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The North Korean hacker group WaterPlum disguises itself as a cryptocurrency, AI, and NFT company recruiter, deploying malware disguised as programming tasks or video conference repair files to software developers and IT professionals.The organization has infected at least 30,000 devices in over 100 countries and extracted funds or account credentials from more than 7,000 cryptocurrency wallets between December 2025 and July 2026, stealing at least $10.7 million.

According to a joint alert issued by the Japanese National Police Agency, FBI, ASD/ACSC, BND, and BfV, the North Korean-backed cyber attack organization "WaterPlum" (also known as Contagious Interview) targets job seekers by disguising itself as an AI, cryptocurrency, and NFT company to post fake job listings. This lures job seekers into downloading NPM packages containing malware such as BeaverTail, InvisibleFerret, and OtterCookie, which then steal cryptocurrency wallet information and confidential data.As of July 2026, the organization has infected over 30,000 devices in more than 100 countries and regions worldwide, stealing information from over 7,000 cryptocurrency wallets, with the wallets under its control receiving at least approximately 1.7 billion yen (about 10.71 million USD) in cryptocurrency. The Japanese National Police Agency has discovered and dismantled a "notebook farm" established by local "supporters" for the first time in the country, where North Korean IT laborers remotely control PCs within the supporters' residences to conduct business, with the related amount involved reaching several hundred million yen.The police and FBI assess that WaterPlum and some North Korean IT laborers are under the unified command of the 313 Bureau of the Ministry of Military Industry of the Workers' Party of Korea, with the profits directly flowing into North Korea's national funding pool. The police remind IT technicians and corporate issuers to remain vigilant and avoid executing third-party code in unverified environments.

NVIDIA announced that the Perplexity local proxy platform has now been launched on personal computers equipped with Windows RTX graphics cards.

According to Gate market data, the three major U.S. stock indices experienced a short-term decline during the trading session, with the S&P 500 index falling by 0.8% to a session low, the Nasdaq dropping over 1% again, and the Dow Jones down by 0.4%.

In August, Japan's corporate goods prices rose more than expected, supporting the Bank of Japan's continued interest rate hikes to curb inflation risks. Data shows that in August, corporate input prices increased by 7.6% year-on-year, higher than the expected 7.4%.Market expectations are that the Bank of Japan will raise the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 1.25% on September 18.

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) released Working Paper 1374, proposing a technical solution based on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) to verify the source and integrity of official statistical data. This solution generates cryptographic fingerprints for SDMX datasets and records the hash values of batch data on the XRPL, while the original data itself is not stored on the chain.Users can verify the identity of data publishers and whether the data has been tampered with through digital signature credentials combined with a one-time on-chain query. Prototype testing results show that data publication takes about 3 to 5 seconds, while the verification process only takes about 1 to 2 seconds. The paper specifically notes that this system is currently only in the proof-of-concept stage and has not yet been put into a formal production environment.

According to monitoring by BitcoinTreasuries.NET, Sharplink SBET obtained 586 ETH this week through staking rewards, currently holding a total of 890,376 ETH, making it the second largest ETH treasury company in the world.

Analysis indicates that China's major DRAM manufacturer CXMT's monthly wafer output has reached a peak of approximately 240,000 pieces by the end of 2025, and is expected to remain flat in 2026. Due to the tightening of U.S. export controls on advanced semiconductor equipment, especially EUV lithography machines, its capacity for expansion is limited, and substantial expansion will not occur until at least 2027, depending on the progress of the domestic equipment supply chain. According to Goldman Sachs data, CXMT's coverage of domestic DRAM demand is only about 41% in 2026 and about 50% in 2028, reflecting a structural bottleneck for many years.TrendForce data shows that traditional DRAM contract prices are expected to surge by 90%-95% quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter of 2026, followed by another increase of 58%-63% in the second quarter. Jefferies predicts that prices will continue to rise by 40%-50% and 30%-40% in the third and fourth quarters, respectively. The price increase for server DRAM is even steeper, with Samsung and SK Hynix proposing price hikes of 60%-70% to clients like Microsoft and Google in the first quarter. S&P Global expects Samsung's traditional DRAM revenue per bit to rise by 116% year-on-year to $0.79 in 2026, while Micron's ASP will increase by 54% to $1.06; Bernstein predicts that SK Hynix's DRAM gross margin could reach 92.7% in the fourth quarter of 2026.Multiple forecasts suggest that effective supply relief may not occur until the end of 2027 or even 2028.

Alibaba's video large model Wan 3 is officially launched, and Nvidia is negotiating an investment in Perplexity, which is valued at over $30 billion.Xiaomi releases the Xuan Ring O3 processor using 3 nm technology, and smart ring manufacturer Oura plans to raise up to $3 billion in an IPO.

According to The Information, Nvidia is discussing an investment in Perplexity with a valuation of over $30 billion and is considering reaching a technology licensing agreement.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, SharpLink Gaming (@Sharplink) staked 39,300 ETH again 4 hours ago, worth 91 million USD.

According to official news, Metaplanet announced that it will invest 2,100 BTC and 2.5 million USD in cash to acquire approximately 95.7% of the issued shares of Nasdaq-listed company Super League for a total investment of about 134.6 million USD. After the transaction is completed, Super League will be renamed Superplanet, becoming Metaplanet's Bitcoin treasury platform in the United States.Metaplanet currently holds 43,000 BTC.

In the second quarter 13F holdings report for 2026 (reporting period ended June 30, 2026), Bridgewater Associates, founded by Ray Dalio, disclosed a reduction of 1,359,038 shares of Micron Technology, still holding approximately 116,700 shares, with a reduction ratio of about 92%.

According to GlobeNewswire, Sharplink (Nasdaq: SBET), an Ethereum treasury company, announced that it will stake $200 million worth of ETH through Lido, the largest liquid staking protocol on Ethereum, to enhance the yield capability of the company's ETH assets. Sharplink stated that after this staking, the company will receive wrapped staked ETH (wstETH) representing the staked ETH and its yields, which will be custodied by institutional-grade digital asset custodian Anchorage Digital.This configuration will further expand Sharplink's existing ETH staking and restaking strategies. Lido is currently one of the largest liquid staking protocols on Ethereum, with approximately $16.5 billion staked on the platform. Its wstETH token has been integrated by over 100 protocols, with about $10 billion used as collateral in DeFi. While users hold wstETH, the underlying ETH continues to earn staking rewards and can be used within the Ethereum DeFi ecosystem.Sharplink CEO Joseph Chalom stated that the introduction of Lido will further enhance the production efficiency of the company's ETH assets, leveraging the composability of wstETH while maintaining institutional-grade risk management standards. This collaboration will diversify the company's treasury strategy and connect to one of the most liquid and widely used assets in the Ethereum DeFi ecosystem. Vasiliy Shapovalov, Executive Director of Lido Labs Foundation, stated that Sharplink's increased use of Ethereum's native staking protocol and DeFi ecosystem reflects support for the Ethereum application ecosystem.

According to Cointelegraph, the second-largest Ethereum treasury company SharpLink disclosed a net loss of $394 million in the second quarter of 2026, compared to a loss of $103 million in the same period last year. The losses include $321 million in unrealized cryptocurrency losses and a $76 million impairment on staked ETH.SharpLink's revenue in the second quarter was $11.5 million, with $11.1 million coming from ETH staking income; cash and cash equivalents were $56 million, up from $28 million in December 2025. SharpLink currently holds approximately 863,000 ETH, with a total value of $1.46 billion, ranking second. The company also holds 632,784 ETH and an additional 181,321 ETH through various liquid staking ETH tokens, valued at $1.2 billion and $343 million, respectively.After pausing purchases for 8 months, SharpLink resumed buying ETH in late June, initially purchasing $7.8 million worth, followed by another purchase of 10,000 ETH for approximately $16 million a few days later. The company's stock price fell 3.9% on Monday, with a cumulative decline of 30% for the year.

According to BBX data, global listed companies disclosed the following core dynamics regarding cryptocurrency asset allocation and the latest financial performance yesterday:Sweden's H100 treasury increased by 2455.4 bitcoins: The Swedish bitcoin treasury company H100 disclosed that its total bitcoin holdings have significantly increased to 3506 BTC, adding 2455.4 BTC. The official statement indicated that this large increase in holdings was due to a corporate acquisition completed in April this year (the acquisition target was NSDAS), and the newly added bitcoins were obtained directly through this merger transaction.Bitdeer released its Q2 financial report, with total revenue reaching $228.8 million: Bitcoin mining and AI infrastructure company Bitdeer (Nasdaq: BTDR) officially released its Q2 2026 financial report. The data shows that its total revenue for Q2 reached $228.8 million (a year-on-year increase of 47%); adjusted EBITDA was $31.1 million (a year-on-year increase of approximately 576%). In terms of profit, the gross loss for Q2 was $8.5 million (compared to a gross profit of $12 million in the same period last year), with a net loss of $92.28 million; as of June 30, its total cash and restricted cash amounted to approximately $496.3 million.Sharplink recorded $11.16 million in staking revenue for Q2: Ethereum treasury company Sharplink (Nasdaq: SBET) released its Q2 2026 financial report. The company's total revenue reached $11.53 million, achieving significant year-on-year growth, with the core contribution coming from $11.16 million in staking revenue. Affected by fluctuations in the cryptocurrency market, the company reported a net loss of $394.3 million (mainly consisting of a non-cash loss of $321 million in ETH and a provision for impairment of $76.09 million in Ls ETH/we ETH). The company emphasized that the above are all non-cash accounting losses and do not affect the actual ETH holdings. As of June 30, its total cryptocurrency assets were valued at approximately $1.416 billion, with a cash balance of $56.2 million.

Nasdaq-listed company Sharplink (stock code: SBET) announced its financial and operational results for the second quarter of 2026. Q2 revenue was $11.5 million, a significant year-on-year increase; net loss was $394.3 million, primarily due to an unrealized loss of $321 million in the ETH market and a write-down of $76.1 million for LsETH and weETH.As of June 30, Sharplink held approximately 886,881 ETH, with crypto assets valued at approximately $1.4 billion under U.S. GAAP. The company completed a $75 million registered direct offering on June 23, part of which was used to purchase approximately 10,000 ETH at an average price of about $1,611, and continues to repurchase shares.

According to data from the Bank of Korea, South Korea's current account surplus in June reached 49.73 billion USD, setting a monthly record for the second consecutive month, further expanding from 38.61 billion USD in May, and compared to 13.97 billion USD in the same period last year. The cumulative surplus for the first half of the year was 191.01 billion USD, the highest in history for the same period, exceeding the Bank of Korea's previous annual target of 250 billion USD by 76%. The goods trade surplus of 47.89 billion USD also set a monthly record, with exports increasing by 84.5% year-on-year to 112.37 billion USD, surpassing the 100 billion USD mark for the first time, among which chip exports soared by 196.9%, and computer peripherals grew by 282.7%.South Korea's current account has maintained a surplus for 38 consecutive months since May 2023. The services account deficit widened to 1.29 billion USD, mainly influenced by increased payments related to intellectual property; the travel account surplus was 440 million USD, the second highest since October 2008. The current account surplus for South Korea in 2025 is projected to be 123.05 billion USD, setting a historical annual record.

Nasdaq-listed company Sharplink, Inc. (stock code: SBET) and Galaxy Digital Inc. (stock code: GLXY) jointly announced the launch of the Galaxy Sharplink Onchain Yield Fund, LP. This institutional-grade fund is managed by Galaxy, with an initial committed capital of $125 million, of which $100 million comes from Sharplink's staked ETH treasury and $25 million from Galaxy.The fund will deploy capital into decentralized finance and on-chain yield strategies, marking a new model for corporate treasuries to shift from passive holding to active participation in on-chain markets. Galaxy stated that this move expands the company's asset management platform to institutional-grade on-chain strategies.