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Grayscale stated HYPE's forward P/E ratio is approximately 15 to 18 times. Hyperliquid possesses real cash flow and can therefore be valued like a stock, but the valuation is based on earnings per token rather than earnings per share. Based on this, compared with fintech peers such as Coinbase, Robinhood, and Circle, HYPE still appears inexpensive. Market data shows that HYPE is currently trading at $55.32, down 1.5% in the past 24 hours.
134 officials and executives from U.S. banking associations and banks are urging the Senate to amend Section 10404 of the CLARITY Act before its final passage, in order to strengthen restrictions on the payment of interest and returns on payment stablecoins. The banking representatives hope lawmakers will broaden the scope of these restrictions, preventing companies from providing similar economic benefits for holding stablecoins through rewards, incentives, or other arrangements. They argue that if stablecoins can attract and retain balances through interest-like rewards, the funding base supporting local loans could be weakened by hundreds of billions of dollars. The letter asserts that deposits form the foundation for lending to families, small businesses, farmers, and local employers. The signatories state that clear rules would allow payment stablecoins to develop while preserving access to funding that supports community lending.
Dragonfly managing partner Haseeb Qureshi said that as mature networks become harder for startups to challenge, crypto venture capital may eventually enter a "last funds" phase. He noted this does not mean the crypto industry is disappearing, but rather that scale, liquidity, and network effects are increasingly concentrated among a few mature platforms. Qureshi stated that by 2030, most important companies in the crypto space may already be established. While large platforms will continue to grow, the room for new entrants to disrupt the market will be limited. He believes investors may underestimate the possibility that continued growth in the crypto market will not necessarily translate into investable startups. Cryptorank data shows that as of July 28, only 150 independent venture capital firms participated in crypto funding rounds in July, the lowest level since November 2020 and down from a peak of 1,177 active investment firms in May 2022. Qureshi is cautious about startups built around single financial products on platforms like Hyperliquid. He stated that if Hyperliquid controls the distribution channels, such companies are essentially closer to dealers than to businesses with lasting durability.
OdailyOdaily News Bitcoin mining enterprise and AI infrastructure company Ionic Digital today made its direct listing debut on the Nasdaq under the ticker IOND. The stock opened at $50, with a reference price of $53, and surged over 25% during trading to nearly $63, implying a valuation of approximately $2.75 billion. Founded in January 2024, Ionic Digital acquired most of the mining assets from the bankruptcy restructuring of crypto lending platform Celsius Network, including mining machines, infrastructure, approximately $195 million in cash, and 540 BTC. Currently, Ionic Digital holds 2,861 BTC and is shifting more power capacity toward long-term AI lease agreements.
Birdai Labs 宣布完成 400 万美元种子轮融资，本轮由 Castle Island Ventures 领投，Metalayer Ventures 和 The Venture Dept. 参投。公司专注于构建链上交易执行的中立型基础设施，用于衡量、验证并改善高性能区块链上的交易执行质量，同时提升市场透明度，并将部分价值返还给产生交易流的参与者。
According to TechCrunch, AI voice model company Fish Audio announced the completion of a $50 million seed funding round, led by Coreline Ventures and Capital Today, with participation from institutions including 359 Capital, Parable, and Play Time. The company stated that its open-source and hosted models have currently accumulated over 8 million users, and annual recurring revenue has reached $21 million.
: Global payments company PayPal reported its second-quarter earnings, with earnings per share of $1.26, compared to $1.30 in the same period last year, falling short of the analyst consensus estimate of $1.28. Revenue reached $8.68 billion, surpassing last year's $8.29 billion and exceeding the analyst consensus estimate of $8.47 billion. PayPal recorded a non-GAAP adjustment of $81 million, related to gains and losses from strategic investments and crypto assets held for investment purposes. PayPal stated that since the company does not actively trade these assets and does not rely on them to fund ongoing operations, it excludes the related gains and losses from non-GAAP results. In its second-quarter investor presentation, PayPal stated that the company is leveraging its payments network, risk infrastructure, and trust capabilities to expand agent-based payments, stablecoins, identity, and biometric technologies. PayPal also noted that its PayPal World platform facilitated approximately $200 million in total payment volume between Venmo and PayPal.
Axis Robotics has announced the completion of a $12 million seed funding round, led by Hack VC, with participation from Nomad Capital, Pi Core Team Ventures, 10K Ventures, and several angel investors.According to the introduction, Axis Robotics primarily addresses the data needs for Physical AI and robotic models. It leverages large-scale simulation, first-person real-world data collection, and human-in-the-loop post-training to build a closed-loop data workflow, enabling the scalable production of structured and diverse robotic data. This funding will be used to accelerate the development of a massive, parallel, human-in-the-loop global data engine.
According to Bloomberg, UK real estate tech startup Dwelly announced it has completed $170 million in financing to acquire more real estate businesses and integrate artificial intelligence into its operations. The round was led by EQT Growth and General Catalyst and included $95 million in equity financing and a $75 million debt facility provided by Trinity Capital. The company did not disclose its valuation.
In its financial system stability assessment report released this month, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated that Brazil's cryptocurrency-based cross-border fund flows have been growing steadily since 2017, with their scale now exceeding traditional capital movements. The report indicates that these fund flows are largely driven by stablecoins, which are utilized by both corporations and retail investors for efficiency and tax-related reasons. Stablecoin flows are correlated with international and local investment indicators such as the S&P 500, VIX, and Bitcoin prices, and are also influenced by exchange rates, interest rates, policy uncertainty, and changes in tax policies. The IMF noted that the Central Bank of Brazil has taken measures to regulate the virtual asset service provider (VASP) industry, but gaps remain in areas such as customer legal protection and the segregation of custodial assets. Comprehensive implementation of international standards, including the Travel Rule, is still necessary for anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). The report points out that Brazil's crypto system is interconnected with the traditional financial system, and regulators need to collaborate with domestic and international counterparts to establish a more robust reporting framework. The Brazilian Congress is preparing to deliberate on Bill 4308/2024, aimed at regulating the status of stablecoins.
South Korean AI chip companies Rebellions, FuriosaAI, and DeepX have adjusted their IPO-related plans. Rebellions has rescheduled its listing on the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) to the first half of next year, FuriosaAI is planning for the second half of 2028, and DeepX is targeting 2027 to 2028.The three companies are currently pursuing Pre-IPO and Series D funding rounds respectively. Based on valuations, Rebellions is valued at 3.4 trillion won, FuriosaAI at approximately 3 trillion won, and DeepX at around 2.85 trillion won.Last year, the three companies recorded revenues of approximately 32 billion won, 5.7 billion won, and 3.3 billion won respectively. Related mass production and customer orders include Rebellions' Rebel 100, Renegade and other next-generation chips.
crypto KOL Phyrex posted on platform X, stating that U.S. investors are pursuing stock market highs with increasingly high leverage. As of June, the net credit balance of U.S. brokerage accounts fell by approximately $70 billion in a single month to a negative $1.061 trillion, hitting a record low. During the same period, margin debt increased by about $86 billion to $1.53 trillion, rising for the third consecutive month and setting a new record.Phyrex pointed out that the continuous deterioration of the net credit balance indicates that investors' cash buffers are shrinking, and their dependence on borrowing to maintain stock positions is increasing. Currently, leverage in the U.S. market is widespread across the entire brokerage system. During an uptrend, rising stock prices increase account net worth, which can further release margin capacity, creating mechanical buying pressure. However, once the market weakens, margin pressure may force investors to add cash or sell stocks, turning the leveraging capital that previously fueled the rally into mechanical selling pressure. Phyrex believes that the U.S. stock market is currently facing both high valuation and high leverage conditions. If the influx of new funds slows down, leveraged positions could further amplify market volatility.
According to Sifted, ETH Zurich spin-off startup ZuriQ announced the completion of a $25.5 million seed funding round. The company is dedicated to developing a new quantum chip architecture, which reportedly offers greater scalability compared to existing solutions and is expected to accelerate the scaling process in the field of quantum computing.
据韩媒 NATE 报道， 韩国金融委员会与韩国交易所公布低市净率（PBR）企业公示制度细则，拟将韩国主板（KOSPI）各行业 PBR 排名后 25%、创业板（KOSDAQ）后 10%的上市公司纳入公示范围，以督促企业提升股东价值。根据方案，披露包含低 PBR 改善措施的企业价值提升计划后，可获得 1 年公示豁免；但连续 6 年处于低 PBR 区间的企业，即使已披露改善计划，仍将被列入名单。 韩国交易所预计，最终公示企业约 220 家，占两大市场上市公司总数的 5%至 10%，其中约 120 家长期低 PBR 企业将无法享受豁免。首批低 PBR 企业名单计划于 11月 2 日公布，并将在交易所公告网站及券商交易系统中标注“低 PBR”标签。
Lighter founder Vladimir Novakovski published an article on X this morning titled "Equity and Tokens."In the article, Novakovski clarified that all economic value generated by Lighter will belong to token holders.Lighter's original intention has always been to use venture capital to bootstrap the project until the moment of token issuance. Lighter is a U.S. company and exists as a single entity — the entity that issued equity in the years leading up to TGE is the same entity that issued tokens at TGE. Apart from converting to a token cap table at TGE, the equity cap table will have no further function in the future.More specifically, Lighter completed its final equity financing round a few months before TGE, which was oversubscribed by approximately 5 times, attracting over $300 million in capital interest against a $68 million allocation. At that time, all equity stakeholders (including early investors and former employees) were informed of the future plan — that their equity value would only be reflected as holdings on the token cap table — and were given the opportunity to sell their equity stakes. Anyone who disagreed with the philosophy that "all value belongs to the token" could easily exit at a higher valuation. Ultimately, less than 1% of equity holders chose to sell their shares, while the rest chose to stay, thereby supporting Lighter's commitment to "value accruing to the token."
SSI secured $2 billion in funding from top venture capital firms such as Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital last year, at which time its valuation reached $32 billion.
据 VentureBurn 报道，物理 AI 机器人公司 Enigma 宣布完成 7100 万美元种子轮融资，由 Index Ventures 和 Ribbit Capital 联合领投，Conviction Partners 及来自 OpenAI、Anthropic、DeepMind、xAI、Cognition 等 AI 机构的知名人士参与跟投。本轮融资距公司成立仅 11 个月，是物理 AI 领域规模最大的种子轮融资之一。所募资金将用于扩充研究与工程团队、提升算力基础设施，并推动 AI 驱动技术在更多实际场景中的落地部署。Enigma 目前已在加州和以色列建立逾 100 套专有机器人系统，致力于通过自然语言交互降低机器人操控门槛，其硬件无关平台可兼容各类机器人设备，覆盖医疗、零售、娱乐及物流等多个行业。
据《海峡时报》报道，受市场对英伟达融资问题及中国竞争的担忧影响，三星电子和 SK 海力士股价下跌。报道指出，行业整体抛售源于市场再次质疑半导体涨势的可持续性。
Prediction market traders have priced the probability of OpenAI publicly releasing GPT-6 by September 30 at approximately 78%. The Polymarket related market trading volume is about $731,000, an increase of approximately $32,000 from the previous index snapshot; probability for the contract releasing before September 30 has risen to 77%, probability for release before August 31 is in the mid-30% range, and probability for release before August 21 has dropped to 15%. On Myriad, the probability for a September release has also risen to 77%, up from 64% last week. As of July 27, OpenAI has not yet publicly announced GPT-6, its technical design, or a release date. Its current flagship general-purpose model, GPT-5.6 Sol, was publicly released on July 9. OpenAI previously confirmed that GPT-5.6 Sol and a more capable pre-release model breached Hugging Face during a cybersecurity evaluation. The company also announced the addition of 250 new positions in Dublin, while SoftBank is providing financing for OpenAI's related initiatives through a $40 billion bridge loan.
Crypto.com Custody has announced it will provide institutional-grade custody and liquidity services for XYO and XL1. This marks the first listing on a major trading platform for XL1 following its token sale, allowing qualified institutions and high-net-worth clients to store, manage, and exchange both tokens through a regulated pathway. Related assets will be held in client-segregated MPC wallets and held by bankruptcy-remote entities. Private keys are protected by multi-party computation running within a trusted execution environment. Clients have access to cold storage, audit trails, and Crypto.com’s institutional liquidity services. Eric Anziani, President and Chief Operating Officer of Crypto.com, stated that digital asset organizations require custody solutions that offer both security and liquidity. Markus Levin, co-founder of XYO, noted that after XYO was initially listed on the Crypto.com trading platform, the relationship between the two parties has continued to expand. In July 2026, Citadel Securities invested $400 million in Crypto.com at a valuation of $20 billion. In February 2026, the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) conditionally approved Crypto.com to establish Crypto.com National Trust Bank.