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Financial services giant Charles Schwab announced on Thursday that it plans to add Solana, Avalanche, and Chainlink to its cryptocurrency trading platform in the coming months, further expanding beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum, but did not provide specific launch dates. This addition comes about three months after Charles Schwab introduced direct trading of Bitcoin and Ethereum to some retail clients, who previously could only gain exposure to cryptocurrencies through exchange-traded products and stocks of companies like Coinbase and Strategy, without the ability to directly purchase cryptocurrencies.Joe Vietri, head of digital assets at Charles Schwab, stated that this expansion will provide clients with more options for digital asset allocation. Solana focuses on fast, low-cost transactions, Avalanche supports businesses and developers in creating custom blockchains, and Chainlink connects blockchains with external information, providing data such as asset prices for smart contracts. Clients can buy and sell these cryptocurrencies on the official website, mobile app, and thinkorswim platform, with a fee of 75 basis points (0.75%) per transaction.

Charles Schwab announced plans to add trading services for Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX), and Chainlink (LINK) to its Schwab Crypto platform in the coming months.Schwab Crypto began offering clients direct trading in Bitcoin and Ethereum in May 2026. Charles Schwab stated that it will continue to gradually add more cryptocurrencies and digital assets.

According to BBX data, yesterday global publicly listed companies in the U.S. stock market disclosed the latest official ledgers on cryptocurrency asset mining operations, ecological treasury financial reports, and on-chain data infrastructure. The core updates are as follows:Bitdeer (NASDAQ: $BTDR) July production surged 322% year-on-year, total exclusive computing power reached 81.7 EH/s: Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company and AI infrastructure company Bitdeer released its production and operation update for July 2026. In terms of mining, the company mined a total of 1,190 Bitcoins that month (a year-on-year increase of 322%). In terms of computing power scale, self-operated computing power reached approximately 76.7 EH/s, other exclusive computing power 5.0 EH/s, and joint mining computing power 18.7 EH/s, totaling an exclusive computing power of 81.7 EH/s. As of the end of July, the company's balance sheet held a total of 257 Bitcoins (excluding customer deposits).Avalanche Treasury Company AVAT (NASDAQ: $AVAT) holds 15.3 million AVAX, plans to repurchase $10 million in stock: Avalanche ecological cryptocurrency treasury company Avalanche Treasury Company released its financial report for the second quarter of 2026. The company reported a net loss of $44.7 million for the quarter (loss per share of $1.54), of which approximately $35.7 million (about 80%) was a non-cash accounting loss due to changes in the market value of AVAX holdings, and approximately $15.2 million was a one-time cost incurred from business mergers, with core administrative expenses of about $3.5 million. The company's board has approved a $10 million repurchase plan for Class A common stock. As of June 30, the company held approximately 15.3 million AVAX (book value of about $100 million), with net staking income of about $1.5 million for the second quarter (cumulative approximately $3.6 million for the first half of the year).Solana Treasury Company DFDV (NASDAQ: $DFDV) launches State of Solana data dashboard: Nasdaq-listed SOL treasury company DeFi Development Corp announced the launch of the public real-time data research platform State of Solana. This platform integrates Solana's market price, network performance, staking rate, validator distribution, on-chain revenue, and ecological indicators into a unified dashboard, aiming to provide investors with a comprehensive fundamental perspective beyond price fluctuations, and will continue to expand the dataset and visualization analysis tools in the future.

According to businesswire, Nasdaq-listed Avalanche Treasury Company (AVAT) disclosed that as of June 30, it held approximately 15.3 million AVAX, with a book value of about 100 million dollars; the net staking income for the second quarter was 1.5 million dollars, totaling 3.6 million dollars for the first half of the year.The company reported a net loss of 44.7 million dollars in the second quarter, of which approximately 35.7 million dollars came from the fair value changes, realized losses, and impairments of its AVAX holdings, while about 15.2 million dollars were one-time transaction costs incurred from completing the business combination. The company's board also approved a Class A common stock repurchase plan of up to 10 million dollars.

SpaceXAI announced the expansion of the availability of the Grok robot, adding support for SuperGrok Plus, Cursor Pro+, and Cursor Teams packages.

According to The Defiant, Kieran Warwick, co-founder of the Web3 game project Illuvium, stated that the studio has significantly reduced costs over the past six months, and the team recently agreed to further salary cuts. According to him, the adjusted funds can support operations for more than 12 months. He did not disclose the extent of the salary cuts, the number of remaining employees, or the cash reserves.Warwick mentioned that the existing team is almost entirely focused on the MMO game Overworld, with most members having worked together for over three years. In addition to the MMO, there are plans to launch the Celebrations series of Illuvium Beyond, Beyond Chaos, Primal Tactica developed by independent studios, and Loadout, which will allocate tokens for staking contracts, within the year. Primal Tactica will participate in Steam Next Fest in October, and Illuvium will receive most of the revenue.Data from DefiLlama shows that Illuvium's protocol fees and revenue over the past 30 days are approximately $9,781, with a treasury of about $2.78 million. ILV is priced at approximately $3.35, with a market capitalization of about $27.74 million.

On August 20, the B.AI platform DeepSeek-V4-Flash zero-threshold free access event continues. B.AI upholds the vision of "Inclusive Computing Power" and is committed to building a globally leading one-stop AGI infrastructure, continuously lowering the threshold for AI use, allowing developers and Web3 users to easily experience, build, and deploy Agentic applications.Relying on the one-stop AGI infrastructure, B.AI aggregates cutting-edge model matrices from around the world, with built-in intelligent routing to optimize costs and efficiency; stably supporting high-throughput scenarios such as millions of long contexts and Agent workflows; elastic API routing balancing production-level high availability and extreme cost-effectiveness; Web2/Web3 dual channels bridging crypto assets and fiat currency settlement. Currently, DeepSeek-V4-Flash is continuously available for free on both Web and API ends, with $0 access to top model capabilities.

Avalanche development company Ava Labs CEO Emin Gün Sirer announced a leadership adjustment. Charley Cooper has been appointed as the President of Ava Labs, who will drive the transformation of technological foundations into broader global adoption through operational discipline, regulatory experience, and institutional perspective. Former President John Wu has transitioned to Senior Advisor, where his judgment, connections, and business knowledge will continue to play a role.Lydia, who previously served in an interim capacity, has been officially appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Emin Gün Sirer stated that his CEO responsibilities remain unchanged, and he will continue to lead Ava Labs' long-term vision, ensuring that Avalanche becomes an advanced and reliable platform for developers, institutions, and enterprises. He pointed out that the company already possesses the technology, team, and opportunities, with the next focus on execution.

AI programming tool Cursor announces the launch of the Origin code hosting feature, which is now available for early testing to all paid users starting today. This feature supports the creation of new code repositories, bidirectional synchronization with GitHub repositories, and includes pull requests, code browsing, and AI Agent integration capabilities. Users can complete code reading, questioning, modification, and PR merging all within the same interface.The synchronized GitHub repositories support bidirectional comment synchronization. Comments in Cursor will sync to GitHub, and replies on GitHub will also be sent back to Cursor in real-time. Origin also integrates applications such as Vercel, Depot, and Buildkite, allowing PRs to automatically generate preview deployments. Cursor indicates that more native Agent features will be launched in the future. Enterprise users can opt out of this testing program through their administrators.

Only 1 day remains until DeepSeek-V4-Flash is fully open for free on the B.AI platform on August 17. At that time, the web version and API will launch simultaneously, allowing users to enjoy a full range of experiences including code execution, complex agent tasks, and long text processing for free.To help developers use DeepSeek without worrying about costs, B.AI is simultaneously launching three benefits: new users who log in through Binance Wallet, Bitget Wallet, or imToken wallet can receive 1 million free Credits; entering an invitation code can add another 300,000, for a total of up to 1.3 million; both new and existing users can enjoy up to $100 in additional Bonus Credits when recharging.Please note that accounts must retain a small amount of Credits for identity verification, so please prepare in advance. The specific opening time will be announced soon, so please stay tuned to B.AI's official updates.

Z.ai released GLM-5.3, which is based on the same foundational model as GLM-5.2, achieving capability improvements through expanded post-training. The official statement claims that GLM-5.3 has improved by 50% on the internal Z.ai Code Bench coding benchmark compared to GLM-5.2, and has reached leading levels among open models in public benchmarks such as Terminal Bench 3 and Agents' Last Exam.In terms of cybersecurity, GLM-5.3 achieved a score of 84.5% in the CyberGym vulnerability discovery test, and showed significant improvements in exploitation chain-related tests such as ExploitBench and ExploitGym compared to its predecessor.

The B.AI APP for Android officially launched on August 12, providing a complete mobile experience that continues the core functionalities of the web version. This update introduces the "Service Availability Detection" feature, which includes a built-in API and real-time detection mechanism for web lines, helping users quickly obtain available access addresses and reducing the impact of changes in network environments.Android users can visit the B.AI official website, click the "APP" button in the upper right corner to scan the QR code, or directly scan the official poster QR code to complete the installation.

B.AI welcomes several major updates this week. In terms of benefits, new users can log in with Bitget Wallet, Binance Wallet, or imToken Wallet to instantly receive 1 million free Credits; logging in with an invitation code grants an additional 300,000, with a maximum cumulative total of 1.3 million when combined with the exclusive wallet login gift. Referrers also enjoy permanent rebates on friend deposits and subscriptions. Recharge discounts are released simultaneously, with a 1:1 equivalent quota gift exclusive to the BNB Chain channel, while various other payment methods enjoy a 1:0.5 rebate, with a maximum of $100 worth of points available per user.On the model side, there is another breakthrough, as the "Self-selected Service Provider" lineup is significantly expanded this week, adding the Nebula channel and launching historic calling discounts as low as 10%; at the same time, Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen flagship model Qwen3.8-Max officially lands on the platform, now open for a limited-time free experience. Currently, the self-selected mode has fully covered global mainstream large model series such as Claude, GPT, and Gemini, combined with recharge gifts and multiple discount tiers, continuously releasing extreme computing power cost-effectiveness for global developers and enterprise users.

According to Business Insider, the American industrial robotics startup Avatar Robotics has completed a $6.5 million seed round of financing, led by AlleyCorp and Defy.vc, with participation from Headline and Henry Ford III.The company allows operators to remotely control robots through Meta Quest headsets and controllers to perform picking and packing tasks in warehouses, charging based on usage and at a cost lower than directly hiring warehouse workers. Avatar does not sell hardware but procures robot bodies from China, providing labor services through remote operation while recording the data of what the robots see and the operators' reactions, which is used to train AI models for more autonomous operations.

According to Cryptopolitan, the Kenya National Examinations Council has begun writing the country's academic records onto the Avalanche C-Chain for instant online certificate verification. Currently, over 15 million records have been put on-chain, and the system is expected to expand to about 35 million records, covering junior high school, high school, advanced diplomas, and teacher certification.Previously, verifying paper certificates took weeks to months and there were issues with forgery. The project is being implemented by a local tech company on the LegitDoc platform.

According to The Block, a Telegram spokesperson stated that Telegram has been re-listed on the Apple App Store and will soon be available to all users again. The independent monitoring platform AppleCensorship shows that Telegram is currently available in 172 tested App Store regions.

According to the official blog of Ava Labs, the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) announced that through a local technology service provider, it has anchored national academic certification data to the Avalanche C-Chain, officially establishing a national electronic certification system.The system has already recorded over 15 million historical academic records on-chain, dating back to 1989, and nearly 1 million KCSE candidates' certificates for 2025 have now been exclusively issued through this platform.In the future, the system is expected to cover approximately 35 million verifiable records, encompassing various educational levels including primary school, secondary school, higher diplomas, and government teacher training certifications. The new system will significantly compress the verification time from the original weeks or even months to seconds, completely replacing the old processes that relied on manual reviews and traditional databases, effectively preventing fraud such as certificate forgery and counterfeit verification websites.KNEC CEO David Njengere stated that candidates can now securely access, download, and verify their KCSE certificates online without having to rely on physical certificates.

According to Jinshi reports, on August 1, the Southern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army organized joint sea and air exercises in the territorial waters, airspace, and surrounding maritime areas of Huangyan Island. This action is a necessary measure in response to the current situation in the South China Sea and the actions of certain regional countries that undermine peace and stability in the area, aiming to test and enhance the troops' practical capabilities in safeguarding national territorial sovereignty and maritime rights.

According to Globenewswire, the stablecoin issuer Mandela Digital announced the completion of a $5 million financing round, with participation from Datavault AI. The new funds will be used for the construction of stablecoin infrastructure, compliance, exchange integration, liquidity and marketing, as well as to accelerate the launch of the 1:1 dollar-pegged stablecoin Mandela Dollar (MUSD).It is reported that Datavault AI will also provide technical support for MUSD, including an AI platform, blockchain tokenization, SanQtum quantum-resistant encryption, and a framework for real-world assets (RWA).