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OKX Wallet's Chinese announcement states that the total locked value (TVL) of X Layer DeFi has surpassed 100 million USD, growing nearly 10 times in the past six months.At the same time, the issuance scale of X Layer stablecoins has exceeded 2 billion USD, ranking among the top ten public chains globally; the cumulative number of active addresses has surpassed 4.2 million, and the total number of on-chain transactions has exceeded 400 million. OKX Wallet indicates that as liquidity continues to accumulate and the user base steadily grows, the next step will be to attract more assets, applications, and users to enter X Layer, driving the public chain to accommodate more real demands and further improve ecological development.

According to Business Wire, the AI agent infrastructure platform Sapiom has completed a $35 million Series A funding round, led by Dragonfly, with participation from Accel, Gradient, Coinbase Ventures, Operator Collective, Formus Capital, and VanEck Ventures. Existing investors Okta Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Anthropic, and Array Ventures continue to invest.Founded just 11 months ago, the company previously completed a $15 million seed round, bringing total funding to $50 million. Sapiom aims to eliminate infrastructure barriers for AI agents from demonstration to production environments. Sapiom simultaneously launched three products: Router, Agent Studio, and Runtime. Dragonfly managing partner Haseeb Qureshi will join the Sapiom board.

According to Bloomberg, Sequoia Capital has completed its latest funding round, which amounts to $10 billion. So far this year, the firm has returned a total of $5 billion in profits to investors outside of SpaceX.Sequoia Capital's new co-leaders, Alfred Lin and Pat Grady, plan to invest $2.5 billion in the AI company Anthropic, which will become the largest investment in Sequoia's 54-year history. Previously, Sequoia had favored investments in OpenAI, xAI, etc., and only planned to invest in Anthropic for the first time in January 2025, but has now decided to significantly increase its stake, indicating a bold bet on the AI sector.

International venture capital firm White Star Capital announced the final closing of its fourth fund, which has reached $250 million. Combined with previous North American seed funds and several specialized tools, the firm has raised over $350 million in total, covering seed to Series B investments.The fund focuses on Series A and B rounds, supporting founding teams with global expansion ambitions, and has invested in projects such as Sequen, Veesion, OatFi, AMI Labs, Tetrix, and Trayd.

Bitcoin Treasuries.NET posted on platform X that the French Bitcoin treasury company Capital B ALCPB has been listed on Cboe Europe, the largest pan-European stock exchange.This move further expands institutional investors' access to Capital B shares.

CryptoQuant analyst Moreno stated that USDT liquidity is experiencing one of the most severe contraction phases in history. The market value of USDT has decreased by about 4 billion dollars over the past 60 days, approaching historically low levels. At the same time, the liquidity contraction is still accelerating, with the USDT supply decreasing by about 870 million dollars in the past 11 days, indicating that this is not merely a lagging effect caused by previous redemptions.Stablecoins are the most direct source of available liquidity in the crypto market, and the continuous expansion of USDT is usually accompanied by stronger price performance of BTC, while prolonged contraction phases often correspond to weak demand, market corrections, and declining risk appetite. However, the correlation between USDT flows and BTC prices does not prove a direct causal relationship; both may be influenced by risk-averse sentiment, with redemption pressure and spot selling occurring simultaneously. The current decline in BTC is not an isolated event but is happening against the backdrop of a continuous shrinkage of one of the main sources of market liquidity, which also explains why the recent rebound has been difficult to sustain. To improve the market environment, we need to see the 60-day change in USDT stabilize, daily supply contraction slow down, and re-enter an expansion phase.

CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr. released the August Bitcoin market outlook, stating that BTC is currently down about 50% from the cycle high of $126,200 set in October 2025, with prices approaching the on-chain average holding cost. It is expected that August will likely maintain a volatile trend. The report suggests that the most probable scenario for August (with a probability of about 55%) is that BTC will trade in the range of $57,700 to $67,000, potentially closing at $60,000 to $64,000 by the end of the month.The bearish scenario (30% probability) involves a drop below $57,700, further testing the on-chain realized price of about $52,800; the bullish scenario (15% probability) requires a stable position above $67,000, along with continuous inflows of ETF funds, a decline in U.S. Treasury yields, and a weakening dollar, targeting $71,000 to $74,000. The current valuation is close to the on-chain cost area, and the spot Bitcoin ETF continues to see net inflows, providing support for the market; however, the high interest rate environment, sustained high U.S. Treasury yields, and a relatively strong dollar still limit the upside potential for risk assets. The report also reminds to pay attention to the impact of macro events such as U.S. non-farm employment, CPI, and the Jackson Hole central bank annual meeting on market liquidity.

Robinhood's Robinhood Ventures announced the launch of its second venture capital fund RVII, aiming to raise $200 million, primarily investing in current or past incubated projects from Y Combinator. The fund will be listed on the NYSE, priced at $25 per share, and is expected to start trading on August 13. Unlike the previous first fund (RVI) which had zero performance fees, RVII will charge a 2% management fee and a 20% performance fee, with an annual total expense ratio of approximately 4.18%. Robinhood describes the fund as a "speculative" investment, "with significant loss risks" and no shareholder redemption rights.The first fund was launched in March, raising $658.4 million, primarily targeting late-stage companies such as Databricks, Stripe, OpenAI, and SpaceX, which fell 16% on its first trading day before rebounding about 30%. RVII will shift its focus to seed-stage projects. Sarah Pinto, head of Robinhood Ventures, stated that retail investors "do not need to wait for a company IPO to participate in early growth." Goldman Sachs serves as the lead underwriter, with Citigroup, JPMorgan, UBS, and Wells Fargo as co-managers, and the subscription window will close on August 12.

According to BBX data, yesterday global listed companies, large asset management institutions, and treasury protocols disclosed the latest real dynamics in the purchase and reserve allocation of crypto assets, with the core information as follows:Cardone Capital increased its holdings by 350 bitcoins: Grant Cardone, CEO of the real estate investment company Cardone Capital, announced that Cardone Capital has recently increased its holdings by 350 bitcoins (worth approximately $22.3 million) in the secondary market, further expanding the proportion of digital asset allocation in its real estate asset management system.Ethereum treasury protocol ETH Strategy increased its holdings by 2,520 ETH: The Ethereum treasury protocol ETH Strategy announced that it has again increased its holdings by 2,520 ETH. After this increase, its total Ethereum holdings have significantly risen from the previous amount to 6,920 ETH.OranjeBTC steadily increased its holdings by 30 bitcoins: Brazilian listed company OranjeBTC (B3: $OBTC3) disclosed the latest treasury data, stating that the company has again purchased 30 bitcoins. After this accumulation, its total bitcoin holdings have steadily risen to 3,948 BTC.Ruihe Smart (03680.HK) obtained 32.73 BTC through cloud mining: Hong Kong listed company Ruihe Smart (03680.HK) announced that the company successfully obtained 32.73 bitcoins as rewards through its cloud mining business on August 2 (worth approximately $2.71 million), continuously acquiring native crypto assets through its main business liquidation.

According to Bloomberg, the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the listing and trading of blockchain-based traditional stock tokenized assets on the NASD OTC Securities Exchange.The NASD OTC Securities Exchange plans to officially launch this service in early September, allowing companies to issue tokenized versions of traditional stocks through blockchain technology, aimed at promoting the development of Nigeria's capital market.

According to Jinshi reports, SpaceX's Chief Financial Officer stated that capital expenditures in the third and fourth quarters will be similar to the levels in the second quarter.

According to Jinshi reports, Musk stated that we have made rapid progress on the Grok project.

According to Jinshi reports, SpaceX's total capital expenditure in Q2 was $18.369 billion, with a net loss of $541 million.

According to official news, Cloudflare announced the launch of Cloudflare Wallets, providing payment and identity infrastructure for AI Agents.Cloudflare stated that currently, when AI Agents attempt new APIs, they typically need to go through registration, login, payment, and API key generation processes designed for humans. This lack of stable identity and native payment capabilities makes it difficult for agents to autonomously explore and compare different services, limiting the development of agent commerce. The newly launched wallet system aims to address this issue, allowing AI Agents to more conveniently purchase APIs, content, and other digital services.Cloudflare Wallets will support two modes: Account Wallets and Virtual Wallets. Among them, Account Wallets are aimed at individual and business users, allowing them to recharge, manage funds, and allocate budgets for AI Agents; Virtual Wallets are specifically designed for AI Agents, operating through API keys and allowing users to set spending limits, whitelists, and single transaction caps as security rules, enabling agents to autonomously call APIs and purchase services within a controlled range.In addition, Cloudflare Wallets will support stablecoin storage, micropayments based on the x402 protocol, and will integrate with Cloudflare's previously launched Monetization Gateway, providing automated trading capabilities for websites and applications aimed at AI Agents.Cloudflare stated that the future internet will gradually form a new "agent economy" driven by AI Agents, where wallets, payments, and identity verification will become key infrastructure. Through the cloudflare.pay identity identifier, AI Agents can obtain a readable identity name, helping merchants identify their associated accounts and organizations while enhancing transaction transparency.Cloudflare claims it will continue to improve the agent commerce ecosystem, providing developers and businesses with the foundational tools to support AI Agents in autonomously purchasing, selling, and interacting, promoting the transition of the internet from a human-oriented service model to an agent-oriented automated market.

According to official news, the Ethereum infrastructure company Blockspace has been established, aiming to improve the off-chain protocol infrastructure of Ethereum and promote more global applications to access Ethereum's block space.Blockspace stated that the core business of Ethereum is to provide block space, and currently, over 90% of Ethereum block space traffic relies on infrastructure outside the protocol, which still has gaps in economic models, reliability, performance, and service capabilities.Blockspace recently completed a round of financing, led by BlueYard Capital, with participation from ether.fi Ventures, Quasar, SharpLink Gaming, and other institutions.Blockspace indicated that in the future, it will collaborate with the Blockspace Forum and the broader Ethereum community to accelerate the construction of off-chain infrastructure in Ethereum's transaction processes, with its business model entirely relying on ETH.The company will operate and support Ethereum infrastructure, including staking services, and will earn transaction fee rewards by generating blocks through its staked ETH, with the proceeds continuing to be used for staking.

According to Jinshi reports, OpenAI has partnered with private equity firm Clearlake Capital to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence in the Clearlake portfolio.

According to Bloomberg, the current venture capital market is experiencing significant structural differentiation. As funds concentrate on top artificial intelligence startups, many small and medium-sized venture capital funds are facing severe challenges such as fundraising difficulties, declining performance, and narrowing exit channels.The report points out that the excessive hype around artificial intelligence has distorted the venture capital market. Data shows that just five companies—OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, Waymo, and Nscale—accounted for 78% of all venture capital transaction volume in the first quarter of this year. A large amount of capital has flowed to a few top investors who made early bets on AI, such as Founders Fund and Andreessen Horowitz, while small emerging fund managers find it difficult to compete with these leading institutions.This differentiation is directly reflected in fundraising data. Last year, newly established management companies (managing three or fewer funds) raised only about $62 billion, a significant drop of about 60% compared to the pandemic peak of $163.4 billion in 2022. Even experienced management teams raised only $84 billion last year, which is just one-third of the amount in 2022. Many LPs are facing liquidity pressures and are more inclined to demand returns on existing investments rather than commit new funds.

According to Jinshi News, Citigroup strategist David Chew stated that the European stock market is the only major market area where risk appetite has significantly improved recently, thanks to new capital inflows and better-than-expected corporate earnings performance.The report pointed out that last week, the investment sentiment for all major European stock indices improved, while relevant indicators in the U.S. market showed a decline in investor confidence. Chew also mentioned that the European market benefited from the European Central Bank's decision to maintain interest rates unchanged.

Real estate investment company Cardone Capital CEO and billionaire Grant Cardone stated that Cardone Capital has increased its holdings by 350 bitcoins, worth approximately 22.3 million dollars.