Sei Network announced in a post that Giga Upgrade will rebuild the consensus, execution, and storage layers of the chain, and the first phase of the storage reconstruction project Eidos has been launched. Eidos has transformed the original single pass Merkle tree database into a flat structure, high concurrency data engine to improve speed and efficiency.

Michael Saylor announced that MicroStrategy plans to continue increasing its holdings of Bitcoin, with a target holding of over 800000 coins and moving towards 1 million coins. （The Bitcoin Historian）

According to official announcements, starting from 16:15 (UTC+8) on August 19, 2026, Binance contracts will adjust the settlement frequency of fund rates for UNITREEUSDT perpetual contracts from once every eight hours to once every four hours, with the maximum fund rate remaining unchanged at+2.00%/-2.00%.

[Market Cautious Ahead of Fed Meeting Minutes Release, Dollar Index DXY Declines] According to Jin10 reports, investors remained cautious ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve's July meeting minutes, with the dollar weakening. Recent U.S. employment market data has been weak, and inflation data has shown moderate performance, leading the market to lower expectations for Fed rate hikes. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh avoided providing forward guidance, while the meeting minutes are expected to offer clues on whether the Fed will tighten monetary policy. The Dollar Index DXY once fell 0.2% to 99.472.

[Coinbase's x402 Protocol Processes 14 Million AI Agent Transactions in 30 Days] According to Token Terminal data, Coinbase's x402 payment protocol processed 14 million AI agent transactions in the past 30 days, with 7.3 million transactions handled on the Base network, 5.6 million on Polygon, and all transactions settled in USDC. Coinbase has launched a USDC payment receiving feature for businesses, enabling merchants to receive, reconcile, and withdraw AI agent payments through Coinbase Business.