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On August 24, according to Caixin, the National Development and Reform Commission released the "Measures for the Administration of Foreign Investment (Revised Draft for Public Comment)" and is publicly soliciting opinions from society, from August 21 to September 20, 2026. The "Draft for Comments" expands the definition of investors from enterprises to domestic enterprises, other organizations, and individual residents, and clarifies that reinvestment by investors abroad also falls under foreign investment.In the section on foreign investment regulation, regarding the classification and regulatory division of foreign investment, the procedures for approval and filing, and other matters, investors must obtain foreign investment approval documents or filing notices before implementing foreign investments. For individual residents newly included as investors, the approval authority is the National Development and Reform Commission, and the filing authority is the provincial development and reform department of their registered residence or habitual residence.

According to Criptonoticias, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated on August 23 that developing countries such as Venezuela, Argentina, Bolivia, and Turkey are increasingly using USDT, primarily for domestic and cross-border trade, and as a digital dollar and value storage tool in situations of rapid depreciation of local currencies, cash shortages in dollars, or restricted financial systems.Among them, small and medium-sized enterprises in Venezuela use USDT to settle import and export businesses, Bolivia has used it for commercial transactions including fuel procurement, Argentina's street economy and peer-to-peer markets widely use USDT for value preservation and exchange, and residents in Turkey also use USDT to cope with ongoing inflation.

Real Vision founder Raoul Pal stated that the charts he closely monitors show that Bitcoin has entered an oversold zone of more than two standard deviations relative to the Nasdaq and is currently rising rapidly. He mentioned that he will continue to observe but believes that in the long term, crypto assets should outperform the Nasdaq.Raoul Pal pointed out that such long-term structural trends are of significant reference value for asset allocation. This view is based on the relative strength performance of Bitcoin against the Nasdaq.

NVIDIA is in deep negotiations to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Cloverleaf Infrastructure, a developer of power infrastructure for data centers. Cloverleaf primarily secures stable power supplies and land with power supply conditions for large data center projects, with a current project reserve scale exceeding 10 gigawatts. This potential deal will further expand NVIDIA's layout in the artificial intelligence infrastructure field to ensure the data center capacity needed for its chips in the future.Previously, NVIDIA has also invested in power developers such as Lancium and SB Energy, a subsidiary of SoftBank.

Binance founder CZ stated that he supports tokenization across all blockchains. He pointed out that although this will bring about the issue of "fragmented liquidity," it is the fastest way to drive the industry's development and can be promoted collaboratively by multiple parties.

U.S. President Trump stated that the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) may surpass that of the internet and anything humanity has ever seen, calling for enhanced regulation while avoiding restrictions on the development of the AI industry. Trump claimed that the U.S. currently leads the world in the field of AI, and the government should promote the construction of AI infrastructure, including accelerating the development of data centers and supporting power facilities.He noted that AI companies are building new power generation facilities to supply data centers rather than relying on outdated power grids. Trump also urged state governments and local officials to support AI data center projects, believing they will bring a large number of jobs, tax revenue, and investment. However, he also acknowledged that the AI industry faces public image pressure, as some regions are opposing due to the electricity consumption, water resource usage, and environmental impact caused by data centers.

According to The Block, Ethereum ecosystem core contributor Nethermind announced that after a "comprehensive review," it will exit the LayerZero decentralized validation network (DVN) business and migrate its cross-chain infrastructure to the Chainlink network. Nethermind stated that it has ceased operations of LayerZero's DVN and joined the Chainlink network as a node operator and strategic technology provider.In the future, Nethermind will provide engineering tools, infrastructure services, and integration support for blockchain application developers. It is reported that this shift occurred after the LayerZero ecosystem experienced a security incident. In April of this year, the rsETH cross-chain bridge of Kelp DAO was attacked, resulting in a loss of approximately 116,500 rsETH, valued at about $292 million at the time. Following this incident, several companies have begun to shift their cross-chain operations from LayerZero to Chainlink. However, Nethermind did not explicitly state whether this migration is directly related to the Kelp DAO incident, nor did it disclose any specific technical issues with LayerZero or changes in commercial terms between the two parties.

Marvell Technology (MRVL.O) announced a chip product development agreement with Google.

According to GoPlus monitoring, the VSCode extension Solidity Pro has been poisoned, and historical versions have malicious capabilities such as data theft and remote execution.It is recommended that developers immediately check the relevant extensions they have installed and increase their vigilance towards third-party plugins.

According to Bloomberg, TikTok is developing a "peer-to-peer" payment feature that allows users to transfer money to each other via private messages, with evidence coming from the code of the U.S. version of the TikTok App. The interactive design of this feature is quite complete, allowing the recipient to "click to accept" to complete the payment, while the sender can attach a text message. Changes in transaction status will be communicated to the sender in real-time via push notifications, providing an experience similar to PayPal's Venmo.TikTok responded that this feature "is not currently in testing in any market," and the report also noted that there are no signs guaranteeing that TikTok will definitely launch this feature. However, the existence of the code, combined with TikTok hiring for financial services positions in multiple markets including the U.S., indicates that the company is exploring this direction.TikTok has accumulated payment experience in Southeast Asia, with its payment product TikTok Pay operating in Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand, primarily used for shopping payments on TikTok Shop. In the first half of 2025, Thailand's TikTok Shop GMV reached $5.419 billion, a year-on-year increase of 162%. TikTok has over 1 billion monthly active users globally, with about 170 million users in the U.S. Following the news, stocks of companies like PayPal saw a significant drop that day. Analysts believe that if this feature is implemented, it will have a direct impact on Venmo's position in the peer-to-peer transfer market in the U.S., where Venmo has about 67 million monthly active users. However, regulatory factors remain the main challenge for TikTok in expanding its payment business in the U.S.

According to Bitcoin Magazine, the investigation into the large-scale theft of Coldcard hardware wallets in July 2026 has made progress. Approximately 1,082.65 BTC (about $118 million) from the first wave of attacks remains in the attackers' addresses. The investigation found that the attackers used a paid account from a certain blockchain data service provider, and the internal logs "highly match" the theft pattern. Relevant clues have been handed over to law enforcement. Galaxy Research analyst Alex Thorn stated that the identity of the first wave of attackers "may have been grasped by law enforcement."Subsequent waves of attacks resulted in a total theft of about 2,000 BTC, with the second wave accounting for approximately 76 BTC. The operational pattern was similar to the first wave, possibly indicating the same perpetrator. The incident originated from an entropy generation vulnerability introduced in Coinkite's code update in March 2021, which caused some devices using MK2 and later models, with firmware version 4.1 and above, to generate low-strength private keys that could be brute-forced. Coinkite has released a fixed firmware and advised users to migrate their assets, but the scope of the vulnerability's impact is still being assessed.

Solana developer Brennan Watt announced on the X platform that the Solana mainnet has activated the first slot time reduction, with the target decreasing from the current 400 milliseconds to 350 milliseconds, which will officially take effect in the 1020th Epoch.Watt pointed out that some SDK constants (such as DEFAULT_MS_PER_SLOT) have not yet been updated to the new values and will be pushed in subsequent versions. The transition period may affect applications that rely on SDK constants matching the mainnet reality, and developers are advised to manually determine whether the functionality is enabled based on Epoch boundaries when it takes effect. Watt explained that the long-term plan is to put these parameters on-chain for client queries, but currently, to launch the reduction feature as soon as possible, this transition period must be endured.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the prediction market Polymarket for the event "Cincinnati Open: Brandon Nakashima vs. Daniil Medvedev," the option "Brandon Nakashima" in the sub-market "Cincinnati Open: Brandon Nakashima vs. Daniil Medvedev" has experienced drastic fluctuations in winning probability, plummeting from 48.5% an hour ago to the current 18.5% (a fluctuation of 30%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Ethereum core developer Sina Mahmoodi announced his departure from the Ethereum Foundation after more than seven years in office. Mahmoodi joined the Ethereum Foundation after graduating from university in 2019 and participated in the development of EthereumJS, eWASM, and the Geth client, with Geth becoming a key infrastructure in the Ethereum ecosystem.He stated that his belief in Ethereum as a decentralized global settlement layer has never changed and that he will take a break before deciding on his next direction.

Cross-border payment company Airwallex co-founder and CEO Jack Zhang stated that stablecoins are becoming an important channel for global capital flow, but sovereign financial systems still determine how to incorporate them, rather than the other way around. As the adoption of stablecoins grows, this trend will intensify. The Central Bank of Brazil has included virtual asset services in its foreign exchange and international capital regulatory framework, Vietnam is working on building a regulated crypto market while banning crypto assets as a means of payment, and the Philippines has indefinitely extended the suspension of virtual asset service provider licenses, all indicating that the adoption of stablecoins will occur within the regulatory frameworks of various countries.He noted that technology is making business more globalized, while financial sovereignty is becoming more localized, and governments will continue to set their own rules for currency, data, identity, and payments. The most enduring stablecoin infrastructure needs to connect sovereign financial systems, provide deep liquidity, and offer reliable conversion between stablecoins and fiat currencies for businesses. Airwallex, with a focus on corporate accounts, has obtained a central bank payment institution license in Brazil and acquired MexPago, the holder of the IFPE license in Mexico, to access the local financial systems of major economies in Latin America. It bets that AI and stablecoins will drive more global business, making regulated local connections more valuable.

Ethereum developer kevaundray submitted the EIP-12188 proposal, suggesting to shorten the consensus layer block retention window to reduce storage pressure on nodes. The proposal is currently in the public review stage and has received support from some Ethereum client developers.Developer DApplion expressed support for the proposal, while Lighthouse client contributor michaelsproul believes that this adjustment will not significantly impact Lighthouse's operation. The proposal points out that as the demand for Ethereum historical data changes, reducing the retention time for historical blocks in the consensus layer can optimize node resource usage.It was mentioned in the discussion that historical data pruning in the execution layer may affect some long-running nodes' ability to provide old block data, but developers believe this will not threaten network security or the normal operation of nodes. Currently, EIP-12188 has not yet been merged and still requires further review and community discussion.

Ethereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstätter stated that the protocol architecture team hopes to prioritize the advancement of Frame Transactions (EIP-8141) and FOCIL (EIP-7805) in the Hegotá upgrade planned for 2027. Frame Transactions can collaborate with Keyed Nonces and Recent Roots (EIP-8272) and Transaction Assertions (EIP-7906) to allow privacy pools to autonomously pay transaction fees and enable wallets to set execution conditions after transaction submission.FOCIL can provide protocol layer inclusion guarantees for eligible transactions. Currently, FOCIL is the only proposal confirmed for inclusion in Hegotá, while the Frame Transactions-related proposals are among the 66 proposals under evaluation. Other candidate proposals involve transaction pricing, state growth, block access lists, and optional zkEVM proofs on the mainnet. Vitalik Buterin previously proposed enhancing Ethereum's privacy, quantum resistance, and reducing reliance on layer two networks. Hegotá will be launched after Glamsterdam, with developers planning to complete Glamsterdam by the end of 2026.

According to the monitoring by the head of Galaxy Research, attacks targeting Coldcard are still ongoing. Users who continue to use Coldcard should remain vigilant and verify their device settings.They continue to assist victims and gather intelligence about the attackers, and they express hope that victims seeking help to track stolen funds can contact them via private message.

According to official news, the Turf team has joined Polymarket.This team of 6 has built a real-time NFL prediction game over the past year, allowing users to predict the next play, the next score, and more while watching live broadcasts. The team has now joined the Polymarket US website and app team.Polymarket stated that it will continue to seek outstanding talent, committed to creating a world-class product, design, and engineering team.