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According to CoinDesk, Alexander Blume, founder and CEO of the cryptocurrency asset management company Two Prime, stated that Bitcoin's recent rebound still has room to grow, mainly because institutional investors who have sold volatility are facing position pressure. If the price continues to rise, short sellers being forced to cover their positions will further fuel the upward trend. He pointed out that the current market structure is healthy, with funding rates not showing signs of overheating. The rebound is not driven by speculation, and the continuous inflow of spot ETFs and corporate buying provides substantial support.Although implied volatility has risen from 23%-24% to over 40, it remains low by historical standards. If call option sellers are forced to close their positions, it could accelerate the upward movement. Blume believes that if the macro environment stabilizes, BTC has already formed a bottom around $60,000, with the biggest risk coming from a complete collapse of risk assets. The generally pessimistic market sentiment means that even moderate positive news could have an outsized impact.On the mining front, MARA recently chose to collateralize its BTC holdings to obtain a $600 million loan from Coinbase and Two Prime, rather than selling directly, in order to retain upside potential. Mining companies are diversifying their AI transformation strategies, with Cipher Mining and TeraWulf actively shifting towards AI infrastructure, while CleanSpark and MARA explore AI and power sectors while maintaining their original businesses. Blume expects the Trump administration to push for interest rate cuts, and adjustments to the PCE index may lower inflation readings, which could improve interest rate prospects.

According to official news, The Sandbox announced the official opening of SAND compensation claims. Users affected by the cross-chain contract vulnerability incident involving Base and BNB Smart Chain (BSC) networks on August 22, who held bridged SAND on the affected networks before the incident, can receive full compensation in SAND on the Ethereum network at a 1:1 ratio. Eligibility for compensation is based on the on-chain balance snapshot before the incident and is unrelated to any transactions, transfers, or holdings by users after the incident.The Sandbox stated that eligibility for compensation is determined based on the on-chain balance recorded before the contract was compromised. The snapshot for the Base network corresponds to block 50283188 at 23:42:03 UTC on August 21, 2026, and the BSC snapshot corresponds to block 117322025 at 11:42:44 UTC on August 21, 2026.Users holding Base or BSC network SAND through centralized exchanges do not need to take any action, as The Sandbox is coordinating with the relevant exchanges to handle compensation; however, users holding SAND in personal wallets will need to claim it themselves. The claim period is from September 8 to September 22, 24:00 (UTC+8). Claims only require a transaction initiated from the original wallet that held SAND at the time of the snapshot, without the need for token authorization, signing off-chain messages, or transferring to any address.

Hardware wallet manufacturers Ledger and Trezor are calling on security researchers to adopt a more responsible approach to vulnerability disclosure. Ledger's Chief Technology Officer Charles Guillemet stated on the X platform that artificial intelligence has made vulnerabilities easier to discover and exploit, but some researchers disclose details before a fix is released, which he termed "exploiting others' risks for attention."Guillemet urged researchers to report vulnerabilities privately first and to agree on a timeline for fixes before disclosing details publicly, suggesting 90 days as a common default period, while also indicating that this could be adjusted flexibly based on the severity of the vulnerability and the amount of work required for the fix. Trezor's Security Chief Jan Komárek told Cointelegraph that 90 days is a commitment to vendors, not just an obligation for researchers. He suggested that researchers first contact vendors to agree on a timeline, and if the vendor fails to complete the fix within that period, they may choose to disclose publicly.The context of this statement is the recent close attention to hardware wallet security: the Coldcard theft incident involved over $100 million, and a data breach at Trezor's logistics provider also affected the personal information of tens of thousands of customers.

The Hashgraph Group, in collaboration with Merck and with consulting and implementation support from PwC Germany, is piloting a cocoa traceability solution. This solution combines Merck's M-Trust physical authentication technology with the TrackTrace digital product passport platform based on the Hedera network, aiming to verify the origin, authenticity, quality, recall requirements, and compliance data of cocoa from farm to consumer.Cocoa is one of the seven commodities covered by the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). According to the rescheduled arrangement reached in December 2025, large operators and traders must fulfill their obligations starting from December 30, 2026, while micro and small operators will be subject to this from June 30, 2027. The solution also aligns with the direction of promoting digital product passports under the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR); however, food and feed are currently explicitly excluded from the scope of the ESPR, and for cocoa, EUDR due diligence remains a recent binding requirement.Partners indicate that this framework is not limited to cocoa and can be expanded to areas such as pharmaceuticals, luxury goods, and industrial components in the future. Husen Kapasi, head of PwC Germany's enterprise blockchain business, pointed out that this solution has verifiability and can play a key role in food recalls or compliance investigations.

ASML stated that it plans to collaborate with its major customers to develop new solutions capable of producing advanced chip manufacturing equipment to meet the demand for large data center chips designed by companies like NVIDIA.Currently, the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines produced by ASML, which are widely used, can manufacture chips with a maximum area of about 800 square millimeters. The next-generation "high numerical aperture" EUV lithography machine that ASML is about to launch will be able to produce finer chips. However, due to its use of smaller mask sizes, it is currently limited in the area of chips it can manufacture.ASML plans to showcase a pilot production line using larger mask sizes by 2031 and aims to enable this new technology for mass production by 2033.

The Financial Times of the UK reports that Huawei is becoming more deeply involved in the domestic photolithography machine supply chain, not only investing in related equipment and component companies but also coordinating suppliers, wafer fabs, and complete machine manufacturers to promote domestic DUV into actual production lines. Bernstein analysts describe Huawei as the "project manager" for China's DUV projects.The fastest progress is being made by Shanghai Yuliangsheng. The company is involved in the development of domestic advanced DUV, with equipment already tested at wafer fabs such as SMIC and Huawei's own production lines, planning to produce 12 units by the end of this year. At this stage, the focus is primarily on simpler chips, with the ultimate goal of being used for advanced AI chip manufacturing.Currently, domestic DUV has not completely eliminated reliance on overseas supply chains. The projection lenses used by Yuliangsheng still come from Germany's Zeiss, and high-power light sources are also a major bottleneck. Huawei has invested in companies such as Qiqi Photon and Keyihongyuan to supplement domestic lenses and light sources.

According to market news, predict.fun posted on platform X stating that the predicted probability of Variational reaching a fully diluted valuation of 1 billion dollars one day after its launch has increased from 41% to 59%.

According to the Financial Times, citing informed sources, Chinese memory chip manufacturers Changxin Storage and Yangtze Memory Technologies have purchased enough deep ultraviolet lithography machines (DUV) from ASML to meet their expansion plans for the next three years.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "US Open: Naomi Osaka vs Elena Rybakina," the sub-market "US Open WTA: Naomi Osaka vs Elena Rybakina Game Spread +/-0.5" for the option "Rybakina" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 55% an hour ago to the current 76.5% (a fluctuation of 21.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "US Open ATP: Francisco Cerundolo vs. Alexander Bublik," the sub-market "US Open ATP: Francisco Cerundolo vs. Alexander Bublik Second Set Winner" saw a dramatic fluctuation in the winning probability of the "Cerundolo" option, soaring from 48% an hour ago to the current 92.5% (a fluctuation of 44.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to Bitcoin News, Blockstream has notified "white hat" hackers that the vulnerability has been fixed, and 4,000 BTC can be safely returned. The hacker, who previously extracted about 4,000 BTC from the Liquid network, expressed willingness to return the funds but needed to wait for the vulnerability to be fixed. The entire negotiation process was conducted publicly through Bitcoin OP_RETURN messages.The hacker initially proposed to return "most" of the BTC but later changed their stance, requesting that the vulnerability be fixed first: "Please fix the vulnerability first. The latest submitted code puts the chain at risk. Ensure that every node has been patched, and then we will confirm the fix and safely return the funds."The hacker also sent encrypted details of the vulnerability to Blockstream. About two hours ago, Blockstream responded with a PGP-signed OP_RETURN message: "The cross-chain bridge nodes have been patched and can safely return the funds." Currently, 3,998.5 BTC remains under the hacker's control.

Silicon Valley angel investor Liron Shapira posted on X this morning, stating: "I assert (with 50% confidence): due to AI shaking the security and stability guarantees that people once believed Bitcoin had, the price of BTC will plummet more than 50% within the next two years."Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin rebutted this, saying: "I hold the completely opposite view. My fundamental reason is that, in the long run, I am quite optimistic about network security, and I believe the main challenge is how to smoothly transition through the transition period. Moreover, I believe BTC can at least properly handle all issues that do not require social consensus to resolve (for example, upgrading clients, mining pools, etc., to deal with network layer attacks fall into this category). Additionally, I believe the probability of hash algorithms or proof-of-work mechanisms being truly compromised is extremely low. I wanted to make a bet with you, but considering my current asset allocation (I guess you have the same view on Ethereum ETH), I have already staked about 90% of my wealth on this bet."

According to Slow Mist's warning, two attackers have been detected replicating the recent Notional Finance vulnerability attack method on the BSC chain. The attackers have completed their preliminary preparations and created malicious fCash positions using the same vulnerability pattern. Currently, the attack has not been fully executed, and the malicious positions are awaiting expiration.Once expired, the attackers may settle the positions and withdraw assets from the protocol. Slow Mist strongly recommends that affected projects take immediate mitigation measures to complete protection before the positions expire.

DeFi researcher Ignas posted on X that Bankless founder David Hoffman sold his ETH and reallocated to several coins with the largest gains, such as LIT and ZEC, with NEAR also performing well, while only VVV underperformed the market. Although the market was filled with panic at that time, and it was very close to the bottom of ETH, the goal of aggressive crypto investors has always been to outperform BTC and ETH.Previously, it was reported that Bankless co-founder David Hoffman announced in June this year that he had liquidated his ETH and bought VVV, NEAR, ZEC, HYPE, and LIT.

SideSwap issued a statement saying that at 14:05 UTC today, a customer sent 4000 L-BTC to its peg-out service. The service processed the order as usual, L-BTC was destroyed on Liquid with a valid peg-out authorization, and at 14:28 UTC, Liquid Federation paid 3996 BTC to the customer's Bitcoin address.Blockstream subsequently confirmed that the L-BTC was minted due to a vulnerability in the Elements software. SideSwap's peg-out authorization keys and systems were not compromised, and the service cannot distinguish these tokens from other L-BTC. SideSwap is a non-custodial service, and user wallets are unaffected, with assets controlled by the users' own keys.Liquid has been suspended by the Federation, and SideSwap's exchanges, peg-ins, and peg-outs will be paused until the network is restored. Peg-outs that have been completed on Bitcoin are unaffected. Unfinished peg-ins or peg-outs can send transaction IDs to hello@sideswap.io for separate processing. Please do not send new peg-in or peg-out deposits until the service is restored.

PPP prediction market tool monitoring shows that the probability of "ETH reaching $2600 during the remaining period of September" on Polymarket has risen to 74%, up 10% in 24 hours. Additionally, the probability of reaching $2700 has risen to 51%, up 9% in 24 hours.According to the settlement rules, if the highest price of any 1-minute candlestick of Binance ETH/USDT reaches or exceeds the specified price within the designated month, the market will settle as "Yes"; otherwise, it will settle as "No". This market settlement is based solely on Binance ETH/USDT price data, and prices from other exchanges or trading pairs are not considered.

According to Decrypt, Google has fixed a high-severity vulnerability CVE-2026-85046 in the Chrome browser that was exploited by hackers. This vulnerability exists in the V8 engine, which is used to run JavaScript and WebAssembly.Google confirmed that the vulnerability has been exploited in the wild but did not disclose the identity of the attackers, the targets, or the specific method of exploitation. The patch has been included in Chrome versions 152.7977.82/83 and will be pushed out in the coming days or weeks.The vulnerability was reported by security researcher Salvatore Gulizia on August 4, and Google awarded him a $1,000 bug bounty. This update includes a total of 12 security fixes, of which 9 are high-severity and 2 are medium-severity. Google has not yet linked this vulnerability to cryptocurrency asset theft incidents, but browser wallets, exchange accounts, and trading extensions have previously been targeted in other ways.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "LoL: Team Vitality vs. G2 Esports (BO5) - LEC Playoffs" on Polymarket, the "Over" option in the sub-market "O/U 3.5 games" has experienced a drastic fluctuation in win rate, plummeting from 75.5% an hour ago to the current 34.5% (a fluctuation of 41%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

ARK Invest's Director of Digital Asset Research, Lorenzo Valente, posted on X that since the rise of L1, application chains, and Rollup-centric roadmaps, messaging and interoperability protocols have become critical infrastructure. As more assets go on-chain, the demand for universal interoperability will grow exponentially.Lorenzo Valente stated that the interoperability business of the cross-chain interoperability protocol LayerZero is likely to quickly grow to a nine-figure ARR, and mentioned that the team has more progress to share in the future.