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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has released a proposed announcement to suspend the acceptance of new applications for registration of payment system operators (OPS) for 12 months and to implement stricter controls on payment arrangements involving virtual asset service providers (VASP). The BSP stated that this move aims to conduct a comprehensive review of its classification and licensing framework.According to the draft, during the suspension period, the BSP will stop accepting and processing OPS applications. Applications submitted prior to the suspension can continue to be evaluated, but will not be approved or rejected until the suspension ends. Relevant entities are prohibited from conducting business activities that require OPS registration unless they obtain special authorization from the regulatory agency. In addition, BSP-regulated entities providing merchant acquiring services must connect licensed VASPs through direct merchant arrangements, and such relationships will be subject to enhanced due diligence, transaction and settlement limits, and other risk control measures.This requirement applies to virtual asset enterprises licensed, registered, or authorized by the BSP, the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Philippines, or other regulatory agencies, with VASPs being categorized alongside betting, gaming, adult industry, and money service businesses. If the draft is ultimately approved, it will take effect 15 days after publication, and the BSP is currently seeking public comments.

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko stated that the revenue share paid by Robinhood to Arbitrum is sufficient to cover about 4 times its trading fees on Solana, allowing Robinhood to provide users with a completely gas-free trading experience on Solana.

According to BeInCrypto, two Thai merchants have sued Tether, claiming that their $42.4 million USDT wallet was blacklisted at the informal request of U.S. government agents without a search warrant or court order.The plaintiffs are seeking to lift the freeze and are claiming damages from Tether for the profits generated from investing the corresponding reserves during the freeze period.

The AI model platform B.AI announced that starting from September 3, 2026, at 17:00 (SGT), the free trial of DeepSeek V4 Flash and DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp will end, and a 50% billing will officially begin, while the previous two models will still be available for free.B.AI will synchronize the official peak and valley pricing of DeepSeek and implement additional discounts: during peak hours (weekdays 09:00--12:00, 14:00--18:00 SGT), billing will be at 50% of the official original price, and during off-peak hours (the remaining hours on weekdays and all day on weekends), an additional 50% discount will apply, making it 25% of the official original price. GLM 5.3 Flash will remain free, featuring a total of 320B parameters and 18B active parameters, supporting 1M context. Qwen3.8 Flash, Hy3, and MiMo V2.5 will also continue to be available for free.

The cryptocurrency retirement investment platform BitcoinIRA has announced the launch of Freedom Accounts, which are individual taxable cryptocurrency investment accounts now available to eligible clients. These accounts can be managed alongside Crypto IRAs on the same platform and dashboard for both retirement and non-retirement cryptocurrency investments.These accounts are not subject to IRA contribution limits, required minimum distributions, or age withdrawal restrictions. Clients can fund them with cash or transfer supported cryptocurrencies in-kind from external platforms like Coinbase, Kraken, and Robinhood without having to sell first. BitcoinIRA does not charge fees for eligible in-kind transfers (network or sending platform fees may apply). Accounts can buy and sell over 100 cryptocurrencies 24/7, offer staking rewards on eligible assets (not guaranteed), and support automatic rebalancing of Crypto Bundles or custom portfolios.Custody is provided by Nevada-licensed trust company Digital Trust and BitGo multi-signature wallets. Freedom Accounts complement rather than replace Crypto IRAs, and eligible BitcoinIRA accounts automatically include this feature. BitcoinIRA was founded in 2016 and has processed billions of dollars in transactions for over 200,000 Americans. Co-founder Chris Kline stated that clients' financial lives extend beyond IRAs, and Freedom Accounts are the next step in expanding the platform, allowing clients to manage retirement and non-retirement cryptocurrency investments more flexibly in one place.

Protocol Watch founder Christine D. Kim stated that Bitcoin Core v32 has completed feature freeze on August 20, and developers are currently focusing on bug fixes and small optimizations, with the official version expected to be released in October this year.The main updates in v32 include increasing block validation speed by up to approximately 3 times through multi-CPU core parallel processing; introducing a global transaction queue and rate limiting to improve node stability during sudden surges in transaction volume; and adding a fee estimation mechanism based on Mempool status to reduce overestimation of fees. This update does not involve changes to the protocol rules at the Bitcoin network level.

B.AI platform announced yesterday that its free model lineup is fully ready, covering six top models including GLM-5.3-Flash, DeepSeek-V4-Flash, DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp, Hy3 (Tencent Hunyuan), MiMo-V2.5 (Xiaomi), and Qwen3.8-Flash, all available to users with zero barriers for free.Among them, the debuting GLM-5.3-Flash is the "Ox Alpha" that has attracted widespread attention. As the first native multimodal model in the GLM-5 series, it features a total of 320B parameters and 18B active parameters, using a sparse + linear attention hybrid architecture and supporting 1M ultra-long context, combining rapid response with strong reasoning capabilities, making it the cost-effective choice for high-frequency calling scenarios. This free lineup covers various scenarios including pure text, multimodal, code generation, and Agent scheduling. Whether developers or deep AI users, they can access cutting-edge large model capabilities at zero cost through the B.AI platform, simply by logging in at chat.b.ai/chat to start an efficient workflow.

The Irish National Police (An Garda Síochána) reported that during a special operation against organized crime in the Galway area, police searched two properties and froze two cryptocurrency accounts worth approximately $900,000 in total. In addition, the police also froze a bank account containing €25,000 (approximately $29,100), and seized €9,300 in cash and drugs valued at approximately €18,300 (including amphetamines and cannabis).A man in his 40s involved in the case has been arrested and charged, and the investigation is ongoing.

On August 27, B.AI announced that the latest open-source Qwen3.8-Flash model from Alibaba Tongyi Qianwen has officially landed on the platform, with the API official group fully open for free calls. This multimodal MoE model serves as a forward-looking preview of the Qwen4 architecture, featuring a total of 125B parameters and 51B N-gram Embedding, activating 6B parameters per token.The model integrates the GDN and QSA mixed attention mechanisms for the first time, natively supporting 262K context and can be extended to 1M via YaRN. Developers can start calling it at zero cost for tasks such as programming assistance, agent workflows, and document analysis.

On August 27, the one-stop AGI infrastructure platform B.AI announced that the Zhipu GLM-5.3-Flash (320B-A18B) officially launched on the platform and is fully open for free in the API official group. As the first native multimodal model in the GLM-5 series, GLM-5.3-Flash features a total of 320 billion parameters and 18 billion active parameters, supported by computing power from purely domestic AI chips. It introduces a mixed architecture of sparse and linear attention for the first time, combined with a 1M ultra-long context, offering both powerful performance and exceptional cost-effectiveness. Starting today, developers can call it at zero cost through the B.AI API official group, easily handling complex reasoning, long text processing, and multimodal tasks.

The blockchain data analysis platform Dune has announced adjustments to the access permissions of its free plan. For users who created accounts before July 21, 2026, starting from September 10, the free plan will change to a view-only mode. Users will still be able to browse all content on Dune, but running queries will require a paid plan.Existing user work will remain saved, and on September 10, users will automatically receive a 14-day trial of the Plus plan to experience all paid features. Detailed migration plans and upgrade offers have been sent to users' email. For users who created accounts after July 21, 2026, the relevant permissions will not change.

The B.AI free model event has only been launched for a week, and the total Token throughput across the platform has strongly surpassed the 20 trillion mark. The system has maintained stable operation amidst continuous high concurrency peaks and massive automated scheduling tasks.During the event, four popular domestic models—MiMo-V2.5, DeepSeek-V4-Flash, DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp, and Tencent Hy3—are fully open for free, with zero barriers to use right out of the box, covering a wide range of application scenarios including rapid text response, multimodal visual understanding, solid Chinese reasoning, and complex task processing.Whether developers need to handle high-intensity code writing, ultra-long context document analysis, or build enterprise-level high-concurrency Agent intelligent bodies, they can freely access ample computing resources. B.AI will continue to practice the vision of inclusive computing power, promoting more AI innovations to accelerate implementation with lower costs and better experiences.

B.AI platform announces that Xiaomi's open-source flagship multimodal model MiMo-V2.5 is officially available for free access. As a 310B sparse MoE native multimodal large model, MiMo-V2.5 supports full multimodal input of text, images, videos, and audio, and features a 1M ultra-long context window with rapid response capabilities, deeply optimized for high-intensity practical scenarios such as multimodal agents, audio and video intelligent analysis, and general programming.Starting today, developers can unlock Xiaomi's cutting-edge multimodal model capabilities at zero cost through the B.AI platform API official group, with no barriers to integrating top-tier multimodal capabilities into their applications and workflows. Log in now at chat.b.ai/chat to experience the new multimodal intelligent experience brought by Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 for free.

The B.AI platform has launched the new multimodal experimental flagship model DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp. The official API team has completed full integration and opened it up for free to all users.This model builds on the top-tier pure text and code Agent capabilities of V4-Flash, officially unlocking native image understanding capabilities. The comprehensive performance of the multimodal Agent is now close to the flagship level of Claude Opus-4.8.The new model supports mixed text and image input and 1M ultra-long context, easily handling hardcore scenarios such as multimodal PPT generation, complex UI reconstruction, and frontend effects. Image input is billed by token, with a single image costing a maximum of only 384 tokens. Now, all users can log in to the B.AI platform to access this latest multimodal model capability for free without any barriers, allowing top-tier computing power to accelerate creativity and productivity.

The B.AI platform's DeepSeek-V4-Flash zero-threshold free usage event is gaining momentum, with the total Token throughput across the platform exceeding 641.524 billion, including a single-day peak of 285.963 billion Tokens on August 20, nearly quadrupling since the first day of the event and continuously breaking historical records.Behind this set of data is not only a hardcore verification of the platform's high concurrency processing capability but also reflects the real explosion of AI universal demand. B.AI will continue to reduce the cost of AI usage, providing developers and Web3 users with a low-threshold, unlimited Agentic application building and experience environment, making top-tier computing power truly accessible.

On August 21, the B.AI platform announced that Tencent's next-generation foundational model Hy3 is officially launched and is fully open for free on both Web Chat and API. As a hardcore model that adopts a fusion architecture of fast and slow thinking, Hy3 has achieved breakthrough advancements in dimensions such as agent engineering, complex code generation, long-range intent understanding, and resistance to hallucinations, specifically designed for real productivity scenarios. Starting today, all users can log in to the B.AI platform with zero barriers to freely use this top-tier model capability from Tencent, experiencing the strong empowerment that cutting-edge AI technology brings to development and creation at no cost.

The B.AI platform DeepSeek-V4-Flash zero-threshold free open event has reported good news again, with the total token throughput across the platform exceeding 35 billion, and the massive high-concurrency practical calls continue to break records, demonstrating the platform's stability under extreme testing.This event is open to all users on the internet with zero threshold, unlimited access, and completely free. Whether it is heavy programming, long text processing, multi-agent collaboration, or complex workflows such as large-scale API calls, B.AI fully covers the computing costs to ensure that every developer and AI enthusiast can enjoy a stable and efficient top model experience. The event is still ongoing and very popular.

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.