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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated that the Poseidon hash function series, developed over many years, has generated significant practical value in Ethereum and other fields, and will continue to play a role in the coming years.Modern privacy protocols can quickly generate SNARK proofs on the client side, and Poseidon is one of the important reasons for this. Vitalik pointed out that today's general-purpose STARK has achieved extremely high performance, with the proof overhead for almost any batch computation reduced to three-digit levels, and it is expected to further drop to two-digit levels or even lower in the future, a development that has even exceeded expectations from the early 2020s.

Bitcoin News posted on platform X that the net inflow into the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF over the past three weeks is approximately $3.8 billion, marking the strongest three-week performance since 2026. As of now, the year-to-date capital flow is still down about $1 billion; last week saw a net inflow of $986.9 million, with $730.8 million net inflow on Thursday.Eric Balchunas stated that when IBIT rises more than 5% and trading volume reaches $3 billion to $4 billion, there is usually a significant inflow of funds. The last time this occurred, IBIT recorded a cumulative inflow of $2 billion over 10 consecutive days.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized over $560,000 in cryptocurrency through court-authorized actions and took control of domains and servers allegedly used by Hamas for fundraising and recruiting supporters. The related actions involved three seizures on March 25, June 25, and October 10, 2025.Investigators identified a crypto chat group that directed supporters to fundraising websites and tracked the rotating cryptocurrency addresses. The operation also obtained information on thousands of individuals who had contacted Hamas online, attempting to donate via cryptocurrency or traditional means. This operation expanded upon the $200,000 cryptocurrency seizure announced in March 2025. At least 17 related addresses had transferred over $1.5 million since October 2024, with funds having passed through exchanges, over-the-counter brokers, and accounts in Turkey.

The Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the "Implementation Plan for Promoting Coordinated Transformation and Development of Digitalization and Greening (2026-2030)", proposing to advance the coordinated transformation of digitalization and greening during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.The plan emphasizes empowering green and low-carbon transformation with digital intelligence technology, achieving low-cost and high-efficiency applications of artificial intelligence by 2030, significantly improving the energy efficiency of computing facilities and 5G base stations, promoting renewable energy electricity consumption in key areas such as computing facilities to reach the responsibility weight level of the respective provinces, and deepening the digital and green applications in agriculture, manufacturing, trade, consumption, and urban operation, strengthening intelligent governance of the ecological environment and digital carbon management, and solidifying the foundation for coordinated dual transformation and international cooperation.

Multiple companies listed in the潮玩 IP derivatives sector have disclosed their performance for the first half of 2026. Pop Mart reported a revenue of 17.173 billion yuan in the first half of the year, a year-on-year increase of 23.8%, with a net profit attributable to the parent company of 5.038 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.1%. Domestic revenue grew by 47.3%, while overseas revenue decreased by 11.1% to 4.972 billion yuan. Pop Mart's Chairman and CEO Wang Ning referred to 2026 as the "Year of Adjustment," stating that revenue growth is not the primary goal, but rather focusing on corporate governance and operational health.Aofei Entertainment reported a revenue of 1.332 billion yuan in the first half of the year, a year-on-year increase of 11.13%, with a net profit attributable to the parent company of 174 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 370.70%. Its subsidiary, Wandian Infinite, incurred a loss of 19.5413 million yuan in the first half of the year. Yuanlong Yatu reported a revenue of 1.164 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 16.35%, with a net loss attributable to the parent company of 3.6779 million yuan. The revenue from its IP cultural and creative business was 46.418 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 134.48%. Shifeng Culture reported a revenue of 212 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.83%, with a net profit attributable to the parent company of 3.0852 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 26.09%. The revenue from trendy toys was 25.9369 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 222.85%.

According to a report by the Financial Associated Press, the General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued the "Entrepreneurship Support Plan for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Artificial Intelligence (2026-2028)." Over three years, it aims to cultivate a large number of innovative and dynamic artificial intelligence startups with significant growth potential in key areas such as industry applications, data services, and intelligent computing power. More than 10,000 new technology and innovation-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises will be nurtured, with over 2,000 "specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative" small giant enterprises emerging, along with a number of gazelle and unicorn companies.Focusing on the field of artificial intelligence, the plan will establish 10 high-standard technology enterprise incubators and 10 national public service demonstration platforms (bases) for small and medium-sized enterprises. It will also cultivate 10 national-level characteristic industrial clusters for small and medium-sized enterprises. The entrepreneurial and innovative vitality of small and medium-sized enterprises in artificial intelligence will continue to surge, and a preliminary pattern of high-quality development for small and medium-sized enterprises empowered by artificial intelligence will take shape.

According to Reuters, Micron Technology's unions in Taoyuan and Taichung, Taiwan are preparing for a strike. The union claims to represent nearly 10,000 of Micron's approximately 15,000 employees in the two locations, and an internal survey shows that over 80% of members support the strike. The core of the labor dispute revolves around bonus distribution— the union believes that the current incentive plan does not adequately reflect the company's profitability and is demanding a one-time additional bonus for this fiscal year, as well as a shift to quarterly profit sharing of 15% of operating profits starting from the 2027 fiscal year. Micron previously responded that it would issue the highest performance bonuses in history, but the union believes the company has not adequately explained the performance calculation method, and it seems to be more closely tied to revenue rather than profit.As the world's third-largest memory chip manufacturer, Micron reported revenue of $41.46 billion and a net profit of $28.24 billion in the third fiscal quarter, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.1 trillion. Taiwan is Micron's largest manufacturing base, with a cumulative investment of NT$1.4 trillion, producing DRAM and HBM. If the strike proceeds, it may impact the global memory chip supply. The Taichung Science Park Administration stated that it is closely monitoring the situation and has prepared a labor mediation mechanism. Previously, the Samsung union also raised similar profit-sharing demands and obtained a special bonus pool of 10.5% of the chip division's operating profits after negotiations.

Bitcoin recorded an increase of about 25% in August, marking its third-best August performance in history. André Dragosch, Head of Research at Bitwise Europe, noted in a post on the X platform on September 1 that Bitcoin's return in August was 25%, second only to approximately 65.6% in August 2017 and about 30.7% in August 2013, stating that "there was no 'summer slump.'"Multiple analyses show that the period from June to September is usually when Bitcoin underperforms for the year. In June and July this year, Bitcoin's volatility remained low, with prices dipping below $65,000 at one point. A turning point occurred in mid-August when the U.S. Treasury announced it would more than double the scale of government debt buybacks due to pressure in the fixed income market and yields reaching their highest levels in nearly 20 years. The decline in long-term yields reduced the holding costs of non-yielding assets like Bitcoin and gold, supporting risk appetite, leading investors to flock to Bitcoin. Subsequently, U.S. President Trump urged lawmakers to expedite the passage of the Crypto Clarity Act, calling the draft "very strong."In terms of funding, investors poured over $2.8 billion into Bitcoin ETFs in August, the largest single-month inflow since October last year. Bitcoin reached $81,281 last Monday before retreating, recently reporting $76,883, with a nearly 3% drop in 24 hours; over the past month, Bitcoin has cumulatively risen more than 20%.

According to a Reuters report, Polymarket's new Global Head of Research and Intelligence, Shana Bautista (former analyst at Coinbase, former investigator at the FBI), stated that as the U.S. midterm elections approach, Polymarket has established a system to identify unusual trading activities and will continue to prevent U.S. users from using its international platform to comply with the settlement agreement reached with U.S. regulators in 2022.In addition, Polymarket plans to launch a new webpage to publicly disclose the operational details of market integrity review mechanisms such as machine learning, blockchain analysis, and trading monitoring, and revealed that it has referred over 100 cases to law enforcement agencies.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China has launched a special action to cultivate artificial intelligence application service providers, encouraging various regions to increase the procurement of large models, intelligent agents, and Token services through first purchase and first use, risk compensation, and other methods, while using tools such as "computing power vouchers" to reduce computing power costs.The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will also establish a national resource pool for AI application service providers, aiming to exceed 2,000 by the end of 2026 and no less than 3,000 by the end of 2027. These service providers mainly help enterprises implement AI projects, with services ranging from early consulting, program design, to system development, integration delivery, and then to subsequent operation and maintenance and security governance.This policy also specifically names FDE. The Ministry encourages service providers to form FDE teams to directly address project implementation issues on-site with users. Various regions are also required to open real business scenarios, organize supply and demand matching, and turn high-frequency, essential business needs into standardized AI products that can be delivered repeatedly.

The European digital currency market is forming a pattern of parallel development between the central bank digital euro and private euro stablecoins. Revolut has previously launched phased testing of EURR in Denmark, Poland, and Portugal. This euro stablecoin operates on Ethereum and is issued by Bridge Building, a subsidiary of Stripe.The ECB emphasizes that the digital euro will adopt a highly private design, with offline payment information only held by the transacting parties, and online transactions cannot be directly linked to individuals by the Eurosystem. Europe is advancing its digital payment system through public digital currencies and private stablecoins to reduce reliance on dollar stablecoins and non-European payment infrastructures.

Michael Saylor, the founder and executive chairman of Bitcoin Strategy, once again released information related to the Bitcoin Tracker and wrote, "We're ₿ack."According to previous patterns, Strategy usually discloses Bitcoin holding changes the day after relevant news is released.It is worth noting that the last time Strategy disclosed an increase in Bitcoin holdings was on June 22, 2026, and there has been no information related to the Bitcoin Tracker released in the past two weeks.

DWF Ventures released a report stating that as trading fees continue to approach zero, social trading is becoming a new direction for financial trading platforms to compete for users and build moats.The rise of social trading stems from users seeking validation from others and references for investment decisions. From early brokerage copy trading to investment communities like Reddit and Stocktwits, and now to platforms that combine real position verification, trading signals, and social relationships, social trading is evolving from a simple copy trading tool into a product form that integrates trading, content, and social interaction. As trade execution becomes increasingly homogenized, the future competitive advantage of platforms may come more from network effects, resources of well-known traders, and exclusive information and distribution capabilities.Analysis suggests that social trading platforms are forming a clear growth flywheel: platforms attract well-known traders and their fans, traders build reputations through public trading, fans amplify market influence by following trades, which in turn increases the visibility of traders and the user base of the platform. Public calls for trades may even generate a certain "self-fulfilling" effect in this process.Platforms also lower the entry barriers for users through one-click trading, low-threshold acceptance, trading competitions, and fee incentives, and leverage the social influence of top traders to facilitate user migration. In the future, the social trading ecosystem in the cryptocurrency and traditional stock sectors may further integrate, and platforms that master trader, user attention, and information flow are expected to form stronger network effects.However, social trading also faces significant structural risks. Data shows that among approximately 292,000 wallets analyzed by the Fomo platform over the past three months, only 6.16% achieved profitability based on realized gains. Followers lack independent investment logic and are easily influenced by herd behavior, while there may also be conflicts of interest between traders and followers.Furthermore, even if platforms can verify public positions, traders may still establish undisclosed positions through other wallets, making information asymmetry difficult to eliminate completely. Analysis suggests that as the boundaries between trading and entertainment continue to blur, platforms that can establish unique information layers, gather quality traders, and form network effects may gain an advantage in the competitive social trading market.

Researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, abbreviated as Dallas Fed, indicate that tokenized deposits and real-time blockchain transfers may weaken bank liquidity and limit their ability to issue long-term loans. The study was authored by Rosie Levy and Srini Ramaswamy.The research points out that of the $7 trillion in term risk borne by U.S. banks, approximately 80% is supported by the term characteristics of traditional deposits. If the weighted average term of deposits shortens by 10%, the banking system's term transformation capacity will decrease by about $580 billion, potentially increasing liquidity risk and pressure for fund outflows. Chris Turner, co-founder of Kula, stated that the speed of token transfers does not equate to the legal settlement of underlying financial claims. Tokens can be transferred through the blockchain network in seconds, but payments, ownership, and legal claims still rely on banks, custodians, clearing systems, and regulatory registries to complete the settlement.

According to official news, Lido announced an adjustment to the EarnETH Vault fee structure, reducing the fixed management fee from the original 1% to 0.2%, while increasing the performance fee from 10% to 15%.In the future, the maximum fee will be 0.5% management fee + 20% performance fee, and the specific rates will be adjusted based on Vault performance. The current actual fees charged will continue to be displayed on the EarnETH Vault interface.

HashKey Holdings Limited announced its unaudited consolidated interim results for the six months ended June 30, 2026, on August 27. During the reporting period, revenue was HKD 342.5 million, a year-on-year increase of 20.6%; gross profit was HKD 207.5 million, a year-on-year increase of 12.5%; gross margin improved from 51.0% in the second half of 2025 to 60.6%; adjusted losses narrowed by 21.0% to HKD 314.8 million.Revenue from transaction facilitation services was HKD 267.9 million, a year-on-year increase of 38.6%. Platform transaction volume reached HKD 2,822 billion, a year-on-year increase of 31.8%, of which institutional transaction volume was HKD 2,315 billion, a year-on-year increase of 58.8%, accounting for 82.0% of total transaction volume. The on-chain RWA TVL reached HKD 2,678.5 million, a year-on-year increase of 167.8%, and completed Hong Kong's first real estate RWA project and the first regulated silver RWA token. The asset management scale was HKD 5,941.2 million, with segment revenue of HKD 38.84 million, launching stablecoin and Bitcoin financial products as well as the industry's first Bitcoin mining power fund.HashKey was established in 2018 and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on December 17, 2025. Its business covers transaction facilitation, on-chain services, and asset management. During the period, its wholly-owned subsidiary signed a framework agreement for the acquisition of Singapore's Asia Pacific Exchange, HashKey Capital made a strategic investment in Vietnam's CAEX and led the B+ round of SignalPlus, while deepening cooperation with JPMorgan, DBS, and others.

TokenPocket's cross-chain aggregation trading product Transit Finance announced an upgrade to its token information page, deeply integrating project and token data from the Web3 data platform RootData. Users can verify trading data, liquidity, security risks, position structure, and project background on the same page before trading.It is reported that the integrated RootData data covers more than 20 fields, including detailed project descriptions, financing information, news reports, calendar events, etc., to enrich the project profile and dynamic information on the Transit token information page, providing structured data support for users' trading decisions. Currently, the number of partners accumulated by RootData has exceeded 245.

According to Gate market data, Okta's US stock rose 19.3% in pre-market trading due to its second-quarter performance exceeding expectations.

Charu Chanana, Chief Investment Strategist at Saxo Markets, stated that Nvidia's performance strongly validates the investment logic in artificial intelligence infrastructure. She pointed out that as capacity continues to expand, storage, networking, optical communication, power infrastructure, and some cloud service providers will benefit, but the market increasingly needs to see that AI investments can yield returns.Storage remains one of the clearest beneficiary areas, and Nvidia's profit margin guidance confirms that supply remains tight. After Nvidia's earnings announcement, Asian storage chip stocks generally rose. However, Chanana added that the next phase of the storage chip market will increasingly depend on AI demand and whether the storage capacity of each accelerator can absorb the continuously increasing supply capacity, rather than solely relying on supply shortages to drive price increases.