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Arthur Hayes published a new long article titled "Safety First," with the core argument that the claims of "safety first" by Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX, which lead to a slowdown in AGI development, are not out of concern for human welfare but rather due to economic realities. The market does not want AI; it wants AI at "Chinese prices," meaning it needs intelligence that is 100 times cheaper than what is currently available. Hayes points out that "safety first" essentially destroys the demand for computing power. If the spending on training new models decreases and laboratories shift towards efficiency optimization, customers will spend less on computing power. The three major AI laboratories do not generate any profits, and their demand for computing power supports over $10 trillion in investment-grade debt and hundreds of billions in low-quality debt, which rely on profitable tech companies like Nvidia, Broadcom, Google, and Microsoft for off-balance-sheet endorsements. The real backstop is the holders of insurance policies in the United States.Hayes cites an analysis by Nick Nameth that reveals a "self-insurance scam": private equity giants (such as Apollo, KKR, Brookfield, etc.) acquire insurance companies, stuffing AI data center debt and SaaS private credit impacted by AI into insurance assets, and then provide false endorsements with minimal capital through affiliated self-insurance reinsurance companies. Nameth estimates that the total amount of these false reinsurance assets reaches $1.54 trillion. Once the AI data center debt is downgraded by rating agencies due to insufficient demand for computing power, insurance companies will be forced to add capital, while the affiliated reinsurance companies will be unable to pay, leading to insolvency for the insurance companies. In most states in the U.S., the insurance protection limit is only $250,000 to $300,000, and existing insurance companies only pay into the protection fund afterward, which encourages all parties involved to maximize risk-taking. When AIG was bailed out in 2008, TARP funds ultimately flowed to Goldman Sachs and led to record bonuses, while the general public only received foreclosure notices; Hayes believes this scenario will repeat itself.For cryptocurrency investors, the conclusion is a win-win situation. If the U.S. government chooses to become the "last buyer of computing power," it will print money in the name of national security to fund unproductive economic goods, driving up financial speculation and Bitcoin prices; if the government chooses to bail out insolvent insurance companies, it will also need to print money to cover bad AI debts, increasing the money supply and pushing up Bitcoin. Hayes specifically points out that the Federal Reserve voted unanimously last week to raise interest rates by 25 basis points, and RMP bond purchases have stopped since August 14, but commercial banks have taken over to create over $100 billion in currency, and the interest rate hike allows banks to earn an additional $7.5 billion in excess reserve interest each year. This money will be used to expand loans and market speculation, and the net effect remains stimulative. The fluctuations in the cryptocurrency market, which saw a slight increase at the end of August, are about to end, the supply of dollars will continue to grow, and Bitcoin and some selected altcoins will rise. Hayes also described this situation as "incredibly wonderful," stating that the government will not allow the free market to stop building AI data centers, there will be an oversupply of spot computing power, the usage of AI agents will increase, and the surge in money printing will drive investors to chase cryptocurrency assets.

Cronos CEO Ryan Wyatt posted on the X platform that the team will announce the eligibility rules for its network token launch platform project on Crypto.com this week.The Cronos app will go live in 10 days, and the tokenomics proposal aims to use 100% of the app's revenue for the buyback and destruction of CRO.

KOL Ansem (@blknoiz06) announced the launch of the first on-chain index z500 on Ansem.io. The protocol allows new project teams to airdrop a portion of their token supply to $ANSEM holders at the time of token issuance, and to demonstrate long-term alignment intentions by buying and burning $ANSEM, thereby improving their ranking on the z500 leaderboard. $ANSEM holders only need to hold one token to gain exposure to multiple successful projects through automatic airdrops.Ansem stated that Pump.fun solved the token creation problem but has yet to address the filtering and curation issues. z500 requires teams to invest value upfront (such as buying and burning $ANSEM) to enhance transparency and filter long-term projects, reducing bundled sell-offs and quick exits. The leaderboard will showcase teams that buy and burn the most $ANSEM and those with the best market performance of airdropped tokens. Ansem claims it will actively share the top projects on the list and noted that the market cap of $ANSEM has risen from about $200,000 to over $200 million since its takeover.This mechanism aims to flip the creator economy model, allowing brands to deliver value directly to $ANSEM holders instead of paying KOLs who might sell off, thus providing productized alignment marketing for quality teams while enhancing network effects.

According to The Defiant, Geoff Kendrick, the Global Head of Digital Assets Research at Standard Chartered Bank, stated that the previously set target price of $100 for UNI by the end of 2030 may be too low. Kendrick pointed out that the protocol fee burn rate for Uniswap on the Robinhood Chain exceeded previous expectations.Data shows that from July 27 to August 12, the average daily income of the Uniswap protocol was approximately $244,000, annualizing to about $89.1 million, all of which was used for repurchasing and burning UNI. Based on the current price of about $3.53, the annualized burn amount accounts for approximately 4% of the circulating supply (624.2 million tokens). Kendrick described this burn rate as "clearly unsustainable," and even with his target price of $6.5 by the end of 2026, the annualized burn rate would still reach 2.2%, which is also difficult to maintain in the long term, and does not account for more collaborations similar to Robinhood.In the recent 7 days, the total income of the Uniswap protocol was approximately $1.55 million, with the Robinhood Chain contributing about $925,000, accounting for about 60%. Uniswap has deployed v2, v3, v4, and UniswapX on this chain, becoming a major public AMM.

On-chain data shows that the cumulative destruction amount of the JST black hole address has exceeded 1.604 billion, with the current on-chain value approximately 161 million USD. Since the launch of the buyback and burn plan, JustLend DAO has completed four rounds of buyback and burn driven by real protocol revenue, all operations are publicly traceable on-chain.As of now, the cumulative destruction amount of JST has surpassed 17% of the total supply, and the deflation process continues to deepen. As a core infrastructure of the TRON DeFi ecosystem, JustLend DAO will continue to promote the iterative upgrade of the buyback and burn mechanism, supported by real protocol revenue, continuously strengthening the deflationary path of JST, and creating a more certain long-term value anchor for holders.

The 51st repurchase and destruction of SUN tokens has been successfully completed. Since its launch in December 2021, the total amount destroyed has exceeded 678 million tokens (678,547,188.32 tokens), continuously demonstrating the deflationary effect. Among them, the three major business lines of SunSwap V2, SunPump, and SunX contributed approximately 382 million tokens, 286 million tokens, and 10.7 million tokens respectively, providing solid support for the long-term destruction mechanism through diversified revenue sources.The number of tokens destroyed this period is 9,025,027.40 tokens, and all tokens have been transferred to the black hole address for permanent storage. This mechanism continues to reduce the circulating supply in the market, further strengthening the scarcity attribute of SUN tokens and laying a solid foundation for the long-term healthy development of the token economic model. The SUN team will unwaveringly promote the repurchase and destruction strategy, continuously enhancing ecological value and giving back to the community for their long-standing trust and support.

The decentralized AI infrastructure project DeAgentAI, leading in the SUI and BNB ecosystems, announced the completion of a $5 million AIA token buyback plan. It is reported that the first batch of 1 million AIA tokens has been executed early, and the second batch of 10 million AIA tokens has been completed, with a total of 11 million tokens destroyed, accounting for 23.1% of the total repurchased amount, all sent to a black hole address for permanent destruction.Notably, DeAgentAI announced that the quarterly destruction mechanism is officially online, and the AIA destruction plan will continue to be executed quarterly, marking the normalization of the deflationary mechanism. The source of the buyback funds is the project protocol revenue and its own AI trading model profits, unrelated to external financing or token issuance.On-chain destruction record: 8G2MPM3sK7zEqax715HqLqAPzTvw6JV5yDUHepZ1Nycr

JustLend DAO has successfully executed the fourth $JST token buyback and burn plan based on the community-approved burn plan proposal.This time, a total of 355,021,530.97 JST was burned, which includes 248,357,799 JST from the buyback and burn in the second quarter of 2026, as well as approximately 106,663,731.97 JST from the historical stability fee accumulation of USDJ.Thus, the JST deflationary mechanism continues to advance steadily, becoming a systematic project driven by real protocol revenue and executed transparently on-chain. This burn further reduces the circulating supply of JST in the market, reflecting the community's strong consensus on the long-term value of the token economic model and injecting stronger confidence into the sustainable development of the ecosystem.

According to the official announcement, the on-chain burn of GateToken (GT) for the second quarter of 2026 has been officially completed, with a total of 2,570,063.3829548 GT transferred to the burn address, with a burn value exceeding 17.75 million USD.Since the launch of the Gate Chain mainnet in 2019, GT has implemented a continuous burn mechanism, and as of now, a total of 189,947,219 GT has been burned, with a total burn value exceeding 1.311 billion USD (based on quarterly average prices). The total supply of tokens has significantly decreased from the initial 300 million by approximately 63.32%.As the only Gas token of Gate Layer, the usage frequency of GT continues to increase. As underlying infrastructure, Gate Layer provides high-performance network support for applications such as Gate Perp DEX, Gate Fun, Gate Meme Go, and Gate Swap. Gate will continue to implement a long-term, stable GT burn mechanism to create a closer positive cycle between the token economic model and real usage demand and ecological expansion.

According to the official announcement, the on-chain burn of GateToken (GT) for the first quarter of 2026 has been officially completed, with a total of 2,557,729.381387 GT transferred to the burn address, with a burn value exceeding 20.68 million USD.Since the launch of the Gate Chain mainnet in 2019, GT has implemented a continuous burn mechanism, and as of now, a total of 187,377,156 GT has been burned, with a total burn value exceeding 1.382 billion USD (calculated at current prices), reducing the total token supply from the initial 300 million by approximately 62.46%. With the launch of Gate Layer and the gradual rollout of native applications such as Gate Perp DEX, Gate Fun, and Meme Go, the usage frequency of GT, as the only Gas token of Gate Layer, continues to increase.At the same time, Gate promotes the coordinated development of infrastructure and applications such as Gate for AI Agent, GateClaw, Gate.AI, and GateRouter, driving the simultaneous growth of on-chain transaction and interaction demand. Gate will continue to implement a long-term, stable GT burn mechanism, creating a tighter positive cycle between the token economic model and real usage demand and ecological expansion.

According to the official announcement, the fiftieth repurchase and burn of SUN tokens has been completed.From November 27, 2025, to April 25, 2026 (Singapore time), a total of 18,835,780.1486 SUN tokens were repurchased and burned, which have been transferred to the black hole address. Since December 15, 2021, the total amount burned has reached 669,522,160.92 tokens, of which 374,520,754.74 tokens were burned through SunSwap V2 revenue, 285,879,914.81 tokens were burned through SunPump revenue, and 9,121,491.37 tokens were burned through SunX revenue.SUN continues to deflate, and the token economic model is further strengthened.

According to TRONSCAN data, the JST treasury address (TZJVQuU3CJqBScwoxhRtkxQ7JjsNNrpEag) continues to extract funds from protocol earnings and transfer them to the black hole address (T9yD14Nj9j7xAB4dbGeiX9h8unkKHxuWwb) for permanent destruction.As of now, the black hole address has cumulatively destroyed over 1.356 billion JST, accounting for 13.7% of the total supply. All operations are publicly traceable on-chain, and the ongoing deflation driven by real earnings is continuously strengthening the scarcity of JST, building long-term support for the token's value. This also marks a new phase of value growth for JST, driven by both intrinsic profits and a transparent mechanism.

According to official data, JST has burned 271 million $JST in this single instance, equivalent to a value of approximately 21.3 million USD, accounting for 2.74% of the current total supply. At the same time, the treasury reserves have exceeded the 100 million USD mark, providing a solid guarantee for the continued advancement of the subsequent deflation process. All funds for repurchase and destruction come from the actual income generated by the protocol, thereby establishing an automated deflationary closed loop driven by actual earnings, where repurchase and destruction operate continuously. This marks that $JST is steadily moving towards a sustainable, endogenous, and long-term viable economic model.