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The Solana lending protocol Kamino announced the launch of Kamino Institutional Yield, a set of on-chain treasury infrastructure designed to connect real-world institutional credit markets with on-chain users. The first treasury built on this infrastructure, Commodity Yield, has now gone live, with an initial deposit size of 25 million USDC.This treasury connects on-chain users with institutional commodity trade financing needs, targeting an annualized yield of approximately 7-8%. The treasury conducts off-chain lending operations through a fund structure regulated by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA), featuring strict lending standards and ongoing portfolio transparency. Users depositing USDC can receive kicUSDC, with funds deployed to short-term commodity loans, secured by physical commodities and/or cash fully collateralized by top-tier banks.

The decentralized spot and perpetual contract trading platform RISEx announced that on August 3, an unauthorized withdrawal occurred related to the RWA strategy associated with the XLP treasury, involving 673,011.56 USDC. This issue stemmed from a configuration error since the deployment on July 13. The team discovered and fixed it within minutes and has fully compensated XLP depositors using part of the fees generated in July, with no impact on user funds.RISEx stated that the platform, RISE cross-chain bridge, and XLP treasury all have withdrawal limit mechanisms in place, and this amount was below the threshold. The team has reviewed the relevant transactions and configurations, confirmed that there are no other similar issues, and is tracking the funds, attempting to contact the relevant addresses to request a return. A post-analysis report will be released later.

According to Forbes, Vaulted CEO David McAlvany stated that he believes Bitcoin could disappear within the next four years due to quantum computing. He mentioned that once quantum computers can quickly solve the mathematical problems protecting Bitcoin private keys, "that will be the end of Bitcoin."However, McAlvany later admitted that he cannot determine whether the relevant breakthrough will occur in four years, five years, or two months. As of mid-2026, there are no quantum computers capable of cracking Bitcoin's encryption algorithms. His viewpoint is mainly based on concerns about the future development speed of quantum computing, rather than on already occurred security events.Galaxy Digital estimates that approximately 7 million BTC addresses have exposed public keys on-chain, worth about $470 billion; Glassnode's estimate is 6.04 million, accounting for 30.2% of the Bitcoin supply. Exposing public keys does not equate to assets being stolen; only when quantum computers can reverse-engineer private keys from public keys might these addresses face actual theft risks.McAlvany also compared Bitcoin to gold and questioned whether Bitcoin could exist for 5,000 years. He expressed relative confidence that gold will still exist by then, but Bitcoin "might exist, or it might not."Bitcoin developers currently have differing opinions on solutions. BIP-360 proposes to add quantum-resistant address types; BIP-361 plans to phase out support for old-style signatures, with assets that do not migrate in time potentially being permanently frozen, including those believed to belong to Satoshi Nakamoto. Supporters argue that freezing assets is better than allowing quantum attackers to steal and sell them, while critics view it as confiscation.Companies like BOLTS Technologies and American Fortress are also developing cross-chain quantum-resistant solutions. American Fortress completed an $8 million seed round in May and claims its technology can protect assets without requiring users to migrate addresses, but the relevant technical papers have not yet been published, and the design has not undergone public auditing.

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).

According to the SEC official website, Commissioner Hester M. Peirce issued a statement highlighting the intersection of cryptocurrency vaults and on-chain lending strategies with federal securities laws. Peirce pointed out that migrating activities to the blockchain does not automatically exempt them from the regulatory scope of securities laws. Cryptocurrency vaults allocate user assets to yield activities such as staking and lending through smart contracts, and if the managers are involved in selecting yield strategies or reallocating assets, it may trigger compliance obligations under securities laws; some vault structures may be deemed joint enterprises or fall under the regulation of investment companies.Regarding on-chain lending strategies, management actions such as interest rate setting, asset admission, and liquidation thresholds may also involve securities laws, and related loans may be classified as securities under certain conditions. Peirce stated that the SEC welcomes proactive communication from market participants in the vault and on-chain lending space and seeks input from all parties to explore whether there is a need to revise rules to protect investors while allowing space for innovation.

Kraken Institutional announced a partnership with the on-chain yield platform Upshift, allowing qualified institutional clients to earn yields directly on idle Bitcoin, Ethereum, stablecoins, and other crypto assets within Kraken's compliant custody framework.Unlike traditional pooled vaults, Upshift will build a dedicated customized vault for each client, tailored entirely to the client's investment strategy, risk parameters, liquidity needs, and asset portfolio. Assets will be allocated to these non-custodial vaults and subsequently deployed to selected on-chain contracts, with the client's isolated Kraken custody account receiving a receipt token.

The perpetual contract DEX Ostium has confirmed that there is an anomaly in its OLP treasury. All trading on the platform has been suspended, and the team is investigating the related issues.

Aave announced that it has selected Chainlink CCIP as its cross-chain infrastructure standard. CCIP is currently delivering infrastructure a.DI through Aave to undertake cross-chain GHO transfers and multi-chain governance execution.Subsequently, cross-chain logic for the Aave App will be supported through Stable Vaults, covering scenarios such as vault rebalancing, yield optimization, deposits, and transfers. Relevant cross-chain operations will take place between Ethereum, Base, and Arbitrum.

Aave Labs announced the launch of Stable Vaults, which are open to third-party developers and enterprises. Stable Vaults can convert on-chain floating lending yields into fixed income and automatically complete cross-chain liquidity management, asset rebalancing, and yield distribution, enabling enterprises to quickly build stablecoin yield products.Aave Labs stated that this solution has been applied to the Aave App and is now available for integration by wallets, exchanges, neobanks, payment companies, and fintech enterprises, and it also supports the integration of any ERC-4626 yield strategy.

Summer.fi officially announced that it has suffered an attack and has suspended all vaults under the Lazy Summer Protocol. An investigation into the root cause is currently underway, and updates will be provided continuously.

Bitget announced a partnership with the U.S. licensed brokerage Atomic Vaults (AVS), which will provide underlying support for Bitget's recently launched U.S. stock direct connection service "Bitget U.S. Stocks." AVS is a registered broker-dealer with the U.S. SEC, a member of FINRA and SIPC, with a nominal monthly trading volume exceeding $20 billion, offering institutional-grade trading infrastructure and compliant access to the U.S. stock market.It is understood that Bitget's U.S. stock business has formed a dual-track layout. On one hand, it provides stock token (rToken) trading through the compliant RWA protocol Reality, and on the other hand, it offers real stock direct connection trading through AVS. This "tokenization + direct connection" dual-track model aims to meet the differentiated needs of different users regarding asset ownership forms and trading experiences, further consolidating its competitiveness in the multi-asset trading field.

DeFi protocol Altura's CEO Ranveer Arora announced that due to "unprecedented" withdrawal requests over the weekend, the platform will orderly close its stablecoin yield vault. It is reported that within 24 hours prior to the announcement, Altura processed over 8.5 million USDT in instant redemptions.This wave of withdrawals was primarily influenced by market panic triggered by the severe de-pegging of another yield-bearing stablecoin, Main Street (msUSD). Although Altura officials clarified that they have no direct risk exposure to Main Street, concerns arose in the market because both projects share the same reserve proof service provider, Accountable. Currently, Altura has notified all counterparties and has begun to unwind its strategic funds in exchanges, private credit, and real-world assets (RWA) to ensure that all redemptions can be completed fairly and transparently. It is understood that the total locked value of the vault on HyperEVM once reached 39 million dollars.

Taiko released a security incident update on platform X, stating that the incident has been brought under control, the cross-chain bridge and vault have been suspended, and funds can no longer be withdrawn. The cross-chain bridge is offline in both directions, and pending transactions are in a suspended state rather than lost. More information will be announced soon.

According to monitoring by Blockaid, Taiko's ERC20 Vault on Ethereum was attacked, resulting in losses exceeding 1 million dollars. The root of the vulnerability lies in the flawed verification of source signal proofs in Taiko's cross-chain bridge, where the constructed message proof was accepted as valid on Ethereum L1 without the corresponding legitimate MessageSent event on Taiko's source chain, allowing attackers to register and extract fraudulent cross-chain messages, thereby unauthorizedly releasing assets from the ERC20 Vault.

DeFi structured protocol Thetanuts Finance issued a statement in response to the security incident involving its Vault. Preliminary investigations indicate that the relevant Vault is an old version contract that was deprecated and migrated years ago, and it is not associated with any currently running contracts or products. Further details are still under investigation, and a complete post-incident analysis report will be released once more information is available.Earlier reports suggested that Thetanuts Finance may have suffered an attack, with preliminary estimates of losses around $2.1 million.

DeFi structured protocol Thetanuts Finance issued a statement in response to the security incident involving its Vault. Preliminary investigations indicate that the related Vault is an old version of the contract that was deprecated and migrated years ago, and it is not associated with any currently running contracts or products. Further details are still under investigation, and a complete post-incident analysis report will be released once more information is obtained.Previously, it was reported that Thetanuts Finance allegedly suffered an attack, with preliminary estimates of losses around 2.1 million USD.

Avalanche Treasury Company officially listed on Nasdaq under the code AVAT on Thursday, but faced a sell-off on its first day of trading, with the stock price dropping 16% from the opening to close at $1.85.The company completed its listing through a merger with SPAC Mountain Lake Acquisition, with a total transaction size of approximately $675 million, and received support from institutions such as Dragonfly, Pantera, ParaFi Capital, VanEck, Galaxy Digital, and Kraken.Avalanche Treasury holds approximately 15 million AVAX tokens, aiming to provide investors with exposure to the Avalanche ecosystem without the need to hold the tokens directly. CEO Bart Smith stated that this strategy is not a direct bet on price, but rather a long-term investment in the potential for institutional financial restructuring.Although the Avalanche ecosystem has attracted over 550 projects and more than $1 billion in institutional funds since its launch in 2020, its native token AVAX has recently faced significant pressure, with prices falling back to near five-year lows.Market data shows that AVAT's first-day performance continued the generally weak trend of crypto "Digital Asset Treasury (DAT)" companies. Previous related listings such as Strategy, Bitmine, and SOL Strategies have all experienced significant pullbacks, reflecting ongoing valuation pressure for such assets in the crypto bear market environment.

Coinbase announced on Wednesday the launch of two on-chain USDC lending vaults on Morpho, with Steakhouse Financial serving as the risk curator, providing users with lending options at different risk levels for the first time. The Prime vault adopts a conservative strategy, using blue-chip crypto assets like BTC and ETH as collateral, with yields ranging from approximately 3.5% to 4%. The High Yield vault accepts a broader basket of collateral, including assets issued by Ethena, with an annualized yield of about 8.79% supported by Ethena's government bond-backed stablecoin USDtb.Morpho provides a non-custodial lending infrastructure, with Steakhouse Financial managing approximately $2.03 billion in Morpho vault TVL, leading the second place by about $1 billion. Coinbase's collaboration with Ethena predates the launch of these vaults, as Coinbase Ventures purchased ENA tokens on the open market in June as part of a broader distribution agreement.

Haedal posted on platform X that the team recently monitored an abnormal decrease in liquidity in some of Haedal's Vault pools. As a precaution, related contracts have been suspended, and an investigation is underway to determine the root cause to prevent further impact.The affected range is limited to a few Vault pools, and other products are safe and unaffected. All related direct losses will be fully borne by Haedal. The team will provide a more detailed investigation update after the analysis is completed.