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Сообщение ChainCatcher, Talent Protocol объявил о том, что был приобретен Interplanetary Talent Services (IPTS) и получил поддержку Protocol Labs. Builder Score станет общественным продуктом, который будет работать локально в браузере, используя открытые данные из GitHub и четырех блокчейнов, каждая вычисляемая величина будет проверяемой, строители смогут публиковать свои баллы как доказательство на Base. IPTS получит часть репутационных данных для подбора вакансий для строителей в таких передовых технологических областях, как ИИ, криптовалюты, аппаратное обеспечение, науки о жизни и др.Стороны продолжат сотрудничество в течение пяти лет: индексировано 6,6 миллиона профилей строителей и 86 миллионов событий, через Builder Rewards было выплачено более 600 тысяч долларов, поддержано Talent House 116 строителей из более чем 15 стран. Talent Protocol завершит коммерческую деятельность, API, Talent+ и социальные каналы будут закрыты в конце августа. Команда не присоединится к IPTS или Protocol Labs, $TALENT не включен в эту сделку.

Сообщение от ChainCatcher, согласно отчету Jin10, американские депозитарные расписки SK Hynix предполагают цену открытия на уровне 180 долларов, а цена размещения составила 149 долларов.

Polish lawmakers passed the government-supported crypto assets market bill (No. 2529) in the 57th session of the House, with 241 votes in favor and 200 against. The bill aims to officially incorporate the Polish cryptocurrency market into the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) framework. Previously, President Karol Nawrocki had vetoed earlier versions of the bill twice.According to the bill, the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) will gain explicit powers to supervise market participants, impose administrative penalties, and temporarily freeze accounts and transactions. The bill has now been submitted to the Senate for review, and the president may still exercise the veto power again.

According to DL News, a South Korean forgery gang is selling fake official documents to users via Telegram, prioritizing payments in cryptocurrency or digital gift cards. Among them, a counterfeit Yonsei University diploma is priced at about $200, a certificate of enrollment is quoted at about $100, and a fake diploma from overseas universities is priced at about $341.The report points out that the gang also offers forged materials such as driver's licenses, proof of relationship, certificates of no criminal record, and bank loan documents. South Korean police stated that the number of arrests for forgery cases nearly doubled from 2021 to 2023.

In response to the recent Kelp DAO cross-chain bridge attack, Ondo Finance stated on the X platform that Ondo Bridge is currently operating safely, with no financial losses or abnormal events.Ondo Bridge is also built on LayerZero and employs a customized security architecture consisting of four independent decentralized verification networks (DVN), namely FCAT, LayerZero Labs, Canary, and Ondo's self-developed verifier. Even if a single DVN encounters issues, the security of the transfers can still be guaranteed.

According to The Block, BlackRock's tokenized fund BUIDL has introduced the oracle provider Chronicle as a new verification solution.According to a Tuesday announcement, Chronicle's "Asset Proof" system will provide "independently verified position-level data," which can be viewed on the Chronicle dashboard. This data "continuously proves the availability, timeliness, and integrity of the fund's asset composition." Chronicle's asset proof is an institutional-grade oracle layer that directly obtains data from custodians and managers. BUIDL is currently the largest tokenized fund, managing approximately $1.7 billion in U.S. Treasury bonds, overnight repos, and cash assets.

According to CoinDesk, fund services giant Apex Group announced that it will tokenize Omnes Mining Note (OMN) on the Base platform, a Layer 2 network under Coinbase. OMN is an institutional-grade structured note backed by Bitcoin mining power, aimed at professional non-U.S. investors, providing economic exposure directly linked to new Bitcoin production without the operational burdens of mining infrastructure, hardware, energy, and compliance.Each OMN corresponds to a fixed 1 PH/s of mining power, with a term of 36 months, and ownership is recorded on-chain through the ERC-3643 standard, which may potentially be used as collateral for permissioned lending in the future.

According to foreign media reports, the Trump administration has temporarily waived a century-old shipping mandate known as the Jones Act to reduce transportation costs for oil, natural gas, and other commodities within the United States. This is the latest measure he has taken to address the rise in energy prices triggered by the war with Iran. On Wednesday, Trump authorized foreign-flagged vessels to transport a range of goods between U.S. ports for the next 60 days.It is understood that this authorization waives certain transportation requirements, allowing foreign ships to temporarily transport various products. According to White House officials, these products include coal, crude oil, refined oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, fertilizers, any products primarily made from refined oil, and other energy derivatives.However, some analysts believe that given the scale of the supply chain shocks, this waiver is expected to have only a limited impact.

According to market news, as the price of Bitcoin has fallen more than 40% from last year's peak, large mining companies holding over $8 billion in Bitcoin are quietly accelerating their sell-off.Unlike previous sell-offs aimed at covering costs, this round of selling is reallocating funds to the artificial intelligence sector. Mining companies are repositioning their facilities, which also benefit from cheap electricity and capital-intensive infrastructure, as AI data center operators to secure a more predictable source of income than Bitcoin mining. MARA Holdings, the second-largest holder of Bitcoin after Strategy, is adjusting its strategy and may sell a portion of its nearly $4 billion reserves.CleanSpark and Riot Platforms have restructured their executive teams to accelerate the AI transformation. Bitdeer has emptied its Bitcoin holdings. Analysts point out that the sell-off by mining companies has triggered market anxiety, but the proceeds from the sales are being used for strategic reallocation rather than survival, and the profit outlook for mining companies is actually more optimistic.

GoPlus Security warns users to be cautious of a new type of Android malware called PromptSpy. This malware lures users into downloading APK files through phishing websites (such as those disguised as bank websites) and can remotely control devices after obtaining accessibility permissions.What makes PromptSpy unique is its use of the Google Gemini API to analyze the device interface and develop attack strategies, allowing it to better adapt to different phone brands and system versions, thereby increasing the stealth and success rate of the attacks.

The founder of CryptoQuant, Ki Young Ju, expressed dissatisfaction with Coinbase's wallet management model in a post on the X platform. He stated that Coinbase often disrupts wallets under the guise of protecting privacy. Additionally, the AOP (Account Balance) published by Coinbase mixes the balances of exchange and custodial accounts, making it difficult to accurately distinguish between pure exchange reserves and custodial reserves, thereby raising the threshold for on-chain data analysis.CryptoQuant has reverse-engineered the recent changes and adjusted its custom clustering logic to track and capture most real-time Bitcoin inflows and outflows. Currently, its platform only marks wallets that are 100% certain to belong to Coinbase (to avoid misjudgment). Some platforms may display higher reserve numbers, but this does not indicate higher accuracy.

Korean cryptocurrency exchange Korbit announced that it will accept a nearly $2 million fine and an official warning from the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) without filing an appeal. The FIU conducted anti-money laundering on-site inspections of all fiat exchanges in South Korea in October 2024, discovering approximately 22,000 violations at Korbit, including 12,800 instances of accepting vague or unclear identification documents, as well as allowing users to trade without completing KYC verification.Korbit stated, "We respect and humbly accept the FIU's decision to ensure the transparency and healthy development of the cryptocurrency market, and we have completed all corrective measures." As the first cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea, Korbit's market share has now shrunk to 0.5%, with an average daily trading volume of only about $12 million. Securities giant Mirae Asset is advancing an acquisition deal, with amounts ranging from $68 million to $95 million.

Solid Intel posted on platform X that Blue Origin, owned by Jeff Bezos, now accepts ETH for space travel payments.

According to the Financial Times, the Defense Export Center (Mindex) under the Iranian Ministry of Defense has announced that it is ready to negotiate military contracts, allowing for various payment methods, including digital currencies, barter trade, or payments in Iranian rials.As the agency responsible for Iran's overseas defense sales, Mindex has listed advanced weapons for export, including Emad ballistic missiles, Shahed drones, Suleimani-class warships, and short-range air defense systems, aiming to circumvent Western financial sanctions.

Binance customer service representative Sisi disclosed a new type of scam on platform X and reminded everyone to pay attention to fund security. A user complained that they were scammed out of money by a "Binance executive" who promised to help solve a problem, but after the money was transferred, there was no further communication.Upon further investigation, several red flags were discovered: first, the scam was very simple; the chat screenshots and transfer records provided by the user showed that the "executive" did not verify any details, yet the user "absolutely trusted" them and transferred the money directly; second, the transfer records were suspicious, as the address claimed by the user to be the scam address was likely their own; third, the chat records "disappeared," and the user claimed that the other party had activated privacy mode, only able to provide screenshots of "post-questioning"; fourth, the account the user questioned was that of a real executive, but the executive was unaware of the situation.After the investigation, it was revealed that this was a self-directed scam targeting Binance and its users. The user fabricated chat records and transfer records (using a certain guarantee platform for the transfer records), then falsely claimed that the chat records were deleted, and later questioned the real executive's account, creating two sets of "executive" screenshots. Then, they approached customer service with the real executive's chat records, requesting verification, attempting to induce a response from customer service, and threatening to apply pressure through social media if assistance was not provided.Sisi stated that the purpose of sharing this publicly is to raise awareness and prevent various new types of scams. They also warned scammers and speculators that actions attempting to frame Binance through forgery and deception will be firmly exposed and legally pursued. Binance reminds users that the platform will not proactively contact users through unofficial channels, nor will it ask users to transfer funds or pay any fees to designated addresses.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published an article titled "Balance of Power," exploring the concepts of power and balance. Vitalik believes that more projects should clearly consider not only the "business model" (i.e., how to raise resources to support their work) but also the "decentralization model" (i.e., how to avoid the concentration of power within themselves and the risks associated with having such power).In some cases, decentralization is easy: relatively few people care about dominance. English, or more precisely, open protocols like TCP, IP, and HTTP. In other cases, decentralization is difficult to achieve because use cases in certain situations require conscious action. How to gain the advantages of flexibility without bearing its downsides will remain an important challenge for a long time to come.

According to the Securities Times, Douyin released the "Douyin Community Financial Industry Convention (Trial)," which mentions, "It is prohibited to package and publish illegal financial content related to virtual currency exchange business, providing information intermediary and pricing services for virtual currency transactions under the concepts of blockchain, digital assets, etc.; it is prohibited to analyze or predict individual stock buying and selling prices, promote future trends, provide investment consulting advice, and other illegal stock recommendation behaviors in the name of popular science."

Norwegian Travel Retail Company (TRN) has announced that it will accept Bitcoin payments at Oslo Airport. The payment solution is provided by Satoshi Consult, which has developed a system compliant with Norwegian regulations.This solution is currently only available for orders picked up in-store after arriving in Oslo, but Norwegian Travel Retail Company (TRN) is considering expanding it to other stores and payment methods. There will be no additional fees for using Bitcoin payments, although network or platform fees may appear in the customer's wallet.

Binance Alpha will launch VOOI (VOOI), and Alpha trading will officially start on December 18, 2025, at 11:00 (UTC). Users with at least 225 Binance Alpha points can participate in the airdrop. On the Alpha event page, users can claim an airdrop of 335 VOOI tokens.This event adopts a "decreasing cost" model: at the beginning of the event, claiming the airdrop requires 30 Binance Alpha points. During the event, the required points decrease by 5 points every minute, with a minimum of only 10 points needed to claim. Please note that users must confirm their claim on the Alpha event page within 24 hours; otherwise, the airdrop will be considered forfeited.

The cross-chain smart wallet project Blocto announced on social media:"After serving over 2 million users for five years, we are heavy-hearted to announce that the Blocto wallet service will soon be terminated.As one of the earliest ecosystem supporters of Flow, Blocto built the main infrastructure of this ecosystem, including the Blocto wallet, BloctoSwap, Blocto cross-chain bridge, and BloctoBay. We also established the most utilized FLOW staking node. We have partnered with top projects and served millions of users, for which we are immensely proud.However, solely focusing on creating excellent products is not always sustainable. With the price of FLOW dropping from nearly $40 in 2021 to currently below $0.3 (a decline of over 99%), Blocto has been operating at a significant loss. Over the past few years, we have incurred over $5.5 million in losses to maintain community services. But this cannot continue indefinitely. Realizing that our operating funds are about to run out, we began attempting to communicate with the leadership of Flow/Dapper starting in June of this year.After six months of relentless efforts, we have not been able to secure a single meeting with the leadership. Each email exchange takes weeks, while our remaining funds continue to deplete. During these months, we have neither received clear support nor been able to engage in constructive discussions about a sustainable development path. Now, we have no funds left to continue bearing these costs.Effective December 18, 2025, at 7 PM Pacific Standard Time (termination date), the Blocto wallet, BloctoSwap, and Blocto cross-chain bridge will cease operations. The staking service of Blocto's own nodes will not be affected."It is worth noting that Blocto completed a Series A funding round in February 2023 with a valuation of $80 million, with participation from Mark Cuban, IPX, and 500 Global, although the specific amount raised was not disclosed. At that time, Blocto had already supported the Aptos, Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, Flow, and BNB Chain networks.