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According to Web3 security platform Blockaid, the DeFi lending protocol More Markets on Flow EVM was attacked, resulting in the theft of approximately 15.5 million Wrapped Flow (WFLOW) tokens, valued at around 9.3 million dollars.Blockaid stated that the attacker exploited Ankr Staked FLOW (ankrFLOW) liquid staking tokens and combined them with Aave V3's E-mode (efficiency mode) feature for over-leveraging, depleting the mFlowWFLOW lending reserves. E-mode is a feature of Aave V3 that enhances the lending capacity of price correlated assets (such as liquid staking tokens and their underlying assets).Data from DefiLlama shows that this attack brought the total losses from cryptocurrency hacks in August to 139.7 million dollars, making it the third highest month for stolen amounts in 2026 to date, but significantly down from July's 254 million dollars. Previously on Sunday, Cronos paused its blockchain network after facing an attack of about 75 million dollars on the DeFi lending protocol Tectonic. As of the time of publication, More Markets has not publicly confirmed the incident or disclosed whether users suffered losses.

Bitget launches a VIP exclusive ETH financial management event, running from August 30 to September 4, targeting VIP users who participated in TMX PoolX from August 25, 20:00 to August 30, 20:00 (UTC+8).Relevant users can go to the "Easy Coin Earning" section to participate in designated ETH products, earning an additional 2% APR. The combined APR can reach up to 4.5% after adding the base earnings. Users do not need to register; eligibility for the event is automatically verified by the system, and specific parameters and actual earnings are subject to what is displayed on the Bitget page.

Altrata's latest report shows that the number of billionaires worldwide will rise to a historic high of 3,795 by 2025, an increase of 8.2%, the strongest in five years. The rapid growth of super-rich wealth is driven by rising stock markets, monetary stimulus policies, and a surge in artificial intelligence investments. The total wealth of billionaires is expected to grow by 12.8% in 2025, reaching a record of $151 trillion, equivalent to nearly a quarter of the total market capitalization of the S&P 500 index. This marks the third consecutive year of accelerated growth in billionaire wealth, with an average wealth of $4 billion and a median net worth close to $2 billion.By region, the number of billionaires in North America increased by 11.6%, reaching 1,337, accounting for 35% of the global total; Europe saw nearly an 8% increase for the second consecutive year, reaching 1,081, accounting for 28%; Asia grew by 6.5%, reaching 881. The report indicates that since 2023, the surge in artificial intelligence investments has been one of the most important driving forces behind the creation of wealth among global billionaires, with its impact becoming more pronounced in 2025 and the first half of 2026. Investor enthusiasm for generative AI, large language models, cloud computing, and AI software has attracted significant capital, driving the revaluation of technology companies, with founders and major shareholders of leading global tech companies being the biggest beneficiaries.

OpenAI has notified SpaceX that it will terminate the contract to provide models for the AI coding tool Cursor it acquired, with a suggested termination date of November 12, stating that this is the longest notice period stipulated in the contract. OpenAI expressed that the decision was difficult, as it values the widespread use of its models by developers, but due to Musk's past breaches of contract, it does not trust SpaceX to use the technology as agreed, and mentioned issues related to the use of OpenAI models during xAI training and contract problems when acquiring X.Musk stated on X that he does not care at all and referred to Sam Altman and Greg Brockman as frauds, accusing them of stealing from an open nonprofit organization. Musk was a co-founder of OpenAI but later filed a $150 billion lawsuit against OpenAI and lost due to exceeding the deadline. OpenAI had attempted to acquire Cursor's developer Anysphere but was unsuccessful, while SpaceX acquired Cursor for $60 billion, with the merger completed on August 15.Michael Truel, co-founder of Cursor and now an executive at SpaceX, stated that Cursor views the OpenAI platform as neutral infrastructure and is negotiating with OpenAI, noting that OpenAI models account for 5% of Cursor's user traffic. Tom Brown, co-founder of Anthropic, stated that they will continue to expand computing power to provide the Claude model on Cursor.

Polygon disclosed multiple previously undisclosed security vulnerabilities recently fixed through two hard forks, Austin and Kyoto, which could affect its proof-of-stake network. The vulnerabilities involve Polygon's Bor and Heimdall clients, including denial-of-service risks, validator resource exhaustion, and defects affecting checkpoint and milestone processing.Polygon stated that the fixes were privately tested before being deployed to the mainnet and publicly disclosed. The most severe issue involved Heimdall, where carefully crafted transactions could force validators to perform excessive processing work, disrupting the network. The Austin hard fork also fixed two denial-of-service risks in Bor that could slow down block processing or cause node crashes. Polygon indicated that these vulnerabilities were not exploited on the mainnet, and the fixes were proactively completed before the details of the vulnerabilities were made public.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Benczkowski vowed at the beginning of this week to launch an "economic assault" against Iran and its trading partners, once again attempting to end the war. However, by the weekend, countries with ties to Iran have so far dismissed this threat, and analysts are disappointed with the actions taken by the U.S.As the week nears its end, the U.S. announced plans to sanction the branch of Egypt's Misr Bank located in the UAE. Previously, Benczkowski had warned that the world would see "significant news of a financial institution being sanctioned before the end of this week," making this move far below expectations.Alex Zerden, a former U.S. Treasury official and founder of Capitol Peak Strategies, stated, "The actions publicly taken by the U.S. Treasury this week do not match the prior hype. The 'economic exile action' continues the restrictive economic measures against Iran that have been in place for 47 years, but it does not provide a clearer path for how this current action will achieve economic or military victory."

Nick Timiraos, the "Fed Whisperer," stated that Fed Chair Waller has quelled some concerns about his strategy to combat inflation, but has also laid the groundwork for a larger test that may come in three weeks. If the Fed raises interest rates, it could anger the White House just weeks before the midterm elections. If they hold steady, it may reignite the doubts that Waller's remarks have calmed.Two points from Waller's speech on Friday particularly suggest that the Fed may raise rates next month. The first point is that Waller finds it difficult to describe the current financial conditions as restrictive. The second point is that the relatively positive inflation data over the summer has not convinced him that the underlying trend is improving. The Fed's default choice before Friday was to hold steady unless the data was strong enough to warrant action.Former Fed Vice Chair Cohen stated that Waller's remarks have reversed this logic. "He has changed the original assumption; it is now that they will raise rates unless the data shows it is unnecessary." This means that the final decision will depend on changes in the situation before the September meeting, especially the August CPI released on September 11. Cohen stated that if the data indicates that action is unnecessary, the Fed should not raise rates; if the data is strong, it could weaken the argument that inflation is moving back toward the Fed's 2% target.

According to South Korean media Daum, an analysis of the five major Korean won exchanges Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit, and GOPAX, as well as the public API of CoinGecko, found that after excluding duplicate assets, the five exchanges collectively support approximately 606 types of crypto assets. Among them, 164 types (27.1%) are only available for trading on one exchange, and another 324 types (53.5%) are traded on two or fewer exchanges.Among the assets supported by a single exchange, Coinone has the most, with 55 types; Bithumb has 54 types, GOPAX has 25 types, Upbit has 16 types, and Korbit has 14 types. In terms of liquidity, the median trading volume of these 164 assets in nearly 24 hours is only about 1.37 million won, with 79 types having a trading volume of less than 1 million won, and 38 types even having zero transactions.The analysis suggests that listing on a single exchange does not inherently mean that the asset carries risk. If the relevant assets are actively traded on overseas exchanges or support smooth withdrawals, investors still have other exit channels. However, for assets with low overseas trading volume and restricted deposit and withdrawal networks, once support is terminated, investors may face difficulties in both selling and transferring.

As the US dollar stablecoin continues to dominate the on-chain payment market, Europe is accelerating the development of a digital currency system that reflects its own regulatory framework, monetary sovereignty, and privacy standards, gradually forming two parallel paths: "digital euro + private euro stablecoin." Among them, the European Central Bank is prioritizing privacy protection as an important design focus for the digital euro. Piero Cipollone, a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, stated that the digital euro will provide the highest possible level of privacy under current technological conditions, with offline payments visible only to the payer and payee; in online transactions, the euro system cannot directly identify specific individuals, but banks can still obtain the information required for anti-money laundering.At the same time, private institutions have taken the lead in promoting euro stablecoins. Revolut has begun rolling out EURR to some users in Denmark, Poland, and Portugal, with plans to expand to the entire European Economic Area in the future. EURR operates on Ethereum and is issued by Bridge Building, a subsidiary of Stripe, aiming to maintain a stable value against 1 euro. Forbes points out that the digital euro and EURR are not simply in a substitutive relationship: the former is a public currency issued by the central bank, while the latter is a privately issued on-chain stablecoin. The European digital currency market is developing along these two models simultaneously, with competition focusing on privacy, usability, regulatory clarity, and actual economic value.

realtrumpcoins issued a statement claiming that the news regarding the launch, promotion, or authorization of Trump Coins to issue digital tokens is "completely false," and the related information is a malicious act by a third party.The statement emphasized that Trump Coins has never authorized any digital tokens and will not launch, promote, or authorize any digital tokens in the future. Currently, it is cooperating with relevant law enforcement agencies to investigate this matter and seek accountability from those involved.Earlier reports indicated that the meme coin GOLD was created on Solana yesterday at 7:38, with the related address controlling over 82% of the tokens through token distribution and purchases after the launch. Around 9 o'clock, the merchandise collaboration account @realtrumpcoins1 tweeted containing the GOLD contract address, causing the token's market value to briefly surge to $66 million.Around 11:48, the tweet was deleted, and the related address immediately began to sell off its holdings. The market value of GOLD plummeted from $55 million to $1 million in about 30 seconds, after which the scam operators continued to sell off their tokens, ultimately selling all their holdings and accumulating a profit of approximately 9784.6 SOL (about $1.01 million).

Cosmos Labs released a technical report, admitting that it previously misjudged an integer underflow vulnerability in the Cosmos EVM, which led to attacks on six blockchain networks between August 20 and 25, resulting in a total theft of approximately $5.7 million in tokens. The attacker exploited the vulnerability to underflow account balances to the maximum value of 2^256-1, then performed a reverse operation to transfer the inflated balance out, thereby stealing tokens from the target accounts without creating tokens out of thin air.The report shows that researchers submitted the defect through a bug bounty program on April 25, but testers were unable to reproduce it on the existing Cosmos chain configuration, so Cosmos Labs silently patched it in May. Independent researchers confirmed in early August that the vulnerability affected all Cosmos EVM chains, and Cosmos Labs released a patch on August 19, but the first attack occurred about 20 hours later.In terms of specific losses, MANTRA lost 720.9 million tokens (approximately $3.6 million), TAC lost nearly 3 billion TAC, and KiiChain lost about 148 million KII. Both MANTRA and KiiChain criticized Cosmos Labs for not notifying the affected chains in advance and suggesting a shutdown, with KiiChain stating that the patch would take several days to deploy while a shutdown would only take a few minutes. Cosmos Labs stated that it has coordinated responses with 40 chains and assisted 13 chains in completing repairs or shutdowns before being attacked.

Ajna stated that the protocol was attacked due to a vulnerability, and they are currently investigating abnormal fund flows. They recommend that users withdraw all funds, repay loans, and suspend interactions with the protocol.This incident involves liquidity pools such as syrupUSDC, wstETH, rETH, cbETH, WBTC, WETH/USDC, sDAI, with losses of approximately $775,000, attributed to a liquidation accounting manipulation attack.

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has listed Star Bridge Capital, Star Bridge Capital Group, SBCFX, Star Bridge Capital Group, Star Bridge Capital Pty Limited, and Topical Wealth International Ltd as unlicensed companies, prohibiting them from engaging in any regulated activities in Hong Kong or actively promoting their services to the public in Hong Kong (whether within or outside Hong Kong).Previously, it was reported that Star Bridge Capital experienced an abnormal liquidation incident in London gold trading, and after the incident, the Hong Kong office of the platform was empty. Due to some funds being deposited through USDT stablecoin, tracking the funds has become more difficult. The Hong Kong police have accepted the case and temporarily classified it as fraud, but no arrests have been made yet.

Elon Musk responded to "OpenAI plans to end its partnership with Cursor due to Cursor being acquired by SpaceX." He stated that he "doesn't care at all" and criticized OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman as untrustworthy, claiming they "stole from an open-source non-profit organization."Previously, it was reported that OpenAI plans to terminate its collaboration with Cursor, and the direct access to the model will end on November 12. The co-founder of Cursor stated that they are communicating with the OpenAI team to seek a solution.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the Polymarket prediction market event "Baltimore Orioles vs. Athletics," the sub-market "Baltimore Orioles vs. Athletics" option for "Baltimore Orioles" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 57.5% an hour ago to the current 80% (a fluctuation of 22.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

iTrading platform Catapult Trade announced the completion of a total of $6.6 million in financing across 4 rounds. The seed round investors include KuCoin Ventures, Oddiyana Ventures, Venture Vault VC, and a T1 fund whose name has not yet been disclosed. Angel investors include Blockstreet co-founder and CMO Kyle Klemmer (WLFI and USD1 advisor), veteran trader MacnBTC who entered the market in 2017, and former Manta Network CSO Aamir Ghai (Harvard Blockchain mentor).The private placement round was participated in by operators such as the founder of LIS Skins (with a CS:GO market asset management scale of about $50 million) and the founder of Trady (a multi-chain trading terminal). The KOL round involved over 30 first-line traders and analysts. The financing will support Catapult Turbo (which has achieved a nominal trading volume of $6 billion and a net income of $3.3 million since its launch) and three new products: Gamified Futures, a Gamified Prediction Market powered by Obsidian, and TradFi and crypto classic futures. The $PULT token, as part of the iTrading token plan, is scheduled to launch in the fall of 2026. Strategic round participants will be announced before the TGE and are currently in discussions with several first-line exchanges for listing.

According to Gate market data, U.S. stocks opened with mixed results; the Dow Jones rose by 0.21%, the S&P 500 index rose by 0.05%, and the Nasdaq fell by 0.09%.BioNTech (BNTX.O) fell by about 8.7% after announcing the termination of its Phase 2 clinical trial for colorectal cancer.

According to monitoring by Onchain Lens, the Hyperliquid trader pension-usdt.eth's short position of $191.6 million in ETH held over the past two months was ultimately liquidated, resulting in a loss of approximately $23.93 million.Nevertheless, the trader has still accumulated an overall profit of about $17.22 million.

The Binance contract platform will launch multiple U-based TradFi perpetual contracts on August 28, including TEMUSDT, MRKUSDT, IONQUSDT, MARAUSDT, and PDDUSDT. The launch times are 17:00, 17:05, 17:10, 17:15, and 17:20, with a maximum leverage of up to 20 times.

According to the latest market data from Gate, several tokens in the Gate gStocks stock token sector have performed strongly in the past 24 hours. Among them, the top three performers are: MicroStrategy (MSTRG/USDT), which rose 11.61% in 24 hours, currently priced at $139.00; Circle Internet (CRCLG/USDT), which rose 4.58% in 24 hours, currently priced at $94.68; and Palantir Technologies (PLTRG/USDT), which rose 4.52% in 24 hours, currently priced at $185.38.