Techub News reports that Starknet announced via Twitter that it is back online and fully operational, with block production resumed. Most RPC service providers have restored their services, and the remaining providers will upgrade as soon as possible. Transactions submitted between 2:23 and 4:36 Hong Kong time will not be processed in order to restore services. All transactions submitted within one hour after block 1960612 must be resubmitted, and further details regarding the review and preventive measures will be announced later.

According to Techub News, monitored by BscScan, the lending protocol Venus was attacked, resulting in a loss of approximately 30 million USD.

According to Techub News, as reported by Ming Pao, the "2025 Asia-Pacific FinTech Innovation Lab Program" co-organized by Accenture and Cyberport announced 12 shortlisted startups yesterday, focusing on key technologies including Agentic AI, climate-consistent finance, and cyber resilience to address critical needs in the financial industry. The innovative solutions cover applications such as regulatory compliance, digital trust, sustainable investment, and tokenization of real-world assets.

According to Techub News, monitored by Lookonchain, the address starting with 0x4ED0 purchased another 5,553 Ether in the past 40 minutes, worth approximately 24.44 million USD. Since August 11, this address has purchased 18,447 Ether at an average price of 4,417 USD (worth about 81.5 million USD), and has purchased 1,357 WBTC at an average price of 117,547 USD (worth about 160 million USD), subsequently depositing these assets into Aave and borrowing 114.2 million USDT.

Techub News reports that Quack AI monitoring has opened the Q Airdrop claim. Users can go to the relevant portal to check their status, view the allocation amount, and follow the steps to claim or transfer.

According to Techub News, Grégory Raymond tweeted that Christian Rau, the head of Mastercard's crypto division in Europe, stated in a recent interview that Mastercard is closely following Crypto Assets but will not stray from its established direction. "Our strategy has never changed in 50 years: to enable safe and compliant payments for people and to allow businesses to receive payments. Crypto Assets are part of this logic. We are not looking to completely overhaul this system, but rather to enrich it. We prioritize interoperability with existing solutions. However, if no solutions meet

According to Techub News, reported by Coindesk, the Japanese crypto asset exchange Coincheck has acquired the regulated digital asset brokerage Aplo in France. The Coincheck Group stated that this acquisition will help it expand into the European market. The transaction is expected to be completed in October 2025, and all of Aplo's issued shares will be converted into newly issued common shares of the Coincheck Group.