community

The non-small number joint AtlasX Protocol promotes the non-small number × GWDC 2026 Innovation Forum. AtlasX Protocol will participate as a co-organizer in this forum, which will be held on September 29, 2026, at AT CENTER in Seoul, South Korea, focusing on stock tokenization, Web3, and AI leadership summit.AtlasX Protocol will participate in this forum as a co-organizer. The project will introduce AI Agent into the Web3 event information organization and community interaction scenarios, attempting to connect decentralized events, content, and user participation into a sustainable product experience. During the conference, AtlasX Protocol project guest Xiao Qi will also give a speech, serving as the Global Chief Strategy Officer of AtlasX Protocol.The GWDC Korea event is expected to attract 5,000 participants, with guests and institutions such as Sun Yuchen, Microsoft, Bithumb, and Animoca Brands also appearing at the same venue. AtlasX Protocol will leverage this opportunity to bring AI event tracking, content collaboration, and community participation topics into a larger public setting.

The decentralized AI infrastructure project DGrid AI announced that its community-driven AI model evaluation platform DGrid AI Arena has launched the Points-to-$DGAI redemption mechanism. Users can earn points by participating in AI model evaluations and redeem them for $DGAI, further connecting user participation, model feedback, and ecological incentives.It is reported that since its launch, DGrid AI Arena has attracted over 570,000 users to participate in reviews, generating more than 2.5 million model evaluation votes. The platform employs an anonymous model battle mechanism, where users compare two sets of AI outputs and choose the better response, continuously accumulating evaluation data from real scenarios.DGrid stated that AI Arena is not only a model evaluation and community incentive platform but also the community intelligence layer within the DGrid AI ecosystem. By continuously gathering real user preference signals across different tasks, the platform can more accurately understand the performance of different models in specific scenarios, further optimizing model selection and routing mechanisms, making AI services more aligned with real user needs.Previously, DGrid AI's native token $DGAI has been listed on Binance Alpha and several exchanges such as OKX and Bybit, further promoting the ecological application and community participation of $DGAI.

According to Bitcoin Magazine, Matthew Sigel, the head of digital asset research at asset management company VanEck, stated in an interview with CNBC that quantum computing poses a risk to Bitcoin, but the community has recognized the seriousness of the issue. He pointed out that due to the decentralized nature of the crypto network, progress in addressing this issue may be slow, but the community is advancing related work.Sigel said, "This is a risk, but the community has already recognized the scope of the problem, and a large number of talents have gathered and proposed a framework for upgrading the system." He added, "Upgrades will not happen quickly because no CEO can tell developers 'do it now.' The governance process takes more time, and the process is more complex, but there are technical paths to achieve quantum resistance, and you will see more related progress in the coming years."Currently, quantum computers still have error rate issues and cannot crack Bitcoin's encryption algorithms. Some Bitcoin developers have begun testing quantum-resistant signatures on real-time sidechains. Coinbase plans to build a post-quantum signature pipeline using secure enclaves and threshold cryptography, and the Bitcoin Security Alliance, composed of BlackRock, Fidelity Digital Assets, Block, and others, is also supporting proposals like BIP-360 to reduce long-term quantum computing risks.

Zcash holders voted overwhelmingly to support speeding up transaction times while retaining the Bitcoin-like halving mechanism. This governance vote was for Zcash's next major network upgrade, NU7, with nearly 2.4 million ZEC participating in the vote, accounting for about two-thirds of the approximately 3.6 million eligible ZEC at the time of the snapshot. The results were calculated based on ZEC weight, with each eligible ZEC representing one vote.Among them, 99.9% of participating ZEC supported reducing the block time from 75 seconds to 25 seconds, 98.9% supported retaining the Bitcoin-like halving mechanism, 96.6% supported postponing the fee reissuance of the Network Sustainability Mechanism (NSM) until February 20231, and 99.3% supported launching NU7 as soon as possible, giving up any unrealized features before the deadline of September 30.This vote was limited to holders of ZEC in Zcash's latest privacy transaction pool, Ironwood. The ballots were encrypted and split into 16 parts for counting, making it impossible for validators to reconstruct the specific holders' votes and balances. Previously, a sentiment survey in February for NU7 only attracted 7.25% of circulating ZEC to participate. The voting results themselves will not directly change the network; the relevant features still need to be implemented, tested, and included in the final upgrade.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessenet stated on social media: The CLARITY Act is crucial for ensuring that the United States wins the global new technology race. This is also the reason Congress passed the GENIUS Act, aimed at ensuring the construction of revolutionary financial technology infrastructure for stablecoins in the United States.Bessenet noted that ensuring the continued prosperity of the U.S. community banking sector has been a consistent focus since he took office. The government's dual emphasis on promoting the development of new digital technologies and appropriately adjusting community bank regulations is key to driving U.S. economic growth in both sectors. The final draft of the CLARITY Act advances this mission by granting the Treasury Secretary additional powers to take action when changes in the facts of deposit outflows adversely affect community banks.Bessenet stated: If stablecoins harm community banks, he will not hesitate to use these tools to ensure they are fully protected. Community banks are vital to the performance of the U.S. economy and Main Street growth; economic security is national security, and community banks play an important role in this principle.

GoPlus Chinese Community issued a security alert stating that a newly activated external account address has initiated a malicious governance proposal against Ampleforth. The proposal, titled "Application for Completed Work Funding for SPOT Ecosystem Analysis Tool," attempts to transfer 2.5 million USDC from the treasury to the proposer, an amount that nearly accounts for all the liquid funds in the treasury.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated, "Community banks will have stronger competitiveness and opportunities to win the market if they adopt stablecoins. Coinbase is collaborating with Moov to help over 1,000 community banks integrate stablecoin-related capabilities into their existing systems. This will bring faster settlement speeds, lower costs, and real-time access to funds. The discussions in Washington regarding stablecoins and community banks overlook the most important point: stablecoins are an opportunity."

According to CryptoSlate, the voting in the Zcash community regarding the NU7 network upgrade will close on September 14. The core issue is to replace the periodic halving with a smooth issuance curve, and another issue is whether to shorten the block interval from 75 seconds to 25 seconds.This proposal does not change the total supply cap of ZEC, only adjusts the pace of new coin release; the vote is advisory in nature, and even if passed, development and deployment still need to be completed. ZEC recently reached a new high since 2018, currently priced at $1,093.21, ranking 10th by market capitalization.

Renowned trader Bonk Guy responded to recent doubts from the STONK community regarding his purchase of EMBER, stating that some community members believe his acquisition of another Launchpad token implies an attempt to challenge STONK's industry position. This reaction is "very exaggerated." The second-largest holder of STONK previously bought EMBER with a market value of 2.8 million dollars and continued to hold it for many days without facing any scrutiny; however, after Bonk Guy purchased EMBER at a valuation approximately six times his buying price, he was viewed as the "villain," clearly indicating a double standard.Bonk Guy emphasized that he remains optimistic about STONK, noting that he has primarily traded low market cap projects for a long time because he believes these assets have a higher risk-reward ratio. He rarely buys large market cap tokens, even if he is optimistic about their future performance. He also stated that his purchase of EMBER had no "PvP" (player versus player competition) intentions, asserting that STONK and EMBER can both succeed simultaneously. He believes that the notion that "there can only be one winner in a race" contradicts the essence of the cryptocurrency industry.

According to Cointelegraph, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has partnered with financial platform Moov to provide stablecoin infrastructure for over 1,000 community banks and credit unions within Moov's customer base. The two parties will combine Coinbase's regulated digital asset infrastructure with Moov's payment platform to offer stablecoin payment acceptance, settlement, and real-time funding services.This infrastructure will support use cases such as consumer stablecoin payments, merchant settlements, and payments, and will provide businesses and merchants access to Coinbase's custodial accounts. U.S. community banks typically have total assets of less than $10 billion, including state-chartered institutions and savings and loan holding companies.This collaboration comes as major U.S. banks are experimenting with stablecoin infrastructure. On Wednesday, U.S. Bank, the fifth-largest commercial bank in the U.S., completed a real-time cross-border payment using its proprietary stablecoin USBDC on the Stellar blockchain. Earlier this month, 21 financial institutions, including Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and UBS, announced plans to form a company to issue stablecoins. Additionally, Western Union also partnered with stablecoin infrastructure provider Rain in August to launch a digital wallet and Visa-branded card.

According to the official statement from Osmosis, the proposal for the solution regarding the previous Nomic chain nBTC incident is now online and has officially entered community discussion.According to the proposal, the Osmosis governance community will consider confiscating the previously frozen assets of the attacker and using the accumulated BTC in the community fund pool to cover the remaining collateral gap, in order to restore the full collateral support for Alloyed BTC. Currently, this plan still needs to go through governance discussion and voting, and the asset confiscation or collateral replenishment has not yet been completed.

Former Magic Eden community data analysis contributor and founder of Magic Lab, Ben Gruenbaum, posted on X, accusing the NFT market Magic Eden of changing rewards, governance, products, and strategic direction after users locked up $ME for the long term. He stated that $ME has a fixed supply of 1 billion, of which 225 million are reserved for active user rewards over four years and are unlocked linearly, with the longest lock-up period being four years and no early withdrawal allowed. After distributing 10 million $ME in Season 1, an additional 2.3 million was added due to issues, and the rewards for Season 2 increased from 8 million to 10 million.The community fund was launched with 5 million $ME. The proposal supported by Magic Lab requested 295,000 $ME (approximately $177,000 at $0.60), but the budget shrank due to price declines. Users continued to lock up during the shutdown of the Bitcoin and EVM markets, as well as the Runes infrastructure and wallet, with rewards shifting to USDC. Magic Eden promised $75 million to Dicey, and some top stakers reported issues receiving USDC and have filed lawsuits. Gruenbaum stated that this is not a story about the token's decline, but rather about changes in ecosystem factors after users made long-term commitments.

Well-known trader Bonk Guy posted that his stance on Solana and its related ecosystem is gradually shifting from pessimistic to bullish. Previously, he believed that Robinhood Chain and BNB Chain might outperform Solana in this cycle and had written a related analysis, but it has not been publicly released yet.The change in attitude mainly stems from Solana's recent renewed focus on the on-chain meme trading community, proactive communication from key individuals, and the official account and co-founder Toly beginning to publicly pay attention to ecosystem projects like STONK and USELESS. He believes this reflects that Solana is more actively supporting projects and communities that can drive ecosystem growth.He emphasized that his doubts have never been about Solana's technology and infrastructure, but rather about the ecosystem culture and the influence of certain profit-seekers on users. Given the recent changes, he has submitted his original bearish analysis to the Solana team and stated that if it is made public later, he will provide more insights and background on Solana's stance.

Layer1 blockchain Linera posted on X that the LNRA community round commitment period has ended, failing to reach the minimum target of 1.5 million USDC. A total of 617 participants from 69 countries committed a total of 848,271 USDC.The related website will be updated soon to begin processing refunds, which will be returned to the same wallet used at the time of commitment. An announcement will be made once the refund process is live, and further updates will be released after the refund period ends.

The meme coin LAPTOP, launched by Hunter Biden, the son of former U.S. President, announced the airdrop details on social media, with 20% of the total supply of LAPTOP tokens to be distributed for free to the community. Among this, 2% is reserved for users who incurred losses in Trump-related meme coins and other designated groups, 8% is allocated to Hunter Biden Substack subscribers as of September 6, 2026, and another 10% is set aside for future community airdrops.Claims will open on September 9, 2026, at 8:00 AM (Eastern Time), and community users will have 30 days to claim from the launch date. LAPTOP is a meme coin created for entertainment and community engagement purposes and does not represent any equity, ownership, or other economic interests.

According to News.bitcoin, the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), which has about 5,000 community banks, opposes the CLARITY Act, emphasizing that there is no room for compromise on the issue of stablecoin rewards. ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey stated that the "loopholes" related to stablecoin rewards must be completely closed, and there is no compromise solution. ICBA claims that stablecoins could lead to $1.3 trillion in deposits leaving the banking system and reduce local lending by $850 billion.Rebeca Romero Rainey indicated that there are no signs that cryptocurrencies will replace these deposits and reinvest them back into local communities. She also criticized the report titled "Impact of the Stablecoin Reward Ban on Bank Lending" released by the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) for downplaying banks' concerns about deposit outflows. The Senate plans to vote on the CLARITY Act on September 15; if it fails to gain the support of at least 60 senators, the bill will not proceed to further consideration and may halt progress for the foreseeable future.

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), representing about 5,000 community banks in the United States, is opposing the Clarity for Digital Assets Act (CLARITY Act). ICBA Chair and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey stated that the "loopholes" related to stablecoin rewards must be completely closed, with no compromise solutions. The ICBA claims that stablecoins could lead to $1.3 trillion in deposits leaving the banking system and reduce local lending by $850 billion.The association has prompted Republican Senators Josh Hawley and Jerry Moran to oppose the current version of the bill. Rebeca Romero Rainey indicated that there are no signs that cryptocurrencies will replace these deposits and reinvest them into local communities. She also criticized the report titled "Impact of the Stablecoin Yield Ban on Bank Lending" released by the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) for downplaying banks' concerns about deposit outflows. The Senate plans to vote on the CLARITY Act on September 15; if it cannot secure support from at least 60 senators, the bill will not proceed to further consideration and may halt progress for the foreseeable future.

The real-time market application underlying protocol Linera announces the opening of pre-registration for the $LNRA community round, aimed at traders, badge recipients, community members, and external participants, allowing for token purchases before Season 1 and TGE. Pre-registration is open from now until September 1 UTC, with the subscription period from September 1 to 8 UTC. Participants can join at a fixed price / FDV using USDC on Base through sale.linera.net, with round pricing and scale to be announced on August 28.This round is divided into a reserved pool for badge holders and an open pool for all registered users. Badges can be earned daily through trading and social activities on app.linera.xyz and claimed at portal.linera.net. Higher levels and points determine the priority order for the reserved pool; the open pool is allocated proportionally, with a single wallet limit of $100,000. For every $1 committed, 1 Commitment Credit is earned, which can be used for fee-free trading volume in Season 1 on app.linera.xyz, with refunds also counted.It is reported that 65% of the total supply belongs to the community (including reserves and this pre-sale), while investors and early contributors hold a total of 25%, with a three-year vesting period from distribution. Linera claims there are currently about 50,000 traders, over 80 million predictions, and over 2 billion test trades, nearing the launch of the mainnet.

The Ethereum community has released a deposit contract EIP proposal that supports post-quantum computing. The proposal aims to introduce a new contract that supports variable-length public keys and credential metadata, along with a clear scheme identifier, where scheme 0 is reserved for the current BLS deposits.The new contract no longer relies on the Merkle tree structure of the old deposit contract but instead passes deposit information to the consensus layer through execution requests derived from EIP-7685 logs. This contract features an irreversible mode controlled by protocol system calls: deposits are initially disabled, BLS deposits are enabled at a specified timestamp, and BLS deposits are permanently disabled at a later timestamp, with no option for re-enabling. During the migration period, the execution client must merge deposit requests from the new and old contracts.