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Сообщение ChainCatcher, стартап в области AI-ассистентов Instinct объявил о завершении раунда финансирования B на сумму 250 миллионов долларов, который был совместно возглавлен Index Ventures и Benchmark. После этого раунда общий объем финансирования компании достиг 350 миллионов долларов, а оценка возросла до 2,5 миллиарда долларов.Instinct был запущен Spear Street Technology, его 23-летний основатель Ноа Шин возглавляет компанию, продукт все еще находится на стадии закрытого тестирования. Пользователи могут подключать его к своим приложениям и устройствам и взаимодействовать с AI-ассистентом через текстовые сообщения и телефон, чтобы планировать поездки, приобретать товары, бронировать мероприятия и управлять подписками и другими повседневными делами.

Сообщение ChainCatcher, UPBIT запустит Polyswarm (NCT) 26 августа в 21:00 и будет поддерживать торговлю KRW. В течение периода поддержки торговли комиссия за сделки будет снижена с 0,05% до 0%, акция продлится до 27 августа 20:59.

Сообщение ChainCatcher, AMD официально выпустила локальную платформу AI-программирования для предприятий AMD Instinct Coder, интегрирующую процессоры AMD EPYC, графические процессоры AMD Instinct, серверы AI Supermicro, программное обеспечение для запуска платформы вывода PaletteAI от Spectro Cloud и модель GLM-5.2, оптимизированную для вывода с помощью микросервисов AMD, что составляет единое интегрированное решение, готовое к быстрой развертке от аппаратного обеспечения до программного обеспечения.AMD заявила, что общая стоимость владения этой платформой может быть снижена на 70% по сравнению с использованием облачных передовых моделей, а срок окупаемости капитальных вложений может составлять всего 6 месяцев, что решает две основные проблемы, с которыми сталкиваются предприятия в пилотных проектах AI-программирования: высокие затраты на облачные модели и риски безопасности данных от сторонних сервисов.Платформа PaletteAI от Spectro Cloud предлагает функцию интеллектуальной маршрутизации, которая может автоматически переключаться между локальным выводом и облачными передовыми моделями, такими как Anthropic, OpenAI, Google и xAI, в зависимости от стратегии, и оснащена квотами на токены, отслеживанием аудита и панелями Grafana для визуализации сравнительного анализа затрат между локальным и облачным решениями, полностью совместима со стандартными операционными системами и Kubernetes. Каждый узел может поддерживать до 50 пользователей и совместим с основными инструментами разработки, такими как Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Visual Studio Code и Cursor.Руководитель IDC отметил, что эта платформа "напрямую отвечает на потребность предприятий в AI-программировании, не желающих сталкиваться с непредсказуемыми облачными расходами или рисками раскрытия исходного кода". Этот шаг AMD переводит AI-программирование от модели чистого обслуживания с оплатой за вызовы к модели инфраструктурных инвестиций с заранее запланированными затратами.

Сообщение ChainCatcher, согласно данным SemiAnalysis, AMD в конце прошлого года и начале этого года заключила соглашение о варрантах на основе производительности с Meta и OpenAI. Варранты будут распределяться поэтапно в зависимости от закупок и развертывания обеими компаниями до 6GW графических процессоров AMD Instinct, при этом цена акций AMD должна превысить ступенчатую цель (до 600 долларов).С ростом цены акций AMD с примерно 200 долларов в начале 2026 года до текущих 500-600 долларов, SemiAnalysis оценивает, что капитальные затраты на графические процессоры Meta и OpenAI снизились с примерно 2.15 долларов/час и 2.50 долларов/час до примерно 1.60 долларов/час и 1.75 долларов/час соответственно. Если цена акций AMD вырастет до 600-700 долларов, капитальные затраты на сами графические процессоры приблизятся к нулю; если она преодолеет 1000 долларов, то общие капитальные затраты всего кластера (включая серверы, сети и ЦП и т.д.) для обеих компаний фактически станут нулевыми. Этот анализ основан на предположении линейного распределения и условии полной развертки мощности в 6GW, конкретные условия варрантов еще не были опубликованы.

The cryptocurrency project World Liberty Financial (WLFI), supported by the Trump family, stated that in light of recent updates to sanctions measures, WLFI maintains a risk-based sanctions compliance control mechanism to support legal and regulatory obligations applicable within relevant jurisdictions. Transactions involving sanctioned individuals, entities, or related wallet addresses may face enhanced scrutiny, denial, restrictions, or other appropriate compliance measures.Users should ensure that the source of funds and the original wallet address are not related to sanctioned individuals or prohibited activities when transferring digital assets. If transactions or accounts are affected during the compliance review process, its support team will assist users in taking subsequent steps.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that it has added Iran's largest cryptocurrency exchange Nobitex, as well as three Iranian cryptocurrency exchanges Wallex, Bitpin, and Ramzinex, to its sanctions list, and imposed sanctions on Nobitex's chairman and co-founder Amir Hossein Rad, current CEO Seyed Ali Khoee, and several co-founders and executives.The U.S. Treasury accused Nobitex of processing over 50% of Iran's cryptocurrency inflows in 2025 and providing support for transactions related to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), ransomware organizations, and sanction evasion activities. It also assisted the Central Bank of Iran in obtaining hundreds of millions of dollars in stablecoin funding. U.S. officials stated that after U.S. military actions against Iran, Nobitex helped transfer and protect the assets of the Iranian regime.In addition, the Treasury stated that Iran's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange Wallex, as well as Bitpin and Ramzinex, were also found to have links to transactions related to the IRGC. Among them, Wallex received about 12% of Iran's cryptocurrency inflows in 2025, Bitpin accounted for about 10%, while Ramzinex, established in 2018, has processed over $2.45 billion in transactions.This action is part of the Trump administration's "Economic Fury" strategy to exert maximum pressure on Iran. The U.S. Treasury stated that it will continue to combat Iran's use of digital assets for terrorist financing and sanction evasion and reserves the right to impose secondary sanctions on foreign financial institutions and companies that assist Iran's illegal trade.

Privacy Agreement Zama founder Rand posted on platform X that the freezing measures against the cUSDC contract under Zama have been lifted, and all systems have returned to normal operation.According to his introduction, a U.S. court previously ordered Circle to temporarily freeze a contract worth $12.5 million in USDC held by Zama without prior notice. The court has now determined that the freezing measure was unreasonable and has lifted the temporary restraining order (TRO), and the related cUSDC contracts and assets have been fully restored. Rand stated that this incident did not affect the team's trust in USDC, and Zama still plans to launch the cUSDC product later this month.

According to developer donnoh, due to a vulnerability that occurred during a recent upgrade, the status updates of the Base network have been stagnant for over 30 hours. However, since the withdrawal from Base to the Ethereum mainnet requires about a 7-day challenge period, most ordinary users have not yet noticeably perceived this anomaly.Subsequently, the official Base status page released an announcement confirming that the issue originated from a fault related to the TEE (Trusted Execution Environment) enclave, which caused the network proposal process to be interrupted, thereby affecting the status update process.The official statement indicated that the withdrawal function of the Base mainnet is currently experiencing delays, and the team is working on repairs. Aside from the withdrawal process, other core network components have not been directly affected.

The U.S. Treasury Department has added several individuals and entities to the latest sanctions list, stating that the related network is suspected of procuring U.S. goods for sanctioned Iranian entities.

The Polymarket development team stated, "The current trading functionality is experiencing issues. The team has confirmed the cause of the problem and is deploying a fix. Real-time status updates can be viewed on the official status page."

According to Crypto.news, Grayscale has submitted its Form 8-A12B for the spot Hyperliquid ETF to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which is the final registration step before listing on Nasdaq, and trading is expected to begin within 1 to 4 days.In addition, the ETF code is GHYP, and it has been renamed from "Grayscale HYPE ETF" to "Grayscale Hyperliquid Staking ETF," which is suspected to include new features allowing for staking.

According to a report by The Information, the prediction market Polymarket is facing increased regulatory and compliance pressure, and the platform is pushing traders to undergo identity verification (KYC) to reduce potential legal and compliance risks.The report states that although Polymarket's platform rules do not allow such activities in certain regions, some users are still participating in market trading through automated trading bots and other means, creating gray usage paths in areas like Russia. Some developers are even using tools like Telegram to organize trading traffic and expand the user base. As the platform grows and regulatory scrutiny increases, Polymarket is being forced to seek a balance between decentralized prediction markets and compliance requirements to address potential sanctions and legal risks.

The cryptocurrency market was at a critical juncture on Wednesday. After failing to break through $78,000 on Tuesday, Bitcoin's price has fallen below the $76,000 "bear market boundary" defined by Tom Lee, now approaching the support level of $75,000. Ethereum also retreated after reaching $2,150 on Tuesday, falling towards the $2,000 support, and then rebounding around $2,050. AI concept tokens RENDER, FET, and NEAR have given back most of their gains from Tuesday.Market performance diverges significantly from U.S. stocks. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 index futures both hit all-time highs, rising about 0.3%. In the derivatives market, cryptocurrency futures trading volume surged 54% to $201 billion within 24 hours, with liquidation volume skyrocketing by 87%, but this mainly reflects the market's restart after the U.S. holiday. Bitcoin open interest climbed to 740,000, with a negative cumulative trading volume difference over 24 hours, indicating that traders are actively shorting through market orders. Ethereum's open interest reached a historic high of 15.57 million, but the trading volume difference is also negative, suggesting that traders are shorting contracts to bet on deeper declines after the critical technical support trendline was breached. The 30-day implied volatility index for Bitcoin rebounded from a year-to-date low, rising nearly 3% to 37.35%, indicating that the market is beginning to seek protection against potential price declines.

According to CoinDesk, the UK has imposed sanctions on 18 entities and individuals accused of assisting Russia in evading Western restrictions and funding its war in Ukraine, including the cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Global S.A. (operator of HTX) and the stablecoin issuer Open Joint Stock Company "Virtual Asset Issuer."This is the first time the UK has applied Regulation 17A, which targets sanctioned banks, to cryptocurrency exchanges, requiring UK financial institutions and cryptocurrency service providers to freeze relevant funds, track on-chain transactions, and not maintain agency relationships or process payments related to sanctioned entities. The sanctions primarily target the A7 payment network.According to the official announcement from Huobi HTX, the sanctioned "Huobi Global S.A." and the online Huobi HTX exchange are independent entities, and this sanction will not affect the online Huobi HTX exchange. Currently, Huobi HTX's global operations are normal, and user funds are safe and secure.

According to Jinshi reports, the latest sanctions imposed by the UK on Russia target the cryptocurrency networks used to evade UK sanctions.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced new regulations aimed at establishing Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and sanctions compliance standards for stablecoin issuers under its supervision. According to the requirements of the GENIUS Act, U.S. federal banking regulators must develop a regulatory framework for stablecoin issuers.Previously, the FDIC proposed two rules concerning the process for bank subsidiaries to apply to become stablecoin issuers, as well as capital, liquidity, and risk management requirements. The latest proposal further requires stablecoin issuers to comply with anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), economic sanctions, and related reporting obligations, including those established by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Additionally, the FDIC plans to establish a supervisory and enforcement mechanism for AML/CFT programs. The proposal will be open for a 60-day public comment period after its publication in the Federal Register.

Binance CEO Richard Teng responded on the X platform to reports from The Wall Street Journal, stating that there are "fundamental errors" regarding the facts and Binance's commitment to compliance frameworks in the reports. Richard Teng noted that the relevant transactions mentioned by The Wall Street Journal occurred before the individuals involved were sanctioned, and Binance has not allowed any sanctioned individuals to trade on the platform.He also stated that Binance had proactively investigated the relevant issues before being contacted by The Wall Street Journal and had provided the other party with relevant facts, but this information was not published. Additionally, Richard Teng emphasized that Binance has a "zero tolerance" policy for illegal activities and has established an industry-leading compliance system, and will continue to cooperate with U.S. and global law enforcement agencies to combat financial crime.Previously, it was reported that funds associated with the Iranian regime had transferred over $850 million through Binance in the past two years.

Bankr posted on platform X that the team is currently working with external partners such as zeroShadow to continue the investigation and repair work. It is expected that all functions will be restored by next week after completing additional security reviews and monitoring measures.Bankr stated that in the short term, it may gradually restore token issuance and some "read-only" functions, allowing users to view account information such as balances. However, wallet transaction functions, including swap and transfers, will remain suspended during the review period.Previously, Bankr disclosed that an attacker had gained access to 14 Bankr wallets, and the platform subsequently suspended related functions and promised to fully compensate users for their losses.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against two money laundering networks associated with the Sinaloa drug cartel, involving more than a dozen individuals and entities. One of the networks is accused of converting cash from the sale of fentanyl and other drugs into cryptocurrency and transferring it to high-ranking members of the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico.OFAC stated that the network laundered money through cash collection within the United States, cryptocurrency transfers, and Mexican brokers associated with the "Los Chapitos" faction. "Los Chapitos" is controlled by Ivan and Alfredo Guzman Salazar, the sons of "Shorty" Guzman. Sanctioned individuals include Armando de Jesus Ojeda Aviles, who is suspected of being responsible for the money laundering network, and Jesus Gonzalez Penuelas, another leader of a drug trafficking and money laundering organization.OFAC noted that the organization collects large amounts of cash in the United States, exchanges it for cryptocurrency, and sends it back to Mexico. Under the sanctions, the assets of the relevant individuals and entities within the United States will be frozen, and U.S. citizens