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Odaily News: The whale known as "Setting 10 Big Goals First" posted on X to update the progress of its previous BTC short position. The whale stated that it had established a short position when BTC was in the $74,000-$76,000 range. When the price rapidly surged to around $79,500, it reduced most of the position. Although some short positions were re-established near $78,000 afterward, the early moves had already resulted in realized losses of approximately $10 million.The whale stated that despite BTC briefly falling back to around $76,000 over the weekend, reducing the position at that time still aligned with its trading discipline. As for the remaining position, the original plan was to set a hard stop-loss near $80,400. However, considering that if BTC's daily chart were to reclaim the $78,000-$78,500 level after the US stock market opens, it would close the position early and accept the loss. The whale claimed that even if this trade ultimately results in a loss, it is acceptable, as it does not want to miss out on a potential trend move from $80,000 to $100,000 in the future because of chasing back a single loss.In its latest reply, the whale confirmed that it has closed the remaining BTC short position and stated, "This trade is completely over."
Odaily News: The U.S. Department of the Treasury has expanded its sanctions framework against Iran to include the digital asset sector, stating that related crypto payments exceeding $100 million have been used to facilitate Iranian crude oil sales. The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has also imposed sanctions on nearly 60 entities, individuals, and vessels involved in nuclear, missile, cyber, and crude oil networks.This digital asset-related sanctions designation allows OFAC to sanction foreign individuals and companies operating in Iran's digital asset sector or providing support services to related fields. The U.S. Treasury stated that Iran is increasingly using cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions, including processing transactions linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and government insiders.The U.S. Treasury stated that Ivan Obukhov, a Ukrainian national based in the UAE, has processed over $100 million in crypto payments since 2023 to facilitate crude oil sales on behalf of the IRGC's Quds Force. OFAC has added Ivan Obukhov and his UAE-based company, Foscom FZE, to the sanctions list. (Cointelegraph)
According to Yonhap News Agency, a survey released by Dell Technologies at the Dell Technologies Forum 2026 shows that 72% of surveyed South Korean companies believe existing data center environments are insufficient to support large-scale artificial intelligence and data analytics workloads; 84% of enterprises plan to advance data center modernization by integrating legacy equipment, upgrading servers, and storage facilities. The survey also reveals that the main obstacles to AI implementation center on security, regulation, and data governance: 75% of respondents find it difficult to navigate government regulations related to AI data, 65% stated that security and compliance issues have caused delays or halts in AI projects, and 60% expressed concern over entrusting critical corporate data to generative AI tools that may be accessible by third parties.
According to BeInCrypto, Kylie Jenner’s X account appears to have been compromised, with an attacker posting the ticker and Pump.fun page link for the Solana-based memecoin kylie before the post was subsequently deleted. The token’s market cap briefly spiked to approximately $1.19 million before retreating by around 68%; at press time, it stood at roughly $378,500.
According to Chaoxiang Research, on August 24, UBS released a SemiBytes Industry Flash Review, highlighting three synchronized key tracks: Broadcom, NVIDIA, and Terafab under SpaceX. Broadcom is set to release its Q2 earnings report on September 2. UBS forecasts third-quarter AI revenue of approximately $16 billion, rising to $21–22 billion in the fourth quarter. The firm has lowered its 2027 AI revenue projection from roughly $135 billion to $130 billion, slightly adjusted its target price from $485 to $470, and maintained a Buy rating. Anthropic contributed approximately $2.5 billion in Q3, while Google Cloud AI revenue saw a quarter-over-quarter increase of around $2 billion. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang disclosed that the company's business model is expanding into compute infrastructure, with a $1.5 billion investment in SB Energy via the PORTS-Pike project and up to $105 billion in credit support to assist OpenAI in securing 4.25 GW of land and power facilities. UBS believes land, power, and fabs are emerging as strategic inputs for the AI supply chain. On the Terafab front, Tesla's recruiting portal listed 44 relevant positions in July spanning all major semiconductor manufacturing processes. The appearance of memory design and integration engineering roles confirms internal memory fabrication intentions. Satellite imagery of the Grimes County, Texas campus shows the project is still in its early stages, with only site-clearing operations visible.
Odaily Odaily News: According to the official announcement, Binance Futures will adjust the leverage and margin tiers for the USDⓈ-M perpetual contracts of FILUSDT, ROBOUSDT, LPTUSDT, ZRXUSDT, SPORTFUNUSDT, NOMUSDT, SAGAUSDT, QNTXUSDT, SHAZUSDT, STRCUSDT, and BSPUSDT at 14:30 (UTC+8) on August 28, 2026. The update is expected to be completed within one hour, and existing positions will be affected. Users are advised to make adjustments in advance.
According to an official Binance announcement, Binance Futures will list U-margined perpetual contracts for SKUUUSDT, SKDDUSDT, RAMUSDT, DJTUSDT, and MRNAUSDT in batches on August 25 between 17:00 and 17:20 (UTC+8), with underlying assets including the SK Hynix Leveraged ETF, DRAM-themed ETF, Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), and Moderna (MRNA) — traditional financial assets. All the aforementioned contracts settle in USDT, support 24/7 trading, multi-asset mode, and leverage of up to 20x. Funding rates are settled every 8 hours, with upper and lower limits set at +2% and -2%, respectively.
According to Odaily, blockchain network BNB Chain has activated the Pasteur hard fork on the BNB Smart Chain (BSC) mainnet. The upgrade addresses cross-chain bridge verification, validator authorization, staking, and governance security, while increasing block capacity without altering the 450-millisecond block time.This upgrade includes BEP-682, BEP-695, and BEP-675, which pertain to duplicate validator entries, validator key rotation and penalty governance, and the block submission process, respectively. In the internal test environment QANet, the new process increased throughput from 1,237 transactions per second to 2,324 transactions per second, though these figures are from controlled tests and do not represent mainnet measurements. (Cointelegraph)
According to the comment letter released by the Hyperliquid Policy Center (HPC), it calls on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to establish a harmonized regulatory framework for perpetual contracts. The HPC asserts that while perpetual contracts lack fixed expiration dates, they exhibit traditional futures characteristics such as standardization, fungibility, the ability to be offset, and price convergence driven by funding rates; accordingly, cash-settled stock perpetual contracts possessing these traits should be allowed to be listed as "security futures." The HPC recommends that both agencies standardize classification criteria across different underlying perpetual contracts, retain exchanges' flexibility in product listing decisions, and modernize the security futures framework. It noted that clear regulatory guidance would help lower market entry barriers, foster exchange competition, and bring perpetual contract trading back to the U.S. market.
Odaily News: According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Fireblocks Custody (9Ryc...4xfCxk) has deposited USD1 worth $28 million to Binance in three transactions over the past 21 hours, with amounts of $10 million, $15 million, and $3 million respectively.
HTX's 13th Anniversary Carnival Month is underway. Coinciding with the 13th day of the campaign, BTC has returned to the $80,000 level, market sentiment has improved, and participation in the anniversary event continues to surge. To date, the event has distributed over 100,000 rewards, with a total value reaching 60,000 USDT. By completing anniversary tasks and lighting up gems, users can progressively unlock lucky draws, red envelopes, and various exclusive perks. Participants can win up to 1,300 USDT worth of $HTX, and collecting all 13 gems grants eligibility for the ultimate grand prize draw.
the Hyperliquid Policy Center stated on the X platform that the world's largest perpetual contract market has developed in offshore regions because U.S. regulators have not yet answered a fundamental question: are these products futures or swaps? The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) began answering this question in May, allowing the first batch of perpetual contracts to be listed as futures contracts on U.S. exchanges. Now, the Hyperliquid Policy Center has applied to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the CFTC to confirm that equity perpetual contracts can be listed as security futures. This confirmation would provide the necessary regulatory clarity for related products to return to the onshore market.Previously reported, the first Anthropic Pre-IPO market launched on Hyperliquid, with a 24-hour trading volume of nearly $3 million.
Odaily News: According to the official announcement, to meet users' diversified investment needs, Bitget has launched stock perpetual contracts for DE (Deere & Company) and JP225 (Nikkei 225 Index). These contracts are settled in USDT, supporting up to 20x leverage and 7×24-hour trading. As of now, Bitget supports a total of 282 stock contract trading pairs.
EntropyIO announced the completion of a $14 million funding round, led by Ribbit Capital, along with $40 million in HYPE staking support. The first batch of markets has gone live on Hyperliquid.EntropyIO stated that it has launched the first liquid Anthropic trading market and plans to further expand into assets such as Pre-IPO startups, computing resources, public companies, and global indices to enable around-the-clock trading.Team members come from Citadel Securities, Optiver, Polymarket, and Millennium, and have developed a liquidity-weighted oracle that dynamically adjusts external oracle price weights based on executable market depth, aiming to improve price discovery and liquidity for new asset classes.
Cosmos Labs stated that a security incident is occurring in the Cosmos EVM module and has already affected relevant users. Its security and engineering teams are addressing the situation and have advised the contacted Cosmos EVM chains to require validators to suspend chain operations. Cosmos Labs has not yet disclosed vulnerability details, the affected chains, or specific losses, stating that an incident report will be published after the matter is resolved.
Alibaba's video large model Wan3.0 officially launches, as Nvidia holds talks to invest in Perplexity, valued at over $30 billion. Xiaomi releases the Xuanjie O3 processor built on a 3nm process, and smart ring maker Oura plans to raise up to $3 billion through an IPO.
UK Prime Minister Bernam plans to visit the United States next month to lobby the Trump administration, seeking to secure its continued military and financial support for Ukraine.
Meta plans to launch the OpenClaw AI assistant (codenamed Hatch) as early as the next few weeks, with a new model dubbed "Watermelon" set to release in October. The product aims to expand non-advertising revenue, with the highest monthly subscription fee potentially reaching $199.99.
The U.S. State Department has approved revoking Syria's "State Sponsors of Terrorism" designation, while removing specific armed groups from the terrorist list, to eliminate barriers to private investment and promote local economic recovery.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against nearly 60 Iran-related entities and proposed potential secondary sanctions targeting sectors such as digital assets and gold. The Middle East conflict is intensifying, with a large number of commercial vessels rerouting around the Strait of Hormuz, as regional tensions continue to escalate.