ZachXBT: A Whale Hardware Wallet Fell Victim to a Social Engineering Scam, Losing Over $282 Million, with the Attacker Later Laundering the Funds into Monero, Causing a Price Surge of Over 60%

Liquid Capital founder Yilihua posted on social media that after Bitcoin failed to break the $81,000 resistance level a few days ago, he has been anticipating a pullback in the $75,500 to $76,000 range, after which he remains bullish toward the next resistance at $86,000. His market calls over the past few months have been largely accurate, but that does not guarantee future correctness. Every trade requires caution and a fresh approach; making mistakes is normal. Many argue that discussing market trends is too easily disproven, with a single error able to wipe out all gains, but pressing forward and continuous improvement embody the entrepreneurial spirit, and failure is an inherent part of the business process.

According to an official announcement, Binance will add four bStocks tokens—Seagate (STXB), ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (SQQQB), Moderna (MRNAB), and CrowdStrike (CRWDB)—as eligible collateral assets for its Cross Margin, Unified Account, and Unified Account Pro products, effective at 20:00 (UTC+8, East Eight Zone Time) on September 2, 2026. Corresponding bStocks trading pairs will also open for margin trading. Eligible users will be able to use these bStocks tokens as margin collateral, expanding the available collateral options for margin trading.

The yield on UK 10-year gilts rose to a new high since August 2007, hitting 5.29%, up 7 basis points on the day.

Beating AI Express: Agent collaboration app Raft developer Botiverse plans to pivot its strategy. Founder Richard Qian said that after the team spent about six months building Raft (formerly Slock), it once focused too much on growth and revenue. He bluntly admitted the team raised more funding than needed, and KOL marketing was also a mistake. In the coming weeks, Botiverse will open-source multiple internal projects and release Raft’s main repository source code, but will not accept external Pull Requests (PRs) for now. RC (Richard Qian) noted that agents are taking on increasing development work, making the traditional open-source collaboration model—where external developers submit code and maintainers review and merge it—no longer applicable. Botiverse has already made several projects public on GitHub, including Raft’s documentation, external Agent plugins, and application scaffolding. The Raft main repository is the part it announced will be opened next.

According to official announcements, Base has launched a creator grant program offering up to $4,000 in funding to independent creators for producing high-quality content focused on the Base ecosystem and its developers. Eligible applicants include authors writing in-depth articles, analyses, posts, and memes about Base; live streamers, show hosts, creators running regular columns; independent video creators; and educators creating Base content in local languages. In addition to the maximum $4,000 grant, selected creators will gain access to ecosystem projects and developer resources for content ideation, plus promotion opportunities via Base’s official regional accounts. Furthermore, Base will offer a "Creator of the Week" award for emerging creators, with weekly grants of up to $500. Base noted that any creator who primarily creates content focused on Base, runs their own show, or works as an independent creator is eligible to apply for the program.

The US August ADP employment data will be released at 20:15 tonight, with market expectations of a 48,000-job increase, versus the prior reading of 44,000.