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Cointelegraph reported that Goldman Sachs is the largest known holder of the spot Solana ETF, with an exposure of approximately $88.1 million according to the 13F filing.

According to Politico, four informed sources revealed that U.S. House Speaker Johnson plans to meet with Republican super donor Elon Musk in Texas on Friday. This meeting comes as Johnson is campaigning for Republican candidates across Texas ahead of the midterm elections. It is also the latest sign that Republican leaders hope Musk will contribute significantly to help the party maintain control of Congress.Sources indicated that Musk's schedule is subject to change, and the meeting may be adjusted at the last minute. Reports suggest that the tech billionaire is considering investing at least $100 million through his super PAC "Americapac" for the Republican Party in this year's midterm elections, but it remains unclear where those funds will ultimately go. Two of the aforementioned informed sources disclosed that some Republicans believe Musk is considering directing part of the funds to key battleground districts for House Republicans.

According to Cointelegraph, the California Senate passed Assembly Bill 2409 (AB 2409) with a vote of 40 to 0, followed by the California Assembly agreeing to the Senate amendments with a vote of 78 to 0. The bill has now entered the signing stage, awaiting the governor's decision.The bill will prohibit digital asset service providers from offering meme coins issued or co-issued by federal officials or state and local officials to California residents after January 1, 2027. The bill defines meme coins as digital assets whose value primarily derives from public interest, speculation, or community participation.Meanwhile, according to consumer rights organization Public Citizen, investors in the TRUMP meme coin related to former President Trump have incurred a cumulative loss of approximately $3.2 billion. The Trump family's cryptocurrency business is also considered an obstacle to the advancement of the U.S. Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act).

According to Bitcoin.com News, the "Meme Coin" regulatory bill in California has been passed by the state Assembly and Senate. The bill prohibits public officials and employees from issuing Meme Coins and bans the launch of such tokens aimed at California residents starting January 1, 2027. The AB 2409 bill has now been sent to the governor for signing.

Market news: Anthropic plans to release its IPO prospectus after Labor Day (September 7) in the United States, and may go public in late September or early October.

According to Bloomberg, the new regulations on cryptocurrency asset financing proposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this month aim to restart the ICO financing model. The proposal allows startups to raise up to $5 million within four years and large projects to raise up to $75 million annually without full SEC registration.However, the market environment has fundamentally changed: in January 2018, ICO financing reached $3 billion, but now VC token trading volumes have significantly declined, and speculative funds have shifted to perpetual contracts, prediction markets, and AI stocks. Dragonfly partner Tom Schmidt stated, "Having something is better than having nothing, but it would have been more useful if launched a few years ago." Pantera Capital partner Cosmo Jiang pointed out, "Previously, meme coins that were legal but had actual value were illegal, which is completely contrary to the way capitalism operates." Analysts believe, "The ICO of 2026 is not the ICO of 2018; the era when white papers and dreams could attract capital has ended."

According to the latest stock spot exchange ranking released by RootData, Bitget's 24h public order book transaction volume is approximately $41.3151 million, with an increase of 22.84%, the largest increase among the top three, and a market share of 9.14%, up 1.25%. Binance's 24h public order book transaction volume is approximately $165 million, with an increase of 13.59%, a market share of 36.54%, and an increase of 2.41%.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang hinted that OpenAI and Anthropic will go public soon.

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform that Strive Asset Management purchased 1,110 bitcoins for approximately $81.5 million, increasing its bitcoin holdings to 21,356 bitcoins. Based on a bitcoin price of about $80,000, the holdings are valued at approximately $1.7 billion, making it the seventh largest company by bitcoin reserves among publicly traded companies.According to documents submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Strive completed the purchase between August 17 and 21, with an average purchase price of $73,409 per bitcoin, including fees and related expenses. This purchase increased its bitcoin holdings by approximately 5.5% from the previous 20,246 bitcoins.Strive raised funds through the issuance of ASST common stock and SATA preferred stock to execute its bitcoin reserve strategy. During the same period, its Class A shares increased by approximately 3.65 million shares, reaching 79.89 million shares, and it issued 441,313 shares of SATA preferred stock. Due to the increase in the number of shares, Strive's total bitcoin holdings grew by approximately 5.5%, but the bitcoin holdings per fully diluted share only increased by about 1.4%.Strive CEO Matt Cole posted on the X platform that the company added 1,110 bitcoins at an average cost of $73,409 per bitcoin, bringing the total holdings to 21,356 bitcoins.Previously, in August, Strive purchased 147 bitcoins at an average price of over $64,800 per bitcoin, and subsequently purchased 79 bitcoins at an average price of $63,231 per bitcoin, totaling 226 bitcoins. In June, Strive purchased 2,500 bitcoins for $185.2 million, increasing its holdings to 19,000 bitcoins.As of August 21, Strive's cash and cash equivalents increased from approximately $154.8 million to $171.9 million. The price of SATA preferred stock is approximately $100, and the annualized dividend yield was raised to 13% in April.

Changxin Technology announced that the overallotment option for its initial public offering and listing on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board has been fully exercised, corresponding to an additional issuance of 1.003 billion shares, increasing the total share capital to 67.884 billion shares.Since the stock price during the exercise period was higher than the issue price of 8.66 yuan per share, China International Capital Corporation, as the authorized joint lead underwriter for this issuance, did not use the funds obtained from the overallotment to buy back the issued shares from the secondary market through competitive trading.

According to a report by Reuters, after the Chinese robot manufacturer Unitree was listed on the Shanghai Star Market, its stock price has cumulatively dropped about 45% from the peak on its first day of trading. The market value once soared to $66 billion before retreating by about $30 billion, raising concerns about bubble risks, retail investor losses, and the IPO mechanism. On its first day of listing, it closed up 460%, far exceeding the average first-day increase of 226% for new stocks in China over the past three years, and then fell for three consecutive days, with the stock price stabilizing somewhat on Tuesday.Unitree is one of the world's leading manufacturers of quadruped and humanoid robots, capable of performing actions such as running, dancing, and martial arts, but broader commercialization remains limited, competing with companies like Tesla and Boston Dynamics. The prospectus shows that the adjusted net profit for the first quarter of 2026 decreased by 53% year-on-year to 40 million yuan, and there are also signs of profit slowing in the first half of the year. The company was listed through a fast-track process on the Star Market, which may set a precedent for other domestic peers.Analysts point out that investors are driven by the "technology revolution narrative," and the first-day performance reflects market sentiment. The discrepancy between IPO pricing and opening price indicates that at least one party is misaligned; there are also views that the rise is more due to motives for raising prices for unloading, with short selling being restricted and retail investors exacerbating volatility. Some institutions believe that robot companies have high R&D investments and that orders have not yet been realized on a large scale, making it inappropriate to focus solely on short-term profits, similar to the early electric vehicle industry.

According to Cointelegraph, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Thailand has advanced its regulatory framework for locally listed spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs from a principled proposal to the rule draft stage and is publicly soliciting opinions on this. The regulatory agency released two consultation documents on Monday, one containing the rule draft for Thailand's crypto ETFs, and the other proposing qualification principles for foreign digital asset custodians.In the initial phase, asset management companies can establish passive ETFs that track Bitcoin or Ethereum, which are the only qualified crypto assets. According to the proposed rules, Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs will only trade on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), with each ETF tracking a single crypto asset and required to maintain at least 80% net asset exposure to that asset within each accounting year. Mutual funds and private funds can also invest in Thailand's local crypto ETFs, as well as the foreign crypto ETFs they are permitted to invest in, but must comply with existing investment limits. However, in the initial phase, the regulatory agency does not allow alternative products linked to foreign crypto ETFs, including depositary receipts that track them.Regarding custody, the revised plan still primarily relies on domestic digital asset custodians as the main service providers in the initial phase, and the Thai SEC may allow the use of qualified foreign digital asset custodians when necessary. Foreign custodians must be supervised by a regulatory agency with legal authority and meet the regulatory and investor asset protection standards deemed sufficient by the Thai SEC. The deadline for public opinion collection on the two consultation documents is September 20.

Gannon Ken Van Dyke is an American soldier accused of using non-public information to trade event contracts related to the ousting of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on the prediction market platform Polymarket, profiting over $400,000. U.S. authorities charged him with fraud in April. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) had previously filed a civil lawsuit against Van Dyke, but a federal judge has ruled to postpone the proceedings until the outcome of the criminal case is determined.The CFTC has applied to submit an amicus brief to express opinions on whether the event contracts fall under its regulatory scope as "swaps." Van Dyke's attorney filed documents on Monday with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York opposing the CFTC's intervention in the criminal case, stating that the agency should face its own case directly. Van Dyke has pleaded not guilty to all charges, and the criminal trial may begin as early as late 2026 or early 2027.

On-chain detective ZachXBT stated that after reviewing relevant evidence, he found that two American investment platforms, BitcoinIRA and iTrustCapital, allegedly experienced data breaches this year, but neither seems to have publicly disclosed it yet. The leaked information reportedly includes personal details, portfolio, bank and custody account information, verification status, and more.He cited an example where the attacker "Tiffany" targeted a BitcoinIRA user using the relevant database in June this year and stole over $1.2 million. ZachXBT indicated that he contacted both companies for comments on August 21, but had not received a response by the time of publication.

According to Security Affairs, Ransomnews researchers have recorded a large-scale Stripe merchant API key leak incident, with keys exposed in public code repositories, GitHub Actions logs, and misconfigured web servers, identifying over 50,000 unique keys in total. Sample tests show that a significant portion is still active, allowing attackers to commit fraud within hours.The report states that on August 18, 2026, a data trading forum released a dataset containing valid Stripe API keys for 659 merchant accounts and approximately 35 GB of customer and payment data. Ransomnews has conducted offline analysis and reported it to Stripe before publication. Stripe itself was not breached; the keys belong to the merchants. Researchers were able to access merchant customer lists, create fraudulent payment links, and complete a $1 test charge within 17 hours after discovering valid keys.Valid keys can list customers and stored payment methods, create charges and payment intents, initiate refunds to attacker-controlled accounts, modify webhook endpoints to intercept payment notifications, and access associated accounts when Stripe Connect is enabled. The main sources of the leak include hardcoded keys in GitHub repositories and unignored .env files, unmasked environment variables in GitHub Actions build logs, and about 12% of over 3,000 misconfigured servers containing usable keys.

Zhao Changpeng posted on the X platform stating that Giggle's second-largest anonymous donor is its previous "public address," thanking everyone who contributed to this.CZ previously stated that the BNB in the "public address" and the "Binance People" tokens purchased with BNB will be donated to Giggle Academy. After that, this address will stop being used and will be turned into a burn address to avoid the community overinterpreting the operations of the public address.

The head of Galaxy Research posted on platform X stating that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed the Regulation Crypto Assets, abbreviated as Reg Crypto. This proposal aims to establish a legal pathway for the issuance of certain tokens to the U.S. public and to set up a mechanism for terminating investment contracts. The scope is limited to crypto assets that are not themselves securities but have been issued or sold as part of an investment contract; tokenized stocks, bonds, and arrangements that bundle tokens with equity or other securities are not included in the framework.The proposal sets four stages: financing, disclosure, construction, and exit. A one-time startup exemption allows issuers to raise up to $5 million over a maximum of four years; a higher exemption limit set by Regulation A allows for raising $20 million or $75 million within 12 months.Related financing must undergo qualification review by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and continuous disclosure, with the investment cap for unaccredited investors being the greater of 10% of their annual income or net worth. Issuers must also disclose the token supply and release plan, minting and burning mechanisms, governance and smart contract permissions, source code, as well as project construction commitments and progress.When the issuer completes or permanently ceases relevant construction obligations, makes no new construction commitments, and submits a transition report, the related investment contracts will be deemed terminated, and the crypto assets will no longer be subject to securities laws under that investment contract. Issuers that do not use the above financing exemptions can also utilize this safe harbor. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission estimates that approximately 475 issuers will use the investment contract safe harbor each year, with about 130 issuers utilizing the two new exemptions. Qualified issuances may not be considered restricted securities and can be resold immediately without contractual restrictions.The proposal will also exclude initial offerings and certain secondary transactions within its scope from state registration and qualification requirements, but it does not involve exchanges, brokers, dealers, custodians, nor is it an independent innovation exemption for tokenized securities and on-chain transactions. The comment period is 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins and Commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda have all issued supportive statements.

On August 18, 2026, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) aimed at clarifying how the current definition of "cash equivalents" applies to certain digital assets, such as stablecoins, and enhancing the transparency of disclosures regarding important components of cash equivalents. Stakeholders are encouraged to submit comments by November 19, 2026.In the 2025 FASB agenda consultation project and other feedback, stakeholders pointed out that there is uncertainty regarding whether certain digital assets, including stablecoins, meet the definition of cash equivalents under current Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), leading to differences in practical treatment. The proposed ASU will provide illustrative examples to promote a more consistent application of this definition and enhance comparability among entities choosing to report qualifying digital assets as cash equivalents, but it will not change the current definition of "cash equivalents."At the same time, the proposed rules require all entities reporting assets as cash equivalents, regardless of whether they include digital assets, to enhance disclosures regarding the important components of cash equivalents and related amounts, so that investors and other financial statement users can obtain more transparent information. The relevant proposed ASU and methods for submitting comments can be found on the FASB website.