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The United States and the United Kingdom announced the establishment of the first joint law enforcement alliance aimed at combating fraud centers involving cryptocurrency and online investment scams. The U.S. Department of Justice stated that the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, the UK Crown Prosecution Service, and the UK's National Crime Agency have signed a memorandum of understanding to conduct parallel investigations on common objectives, share intelligence on organized crime groups, and negotiate jurisdictional prosecution rights for specific cases.This alliance expands upon the "Fraud Center Task Force" initiated by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro in November 2025, focusing on Chinese organized crime networks primarily located in Southeast Asia that are involved in cryptocurrency investment scams, which are often linked to human trafficking and money laundering. The task force includes the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, IRS Criminal Investigation Division, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Department of Justice, and collaborates with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the State Department, and private enterprises to dismantle fraud operations and recover victims' funds.The U.S. Department of Justice pointed out that losses reported due to cryptocurrency investment scams in the U.S. continue to rise, with losses reported to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center increasing from $4.57 billion in 2023 to $8.65 billion in 2025. Previously, international law enforcement agencies had conducted joint operations, with a raid led by Dubai police on April 29, involving the FBI and the Chinese Ministry of Public Security, resulting in the arrest of 276 individuals and the closure of at least 9 cryptocurrency scam centers. Several Southeast Asian countries are also strengthening domestic legislation, with Myanmar's military government releasing a draft on May 15 proposing a 10-year to life imprisonment for digital currency fraud, and the death penalty if a victim dies due to being coerced to work at a scam center; this bill was passed by parliament on July 28.

The prediction market data startup Oddpool announced its entry into Kalshi. Oddpool stated that Ritesh and he graduated from Y Combinator this spring and completed a $3 million seed round financing. Since then, they have been building the tools needed for institutional adoption of prediction markets, treating such markets as a real asset class.Oddpool claims that the choice to enter the prediction market is due to its ability to aggregate information by matching buyers and sellers and determining prices through public bidding. Traditional derivatives markets have achieved price discovery on key economic inputs such as commodities, energy, and interest rates, while prediction markets further cover a broader range including politics, sports, climate, and culture. The company has been building a data layer to help institutions, economists, policymakers, and business owners interpret data and assist in decision-making. Both parties believe that joining Kalshi will allow them to build from within the ecosystem.

The stablecoin USDG issued by Paxos has officially launched on the Ethereum Layer 2 network Mantle, which has also announced its partnership with the Global Dollar Network. This integration makes USDG one of the first natively minted stablecoins on Mantle, allowing Mantle to enter the USDG reward-sharing system and receive a share of the revenue generated from USDG activities.According to DefiLlama data, USDG currently has a market capitalization of approximately $3.18 billion, making it the seventh largest stablecoin by size. This stablecoin is issued by Paxos and is subject to regulatory frameworks in Singapore and the European Union, with Paxos publishing reserve reports monthly. As a partner, Mantle has joined the Global Dollar Network, which includes over 150 members, with other members including Kraken and Robinhood.Currently, there are multiple stablecoins on Mantle, including Agora's AUSD, Ethena's USDe, and Tether's USDT0. Mantle states that USDG will be used for DeFi applications and institutional capital allocation within its ecosystem. Additionally, Mantle has recently seen significant growth in the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA), with its distributed RWA value reaching $234.2 million as of this Wednesday, a 19% increase over the past 30 days.

According to official news, Gate will launch the 15th phase of the Joint Earnings Coin event from September 3, 12:00 to September 23, 12:00 (UTC+8), with a total welfare prize pool of 500,000 USDT.During the event, users can open exclusive red envelopes and invite friends to register. After friends complete identity verification, designated deposits, and trading tasks, both parties can jointly receive USDT cash red envelope rewards, with a maximum of 100 USDT per transaction. The more invitations sent, the more red envelopes received, and there is no cap on individual cash rewards.

According to The Block, Coinbase has appointed Anthony Armstrong as a board member and has joined the Audit and Compliance Committee. Anthony Armstrong previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of xAI, X.AI Corp, and X Corp, and worked at Morgan Stanley for nearly a decade as Vice Chairman of Investment Banking, later joining the U.S. Department of Efficiency (DOGE) as a Senior Advisor. Coinbase praised him for his "excellent track record in efficient execution and his ability to build scalable operational systems."With this appointment, the Coinbase board has increased from 9 to 10 members. SEC filings reveal that Anthony Armstrong has no familial relationship with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.

According to Cointelegraph, Hashkey has joined the Digital Asset Advisory Working Group of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), becoming the first Asian digital asset service provider to join this working group.DTCC is a core post-trade infrastructure provider for global financial markets, and this working group brings together over 100 global financial institutions and asset management companies, including JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Nasdaq, and the New York Stock Exchange, to jointly define the issuance, settlement, and custody standards for institutional-grade tokenized assets.DTCC plans to launch tokenized securities services in October. Previously, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a no-action letter to a DTCC subsidiary in December, allowing it to provide tokenization services for the securities market.SEC Chairman Paul Atkins stated that the approval of this pilot is just the beginning, and the SEC will consider innovation exemptions to help builders promote the on-chain transformation of the market without bearing cumbersome regulatory requirements. Atkins first proposed the idea of tokenization innovation exemptions at the DeFi roundtable on June 9.

According to CoinDesk, 21 international financial institutions have announced plans to establish a new company in the second half of 2026 to promote the issuance of stablecoins, with the specific name to be announced later. The company will initially focus on USD-denominated stablecoins and plans to expand to more G7 currencies in the future, with a priority on euro stablecoins.Participating institutions include Bank of America, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, UBS, Wells Fargo, BBVA, Santander Bank, MUFG Bank, and others. The stablecoin initiative aims to serve wholesale, institutional, and retail markets, applying to scenarios such as cross-border payments and digital asset settlements.The group stated that the stablecoin solution will combine bank-level compliance, governance, and institutional risk management capabilities, and plans to comply with relevant regulatory requirements such as the U.S. GENIUS Act and the EU MiCA. The project aims to officially launch stablecoin products in the first half of 2027.

David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH), founder of Ruby on Rails and partner at Basecamp, posted on the X platform that the Omacom Foundation has received an additional $1 million support each from TapTap founder Dai Yunjie and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, bringing the total support amount from founding patrons to $12 million.The Omacom Foundation website shows that the two have joined its Founding Patrons. Omacom stated that it will reserve an important position for cryptocurrency in its operating system and community.

Gate US's wholly-owned subsidiary Gate Futures LLC has completed the independent introducing broker registration with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and has officially become a member of the National Futures Association (NFA).

Kuaishou (01024.HK) announced that on August 31, 2026, Beijing Keling entered into joining agreements with the National Artificial Intelligence Fund and Charoen Pokphand Robotics.Accordingly, the National Artificial Intelligence Fund and Charoen Pokphand Robotics each agreed to become additional investors and parties to the capital increase agreement, injecting cash capital of RMB 1.4 billion and approximately USD 19.29 million (equivalent to approximately RMB 131.45 million) into Beijing Keling, respectively.

According to official news, the anonymous Q&A game Chomp has completed a $3.6 million financing round, led jointly by Jsquare and Blueyard, with participation from VCs such as Accomplice, Big Brain Holdings, No Limit Holdings, Reverie, and Caballeros.Chomp is a social game based on anonymous Q&A and prediction mechanisms, allowing users to answer questions and predict others' answers, uncovering the public's true thoughts and their own biases in understanding others. In addition to consumer products, Chomp also applies these anonymous, well-labeled opinion data to scenarios such as AI model training and consumer research.The company believes that this type of data can capture subjective opinions that are difficult to obtain from the public internet and provide high-context data for AI models. Founder and CEO Kiko previously served as COO of Orca, a decentralized trading platform in the Solana ecosystem.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Barret Zoph, co-founder of Thinking Machines Lab, will join Google as Vice President of Research. Zoph suddenly left the startup to join OpenAI after a dispute with CEO Mira Murati earlier this year, and after a brief tenure at OpenAI, he changed employers again.Previously, Zoph served as Chief Technology Officer at Thinking Machines Lab and led efforts to sell artificial intelligence products to enterprises during his time at OpenAI. Google has confirmed this appointment. Recently, Google has lost several high-profile researchers in succession.

According to official news, BNB Chain announced its participation in the Mastercard Crypto Partner Program, collaborating with the Mastercard ecosystem to promote the application of digital assets in global payments and everyday business scenarios.

The Hyperliquid Policy Council (HPC) and TradeXYZ jointly submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), calling for the inclusion of energy perpetual contracts in the regulated U.S. market.The article mentions that in February this year, due to the Middle East conflict causing disruptions in crude oil exports and the U.S. futures market being closed, overseas market participants were able to manage risk exposure through crude oil-linked perpetual contracts on Hyperliquid. Approximately two-thirds of the price changes were completed on-chain during the first weekend of the conflict.In May this year, the CFTC approved the first batch of cryptocurrency-based perpetual contracts to be traded as futures in the U.S., and in June, it publicly solicited opinions on energy perpetual contracts. The comment letter suggests that the CFTC establish a technology-neutral framework to evaluate energy perpetual contracts and 24/7 trading, confirm that exchanges can operate around the clock, recognize stablecoins and tokenized collateral as eligible margin, and allow regulated markets to use on-chain infrastructure for execution, clearing, and settlement.

A Reuters survey shows that most economists believe the Bank of Japan will take action faster than previously expected, and will raise interest rates again in September, with the terminal rate potentially being higher. 57% of economists expect an interest rate hike next month, a significant increase from 5% in July. Ayako Fujita, Chief Economist for Japan at JPMorgan, stated that delaying the rate hike could lead to market turmoil. In addition, more than two-thirds of respondents believe that the recent US-Japan joint foreign exchange intervention has had limited effects.

The French open-source weight AI laboratory Mistral and the AI company HUMAIN under the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced plans to build "sovereign AI" infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and the broader region. According to a joint announcement from both parties, this collaboration is valued at "hundreds of millions of euros" and aims to meet the growing demand for sovereign AI, where data is not controlled by third-party companies, and models can be owned under open weights.Both parties will jointly develop and localize advanced models and deploy AI solutions within Saudi Arabia and the broader region. Mistral is building its computing power layout through its end-to-end infrastructure division, Mistral Compute. This collaboration will allow it to run workloads on local computing power in Saudi Arabia, rather than relying solely on computing power from Europe and the United States. The two sides also plan to conduct joint marketing in regulated industries in Saudi Arabia. The first deliverables will cover cybersecurity and voice fields, involving inference, open models, and cutting-edge Arabic models in the region.HUMAIN has accumulated over a year of construction. In November 2025, it expanded its cooperation with NVIDIA, planning to deploy up to 600,000 of NVIDIA's latest AI systems, including the GB300 platform, within three years; it also reached a data center agreement with xAI, relying on a facility with over 500 MW, and made an agreement with AWS to manage up to 150,000 GPUs in the Riyadh AI Zone. In the same month, HUMAIN, AMD, and Cisco established a joint venture aimed at building up to 1 GW of AI infrastructure by 2030.

The financial AI platform Oro, which transforms complex user intentions into multi-step executions, announced the completion of a $3 million strategic financing round, led jointly by MH Ventures and Mapleblock Capital, with participation from M2M Capital, Archer Capital, and X21 Digital. Disrupt.com and ZIGLabs provide subsequent strategic support, bringing the total financing amount to $4 million. The funds will be used to advance core AI and agent research and development (including the proprietary Shield Engine and natural language execution stack), global market and user acquisition, build a self-hosted compliance framework with policy constraints, and expand engineering, AI research, and enterprise B2B teams.Oro converts natural language prompts into multi-step transaction paths in a non-custodial, user-signature manner. The official disclosure states that there are already over 350,000 independent active users, supporting more than 80 languages, and has completed mainnet integrations with Morpho, Kamino, Lido, Aave, Uniswap, Raydium, etc.; the activities with Ondo Finance saw over 50,000 verifications completed on the first day of launch. The company's goal is to reach 10 million active users in the next 6 to 12 months, launch native iOS and Android applications, and expand integration as a B2B and B2C intent routing layer.

Iran and Oman issued a joint statement, planning to establish a temporary joint maritime corridor in the Strait of Hormuz and implement a joint mine clearance project.Both sides will continue technical discussions with the aim of reaching an agreement on a permanent corridor and management mechanism, and emphasized joint dialogue with the Gulf coastal countries and compliance with international law.

Visa announced its participation in the BLOOM (Borderless, Liquid, Open, Online, Multi-currency) initiative led by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), aimed at expanding the settlement capabilities of financial institutions and promoting interoperability between traditional payment systems and stablecoin payment rails, allowing institutions to enjoy faster, programmable payments while retaining security and compliance assurances.As the first partner under the BLOOM framework, Nium will pilot the use of stablecoin settlements with Visa, exploring more efficient cross-border fund flows based on Visa's payment network, security, and compliance capabilities. The two parties will study the implementation of settlements seven days a week (including weekends and public holidays) using stablecoins to reduce delays and enhance efficiency. The pilot supports regulated stablecoins backed by major currencies, including US dollar and euro-denominated stablecoins.