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According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the "Commanders vs. Eagles" event, the "Over" option in the sub-market "Commanders O/U 13.5" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 74.5% an hour ago to the current 39.5% (a fluctuation of 35%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Documents obtained by The Intercept through a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act show that the U.S. Department of Defense once requested OpenAI to provide a version of artificial intelligence specifically tailored for the military, with a "very low refusal rate" for commands. This statement appeared in the updated contract for the 2025 prototype agreement "P00003," which is a two-year agreement worth up to $200 million, covering logistics, intelligence decision-making, and operational uses. OpenAI, Google, xAI, and Anthropic all agreed to develop such militarized prototypes in 2025.OpenAI spokesperson Nate Evans stated that the company never agreed to contract terms that included a "very low refusal rate," and the relevant documents were early drafts from the Department of Defense, with the final executed contract not containing that statement. Department of Defense spokesperson Jacob Bliss also indicated that the phrase did not appear in any current contracts. The Intercept pointed out that the documents obtained were not marked as drafts; a Department of Justice lawyer representing the Pentagon once confirmed that the document was a signed executed version, but later requested to disregard that confirmation and stated that further investigation was needed.The latest contract signed on February 27 allows OpenAI services to be deployed on military classified networks, with similar delivery terms completely redacted. OpenAI stated that it has drawn a red line regarding autonomous killing and surveillance of Americans, but the contract text allows the government to determine any use as legal.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the probability of the "Jessica Pegula" option in the sub-market "US Open WTA: Jessica Pegula vs Emma Navarro" event on the Polymarket market has experienced significant fluctuations, soaring from 55.5% an hour ago to the current 72.5% (a fluctuation of 17%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to the official announcement from the Ethena Foundation, the fee conversion vote has been approved, with 100% in favor. The programmatic ENA buyback will begin and will gradually scale up as indicators and milestones are achieved.Previously, on August 27, the Ethena Foundation announced four adjustments to the Ethena ecosystem, including the buyback of locked tokens held by early investors, further aligning the token with equity value, initiating a governance proposal for revenue buyback of ENA, and canceling future monthly VC investor unlocks.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the prediction market Polymarket for the event "US Open WTA: Emma Navarro vs. Loïs Boisson," the sub-market "US Open WTA: Emma Navarro vs. Loïs Boisson Spread +/-1.5" saw the winning probability of the "Navarro" option experience significant fluctuations, dropping from 74.5% an hour ago to the current 52.5% (a fluctuation of 22%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "US Open WTA: Emma Navarro vs. Loïs Boisson," the sub-market "Total Sets: Over/Under 2.5" option "Over 2.5" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 13% an hour ago to the current 50% (a fluctuation of 37%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

Coinbase announced the architecture and application of its internal AI system "CEEcil." This system is not just a simple chatbot; it is designed to function as an AI agent similar to a "team member," which can be @mentioned in Slack and possesses long-term memory, proactive follow-up, and judgment capabilities.CEEcil retains team context through a three-layer memory mechanism: it continuously extracts information such as decisions, blockers, and responsible parties from authorized channels in the background; integrates short-term observations into long-term summaries every night; and retrieves historical memories, recent conversations, and real-time data as needed when answering questions. The system also employs a layered model architecture, prioritizing simple queries to be processed through APIs or knowledge bases, while only delegating complex, multi-step tasks to stronger AI models to reduce costs and delays.Coinbase stated that CEEcil is currently able to assist teams in handling production incidents and answering expert knowledge that would normally take hours to obtain; in the future, it hopes to expand this model into multiple AI agents tailored for specific teams, allowing AI not only to "answer questions" but also to retain memory, actively participate, and complete actual work.

The fixed-rate lending protocol TermMax (parent company Term Structure Labs) announced a strategic investment from YZi Labs, with the amount undisclosed. TermMax is a selected project in the YZi Labs incubation program EASY Residency for the third quarter. The protocol has raised over $8 million in total financing, with previous investors including lead investor Cumberland DRW from the 2023 seed round, as well as HashKey Capital, Decima Fund, Longling Capital, MZ Web3 Fund, and other institutions.The TermMax mainnet is set to launch in April 2025 and is currently deployed on 10 EVM-compatible chains, operating 60 fixed-rate markets and 40 strategy vaults, with a total locked value of tens of millions of dollars and over 1.5 million registered wallets. The protocol achieves fixed-rate lending by splitting debt into three tradable tokens: FT (zero-coupon bonds), XT (interest and option value), and GT (leverage position certificates), with settlement using physical delivery.Its token $TMX completed its TGE on August 25, with trading on the first day across platforms such as Binance Alpha, Kraken, Bitget, MEXC, and KuCoin. It is reported that TermMax will subsequently advance in three directions: on-chain yield curves, interest and options markets for tokenized stocks, and the institutional financing platform TermPrime.

Binance Wallet announced that Binance Alpha will be the first platform to launch TermMax (TMX), with the launch date set for August 25. After trading opens, eligible users can use Binance Alpha Points to claim airdrops on the Alpha Events page.The official statement mentioned that more details will be announced separately and reminded users to follow Binance's official channels for the latest updates.

Google (GOOG.O) announced that the downloads of its Gemma model have surpassed 1 billion.

An article in Forbes states that U.S. Vice President JD Vance's previous views on the global reserve status of the dollar have sparked discussions about the long-term contradictions of the dollar system. The article argues that while the dollar, as a global reserve currency, brings financing advantages, it also creates the "Triffin Dilemma": a national currency struggles to simultaneously meet domestic economic needs and global reserve demands.The article points out that the dollar's reserve status drives global capital inflows into the U.S., enhancing the dollar's value, allowing American consumers to access cheap imported goods, but simultaneously weakening the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing and exacerbating trade deficits. The author believes that after the end of the Bretton Woods system and the suspension of gold convertibility in 1971, the dollar system continued to operate through U.S. Treasury bonds and the global dollar market, but the core contradictions have not disappeared. Stablecoins, while able to expand the use of the dollar, still rely on U.S. government debt and cannot completely resolve the issue of reserve assets depending on a single country's liabilities.The article states that while gold has non-sovereign attributes, it faces limitations in transportation, verification, and settlement efficiency. Bitcoin, with its fixed supply, lack of need for state credit endorsement, global verifiability, and rapid digital settlement features, may become a new neutral reserve asset. The author suggests that in the future, the dollar can continue to serve as a global transaction and commercial currency, while Bitcoin may gradually take on more roles as a reserve asset, thereby alleviating the global monetary system's dependence on a single country's liabilities. However, the article also notes that Bitcoin currently faces issues such as price volatility, limited institutional adoption, and insufficient maturity of custodial systems. Gold has a financial history spanning hundreds of years, while Bitcoin has only existed for 17 years, and whether it can become a global reserve asset still requires time to verify.

The fixed-rate DeFi protocol TermMax announced the launch of the Booster event on Binance Wallet. Users can share a reward of 2 million TMX tokens by completing five designated tasks or participating by posting on Binance Square.The event runs from August 17, 07:00 UTC to August 24, 23:59 UTC. Participants must complete the relevant interactions or content postings according to the rules to receive their corresponding reward shares.

Fixed-rate lending and revolving strategy protocol TermMax announced that its governance and utility token TMX's Token Generation Event (TGE) is scheduled for August 25, 2026.According to the official introduction, TermMax currently has a TVL of over $90 million, more than 1.5 million registered wallets, and over 90,000 daily active users. It has been deployed on 10 EVM chains including Ethereum, BNB Chain, Arbitrum, Base, and Berachain, and has integrated with Morpho, Aave, Venus, Pendle, and others. The total supply of tokens is fixed at 1 billion, and rewards obtained through XP, AP, and MP will be claimable after the TGE, with specific allocation, lock-up, and staking details to be announced in advance.Previously, TermMax received support from Cumberland DRW, Decima Fund, HashKey Capital, Longling Capital, and MZ Web3 Fund.

Microsoft Threat Intelligence posted on the X platform that a cluster of compromised websites has been found using ClickFix and EtherHiding technologies to spread malware, with attacks targeting thousands of enterprise and consumer devices worldwide every day.Attackers inject Base64 encoded JavaScript to connect to the BNB Smart Chain RPC gateway, obtaining the next stage instructions stored by smart contracts. Since the contract content can only be modified by the deployer's wallet, traditional takedown methods are difficult to counter. The attack deceives users into opening a run dialog box with fake verification codes, pasting clipboard content, and executing commands from the attacker, while also involving the abuse of various system tools such as conhost, cmd, PowerShell, and mshta, as well as command obfuscation techniques. Successful execution may lead to credential exposure, persistence establishment, lateral movement, and even ransomware attacks.Microsoft recommends that enterprises enable Defender's multi-layer protection, restrict command line tools, enable PowerShell script logging, and remind users not to paste commands from unknown sources into the run window or terminal for execution.

According to official news, Circle Gateway has implemented a programmable authorization model by supporting ERC-1271 signatures, allowing smart contracts and smart contract wallets to directly use the Gateway.Developers do not need to set up additional delegated approvers and can access a unified USDC balance system through existing smart contract authorization logic.

According to Jinshi reports, the Israel Defense Forces launched an attack yesterday (Sunday) in the Deir Ballut area, successfully eliminating the commander of Hamas's military wing, the Nukhba forces, Abdullah Adnan Taha Abu Al-Tayef.

According to Jinshi reports, the Korea Exchange has launched a sidecar mechanism for the KOSDAQ, suspending programmatic trading for 5 minutes.