Step App announced that the project will cease operation on August 21st, and users need to release all locked token pledges and manage their positions before this date. The Step App platform has accumulated over 1 million downloads, tracked billions of steps, and driven the development of the Move to Earn track, connecting Web2 and Web3.

[SoftBank Group Secures $10 Billion Margin Loan Using OpenAI Shares as Collateral] According to Bloomberg, SoftBank Group has secured a $10 billion margin loan using its shares in OpenAI as collateral. Lenders include Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Mizuho Securities, Apollo Global Management, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. SoftBank plans to complete the withdrawal this month.

In the second quarter, RWA deposits increased year-on-year to 7.4 billion US dollars, and spot trading volume increased by 220%. （Cointelegraph）

According to DefiLlama data, Gate's net inflow of funds in 24 hours exceeded 34.47 million US dollars, and Gate and Binance jointly ranked among the top two global net inflows of funds in 24 hours on the centralized exchange CEX.

[X Layer DeFi TVL Surpasses $100 Million, Stablecoin Issuance Exceeds $2 Billion] OKX Wallet stated that the total value locked (TVL) in X Layer DeFi has surpassed $100 million, growing nearly tenfold over the past six months. The issuance scale of X Layer stablecoins has exceeded $2 billion, with cumulative active addresses surpassing 4.2 million and total on-chain transactions exceeding 400 million.