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Based is an on-chain consumer "Super App" and a primary gateway to the Hyperliquid ecosystem, unifying perpetuals trading, prediction markets, and real-world crypto spending. Backed by Coinbase Ventures, the platform features a self-custodial wallet and the Based Card, a Visa-powered solution that allows users to spend their crypto at over 90 million merchants worldwide, effectively bridging decentralized finance with everyday financial utility.

Returns nearly sixfold again: Unitree Robotics angel investor Yin Fangming's Junwan Hongyi stake once reached 12.292 billion yuan, with current paper gains of 9.876 billion yuan; Yin Fangming's personal book return hit 819 times

Odaily News: It is understood that Unitree Robotics angel investor Yin Fangming invested 2 million yuan in August 2016 for a 15% stake in the company, at a post-investment valuation of only 13 million yuan. After subsequent rounds of financing dilution, as of before the IPO, Junwan Hongyi, controlled by Yin Fangming, held 11.1749 million shares, representing approximately 2.76% of the company, making it the tenth-largest shareholder of Unitree Robotics. Based on the issuance market value of 61 billion yuan, the stake was valued at approximately 1.685 billion yuan; currently, Yin Fangming still holds approximately 16.62% of Junwan Hongyi.As Unitree Robotics debuted on the Science and Technology Innovation Board (STAR Market) today and its stock price briefly surged past 1,100 yuan, the market value of Junwan Hongyi's stake once climbed to 12.292 billion yuan. At present, Unitree's stock price is tentatively reported at 884 yuan, with Junwan Hongyi's stake still valued at as much as 9.878 billion yuan, representing paper gains of 9.876 billion yuan, a gain multiple of up to 4,938 times. Compared with the 840-fold return based on issuance market value, the gains have nearly sextupled. The look-through market value corresponding to Yin Fangming's remaining personal interest is approximately 1.638 billion yuan. Counting only this portion of equity and the 1.3106 million yuan in equity transfer income disclosed in 2018, Yin Fangming's book return on his 2 million yuan angel investment has exceeded 819 times.

AI competition enters the trillion-dollar stage? Investors may bet on Anthropic revenue growing more than 10-fold by 2026

Odaily News: Citrini analyst Jukan posted on X platform stating that Anthropic investors believe the surging demand for its Claude series of advanced AI models and tools is sufficient to support the company's extremely high valuation expectations. According to investor estimates, Anthropic is expected to reach an annualized revenue of $100 billion to $120 billion by the end of 2026, a figure calculated using the company's preferred method, which projects full-year sales based on recent performance. If this expectation is realized, Anthropic's revenue scale would grow more than 10 times during 2026.An institutional investor commented: "If Anthropic can achieve 800% annual growth, even at a very conservative level, its valuation could reach 30 times revenue." Based on this valuation logic, Anthropic's potential market capitalization could reach $3 trillion.

Unitree Technology IPO: Early Investors See Substantial Gains, First-Day Floating Chips to Make Up Less Than 10%

Odaily News Unitree Technology (688836.SH), the "first humanoid robot stock on the A-share market," has drawn significant market attention for its IPO subscription. The company's issuance price-to-earnings ratio has reached 219.23 times, significantly higher than the industry average of approximately 38.56 times, with the effective subscription multiple in the offline inquiry phase surpassing 2,618 times.In addition, primary market investors have already reaped considerable returns. Variable Capital invested only 2.09 million yuan in 2018, and its return multiple has now soared to over 174 times. Sequoia Capital China has injected a cumulative total of approximately 102 million yuan over the years, and based on the issuance price estimate, its shareholding market value is approaching 3 billion yuan. Meituan-affiliated entities collectively hold a 9.65% stake through multiple investment vehicles, with book gains exceeding 3.6 billion yuan.However, contrasting with the high returns in the primary market, secondary market investors will face a game between high valuations and limited floating chips. Unitree Technology will publicly issue approximately 40.44 million shares this time, with the initial online offering ratio at only about 16%, while the remaining shares are mainly allocated to institutional investors through strategic placement and offline inquiry. Based on a total share capital of approximately 404 million shares after issuance, the floating shares on the first trading day will be around 29.77 million shares, accounting for about 7.36% of total share capital, with over 90% of shares remaining locked up.Currently, Unitree Technology has not yet announced a specific listing date. Following the STAR Market's new share issuance process, the company is expected to officially begin trading as early as mid-August. (Tencent Technology)

OpenAI founders and employees collectively hold 48.93% of the company's shares, with the company valued at $852 billion

Odaily News: OpenAI founders and employees collectively hold 48.93% of the company's shares. Based on the company's latest valuation of $852 billion, the value of this stake is approximately $416.9 billion. (New York Times)

Grayscale: HYPE Still Undervalued, Forward P/E Ratio Approximately 15 to 18 Times

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.

Three Korean AI chip unicorns adjust IPO plans, with combined valuation of approximately 9.25 trillion won

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.

153 compromised addresses hold 132.95 BTC, researchers still unable to reproduce Coldcard attacker's seed

Odaily News, according to Bitcoin News monitoring, new research released by @PraveenPerera shows that the Coldcard attacker appears to have first identified vulnerable addresses, then sorted them by BTC balance, and began transferring funds in batches starting from the addresses with the highest holdings. The actual transfer software used was relatively crude. One address had 225 spendable UTXOs, and the attacker happened to extract the most recent 200, leaving the earliest 25, including one UTXO worth 0.16 BTC. This is fully consistent with the 200-record limit that a blockchain API investigated by the researchers returns by default, suggesting the attacker may have failed to load the next page of data. The software even spent a 294-satoshi UTXO, reportedly increasing transaction fees by approximately 2,040 satoshis, with the spending amount clearly exceeding the UTXO's own value. Based on this, the study's author believes the tool's builder may have a stronger understanding of account balance systems than of Bitcoin's UTXO model. Although the attacker appears to have obtained victims' full seeds, at least 75 BTC remain in other addresses derived from the same seeds. The biggest mystery at present is that 132.95 BTC still remain across the 153 compromised addresses, and researchers have been unable to reproduce the seeds behind these addresses, so they cannot rule out the possibility that the attacker obtained undisclosed private device data or candidate data.

ZEUS temporarily takes infrastructure offline after cybersecurity incident, says no customer funds lost

Odaily News: Bitcoin News stated on the X platform that ZEUS has temporarily taken its infrastructure offline following a cybersecurity incident over the past few hours. ZEUS said the attack has been mitigated and services will remain offline until it completes a full security audit and resumes operations. ZEUS stated that no customer funds have been lost, and no customer funds are currently at risk. Customers whose Lightning Service Provider channels were closed will receive replacement channels once services are restored. Based on the current investigation, ZEUS said the incident appears to be limited to its own infrastructure, with no evidence yet suggesting it was caused by a vulnerability in Lightning node software. ZEUS added that it has been strengthening its infrastructure using trusted execution environments and the Validating Lightning Signer project, noting that the project is designed to mitigate such attacks in its upcoming architecture. ZEUS said it will continue to provide updates as the investigation progresses.

A wallet cluster holding 28,600 BTC worth $1.8 billion is suspected to be linked to the Zhimin Qian money laundering case

Odaily News, According to blockchain detective Specter's monitoring, it has identified a cluster of wallets holding 28,600 BTC, valued at approximately $1.8 billion, suspected to be related to wallets previously attributed to the Zhimin Qian money laundering case. A few weeks ago, a Bitcoin wallet that had been dormant since 2017 transferred 1,020 BTC, valued at approximately $60 million, and began distributing funds to multiple addresses in a manner consistent with money laundering patterns. After tracing these transactions, Specter discovered that the related wallet cluster connects to addresses publicly associated with the UK's investigation into Zhimin Qian. Between 2014 and 2017, Zhimin Qian organized large-scale investment fraud in China, with over 128,000 victims. UK authorities later traced substantial criminal proceeds flowing into Bitcoin, and the Met Police ultimately seized 60,000 BTC, marking the largest cryptocurrency seizure in UK history at the time. In July 2021, UK authorities transferred the seized BTC, creating identifiable on-chain links. Following the recent transfer of 1,020 BTC, Specter identified additional wallets that collectively hold 28,600 BTC, valued at approximately $1.8 billion, and these wallets have remained largely dormant since June 2021. Based on on-chain evidence, it remains unclear whether these wallets are still controlled by the same actor, other custodians, or have already been identified by law enforcement.

BlackRock Launches Two New Tokenized Money Market Funds, BSTBL and BRSRV, Accelerating On-Chain Cash Management Push

: Asset management giant BlackRock has announced the launch of two tokenized money market products: the BlackRock Select Treasury Based Liquidity Fund (BSTBL) and the BlackRock Daily Reinvestment Stablecoin Reserve Vehicle (BRSRV). BSTBL will offer Ethereum-based tokenized shares of an existing money market fund. These on-chain shares can be transferred between approved wallets, subject to regulatory compliance. BNY Mellon will serve as the transfer agent and tokenization service provider for BSTBL. BRSRV, meanwhile, is a new tokenized money market fund designed for digital-native institutional investors, supporting daily dividend reinvestment and multi-blockchain access, and can be used for a variety of digital asset applications, including stablecoin reserve management. Securitize will serve as the transfer agent and tokenization service provider for this fund.

US 2025 Crypto Scam Losses Estimated at Up to $80.7 Billion

According to Decrypt, a report released by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) shows that estimated losses from cryptocurrency fraud in the US in 2025 reached as high as $80.7 billion, approximately 7 times the amount actually reported to the FBI ($11.37 billion). Based on 2017 Bureau of Justice Statistics survey data, the CFA extrapolated unreported losses using a 7.1x multiplier. Investment fraud was the largest single category, with estimated losses reaching $61.4 billion, a year-on-year increase of 32%; losses were particularly severe for the group aged 60 and above, with losses from crypto fraud alone reaching $4.4 billion. Currently, US law enforcement agencies have taken multiple actions, including the FBI's "Operation Level Up" which has prevented approximately $500 million in losses, and the Department of Justice has also seized over $25 million in crypto assets involved in fraud.

South Korea Advances New Telecom-Financial Anti-Fraud Regulations: Crypto Assets to be Included in Victim Compensation Scope

: The South Korean Financial Services Commission has published a revision draft of the "Enforcement Decree of the Special Act on Prevention of Telecommunications-Based Financial Fraud and Refund of Damages." The plan includes transferring funds from phone scams that have been moved into crypto assets under the scope of victim compensation, and clarifies the standards for returning and valuing crypto assets. The relevant regulations are expected to take effect on October 1st.According to the new regulations, if the frozen assets are cryptocurrencies, victims will, in principle, receive compensation in the same type and quantity of assets. If the defrauded assets differ in form from the frozen assets, compensation will be made in the form of the assets actually existing at the time the account was frozen. In cases involving a mixture of cash and crypto assets, regulators will value the crypto assets based on the market price at the time of freezing to determine the final compensation amount. The South Korean Financial Services Commission stated that clarifying the asset form for return and the valuation time point will facilitate faster and fairer compensation in complex cases where funds from multiple victims are mixed. It is reported that the public consultation period for the revision draft will last until August 24th. (Etoday)

Bitcoin Approximately 69-73 Days Away from Cycle Bottom, Analysts and Institutions Disagree on Four-Year Cycle

According to BeInCrypto, crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen stated that Bitcoin is currently on day 1,363 of this cycle, while the past two cycles bottomed out on day 1,432 and day 1,436 respectively. Based on this, the bottom of this cycle is estimated to appear in October 2026, approximately 69-73 days from now. Cowen also pointed out that August and September have historically been seasonally weak periods for Bitcoin, with an average decline of about 10% in August during midterm election years. However, this prediction faces institutional-level skepticism. Fidelity pointed out that within months after Bitcoin hit an all-time high, one-year volatility touched a new low, a signal that never appeared in previous cycles; Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan believes that continuous inflows into spot ETFs and corporate balance sheet allocation demands have weakened traditional halving cycle patterns; Grayscale's 2026 outlook report also holds a similar view. Cowen, however, insists that although tops are becoming flatter, the bottom ranges of the four cycles have hardly shifted.

AI competition enters the trillion-dollar stage? Investors may bet on Anthropic revenue growing more than 10-fold by 2026

Odaily News: Citrini analyst Jukan posted on X platform stating that Anthropic investors believe the surging demand for its Claude series of advanced AI models and tools is sufficient to support the company's extremely high valuation expectations. According to investor estimates, Anthropic is expected to reach an annualized revenue of $100 billion to $120 billion by the end of 2026, a figure calculated using the company's preferred method, which projects full-year sales based on recent performance. If this expectation is realized, Anthropic's revenue scale would grow more than 10 times during 2026.An institutional investor commented: "If Anthropic can achieve 800% annual growth, even at a very conservative level, its valuation could reach 30 times revenue." Based on this valuation logic, Anthropic's potential market capitalization could reach $3 trillion.

Unrealized profit of $406K, lottery-style trader sees 8,143.3% return on STONKBROKER

Odaily News: According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, Robinhood-related token STONKBROKER has a market cap approaching $100 million. Lottery-style trader (0x867…b93e8) purchased $5,080 worth of STONKBROKER at an average price of $0.0004373, with the earliest purchase price as low as $0.0001773. Based on the current price of $0.03535, this address now holds unrealized profits of $406,000, representing a return rate of 8,143.3%, and still holds the position.

Value worth $24.25 million, HyperLabs unstaked 433,000 HYPE and distributed them to 9 wallets after arrival

Odaily News: According to on-chain analyst Ember's monitoring, 433,000 HYPE tokens, worth $24.25 million, redeemed from staking a week ago by Hyperliquid development team HyperLabs address (0x43e...251), arrived in the account early yesterday morning. Early this morning, the redeemed 433,000 HYPE were distributed and transferred to 9 wallets. Based on previous unstaking transfer records, these HYPE are expected to flow into CEX through market maker Flowdesk.

A wallet cluster holding 28,600 BTC worth $1.8 billion is suspected to be linked to the Zhimin Qian money laundering case

Odaily News, According to blockchain detective Specter's monitoring, it has identified a cluster of wallets holding 28,600 BTC, valued at approximately $1.8 billion, suspected to be related to wallets previously attributed to the Zhimin Qian money laundering case. A few weeks ago, a Bitcoin wallet that had been dormant since 2017 transferred 1,020 BTC, valued at approximately $60 million, and began distributing funds to multiple addresses in a manner consistent with money laundering patterns. After tracing these transactions, Specter discovered that the related wallet cluster connects to addresses publicly associated with the UK's investigation into Zhimin Qian. Between 2014 and 2017, Zhimin Qian organized large-scale investment fraud in China, with over 128,000 victims. UK authorities later traced substantial criminal proceeds flowing into Bitcoin, and the Met Police ultimately seized 60,000 BTC, marking the largest cryptocurrency seizure in UK history at the time. In July 2021, UK authorities transferred the seized BTC, creating identifiable on-chain links. Following the recent transfer of 1,020 BTC, Specter identified additional wallets that collectively hold 28,600 BTC, valued at approximately $1.8 billion, and these wallets have remained largely dormant since June 2021. Based on on-chain evidence, it remains unclear whether these wallets are still controlled by the same actor, other custodians, or have already been identified by law enforcement.

Holding 5.7978 million ETH, Bitmine deposits 150,100 ETH into Ethereum staking

Odaily News: According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, Bitmine (@BitMNR) deposited 150,100 ETH into Ethereum staking 2 hours ago. Bitmine currently holds a total of 5.7978 million ETH, of which 87% (5.0673 million ETH) is in staking to generate yield. Based on the current APR of 2.66%, the annual yield is approximately 134,800 ETH, valued at $250 million.

153 compromised addresses hold 132.95 BTC, researchers still unable to reproduce Coldcard attacker's seed

Odaily News, according to Bitcoin News monitoring, new research released by @PraveenPerera shows that the Coldcard attacker appears to have first identified vulnerable addresses, then sorted them by BTC balance, and began transferring funds in batches starting from the addresses with the highest holdings. The actual transfer software used was relatively crude. One address had 225 spendable UTXOs, and the attacker happened to extract the most recent 200, leaving the earliest 25, including one UTXO worth 0.16 BTC. This is fully consistent with the 200-record limit that a blockchain API investigated by the researchers returns by default, suggesting the attacker may have failed to load the next page of data. The software even spent a 294-satoshi UTXO, reportedly increasing transaction fees by approximately 2,040 satoshis, with the spending amount clearly exceeding the UTXO's own value. Based on this, the study's author believes the tool's builder may have a stronger understanding of account balance systems than of Bitcoin's UTXO model. Although the attacker appears to have obtained victims' full seeds, at least 75 BTC remain in other addresses derived from the same seeds. The biggest mystery at present is that 132.95 BTC still remain across the 153 compromised addresses, and researchers have been unable to reproduce the seeds behind these addresses, so they cannot rule out the possibility that the attacker obtained undisclosed private device data or candidate data.

Over 250 victim reports received, with the highest individual loss reaching 58.97 BTC

Odaily News – According to monitoring by Galaxy's Head of Research, the median dormancy period for stolen coins is 3.5 years, with 88% of stolen coins being over one year old. By address, the median loss is 0.014 BTC and the average loss is 0.212 BTC; over 250 victim reports have been received. Based on victim reports, the median loss is 1.022 BTC and the average loss is 4.04 BTC, with reported losses ranging from 624 satoshis to 58.97 BTC.

ZEUS temporarily takes infrastructure offline after cybersecurity incident, says no customer funds lost

Odaily News: Bitcoin News stated on the X platform that ZEUS has temporarily taken its infrastructure offline following a cybersecurity incident over the past few hours. ZEUS said the attack has been mitigated and services will remain offline until it completes a full security audit and resumes operations. ZEUS stated that no customer funds have been lost, and no customer funds are currently at risk. Customers whose Lightning Service Provider channels were closed will receive replacement channels once services are restored. Based on the current investigation, ZEUS said the incident appears to be limited to its own infrastructure, with no evidence yet suggesting it was caused by a vulnerability in Lightning node software. ZEUS added that it has been strengthening its infrastructure using trusted execution environments and the Validating Lightning Signer project, noting that the project is designed to mitigate such attacks in its upcoming architecture. ZEUS said it will continue to provide updates as the investigation progresses.

Polymarket probability of "Next round of US-Iran peace talks before August 31" rises to 51%, up 17% in 24 hours

Monitoring from the PPP Prediction Market Tool shows that the probability of "Next round of US-Iran peace talks before August 31" on Polymarket has risen to 51%, up 17% in 24 hours; the probability of talks occurring before August 15 has risen to 27%, up 13% in 24 hours.Trump posted on social media today stating that he received a request from Iran to delay the attack and agreed to cancel the strike on Iran in exchange for an agreement. He noted that the U.S. is prepared to confront Iran with a level of military deterrence, strength, and capability unseen since World War II, as a framework for an agreement has already been reached. This framework includes the immediate, complete, and full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, as well as ending Iran's nuclear threat. Based on this request, he agreed to cancel the attack for the future interests of the world and the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, provided that an agreement can be reached promptly.Join the PPP Signal Push Community to stay ahead and seize the initiative.

Humanity Announces Recovery Plan: Legacy H Tokens Invalidated; New ERC-20 Tokens to Be Airdropped 1:1 Based on Snapshot

Humanity has announced the $H incident recovery plan: The legacy version of H on Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, and Humanity Mainnet has been deprecated. A new Ethereum ERC-20 version of H will be airdropped 1:1 to eligible holders based on a pre-attack snapshot. Attackers and associated addresses have been excluded.

OpenAI Releases Frontier Governance Framework

OpenAI has released the Frontier Governance Framework, systematically elaborating on how its AI safety and governance practices align with emerging regulatory requirements such as the California Frontier AI Transparency Act and the EU's General-Purpose AI Code of Conduct. Based on OpenAI's existing Preparedness Framework, this framework focuses on areas including cyberattacks, CBRN risks, harmful manipulation, loss of control risks, model reporting, security incident response, and external expert review. It also states that it will be continuously updated as model capabilities and the regulatory environment evolve.

HSBC: Starlink Users Surpass 12 Million as Space Race Boosts Earth-Based Industries in Three Ways

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.

153 compromised addresses hold 132.95 BTC, researchers still unable to reproduce Coldcard attacker's seed

Odaily News, according to Bitcoin News monitoring, new research released by @PraveenPerera shows that the Coldcard attacker appears to have first identified vulnerable addresses, then sorted them by BTC balance, and began transferring funds in batches starting from the addresses with the highest holdings. The actual transfer software used was relatively crude. One address had 225 spendable UTXOs, and the attacker happened to extract the most recent 200, leaving the earliest 25, including one UTXO worth 0.16 BTC. This is fully consistent with the 200-record limit that a blockchain API investigated by the researchers returns by default, suggesting the attacker may have failed to load the next page of data. The software even spent a 294-satoshi UTXO, reportedly increasing transaction fees by approximately 2,040 satoshis, with the spending amount clearly exceeding the UTXO's own value. Based on this, the study's author believes the tool's builder may have a stronger understanding of account balance systems than of Bitcoin's UTXO model. Although the attacker appears to have obtained victims' full seeds, at least 75 BTC remain in other addresses derived from the same seeds. The biggest mystery at present is that 132.95 BTC still remain across the 153 compromised addresses, and researchers have been unable to reproduce the seeds behind these addresses, so they cannot rule out the possibility that the attacker obtained undisclosed private device data or candidate data.

Sold Out in Under an Hour: Pudgy Penguins Co-Founder Cole Villemain Launches Spritehood, Generating $1.28 Million in Mint Revenue

: Pudgy Penguins co-founder Cole Villemain was voted out and removed from his role by the project's holders in January 2022. Early Tuesday morning, the 44,444-piece NFT collection Spritehood, launched by Cole Villemain on the Robinhood Chain, sold out in under an hour. According to on-chain transaction data, the NFT mint generated approximately $1.28 million in revenue. During the public mint, 37,430 NFTs were sold at $17 each, while another 5,526 were sold at $117 each, the latter corresponding to the $100 upgrade option available on the mint page. Based on these figures, total sales revenue amounted to $1.2829 million, equivalent to approximately 684.28 ETH at the contract's mint-time pricing. Prior to the paid sale, the contract deployer also free-minted 1,488 NFTs through 20 zero-price transactions.

ZEUS temporarily takes infrastructure offline after cybersecurity incident, says no customer funds lost

Odaily News: Bitcoin News stated on the X platform that ZEUS has temporarily taken its infrastructure offline following a cybersecurity incident over the past few hours. ZEUS said the attack has been mitigated and services will remain offline until it completes a full security audit and resumes operations. ZEUS stated that no customer funds have been lost, and no customer funds are currently at risk. Customers whose Lightning Service Provider channels were closed will receive replacement channels once services are restored. Based on the current investigation, ZEUS said the incident appears to be limited to its own infrastructure, with no evidence yet suggesting it was caused by a vulnerability in Lightning node software. ZEUS added that it has been strengthening its infrastructure using trusted execution environments and the Validating Lightning Signer project, noting that the project is designed to mitigate such attacks in its upcoming architecture. ZEUS said it will continue to provide updates as the investigation progresses.

SpaceX to Exclusively Adopt NVIDIA AI Computing Architecture, Plans Space-Based Data Centers

Odaily News: At the company's first earnings call, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk stated that SpaceX's AI services will run "exclusively" on NVIDIA systems in the future.Musk noted that the company considers NVIDIA's Vera Rubin architecture to be the "best AI computing architecture." SpaceX expects its computing capacity to exceed 2 gigawatts (GW) by the end of this year, with plans to increase it to nearly 10 gigawatts by the end of next year.Additionally, SpaceX plans to deploy NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 rack-scale systems both on the ground and in space, using them for the "Starmind" satellite project, with related satellites expected to begin launching next year.

BlackRock Launches Two New Tokenized Money Market Funds, BSTBL and BRSRV, Accelerating On-Chain Cash Management Push

: Asset management giant BlackRock has announced the launch of two tokenized money market products: the BlackRock Select Treasury Based Liquidity Fund (BSTBL) and the BlackRock Daily Reinvestment Stablecoin Reserve Vehicle (BRSRV). BSTBL will offer Ethereum-based tokenized shares of an existing money market fund. These on-chain shares can be transferred between approved wallets, subject to regulatory compliance. BNY Mellon will serve as the transfer agent and tokenization service provider for BSTBL. BRSRV, meanwhile, is a new tokenized money market fund designed for digital-native institutional investors, supporting daily dividend reinvestment and multi-blockchain access, and can be used for a variety of digital asset applications, including stablecoin reserve management. Securitize will serve as the transfer agent and tokenization service provider for this fund.

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HSBC: Starlink Users Surpass 12 Million as Space Race Boosts Earth-Based Industries in Three Ways

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.

Returns nearly sixfold again: Unitree Robotics angel investor Yin Fangming's Junwan Hongyi stake once reached 12.292 billion yuan, with current paper gains of 9.876 billion yuan; Yin Fangming's personal book return hit 819 times

Odaily News: It is understood that Unitree Robotics angel investor Yin Fangming invested 2 million yuan in August 2016 for a 15% stake in the company, at a post-investment valuation of only 13 million yuan. After subsequent rounds of financing dilution, as of before the IPO, Junwan Hongyi, controlled by Yin Fangming, held 11.1749 million shares, representing approximately 2.76% of the company, making it the tenth-largest shareholder of Unitree Robotics. Based on the issuance market value of 61 billion yuan, the stake was valued at approximately 1.685 billion yuan; currently, Yin Fangming still holds approximately 16.62% of Junwan Hongyi.As Unitree Robotics debuted on the Science and Technology Innovation Board (STAR Market) today and its stock price briefly surged past 1,100 yuan, the market value of Junwan Hongyi's stake once climbed to 12.292 billion yuan. At present, Unitree's stock price is tentatively reported at 884 yuan, with Junwan Hongyi's stake still valued at as much as 9.878 billion yuan, representing paper gains of 9.876 billion yuan, a gain multiple of up to 4,938 times. Compared with the 840-fold return based on issuance market value, the gains have nearly sextupled. The look-through market value corresponding to Yin Fangming's remaining personal interest is approximately 1.638 billion yuan. Counting only this portion of equity and the 1.3106 million yuan in equity transfer income disclosed in 2018, Yin Fangming's book return on his 2 million yuan angel investment has exceeded 819 times.

Unitree Technology's IPO Creates Wealth, Multiple Core Personnel Join the Billion-Yuan Club

Odaily News Unitree Technology surged over 500% after its market debut, pushing its market cap above 350 billion yuan. Prior to the offering, Unitree Technology had set up an equity incentive platform, Shanghai Yuyi. According to the prospectus, before the issuance, Shanghai Yuyi held 39.8286 million shares of the company, representing a 10.9414% stake. Yang Zhiyu, Head of Mechanical Structure, Chen Li, Head of Sales and Service System, and Zhang Yangguang, Head of Algorithms and Software, indirectly held 0.49%, 0.26%, and 0.15% of the company's shares respectively through Shanghai Yuyi. Based on a market cap of 350 billion yuan, their respective holdings are valued at 1.715 billion yuan, 910 million yuan, and 525 million yuan. (Yicai)

Liang Wenfeng gains over 1.1 billion yuan in paper profits from Unitree Technology IPO subscription

Odaily News Unitree Technology officially listed on the STAR Market, surging 629.44% at the open to 1,100 yuan per share, with a total market value reaching 444.9 billion yuan. Liang Wenfeng's DeepSeek, High-Flyer Quant, and Jiuzhang Asset collectively secured approximately 1.1916 million shares through strategic placement and offline IPO subscription. Based on the issuance price, Liang Wenfeng's paper profits from the Unitree Technology IPO subscription exceed 1.1 billion yuan. (China Business Network)

BitMine Ethereum Holdings Reach 5.82 Million Tokens and Staking Launched

BitMine increased its holdings by 9,926 ETH last week, bringing the total to 5.82 million ETH, and has launched Ethereum staking. Based on current yields, annualized income could reach $164 million.

Bitcoin Approximately 69-73 Days Away from Cycle Bottom, Analysts and Institutions Disagree on Four-Year Cycle

According to BeInCrypto, crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen stated that Bitcoin is currently on day 1,363 of this cycle, while the past two cycles bottomed out on day 1,432 and day 1,436 respectively. Based on this, the bottom of this cycle is estimated to appear in October 2026, approximately 69-73 days from now. Cowen also pointed out that August and September have historically been seasonally weak periods for Bitcoin, with an average decline of about 10% in August during midterm election years. However, this prediction faces institutional-level skepticism. Fidelity pointed out that within months after Bitcoin hit an all-time high, one-year volatility touched a new low, a signal that never appeared in previous cycles; Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan believes that continuous inflows into spot ETFs and corporate balance sheet allocation demands have weakened traditional halving cycle patterns; Grayscale's 2026 outlook report also holds a similar view. Cowen, however, insists that although tops are becoming flatter, the bottom ranges of the four cycles have hardly shifted.