OpenAI and Anthropic are simultaneously scaling up their vulnerability discovery capabilities and rolling out cybersecurity defense products.

According to an official announcement from OKX, the second phase of OKX Planet’s US stock earnings season prediction event “Earnings Big Winner” has concluded. Yesterday, three participants—Lin Moyang, abingttt, and Speculation Lab—all stopped at the 26th round, tying for first place with a record of 26 wins (including one revival). They will split the 10,000 USDT prize equally, with each receiving approximately 3,333 USDT. OKX also announced that the third season (S3) of “OKX Prophet” will be extended to the end of this month. Users can continue to participate in earnings season-themed predictions, earn points to climb rankings, and share in the total 360,000 USDT prize pool.

According to Reuters, North Korean defectors and analysts say that over more than a decade of incentive and selection systems, North Korea has built a "world-class" hacking force regarded as one of its "secret weapons." The FBI and Binance have blamed the North Korea-linked group TraderTraitor for the theft of approximately $6.3 billion from Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, last month; Pyongyang has denied the allegation. The selection process starts as early as middle school, at ages 11 or 12, per the report. Each year, authorities select around 150 to 200 top computer-savvy students. After turning 17, the best candidates are admitted to top universities for further screening, with a small number joining military cyber units. Training includes cryptocurrency protocols, reverse engineering and other fields. Those not selected as hackers are mostly trained to remotely develop software for Western companies. Successful operations allow their units to receive up to 30% of the stolen U.S. funds, and participants may get benefits from Pyongyang such as housing or arranged marriages. South Korea’s National Intelligence Service estimated in 2024 that North Korea has roughly 8,400 personnel related to cyber warfare. Binance stated that attackers infiltrated employees’ computers through fake job interviews and adware, then used internal AI tools to seize system control.

According to a report by AXIOS, Trump has told advisors that he plans to continue raising funds for his political activities to restore his political influence after the Republican Party's dismal midterm election losses. Maintaining a political organization—either the existing MAGA Inc. Super PAC or a newly formed entity—will provide Trump with a platform to influence elections in 2028 and beyond, including the next presidential race. This will also enable Trump to pressure Republican lawmakers who are considering breaking ties with him. During the 2026 Republican primary, Trump’s MAGA Inc. helped oust Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, who had publicly criticized Trump, to enforce party discipline. However, with Democrats controlling Congress and major donors shifting their focus to the 2028 presidential election, raising funds for Trump may become more challenging.

Binance released a new announcement stating that it plans to reopen withdrawals for HYPE, INJ, APT, PLASMA, NEAR, and LTC by the end of next weekend. At that time, Binance also plans to reopen withdrawals for tokens on all restored networks, including BSC, ETH, MATIC, ARB, POL, OP, and others.

According to on-chain data analyst @ai_9684xtpa, a new address heavily invested in Ethereum (ETH) added $7.77 million to its positions again, having accumulated over $22.53 million worth of ETH in the past week. Three hours ago, the address withdrew 3,500 ETH from Binance, lowering the average entry price of its total holdings of 9,777.4 ETH to $2,305.05, with an unrealized loss of $641,000 as of now.

According to an official announcement from Bitget, Bitget’s ecosystem tokenized US stock protocol Reality has formed a strategic partnership with DeFi rewards infrastructure provider Merkl. The two parties will use Merkl’s reward forwarding function to identify actual holders of rTokens deployed in supported DeFi protocols. Even when users utilize rTokens in DeFi scenarios such as lending, liquidity pools, or staking, they can still receive dividends in stablecoins as per the rules. Pablo Veyrat, CEO and co-founder of Merkl, noted that a key challenge facing DeFi assets is identifying the actual holders behind each position. Merkl’s reward forwarding technology can penetrate multiple nested smart contracts to map underlying asset holding relationships, ensuring dividends are accurately distributed to eligible holders. Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget, stated that the value of tokenized stocks should not be limited to trading. Even when users commit rTokens to DeFi applications, they should still be able to access eligible dividends. This partnership with Merkl will help resolve this pain point, unlocking greater value for tokenized stocks in daily financial use cases. Per DeFiLlama’s report, rTokens recorded a cumulative trading volume of $1.16 billion between June and July 2026; in July 2026, the number of users trading both crypto assets and rTokens rose 23.54% month-over-month. The collaboration will further drive rTokens’ expansion from trading scenarios to the DeFi ecosystem, enriching on-chain use cases for tokenized stocks.