCAT (Web-based Code Assurance and Transparency) is an open-source tool designed to help browsers verify whether the code loaded by a website matches the version publicly released by the developer.This funding will promote the expansion of WEBCAT to Ethereum wallets and application scenarios, enabling users to verify whether the front-end pages they access have been tampered with.The Ethereum Foundation stated that while HTTPS can verify the website a user is connected to and encrypt communication, it cannot prove that the front-end code actually running on the website is the same version released by the developer. If an attacker controls the website's front-end code, they may modify the transaction receiving address without the user's knowledge or induce the user to sign transactions that do not match the content displayed on the page.The Ethereum Foundation noted that front-end attacks have become a significant security risk for blockchain infrastructure, with malicious modifications to web interfaces potentially leading to supply chain attacks, DNS hijacking subsequent attacks, and user interface deception.WEBCAT was initially developed by the Freedom of the Press Foundation to enhance the code credibility of secure communication systems like SecureDrop.With this expansion into the Ethereum ecosystem, it will complement security measures such as "Clear Signing" in the 1TS program: the former helps wallets confirm that the application front-end has not been tampered with, while the latter helps users understand the transaction content they are approving.

Eliza Labs founder Shaw Walters announced that the ai16z/ElizaOS token is officially "dead," and the related foundation will be closing. The reason is that the law firm Burwick Law initiated a class action lawsuit on behalf of the holders, and the foundation chose to settle due to its inability to bear the litigation costs, compensating all remaining treasury funds.Shaw stated that he has never sold ai16z tokens, has never profited from them, and only receives the same basic salary as engineers, currently living off savings. He emphasized that he will continue to develop the underlying technology of Eliza but made it clear that no tokens will be associated with Eliza anymore and advised holders to handle their tokens independently, as the foundation will not provide any buyback support.

Circle announced that the New York State Department of Financial Services has granted its subsidiary Circle Internet Trust Company LLC a limited purpose trust charter. This charter will further strengthen the regulatory foundation of the company and USDC.Circle stated that the New York trust charter reflects the company's commitment to safety, transparency, and compliance standards. In 2015, Circle became the first company to obtain a BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services, thereby establishing a long-term regulatory relationship with the agency.Circle co-founder, chairman, and CEO Jeremy Allaire stated that obtaining the New York trust charter has always been a long-term goal for the company, and the regulatory clarity brought by this charter will place USDC within a strong and recognized regulatory framework as digital dollars increasingly become a core component of the global financial system.

According to The Defiant, ENS Labs Chief Operating Officer Katherine Wu released an executable draft proposal for the establishment of the ENS Foundation on Thursday, abandoning the plan to transfer the DAO operational wallet to a new entity after weeks of opposition from representatives to previous versions.As disclosed, the draft will keep approximately 54.6 million ENS tokens and an operational wallet holding about 16 million dollars in ETH and stablecoins under the control of token holders. The only ENS token transaction in the proposal is a one-time transfer of 1 million tokens, solely for the compensation of foundation staff with a multi-year vesting period. The foundation's board will gain management rights over an approximately 65 million dollar donation fund treasury, but each transaction must go through a time lock, and the security committee has the right to cancel.ENS DAO officials summarized this revision as authorizing the foundation to manage the donation fund while token holders retain control over the protocol, the remaining ENS held by the DAO, the operational wallet, and the appointment and dismissal of foundation directors.

According to Jinshi reports, the CEO of Meta Platforms stated that Meta is developing a new personal assistant, which will serve as the foundation for the next wave of products.

The Ethereum Foundation stated on platform X that pcaversaccio (pc) has joined the board of the Ethereum Foundation. pc is a long-term contributor to the Ethereum ecosystem, co-founder and head of SEAL 911, and previously a member of the EF Silviculture Society, which provides informal advice to EF with the aim of maintaining core values such as anti-censorship, open source, privacy, and security.pc has joined the board on a voluntary basis for a term of one year. pcaversaccio authored the "Ethereum Cypherpunk Manifesto" (2024, adapted from Eric Hughes' "Cypherpunk Manifesto") and "Ethereum Privacy: The Path to Autonomy" (2025), and has promoted the development of security practices across the ecosystem through technical contributions and community advocacy.

According to The Block, the World project’s foundation, World Foundation, raised $52.5 million through a strategic sale of WLD tokens, with all tokens locked for one year. This round of "initial delivery" was led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Bain Capital Crypto, Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS), Selini Capital, Susquehanna Crypto, and others.The foundation stated that the WLD sold this time is only for internal use within the World Network and does not represent equity or revenue rights in Tools for Humanity. The funds will be used to expand the World ID technology aimed at enterprises, individuals, and AI Agents. Currently, World ID has been integrated with platforms such as Zoom, DocuSign, Okta, Vercel, and Tinder, with over 39 million people having joined the network, of which more than 18 million have completed Orb real-person verification. The current price of WLD is approximately $0.37, with a total market capitalization of about $1.31 billion.