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Zoomex Launches Stock Perpetuals Competition Round 2: Elevating Cross-Asset Derivatives for Global Traders

Zoomex, a global cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, today officially announced the commencement of its highly anticipated Stock Perpetuals Competition Round 2. Engineered to seamlessly bridge the gap between Traditional Finance (TradFi) and Web3 crypto derivatives, the event showcases Zoomexs robust derivatives infrastructure while offering global traders 24/7 access to high-demand U.S. equity perpetual contracts backed by a dynamic escalating prize pool and interactive reward tiers.　　As global market volatility intensifies, retail and institutional traders increasingly seek frictionless risk-hedging mechanisms outside conventional trading hours. Zoomex addresses this demand through its proprietary derivatives engine, enabling users to trade perpetual contracts on top U.S. equities – including Nvidia (NVDA), Apple (AAPL), and Tesla (TSLA)—using USDT as margin. The platform eliminates traditional brokerage onboarding friction, offering leverage up to 25x and bi-directional (long/short) trading capabilities without market-close interruptions.　　Executive Insight: Redefining Cross-Asset Trading　　Addressing the strategic vision behind the competition, the Chief Brand Officer of Zoomexstated:　　“At Zoomex, derivatives trading is not merely a feature—it is our core identity and structural foundation. Traditional stock markets remain constrained by strict opening hours, lengthy clearing cycles, and cross-border fiat capital controls. By integrating U.S. equities into our high-performance crypto derivatives matching engine, we deliver uninterrupted 24/7 execution, deep liquidity, and institutional-grade

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Ethereum Hegotá plan gets 4 priorities from Ethlabs

Ethereum research group Ethlabs has urged core developers to prioritize censorship resistance, faster blocks, native account abstraction and continued Layer 1 scaling for Hegotá, Ethereums planned upgrade after Glamsterdam.　　SummaryFOCIL remains Hegotás only scheduled feature, while Frame Transactions have advanced to considered-for-inclusion status officially.Ethlabs ranks Quick Slots as top priority, proposing Hegotá begin reducing Ethereums twelve-second slot time.Frame Transactions could enable passkeys, sponsored fees, token-denominated gas payments, batching and post-quantum account upgrades.Ethlabs backs EIP-8131 and EIP-8279 to constrain payload growth and support higher gas limits safely.Execution client teams must submit Hegotá rankings by September 10 as developers narrow proposals further.　　The nonprofit published its Hegotá paper on Aug. 16 as developers moved deeper into the forks scoping process.　　Ethlabs describes itself as an independent nonprofit R&D lab focused on Ethereum and ETH. Several team members also co-author proposals the organization supports, a relationship Ethlabs disclosed when publishing its rankings.　　You might also like:　　Ethereum Hegotá narrows 2027 upgrade proposals　　The document remains a recommendation rather than an Ethereum governance decision. The official Hegotá meta currently lists EIP-7805, or FOCIL, as the only feature scheduled for inclusion. EIP-8141 Frame Transactions is considered for inclusion, while dozens of others remain proposals.　　We published a (very!) detailed snapshot of our

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Bitcoin harder to use than gold, Ross Gerber says

Bitcoin is facing renewed criticism from investment adviser Ross Gerber, who questioned the cryptocurrencys practical utility on Aug. 16 and argued that physical gold remains easier to use in many places.　　Gerber wrote in an X post that it was “probably easier to use gold than bitcoin in most places still.” He also questioned what lasting products the crypto industry had built despite years of claims about Bitcoin‘s monetary use cases. The comments represent Gerber’s opinion and do not establish that gold is objectively more useful than Bitcoin.　　Bitcoin criticism marks a shift for Gerber　　Gerbers stance is notable because his firm has previously embraced digital assets. Gerber Kawasaki says it partnered with Gemini in April 2021 to provide digital asset exposure to clients, while Gerber himself spent years speaking positively about Bitcoin.　　Probably easier to use gold than bitcoin in most places still despite the endless promises of its use cases… what have these people built of value, stable coins？ Really？ So what‘s the point of having a monetary system that can’t really be used… Im just asking some questions…　　— Ross Gerber (@GerberKawasaki) August 16, 2026　　His tone has become increasingly skeptical in 2026. Gerber recently wrote that Michael Saylor “kinda makes me over

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Tokenized stock holders more than double as monthly volume surges

The number of tokenized stock holders has more than doubled over the past month to 1.31 million, according to RWA.xyz data.　　Monthly transfer volume surged nearly 180% over the same period to $23.13 billion, while monthly active addresses increased 34.62% to nearly 572,000. The total distributed value of tokenized stocks also rose 5.9% to $2.38 billion.　　At the time of writing, Ondo leads the market with about $872 million in distributed value, followed by Kraken‘s xStocks at $557.8 million and Binance’s bStocks at $521.8 million. BStocks launched in June and is already within roughly $36 million of xStocks in distributed value.　　According to RWA.xyz, the largest individual tokenized assets by distributed value include Securitize at $145.2 million, Strategy PP Variable xStock at $135.6 million and Ondos tokenized Circle shares at $99.7 million.Source: RWA.xyz　　Related: Hyperliquid RWA contracts grow to 32% of trading activity in Q2　　Tokenized stocks push into private markets　　The recent growth in tokenized equities follows a wave of crypto platforms pushing into private-market and pre-IPO products earlier this year, particularly around SpaceX ahead of its June 12 public-market debut.　　In the months leading up to the listing, Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, Bybit, Bitget and Blockchain.com rolled out products tied to SpaceX, ranging from tokenized pre-IPO

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Greenlanes $70M BERA treasury ends Q2 valued at $16M

Greenlane Holdings BERA-focused crypto treasury ended the second quarter valued at $16.4 million, less than a quarter of its $70 million cost basis, according to a regulatory filing.　　On Friday, the company said it held 81.3 million BERA and BERA-equivalent tokens as of June 30. The $53.8 million gap between their cost and fair value left the portfolio 76.6% below cost.　　Greenlane reported a $19.1 million noncash fair-value loss on digital assets during the quarter, contributing to a net loss of $24.8 million. Meanwhile, its digital asset segment generated $309,000 in staking and yield revenue over the same period.　　Greenlane Holdings is a Nasdaq-listed former cannabis accessories company that shifted to a digital asset treasury strategy centered on Berachains BERA token.　　The company adopted BERA as its primary treasury reserve asset in October 2025, after completing a $110.7 million private placement. It increased its holdings from 77.7 million BERA and equivalent tokens at the end of March despite the declining valuation.　　BERA has fallen 75.9% year to date and was trading at about $0.146 at the time of writing, according to CoinGecko. The token briefly traded above $1.20 earlier this year before declining steadily toward $0.15.

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XRP traders bet on a rebound as price slips to $1 and bearish chatter surges

SummaryXRP is hovering around $1 as futures open interest and trading volumes climb, with Binance and OKX traders heavily skewed toward leveraged long positions.Social-media sentiment toward XRP has turned the most negative in three months even as futures positioning nears levels last seen when the token traded several times higher.Network activity is picking up, with nearly 50,000 active addresses in 24 hours, and analysts warn that a break below $1 could trigger forced selling from overleveraged longs.　　XRP traders are increasingly betting on a rebound even as the token struggles around $1 and online commentary turns its most bearish in three months.　　Futures open interest, the money tied up in outstanding derivatives positions, rose to about $2.78 billion on Monday, up 2% over 24 hours, with trading volume jumping 55% to roughly $1.17 billion, according to CoinGlass.　　More than three accounts on Binance held long XRP positions for every one holding a short, and the ratio among the exchanges largest traders was about 3.6 to one. OKX showed the same 3.6-to-one split.　　A long position is a bet that the price will rise. Leverage lets a trader make a larger bet than their money would otherwise buy, at the cost of being automatically forced

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The bitcoin futures market looks like a crowded club with a tiny exit – and it could cause pain

Volume, meanwhile, is dead simple as it measures the number of contracts that changed hands during a given period. Think of it as measuring how many times the front door of that exclusive club opened and closed over a given period, regardless of who stayed. It thus represents the degree of churn or liquidity available to manage positions.　　So, the latest case of volume falling far behind OI is like a large club with a tiny exit door. What happens if a large number of people try to rush out？　　Because overall investor positioning is massive, a sudden catalyst could trigger a wave of contract closures, such as forced liquidations due to margin shortages. Without the underlying daily volume to provide liquidity, the market may not be able to absorb the rush smoothly, leading to volatile, exaggerated price swings.　　“The risk is mechanical. When open interest towers over daily volume, liquidations meet little resting flow to absorb them, and adverse moves extend further than they otherwise would. Traders have added substantial risk, most of it long, into a market that shows no matching demand,” blockchain analytics firm Glassnode said in a report.　　The risk of an exaggerated move is particularly likely to the downside

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Solana ETF Inflows Surge 70x to Best Week Since May, But Theres a Catch

Solana (SOL) spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) drew $10.26 million in the week ending August 14, according to SoSoValue. That total ran roughly 70 times the prior weeks roughly $144,930.　　The intake marks the strongest week since May 22. Two funds produced almost all of it across two sessions.　　Sponsored　　Sponsored　　Bitwise and Morgan Stanley Took the Entire Week　　Bitwise‘s Solana ETF (BSOL) attracted $8.8 million on August 10, accounting for the bulk of the week’s inflows. It was also the funds largest single-day inflow since May 12, according to SoSoValue data.　　Morgan Stanleys Solana Trust (MSOL) followed with $1.43 million in inflows on August 11. Together, the two funds accounted for virtually the entire $10.26 million weekly total.　　VanEck, Fidelity, 21Shares, Franklin Templeton, and Grayscale, meanwhile, recorded zero net flows throughout the week. This left the weekly rebound concentrated in just two funds and two trading sessions.　　Overall, Solana ETFs have now recorded net inflows for seven consecutive weeks, bringing total inflows over that period to $28.05 million. The funds ended the week with $893.5 million in net assets, while cumulative inflows since launch reached $1.16 billion.　　Despite the renewed ETF demand, SOL price action remained subdued. The token traded fell 1.18%, leaving the latest ETF inflows largely disconnected

08-17Industry

Apple patches macOS flaw exploited to mine Monero

Apple has patched a critical macOS Screen Sharing vulnerability after attackers exploited internet-facing Macs to gain root access and install Monero mining software, according to an updated warning from the Netherlands National Cyber Security Centre.　　The Dutch NCSC updated its advisory on Aug. 12 to confirm active exploitation of CVE-2026-65400 on multiple systems with port 5900 exposed to the internet. In every reported case, attackers obtained root access and installed a Monero miner. The agency did not disclose how many Macs were compromised or identify the attackers.　　Apple Screen Sharing flaw bypasses authentication　　Apple patched CVE-2026-65400 on Aug. 6 in macOS Tahoe 26.6.1, Sequoia 15.7.9 and Sonoma 14.8.9. The company described it as an authentication flaw caused by improper state management that could allow an attacker on the network to access Screen Sharing without valid credentials.　　Security firm Huntress found that the flaw affects the Secure Remote Password authentication process used by macOS Screen Sharing. Its analysis showed an attacker could cause the service to treat an unauthenticated connection as authenticated and obtain privileged access.　　Because exploitation occurs before normal authentication, Huntress said changing a Screen Sharing password, disabling legacy VNC authentication or removing authorized user accounts does not address the vulnerability. The recommended fix

08-17Industry

Novig sues Wisconsin over sports prediction contracts

Prediction market operator Novig has sued Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul and state gaming administrator John Dillett, seeking to stop Wisconsin from applying its gambling laws to sports event contracts traded on the companys federally regulated exchange.　　Ludlow Exchange LLC, which operates as Novig, filed the 45-page complaint on Aug. 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. Novig wants preliminary and permanent injunctions and a declaration that federal commodities law preempts the Wisconsin statutes when applied to its event contracts.　　Novig argues CFTC oversight overrides Wisconsin law　　Novig‘s case rests on the Commodity Exchange Act. The company argues that its sports contracts are federally regulated derivatives and that Congress placed transactions on designated contract markets within the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s exclusive jurisdiction. That is Novigs legal position, not a finding already made by the Wisconsin court.　　JUST IN: Novig sues Wisconsin, arguing sports contracts are swaps and should fall under the CFTCs exclusive jurisdiction. If upheld, this could sharpen regulatory focus on prediction markets $NOVIG pic.twitter.com/znnsWmNd8U　　— Bpay News (@bpaynews) August 17, 2026　　The CFTC formally designated Ludlow Exchange as a designated contract market on June 16. Its approval requires compliance with the Commodity Exchange Act, CFTC regulations and the

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