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Derek Chiang, founder of ZeroDev and former employee of Offchain, announced his joining of Ethlabs, stating that he will focus on promoting Ethereum technologies such as real-time proofs, light clients, and fast confirmations into practical products and commercial scenarios.He mentioned that the current adoption of many underlying Ethereum technologies is still significantly lagging behind their potential, for example, some cross-chain bridges still rely on multi-signature verification for L1 deposits; he hopes that Ethlabs will become a market force for the implementation of Ethereum technologies, persuading developers to adopt them through technical and product advantages rather than just ideology.

According to Decrypt, the prediction market platform Kalshi announced a partnership with DoubleZero to provide real-time market data subscription services to trading institutions through DoubleZero Edge.The initial data covers Kalshi sports event contracts and cryptocurrency perpetual futures, including Level 1 (best quotes and transaction records) and Level 2 (multiple buy and sell orders) data, which can be directly used for pricing, hedging, and automated trading strategies. DoubleZero uses a multicast system to synchronize and push machine-readable data to all connected parties, significantly lowering the access threshold.

According to The Block, Nasdaq-listed trading investment platform eToro has agreed to acquire the American online brokerage TradeZero, with a transaction value of up to $231 million. This acquisition is an important step for eToro to expand its presence in the U.S. market and strengthen its services for active traders. ReutersThe announcement of the acquisition was released simultaneously with eToro's financial report for the second quarter of 2026. The report shows that eToro continued to achieve profit growth in the second quarter, with net contribution increasing by 9% year-on-year to $229 million, mainly driven by enhanced stock trading activity.Founded in 2015, TradeZero primarily serves active traders in the U.S. and operates in Canada and other international markets. eToro stated that after acquiring TradeZero, it will further expand its retail customer base in the U.S. and gain a stronger brokerage infrastructure, accelerating the launch of new products in the U.S. market. ReutersIn recent years, eToro has continuously strengthened its layout in digital assets and on-chain finance. The company previously acquired the self-custody crypto wallet service provider Zengo to enhance its digital asset capabilities and explore the integration of traditional finance with the on-chain economy. eToro's acquisition of TradeZero reflects its strategic direction in building a comprehensive financial ecosystem between stock trading, crypto assets, and multi-asset investment platforms. It is reported that the TradeZero transaction is expected to be completed in the first half of 2027.

According to ChianCatcher news, OKX founder Star tweeted that the team completed a significant engineering milestone last week, successfully migrating a high-traffic core trading system from one country to another with zero user-visible downtime. The only impact was a temporary increase in latency of about 30-40 minutes. The team believes this may be the first achievement of its kind in the industry at this scale. Migrating a key trading system while maintaining uninterrupted service, data integrity, and trading continuity is extremely challenging.

Joseph Chalom, CEO of the Ethereum treasury company SharpLink, posted in opposition to Ethereum Improvement Proposal EIP-8363. According to his disclosure, the current network issues new ETH to validators as staking rewards at a variable yield rate of about 2.75%. If the proposal is passed, it will be implemented in phases over approximately a year and a half, gradually destroying part of the issuance rewards as the staking amount increases. When about 50% of ETH is staked, the staking yield will drop to 0%, and validators will only be able to rely on transaction fees, which currently account for only 15% of staking rewards, to sustain themselves.Chalom presented four points of opposition:Staking yield is the factual benchmark for all on-chain interest rates. The approximately $35 billion TVL of liquid staking tokens is the core collateral for on-chain lending. A yield of zero will raise on-chain capital costs, making actual yields approach or even become negative. Collateral will migrate to assets that still generate yields, and independent stakers and small to medium operators will be the first to be squeezed out.The native yield characteristic is precisely the key reason institutions choose ETH over Bitcoin. Erasing this difference is equivalent to voluntarily giving up its competitive advantage just as ETH is outperforming Bitcoin.Issuance is not a cost to external parties but a transfer of value to security maintainers and builders within the network. Destroying it is a destruction of value rather than a redistribution of this portion of value.The current timing is the worst; Ethereum is in a rising phase of institutional adoption, and destruction incentives will suppress this wave of adoption momentum.He stated that SharpLink agrees with the proposal authors' goal of making ETH scarce and stabilizing the staking rate at a reasonable level, but believes this should be achieved through the existing base fee destruction mechanism rather than altering the economic foundation of the protocol.

On August 7, WEEX announced that it has launched a limited-time zero transaction fee for GRVT, and users participating in trading can also share a 50,000 USDT airdrop. Activity period: 8/6 18:00 - 8/13 18:00 (UTC+8).During the event, all users with a daily GRVT spot trading volume ≥ 50 U can receive a 5 USDT contract bonus each day; inviting friends to participate in this event, an individual can earn up to 1,000 USDT in rewards.

Preliminary data from the U.S. government shows that in July this year, U.S. imports of crude oil from Saudi Arabia fell to zero, marking the first time since 1985 that there has been an entire month without imports of Saudi crude oil.Data released by the U.S. Department of Energy indicates that shipments of Saudi crude oil to the U.S. completely ceased in July. It is expected that U.S. crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia will resume to about 300,000 barrels per day this month.

On August 5, WEEX Exchange announced that the platform launched Ant.fun (ANTFUN) on August 3 at 18:00 (UTC+8) and has initiated a limited-time zero transaction fee promotion, allowing users to share a 20,000 USDT airdrop for participating in trading. Activity period: 8/4 18:00 - 8/11 18:00 (UTC+8).During the event, all users with an ANTFUN spot trading volume ≥ 100 USDT can participate in sharing a 10,000 USDT prize pool based on their trading volume rankings, with the user ranked first receiving an exclusive reward of 800 USDT.

On August 5, WEEX announced that it has launched zero-fee trading for PREDIX (PDX), Uniswap (UNI), and NEAR Protocol (NEAR), and is offering a 20,000 USDT exclusive airdrop for newcomers. Event duration: 8/4 17:00 - 8/11 17:00 (UTC+8).

The 10-Q document submitted by 0G Treasury Company ZeroStack to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shows that as of June 30, the company had a cash balance of $2.6 million, a working capital of negative $600,000, a cumulative loss of $339.1 million, and confirmed a fair value loss of $82.5 million on digital assets, expecting a net loss of $61.3 million in the first half of 2026.The financial report indicates that as of June 30, ZeroStack held 75.1 million 0G (Zero Gravity) tokens, with a total cost of $163.3 million, but a fair value of only $15.2 million, representing a decrease of about 91% from the book cost. The company stated that its current operations mainly rely on 0G staking rewards and token sales, and its future financing ability will also depend on the price performance of 0G and market trading liquidity.Public information shows that ZeroStack is a publicly listed treasury company with 0G as its core reserve asset, and is not the official or development team of the 0G project. The company participates in the ecosystem through large-scale holdings and staking of 0G, and its operational status is highly correlated with the price trend of the 0G token.

The Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company Bitdeer announced the latest Bitcoin holdings data on platform X. As of the week ending July 31, its Bitcoin mining output was 271.3 BTC, and it sold 271.3 BTC during the same period, resulting in a net addition of 0 BTC. Currently, it continues to maintain a zero Bitcoin holding.

According to official news, Gate's stock trading service has undergone an important upgrade, becoming the industry's first exchange to offer zero fees for trading U.S. stocks and ETFs. After the upgrade, buy and sell orders for eligible U.S. stocks and ETFs will not incur trading fees on the Gate platform, and there will be no minimum trading fees, account opening fees, or account maintenance fees, further reducing the cost for users to participate in the U.S. stock market.In addition to the platform trading fees, there may be third-party fees related to U.S. market settlement fees, regulatory fees, and ADR custody fees during the trading process. These fees will be executed according to the rules of regulatory agencies, clearing agencies, and custodial banks, and will be borne by users based on actual transaction conditions. Furthermore, after the zero-fee upgrade, U.S. stock trading will no longer count towards the total trading volume for VIPs.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the event "LoL Deep Exchange Team vs. Zero Point Team LCP Group Stage" on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Odd" option in the sub-market "Total Number of Kills Odd/Even" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in win rate, soaring from 50.5% an hour ago to the current 90% (a fluctuation of 39.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to BBX data, global institutional capital and listed mining companies have been active in the allocation of funds and asset restructuring in the digital asset ecosystem over the weekend, with the following key developments:Traditional asset management giant Capital Group significantly increased its investment in cryptocurrency treasury: The top investment management company Capital Group's SMALLCAP World Fund recently disclosed its latest positions, having increased its holdings in the Bitcoin treasury company Strive by a total of 481,772 shares (worth approximately $5.52 million). After this increase, the fund currently holds a total of 2.93 million shares of Strive (total value approximately $33.62 million), highlighting the strong interest of traditional Wall Street asset management capital in indirectly allocating Bitcoin assets.Bitdeer disclosed mining ledger, adhering to "zero holdings" fiat operation: Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company Bitdeer (NASDAQ: $BTDR) announced its latest production and holding data. As of the week ending July 24, its Bitcoin mining output was 274.6 BTC, while it sold 274.8 BTC on the open market, resulting in a net addition of 0 BTC. Amidst the frenzy of many peers hoarding coins, Bitdeer remains steadfast in maintaining its "Bitcoin zero holdings" strategy with pure fiat operations.Poolin applies for bankruptcy, selling Texas mining assets for $52 million: The established mining pool Poolin has officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. Court documents show that its total debt before filing for bankruptcy was approximately $173.1 million (of which about $163.7 million was unsecured promissory notes issued to Poolin Wallet customers after the withdrawal suspension during the 2022 bear market), with the number of creditors estimated to be between 10,001 and 25,000. Currently, Poolin intends to sell its Texas mining assets for a total price of $52 million and has signed an agreement with Thor CALAP LLC, which will bid $15 million and $37 million respectively for the power usage rights and equipment of the Pyote and Tarbush mining areas.

LayerZero announced on platform X that it will gradually cease off-chain support for 20 low-activity blockchains, and the DVN and Executor services for the related networks will be taken offline successively.The official reminder states that users holding related Stargate assets must complete cross-chain migration before the deadline.

On July 20, WEEX Exchange announced that it has launched zero-fee trading for Lorenzo Protocol (BANK) and is offering a 50,000 USDT airdrop reward. Event duration: 7/20 17:00 - 7/27 17:00 (UTC+8)

According to Bloomberg, AI startup 01.ai, founded by AI expert Kai-Fu Lee, plans to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong after the end of the 2027 fiscal year and intends to seek Pre-IPO financing during its first annual performance announcement. To comply with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's listing regulations for specialized technology companies, 01.ai is currently adjusting its offshore holding structure to pave the way for its future listing in Hong Kong.Founded in 2023, 01.ai achieved a valuation of over $1 billion in just 8 months after receiving investments from institutions such as Alibaba Cloud. The company has completed a business strategy transformation, shifting from its early self-developed cutting-edge large language models to building AI infrastructure services for enterprises, primarily fine-tuning and customizing based on domestic open-source models such as DeepSeek, Alibaba Qianwen, and Zhiyu GLM. Kai-Fu Lee revealed that approximately 50% of 01.ai's business revenue currently comes from overseas markets.

According to Jinshi reports, the Iranian Fars News Agency quoted sources on the 19th stating that the shipping volume in the Strait of Hormuz has dropped to zero, and as long as the United States continues its provocative actions, the strait will remain closed.Currently, no vessels are passing through the Strait of Hormuz, and any attempts to cross the strait will be met with Iranian retaliation.