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GnosisDAO is initiating a governance proposal GIP-152 on whether to split the Gnosis App into an independent company led by the original team. The proposal is now live on Snapshot, and voting will close on August 12 at 14:19 (UTC), with a required quorum of 75,000 votes to take effect. Community members can vote on whether to support the separation of the Gnosis App from the GnosisDAO ecosystem through Snapshot.The proposal outlines that GnosisDAO will invest $1.5 million in cash and inject a product and IP valued at $1 million, obtaining at least 25% equity through SAFE at a post-money valuation of $10 million, while completely separating the Gnosis App from Gnosis Ltd's annual budget of $3.1 million. The new company will focus on self-custody payments and card services, using the Circles protocol as its core, with 18 months of funding primarily allocated for the team, compliance operations, and customer acquisition, and will continue to drive on-chain and payment network usage through Gnosis Pay and Gnosis Chain. Current Snapshot voting results show that approximately 66% are in favor.

According to Gate market data, the stock price of the Trump family-associated mining company ABTC has risen over 13%, currently reported at $7.38, with a market capitalization increasing to $533 million.On the news front, last week, Justin Mateen, a director of the Bitcoin mining company American Bitcoin (ABTC) supported by the Trump family and co-founder of Tinder, bought company stock for two consecutive days after the company announced its quarterly financial report, with a total investment of approximately $1.93 million.Regulatory documents show that Mateen purchased approximately 145,000 shares of ABTC Class A common stock on August 5 for about $925,000, with an average purchase price of approximately $6.40 per share; on August 6, he bought approximately 162,000 shares again for about $1 million, with an average price of approximately $6.19 per share. The two transactions totaled 306,981 shares, increasing Mateen's holdings in ABTC to 492,297 shares.

Standard Chartered Bank set a target price of $200 for the Chainlink token LINK by the end of 2030, indicating significant upside potential from the current level of around $8.The bank believes that the development of asset tokenization will continue to increase the demand for reliable on-chain data, and Chainlink is expected to play a key role in the infrastructure of traditional finance and decentralized finance.

According to SBS, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) of South Korea has begun a comprehensive reform of its system to address compensation issues related to financial fraud, including voice phishing involving virtual assets. The FSS launched the "Financial Fraud Loss Compensation System Improvement Project" on August 6. This project aims to reform the existing compensation calculation system centered on the Korean won, in preparation for including virtual asset losses in the compensation scope starting in October this year.The current system primarily calculates compensation amounts based on losses valued in Korean won, but after the reform, a compensation ratio will be adopted, taking into account the type and quantity of virtual assets involved. Additionally, during payment suspensions, the Korean won exchange value of virtual assets will also be included in the calculations.

Christopher Smith, founder of the blockchain startup Quantus, stated that the first quantum attack may manifest as a series of unexplained thefts of cryptocurrency wallets, rather than directly stealing the approximately $63 billion worth of dormant Bitcoin expected from Satoshi Nakamoto. He pointed out that sufficiently powerful quantum computers could derive private keys from public keys exposed on the blockchain, allowing attackers to transfer funds without needing to breach wallets, devices, or internal systems of exchanges.In theft incidents at highly secure institutions, the only forensic evidence may be the absence of intrusion traces. Smith indicated that the initial targets of quantum attacks could be military systems and national secrets; in the blockchain space, the minting keys of stablecoin issuer Tether may be of greater value. Attackers could mint tokens out of thin air through managed wallets and sell them off before the issuer responds. Google has accelerated its post-quantum migration timeline to 2029; Smith believes the probability of quantum computers breaking modern cryptography around 2028 is "50-50." Relevant blockchains have begun migrating to post-quantum signatures.

According to BBX data, global enterprises announced core indicators regarding liquidity management of crypto assets, mining output, and treasury earnings last weekend:MARA achieved a $600 million Bitcoin collateral loan: Mining giant MARA Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA) disclosed in its quarterly report submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that on August 4, 2026, the company signed two term loan agreements collateralized by Bitcoin with Coinbase Credit, Inc. and Two Prime Lending Limited. The agreements provide approximately $600 million in new borrowings (with a total credit facility principal of $750 million, including refinancing of the existing $150 million Coinbase credit line).BitFuFu produced 112 BTC in July, with a decrease in holdings due to power costs: Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining machine and mining service provider BitFuFu Inc. (NASDAQ: FUFU) announced its unaudited operational metrics for July. The company's Bitcoin production in July was 112 BTC (40 BTC from cloud mining and 72 BTC from self-mining), with an average daily output of 3.6 BTC, showing a decline compared to the previous month. Additionally, its Bitcoin holdings decreased from 1,671 BTC in June to 1,314 BTC. The company explained that the reduction was mainly used to prepay for new power costs starting in August 2026, lasting 330 days.Remixpoint disclosed performance in crypto treasury earnings, earning over 12 BTC from lending: Japanese Bitcoin treasury company Remixpoint released an announcement on its crypto operational performance. As of July 31, 2026, the company's Bitcoin lending principal was approximately 1,501.27 BTC, and it accumulated about 12.44 BTC (approximately 133 million yen) in lending fees from February to July. At the same time, it staked approximately 901.45 ETH and 13,920 SOL, with related staking rewards totaling about 28.89 million yen.Chainlink repurchased nearly 140,000 LINK to replenish reserves: On-chain tracking shows that Chainlink recently repurchased 139,956.08 LINK (worth approximately $1.13 million) and transferred the tokens to its official reserve wallet. It is reported that these tokens were accumulated through multiple exchanges via CoWSwap and consolidated for sending to the reserve.

The Bitcoin minority fork supporting BIP-110 split at block height 961,632, and after mining only 2 blocks in about 8 hours, it has stagnated, now lagging behind the Bitcoin mainnet by over 80 blocks.This fork inherits the current difficulty of Bitcoin, but only about 2.53% of recent block signals support BIP-110, far below the 55% activation threshold required without a fork. Bitcoin adjusts its difficulty only after mining 2016 blocks, and based on the current hash rate, this chain is expected to take about 350 days to complete its next adjustment.BIP-110 aims to temporarily prohibit writing non-financial data such as images and text in Bitcoin transactions. Michael Saylor stated that about 99.85% of Bitcoin hash power remains on the mainnet; due to both chains being affected by the same transactions, transactions on the minority chain may be replayed to the Bitcoin mainnet.

According to Bifrost monitoring, hackers exploited vulnerabilities in liquidity pools to steal assets worth approximately $720,000 from the vDOT single currency pool and the vASTR/ASTR and vMANTA/MANTA pools. The related assets were subsequently deposited into HitBTC and eventually flowed into Binance.Bifrost has contacted the Binance security department to submit a fund freeze application and has reported to law enforcement along with an on-chain evidence package, including transaction tracking, wallet addresses, and timestamps. Currently, Bifrost has halted all liquidity mining rewards and is conducting a comprehensive security review.

The mining pool Roughnecks, which supports the BIP-110 protocol, announced after a team meeting that it has decided to cease mining operations under the Roughnecks name and advised all miners using the current algorithm to pause mining on the BIP-110 chain until further notice. Roughnecks emphasized that this decision is not a failure of the BIP-110 movement, but a step towards the next journey, and thanked all supporters. The struggle will continue, but Roughnecks will no longer act as a pioneer.

Bank of America and Wells Fargo plan to launch tokenized deposits for select corporate and commercial clients in the fall of 2026, initially supporting transactions in USD and GBP, with plans to expand to more clients and currencies in 2027. Tokenized deposits remain a liability of the bank but enable continuous transfers, programmable payments, faster settlements, and transaction visualization through blockchain.Wells Fargo is not the only bank positioning itself in this business. JPMorgan has expanded its blockchain payment services for institutional clients, and other large financial institutions are also developing similar products and shared networks. Meanwhile, the circulation and transaction volume of stablecoins like USDC continue to grow, being used for settlements in the crypto market, payment networks, and tokenized financial platforms.Tokenized deposits allow funds to remain within the regulated banking system while supporting cross-timeframe transfers and condition-triggered payments. Stablecoins have already covered transactions, remittances, cross-border payments, decentralized finance, and tokenized asset settlements. The adoption of these two types of products will also be influenced by accounting treatments, regulatory rules, and cross-network interoperability.

According to TheDataNerd monitoring, recently a whale with a 40x leverage short position of 102 million dollars in Bitcoin faced partial liquidation, with a loss of 1.46 million dollars in the past week.Currently, the margin call has reduced the short position to approximately 60,000,000 dollars, with an opening price of 64,212.5 dollars and a liquidation price of 65,310.2 dollars.

According to Bitcoin News monitoring, there are only 41 blocks left until BIP-110 starts to enforce signaling.

According to CoinDesk, U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune officially submitted a procedural motion for the Clarity Act after an all-night voting session on Saturday morning, initiating the first procedural voting process for the bill in the Senate. This move makes it possible for the Clarity Act to enter procedural voting immediately after the September recess, but the bill has already missed the voting window before the August recess, and passing in September still faces challenges.The Clarity Act requires at least 60 votes in support, and currently needs the backing of at least 10 Democratic senators, but there are still disagreements over the ethical clause that prohibits senior government officials (including President Trump) from participating in cryptocurrency projects. Bipartisan senators have submitted a revised proposal to the White House, but it has been on hold for at least a week without a response. Additionally, controversies surrounding illegal financial protections and stablecoin earnings remain unresolved. If the procedural vote fails in September, the chances of the Clarity Act passing this year will be extremely slim, and the new Congress in 2027 will need to reintroduce the legislation.

Bitcoin Treasuries.NET posted on platform X that the publicly listed Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark has increased its holdings by 7 Bitcoins, bringing its total to 13,931 Bitcoins, ranking 11th in the Bitcoin 100 leaderboard.

The State Taxation Administration of China responded to the recent discussions on taxing insurance income in Hong Kong, stating that Chinese tax residents are required to fulfill their tax obligations on global income according to the law, and that overseas insurance income also falls within the scope of taxable income. This is not a new policy and is not specifically aimed at the Hong Kong insurance market. The tax authority indicated that residents must declare and pay taxes on overseas insurance income and other investment income in accordance with the law, and the relevant rules treat overseas income from different countries and regions equally.Yesterday, Caixin reported that with the normalization of CRS information exchange, Chinese tax authorities can now fully obtain data on dividends and cash value from overseas insurance policies, gradually filling the gaps in tax administration. Currently, the taxation of insurance income from overseas sources has been initiated.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, the Kingdom of Bhutan sold 434.87 BTC, worth 27.93 million dollars, after a month of silence.

On August 7, local time, U.S. President Trump will convene executives from several major mining companies at the U.S. Department of State to take action to secure the supply of critical minerals for the U.S. and its allies.Expected industry giants in attendance include Rio Tinto Group, BHP Billiton, and Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. The Trump administration plans to announce multiple transactions and memoranda of understanding.

The research organization SemiAnalysis released an analysis indicating that Google DeepMind is no longer among the leading AI laboratories. A week prior, DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis stepped back from daily operations, and key members such as Google Chief Scientist Jeff Dean and Gemini co-lead Oriol Vinyals left to establish a new lab called Discovery Loop. The analysis suggests that the long-term struggle within Google over computing power allocation between Gemini and GCP has concluded with GCP emerging victorious.SemiAnalysis stated that Gemini 3.5 Pro has been canceled, and Gemini 3.6 Flash's performance is inferior to that of leading Chinese open-source models and Grok 4.5. Currently, Gemini has fallen to the 8th or 9th position in the large model rankings. Meanwhile, GCP is selling a large number of TPUs to competitors like Anthropic, having secured long-term leasing and sales contracts for hundreds of thousands of TPUs over the past nine months. The Tokenomics model estimates that Gemini's own ARR is about $12 billion, while GCP's third-party AI cloud service revenue is expected to exceed $73 billion by the end of 2027, with TPU system sales contributing an additional over $120 billion. GCP's latest quarterly growth rate is 82%, and it is expected to accelerate to over 100% by 2027 due to TPU system sales, contributing approximately $3 to Google's earnings per share.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, the mining company MARA, which holds 36,303 bitcoins (worth $2.34 billion), deposited 200 bitcoins, valued at $12.86 million, into the institutional custody platform NYDIG 10 hours ago.The mining company Riot Platforms also continues to send bitcoins to NYDIG, depositing 381 bitcoins, valued at $24.51 million, 10 hours ago.

The Ethereum Foundation has released a job posting for a Protocol Security Researcher, part of the protocol security team, responsible for identifying security vulnerabilities in various aspects such as the execution layer, consensus layer, network layer, specifications, and client implementations. The work includes AI-assisted security research and automated vulnerability discovery, hard fork reviews, fuzz testing tool development, manual audits of protocol changes, and coordinating vulnerability disclosures.The team requires candidates to have deep experience with the Ethereum protocol, with a preference for engineers who have actively participated in protocol development and are familiar with the specifications of the execution layer or consensus layer. Common programming languages include Go, Rust, Java, C#, Nim, and Python. Remote work is available, and the position is open to candidates in Europe and globally.