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Odaily News: Fomo, a social crypto trading app built for Robinhood Chain and other networks, entered the top five finance apps in the U.S. on August 21, briefly climbing to No. 3 and surpassing Cash App and prediction market Kalshi. It currently ranks in the top 15.Founded by Paul Erlanger and Se Yong Park, Fomo launched its public beta in May 2025. In November 2025, it completed a $17 million Series A round led by Benchmark, with participation from 140 angel investors; this was followed by a $75 million Series B round, bringing total disclosed equity funding to approximately $94 million.Fomo supports Solana, Base, BNB Chain, Monad, and Robinhood Chain, allowing users to view real-time trades of people they follow, track leaderboards, and copy trading signals, with instant deposits funded via Apple Pay. Its cumulative installs on Google Play have surpassed 1 million, with over 600,000 users and more than $4 billion in trading volume. (Bitcoin.com News)
据《纽约时报》报道，美国 AI 初创公司 Together AI 宣布与沙特阿拉伯人工智能公司 Humain 达成合作协议。受美国国内数据中心建设阻力持续上升影响，Together AI 转而寻求海外算力资源，此次合作将获得 250 兆瓦电力供应及 12 万枚 AI 芯片，并以收入分成方式作为回报。Together AI 估值约 83 亿美元，主要为客户提供开源 AI 模型服务，预计该数据中心每年可带来 50 亿美元收入。
According to CNBC, Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England and Chairman of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), wrote to G20 finance ministers and central bank governors on August 31 to warn that frontier AI models are exhibiting increasingly sophisticated autonomy and threat capabilities, which could fundamentally alter the speed, scale, and economics of cyberattacks, potentially triggering disorderly adjustments across global financial markets. Bailey noted that highly concentrated third-party service providers will become critical nodes of systemic risk, emphasizing that most countries currently lack regulatory frameworks for the development and deployment of frontier AI. He also flagged vulnerabilities in sovereign debt markets, the growing trend of leverage in equity markets, and the overvaluation of AI-related assets, urging governments to accelerate the refinement of relevant safety mechanisms.
According to Business Insider, the federal government previously seized Anthropic shares held by FTX fraud case co-conspirators Caroline Ellison and Nishad Singh (valued at $10 million and $40 million, respectively) and sold them in 2025 to existing Anthropic investors. As Anthropic's valuation surged to $96.5 billion, the estimated value of these shares at the time of sale ranged from $250 million to $1.1 billion. However, there has been no record of the proceeds being transferred to the FTX bankruptcy liquidation account, leaving it unclear whether the funds will be used to compensate millions of FTX victims.
Odaily News - Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Simon Harris, has announced that the new state-supported savings and investment scheme will exclude crypto assets and derivatives. The initiative aims to encourage residents to channel bank deposits into traditional capital markets, with Irish household bank deposits standing at approximately $197 billion, and cash accounting for around 38% of financial assets.The scheme is open to tax-resident individuals aged 18 and over, allowing them to hold exchange-traded funds, listed company shares, and corporate bonds under a simplified tax regime, replacing the 33% capital gains tax and 41% fund exit tax with a fixed annual fee above the tax-free threshold. Specific operational details are expected to be published in October, with accounts slated to launch in 2027.Ireland's Department of Finance has issued a national anti-money laundering strategy running through 2030. Under the new rules, starting in 2027, regulated service providers must verify ownership of external wallets when processing transfers exceeding $1,150 from non-custodial wallets, and use automated controls to identify transfers with incomplete transaction information. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to Chaoxiang Research, Goldman Sachs' August 25, 2026 research report indicates that the internet sector rose 9% overall in the second quarter, underperforming the S&P 500's 11% gain. AWS reported year-over-year revenue growth of 37% in Q2, with its operating margin hitting an all-time high of 39%; Google Cloud revenue grew 81% year over year, with the combined backlog of the two cloud providers exceeding $1 trillion. Digital consumption remains broadly resilient, but consumer divergence is intensifying; high-income consumers show no sign of reducing their spending appetite, while low-income consumers are becoming increasingly cautious. Goldman Sachs will host the Communacopia Technology Conference in San Francisco from September 8 to 11, with 40 companies including OpenAI, Google Cloud, SpaceX, and Uber set to attend. Goldman Sachs notes that market patience for AI returns is waning, and whether management can clearly address the "when, how much, and what return" questions regarding AI investments will become the key driver of valuation divergence. Three major themes will dominate the conference discussions: the pace of AI spending and return curves, the resilience of digital consumption, and the balancing act between investment and profitability.
Odaily News: Ahead of SoftBank-backed SB Energy's planned IPO, the company offered OpenAI a substantial incentive to secure the AI firm as a tenant for its data centers. According to IPO draft documents, OpenAI has obtained warrants valued at approximately $5.5 billion from SB Energy, following OpenAI's prior investment in the company.SB Energy is expected to publicly file its IPO documents as early as this week. The company is working with bankers and could launch its IPO as soon as next month, targeting a fundraising amount of $5 billion to $7 billion. Currently, SB Energy's data center client base consists of companies that are also its investors. The documents show that SoftBank and OpenAI plan to become tenants in three of SB Energy's data centers. A fourth data center in Schleicher County, Texas, with an installed capacity of 900 megawatts, has yet to secure a client. (The Wall Street Journal)
Odaily News – Enterprise software company Strategy holds 840,400 BTC valued at approximately $66.4 billion. Based on a Bitcoin price of roughly $79,007, this represents an increase of about 4.4% from the average purchase cost of $75,653, with paper profits exceeding $2.8 billion.Michael Saylor posted a holdings chart on Sunday with the caption "We're Back." Strategy has not added to its Bitcoin position for about two months and typically discloses weekly purchases on Monday mornings; this post did not indicate whether a purchase is imminent.Strategy recently raised $334 million by selling MSTR stock without touching its Bitcoin holdings; in recent months, it has also sold small amounts of Bitcoin to pay preferred stock dividends and fund share buybacks. (Decrypt)
Odaily News Cryptoquant founder and CEO Ki Young Ju stated that the peak of Bitcoin's current bull market cycle may be driven by institutional capital outside the United States and ETF demand. He pointed out that deeper stablecoin liquidity and tokenized asset infrastructure will expand global market participation.Ki Young Ju cited South Korea as an example, noting that the country currently has no spot Bitcoin ETFs, retail investors cannot purchase overseas-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs, and most companies are unable to open trading accounts to buy BTC. South Korea has gradually opened up corporate participation in phases, with the Financial Services Commission (FSC) roadmap covering approximately 3,500 listed companies and qualified professional investors, but financial institutions and other businesses remain excluded.Strategy's Bitcoin bank adoption index evaluated 25 major institutions covering trading, custody, digital asset products, financing, and corporate participation, with an overall adoption rate of 32%. As of August 29, RWA.xyz data shows that the distributed asset value of global tokenized assets is $38.63 billion, up 2.65% from 30 days ago.The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) stated that stablecoins have the potential to enable faster, programmable payments, but current designs may pose financial integrity, liquidity, and monetary risks. Ki Young Ju pointed out that U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded cumulative net inflows of approximately $57 billion in the first two years since launch, and the next phase will be global institutionalization, with more institutions adopting BTC as a strategic asset, and countries lacking ETFs will also improve relevant investment channels. (Bitcoin.com News)
The company plans to raise $12.5 million through an initial offering of perpetual preferred securities. The proceeds will fund an AI treasury, a Bitcoin treasury, and a U.S. dollar reserve covering approximately 18 months of preferred stock dividends. The company stated that the final offering size, dividend rate, and timing remain to be determined.
According to Crowdfund Insider, the Ethena Foundation has announced a series of adjustments to mitigate selling pressure from early investor unlocks. The foundation has completed over-the-counter buybacks of the remaining locked ENA tokens held by certain large seed round investors and agreed with major investors to terminate their remaining vesting schedules early. Starting October 5, no investor tokens will remain subject to lock-up, while team tokens will maintain their original lock-up and vesting terms.
Odaily News: Digital asset infrastructure company BitGo has announced the completion of its acquisition of NYDIG's institutional trading business. The transaction employs a two-step merger structure, with total consideration of approximately $42.5 million, including $7 million in cash and approximately $35.5 million in BitGo stock.The business brings approximately 30 NYDIG employees and institutional client relationships into BitGo, offering derivatives, structured products, financing, and capital markets solutions to asset management firms, hedge funds, corporations, and family offices.The transaction also includes performance-based incentive provisions, including a $10 million cash payment tied to a revenue milestone, up to $5 million in cash and additional shares tied to a second milestone, as well as retention incentives for transferred employees.NYDIG will focus on power generation, Bitcoin mining, and high-performance computing data center operations, with the company disclosing a development pipeline exceeding 3 gigawatts. BitGo recently completed its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, with a post-issuance valuation of approximately $2 billion, and launched the USDS token. (Decrypt)
“白毛股神”Serenity 发文质疑 Sivers Photonics（SIVE）发展策略，表示其目前仍将大量精力放在瑞典本土市场的沟通和私募融资上，而不是美国市场，这一策略“令人难以理解”。Serenity 认为，瑞典投资者在交流中更关注“如何止血”“为何不能披露私人客户”“为何专注于收发器”等问题，导致约三分之一的电话会议时间都在解释业务管线和措辞，而非讨论未来增长空间。
According to Bloomberg, a fund under Blue Owl Capital led a $2.4 billion debt financing to support cloud computing provider Iren’s purchase of Nvidia Blackwell Ultra GPUs for its Canadian data center campus. The financing consists of a $1.2 billion senior secured term loan and an equal amount of senior secured notes, with a structure that allows Iren to procure the equipment in phases over a set period. Pacific Investment Management Company is also one of the guarantors for the financing. Documents show the facility carries a 9% interest rate and has a tenor of two and a half years.
: Se Yong Park, co-founder of crypto trading app fomo, announced on the X platform that the company has completed its first funding round, with 140 angel investors participating. The cap table now lists over 200 angel investors.He stated that early-stage founders almost always misunderstand the dynamic between the company and its angel investors, and should instead view angel investors as call options on the product's success. Even if the cap table includes tech CEOs, celebrities, and athletes, the likelihood of them providing early-stage help is close to zero. As the company scales and builds a product that angel investors genuinely want to use and are proud to share, more and more people will naturally recommend the product to others.
Odaily News: a16z announced the closing of its new fund, Machine Age Fund, with $1.1 billion in funding, focused on investing in the hardware and infrastructure that powers AI, including chips, memory, networking, storage, as well as complete systems such as data centers, robotics, and home AI devices.a16z noted that surging AI demand and compute density are pushing existing supply chains and physical and computational architectures to their limits. Rack power is rising from 5-10kW to 100-250kW, and is expected to reach 1MW within three years, while data center scales are expanding toward hundreds of megawatts and even gigawatt-class campuses. The fund will target higher compute density, cheaper high-bandwidth memory, faster interconnects, low-power edge devices, as well as supporting cooling, power, and real estate infrastructure, to back a new generation of AI hardware startups.
Odaily News: SoftBank Group is seeking an additional $10 billion loan to refinance debt related to its investment in OpenAI and raise further capital. According to sources familiar with the matter, the two-year loan carries an interest rate approximately 275 basis points above the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), with Mizuho Bank serving as the lead arranger and bookrunner. The sources requested anonymity as the matter has not yet been made public. (Bloomberg)
Odaily News: Owner, an AI platform for local merchants, has announced the completion of a $240 million funding round, valuing the company at $2.3 billion. The round was led by Growth Equity under Goldman Sachs Alternative Asset Management, with participation from existing investors including Meritech, Redpoint, Headline, and Jack Altman. The company uses AI agents to automate marketing promotion, customer communication, and operational optimization services for local merchants. The new funds are intended to expand international operations and broaden local business use cases. (Morningstar)
: AI anti-fraud company Socure announced the completion of a $156 million strategic growth funding round, valuing the company at $5.2 billion. The round was led by Summit Partners, with participation from Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs Alternatives (under Goldman Sachs), DocuSign, and others. In addition, the company also announced the acquisition of AI startup Fravity, aiming to leverage AI agents for fraud, risk, and compliance investigations. The specific acquisition amount has not been disclosed yet. Its anti-fraud services are currently applied to companies including crypto exchange Coinbase, stablecoin issuer Circle, digital bank Revolut, and Robinhood. (Crunchbase)
According to CoinDesk, cryptocurrency platform Bullish will provide $100 million in stablecoin debt financing to USD.AI to support loans collateralized by GPUs and other high-performance computing assets, advancing AI infrastructure development.