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Dubai cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has launched pre-market perpetual contracts linked to Chinese robotics company Unitree and AI startup Moonshot AI. The contracts are denominated and settled in USDT and do not involve ownership of shares in the respective companies. Bybit stated that its traditional finance perpetual contract product lineup has grown to over 200 since its launch in April, covering stocks, ETFs, commodities, indices, and pre-market companies. Unitree received approval from Chinese securities regulators in July to list on the Shanghai STAR Market. RWA.xyz data shows that the distribution value of tokenized stocks has reached $2.38 billion, with 1.31 million holders, a 123.62% increase in the latter over the past 30 days. (Cointelegraph)
According to Forbes, Siemens' latest "Infrastructure Transformation Monitor" (ITM) shows that against the backdrop of rising operating costs and stricter ESG compliance requirements, digital infrastructure and AI are gradually becoming core tools for commercial real estate portfolio management. The report shows that 52% of commercial real estate leaders expect digital technology to bring significant productivity improvements, and 59% of respondents expect AI to deeply reshape building operation models within the next three years, with main application scenarios covering predictive maintenance, HVAC optimization, automatic fault detection, and energy management. However, currently only 37% of organizations have reached maturity in digital system integration, and 36% of organizations stated they are scaling AI and digital twin technology; fragmented data environments and insufficient system interoperability remain the main bottlenecks. The report cites the practical case of the Pennsylvania Convention Center: the center reduced energy consumption by 18% through digital transformation, achieving approximately $686,000 in operating savings, and successively obtained LEED Gold and GBAC STAR certifications, confirming the substantive role of digital investment in reducing operating costs and enhancing the long-term value of assets.
DeepSeek is preparing for an initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market, with plans to submit its application by the end of this year and potentially complete the listing as early as the second quarter of 2027.DeepSeek has initiated discussions with investors and banks regarding its IPO plans. The funds raised from the offering are intended for model research and development, talent acquisition, and computing infrastructure construction. The relevant timeline may still be subject to adjustments, and the listing plan will require regulatory approval. (The Wall Street Journal)
Bitget has listed 16 US stock tokens, including rXBI (S&P Biotech ETF-SPDR), rDIA (SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust), rKSTR (SSE STAR 50 Index ETF), rJBL (Jabil Inc.), and rKR (Kroger), covering sectors such as finance, healthcare, information technology, and industrials. It is reported that rTokens, identified by the letter 'r' + stock ticker (e.g., NVIDIA as rNVDA), are issued by Reality, a licensed RWA protocol under Bitget. They directly connect to global liquidity pools such as Nasdaq and NYSE through cooperation with compliant broker Alpaca. Their features include: underlying assets 1:1 reserved and custodied by licensed custodians, stock dividends distributed 1:1 in token form, support for synchronous mapping of corporate actions (stock splits, etc.), and holdings can serve as combined margin for unified accounts and USDT-margined contracts, allowing users to flexibly manage funds while holding global stock assets.
According to Bloomberg, BlackRock has launched a space-themed ETF for European investors—the iShares Space Technologies UCITS ETF, ticker: STAR. The index tracked by this ETF features an IPO fast-track inclusion mechanism, allowing newly listed companies to be added to the index’s constituent stocks within 10 to 30 days after their IPO through an ad-hoc rebalancing review—without waiting for the next scheduled rebalancing.