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According to Coinglass data, the total contract open interest for ETH has increased by 5.76% in the past 24 hours, with the current total open interest at $27.258 billion. Among them, Binance has an open interest of $7.148 billion, OKX has an open interest of $1.664 billion, Bybit has an open interest of $1.925 billion, and Gate has an open interest of $2.871 billion.

According to Bitcoin.com, on-chain data analysis platform CryptoQuant shows that in the past 60 days, large Bitcoin holders have increased their holdings by approximately 43,000 Bitcoins, worth about $2.75 billion. This group excludes exchange and mining pool wallets, and this increase ends a months-long period of net selling.After Bitcoin dropped to around $60,000, large holders resumed buying; subsequently, Bitcoin rebounded to around $65,000, trading mainly in the $62,000 to $65,000 range in recent weeks. During the same period, the balance of "dolphin" holders defined by CryptoQuant also increased, indicating that the accumulation is not only coming from the largest wallets. In August, spot trading volume fell to the lowest monthly level since August 2021.

Strive Vice President Joe Burnett posted on platform X, stating that the Strategy's BTC holdings per share data is as follows: In 2020, it was 0.000566 BTC; in 2021, it was 0.000834 BTC, an increase of 47.3%; in 2022, it was 0.000849 BTC, an increase of 1.8%; in 2023, it was 0.000911 BTC, an increase of 7.3%; in 2024, it was 0.001588 BTC, an increase of 74.3%; in 2025, it was 0.00195 BTC, an increase of 22.8%; and from 2026 to now, it has been 0.001967 BTC, an increase of 0.9%.

According to Curve.finance Governance, Swiss Stake AG submitted a progress report for H1 2026 stating that Llamalend V2 has passed the ChainSecurity audit and has launched on Optimism and the Ethereum mainnet, supporting LP Token and PT collateral while introducing new admin fee revenue for Curve DAO.FXSwap has entered the production optimization phase, focusing on research around liquidity concentration, price_scale, and dynamic fees. FastBridge has launched on Arbitrum, Optimism, and Fraxtal, reducing the time to withdraw crvUSD from Layer 2 to Ethereum from about 7 days to approximately 15 minutes. The team has secured the second phase of 8.725 million CRV and additional CRV and crvUSD funds to support operations until the end of 2026, and plans to submit a proposal to increase the DAO protocol fee share from 10% to 30%.

According to Hyperliquid News, a whale has maintained its position for 24 days since opening on July 26, with its CXMT holdings increasing from 2.3909 million to 2.9006 million, valued at approximately 24.52 million USD.Currently, the unrealized profit and loss for this position is 5.65 million USD, with approximately 4.044 million USD paid in funding fees. This wallet holds 37.2% of the open contracts for this trading pair, and it is still far from liquidation.

Blockworks released the XRP Q2 report, with XRP's quarter-end closing price at $1.04, down 19.9%, and a market cap of $65.8 billion, still the fourth largest non-stablecoin asset. XRP ETP net inflow was $253.6 million, marking the third consecutive quarter of positive inflows, totaling over $1.9 billion. CEX spot trading volume was $57.6 billion, down 53.5% quarter-over-quarter, and perpetual contract trading volume decreased by 44%.The supply of XRPL native stablecoins increased by 195.4% quarter-over-quarter to $825.5 million, with RLUSD supply at $676.9 million, up 257%. OKX has launched RLUSD with over 280 spot trading pairs, and the Japanese Financial Services Agency has approved RLUSD as an electronic payment tool, distributed through SBI VC Trade. The total value of tokenized RWAs on XRPL increased by 102.5% quarter-over-quarter to $4.46 billion, setting a new quarterly high, with Justoken's energy-related JMWH accounting for about half. The transfer volume of stablecoins increased by 207.5% quarter-over-quarter to approximately $10 billion, with RLUSD accounting for about 90%.In terms of network activity, total transaction volume was 222.4 million (down 6.5% quarter-over-quarter), daily active addresses were 16,800 (down 10.7%), DEX trading volume was $482.9 million (down 35.9%), and transaction costs fell to $0.00024 (declining for five consecutive quarters). The lending protocols XLS-65/66 received support from 9/35 and 8/35 validators respectively, still 29 votes short of the activation threshold, with a revised version to be submitted in Q3. In terms of institutional collaboration, Ondo, JPMorgan Kinexys, Mastercard, and Ripple completed the tokenization of U.S. Treasury cross-chain redemptions, and Aviva Investors subsequently launched tokenized fund shares on XRPL.

According to CoinGlass data, the current total open interest for Intel is approximately 1.9644 million INTC, corresponding to an open interest value of about 190 million USD. From the platform distribution perspective, tradeXYZ, Binance, and Bitget rank in the top three, among which:tradeXYZ: open interest value of approximately 90.343 million USD, with a 24-hour open interest decrease of 3.27%Binance: open interest value of approximately 42.8248 million USD, with a 24-hour open interest decrease of 6.81%Bitget: open interest value of approximately 16.3625 million USD, with a 24-hour open interest increase of 54.35%

At the opening ceremony of the 2026 World Robot Conference, Xin Guobin, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, stated that in 2025, the operating income of enterprises above designated size in the robotics industry exceeded 300 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of over 20% in the past five years. In the first half of this year, it reached 165.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24.5%. Robot technology and products have been widely applied in various aspects of the national economy and social development, becoming an important force in promoting high-quality development.The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will focus on key industries with broad application spaces and strong demonstration effects, such as agriculture, healthcare, elderly care, and emergency response. It will organize targeted efforts for production and application pairing, on-site application verification, and promotion of mature scenarios, accelerating the iteration and upgrading of new technologies and new products through large-scale applications in new scenarios.

According to Cointelegraph citing CryptoQuant data, Bitcoin spot demand is about to turn positive for the first time since February. This shift has historically corresponded with subsequent price increases.Data shows that after similar signals appear, Bitcoin's median increase over the next 60 days is approximately 18.1%, with a win rate of about 78%. A positive turn in spot demand typically reflects an increase in buying power, and the market is focused on whether this can be sustained and drive the market.

"Humanoid Robot First Stock" Yushu Technology (688836) officially landed on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board today, with the stock price opening significantly high before retreating. The stock opened at 1100.00 yuan, up 629.44% from the issue price of 150.80 yuan, with a market value that once reached 444.9 billion yuan. Subsequently, the stock price fluctuated downward, and as of the time of writing, it was reported at 882.22 yuan, with the increase falling back to 485.03%, and a market value of approximately 356.827 billion yuan. The current turnover rate has reached 61.90%, with a transaction amount of 17.159 billion yuan. Based on the opening price, a single lot (500 shares) has an unrealized profit of about 474,600 yuan. Yushu Technology's public offering this time was 40.4464 million shares, raising approximately 6.1 billion yuan, with an issue price-earnings ratio of 219.23 times.

U.S. President Trump stated that he has suspended the 50% tariff increase on Canada.

Due to the tight supply of upstream materials such as copper foil substrates and semi-cured sheets, along with continuously rising costs, the price increase trend in the PCB industry continues. Manufacturers such as Kinwong, JINGPENG, Dingying Investment Holdings, and YaoHua have already raised their quotes by approximately 5% to 30% this year, with the benefits of these price increases gradually becoming apparent starting from the third quarter.Industry insiders point out that major CCL manufacturers have raised their product prices by about 20% to 30% in the first half of the year, and there will still be pressure for price increases in the second half of the year through 2027. The supply of high-end electronic fabrics is also tight, with the supply-demand gap for Low DK second-generation fabrics estimated to exceed 60%, and the upward trend may continue until the first half of 2027. The IC substrate market is also continuing the price increase trend, with demand for AI GPUs and ASICs driving prices up, and there is still double-digit room for price increases in the third and fourth quarters, benefiting companies like Unimicron, Kinsus, and Nan Ya. PCB manufacturers indicate that they will adjust prices in a timely manner based on changes in material costs in the second half of the year.

Strategy stated that 12 of the company's top 15 institutional shareholders increased their holdings in the second quarter of 2026, with a total increase of $1.2 billion.

According to the Wall Street Journal, OpenAI told investors that its revenue in the second quarter increased by 18% compared to the first quarter, reaching $6.7 billion, but losses further widened.The decline in operating profit margin makes the prospect of achieving profitability before an IPO bleak.

According to btctreasuries, Canada's largest bank, the Royal Bank of Canada, recently increased its holdings in the Bitcoin treasury company Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy, $MSTR) by 46,001 shares, valued at approximately $4.45 million. After the increase, the bank holds a total of 385,002 shares of Strategy, with a total value of about $37.2 million, representing a 13.5% increase in its shareholding ratio.Strategy is known for its corporate treasury strategy of holding large amounts of Bitcoin, and its stock price performance often correlates with Bitcoin prices. As a leading financial institution in Canada by asset size, the disclosed increase in holdings has drawn market attention to traditional banks' attitudes toward allocating Bitcoin-related assets.

Bitget launches the VIP Simple Earn Coin Interest Activity. The first phase of the activity runs from August 19 to August 26. VIP users who meet the net recharge threshold can subscribe to the corresponding ETH Simple Earn Coin product and receive annualized interest rewards distributed in the form of DOS, with a combined APR of up to 8%.In addition, from August 26 to September 2, VIP users who meet the average ETH financial holding requirements for the past 7 days can subscribe to the corresponding ETH Simple Earn Coin product and receive annualized interest rewards distributed in the form of ETH, with a combined APR of up to 5.5%. No registration is required for the activity, and eligibility will be automatically verified by the system. Specific parameters are subject to the display on the activity page.

GMGN data shows that the Meme coin 67COIN on the Solana chain experienced a rapid increase, with a market cap surpassing 3 million USD, currently reported at about 3.1 million USD, with an intraday increase of over 99 times.According to market news, the prices of Meme coins are highly volatile, and most lack practical use cases. Please pay attention to asset protection and avoid FOMO.

According to Bank of America’s global fund manager survey in August, 27% of the surveyed fund managers have a higher allocation to U.S. stocks than the weight of U.S. stocks in the global benchmark index, indicating that investors expect better performance from U.S. stocks.This is the highest percentage since December 2024, an increase of 3 percentage points from July. The S&P 500 index has risen 13% this year, while the STOXX Europe 600 index has increased by 10%.

Xiaomi Group released its Q2 2026 financial report, with revenue of 108.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 6.1%, and a quarter-on-quarter increase of 9.9%; adjusted net profit was 6.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 42.6%, and a quarter-on-quarter increase of 2.4%. The revenue from the Mobile × AIoT segment was 84 billion yuan, with a gross margin of 20.0%; the revenue from the smart electric vehicle and AI innovation business segment was 24.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.1%, with a gross margin of 19.2%, and this segment incurred an operating loss of 2.6 billion yuan.Smartphone shipments reached 31.2 million units, maintaining a top-three global ranking for 24 consecutive quarters, with ASP increasing by 25.9% year-on-year to a historic high of 1,351 yuan. Revenue from IoT and lifestyle consumer products was 31.3 billion yuan, and internet service revenue was 9 billion yuan, with a gross margin of 76.8%. The AIoT platform has connected devices totaling 1.161 billion, a year-on-year increase of 17.4%, with the Mi Home APP having 124 million monthly active users and Xiao Ai having 175 million monthly active users.The automotive business delivered 104,200 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 28.2%, with cumulative deliveries of the SU7 series exceeding 500,000 units. R&D expenditure was 9.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.9%, with R&D personnel accounting for 47.2%. The Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 base model ranked first in weekly usage on the OpenRouter platform. The group has accumulated over 47,000 global patents. Since 2026, the stock repurchase amount has been approximately 11.7 billion Hong Kong dollars.