Nikkei 225 Index falls more than 3%

Former Ava Labs President John Wu announced a leadership adjustment on X, appointing Charley Cooper as the new president and Lydia as CFO, while Wu transitions to a senior advisor role to focus on long-term strategy and institutional relations. Cooper, who has backgrounds in the U.S. Department of Defense, CFTC and traditional financial institutions, plus over a decade of blockchain experience, is seen as the right person to drive Avalanche’s next phase of growth. As of press time, AVAX’s market capitalization stands at $2.77 billion per HTX market data, with its all-time peak hitting nearly $30 billion in 2021.

Stablecoin yield project Osero has announced the official launch of its application, now open to all users. Official website data shows Osero currently offers an annual percentage yield (APY) of 3.52%, supporting stablecoins including USDC.e, USDe, AUSD, GHO, PYUSD, RLUSD, USDD, USDG, USDtb, and frxUSD. Its returns are generated from sUSDS and the Sky Ecosystem’s savings rate mechanism. Earlier reports indicated that Osero was incubated by Stablewatch and closed a $13.5 million funding round in May this year, led by the Sky Ecosystem and Plasma.

Sources familiar with the matter said Iran is considering expanding its strike range to include military targets in Europe if Trump escalates the conflict. The sources added that Iran’s military has assessed striking U.S. military assets in Southeast European countries such as Bulgaria, and also evaluated plans to cut undersea cables in the Strait of Hormuz amid escalating tensions. (Financial Times)

Embodied intelligence firm Moushen Intelligence recently closed a nearly 500 million yuan Pre-A+ financing round. The round was jointly invested by leading state-owned fund Shenbao Yiben Fund, Orient Securities, Shaanxi High-Tech Industry Investment Co., Ltd., industrial investors Anyu Fund, Tianmeng Investment, and Jianyuan Tianhua; existing shareholders Chuanghehui Capital, Xuhui Capital, and Gengxin Capital also made oversubscribed follow-on investments. As a result, Moushen Intelligence’s valuation has surged over 10 times in the first half of the year, making it one of the fastest-growing embodied brain enterprises in the industry. (Science and Technology Board Daily)

According to monitoring by Farside Investors, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted a net inflow of $189.3 million yesterday, with IBIT contributing $143.6 million of that total. This marks the second consecutive day of net inflows for Bitcoin ETFs overall. Ethereum ETFs saw a net inflow of $71.4 million, while ETHA recorded a net inflow of $64.7 million.

Ultra points out that Kaito Pulse uses hashing to fingerprint users’ GPU rendering, hardware models, and hardware test sounds, binding this unique combination to their X account. The tool can also capture users’ full browsing history, feed hover times, clicks, and follow status, sending heartbeat packets with activity detection every 30 seconds. Additionally, it can read Claude and ChatGPT subscription plans and their usage ratios, automatically click to access ChatGPT’s Usage page, and automatically navigate to Binance’s Positions tab, re-sending login requests to retrieve wallet balances, futures positions, profit and loss, and deposit/withdrawal history. Kaito AI announced yesterday its new browser extension product Kaito Pulse, which aims to bring off-platform activities directly into the native X timeline.