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Z.ai released GLM-5.3, which is based on the same foundational model as GLM-5.2, achieving capability improvements through expanded post-training. The official statement claims that GLM-5.3 has improved by 50% on the internal Z.ai Code Bench coding benchmark compared to GLM-5.2, and has reached leading levels among open models in public benchmarks such as Terminal Bench 3 and Agents' Last Exam.In terms of cybersecurity, GLM-5.3 achieved a score of 84.5% in the CyberGym vulnerability discovery test, and showed significant improvements in exploitation chain-related tests such as ExploitBench and ExploitGym compared to its predecessor.

The B.AI APP for Android officially launched on August 12, providing a complete mobile experience that continues the core functionalities of the web version. This update introduces the "Service Availability Detection" feature, which includes a built-in API and real-time detection mechanism for web lines, helping users quickly obtain available access addresses and reducing the impact of changes in network environments.Android users can visit the B.AI official website, click the "APP" button in the upper right corner to scan the QR code, or directly scan the official poster QR code to complete the installation.

B.AI welcomes several major updates this week. In terms of benefits, new users can log in with Bitget Wallet, Binance Wallet, or imToken Wallet to instantly receive 1 million free Credits; logging in with an invitation code grants an additional 300,000, with a maximum cumulative total of 1.3 million when combined with the exclusive wallet login gift. Referrers also enjoy permanent rebates on friend deposits and subscriptions. Recharge discounts are released simultaneously, with a 1:1 equivalent quota gift exclusive to the BNB Chain channel, while various other payment methods enjoy a 1:0.5 rebate, with a maximum of $100 worth of points available per user.On the model side, there is another breakthrough, as the "Self-selected Service Provider" lineup is significantly expanded this week, adding the Nebula channel and launching historic calling discounts as low as 10%; at the same time, Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen flagship model Qwen3.8-Max officially lands on the platform, now open for a limited-time free experience. Currently, the self-selected mode has fully covered global mainstream large model series such as Claude, GPT, and Gemini, combined with recharge gifts and multiple discount tiers, continuously releasing extreme computing power cost-effectiveness for global developers and enterprise users.

According to Business Insider, the American industrial robotics startup Avatar Robotics has completed a $6.5 million seed round of financing, led by AlleyCorp and Defy.vc, with participation from Headline and Henry Ford III.The company allows operators to remotely control robots through Meta Quest headsets and controllers to perform picking and packing tasks in warehouses, charging based on usage and at a cost lower than directly hiring warehouse workers. Avatar does not sell hardware but procures robot bodies from China, providing labor services through remote operation while recording the data of what the robots see and the operators' reactions, which is used to train AI models for more autonomous operations.

According to Cryptopolitan, the Kenya National Examinations Council has begun writing the country's academic records onto the Avalanche C-Chain for instant online certificate verification. Currently, over 15 million records have been put on-chain, and the system is expected to expand to about 35 million records, covering junior high school, high school, advanced diplomas, and teacher certification.Previously, verifying paper certificates took weeks to months and there were issues with forgery. The project is being implemented by a local tech company on the LegitDoc platform.

According to The Block, a Telegram spokesperson stated that Telegram has been re-listed on the Apple App Store and will soon be available to all users again. The independent monitoring platform AppleCensorship shows that Telegram is currently available in 172 tested App Store regions.

According to the official blog of Ava Labs, the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) announced that through a local technology service provider, it has anchored national academic certification data to the Avalanche C-Chain, officially establishing a national electronic certification system.The system has already recorded over 15 million historical academic records on-chain, dating back to 1989, and nearly 1 million KCSE candidates' certificates for 2025 have now been exclusively issued through this platform.In the future, the system is expected to cover approximately 35 million verifiable records, encompassing various educational levels including primary school, secondary school, higher diplomas, and government teacher training certifications. The new system will significantly compress the verification time from the original weeks or even months to seconds, completely replacing the old processes that relied on manual reviews and traditional databases, effectively preventing fraud such as certificate forgery and counterfeit verification websites.KNEC CEO David Njengere stated that candidates can now securely access, download, and verify their KCSE certificates online without having to rely on physical certificates.

According to Jinshi reports, on August 1, the Southern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army organized joint sea and air exercises in the territorial waters, airspace, and surrounding maritime areas of Huangyan Island. This action is a necessary measure in response to the current situation in the South China Sea and the actions of certain regional countries that undermine peace and stability in the area, aiming to test and enhance the troops' practical capabilities in safeguarding national territorial sovereignty and maritime rights.

According to Globenewswire, the stablecoin issuer Mandela Digital announced the completion of a $5 million financing round, with participation from Datavault AI. The new funds will be used for the construction of stablecoin infrastructure, compliance, exchange integration, liquidity and marketing, as well as to accelerate the launch of the 1:1 dollar-pegged stablecoin Mandela Dollar (MUSD).It is reported that Datavault AI will also provide technical support for MUSD, including an AI platform, blockchain tokenization, SanQtum quantum-resistant encryption, and a framework for real-world assets (RWA).

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform that Bitcoin Core v29.4 is now available for download.

According to The Defiant, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has changed his X platform avatar to a newly purchased CryptoPunk, after which the meme coin BRIAN, driven by the change in his avatar, significantly retraced. In the past 24 hours, the market capitalization of this token has dropped by about 86%, falling to approximately $1.5 million; during the same period, its trading volume in about 30 Uniswap liquidity pools was approximately $13.2 million, with total liquidity around $561,000.The report pointed out that Brian Armstrong had changed his X avatar to the "Coinbase Man" image corresponding to BRIAN on July 16, and posted "New profile photo - who dis," which the market initially interpreted as a signal of interest in the token, driving BRIAN to rise rapidly. The report emphasized that BRIAN is a community-created token, and Brian Armstrong is not the issuer and has not claimed any official association with it.

According to The Block, Trezor's Chief Business Officer Danny Sanders refuted recent criticisms of cryptocurrency hardware wallets made by blockchain investigator ZachXBT.Earlier this week, ZachXBT posted on Telegram, "All hardware wallets are complete garbage and I do not recommend using them for important tasks such as signing transactions or storing funds," and suggested that users use a dedicated iPhone to store funds and sign transactions.In response, Sanders acknowledged in an interview that firmware/software updates for hardware wallets can sometimes interfere with urgent or large transactions, and that the user experience can indeed be "clunky," understanding the users' frustration. However, he opposed ZachXBT's blanket statement: while hardware wallets may not be the best single solution for advanced users managing large amounts of funds, they are not garbage.He pointed out that compared to hardware wallets, the operating system and connectivity features of an iPhone present more "attack risks." For the average cryptocurrency user, hardware wallets remain the best self-custody option available.

Aave V4 has been deployed to the Avalanche network, marking the first multi-chain deployment of the Aave V4 Hub & Spoke architecture. This deployment includes a core liquidity hub and three sub-markets: the main market supports lending of assets such as WAVAX, BTC.b, USDC, USDT, and WETH.e; the AVAX-related market focuses on AVAX liquidity staking strategies, allowing users to deposit sAVAX with a 95% collateral rate and borrow WAVAX; the foreign exchange market supports mutual collateralization and lending among three stablecoins: EURC, USDC, and USDT.The core liquidity hub adopts a shared liquidity pool design, with all sub-markets sharing the same pool to avoid liquidity fragmentation. Aave stated that since its deployment on Avalanche in 2021, the historical cumulative inflow for V2 and V3 has exceeded $15 billion, and the current stablecoin utilization rate in the V3 market is over 90%.

Miami-based payment infrastructure startup Cyclops announced the completion of a $20 million Series A funding round, led by Nava Ventures, with participation from Castle Island Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Circle, Lasagna Ventures, and GPT Ventures.

Ledger announced the expansion of support for Celo, having integrated Celo's CIP-64 fee abstraction feature into Ledger Live. After the upgrade, users can pay on-chain transaction gas fees using 18 types of Celo native assets, without needing to use the native token CELO exclusively.The assets that can be used to pay gas include USDT, USDC, USDm, EURm, GBPm, JPYm, CADm, AUDm, CHFm, BRLm, NGNm, PHPm, COPm, KESm, ZARm, XOFm, GHSm, and WETH. CIP-64 is a core mechanism introduced by Celo in the July 2023 Gingerbread hard fork, allowing transaction fees to be paid directly with approved ERC-20 tokens.According to official disclosures, nearly half of the transactions on the Celo chain are currently settled with US dollar stablecoins instead of CELO for transaction fees. Ledger had previously supported the sending, receiving, and exchanging of CELO and Celo native stablecoins in Ledger Live as of December 2025.

Japan's largest securities token issuance and management platform, Progmat, has completed its migration to the Avalanche blockchain, transferring all managed tokenized assets worth over 452 billion yen (approximately 2.7 billion USD) from a Corda 5-based permissioned chain to a dedicated Avalanche Layer 1. This migration was announced in February this year and was completed as scheduled, without affecting the normal operations of financial institutions.Progmat stated that the new architecture no longer relies on a single blockchain and can support future multi-chain expansion. All smart contracts have been migrated to the EVM environment, and while maintaining the original functionality, the speed of asset rights transfer processing has increased by 3 to 5 times, with the final confirmation time for transactions reduced to under 2 seconds. Progmat was initially incubated by Japan's largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUFG), and became an independent operation in 2023. It currently has the support of major Japanese financial institutions such as Mizuho Bank, Tokyo Stock Exchange, and SBI, holding a 53% market share in Japan's securities token market and accounting for 64.6% of the total issuance scale of securities tokens, covering most tokenized real estate and corporate bond projects.In addition, Progmat established a working group for the tokenization of Japanese government bonds and on-chain repurchase (Repo) in May this year, collaborating with asset management institutions, banks, and securities companies to research the tokenization of Japanese government bonds and explore application scenarios such as 24/7 trading and T+0 real-time settlement.

Bitget officially launched the platform-level yield product "Cash Plus," providing users with a brand new stablecoin savings service, initially supporting USDT / USDC. This product balances yield, liquidity, and capital efficiency, allowing users to enjoy daily compound earnings during the holding period, with 1:1 redemption available at any time, real-time fund arrival, and zero fees with no wear and tear. The initial annualized yield rate referenced at the product launch is 4% APR, and actual earnings will be dynamically adjusted based on market conditions.According to the plan, Cash Plus will be further integrated into Bitget's Unified Trading Account (UTA) in the third quarter. After the integration, the Cash Plus balance will continue to generate earnings while being directly used as trading margin, achieving a "trade while earning interest" capital reuse experience.

Data from Rwa.xyz shows that BUIDL on the Avalanche chain has surpassed $900 million, with a weekly growth of 105%.The current total scale of BUIDL has reached $2.869 billion, with a 30-day increase of 21.11%.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the event "NBA: LeBron James' Next Team" on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option for the submarket "Cleveland Cavaliers" experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, plummeting from 63.45% an hour ago to the current 48.4% (a fluctuation of 15.05%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to official news, the cryptocurrency trading platform AscendEX has announced that it will cease operations, attributing the reasons to the current market environment and the impact of the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA).In response, on-chain detective ZachXBT pointed out that AscendEX's public hot wallet currently lacks sufficient liquid assets to cover the verified withdrawal demands of users amounting to millions of dollars. Affected users are advised to report to law enforcement and regulatory authorities in their respective countries or regions to hold AscendEX co-founder George (Jing) Cao accountable.