Upbit will suspend deposits and withdrawals of digital assets worth 1 million Korean won or more with BitMEX.
Upbit official announcement: Due to BitMEX terminating access to the travel rule solution VerifyVASP, Upbit will suspend digital asset deposits and withdrawals of 1 million KRW or more between the two exchanges starting October 16. Deposits under 1 million KRW will remain supported as normal. Manual deposits of 1 million KRW or more from BitMEX to Upbit will be discontinued from 14:00 on December 18. Any such assets received after that will enter a refund process, and users must retrieve them in accordance with the refund procedure.
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) aims to transition to T+1 settlement in the second half of 2028.
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Microsoft completes pre-training of a 2.8-trillion-parameter model, outperforming the GPT-5.6 base model with only one-quarter of the computing power.
Beating AI News: Microsoft announces completion of pre-training for its new self-developed model MAI-Base-2. The model has a total of 2.8 trillion parameters, adopts a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture, and activates only 80 billion parameters per forward pass. Between August and September this year, Microsoft used 16,000 NVIDIA GB200 GPUs for 38 days of training, processing approximately 50 trillion tokens. The new model also introduces native visual pre-training for the first time, with visual data accounting for 18% of its training data.
Internal tests released by Microsoft show that MAI-Base-2 outperforms models including DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Base, Kimi K3, and Qwen3.8 on text prediction benchmarks for code, question answering, mathematics, and science and engineering disciplines. Microsoft also claims that training a model of equivalent performance to DeepSeek-V4-Pro-Base would require only 1/4 to 1/12 of the computing power using its approach. However, Microsoft has invested additional computing power to build a larger, more capable model; MAI-Base-2’s actual training computing power consumption is still higher than that of DeepSeek.
Microsoft AI head Mustafa Suleyman stated at an internal meeting on October 15 that MAI-Base-2’s pre-training base is already stronger than the OpenAI model supporting GPT-5.6 Sol, while requiring only one-fourth the training computing power. Microsoft improved MoE expert scheduling, Muon optimizer, and data filtering methods to reduce GPU memory waste and enhance the stability of large-scale training. The company also emphasized that all training data is processed in-house, and the model’s capabilities were not obtained through distillation of other firms’ models.
MAI-Base-2 is currently in the post-training phase. Microsoft plans to first deploy it for its own products, then license the model weights to enterprise partners via Foundry.
The crypto market saw a notable rally in the just-concluded third quarter. It was also the quarter in which HTX turned 13. Over the past 13 years, the industry has weathered multiple bull and bear cycles, and HTX has stood alongside users worldwide throughout them. Resilience in navigating market cycles has been a defining characteristic of HTX over the past 13 years.
To mark its anniversary themed “Resilience Reveals the Future”, HTX launched the 13th-Anniversary Carnival and Trading Championship #3, among other celebratory events, in the third quarter, celebrating alongside users worldwide. Meanwhile, the platform continued to invest in TradFi, trending assets, yield products, and global compliance, delivering an outstanding quarterly performance report.
13th-Anniversary Celebrations Conclude, with Participation from Users WorldwideOn August 13, HTX kicked off its 13th-anniversary celebrations with the Anniversary Carnival. Its spot, futures, Earn and lending businesses rolled out exclusive anniversary promotions in succession, launching a celebration that lasted more than a month.
The annual trading competition Trading Championship #3 was the centerpiece of the anniversary celebrations. It attracted 45,000 registrations and generated 6.8 billion USDT in futures trading volume, making it the platform’s largest campaign of the quarter by both participation and trading volume. Meanwhile, HTX futures copy trading volume grew 21% quarter over quarter.
For spot trading, a series of 13th-anniversary campaigns, including the Individual Challenge, Trending Cryptos Margin Trading Carnival, and Points Tasks, played a key role in driving spot trading growth during the quarter. Over the three-month period, HTX launched 14 themed spot trading campaigns, attracting more than 46,000 registrations and generating over 500 million USDT in trading volume across the campaigns.
For 13 years, HTX and users worldwide have navigated one market cycle after another together. The anniversary celebrations were both a gesture of appreciation for users’ long-term support and a reflection of HTX’s determination to carry its resilience into the next 13 years.
TradFi Asset Offerings Expand as Quarterly Trading Volume More Than DoublesIn the third quarter, HTX listed 183 new futures assets, including 154 stocks and index-related assets. As of now, the platform offers 278 tradable stock assets, spanning US stocks, major global indices and ETFs, pre-IPO unicorns, and leading companies in Japan and South Korea, continuing to lead the industry in multi-market stock asset coverage.
HTX’s asset lineup focuses on four key sectors: AI hardware and semiconductor computing power, global e-commerce and internet companies, leading Asia-Pacific companies and major indices, and high-dividend blue-chip stocks. AI and semiconductor computing, leading Asia-Pacific companies, and pre-IPO unicorns were key themes throughout the quarter. Popular assets such as POLYMARKET, OURA and MOONSHOT were also listed. Eligible users can access global market opportunities through HTX without switching between platforms. This service is not available in jurisdictions subject to regulatory restrictions.
The expanded asset lineup drove rapid growth in trading volume. So far the cumulative TradFi trading volume on HTX has approached $6 billion, with $4.1 billion generated in the third quarter alone, more than doubling the cumulative total from the previous quarter.
The trading experience was upgraded alongside these developments. Stock perpetual futures feature a dividend settlement mechanism, allowing position values to adjust more continuously when an underlying stock goes ex-dividend and reducing the impact of non-trading-related price adjustments on users’ positions. TradFi asset detail pages include market data, news updates, and company profile, bringing key information together in one place. Dedicated categories for stocks, commodities and ETFs have also been added to market rankings, making it easier for users to discover assets. HTX has also upgraded its TradFi trading fee structure, bringing its net trading fees into the industry’s top tier.
HTX is also taking a longer-term view of the convergence of traditional finance and crypto markets. As real-world assets (RWAs), particularly tokenized stocks, become an increasingly important area of development in the global digital asset industry, the platform is monitoring regulatory developments and exploring regulatory frameworks and compliance pathways in preparation for future product innovation. All related products and services offered by the platform operate within the framework of applicable laws and regulations, and access restrictions are applied to users in certain jurisdictions as required.
Trending Assets Emerge as Earn and Lending Products Put Funds to Work EfficientlyIn the third quarter, HTX listed new projects attracting strong market interest, several of which were first listed on the platform. Niulai was the quarter’s top-performing newly listed token, recording a peak gain of more than 500%. DOS and STONK each recorded peak gains of 240% after listing.
Earn and lending products expanded alongside new asset listings. During the quarter, HTX Earn changed the launch schedule for its new-token products from weekly updates to real-time synchronization with new listings, allowing users to access corresponding Earn products as soon as eligible popular tokens become available. Nearly 500,000 users participated in HTX Earn during the quarter, with subscription amounts totaling nearly 1 billion USDT. SVIP Flexible Earn products added BTC and ETH, expanding the options available to users with large holdings. In addition, SmartEarn introduced a trading-linked APY boost, offering a base APY of 4% upon activation and up to 9% APY for users who meet the required trading volume threshold. This further expands the yield potential for idle assets.
Margin and Convert features added 21 tradable assets, with XAUT becoming the first precious metal asset available through Convert. This further expanded the range of assets available for trading, borrowing and use as collateral. Loan interest rates are adjusted frequently in response to market conditions across more than 50 cryptocurrencies. Interest rates for large loans remain among the lower levels in the industry.
Risk management tools were also upgraded. Trailing stop orders and MMR TP/SL orders were launched successively. Stop-loss levels can automatically track market movements, giving users with large positions and high leverage greater flexibility in managing risk.
Advancing Global Compliance and Making a Major Brand Appearance at TOKEN2049Compliance is a prerequisite for global expansion. In the third quarter, HTX made further progress on compliance initiatives in several key markets. In Dubai, the establishment of the relevant applicant entity received preliminary approval from the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), with subsequent regulatory applications and compliance reviews proceeding as planned. In Pakistan, following the formal publication of virtual asset service regulations and the launch of a licensing application process, HTX continued to advance the establishment of its local entity, its formal license application, and the development of its compliance framework, building on the No Objection Certificate (NoC) already obtained from the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA).
HTX continued to strengthen its presence in regional markets. In August, HTX Ventures participated in Conviction Vietnam, building connections with local users and Web3 ecosystem partners. As the fourth quarter began, HTX appeared at TOKEN2049, a major annual gathering for the global crypto industry. Held in Singapore from October 7–8, the event brought together projects, investment firms, developers, and industry builders from around the world. HTX Ventures exhibited at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore, engaging invited guests through brand displays and on-site interactions. Justin Sun, adviser to HTX and a core supporter of HTX DAO, attended related events and delivered a speech. He visited the HTX Ventures booth to meet with the team and other industry participants.
At Future Night, a private, invitation-only event hosted by HTX DAO during the same period, Justin Sun shared his views on industry trends via video. He noted that the crypto industry is becoming more closely connected with traditional finance. AI is changing how wealth is created, while crypto and digital finance are transforming how wealth is held and transferred. He also said that stablecoins could play a greater role in global payments and settlement, while the on-chain adoption of traditional assets such as bonds, funds and gold is likely to continue developing. The free flow of value in the digital world, he said, will be an important trend to watch over the next decade.
During the event, HTX DAO also hosted a private VIP dinner. Justin Sun met face to face with industry representatives, ecosystem contributors, and partners to exchange views on industry developments, market changes, product experiences, and future collaboration.
HTX DAO Ecosystem Expands as Q3 $HTX Burn ApproachesHTX DAO continued to support the long-term value of $HTX in the third quarter by steadily implementing its deflationary mechanism through quarterly token burns, while expanding $HTX use cases and building consensus among developers and the community. These efforts aim to lay a solid foundation for the ecosystem’s long-term development.
On July 15, HTX DAO completed its Q2 2026 $HTX token burn, valued at more than $13.6 million, bringing cumulative burns and donations to 117.79 trillion tokens. In line with its quarterly burn schedule, the Q3 $HTX token burn is scheduled to take place on October 15.
On the ecosystem front, HTX DAO focused on developers and the community. The Genesis Hackathon, co-hosted by HTX DAO and B.AI, attracted more than 200 developer teams exploring $HTX use cases, AI agent finance, on-chain asset management, and DAO tools. At Future Night, HTX DAO ambassador Molly shared that several projects developed by global university teams participating in the hackathon had advanced to further incubation stages and were exploring ways to integrate with use cases across the $HTX ecosystem.
Molly also shared that nearly 200 active volunteers were independently contributing to HTX DAO community development. In the fourth quarter, HTX DAO plans to develop regional community nodes to support members in organizing events and exchanging ideas. She also noted that HTX, as an ecosystem participant, continues to optimize withdrawal fees, gather user feedback, and improve the app experience.
Navigating Market Cycles with Resilience, Shaping the Future Together with Users WorldwideThirteen years ago, HTX began as a digital asset trading platform. Today, it has grown into a comprehensive blockchain ecosystem serving users worldwide. Over the years, markets have experienced both highs and lows, and the industry landscape has evolved. Throughout these changes, HTX has remained committed to putting users first. Regardless of market conditions, improving its products and prioritizing the security of user assets remain among the platform’s top priorities.
Standing at the beginning of its 14th year, HTX will continue to navigate market cycles with resilience and build the future together with users worldwide.
About HTX
Founded in 2013, HTX has evolved from a virtual asset exchange into a comprehensive ecosystem of blockchain businesses that span digital asset trading, derivatives, research, investments, incubation, and other businesses.
Guided by its vision to “Achieve Financial Freedom for 8 Billion People Worldwide,” HTX works to make the digital asset space more accessible to a broader audience. The platform continues to develop its products and services in response to user needs and an evolving industry landscape.
To learn more about HTX, please visit https://www.htx.net.in/ or HTX Square , and follow HTX on X, Telegram, and Discord.
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Apia, Samoa, October 14, 2026 – The crypto market saw a notable rally in the just-concluded third quarter. It was also the quarter in which HTX turned 13. Over the past 13 years, the industry has weathered multiple bull and bear cycles, and HTX has stood alongside users worldwide throughout them. Resilience in navigating market cycles has been a defining characteristic of HTX over the past 13 years.
To mark its anniversary themed “Resilience Reveals the Future”, HTX launched the 13th-Anniversary Carnival and Trading Championship #3, among other celebratory events, in the third quarter, celebrating alongside users worldwide. Meanwhile, the platform continued to invest in TradFi, trending assets, yield products, and global compliance, delivering an outstanding quarterly performance report.
13th-Anniversary Celebrations Conclude, with Participation from Users Worldwide
On August 13, HTX kicked off its 13th-anniversary celebrations with the Anniversary Carnival. Its spot, futures, Earn and lending businesses rolled out exclusive anniversary promotions in succession, launching a celebration that lasted more than a month.
The annual trading competition Trading Championship #3 was the centerpiece of the anniversary celebrations. It attracted 45,000 registrations and generated 6.8 billion USDT in futures trading volume, making it the platform’s largest campaign of the quarter by both participation and trading volume. Meanwhile, HTX futures copy trading volume grew 21% quarter over quarter.
For spot trading, a series of 13th-anniversary campaigns, including the Individual Challenge, Trending Cryptos Margin Trading Carnival, and Points Tasks, played a key role in driving spot trading growth during the quarter. Over the three-month period, HTX launched 14 themed spot trading campaigns, attracting more than 46,000 registrations and generating over 500 million USDT in trading volume across the campaigns.
For 13 years, HTX and users worldwide have navigated one market cycle after another together. The anniversary celebrations were both a gesture of appreciation for users’ long-term support and a reflection of HTX’s determination to carry its resilience into the next 13 years.
TradFi Asset Offerings Expand as Quarterly Trading Volume More Than Doubles
In the third quarter, HTX listed 183 new futures assets, including 154 stocks and index-related assets. As of now, the platform offers 278 tradable stock assets, spanning US stocks, major global indices and ETFs, pre-IPO unicorns, and leading companies in Japan and South Korea, continuing to lead the industry in multi-market stock asset coverage.
HTX’s asset lineup focuses on four key sectors: AI hardware and semiconductor computing power, global e-commerce and internet companies, leading Asia-Pacific companies and major indices, and high-dividend blue-chip stocks. AI and semiconductor computing, leading Asia-Pacific companies, and pre-IPO unicorns were key themes throughout the quarter. Popular assets such as POLYMARKET, OURA and MOONSHOT were also listed. Eligible users can access global market opportunities through HTX without switching between platforms. This service is not available in jurisdictions subject to regulatory restrictions.
The expanded asset lineup drove rapid growth in trading volume. So far the cumulative TradFi trading volume on HTX has approached $6 billion, with $4.1 billion generated in the third quarter alone, more than doubling the cumulative total from the previous quarter.
The trading experience was upgraded alongside these developments. Stock perpetual futures feature a dividend settlement mechanism, allowing position values to adjust more continuously when an underlying stock goes ex-dividend and reducing the impact of non-trading-related price adjustments on users’ positions. TradFi asset detail pages include market data, news updates, and company profile, bringing key information together in one place. Dedicated categories for stocks, commodities and ETFs have also been added to market rankings, making it easier for users to discover assets. HTX has also upgraded its TradFi trading fee structure, bringing its net trading fees into the industry’s top tier.
HTX is also taking a longer-term view of the convergence of traditional finance and crypto markets. As real-world assets (RWAs), particularly tokenized stocks, become an increasingly important area of development in the global digital asset industry, the platform is monitoring regulatory developments and exploring regulatory frameworks and compliance pathways in preparation for future product innovation. All related products and services offered by the platform operate within the framework of applicable laws and regulations, and access restrictions are applied to users in certain jurisdictions as required.
Trending Assets Emerge as Earn and Lending Products Put Funds to Work Efficiently
In the third quarter, HTX listed new projects attracting strong market interest, several of which were first listed on the platform. Niulai was the quarter’s top-performing newly listed token, recording a peak gain of more than 500%. DOS and STONK each recorded peak gains of 240% after listing.
Earn and lending products expanded alongside new asset listings. During the quarter, HTX Earn changed the launch schedule for its new-token products from weekly updates to real-time synchronization with new listings, allowing users to access corresponding Earn products as soon as eligible popular tokens become available. Nearly 500,000 users participated in HTX Earn during the quarter, with subscription amounts totaling nearly 1 billion USDT. SVIP Flexible Earn products added BTC and ETH, expanding the options available to users with large holdings. In addition, SmartEarn introduced a trading-linked APY boost, offering a base APY of 4% upon activation and up to 9% APY for users who meet the required trading volume threshold. This further expands the yield potential for idle assets.
Margin and Convert features added 21 tradable assets, with XAUT becoming the first precious metal asset available through Convert. This further expanded the range of assets available for trading, borrowing and use as collateral. Loan interest rates are adjusted frequently in response to market conditions across more than 50 cryptocurrencies. Interest rates for large loans remain among the lower levels in the industry.
Risk management tools were also upgraded. Trailing stop orders and MMR TP/SL orders were launched successively. Stop-loss levels can automatically track market movements, giving users with large positions and high leverage greater flexibility in managing risk.
Advancing Global Compliance and Making a Major Brand Appearance at TOKEN2049
Compliance is a prerequisite for global expansion. In the third quarter, HTX made further progress on compliance initiatives in several key markets. In Dubai, the establishment of the relevant applicant entity received preliminary approval from the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), with subsequent regulatory applications and compliance reviews proceeding as planned. In Pakistan, following the formal publication of virtual asset service regulations and the launch of a licensing application process, HTX continued to advance the establishment of its local entity, its formal license application, and the development of its compliance framework, building on the No Objection Certificate (NoC) already obtained from the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA).
HTX continued to strengthen its presence in regional markets. In August, HTX Ventures participated in Conviction Vietnam, building connections with local users and Web3 ecosystem partners. As the fourth quarter began, HTX appeared at TOKEN2049, a major annual gathering for the global crypto industry. Held in Singapore from October 7–8, the event brought together projects, investment firms, developers, and industry builders from around the world. HTX Ventures exhibited at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore, engaging invited guests through brand displays and on-site interactions. Justin Sun, adviser to HTX and a core supporter of HTX DAO, attended related events and delivered a speech. He visited the HTX Ventures booth to meet with the team and other industry participants.
At Future Night, a private, invitation-only event hosted by HTX DAO during the same period, Justin Sun shared his views on industry trends via video. He noted that the crypto industry is becoming more closely connected with traditional finance. AI is changing how wealth is created, while crypto and digital finance are transforming how wealth is held and transferred. He also said that stablecoins could play a greater role in global payments and settlement, while the on-chain adoption of traditional assets such as bonds, funds and gold is likely to continue developing. The free flow of value in the digital world, he said, will be an important trend to watch over the next decade.
During the event, HTX DAO also hosted a private VIP dinner. Justin Sun met face to face with industry representatives, ecosystem contributors, and partners to exchange views on industry developments, market changes, product experiences, and future collaboration.
HTX DAO Ecosystem Expands as Q3 $HTX Burn Approaches
HTX DAO continued to support the long-term value of $HTX in the third quarter by steadily implementing its deflationary mechanism through quarterly token burns, while expanding $HTX use cases and building consensus among developers and the community. These efforts aim to lay a solid foundation for the ecosystem’s long-term development.
On July 15, HTX DAO completed its Q2 2026 $HTX token burn, valued at more than $13.6 million, bringing cumulative burns and donations to 117.79 trillion tokens. In line with its quarterly burn schedule, the Q3 $HTX token burn is scheduled to take place on October 15.
On the ecosystem front, HTX DAO focused on developers and the community. The Genesis Hackathon, co-hosted by HTX DAO and B.AI, attracted more than 200 developer teams exploring $HTX use cases, AI agent finance, on-chain asset management, and DAO tools. At Future Night, HTX DAO ambassador Molly shared that several projects developed by global university teams participating in the hackathon had advanced to further incubation stages and were exploring ways to integrate with use cases across the $HTX ecosystem.
Molly also shared that nearly 200 active volunteers were independently contributing to HTX DAO community development. In the fourth quarter, HTX DAO plans to develop regional community nodes to support members in organizing events and exchanging ideas. She also noted that HTX, as an ecosystem participant, continues to optimize withdrawal fees, gather user feedback, and improve the app experience.
Navigating Market Cycles with Resilience, Shaping the Future Together with Users Worldwide
Thirteen years ago, HTX began as a digital asset trading platform. Today, it has grown into a comprehensive blockchain ecosystem serving users worldwide. Over the years, markets have experienced both highs and lows, and the industry landscape has evolved. Throughout these changes, HTX has remained committed to putting users first. Regardless of market conditions, improving its products and prioritizing the security of user assets remain among the platform’s top priorities.
Standing at the beginning of its 14th year, HTX will continue to navigate market cycles with resilience and build the future together with users worldwide.
About HTX
Founded in 2013, HTX has evolved from a virtual asset exchange into a comprehensive ecosystem of blockchain businesses that span digital asset trading, derivatives, research, investments, incubation, and other businesses.
Guided by its vision to “Achieve Financial Freedom for 8 Billion People Worldwide,” HTX works to make the digital asset space more accessible to a broader audience. The platform continues to develop its products and services in response to user needs and an evolving industry landscape.
To learn more about HTX, please visit https://www.htx.net.in/ or HTX Square , and follow HTX on X, Telegram, and Discord. For further inquiries, please contact [email protected].
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Singapore, October 12, 2026 – From October 6 to 8, the global crypto industry turned its attention to Singapore for TOKEN2049, a major international industry event. Taking advantage of the gathering, HTX pursued a multifaceted approach encompassing global industry engagement, ecosystem development, and brand awareness. HTX Ventures exhibited at TOKEN2049, where its booth welcomed a steady stream of visitors. HTX DAO hosted “Future Night” and “HTX DAO Reunion,” bringing together industry perspectives and community voices. Meanwhile, a private industry dinner provided an opportunity for invited industry participants, ecosystem contributors, and partners to connect and exchange views.
From the public stage of a global summit to in-depth exchanges with ecosystem participants and face-to-face conversations with industry peers, HTX’s presence at TOKEN2049 reflected diverse efforts in industry networking, ecosystem development, and partnership building. Beyond providing opportunities for international industry engagement, these events reflected HTX’s ongoing efforts to strengthen industry connections and foster ecosystem collaboration.
Taking the Global Crypto Stage: Strong Visitor Interest at the HTX Ventures Booth As a major annual event for the global crypto industry, TOKEN2049 brings together project teams, investment firms, developers, crypto exchanges, and industry builders from around the world. It serves as an important platform for tracking industry trends, forging business connections, and exploring opportunities for global collaboration.
From October 7-8, HTX Ventures, HTX’s global investment arm, exhibited at TOKEN2049 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Singapore, with its booth located at Level 5, PB5-47 and PB5-48.
Throughout the event, the exhibition floor remained busy, drawing a steady stream of industry participants. The HTX Ventures booth welcomed numerous visitors, offering an engaging, interactive brand experience through brand displays, on-site community activities , and branded merchandise. These activities encouraged visitors to stop by and connect with the team, bringing the HTX brand into face-to-face interactions with members of the global crypto community.
Meanwhile, Justin Sun, Advisor to HTX, attended related events and delivered a speech before visiting the HTX Ventures booth to engage with the team and other industry participants, further strengthening HTX’s connections with the global crypto industry.
For the crypto industry, the value of an international summit lies not only in raising brand awareness but also in building meaningful connections with industry participants. By combining booth displays, on-site activities, and industry engagement, HTX Ventures brought the brand closer to the global crypto community, creating more opportunities for connections across the investment ecosystem, project discussions, and potential partnerships.
From steady visitor traffic at its booth to a diverse range of on-site activities, HTX Ventures maintained a strong presence at TOKEN2049, providing HTX with another valuable opportunity to strengthen its connections across the global crypto industry.
From Industry Trends to Ecosystem Development: HTX DAO Advances Community Co-Building While the TOKEN2049 booth served as HTX’s brand showcase to the global crypto industry, the series of events hosted by HTX DAO took these conversations further, exploring broader topics such as industry trends, community building, and ecosystem development.
On the evening of October 6, HTX DAO hosted the “Future Night” event in Singapore. Molly, an HTX DAO ambassador, shared the latest developments in ecosystem mechanisms, community building, and the on-chain ecosystem. Justin Sun, a core supporter of HTX DAO, delivered a video address sharing his perspectives on trends in the crypto industry and the future development of the digital economy.
Sun noted that the crypto industry is deepening its ties with traditional finance, driving the continued digital transformation of global financial infrastructure. AI is changing how wealth is created, while crypto and digital finance are reshaping how wealth is held and transferred.
He further noted that stablecoins could play a greater role in global payments and settlements, while the use of traditional assets such as bonds, funds and gold on-chain will continue to evolve. As AI agents become increasingly involved in economic activity, demand for digital identities, account infrastructure, and the ability to transact autonomously is also likely to grow.
In his view, the long-term value of technology lies in its ability to deliver tangible productivity gains. The free flow of value in the digital world will be a key trend to watch over the next decade.
On ecosystem development, Molly said HTX DAO is exploring potential token utility and ecosystem applications, alongside other initiatives aimed at supporting the development of its ecosystem. For community building, HTX DAO plans to establish regional community hubs in the fourth quarter, enabling members to organize events, exchange ideas, and contribute to the development of the community’s culture. Nearly 200 active volunteers are already contributing to these efforts on their own initiative.
To strengthen its on-chain ecosystem, HTX DAO is engaging university developers from around the world through initiatives such as hackathons. Several projects are currently being explored or developed, including potential applications within the $HTX ecosystem.
Molly emphasized that ecosystem development requires a long-term commitment. HTX DAO will continue to strengthen its infrastructure, foster an active community, and drive the adoption of ecosystem applications. As an ecosystem participant, HTX continues to gather user feedback and explore improvements to its platform and user experience, with a view to better understanding and responding to evolving user needs.
From discussions on industry trends to practical initiatives in community development and the on-chain ecosystem, the Future Night event highlighted HTX DAO’s sustained commitment to long-term ecosystem development health and provided a platform for global community members and industry contributors to connect and collaborate.
III. From Online Communities to In-Person Gatherings: The HTX DAO Reunion Strengthens Ecosystem Connections
Ecosystem growth depends not only on mechanisms and technology, but also on trust among community members and sustained collaboration among participants united by shared goals.
From October 6 to 8, HTX DAO hosted the HTX DAO Reunion, bringing together industry representatives, ecosystem partners, and community members aboard a yacht for face-to-face discussions in an informal setting.
Unlike traditional conferences built around structured agendas and formal presentations, the event created a more informal setting for participants to exchange views on industry trends, community development, and potential collaborations, fostering a deeper mutual understanding.
For a DAO ecosystem to develop sustainably, community means more than online discussions and on-chain governance. It also depends on meaningful personal connections, ongoing exchanges, and active participation. By creating more diverse opportunities for in-person engagement, HTX DAO is strengthening its ties with community members and partners, opening up new possibilities for community-driven development, ecosystem collaboration, and future partnerships.
From themed discussions to open exchanges, and from online participation to in-person engagement, HTX DAO is exploring diverse approaches to community building and continually strengthening connections among ecosystem participants.
VIP Industry Gathering: Strengthening Face-to-Face Engagement with Ecosystem and Industry Partners Alongside public engagement with the global industry, HTX also made strengthening relationships with industry peers and partners a priority during Singapore Week.
During the week, HTX hosted a private industry dinner attended by invited industry representatives, ecosystem contributors, and partners.
Compared with large industry summits, private gatherings provide a more personal setting for direct conversations. These face-to-face interactions allow HTX to listen more closely to partners and exchange views on industry developments, market developments and potential future collaborations.
As the crypto industry evolves, fostering industry relationships requires an understanding of ecosystem developments, effective communication, and the cultivation of long-term partnerships. Face-to-face engagement helps build mutual understanding, laying the groundwork for expanded collaboration across the sector.
From industry discussions at the global summit to in-depth conversations in private settings, HTX is continuously strengthening its relationships with industry partners through engagement at multiple levels.
Driving Long-Term Growth Through Global Engagement: HTX Expands Ecosystem Collaboration Throughout TOKEN2049 Singapore Week, HTX engaged across multiple fronts, including global industry dialogue, ecosystem development, brand visibility, and industry networking.
HTX Ventures leveraged the international summit to expand its industry network and boost brand engagement through booth activities and in-person interactions. HTX DAO explored industry trends, community building, and the on-chain ecosystem, strengthening connections with community members and developers. Meanwhile, a series of in-person events and private industry gatherings provided further opportunities for HTX to engage with industry peers, ecosystem contributors, and partners.
While each initiative served a different purpose, they all contributed to the same overarching goal of building broader, deeper, and more enduring industry relationships as the global crypto industry continues to evolve.
For participants in the crypto industry, brand influence stems not only from market visibility but also from sustained engagement in industry development, responsiveness to user needs, and efforts to foster collaboration among communities, projects, and partners.
Looking ahead, HTX intends to continue its engagement with industry participants, ecosystem contributors, and partners, while exploring opportunities for ecosystem collaboration and platform improvements, subject to applicable regulatory requirements. By strengthening connections among global communities, developers, projects, and industry partners, HTX aims to explore new opportunities for the development of digital finance and blockchain ecosystems.
From the global industry stage to the front lines of ecosystem development, HTX will continue to bring industry participants together through open collaboration and drive ecosystem growth through long-term commitment.
PANews reported on October 6 that on the evening of October 6, HTX DAO Ambassador Molly said at the HTX DAO "Future Night" event held in Singapore that HTX DAO is making sustained investments in three directions: ecosystem mechanisms, community building, and the on-chain ecosystem. By continuously optimizing the token economic mechanism, expanding ecosystem application scenarios, and advancing related ecosystem initiatives according to established mechanisms, HTX DAO is laying a solid foundation for the ecosystem's long-term development.
On community building, Molly revealed that HTX DAO plans to advance regional community node construction in the fourth quarter, supporting community members in organizing events, participating in exchanges, and co-building community culture. Currently, the number of active volunteers spontaneously participating in community building has approached 200, with plans to further expand the scale of community participation in the future. On the on-chain ecosystem, HTX DAO is attracting developers from universities around the world through hackathons and other means, with multiple projects currently in further incubation or advancement stages, while exploring integration with $HTX ecosystem application scenarios.
Molly emphasized that ecosystem building requires long-term investment, and HTX DAO will continue to improve infrastructure, cultivate an active community, and promote the implementation of ecosystem applications. She also stated that, as one of the participants in the HTX DAO ecosystem, Huobi HTX is also continuously optimizing user experience, including optimizing withdrawal fees, collecting user feedback, and improving the App user experience, in order to better respond to user needs and market changes.
PANews, October 6 – On the evening of October 6, HTX DAO's "Future Night" was held in Singapore. As a special guest speaker at the event, Justin Sun, a core supporter of HTX DAO, shared his thoughts on crypto industry trends and the future development of the digital economy via video. He said the crypto industry is deepening its connection with traditional finance, driving the continued digital evolution of global financial infrastructure. AI is changing how wealth is created, while Crypto and digital finance are changing how wealth is held and moved.
Justin Sun noted, "Stablecoins are expected to play a more important role in global payments and settlement, and on-chain applications of traditional assets such as bonds, funds and gold will continue to be explored and developed. When AI Agents truly enter economic activity, they will further generate demand for identity, accounts and independent trading capabilities."
He also emphasized that the long-term value of technology lies in whether it can be transformed into real productivity, and that "the free flow of value in the digital world" is the trend he is most focused on over the next decade. He hopes to further improve the accessibility, convenience and efficiency of financial services through blockchain technology.
The event further strengthened exchanges between HTX DAO and the global community and industry builders. HTX Ventures will appear at TOKEN2049 from October 7 to 8, with its booth located at PB5-47&48. From October 6 to 8, HTX DAO will also host multiple invitation-only events such as "Friends" and a VIP private dinner, continuing to connect community members, industry builders and ecosystem partners.
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$EDEL Surges After Edel Joins DTC Digital Asset Working Group as Whales Accumulate Nearly 8M $EDEL
After @edeldotfinance joined the DTC Digital Asset Solutions Industry Working Group, $EDEL surged. Whales have also been accumulating $EDEL recently. ezhomi.base.eth bought 5.33M $EDEL ($98K) over the past 4 days. 0xE50b bought 2.56M $EDEL ($48K) over the past 2 days.
12 minutes ago
Three major AI giants have collectively called for a slowdown in AI development, but Trump directly rejected the call, stating: "Whoever wins AI will win"
Breaking news from Beating AI Insight: After Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Elon Musk successively called for slowing down frontier AI development, Donald Trump has explicitly rejected such appeals. He acknowledged that safety guardrails could be added to AI, but argued that many catastrophic predictions will never come to pass. Trump stated that the U.S. is currently ahead of China in AI and hopes to maintain that lead. "Whoever wins the AI race wins everything," he said. He also criticized that many "negative forces" are hyping things that will never happen.
12 minutes ago
Alleged Gen Z trader 0xRay518 has been steadily adding to short positions in PONS and SNDK recently, and trimmed his Bitcoin short position this morning to lock in profits.
According to monitoring by TradingBeats (formerly Hyperinsight), 0xRay518, a prominent post-2000s crypto trader, added short positions in PONS and SNDK over the weekend. As of press time, the address holds $13.46 million worth of 10x SNDK shorts and $3.62 million worth of 3x PONS shorts, making it the second-largest short position holder on Hyperliquid. Separately, 0xRay518 cut his Bitcoin short position by 49.12 BTC this morning, and still holds $81.52 million worth of 20x Bitcoin shorts. Public records show 0xRay518 launched his investment career at 14 in 2020, trading shipping stocks with $3,000 in New Year’s lucky money, peaking at roughly $300,000 in profits before nearly blowing his account due to high leverage. Between 2021 and 2022, he pivoted to NFTs and crypto airdrops, earning his first substantial fortune from the Arbitrum airdrop. In 2025, he abandoned his mid-year high school senior exam halfway, went all-in with $1 million on TRUMP coin on the side, and exited with a 3x to 4x profit.
12 minutes ago
Binance will support the USDT contract swap on the Optimism network.
Binance will suspend Optimism network USDT deposits and withdrawals at 02:00 UTC on September 17, 2026, to support the token swap. The swap has a 1:1 ratio: the new token will be named USDT0, while the old token will be renamed OPUSDTE. Spot, margin, futures trading, and Binance Earn services remain unaffected.
12 minutes ago
Doubao Mobile Assistant Officially Launches: GUI Operation App Remains, App Can Reject AI Operations
Beating AI News: Doubao Officially Launches Consumer Version of Its Mobile Assistant. It remains an AI assistant software that operates in collaboration with mobile manufacturers at the system level. The first mass-produced device, nubia NaviX Ultra, was previously announced and is set to launch and go on sale on September 16. The "phone operation" feature, which sparked the most controversy earlier, has not been scrapped and remains in Beta form. Doubao also launched the SAEP (Screen Automation Operation Declaration Protocol), allowing third-party apps to set their own rules on whether the AI can perform screen reading, tapping, and operations within their apps; if an app explicitly refuses, Doubao will not proceed with automated operations. In July, LatePost reported that the new generation of Doubao mobile assistant would no longer directly operate super apps like Alibaba and Tencent via GUI. Only when these apps proactively open MCP services can Doubao call their relevant data and functions. MCP refers to interfaces that apps proactively open for Doubao, while SAEP governs the scope of operations developers allow Doubao to perform when interacting with apps via screen reading and simulated taps. Both mechanisms are now in place simultaneously.
12 minutes ago
Bonk Guy’s shilling of the Arc Chain Launchpad platform has sparked criticism, with the platform facing accusations of holding rug pull privileges.
Well-known crypto KOL Bonk Guy posted early this morning that he has purchased LONG, the native token of Arc’s main Launchpad, as well as the platform’s top three meme coins, citing short-term trading opportunities on the Arc blockchain. Driven by the news, LONG’s market cap surged 27-fold in a short period. On-chain analytics show that multiple new addresses accumulated LONG at low levels yesterday, and the pump pushed their positions to unrealized gains of hundreds of thousands of US dollars. Additionally, crypto KOL 0xShawn, who previously arbitraged $230,000 by minting BNC4 at off-exchange prices via Four.meme, stated that the long.supply platform holds rug pull privileges and can mint fake USDT at any time. The platform built a cross-chain bridge for Robinhood-chain stock tokens via its own custom cross-chain infrastructure; the stock tokens on the Arc chain are not issued by the official, but by the platform itself. Moreover, the cross-chain bridge’s underlying protocol is not a reliable one like Wormhole or LayerZero (L0). This means: "The project team can shut down the cross-chain bridge at any time and siphon off the locked funds from the Robinhood chain. You are essentially exchanging your real USDT for fake USDT on the Arc chain, similar to the eUSD platform before its launch, which was eventually shut down after an emergency investigation by authorities." BlockBeats reminds users that celebrity shilling may involve conflicts of interest, and users should carefully vet the security of related projects and invest cautiously.
$EDEL Surges After Edel Joins DTC Digital Asset Working Group as Whales Accumulate Nearly 8M $EDEL
After @edeldotfinance joined the DTC Digital Asset Solutions Industry Working Group, $EDEL surged. Whales have also been accumulating $EDEL recently. ezhomi.base.eth bought 5.33M $EDEL ($98K) over the past 4 days. 0xE50b bought 2.56M $EDEL ($48K) over the past 2 days.
12 minutes ago
Three major AI giants have collectively called for a slowdown in AI development, but Trump directly rejected the call, stating: "Whoever wins AI will win"
Breaking news from Beating AI Insight: After Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Elon Musk successively called for slowing down frontier AI development, Donald Trump has explicitly rejected such appeals. He acknowledged that safety guardrails could be added to AI, but argued that many catastrophic predictions will never come to pass. Trump stated that the U.S. is currently ahead of China in AI and hopes to maintain that lead. "Whoever wins the AI race wins everything," he said. He also criticized that many "negative forces" are hyping things that will never happen.
12 minutes ago
Alleged Gen Z trader 0xRay518 has been steadily adding to short positions in PONS and SNDK recently, and trimmed his Bitcoin short position this morning to lock in profits.
According to monitoring by TradingBeats (formerly Hyperinsight), 0xRay518, a prominent post-2000s crypto trader, added short positions in PONS and SNDK over the weekend. As of press time, the address holds $13.46 million worth of 10x SNDK shorts and $3.62 million worth of 3x PONS shorts, making it the second-largest short position holder on Hyperliquid. Separately, 0xRay518 cut his Bitcoin short position by 49.12 BTC this morning, and still holds $81.52 million worth of 20x Bitcoin shorts. Public records show 0xRay518 launched his investment career at 14 in 2020, trading shipping stocks with $3,000 in New Year’s lucky money, peaking at roughly $300,000 in profits before nearly blowing his account due to high leverage. Between 2021 and 2022, he pivoted to NFTs and crypto airdrops, earning his first substantial fortune from the Arbitrum airdrop. In 2025, he abandoned his mid-year high school senior exam halfway, went all-in with $1 million on TRUMP coin on the side, and exited with a 3x to 4x profit.
12 minutes ago
Binance will support the USDT contract swap on the Optimism network.
Binance will suspend Optimism network USDT deposits and withdrawals at 02:00 UTC on September 17, 2026, to support the token swap. The swap has a 1:1 ratio: the new token will be named USDT0, while the old token will be renamed OPUSDTE. Spot, margin, futures trading, and Binance Earn services remain unaffected.
12 minutes ago
Doubao Mobile Assistant Officially Launches: GUI Operation App Remains, App Can Reject AI Operations
Beating AI News: Doubao Officially Launches Consumer Version of Its Mobile Assistant. It remains an AI assistant software that operates in collaboration with mobile manufacturers at the system level. The first mass-produced device, nubia NaviX Ultra, was previously announced and is set to launch and go on sale on September 16. The "phone operation" feature, which sparked the most controversy earlier, has not been scrapped and remains in Beta form. Doubao also launched the SAEP (Screen Automation Operation Declaration Protocol), allowing third-party apps to set their own rules on whether the AI can perform screen reading, tapping, and operations within their apps; if an app explicitly refuses, Doubao will not proceed with automated operations. In July, LatePost reported that the new generation of Doubao mobile assistant would no longer directly operate super apps like Alibaba and Tencent via GUI. Only when these apps proactively open MCP services can Doubao call their relevant data and functions. MCP refers to interfaces that apps proactively open for Doubao, while SAEP governs the scope of operations developers allow Doubao to perform when interacting with apps via screen reading and simulated taps. Both mechanisms are now in place simultaneously.
12 minutes ago
Bonk Guy’s shilling of the Arc Chain Launchpad platform has sparked criticism, with the platform facing accusations of holding rug pull privileges.
Well-known crypto KOL Bonk Guy posted early this morning that he has purchased LONG, the native token of Arc’s main Launchpad, as well as the platform’s top three meme coins, citing short-term trading opportunities on the Arc blockchain. Driven by the news, LONG’s market cap surged 27-fold in a short period. On-chain analytics show that multiple new addresses accumulated LONG at low levels yesterday, and the pump pushed their positions to unrealized gains of hundreds of thousands of US dollars. Additionally, crypto KOL 0xShawn, who previously arbitraged $230,000 by minting BNC4 at off-exchange prices via Four.meme, stated that the long.supply platform holds rug pull privileges and can mint fake USDT at any time. The platform built a cross-chain bridge for Robinhood-chain stock tokens via its own custom cross-chain infrastructure; the stock tokens on the Arc chain are not issued by the official, but by the platform itself. Moreover, the cross-chain bridge’s underlying protocol is not a reliable one like Wormhole or LayerZero (L0). This means: "The project team can shut down the cross-chain bridge at any time and siphon off the locked funds from the Robinhood chain. You are essentially exchanging your real USDT for fake USDT on the Arc chain, similar to the eUSD platform before its launch, which was eventually shut down after an emergency investigation by authorities." BlockBeats reminds users that celebrity shilling may involve conflicts of interest, and users should carefully vet the security of related projects and invest cautiously.
$EDEL Surges After Edel Joins DTC Digital Asset Working Group as Whales Accumulate Nearly 8M $EDEL
After @edeldotfinance joined the DTC Digital Asset Solutions Industry Working Group, $EDEL surged. Whales have also been accumulating $EDEL recently. ezhomi.base.eth bought 5.33M $EDEL ($98K) over the past 4 days. 0xE50b bought 2.56M $EDEL ($48K) over the past 2 days.
12 minutes ago
Three major AI giants have collectively called for a slowdown in AI development, but Trump directly rejected the call, stating: "Whoever wins AI will win"
Breaking news from Beating AI Insight: After Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Elon Musk successively called for slowing down frontier AI development, Donald Trump has explicitly rejected such appeals. He acknowledged that safety guardrails could be added to AI, but argued that many catastrophic predictions will never come to pass. Trump stated that the U.S. is currently ahead of China in AI and hopes to maintain that lead. "Whoever wins the AI race wins everything," he said. He also criticized that many "negative forces" are hyping things that will never happen.
12 minutes ago
Alleged Gen Z trader 0xRay518 has been steadily adding to short positions in PONS and SNDK recently, and trimmed his Bitcoin short position this morning to lock in profits.
According to monitoring by TradingBeats (formerly Hyperinsight), 0xRay518, a prominent post-2000s crypto trader, added short positions in PONS and SNDK over the weekend. As of press time, the address holds $13.46 million worth of 10x SNDK shorts and $3.62 million worth of 3x PONS shorts, making it the second-largest short position holder on Hyperliquid. Separately, 0xRay518 cut his Bitcoin short position by 49.12 BTC this morning, and still holds $81.52 million worth of 20x Bitcoin shorts. Public records show 0xRay518 launched his investment career at 14 in 2020, trading shipping stocks with $3,000 in New Year’s lucky money, peaking at roughly $300,000 in profits before nearly blowing his account due to high leverage. Between 2021 and 2022, he pivoted to NFTs and crypto airdrops, earning his first substantial fortune from the Arbitrum airdrop. In 2025, he abandoned his mid-year high school senior exam halfway, went all-in with $1 million on TRUMP coin on the side, and exited with a 3x to 4x profit.
12 minutes ago
Binance will support the USDT contract swap on the Optimism network.
Binance will suspend Optimism network USDT deposits and withdrawals at 02:00 UTC on September 17, 2026, to support the token swap. The swap has a 1:1 ratio: the new token will be named USDT0, while the old token will be renamed OPUSDTE. Spot, margin, futures trading, and Binance Earn services remain unaffected.
12 minutes ago
Doubao Mobile Assistant Officially Launches: GUI Operation App Remains, App Can Reject AI Operations
Beating AI News: Doubao Officially Launches Consumer Version of Its Mobile Assistant. It remains an AI assistant software that operates in collaboration with mobile manufacturers at the system level. The first mass-produced device, nubia NaviX Ultra, was previously announced and is set to launch and go on sale on September 16. The "phone operation" feature, which sparked the most controversy earlier, has not been scrapped and remains in Beta form. Doubao also launched the SAEP (Screen Automation Operation Declaration Protocol), allowing third-party apps to set their own rules on whether the AI can perform screen reading, tapping, and operations within their apps; if an app explicitly refuses, Doubao will not proceed with automated operations. In July, LatePost reported that the new generation of Doubao mobile assistant would no longer directly operate super apps like Alibaba and Tencent via GUI. Only when these apps proactively open MCP services can Doubao call their relevant data and functions. MCP refers to interfaces that apps proactively open for Doubao, while SAEP governs the scope of operations developers allow Doubao to perform when interacting with apps via screen reading and simulated taps. Both mechanisms are now in place simultaneously.
12 minutes ago
Bonk Guy’s shilling of the Arc Chain Launchpad platform has sparked criticism, with the platform facing accusations of holding rug pull privileges.
Well-known crypto KOL Bonk Guy posted early this morning that he has purchased LONG, the native token of Arc’s main Launchpad, as well as the platform’s top three meme coins, citing short-term trading opportunities on the Arc blockchain. Driven by the news, LONG’s market cap surged 27-fold in a short period. On-chain analytics show that multiple new addresses accumulated LONG at low levels yesterday, and the pump pushed their positions to unrealized gains of hundreds of thousands of US dollars. Additionally, crypto KOL 0xShawn, who previously arbitraged $230,000 by minting BNC4 at off-exchange prices via Four.meme, stated that the long.supply platform holds rug pull privileges and can mint fake USDT at any time. The platform built a cross-chain bridge for Robinhood-chain stock tokens via its own custom cross-chain infrastructure; the stock tokens on the Arc chain are not issued by the official, but by the platform itself. Moreover, the cross-chain bridge’s underlying protocol is not a reliable one like Wormhole or LayerZero (L0). This means: "The project team can shut down the cross-chain bridge at any time and siphon off the locked funds from the Robinhood chain. You are essentially exchanging your real USDT for fake USDT on the Arc chain, similar to the eUSD platform before its launch, which was eventually shut down after an emergency investigation by authorities." BlockBeats reminds users that celebrity shilling may involve conflicts of interest, and users should carefully vet the security of related projects and invest cautiously.
While the broader market still views hackathons as mere coding contests, a far more profound structural evolution is taking root in the heart of Asia’s financial hub.
On April 21, the HTX Genesis Hackathon—hosted by HTX DAO and B.AI, and co-initiated by TinTinLand and OpenCity—officially commenced in Hong Kong. The atmosphere was electric, marked by high-frequency networking and surging interaction among a diverse crowd of developers, VCs, project founders, exchanges, and public chains. The central theme is a systematic deep dive into the technical evolution and commercial viability of the AI and Web3 convergence.
Acting as a strategic gateway for global innovators to enter the HTX DAO ecosystem, this event has discarded the traditional, narrow focus on development. Instead, it is pioneering a comprehensive, closed-loop pipeline of “Development—Incubation—Investment—Listing.” By prioritizing AI and Web3 infrastructure, the hackathon emphasizes real-world demand and sustainable growth, aimed at cherry-picking innovative projects with enduring intrinsic value.
AI-Driven Web3 Reconstruction: Ecosystem Synergy as the Ultimate Competitive Edge What truly distinguishes the HTX Genesis Hackathon is the narrative it champions.
During the opening ceremony, Justin Sun, Advisor to HTX, delivered a high-profile virtual keynote. Sharing his latest insights on the AI × Web3 convergence, Sun provided a panoramic view of the industry’s trajectory.
Sun argued that AI Agents are set to displace traditional interfaces, becoming the primary engine for the next phase of the Web3 ecosystem.
He noted that past Web3 applications were often hampered by steep learning curves and fragmented on-chain interactions. The advent of AI Agents will shift decentralized apps from manual operations to intent-driven models powered by natural language. In this new paradigm, AI Agents autonomously interpret user needs, plan execution paths, and finalize complex cross-chain settlements and trades. This shift toward autonomy is expected to not only unleash on-chain productivity but also serve as the catalyst for breaking through user growth plateaus and ushering in true mass adoption.
Transitioning from macro trends to ecosystem specifics, HTX DAO Ambassador Molly presented an insightful speech.
Molly speaks on the theme of “HTX DAO Ecosystem Development Plan: $10M Fund Launch and Value Closed-Loop Strategy”
Molly emphasized that the core vision of the HTX Genesis Hackathon is to build a “Free Financial Port” leveraging the exchange’s deep-seated resources. To this end, a five-pronged ecosystem matrix has been established:
● HTX serves as the core business engine and liquidity powerhouse.
● HTX DAO functions as the governance nucleus and “brain” for decision-making.
● Public Chain & Innovation Layers: TRON provides the underlying payment backbone, while JustLend and SunX offer robust DeFi infrastructure.
● HTX Ventures focuses on the cutting edge, providing capital, incubation, and acceleration for high-potential projects.
● B.AI is geared toward future-proofing, building the financial infrastructure tailored for the AI Agent era.
To ensure this empowerment is tangible, Molly announced the launch of a 10 million USDT Ecosystem Development Fund. The fund rejects traditional, indiscriminate “blanket” subsidies in favor of a “precision empowerment” strategy. Utilizing a three-tiered disbursement mechanism—Tier 1 (Early Innovation Milestones), Tier 2 (Convertible Commercial Growth Grants), and Tier 3 (Follow-on Incentives for Excellent Ecosystems)—the fund provides end-to-end support as projects evolve from “cold start” to commercial maturity.
Molly further highlighted four strategic pillars for HTX’s roadmap: “Stability, Transparency, Institutionalization, and AI-Empowerment.” These keywords are designed to bolster long-term competitiveness and provide ecosystem partners with a clear, predictable growth trajectory despite market volatility.
The ensuing roundtable discussion shifted to fundamental questions:
How is value created? How can on-chain capital flow more efficiently? And what will finally drive Web3 toward mass adoption?
On-site roundtable discussion The consensus was clear: isolated technical breakthroughs are no longer enough to fuel a new growth cycle. For the Web3 ecosystem featuring structured innovations, systemic prosperity will only be achieved through the synergy of technology, capital, liquidity, and a robust user base.
Full-Spectrum Resource Empowerment: Identifying the Next Web3 Alpha The roadmap for the HTX Genesis Hackathon is set to unfold from April through July 2026.
It is expected to draw approximately 100 hardcore development teams from across the globe, culminating in the final showcase and selection in Hong Kong.
Beyond bonus incentives, winning projects will gain multi-dimensional backing from TRON, HTX, and B.AI, including specialized computing resources, technical integration, ecosystem networking, and joint marketing campaigns.
In an age where AI and Web3 are colliding rapidly, the HTX Genesis Hackathon is evolving from a mere competition into a vital infrastructure node, bridging global developer ingenuity with elite ecosystem resources. It isn’t just hunting for the next Alpha; it is building the structural bedrock for the next generation of Web3 growth.
About HTX DAO As a multi-chain deployed decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), HTX DAO demonstrates an innovative governance approach. Unlike traditional corporate structures, it adopts a decentralized governance structure composed of a diversified group, jointly committed to the success of this organization. This unique ecosystem advocates openness and encourages all DAO participants to propose ideas that can promote the development of HTX DAO.
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$EDEL Surges After Edel Joins DTC Digital Asset Working Group as Whales Accumulate Nearly 8M $EDEL
After @edeldotfinance joined the DTC Digital Asset Solutions Industry Working Group, $EDEL surged. Whales have also been accumulating $EDEL recently. ezhomi.base.eth bought 5.33M $EDEL ($98K) over the past 4 days. 0xE50b bought 2.56M $EDEL ($48K) over the past 2 days.
12 minutes ago
Three major AI giants have collectively called for a slowdown in AI development, but Trump directly rejected the call, stating: "Whoever wins AI will win"
Breaking news from Beating AI Insight: After Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Elon Musk successively called for slowing down frontier AI development, Donald Trump has explicitly rejected such appeals. He acknowledged that safety guardrails could be added to AI, but argued that many catastrophic predictions will never come to pass. Trump stated that the U.S. is currently ahead of China in AI and hopes to maintain that lead. "Whoever wins the AI race wins everything," he said. He also criticized that many "negative forces" are hyping things that will never happen.
12 minutes ago
Alleged Gen Z trader 0xRay518 has been steadily adding to short positions in PONS and SNDK recently, and trimmed his Bitcoin short position this morning to lock in profits.
According to monitoring by TradingBeats (formerly Hyperinsight), 0xRay518, a prominent post-2000s crypto trader, added short positions in PONS and SNDK over the weekend. As of press time, the address holds $13.46 million worth of 10x SNDK shorts and $3.62 million worth of 3x PONS shorts, making it the second-largest short position holder on Hyperliquid. Separately, 0xRay518 cut his Bitcoin short position by 49.12 BTC this morning, and still holds $81.52 million worth of 20x Bitcoin shorts. Public records show 0xRay518 launched his investment career at 14 in 2020, trading shipping stocks with $3,000 in New Year’s lucky money, peaking at roughly $300,000 in profits before nearly blowing his account due to high leverage. Between 2021 and 2022, he pivoted to NFTs and crypto airdrops, earning his first substantial fortune from the Arbitrum airdrop. In 2025, he abandoned his mid-year high school senior exam halfway, went all-in with $1 million on TRUMP coin on the side, and exited with a 3x to 4x profit.
12 minutes ago
Binance will support the USDT contract swap on the Optimism network.
Binance will suspend Optimism network USDT deposits and withdrawals at 02:00 UTC on September 17, 2026, to support the token swap. The swap has a 1:1 ratio: the new token will be named USDT0, while the old token will be renamed OPUSDTE. Spot, margin, futures trading, and Binance Earn services remain unaffected.
12 minutes ago
Doubao Mobile Assistant Officially Launches: GUI Operation App Remains, App Can Reject AI Operations
Beating AI News: Doubao Officially Launches Consumer Version of Its Mobile Assistant. It remains an AI assistant software that operates in collaboration with mobile manufacturers at the system level. The first mass-produced device, nubia NaviX Ultra, was previously announced and is set to launch and go on sale on September 16. The "phone operation" feature, which sparked the most controversy earlier, has not been scrapped and remains in Beta form. Doubao also launched the SAEP (Screen Automation Operation Declaration Protocol), allowing third-party apps to set their own rules on whether the AI can perform screen reading, tapping, and operations within their apps; if an app explicitly refuses, Doubao will not proceed with automated operations. In July, LatePost reported that the new generation of Doubao mobile assistant would no longer directly operate super apps like Alibaba and Tencent via GUI. Only when these apps proactively open MCP services can Doubao call their relevant data and functions. MCP refers to interfaces that apps proactively open for Doubao, while SAEP governs the scope of operations developers allow Doubao to perform when interacting with apps via screen reading and simulated taps. Both mechanisms are now in place simultaneously.
12 minutes ago
Bonk Guy’s shilling of the Arc Chain Launchpad platform has sparked criticism, with the platform facing accusations of holding rug pull privileges.
Well-known crypto KOL Bonk Guy posted early this morning that he has purchased LONG, the native token of Arc’s main Launchpad, as well as the platform’s top three meme coins, citing short-term trading opportunities on the Arc blockchain. Driven by the news, LONG’s market cap surged 27-fold in a short period. On-chain analytics show that multiple new addresses accumulated LONG at low levels yesterday, and the pump pushed their positions to unrealized gains of hundreds of thousands of US dollars. Additionally, crypto KOL 0xShawn, who previously arbitraged $230,000 by minting BNC4 at off-exchange prices via Four.meme, stated that the long.supply platform holds rug pull privileges and can mint fake USDT at any time. The platform built a cross-chain bridge for Robinhood-chain stock tokens via its own custom cross-chain infrastructure; the stock tokens on the Arc chain are not issued by the official, but by the platform itself. Moreover, the cross-chain bridge’s underlying protocol is not a reliable one like Wormhole or LayerZero (L0). This means: "The project team can shut down the cross-chain bridge at any time and siphon off the locked funds from the Robinhood chain. You are essentially exchanging your real USDT for fake USDT on the Arc chain, similar to the eUSD platform before its launch, which was eventually shut down after an emergency investigation by authorities." BlockBeats reminds users that celebrity shilling may involve conflicts of interest, and users should carefully vet the security of related projects and invest cautiously.
PANAMA CITY, May 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On May 22, 2010, programmer Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 Bitcoin for two pizzas. It was not only the first real-world Bitcoin transaction in crypto history but also the beginning of consensus-building in the Web3 world.
Sixteen years later, Bitcoin has become a major global asset, and Bitcoin Pizza Day has evolved into one of the most symbolic cultural totems in Web3.
As another Pizza Day arrived on May 22, HTX DAO transformed this holiday rooted in pure geek culture into a Web3 cultural celebration spanning five major cities worldwide. The event signaled a comprehensive upgrade in HTX’s global service ecosystem while also reflecting a profound shift in the mindset of today’s crypto investors.
Five-City Synergy: Upgrading Global Service Capabilities
If the early crypto world resembled a niche utopia built by internet natives, today’s Web3 ecosystem has entered a truly global era. The boundaries of the industry have been redefined time and again, and crypto culture is moving from on-chain communities to the broader real world.
This time, HTX DAO chose a deeply community-driven approach possible, bringing the festivities to five key cities across the globe to create a borderless celebration of Web3 consensus, each with its own local flair.
Community Deliveries: Crypto-native, peer-to-peer, city-wide pizza deliveries brought hot pizzas personally delivered to community members.
Interactive Gatherings: DIY pizza feasts in bustling commercial districts allowed young Web3 enthusiasts to debate AI, on-chain finance, and the industry’s upcoming major narratives while kneading dough and adding toppings.
Cultural Pop-Ups: Cultural pop-up events in parks featured customized Huobao installations and pizza boxes, which became some of the coolest viral attractions in town.
Premium VIP Experiences: High-end VIP Pizza Day celebrations blended exclusivity with community spirit. Participants enjoyed private Ferrari chauffeur services as well as an upscale dinner party featuring wine, steak, and pizza. As guests engaged in deep conversations, and ideas clashed over market trends, asset allocation, and industry cycles, the event preserved the freedom of crypto culture while showcasing a premium service model as crypto finance matures.
If the five-city offline celebration mirrored one side of HTX DAO’s global ecosystem services, it also highlighted a broader shift in market sentiment across today’s Web3 landscape.
At the HTX DAO Global Pizza Day event, community members engaged in detailed discussions centered around asset allocation and coin-margined yield generation. Interest in HTX Earn’s APYs rose considerably, signaling that a clear turning point in the industry narrative has arrived.
From FOMO to Stable Yield: Crypto Finance Enters a New Asset Management Era
The crypto world has never been short of tales of overnight wealth. In the past few years, market sentiment was dominated by FOMO, with investors frantically chasing the next 100x token or 1,000x Alpha asset.
However, as the industry wades deeper into uncharted regulatory waters and faces ongoing macroeconomic volatility, the underlying investor psyche is quietly shifting. As the frenzy fades, veteran builders and crypto whales alike are shifting away from speculative hype and moving toward pragmatism.
This transformation is directly reflected in both real exchange data and user demand.
Recently, HTX DAO Ambassador and HTX spokesperson Molly revealed that, based on user benefit surveys and interviews with top-tier clients, APY Booster Coupons have become one of the most requested perks. This trend suggests that users’ perception of crypto asset management is shifting, with a growing priority placed on stable yield generation.
In many ways, this is a sign that the crypto industry is maturing.
Meanwhile, the atmosphere at HTX DAO’s global Pizza Day celebration aligns perfectly with this transition in market sentiment: the excitement is still alive, but rationality is returning; the dreams remain, but long-termism is becoming the new consensus.
The Pizza Will Be Gone, But Consensus Will Last Forever
From the very first real-world Bitcoin transaction 16 years ago to today’s HTX DAO Global Pizza Day, this celebration serves not only as a heartfelt tribute to crypto history but also as a symbol of consensus. The evolution toward rational conversations regarding stable yield generation highlights a maturing market that deeply resonates with global users.
Sixteen years on, pizza flavors have changed, and market cycles have come and gone. Yet, HTX DAO’s commitment to standing alongside its community members through every bull and bear market remains unchanged, as does the unwavering belief in a decentralized world and consensus around steady progress.
About HTX DAO
HTX DAO is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) collaboratively built by community members, early contributors, and global advisors. Supported by HTX Exchange and the TRON blockchain ecosystem, HTX DAO is committed to establishing an open governance ecosystem led by users, governed by transparent rules, and driven by efficient collaboration, serving as a key engine in advancing decentralized finance (DeFi).
HTX DAO embodies the principle of “token holders govern”, aiming to inspire global consensus and participation, align community interests with platform value, and explore a new order in the world of crypto finance.
$EDEL Surges After Edel Joins DTC Digital Asset Working Group as Whales Accumulate Nearly 8M $EDEL
After @edeldotfinance joined the DTC Digital Asset Solutions Industry Working Group, $EDEL surged. Whales have also been accumulating $EDEL recently. ezhomi.base.eth bought 5.33M $EDEL ($98K) over the past 4 days. 0xE50b bought 2.56M $EDEL ($48K) over the past 2 days.
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Alleged Gen Z trader 0xRay518 has been steadily adding to short positions in PONS and SNDK recently, and trimmed his Bitcoin short position this morning to lock in profits.
According to monitoring by TradingBeats (formerly Hyperinsight), 0xRay518, a prominent post-2000s crypto trader, added short positions in PONS and SNDK over the weekend. As of press time, the address holds $13.46 million worth of 10x SNDK shorts and $3.62 million worth of 3x PONS shorts, making it the second-largest short position holder on Hyperliquid. Separately, 0xRay518 cut his Bitcoin short position by 49.12 BTC this morning, and still holds $81.52 million worth of 20x Bitcoin shorts. Public records show 0xRay518 launched his investment career at 14 in 2020, trading shipping stocks with $3,000 in New Year’s lucky money, peaking at roughly $300,000 in profits before nearly blowing his account due to high leverage. Between 2021 and 2022, he pivoted to NFTs and crypto airdrops, earning his first substantial fortune from the Arbitrum airdrop. In 2025, he abandoned his mid-year high school senior exam halfway, went all-in with $1 million on TRUMP coin on the side, and exited with a 3x to 4x profit.
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Binance will support the USDT contract swap on the Optimism network.
Binance will suspend Optimism network USDT deposits and withdrawals at 02:00 UTC on September 17, 2026, to support the token swap. The swap has a 1:1 ratio: the new token will be named USDT0, while the old token will be renamed OPUSDTE. Spot, margin, futures trading, and Binance Earn services remain unaffected.
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Doubao Mobile Assistant Officially Launches: GUI Operation App Remains, App Can Reject AI Operations
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Bonk Guy’s shilling of the Arc Chain Launchpad platform has sparked criticism, with the platform facing accusations of holding rug pull privileges.
Well-known crypto KOL Bonk Guy posted early this morning that he has purchased LONG, the native token of Arc’s main Launchpad, as well as the platform’s top three meme coins, citing short-term trading opportunities on the Arc blockchain. Driven by the news, LONG’s market cap surged 27-fold in a short period. On-chain analytics show that multiple new addresses accumulated LONG at low levels yesterday, and the pump pushed their positions to unrealized gains of hundreds of thousands of US dollars. Additionally, crypto KOL 0xShawn, who previously arbitraged $230,000 by minting BNC4 at off-exchange prices via Four.meme, stated that the long.supply platform holds rug pull privileges and can mint fake USDT at any time. The platform built a cross-chain bridge for Robinhood-chain stock tokens via its own custom cross-chain infrastructure; the stock tokens on the Arc chain are not issued by the official, but by the platform itself. Moreover, the cross-chain bridge’s underlying protocol is not a reliable one like Wormhole or LayerZero (L0). This means: "The project team can shut down the cross-chain bridge at any time and siphon off the locked funds from the Robinhood chain. You are essentially exchanging your real USDT for fake USDT on the Arc chain, similar to the eUSD platform before its launch, which was eventually shut down after an emergency investigation by authorities." BlockBeats reminds users that celebrity shilling may involve conflicts of interest, and users should carefully vet the security of related projects and invest cautiously.
$EDEL Surges After Edel Joins DTC Digital Asset Working Group as Whales Accumulate Nearly 8M $EDEL
After @edeldotfinance joined the DTC Digital Asset Solutions Industry Working Group, $EDEL surged. Whales have also been accumulating $EDEL recently. ezhomi.base.eth bought 5.33M $EDEL ($98K) over the past 4 days. 0xE50b bought 2.56M $EDEL ($48K) over the past 2 days.
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Three major AI giants have collectively called for a slowdown in AI development, but Trump directly rejected the call, stating: "Whoever wins AI will win"
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Alleged Gen Z trader 0xRay518 has been steadily adding to short positions in PONS and SNDK recently, and trimmed his Bitcoin short position this morning to lock in profits.
According to monitoring by TradingBeats (formerly Hyperinsight), 0xRay518, a prominent post-2000s crypto trader, added short positions in PONS and SNDK over the weekend. As of press time, the address holds $13.46 million worth of 10x SNDK shorts and $3.62 million worth of 3x PONS shorts, making it the second-largest short position holder on Hyperliquid. Separately, 0xRay518 cut his Bitcoin short position by 49.12 BTC this morning, and still holds $81.52 million worth of 20x Bitcoin shorts. Public records show 0xRay518 launched his investment career at 14 in 2020, trading shipping stocks with $3,000 in New Year’s lucky money, peaking at roughly $300,000 in profits before nearly blowing his account due to high leverage. Between 2021 and 2022, he pivoted to NFTs and crypto airdrops, earning his first substantial fortune from the Arbitrum airdrop. In 2025, he abandoned his mid-year high school senior exam halfway, went all-in with $1 million on TRUMP coin on the side, and exited with a 3x to 4x profit.
12 minutes ago
Binance will support the USDT contract swap on the Optimism network.
Binance will suspend Optimism network USDT deposits and withdrawals at 02:00 UTC on September 17, 2026, to support the token swap. The swap has a 1:1 ratio: the new token will be named USDT0, while the old token will be renamed OPUSDTE. Spot, margin, futures trading, and Binance Earn services remain unaffected.
12 minutes ago
Doubao Mobile Assistant Officially Launches: GUI Operation App Remains, App Can Reject AI Operations
Beating AI News: Doubao Officially Launches Consumer Version of Its Mobile Assistant. It remains an AI assistant software that operates in collaboration with mobile manufacturers at the system level. The first mass-produced device, nubia NaviX Ultra, was previously announced and is set to launch and go on sale on September 16. The "phone operation" feature, which sparked the most controversy earlier, has not been scrapped and remains in Beta form. Doubao also launched the SAEP (Screen Automation Operation Declaration Protocol), allowing third-party apps to set their own rules on whether the AI can perform screen reading, tapping, and operations within their apps; if an app explicitly refuses, Doubao will not proceed with automated operations. In July, LatePost reported that the new generation of Doubao mobile assistant would no longer directly operate super apps like Alibaba and Tencent via GUI. Only when these apps proactively open MCP services can Doubao call their relevant data and functions. MCP refers to interfaces that apps proactively open for Doubao, while SAEP governs the scope of operations developers allow Doubao to perform when interacting with apps via screen reading and simulated taps. Both mechanisms are now in place simultaneously.
12 minutes ago
Bonk Guy’s shilling of the Arc Chain Launchpad platform has sparked criticism, with the platform facing accusations of holding rug pull privileges.
Well-known crypto KOL Bonk Guy posted early this morning that he has purchased LONG, the native token of Arc’s main Launchpad, as well as the platform’s top three meme coins, citing short-term trading opportunities on the Arc blockchain. Driven by the news, LONG’s market cap surged 27-fold in a short period. On-chain analytics show that multiple new addresses accumulated LONG at low levels yesterday, and the pump pushed their positions to unrealized gains of hundreds of thousands of US dollars. Additionally, crypto KOL 0xShawn, who previously arbitraged $230,000 by minting BNC4 at off-exchange prices via Four.meme, stated that the long.supply platform holds rug pull privileges and can mint fake USDT at any time. The platform built a cross-chain bridge for Robinhood-chain stock tokens via its own custom cross-chain infrastructure; the stock tokens on the Arc chain are not issued by the official, but by the platform itself. Moreover, the cross-chain bridge’s underlying protocol is not a reliable one like Wormhole or LayerZero (L0). This means: "The project team can shut down the cross-chain bridge at any time and siphon off the locked funds from the Robinhood chain. You are essentially exchanging your real USDT for fake USDT on the Arc chain, similar to the eUSD platform before its launch, which was eventually shut down after an emergency investigation by authorities." BlockBeats reminds users that celebrity shilling may involve conflicts of interest, and users should carefully vet the security of related projects and invest cautiously.
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$EDEL Surges After Edel Joins DTC Digital Asset Working Group as Whales Accumulate Nearly 8M $EDEL
After @edeldotfinance joined the DTC Digital Asset Solutions Industry Working Group, $EDEL surged. Whales have also been accumulating $EDEL recently. ezhomi.base.eth bought 5.33M $EDEL ($98K) over the past 4 days. 0xE50b bought 2.56M $EDEL ($48K) over the past 2 days.
12 minutes ago
Three major AI giants have collectively called for a slowdown in AI development, but Trump directly rejected the call, stating: "Whoever wins AI will win"
Breaking news from Beating AI Insight: After Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Elon Musk successively called for slowing down frontier AI development, Donald Trump has explicitly rejected such appeals. He acknowledged that safety guardrails could be added to AI, but argued that many catastrophic predictions will never come to pass. Trump stated that the U.S. is currently ahead of China in AI and hopes to maintain that lead. "Whoever wins the AI race wins everything," he said. He also criticized that many "negative forces" are hyping things that will never happen.
12 minutes ago
Alleged Gen Z trader 0xRay518 has been steadily adding to short positions in PONS and SNDK recently, and trimmed his Bitcoin short position this morning to lock in profits.
According to monitoring by TradingBeats (formerly Hyperinsight), 0xRay518, a prominent post-2000s crypto trader, added short positions in PONS and SNDK over the weekend. As of press time, the address holds $13.46 million worth of 10x SNDK shorts and $3.62 million worth of 3x PONS shorts, making it the second-largest short position holder on Hyperliquid. Separately, 0xRay518 cut his Bitcoin short position by 49.12 BTC this morning, and still holds $81.52 million worth of 20x Bitcoin shorts. Public records show 0xRay518 launched his investment career at 14 in 2020, trading shipping stocks with $3,000 in New Year’s lucky money, peaking at roughly $300,000 in profits before nearly blowing his account due to high leverage. Between 2021 and 2022, he pivoted to NFTs and crypto airdrops, earning his first substantial fortune from the Arbitrum airdrop. In 2025, he abandoned his mid-year high school senior exam halfway, went all-in with $1 million on TRUMP coin on the side, and exited with a 3x to 4x profit.
12 minutes ago
Binance will support the USDT contract swap on the Optimism network.
Binance will suspend Optimism network USDT deposits and withdrawals at 02:00 UTC on September 17, 2026, to support the token swap. The swap has a 1:1 ratio: the new token will be named USDT0, while the old token will be renamed OPUSDTE. Spot, margin, futures trading, and Binance Earn services remain unaffected.
12 minutes ago
Doubao Mobile Assistant Officially Launches: GUI Operation App Remains, App Can Reject AI Operations
Beating AI News: Doubao Officially Launches Consumer Version of Its Mobile Assistant. It remains an AI assistant software that operates in collaboration with mobile manufacturers at the system level. The first mass-produced device, nubia NaviX Ultra, was previously announced and is set to launch and go on sale on September 16. The "phone operation" feature, which sparked the most controversy earlier, has not been scrapped and remains in Beta form. Doubao also launched the SAEP (Screen Automation Operation Declaration Protocol), allowing third-party apps to set their own rules on whether the AI can perform screen reading, tapping, and operations within their apps; if an app explicitly refuses, Doubao will not proceed with automated operations. In July, LatePost reported that the new generation of Doubao mobile assistant would no longer directly operate super apps like Alibaba and Tencent via GUI. Only when these apps proactively open MCP services can Doubao call their relevant data and functions. MCP refers to interfaces that apps proactively open for Doubao, while SAEP governs the scope of operations developers allow Doubao to perform when interacting with apps via screen reading and simulated taps. Both mechanisms are now in place simultaneously.
12 minutes ago
Bonk Guy’s shilling of the Arc Chain Launchpad platform has sparked criticism, with the platform facing accusations of holding rug pull privileges.
Well-known crypto KOL Bonk Guy posted early this morning that he has purchased LONG, the native token of Arc’s main Launchpad, as well as the platform’s top three meme coins, citing short-term trading opportunities on the Arc blockchain. Driven by the news, LONG’s market cap surged 27-fold in a short period. On-chain analytics show that multiple new addresses accumulated LONG at low levels yesterday, and the pump pushed their positions to unrealized gains of hundreds of thousands of US dollars. Additionally, crypto KOL 0xShawn, who previously arbitraged $230,000 by minting BNC4 at off-exchange prices via Four.meme, stated that the long.supply platform holds rug pull privileges and can mint fake USDT at any time. The platform built a cross-chain bridge for Robinhood-chain stock tokens via its own custom cross-chain infrastructure; the stock tokens on the Arc chain are not issued by the official, but by the platform itself. Moreover, the cross-chain bridge’s underlying protocol is not a reliable one like Wormhole or LayerZero (L0). This means: "The project team can shut down the cross-chain bridge at any time and siphon off the locked funds from the Robinhood chain. You are essentially exchanging your real USDT for fake USDT on the Arc chain, similar to the eUSD platform before its launch, which was eventually shut down after an emergency investigation by authorities." BlockBeats reminds users that celebrity shilling may involve conflicts of interest, and users should carefully vet the security of related projects and invest cautiously.
HTX DAO announced the successful completion of its $HTX token burn for Q2 2026 on July 15, 2026. On-chain data shows that a total of 7,474,935,439,560 $HTX tokens were burned in this round, valued at over $13.6 million. Following this latest burn, the cumulative volume of $HTX burned and pledged has reached 117.79 trillion tokens (backed by verifiable on-chain burn proofs.)
Combined with Q1 data, HTX DAO burned a total of over $32.82 million worth of $HTX in the first half of 2026. At a time when broader market liquidity remains under sustained pressure, this deflationary track record stands out as a highly compelling achievement.
Retaining Strong “Value Generation” Capabilities in a Downturn Looking back at the first half of the year, the crypto market experienced highly complex sentiment shifts and tight liquidity conditions—with BTC temporarily slipping below the $60,000 threshold. These headwinds were largely driven by macro factors, including diminished expectations for Fed rate cuts and consecutive net outflows from Spot ETFs.Concurrently, spot and derivatives trading volumes across the industry fell sharply, and the aggregate stablecoin supply contracted on a quarterly basis for the first time since Q3 2023.
Despite these industry-wide challenges, $HTX maintained a multi-million-dollar burn scale across consecutive quarters. This consistency not only reflects the steady execution of the HTX DAO deflationary mechanism but also highlights the exceptional operational resilience and counter-cyclical capabilities of the HTX platform.
According to H1 data disclosed by HTX, the platform’s cumulative registered users reached 59.49 million, with total trading volume approaching $90 million. Additionally, the platform now supports over 612 trading pairs, covering mainstream assets, trending sectors, and high-potential new projects.
This robust trading activity and steady pipeline of asset listings have provided sufficient cash flow to support the ongoing deflation of $HTX.
Ecosystem Expansion Uplifts the Long-Term Value Potential While large-scale token burns build the essential scarcity foundation for $HTX, the true driver of its long-term value is the continuous expansion of its use cases and ecosystem demand.
The HTX Genesis Hackathon — co-hosted by HTX DAO and B.AI, and co-organized by TinTinLand — is now entering its final stage. Featuring a 20,000 USDT prize pool alongside over $100,000 in computing power resources, the event drew participation from more than 200 developer teams. Participants focused on pioneering sectors, including $HTX utility scenarios, AI agent finance, on-chain asset management, DAO tools, and smart financial operating systems.
Notably, developer incentive programs of this kind do more than just introduce innovative projects to the ecosystem. They actively expand the utility of $HTX in decentralized governance, payments, incentives, and collaborative ecosystem synergies, creating more sustained and genuine utility demand for the token.
Looking ahead, as the HTX DAO governance framework matures, the developer ecosystem expands, and additional innovative applications go live, $HTX is poised to evolve from a standalone governance token into a critical value carrier. It will serve as the core link connecting trading, decentralized governance, developer networks, and AI innovation, securing a robust and sustainable foundation for the entire HTX DAO ecosystem
About HTX DAO As a multi-chain deployed decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), HTX DAO demonstrates an innovative governance approach. Unlike traditional corporate structures, it adopts a decentralized governance structure composed of a diversified group, jointly committed to the success of this organization. This unique ecosystem advocates openness and encourages all DAO participants to propose ideas that can promote the development of HTX DAO.
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HTX DAO announced the successful completion of its $HTX token burn for Q2 2026 on July 15, 2026. On-chain data shows that a total of 7,474,935,439,560 $HTX tokens were burned in this round, valued at over $13.6 million. Following this latest burn, the cumulative volume of $HTX burned and pledged has reached 117.79 trillion tokens (backed by verifiable on-chain burn proofs.)
Combined with Q1 data, HTX DAO burned a total of over $32.82 million worth of $HTX in the first half of 2026. At a time when broader market liquidity remains under sustained pressure, this deflationary track record stands out as a highly compelling achievement.
Retaining Strong “Value Generation” Capabilities in a Downturn Looking back at the first half of the year, the crypto market experienced highly complex sentiment shifts and tight liquidity conditions—with BTC temporarily slipping below the $60,000 threshold. These headwinds were largely driven by macro factors, including diminished expectations for Fed rate cuts and consecutive net outflows from Spot ETFs.Concurrently, spot and derivatives trading volumes across the industry fell sharply, and the aggregate stablecoin supply contracted on a quarterly basis for the first time since Q3 2023.
Despite these industry-wide challenges, $HTX maintained a multi-million-dollar burn scale across consecutive quarters. This consistency not only reflects the steady execution of the HTX DAO deflationary mechanism but also highlights the exceptional operational resilience and counter-cyclical capabilities of the HTX platform.
According to H1 data disclosed by HTX, the platform’s cumulative registered users reached 59.49 million, with total trading volume approaching $90 million. Additionally, the platform now supports over 612 trading pairs, covering mainstream assets, trending sectors, and high-potential new projects.
This robust trading activity and steady pipeline of asset listings have provided sufficient cash flow to support the ongoing deflation of $HTX.
Ecosystem Expansion Uplifts the Long-Term Value Potential While large-scale token burns build the essential scarcity foundation for $HTX, the true driver of its long-term value is the continuous expansion of its use cases and ecosystem demand.
The HTX Genesis Hackathon — co-hosted by HTX DAO and B.AI, and co-organized by TinTinLand — is now entering its final stage. Featuring a 20,000 USDT prize pool alongside over $100,000 in computing power resources, the event drew participation from more than 200 developer teams. Participants focused on pioneering sectors, including $HTX utility scenarios, AI agent finance, on-chain asset management, DAO tools, and smart financial operating systems.
Notably, developer incentive programs of this kind do more than just introduce innovative projects to the ecosystem. They actively expand the utility of $HTX in decentralized governance, payments, incentives, and collaborative ecosystem synergies, creating more sustained and genuine utility demand for the token.
Looking ahead, as the HTX DAO governance framework matures, the developer ecosystem expands, and additional innovative applications go live, $HTX is poised to evolve from a standalone governance token into a critical value carrier. It will serve as the core link connecting trading, decentralized governance, developer networks, and AI innovation, securing a robust and sustainable foundation for the entire HTX DAO ecosystem
About HTX DAO As a multi-chain deployed decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), HTX DAO demonstrates an innovative governance approach. Unlike traditional corporate structures, it adopts a decentralized governance structure composed of a diversified group, jointly committed to the success of this organization. This unique ecosystem advocates openness and encourages all DAO participants to propose ideas that can promote the development of HTX DAO.
Contact Information
Website: www.htxdao.com
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