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2026/09/08
The Sandbox Opens SAND Compensation Claims for the August 22 Cross-Chain Vulnerability
Huo Xing Finance reports that, according to official announcements, The Sandbox has officially opened the claim period for SAND compensation. Users affected by the cross-chain contract vulnerability incident on the Base and BNB Smart Chain (BSC) networks on August 22, who held bridged SAND on the af
OpenAI and Anthropic Seek Investment-Grade Ratings Despite Massive Losses
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have asked the three big credit rating agencies to treat OpenAI and Anthropic as investment-grade borrowers the moment they go public, the Financial Times reported Tuesday.Investment grade is the rating tier that lets pension funds and insurers buy a company’s bonds.
ARK Applies for SEC Exemption to Tokenize Fund Shares
Author: Jae, PANewsOn September 8, Andy, founder of The Rollup, revealed that a major fund has received SEC approval to tokenize its shares on-chain.Coincidentally, the SEC’s latest regulatory filing shows that ARK is applying to amend its exemption order. If approved, it would become the first majo
Curve Finance Launches Soft Liquidation Model to Improve Borrower Experience
Getting liquidated in DeFi has traditionally felt like stepping on a trapdoor. Curve Finance decided that was a design problem worth solving, and its answer, called LLAMMA, treats liquidation less like a cliff and more like a gentle slope.The Lending-Liquidating AMM Algorithm, launched in 2023 as pa
ASML Breaks Ground on New Eindhoven Campus, Targeting 20,000 Jobs
ASML, the Dutch company that holds a global monopoly on the machines needed to make cutting-edge semiconductors, officially started construction on a massive new campus near Eindhoven on September 7, 2026. The facility at Brainport Industries Campus Noord is designed to eventually house up to 20,000
The Sandbox Launches SAND Compensation Claims for the August 22 Attack
Odaily Planet Daily News: The Sandbox has launched a SAND compensation claim page for the August 22 cross-chain bridge attack on Base and BNB Chain, with the claim window open from September 8 to 22. All wallets that legally held bridged SAND prior to the attack are eligible for a 1:1 SAND compensat
The probability of the CLARITY Act being signed into law this year has decreased to 15.5%, while TwoEyes and Geminae.Columbae still maintain a "Yes" position.
ME News reports that, as of September 8 (UTC+8), according to TradingBeats monitoring, the implied probability of the CLARITY bill being signed into law this year has dropped to 15.5%. Among cross-market whale traders in this prediction market, only two individuals—both long-term active on Polymarke
China's Data Center Boom Shifts to Remote Regions, Driven by Cost and Policy
While data center developers in Europe and the US wrestle with NIMBYism, grid bottlenecks, and eye-watering land costs near major metros, China has taken a different approach: build where almost nobody lives.Over 50% of China’s forthcoming data center projects are now located in the country’s northe
KuCoin Futures to Launch BYDUSDT Stock Index Perpetual Contract on September 9, 2026
In accordance with Announcement, KuCoin Futures will launch the BYDUSDT Stock Index Perpetual Contract on September 9, 2026, at 3:00 UTC. The contract supports 1-20x leverage and is settled in USDⓈ. It tracks the real-time spot price of BYD CO. LTD. - H SHARES (HKEX: 1211). Trading will be available
IREN's 2GW Sweetwater Hub Earns Base Load Status in ERCOT's Batch Zero Screening
IREN Limited just cleared a meaningful hurdle in the race to plug massive data centers into the Texas power grid. The company’s 2GW Sweetwater Hub has been conditionally classified as Base Load within ERCOT’s Batch Zero interconnection screening process, a designation that treats the project as know
The implied probability of the CLARITY Act becoming law within the year has fallen to 15.5%, with TwoEyes and Geminae.Columbae still maintaining Yes positions.
Odaily Planet Daily report: The implied probability of the CLARITY bill being signed into law this year has dropped to 15.5%. Among the current prediction market participants, only TwoEyes and Geminae.Columbae remain consistently active on both Polymarket and Hyperliquid, still holding their previou
Curve Finance's soft liquidation mechanism allows hundreds of loans to remain in liquidation for weeks.
ChainCatcher report, according to CoinDesk, Curve Finance’s data shows that its lending market has recorded 704 "soft liquidation" events involving 602 borrower addresses, with a median duration of 14.5 days, a quarter lasting at least 38.9 days, and some positions remaining in the liquidation range
Curve Finance's Soft Liquidation Model Lets Borrowers Survive Market Drawdowns
Hundreds of crypto loans on Curve Finance have crossed into liquidation and stayed there for weeks without being closed out, according to data covering the protocol's lending markets.That changes what liquidated means. On most lending platforms, crossing a predetermined prices triggers a sale. But C
UK Issues 2,056 Treasury Bonds at the Highest Yield Since 1998
BlockBeats news, on September 8, according to Bloomberg, the UK issued £4.25 billion in gilts maturing in 2056 at a yield of 5.8168%, the highest level paid by the UK government on debt issuance since the establishment of the Debt Management Office in 1998.According to sources familiar with the matt
Chainlink Faces Three Warning Signs After 95% Rally, Says Analyst
LINK rallied 95% from $7 to $13.77, but the weekly TD Sequential now signals a potential sell setup.Whale transactions above $1M fell from about 59 to 10, while 1.75M LINK moved onto exchanges.LINK faces support at $12.50-$12.60, with $13.50-$13.70 resistance and weakening RSI and MACD momentum.Chai
