Instagram has rolled out its first major visual identity refresh in 10 years, centered on a redesigned wordmark and three custom typefaces. Adam Mosseri said the new wordmark aims for a more modern look while keeping core elements from Instagram’s original identity and its established minimalist style. The revised lettering keeps the script foundation but tightens loops and focuses most visible changes on the letters s, r, and g, according to the company’s design explanation. Meta also released an updated brand system that includes a refreshed Instagram Sans, the new handwritten Instagram Pen, and the monospaced Instagram Mono, all described as proprietary and not available for external licensing. While the app icon on phone home screens remains unchanged, the broader redesign has triggered strong discussion online. Some users said the new r resembles a z, prompting jokes about “Instagzam,” while designers split over whether the sharper script treatment improves the logo or creates an awkward blend of handwritten and sans-serif cues.

Odaily, citing Israeli media, reported that Iran is rebuilding its ballistic missile stockpile at a pace far above earlier estimates from the Israeli military and Mossad. According to the report, Israeli officials had expected Iran’s missile inventory to recover more slowly after the war. The current pace of replenishment has instead surprised officials on the Israeli side. The item was attributed to Jin10 in Odaily’s newsflash.

AI agent platform Moss has raised €30 million in a Series C round led by Portage and Cherry Ventures, according to a report from Pulse2 cited by ChainCatcher. The company said the financing puts it in the "unicorn club." Moss plans to use the fresh capital to broaden its Finance AI product suite and build AI agent workflows for enterprise finance teams. The platform said users can configure AI agents for different finance functions, allowing tasks to be carried out automatically while keeping visibility into each agent’s operating steps and decision-making process. The announcement centers on product expansion in enterprise finance, with control and transparency positioned as part of the workflow design.

Odaily’s Aug. 5 interaction roundup highlighted three crypto projects with active user tasks: Psy Protocol, Moss, and Umia. Psy Protocol was described as a privacy-focused layer-1 blockchain built on proof-of-work, with the project saying it had shown about 521,000 TPS on a live PoW network. The article also said Psy Protocol launched its public testnet on Oct. 2, 2025, and that ROOTDATA shows it has raised $9 million from investors including Blockchain Capital. Users can log in through the project’s task page and complete actions such as linking X, joining Discord, and checking in daily. Moss was presented as an AI assistant for the crypto community that turns natural-language trading ideas into executable AI trading agents without coding. Users can download the Chrome extension from the Google app store, sign in with an X account, and claim diamond points through daily check-ins. According to the article, those points may serve as a credential for a future airdrop. The roundup also covered Umia, an on-chain platform for token issuance and governance aimed at early-stage projects. Odaily said Umia’s testnet went live on July 31. Users can log in on the testnet site, claim test tokens, and use them to join an auction, which the article described as the only available interaction task at this stage.

Coldcard users are posting detailed accounts of drained wallets after a firmware flaw made some seeds generated by the hardware wallet guessable, according to TheDefiant. The report says attackers have swept about 1,816 BTC, valued in the article at roughly $114 million, from more than 5,200 addresses in four coordinated waves. Victims say they followed standard self-custody practices: buying from a well-known manufacturer, generating seeds offline, engraving backups into steel, and never entering seed phrases on internet-connected devices. Among the cases cited, Canadian entrepreneur Jonathan Goodman said 18.25 BTC was taken from wallets linked to a Coldcard that had never touched the internet and was stored in a safety deposit box. Other users described racing to recover seed backups while away from home, only to find their balances already at zero. On Reddit and X, posts from affected holders describe losses tied to retirement savings, family wealth plans, and years of bitcoin accumulation. Coldcard maker Coinkite has released patched firmware for all models, paused shipments, and destroyed remaining inventory carrying the affected firmware. CEO Rodolfo Novak, known as NVK, said the team was devastated and urged anyone who generated a seed on a Coldcard to move funds immediately. The open letter did not say whether users whose coins were already stolen would be compensated.

Instagram has removed two accounts with more than 1 million followers each after Meta said they violated an updated harassment policy. The accounts were known for posting covert “pickup” videos recorded with Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, typically showing unsuspecting women in public, while other removed clips reportedly included prank footage targeting cashiers and fast-food workers. Instagram chief Adam Mosseri said the company does not want people secretly recording others, harassing them, and then uploading those videos to the platform, adding that Meta is using every tool it has to address the issue. The company, however, has not published the full enforcement standard behind the removals. Instagram has not explained what qualifies as prohibited pickup-style content versus a legal street interview, nor has it disclosed how many accounts were affected in the broader sweep. That lack of transparency is drawing attention as smart glasses sales continue to rise. Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses sold about 7 million units last year, triple the prior year’s annual volume, with cumulative sales nearing 9 million units. Reports cited in the source say production goals originally set for the end of 2026 are now being reconsidered, with discussions around lifting annual capacity targets to 20 million to 30 million units. The central question remains unresolved: whether taking down Instagram accounts can do much to address recording that happens outside the platform itself.

The Wall Street Journal says the near-shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz has already forced output cuts in Iraq and Abu Dhabi. If the blockage lasts through month-end, Gulf production could fall by about 9 million barrels a day.

Jefferies analyst Andrew Moss said the $293 million Kelp DAO exploit exposed cross-chain security risks and may cause traditional finance firms to reassess tokenization plans.