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The SEMICON Taiwan 2026 Memory Summit took place on the 1st, where Nikhil Cherian, Senior Director of Supply Chain Infrastructure at Google Cloud under Alphabet, pointed out that with the popularity of multimodal and mixed expert architectures, AI computation has shifted from being power-limited to memory-limited, with high-performance memory accounting for over 75% of the cost of AI server hardware bill of materials. In the face of capacity, bandwidth, and power consumption bottlenecks, Google is breaking through the AI memory bottleneck through a dual-track strategy of hardware offloading for inference and training, and lossless quantization software algorithms.Google adopts an offloading strategy in hardware architecture, launching TPU 8i for low-latency inference and TPU 8t specialized for large-scale training. The TPU 8i is equipped with 288 GB of high-bandwidth memory, with SRAM capacity on the chip increased threefold to 384 MiB, placing dynamic conversation states and key-value caches on the chip itself to achieve zero chip-off latency. The TPU 8t forms a super-large computing cluster with 9600 chips, achieving a shared pool of HBM at a scale of 2 PB, eliminating chip-off data transfer bottlenecks, along with TPU Direct Storage technology.Google has developed the training-free TurboQuant lossless quantization algorithm, compressing the key-value cache of large models from 32 bits to 3 bits, reducing memory usage by six times without loss of accuracy, resulting in an eightfold acceleration in attention computation, and integrating old-generation DRAM technology to extend the lifecycle of components.

Bitfinex Securities is a tokenized investment platform under the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, which has launched 5 types of tokenized notes, providing economic exposure to Bitcoin reserve companies such as Strategy, Metaplanet, H100 Group, and Capital B for eligible investors. The platform has also launched the Strategy floating rate perpetual preferred stock STRC.The aforementioned notes are issued through the Luxembourg ORO (II) Fund, managed by SICOS Securities, with the underlying securities held in custody by regulated financial institutions, but do not grant investors direct ownership of shares in the corresponding companies. Products can be invested in fractions starting from about $1 and support trading in USD, USDT, and Bitcoin, available only to eligible non-U.S. investors. Bitfinex Securities stated that this is the first time related products have been traded in the secondary market on a regulated tokenized securities exchange. After completing a $50 million tokenized financing for the metal company Alkemya in August this year, the platform has listed assets exceeding $500 million.

Bitcoin holding company Strategy has spent a total of $635.2 million to repurchase its STRC perpetual preferred shares, with the latest transaction amounting to $151.8 million at an average price of $97.48. Despite the ongoing expansion of the repurchase scale, STRC is currently priced at $97.34, below its par value of $100. The company's previously launched $1 billion repurchase authorization has pushed STRC from a low of about $71 to around $97.Part of the pressure on STRC comes from competition with Strive's ASST perpetual preferred shares. ASST offers a 13% annual dividend paid daily, while STRC has a dividend yield of 12%, paid bi-monthly. ASST has maintained a price close to its par value of $100 for over a week, allowing Strive to issue additional shares through at-the-market (ATM) offerings, with the proceeds used to purchase 1,800 bitcoins over the past week.The performance of the common stocks of both companies has also diverged, with ASST rising 60% this year, while MSTR has fallen 15%. Additionally, Strategy purchased bitcoin for the first time in two months, buying 4,603 bitcoins last week at an average price of about $80,000, increasing its total holdings to 845,050 bitcoins (approximately $65.9 billion).

Greeks.live researcher Adam stated: "I see some people discussing the Strategy to restart buying coins. This short-term stimulus does not affect the long-term trend, and the Strategy is also a big trap. BTC now has no possibility of market manipulation, and no one can predict the trend. It can only be said that after the Strategy has floating profits, there is more room to buy coins. Looking at the long term, the overall ETF is still flowing out, and it is very difficult to stabilize at $80,000, with significant selling pressure.On the macro front, whether it is the Federal Reserve's hawkish remarks or the escalation of the US-Iran conflict, both are challenging the already fragile investors. The short-term volatility is decreasing rapidly, and it is difficult to support a bull market with just one bullish candle. I hope that after a slight correction, it can reach above $85,000; otherwise, arbitrageurs and sellers will create significant selling pressure. The Gex at the end of the month is gathering, and we need to maintain this momentum."

Bitget GetAgent Playbook officially launches the intelligent grid strategy. After users select the trading type, strategy style, and investment amount, the AI system automatically generates grid intervals, grid quantities, leverage, and take profit/stop loss parameters based on real-time market conditions.Unlike traditional single-coin grids, the intelligent grid can automatically rotate between multiple assets according to market conditions, reassessing the market every 4 hours and dynamically adjusting strategies, with risk checks executed every 15 minutes; if there are no suitable targets, the system will remain in cash.The GetAgent Playbook was launched in June this year. Bitget has covered AI-driven market analysis, strategy building, trade execution, and risk management through products like GetAgent, GetClaw, and Agent Hub. Data shows that over 1 million users have used AI trading through GetAgent and GetClaw, with a cumulative trading volume exceeding 1.2 billion dollars.

According to BBX data, last week, publicly listed companies in the U.S. disclosed their latest real accounts regarding digital asset treasury allocation and leverage increases, with the core dynamics as follows:Strategy (NASDAQ: $MSTR) invested $369.7 million to increase its holdings by 4,603 BTC: According to the latest 8-K filing submitted by Strategy, the company purchased 4,603 bitcoins between August 24 and 30, 2026, at an average price of approximately $80,318. The funds for this purchase came from its stock ATM program (during the same period, 4.5314 million shares of MSTR common stock were sold, raising approximately $602.8 million). Of the raised funds, $151.8 million was used to repurchase 1.5572 million shares of STRC preferred stock, and $50.7 million was used for dividend payments. As of August 30, Strategy's cumulative holdings reached 845,050 BTC (total cost approximately $63.73 billion, average price approximately $75,412).Strive increased its holdings by 1,800 bitcoins, with total holdings surpassing 23,000: According to the 8-K filing submitted by Strive to the SEC, the company purchased 1,800 bitcoins between August 24 and 28 at an average price of approximately $79,431. As of August 28, Strive's total bitcoin holdings increased to 23,156 BTC. In addition, its balance sheet also holds 505,000 shares of Strategy STRC preferred stock (fair value approximately $49.15 million) and about $183.5 million in cash.BitMine has increased its holdings for 65 consecutive weeks, with Ethereum holdings soaring to 5.9 million: Nasdaq-listed company BitMine disclosed that it increased its holdings by another 53,501 Ethereum last week, achieving a remarkable 65 consecutive weeks of increases. As of August 30, its total Ethereum holdings reached 5,901,112 ETH (approximately 4.9% of the total supply on the network). Currently, the total value of the company's crypto assets and various investments is as high as $15.6 billion, with the number of staked Ethereum remaining at 5,067,309 (accounting for 86% of total holdings), corresponding to a value of approximately $12.7 billion, and the current annualized staking yield is approximately $335 million.

Bitcoin holding company Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has written to MSCI opposing its proposal to exclude "non-operating companies" from the global investable market index, stating that the proposal is "misleading and flawed." Strategy founder Michael Saylor and CEO Phong Le expressed in the letter that MSCI's proposal discriminates against digital asset companies and questioned its fairness and reliability as an index provider.Earlier this month, MSCI announced that it is consulting on the definition of "non-operating companies" and plans to exclude such companies from its global investable market index. Strategy pointed out that this is the second time MSCI has proposed a similar plan, as a previous proposal for 2025 was withdrawn. Strategy emphasized that it is an operating company, employing approximately 1,500 people globally, and reports its Bitcoin business as an operating segment, with Bitcoin gains and losses reported as operating expenses.Strategy is currently the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, holding 845,050 Bitcoins, valued at approximately $6.58 billion at current prices. MSTR closed up 4% on Monday, but has fallen 15% year-to-date.

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8:00 AM Eastern Time on August 31, 2026, the total net purchase of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) in the past week was $513 million, an increase of 529.6% compared to last week.Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) purchased 4,603 Bitcoins last week at a price of $80,318, spending approximately $370 million, bringing its total holdings to 845,050 Bitcoins, marking its first purchase in nine weeks. The Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase any Bitcoin last week, marking seven consecutive weeks without purchases.In addition, another company announced the purchase of Bitcoin last week. Asset management company Strive announced on August 31 that it spent approximately $143 million last week to purchase 1,800 Bitcoins at a price of $79,431, bringing its total holdings to approximately 23,156 Bitcoins. The French Bitcoin treasury company Capital B announced that it has raised €21 million (approximately $24.5 million) from investors and institutions, including Adam Back, for the purpose of purchasing Bitcoin.As of the time of publication, the total amount of Bitcoin held by the listed companies included in the statistics (excluding mining companies) is 1,147,229 Bitcoins, an increase of 0.6% compared to last week, with a current market value of approximately $89.6 billion, accounting for 5.7% of Bitcoin's circulating market value.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, last week two major crypto treasury companies completed a new round of accumulation operations:Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) sold 600 million dollars worth of stock last week and purchased 4,603 BTC (approximately 370 million dollars) at an average price of about 80,318 dollars. They currently hold a total of 845,050 BTC, with an average cost of 75,412 dollars, and a current unrealized profit of about 2.542 billion dollars (+4%).Bitmine purchased 53,501 ETH (approximately 132 million dollars) last week at an average price of about 2,464 dollars. They currently hold a total of 5,901,112 ETH, with an average cost of 3,351 dollars, and a current unrealized loss of about 5.293 billion dollars (-26.7%).

According to the 8-K document submitted by Strategy to the SEC, the company purchased 4,603 bitcoins at an average price of approximately $80,318 from August 24 to 30, 2026, totaling about $369.7 million, with funding sourced from the MSTR stock ATM program.During the same period, the company sold 4,531,400 shares of MSTR common stock through the ATM program, raising approximately $602.8 million, of which $369.7 million was used to purchase bitcoins, $151.8 million was used to repurchase STRC preferred stock, $50.7 million was used to pay STRC dividends, and $30 million was allocated to the USD Cash liquidity account; additionally, $151.8 million was used to repurchase 1,557,200 shares of STRC preferred stock, with a remaining balance of approximately $364.8 million in the preferred stock repurchase program.As of August 30, Strategy held a total of 845,050 bitcoins, with a total holding cost of approximately $63.73 billion, at an average price of about $75,412. The USD Reserve balance was $5.1 billion, and the USD Cash balance was $1.61 billion, both remaining relatively stable compared to last week.

As Bitcoin's price rose to about $79,007 on Sunday, the 840,447 Bitcoins held by Michael Saylor's Strategy had a total value of approximately $6.64 billion, about 4.4% higher than its average purchase cost of $75,653, resulting in an unrealized gain of over $2.8 billion. Saylor posted a chart of his holdings on the X platform with the caption "We're Back," sparking speculation in the market about a possible resumption of buying.Strategy typically discloses its weekly Bitcoin purchases on Monday mornings, and the company has not increased its holdings for about two months. Recently, Strategy raised $334 million by selling MSTR stock without touching its Bitcoin holdings and sold a small amount of Bitcoin to pay preferred stock dividends and buybacks, indicating a shift in capital management strategy. Bitcoin fell to $76,877 last Friday due to comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Waller about inflation cooling less than expected, but it remains far below the historical high of about $126,000 in October.

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes stated that Bitcoin has been hovering around $80,000 for most of this week, which may cause Strategy's Bitcoin strategy to lose its operational basis. Strategy currently holds 840,447 Bitcoins and needs to pay approximately $1.5 billion in dividends for STRK and STRC each year.The enterprise value mNAV of digital asset treasury company Strategy is approximately 1.01 times, with the underlying mNAV and diluted mNAV being approximately 0.73 times and 0.74 times, respectively, as of August 27, which is close to the book value of its held Bitcoins. Arthur Hayes pointed out that Michael Saylor can choose to issue new shares, directly sell Bitcoins, or cut preferred stock dividends. The dividend yield for STRK is 8%, while the dividend yield for STRC is between 10% and 11.5%.

Famous gold bull and Bitcoin bear Peter Schiff posted that he is skeptical about today's sharp rise in MSTR, which he believes is primarily driven by short covering, and reiterated his "death spiral" argument.Even though Bitcoin's temporary rebound has slightly extended the survival period of Strategy, his long-term bearish stance remains unchanged.

AI education company Genius Group, listed on the NYSE, announced a new plan to build dual vaults for AI and Bitcoin, aiming for total assets of $2 billion. The company previously liquidated all its Bitcoin in April this year to repay $8.5 million in debt.Genius Group first adopted a "Bitcoin-first" strategy at the end of 2024, with holdings peaking at 440 BTC, but due to a court injunction preventing financing, it was forced to reduce its holdings multiple times, leaving only about 84 BTC by February 2026. The company now plans to utilize a $1.2 billion SEC registration limit to issue perpetual preferred securities, with an initial fundraising target of $12.5 million. The funds will be allocated to the AI vault, Bitcoin vault, and cash reserves.This plan emulates the financing model of Strategy, which has raised over $16 billion through perpetual preferred shares for Bitcoin holdings. Genius Group stated that the excess returns generated from preferred capital will directly enhance the net asset value of common shareholders.

According to BitcoinTreasuries.NET, the stock price of Strategy (MSTR) has broken through $128 for the first time in over ten weeks. Based on the current Bitcoin price, the unrealized profit from the Bitcoin held by Strategy has reached $4 billion.

X account bitcoinarchive states that VanEck indicates all 12 quantitative signals show that the Bitcoin bear market has ended.VanEck also points out, "Saylor's strategy sell-off looks like a typical newspaper headline bottom."

Wall Street research firm Bernstein predicts that Bitcoin will return to $125,000 by the end of 2026 and reach a cycle peak of $300,000 by 2029, with a bullish scenario potentially reaching $500,000. The firm also maintains a long-term target price of approximately $1 million for 2033.Bernstein's analysis is based on historical cycles driven by Bitcoin's halving events, which occur approximately every four years. Each cycle is divided into four stages: breakout, hype, pullback, and accumulation, and potential prices are estimated by comparing Bitcoin prices with marginal production costs. Analysts assume that the price-to-marginal cost multiple will perform similarly to previous cycles.Bernstein also expects that the Bitcoin recovery will improve the outlook for Strategy, the world's largest corporate Bitcoin holder, maintaining its "outperform" rating but lowering the MSTR target price from $450 to $350 due to accelerated equity dilution and updated Bitcoin cycle outlook. Strategy currently holds 840,447 Bitcoins, accounting for about 4% of Bitcoin's maximum supply.

The dollar assets of Bitcoin Treasury Company Strategy have reached $6.69 billion, nearly equivalent to its $6.75 billion outstanding convertible bonds, with the net leverage ratio dropping to nearly zero. Driven by ongoing buybacks and the rebound of Bitcoin prices to around $80,000, its preferred stock STRC has rebounded over 35% since the low in June, currently reported at $97.23, still below the $100 par value.Executive Chairman Michael Saylor stated that USD Cash has enhanced the company's digital credit capital framework, specifically for the general purposes of Bitcoin Treasury Company, including increasing BTC holdings, paying preferred stock dividends and interest, repurchasing MSTR/preferred stock, repaying convertible bonds, and increasing dollar reserves. In May, Strategy repurchased $1.5 billion of convertible bonds maturing in 2029 to alleviate its debt burden.Competitor Strive Asset Management eliminated all debt earlier this year, and its preferred stock SATA has rebounded to the $100 par value, with shares issued last week through an ATM program. Analysts pointed out that eliminating debt will strengthen STRC's position in the capital structure, but ongoing buybacks, ample dollar liquidity, and the rebound in Bitcoin prices may provide more direct support for the preferred stock to return to par value.

Bernstein expects Bitcoin to reach a new high of $150,000 by mid-2027, followed by a peak of around $300,000 around 2029. The agency pointed out that this trend is related to the rise of the "debasement trade."At the same time, Bernstein maintains an Outperform rating on Strategy but has lowered its target price from $450 to $350, citing the updated Bitcoin cycle outlook and the accelerated equity dilution of the company.

Alloco was founded by a team with a quantitative background, and the core team has over $1 billion in institutional asset management experience. The platform packages institutional-level trading strategies into on-chain fund products, covering hedge fund strategies, thematic asset baskets, and tokenized Pre-IPO products, with the first batch of products set to launch soon.This round of funding will be used for product development, compliance framework construction, and market expansion.