Polymarket has launched prediction markets for Pokémon cards and sealed products, letting traders bet on whether their prices will rise or fall. More than a dozen contracts are live, but trading remains small, with most markets leaning towards lower prices.
WeatherlyDefiLlama tested a fake app after months of complaints to Apple and found it could drain a funded crypto wallet. Apple removed the app within days, but the incident delayed DefiLlama’s official mobile launch.
AnaisChangpeng Zhao transferred about $965,000 in BNB and BNB Life tokens to Giggle Academy, his free education project. He also plans to stop using the public wallet after unwanted meme coins made it difficult to manage.
WeatherlyGalaxy Research said losses from the Coldcard wallet attack have exceeded $115 million, with 1,778.58 BTC taken from 8,680 addresses since 30 July 2026. The attack exploited a firmware flaw affecting devices using software released in 2021, while most stolen Bitcoin remains traceable on-chain.
AnaisHackers accessed a third-party system used by Israel’s Bits of Gold, potentially exposing the personal and financial details of around 200,000 customers. The company said customer funds, private keys, passwords and card security details were not exposed, but warned that the stolen data could be used for phishing and social engineering scams.
AnaisKraken parent company Payward has joined Anthropic’s Project Glasswing and will use Claude Mythos 5 to scan its systems for security vulnerabilities. The company will review the findings with its security teams and report flaws found in third-party open-source software to the relevant maintainers.
WeatherlyYouTube will start counting a view as soon as a video begins playing from 24 August 2026, covering videos, Shorts and live streams worldwide. The stricter “Engaged views” metric will still determine creator earnings, while new YouTube Partner Programme applicants will face higher requirements from 1 February 2027.
AnaisJeonbuk Bank has partnered with Ripple to use Ripple Payments for near real-time cross-border transfers, making it the first regional bank in South Korea to adopt the service. The deal is Ripple’s third major Korean partnership this year, although it has not confirmed whether XRP, RLUSD or another asset will be used for settlement.
WeatherlySouth Korea has ordered domestic access to Polymarket to be blocked after regulators ruled that its prediction markets amount to illegal gambling. The regulator rejected Polymarket’s argument that its decentralised structure and lack of won payments kept it outside South Korean gambling laws.
AnaisThree former SpaceX engineers have launched 1872, a Cincinnati startup that raised $15 million to use robots and AI software to automate steel production for AI data centres and small nuclear reactors. Its Factory One plant will initially make steel skids, with the company aiming to automate most of the manufacturing process by 2027 as the US faces a growing shortage of skilled welders.
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