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Blue Origin aims to increase the launch frequency of the New Glenn heavy rocket to multiple times a week by 2030, challenging SpaceX's market position. The company has invested over $3 billion in Florida and plans to add another $330 million to expand its facilities.

The cross-chain exchange protocol NEAR Intents released a post-mortem report attributing a $3.8 million vulnerability to a flaw in the deposit notification feature. The protocol deploys a public settlement contract on NEAR that maintains an internal ledger of deposited tokens, while withdrawals transfer tokens out via a cross-chain bridge. The report was published by NEAR Intents General Manager Alex Shevchenko on October 16, stating that the attacker withdrew $3.8 million before the protocol was shut down on October 1 and returned all funds within 36 hours of detection, with all affected users fully compensated.The report indicates that the feature notifies third-party contracts when tokens are deposited. The attacker created a contract that intentionally caused the notification to fail, allowing the token contract to refund the deposit while NEAR Intents retained the corresponding ledger credit. Through 23 failed deposit transactions, the attacker accumulated $3.8 million in unsupported balance, referred to in the report as ghost funds, and subsequently withdrew real tokens based on this and transferred them to other chains via the Omni infrastructure. Shevchenko stated that this was a vulnerability in the NEAR Intents contract, not in the Omni infrastructure.Withdrawals occurred between September 29 and October 1. The settlement contract was paused and reopened on October 1, with affected routes gradually restored, and contract-side deposits resumed on October 2. The report noted that the vulnerability went undetected because monitoring only compared the original chain assets with the total balance of NEAR side tokens, without comparing the total internal user balances with the actual tokens held by the contract; the team has since added this check and will automatically pause the contract when there is a balance inconsistency. The fix for the October vulnerability was deployed on October 2, but another serious vulnerability report regarding the same feature prompted its complete removal on October 7, with the relevant researcher receiving a $300,000 reward.

Australian AI data center operator Firmus, supported by NVIDIA, stated via email to CNBC that the company has withdrawn its planned large IPO due to market volatility and conditions. The board believes that the proposed issuance terms do not adequately reflect the business's strength and long-term growth prospects, and continuing with the issuance is not in the best interests of the company and its shareholders. The company stated it will turn to private market financing and consider other public and private market options.Reportedly, Firmus originally planned to raise $5 billion through the IPO, pricing shares at AUD 11. If successful, it would have become the second-largest IPO in Australian history, with a valuation of approximately $30.6 billion. In August 2026, the company announced the completion of $2 billion in financing, with investors including NVIDIA, Coatue Management, Blackstone, and Jane Street; the previous year, it raised over $3 billion in equity financing, with a valuation exceeding $10.5 billion. Last month, Firmus announced an agreement with Meta to provide GPU computing power for AI research, model development, and training based on NVIDIA's DSX platform in Southeast Asia.

According to Durov's Code, Telegram is expected to launch a brand new cryptocurrency wallet, Gram Wallet, in the latest release of version 13, which is not yet officially open to users.Meanwhile, the original Wallet service has been renamed to Walt and has moved from the settings menu to the mini-app interface, with existing accounts and assets unaffected.

According to Fox News, Jeff Bezos stated that Blue Origin has raised $10 billion from external investors for the first time.

Smart wearable device company OURA has postponed its IPO plans due to market uncertainty. The company previously planned to issue 50 million shares to raise up to $2.2 billion.OURA is currently profitable and is expected to see a 90% year-over-year revenue growth in fiscal year 2026. CEO Tom Hale stated that the company still has flexibility in choosing the timing.

Bitget's Greater China Regional Head, Xie Jiayin, recently addressed community concerns during a live broadcast. He reflected that since Bitget's establishment 8 years ago, user asset security has always been the top priority, successfully resisting multiple attempts of cyber attacks and maintaining a long-term record of secure operations. This incident marks the first security crisis in the platform's 8-year development history.Upon complete tracing, this incident is classified as a special attack targeting a third-party security software supply chain. The attacker exploited vulnerabilities in third-party products to obtain internal network credentials; however, private keys were not leaked, and cold wallet assets were unaffected. Currently, Bitget has partnered with security agencies Mandiant and SlowMist to conduct an independent review and will comprehensively upgrade the monitoring and management standards for third-party components. We are not only committed to promoting a full recovery following this incident but will also contribute to a safer, more robust, and healthier development of the industry through continuous technological iteration and system upgrades.

In today's community live broadcast, Bitget CEO Gracy responded to recent security incidents and the platform's financial status. She candidly stated that this is the first security incident encountered since Bitget was established 8 years ago. After a complete trace, it was found that hackers exploited vulnerabilities in third-party security products to steal internal network access credentials, forged withdrawal commands to the wallet system, and deceived the wallet into executing abnormal transfers that bypassed risk checks. Gracy emphasized that no private keys were leaked, and cold wallets were unaffected; specific technical details will be disclosed in the formally released security report.Gracy pointed out that the verified losses from this incident are within the coverage of the protection fund, and user funds are not affected. The platform's own funds exceed $1.4 billion, which includes approximately $464 million in the user protection fund. The platform will continue to uphold the security commitments made when the protection fund was established in 2022, planning to replenish the fund to the baseline of $300 million within a week."The protection fund is not just a slogan, but an important mechanism that provides tangible security for users in the event of extreme security incidents," Gracy stated. In the face of sudden security challenges, the platform's comprehensive strength and its ability to take responsibility are important criteria for measuring its risk response capability and long-term credibility. Bitget will continue to uphold its long-term commitment to prioritize user interests.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin announced today that the original novel "Snowmoon" has been completed, consisting of 32 chapters.The novel unfolds in a speculative science fiction setting, depicting a world that heavily relies on cryptography and decentralized governance. The story focuses on the ideological conflicts between societies such as Veridia and the Arctic Empire, involving elements like zero-knowledge proofs, second voting, privacy technologies, and content-oriented tax mechanisms, integrating themes of mechanism design and digital sovereignty that have long been of interest to Vitalik.The work is released under the GPL v3 license. Vitalik stated that adaptations into films, animations, and other derivative works are allowed, but requires the related production pipeline (including AI prompts, scripts, and other non-generic materials) to be open-sourced. He declared that all text was written by him, with AI assistance only used for spelling and grammar checks, consistency verification, and webpage formatting, and noted "Snowmoon was written with love."

Since its founding by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2000, Blue Origin has invested approximately $30 billion. Blue Origin is undergoing its first external financing, having raised about $10 billion, with the company valued at $140 billion. The company plans to achieve growth through rocket launches, satellite communications, and artificial intelligence satellite services.

The Taiwanese prosecutors stated that they are investigating the global leading chip substrate and printed circuit board manufacturer, Unimicron Technology Corporation, which is a key supplier for NVIDIA, Intel, Google, and Amazon. The investigation targets the company for allegedly mislabeling parts made in China as being produced in Taiwan, which may violate laws prohibiting the laundering of origin.Unimicron Technology Corporation is one of the world's top printed circuit board manufacturers, and this investigation occurs against the backdrop of the United States cracking down on transshipment.

According to Bloomberg, citing informed sources, China's Ministry of State Security recently requested some government-related agencies to uninstall the Windows 10 Shenzhou Internet Security Government Edition operating system, advancing the planned end of support originally set for February 2027 by several months. This operating system was developed by a joint venture between Microsoft and China Electronics Technology Group, established in 2016, aimed at ensuring Windows 10 meets the security requirements of the Chinese government.The report states that the new directive comes just weeks before a planned summit between Chinese and U.S. leaders, catching some government agency staff by surprise. As China gradually removes overseas technology products from its government procurement whitelist, this early discontinuation will further reduce reliance on U.S. technology. Shenzhou Internet Security has not publicly responded to this matter.

AI programming tool Cursor announces the launch of the Origin code hosting feature, which is now available for early testing to all paid users starting today. This feature supports the creation of new code repositories, bidirectional synchronization with GitHub repositories, and includes pull requests, code browsing, and AI Agent integration capabilities. Users can complete code reading, questioning, modification, and PR merging all within the same interface.The synchronized GitHub repositories support bidirectional comment synchronization. Comments in Cursor will sync to GitHub, and replies on GitHub will also be sent back to Cursor in real-time. Origin also integrates applications such as Vercel, Depot, and Buildkite, allowing PRs to automatically generate preview deployments. Cursor indicates that more native Agent features will be launched in the future. Enterprise users can opt out of this testing program through their administrators.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suddenly canceled the meeting originally scheduled for last Friday. The meeting was planned to advance the formulation of cryptocurrency regulatory rules and to announce the repeatedly postponed innovation exemption arrangements, which may be related to the Clarity Act.Earlier last week, the SEC announced it would hold a public meeting where commissioners would discuss the Reg Crypto proposal, which involves how companies can raise funds through tokens and ultimately exit SEC oversight after issuing their own digital assets. The SEC had originally planned to announce at least some of the innovation exemption arrangements, concerning how security token issuers handle the underlying securities. Both of these arrangements did not proceed as scheduled.

According to on-chain data, Optimism has not conducted any buybacks after completing the second and third rounds of monthly community buybacks in March and April. In March, 367.905 ETH was used to buy back 6.951453 million OP, and in April, 50.16 ETH was used to buy back 0.925654 million OP. As of now, a total of 9.451924 million OP has been repurchased.

The X platform has announced the launch of the Original Content Rewards Program, aimed at rewarding creators who bring original perspectives, expertise, reporting, creativity, and commentary to the platform.X stated that, effective immediately, new users will no longer be able to join the original revenue sharing program. Existing revenue sharing program users can continue to earn revenue until September 7, during which three final payments will be made on August 14, August 28, and approximately September 11.Starting September 8, eligible existing creators can apply to join the new Original Content Rewards Program. The new program will distribute earnings based on the qualified exposure generated by the creator's original content, with rewards issued every two weeks, and the first payment expected to be issued on August 28.To apply for the Original Content Rewards Program, the following conditions must be met:Must be at least 18 years old;Reside in a country or region supported by the program;Account must be in good standing, with no multiple violations of revenue standards or service terms;Must have a personal or business account;Must subscribe to X Premium, Premium+, or Premium Business;Must have at least 500 verified followers;Must have achieved at least 500,000 impressions from verified users on the home timeline in the past 90 days (excluding reply impressions);Must continuously publish original content.

The Thai Immigration Bureau recently issued a warning, pointing out that while the cross-border trade of amulets is thriving, it is being exploited by gray capital networks as a money laundering channel.From online gambling, telecom fraud to drug smuggling, some illegal proceeds are being disguised as legitimate business income through means such as amulet trading, fake auctions, temple rentals, and cryptocurrency peer-to-peer transfers.

According to Jinshi reports, U.S. President Trump stated that there was a plan to carry out the largest attack on Iran since World War II.