Particle Network has announced the next phase of its Universal Accounts product roadmap, set to launch two new products in the coming months. According to Foresight News, the first product, Universal Deposit SDK, will allow developers to enable users to deposit assets from any blockchain into applications with approximately 10 lines of code, significantly reducing the barriers to integrating multi-chain assets. The second product, Universal Agent Accounts, will provide an API and dashboard for AI Agents, enabling them to own and manage their Universal Accounts. Previously, Particle Network released EIP-7702 Universal Accounts in March, which allows any EOA account to seamlessly upgrade to a Universal Account. This roadmap further strengthens the infrastructure role of Universal Accounts in developer integration, AI Agent asset management, and multi-chain asset transfer scenarios.

Paolo Ardoino, CEO of stablecoin issuer Tether, stated in an article on the X platform that Tether may need to further integrate WDK and QVAC in the future to support the development of Agent Cards-related functions. Analysts believe this direction will help improve the connection layer between AI agents and crypto payment infrastructure, providing more efficient underlying support for automated application scenarios.

Particle Network today announced the next phase of its Universal Accounts product roadmap, with two new products launching in the coming months: 1. Universal Deposit SDK: Developers can enable users to deposit assets into applications from any chain with just about 10 lines of code, significantly lowering the barrier to entry for multi-chain assets. 2. Universal Agent Accounts: APIs and dashboards for AI Agents, enabling AI Agents to own and manage their own Universal Accounts. Previously, Particle released EIP-7702 Universal Accounts in March, supporting frictionless upgrades of any EOA account to a Universal Account. This roadmap further strengthens Universal Accounts' infrastructure role in scenarios such as developer integration, AI Agent asset management, and multi-chain asset transfer. Overall, Particle is advancing Universal Accounts from "account abstraction capabilities" to a broader chain abstraction application layer infrastructure, which is expected to increase its developer adoption and distribution capabilities within the onchain ecosystem.

Nexo, a cryptocurrency lending platform, reports a rise in the number of wallets holding more than 100 BTC, indicating a renewed influx of 'smart money' into the Bitcoin market. According to ChainCatcher, data shows that addresses holding between 10 and 10,000 BTC have collectively increased their holdings by approximately 41,000 BTC over the past two weeks. Additionally, Bitcoin's price has surpassed the 'True Market Mean' average level of $78,100 for the first time since January this year. Market analysts suggest that the continued accumulation by large on-chain addresses may reflect a growing risk appetite among institutions and long-term holders.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard has stated that U.S. President Donald Trump must choose between an improbable military action or reaching a poor agreement with Iran. According to Odaily, the Guard emphasized that the United States' decision-making options have become limited.

TON has released an update for mainnet validators stating that due to new capital entering the validator network, both the minimum and maximum effective staking thresholds for participating in validator validation have increased. Validators should promptly check whether their current resource allocation is sufficient to continue participating in validator validation and, if conditions permit, consolidate their staking positions. Currently, the minimum and maximum staking thresholds for this round of validation are 824,000 TON and 2,425,000 TON, respectively, and are expected to further increase to 1 million TON and 3 million TON in the near future. For validators who cannot simultaneously meet the staking requirements for both rounds of validation, TON recommends using staking services or configuring a 1-of-2 round validation model to maximize capital utilization efficiency.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard stated, "Trump must choose between an impossible military operation or a bad deal with Iran. The United States' decision-making space has shrunk." (Jin Shi)

A supertanker belonging to the National Iranian Tanker Company has broken through the surveillance and blockade of a "foreign naval fleet," carrying more than 1.9 million barrels of crude oil. The report states that this demonstrates Iran's energy supply chain management and shipping strategies for evading US naval surveillance, and also proves Iran's practical capabilities in ensuring the security of energy transportation. (Xinhua)

Michael Selig, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), announced that the agency is pushing to limit state intervention in the prediction market to prevent state-level regulations from hindering or even stifling the industry's development. Reports indicate that Selig, a sports enthusiast himself, has a large collection of sports memorabilia in his office, a testament to his long-standing focus on the sports prediction market. Since taking office several months ago, he has quickly begun work to create a more relaxed federal regulatory environment for the prediction market, enabling more U.S. users to participate in prediction trading of sporting events and other outcomes. (The Information)

The Ethereum Foundation has announced significant progress in achieving the primary goals of the Glamsterdam upgrade. According to NS3.AI, the foundation has reached a consensus on establishing a 200 million Gas Limit floor. The upgrade involves ensuring the stable operation of the external Builder process for ePBS and finalizing parameters for EIP-8037 gas repricing. While most clients have stabilized on glamsterdam-devnet-2, the final parameters require public confirmation at the upcoming AllCoreDevs meeting.

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