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According to The Block, Securitize President Brett Redfearn stated that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission withdrew the crypto innovation exemption rules last Friday due to concerns over the voting progress of the Clarity Act. Redfearn expects the rules to be introduced following the Senate vote on September 15, likely in early October.
According to Trend Research, an HSBC report released on August 18 spanning 12 industries points out that SpaceX's Starlink has crossed the inflection point for scale. As of June 30, it operates 10,200 satellites in orbit and serves 12 million broadband subscribers across 167 markets. Additionally, 7.4 million monthly active devices connect directly to mobile phones via satellite (Direct to Cell), covering 30 countries. Maersk has installed Starlink on more than 330 container ships, while United Airlines plans to upgrade 15 Boeing 737-800 aircraft per month. Starship aims to reduce launch costs to $100–$300 per kilogram, representing a decline of over 95% compared to historical averages. HSBC assesses that the space race is now benefiting terrestrial industries across three dimensions: From a communications standpoint, Starlink and ground-based telecom operators are predominantly complementary, filling coverage gaps in oceanic, desert, and post-disaster environments. Regarding compute infrastructure, orbital data centers currently cost three times as much as ground-based equivalents, acting mainly as strategic reserves; however, if TeraFab’s vertically integrated wafer fabs succeed, they could revolutionize the division of labor in the semiconductor industry. At the energy level, AI data centers have pushed the annual growth rate of U.S. power demand to 4%-5%, making renewable energy and the electrical grid the largest beneficiaries. Among the 12 industries covered, power, semiconductors, and robotics are being directly transformed.
Odaily News Figure Co-founder and Executive Chairman Mike Cagney announced that the company will launch a mobile application called The Wallet Co, designed to combine the ease of modern fintech with self-custody and blockchain-native products.The Wallet Co will offer features such as instantly spendable interest-bearing cash, RWA yields, and securities prediction markets, with an AI Agent built into every wallet.Additionally, The Wallet Co is publicly hiring for operations and compliance lead roles, requiring relevant experience in KYC/AML, payments, and fund flows.
According to an official announcement, HTX launched perpetual contracts for MRNA/USDT and SOFTBANK/USDT on August 20, supporting 1-20x leverage for long and short positions. Meanwhile, from today until August 25 at 15:00 (UTC+8), HTX is hosting a new token perpetual contract trading contest. Users who complete registration, trade the participating contract pairs, and meet the specified thresholds will have the chance to share a total prize pool of 1 billion $HTX tokens.
This funding round is supported by MH Ventures, Amber Group, ArkStream Capital, 0G Foundation, Kirin Capital, CatcherVC and New Oak International.
Odaily News: Bybit has today added one US stock perpetual contract for Moderna (MRNAUSDT), supporting up to 25x leverage. To mark the launch, a limited-time fee discount is available: 0% fee for limit orders and a 50% discount on market orders.
The zero-barrier free access campaign for DeepSeek-V4-Flash on the B.AI platform is currently underway. Upholding the vision of "inclusive computing power," B.AI is dedicated to building a globally leading one-stop AGI infrastructure. We continuously lower the barrier to AI adoption, empowering every developer and Web3 user to effortlessly experience, build, and deploy Agentic applications. Powered by this one-stop AGI infrastructure, B.AI aggregates a global matrix of cutting-edge models, featuring built-in intelligent routing to optimize costs and efficiency; stably handles high-throughput scenarios including long contexts of millions of tokens and Agent workflows; elastic API routing ensures both production-grade high availability and exceptional cost-effectiveness; and a unified Web2/Web3 dual-channel seamlessly bridges crypto assets and fiat settlement. Currently, DeepSeek-V4-Flash remains freely accessible across both web and API endpoints, granting unlimited use of top-tier model capabilities at $0. Log in to B.AI immediately and let elite computing power accelerate the deployment of your next innovative project!
据 TheEnergyMag 报道，前 Celsius Network 旗下比特币矿企 Ionic Digital（IOND）发布上市后首份财报：Q2 营收达 4,860 万美元，同比增长 31%，其中 AI 基础设施租赁贡献 4,380 万美元，占比 90%；比特币挖矿收入则从去年同期的 3,720 万美元骤降至 480 万美元。调整后 EBITDA 从380 万美元大幅跃升至 3,760 万美元。 公司同期录得净亏损 3,530 万美元，主要受 2,820 万美元加密资产公允价值非现金损失及 2,720 万美元所得税拨备拖累。截至 6月 30 日，公司持有现金 4.157 亿美元及 2,882枚 BTC（价值约 1.687 亿美元），无未偿债务。 Ionic 维持 2026 年全年营收 1.90 亿至 1.95 亿美元、调整后 EBITDA 1.375 亿至 1.425 亿美元的指引，并计划将德克萨斯州 Ward County 园区扩建至 700 兆瓦，扩建后将与 AI 基础设施商 Nscale 签订额外 89 兆瓦租赁协议，合同总价值约 19.5 亿美元，覆盖至 2037年 1
Odaily News: At a meeting held at the White House yesterday with executives from the crypto industry and financial institutions, Trump urged Congress to pass a "fair version" of the Clarity Act (a crypto market structure bill) to establish a clearer regulatory framework for digital assets. Relevant data shows that the probability of the bill passing within the year has risen from 18% previously to 22%.
Odaily News Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron stated that stablecoins will drive substantial growth in spending. As capital efficiency improves, banks' profits derived from the inefficiencies of traditional payment systems will decline, while businesses and consumers will have more capital available for spending.Marc Boiron pointed out that idle funds in pre-funded accounts, settlement delays, bank cut-off times, and dormant balances suppress economic growth far more than most people realize. Stablecoins enable the same amount of capital to support more procurement, inventory, payroll, and cross-border trade.He believes that the winners of the next round of payment competition will be those who can help enterprises achieve millisecond-level payments.
Bitget will list Aligned (ALIGN) for spot trading. Deposits are now open, and the trading channel will open on August 21 at 3:00 AM (UTC+8).
According to CoinTelegraph, Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego warned at the Wyoming SALT Blockchain Summit that rushing a Senate vote on the CLARITY Act before resolving disagreements among parties could potentially cause a setback in the U.S. crypto market structure legislation process. Gallego pointed out that the bill still needs to address certain provisions of the Agriculture Committee, build a broader legislative package, and determine how to submit it to the House for deliberation, while emphasizing that sufficiently strong ethics restriction clauses are a necessary prerequisite for securing Democratic support. He revealed that he and Republican Senator Thom Tillis have submitted compromise ethics language proposals to the White House multiple times, but have not yet received a line-by-line response.
Odaily News: U.S. Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego stated at the Wyoming SALT blockchain conference that rushing the CLARITY Act to a Senate vote before resolving ethical concerns and stablecoin yield disputes could set back U.S. crypto market structure legislative progress.Gallego said the crypto industry should push for continued negotiations between Senate Democrats and Republicans rather than an immediate vote. Lawmakers still need to address portions of the bill under the Agriculture Committee's jurisdiction, integrate a broader package, and determine how to bring it to the House, while also working toward the 60-vote threshold needed to pass in the Senate.Gallego also noted that he and Republican Senator Thom Tillis submitted a compromise version of the ethics provisions to the White House before the congressional recess, but have not yet received line-by-line feedback. He believes that sufficiently strict ethics restrictions are a necessary condition for winning Democratic support and advancing the bill.On Wednesday, President Trump met with crypto industry executives at the White House and urged Congress to pass a "fair version" of the CLARITY Act. Senate leadership has delayed action until September, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune previously stated that lawmakers will prioritize the bill upon returning from recess. (Cointelegraph)
According to TechFlow Research, UBS pointed out in its research report on August 18 that Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s Fukui Takefu Plant opened to market visits for the first time in about 20 years. This plant is the mother factory for advanced MLCCs (Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors), mainly supplying AI servers and high-end smartphones. Murata's global market share is approximately 35%. UBS confirmed three key pieces of information: technical barriers remain substantial, existing equipment still has about 20% potential for production increase through yield improvement and process optimization, and physical capacity expansion is approaching its limits. UBS maintains a Buy rating on Murata, with a target price of 13,200 yen. UBS believes that against the backdrop of limited new capacity construction and extended lead times for in-house equipment components, tapping into the potential of existing equipment is more certain than adding new production lines. Murata is transferring general-purpose products overseas, while domestic Japan plants focus on advanced products such as high capacitance and small size. The product mix upgrade will drive the operating profit margin to climb from 15.4% in fiscal year 2026 to 37.6% in fiscal year 2029. UBS assesses that the industry structure is expected to improve over the next 6 months, and there is a possibility of an upward revision in earnings guidance around October 31.
As disclosed by security researcher V12 (@v12sec), the Rabby Wallet browser extension contains a silent signature extraction vulnerability that allows attackers to extract wallet signatures via malicious websites without user awareness, thereby draining wallet assets. The conditions required to trigger this vulnerability are extremely limited: users must simultaneously meet two conditions—connecting to a malicious website and manually setting the auto-lock timer to 10 minutes. Other timer settings are unaffected, and the mobile app is also unaffected. Rabby Wallet officially stated that a fix update was released on August 11 following the vulnerability's discovery. No actual exploitation cases have been detected so far. Users are advised to confirm as soon as possible that the extension has been updated to the latest version.
Odaily News: According to the official announcement, Bitget has listed 23 stock spot rTokens, including rHDV (iShares Core High Dividend ETF), rJEPI (JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF), rLUV (Southwest Airlines), and rOMC (Omnicom Group), covering multiple sectors such as financials, healthcare, and consumer goods. To date, the Bitget platform supports a total of 682 rTokens.It is reported that rTokens, identified by the letter "r" followed by a stock ticker (e.g., rNVDA for Nvidia), are issued by Reality, Bitget's licensed RWA protocol, and provide direct access to global liquidity pools such as Nasdaq and NYSE through a partnership with the compliant broker Alpaca. Their features include: 1:1 reserve backing of the underlying assets, held by licensed custodians; stock dividends distributed 1:1 in token form; support for synchronized mapping of corporate actions (such as stock splits); and the ability to use holdings as joint margin for unified accounts and USDT-margined contracts, allowing users to flexibly manage their funds while holding global equity assets.
According to Business Insider, Waymo founder Sebastian Thrun announced the founding of new robotics startup Dulo at the San Francisco robotics conference Actuate; the company is currently still in stealth mode. According to a webpage hosted by Stanford University, Dulo is dedicated to building a "foundation model for hardware design," with the goal of achieving "hyper-fast manufacturing." The team includes core talent from Waymo, Google Brain, and the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL). Thrun did not disclose funding details, product details, or launch timeline. Notably, in the first quarter of 2026, financing in the physical AI sector reached a record $16.3 billion.
According to official announcements, Ondo Finance revealed a series of ecosystem milestones, covering data on Ondo Perps and Ondo Stocks, reflecting the continuous growth of its on-chain market. Notably, since its launch in July, open interest for Ondo Perps has steadily climbed, currently surpassing $100 million, with particularly strong performance in recent weeks; meanwhile, according to DefiLlama data, Ondo Perps has ranked among the top three global RWA perpetual contract trading platforms, demonstrating market demand for RWA derivatives. Furthermore, since its launch in September 2025, Ondo Stocks has surpassed 270,000 cumulative holders, with the growth in holder count primarily driven by new participants rather than increased position sizes by a small number of existing accounts.
According to Bloomberg, despite recent leaks suggesting the product might be released ahead of schedule, Apple's plan to launch the new camera-equipped AirPods remains unchanged at 2027. Reportedly, the new headphones are intended to drive Apple's entry into the AI wearables market; they had long been planned for release this year and have already entered an advanced testing phase among Apple's internal employees this spring.
According to CryptoSlate, Nasdaq-listed company AIxCrypto Holdings announced plans to orderly sell all its crypto assets. As of June 30, the company held 46 BTC, 616 ETH, 6,659 SOL, 1,308 BNB, and small amounts of ADA, LINK, TRX, USDT, and XRP, with a total cost basis of $10.43 million, fair value of only $5.21 million, an unrealized loss of approximately $5.22 million, representing a drop of about 50% from cost. Meanwhile, the company's operating cash consumption in the first half of the year reached $7.94 million, with accumulated losses as high as $150.3 million, raising doubts about its ability to continue as a going concern. The company is shifting its business focus to its RoboShare robot rental platform and completed its first commercial order on August 15, deploying 6 robots at a Malibu event, but specific revenue and subsequent demand have not yet been disclosed.