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On August 21, OpenAI responded to the differences in Codex usage limits, stating that it would not unilaterally change the relevant rules without communicating with the community first. An official investigation found that affected users often converted subscriptions into API traffic through sub2api and redistributed it, which would be flagged by the fraud prevention system.OpenAI pointed out that using subscriptions normally through Sign in With ChatGPT on official or OSS clients (such as Pi, OpenCode) poses no issues at all.

According to CoinDesk, B2C2, a crypto market maker in which SBI Holdings holds a 90% stake, has been in acquisition negotiations with several potential buyers over the past 18 months.The negotiations have been affected by valuation differences. B2C2 is seeking a transaction price of over $1 billion, and a source indicated that this price is difficult to achieve in the current crypto market environment.Founded in 2015, B2C2 provides deep liquidity for spot, derivatives, structured products, and OTC trading for banks, exchanges, brokerages, hedge funds, and asset management companies. SBI acquired a 90% stake in B2C2 in 2020. B2C2's financial data has not been disclosed separately and is included in SBI's crypto business segment.

According to official documentation, Base plans to activate the B20 token standard on the mainnet at 2:00 (UTC+8) on July 9. B20 is a superset of ERC-20, running as a native precompiled program on Base, which allows for lower transfer costs and higher throughput while maintaining full compatibility with ERC-20.Functions such as roles, supply caps, pausing, strategy gating, memo, and permit are all built into the chain. The standard ERC-20 leaves these logics for users to build, audit, and maintain themselves. With B20, developers only need to call the singleton B20 Factory to create a fully configured token in a single transaction.

Base Senior Developer Advocate Jon Roethke tweeted that the B20 token standard is expected to activate on the Base mainnet on June 27 at 2:00. After the activation of the Base Beryl upgrade, the activation registry may take up to about 1 hour to be fully enabled.B20 is a new native token standard introduced with the Base Beryl upgrade, compatible with ERC-20, suitable for scenarios such as stablecoins, RWA, and equity-like assets.

Coinbase's Layer 2 network Base officially announced the upcoming major upgrade version Beryl, with the core highlight being the introduction of the Base native token standard B20, aimed at providing more comprehensive infrastructure support for the tokenization of on-chain assets.The B20 standard mainly brings three improvements: faster settlement speed, lower transaction costs, and a structured settlement mechanism.Base stated that the aforementioned upgrade will enable global financial assets to operate on the Base chain in the form of "programmable capital," fully enjoying the advantages of transparency, composability, and liquidity brought by on-chain infrastructure.Base emphasizes its positioning as a neutral open blockchain infrastructure, with related products and functions developed by Coinbase or third parties based on Base. Coinbase and Base themselves do not act as issuers, investment advisors, brokers, or underwriters for any third-party assets or transactions.

Cryptocurrency market maker and liquidity provider B2C2 has obtained a crypto asset service provider (CASP) license issued by the Luxembourg Financial Supervisory Authority (CSSF), officially incorporating it into the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) framework.With this license, B2C2 can provide over-the-counter spot trading services across the 27 EU member states and some European Economic Area countries through the MiCA "passporting mechanism," achieving unified compliance for cross-border digital asset liquidity access. The company stated that this approval makes it one of the first global OTC liquidity providers authorized under the MiCA framework, having previously completed VASP registration in Luxembourg in 2024.B2C2 CEO Thomas Restout stated that obtaining MiCA authorization reflects the company's long-term commitment to compliance and governance, and will further enhance its service capabilities in the institutional crypto market. As the MiCA transition period approaches (expected to end in July 2026), more and more crypto companies are accelerating their compliance efforts in the EU, including Coinbase and Kraken, which are also advancing their licensing systems in different jurisdictions in Europe.

According to official news, the second round of the Binance Alpha Bsquared Network (B2) airdrop rewards is now open.Users with at least 225 Binance Alpha Points can claim 50 B2 tokens in a first-come, first-served manner. If the reward pool is not fully claimed, the points threshold will automatically decrease by 5 points every 5 minutes.Claiming the airdrop will consume 15 Binance Alpha Points. Users must confirm their claim on the Alpha event page within 24 hours, otherwise, it will be considered a forfeiture of the airdrop eligibility.

Liquid Capital founder Jack Yi stated on the X platform: "In the past, the wave of crypto VC and project disappearances had a core reason, which is that the financing funds were mostly consumed on: maintaining teams to develop useless web3 products. The biggest misconception is benchmarking against web2 products. Essentially, web3 is a financial industry and does not need to replicate web2 products. The most successful companies in the past crypto industry have all been financial products, from stablecoins and exchanges to successful companies in payments.Now that the AI era has arrived, first, there is no need for large financing to recruit teams, and second, AI + finance presents new opportunities. We believe that excellent founders with a few elites can achieve top-tier companies, which is currently the biggest opportunity in primary investment."

According to Arkham data, at 21:41, an anonymous address (starting with bc1q04r6g...) transferred 1268 BTC to B2C2 Group, with a total value of approximately 845 million USD.250 BTC (worth approximately 16.6658 million USD)277 BTC (worth approximately 18.4657 million USD)260 BTC (worth approximately 17.3324 million USD)200 BTC (worth approximately 13.3326 million USD)281 BTC (worth approximately 18.7323 million USD)

According to The Block, B2C2, a liquidity provider under SBI Holdings, has designated Solana as the primary network for large stablecoin settlements for its institutional clients. B2C2 provides market-making services for platforms such as Robinhood and collaborates with Standard Chartered, Anchorage Digital, Bitget, and others.The company will prioritize supporting stablecoins issued on Solana, including USDC, USDT, PYUSD, USDG, USD1, EURC, FDUSD, and other new varieties in the future. The report noted that Solana has seen an increase in activity for stablecoin settlements recently, with stablecoin trading volume reaching approximately $650 billion in February, but its stablecoin market capitalization still significantly lags behind Ethereum and Tron.

According to Arkham data, at 00:45, 251.57 BTC (worth approximately 10.21 million USD) was transferred from B2C2 Group to an anonymous address (starting with bc1qge...).

According to Arkham data, at 02:12, 1000 PAXG (worth approximately $4.3886 million) was transferred from Paxos to B2C2 Group.

According to Arkham data, at 17:45, 620,300 LINK (worth approximately $5.71 million) was transferred from B2C2 Group to an anonymous address (starting with 0x434A...).

According to Arkham data, at 23:54, 1000 PAXG (worth approximately 4.588 million USD) was transferred from Paxos to B2C2 Group.