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Market news shows that OpenAI claims its JALAPENO chip surpasses NVIDIA's GB300 in both speed and power consumption.

According to Bloomberg, the Taiwanese research institution TeamT5 stated that the scale of cyberattacks linked to China has significantly increased after incorporating DeepSeek and other open-source AI models into their operations. Since they began delegating daily tasks to AI and using it to develop more advanced malware, the number of attacks carried out by the relevant organizations has more than doubled.Researchers noted that it is not always possible to accurately identify the specific AI models used by attackers, but products related to DeepSeek are popular among hacker groups in the country due to their high performance and ease of customization. The report indicates that experienced attackers are leveraging relatively limited AI tools to scale up their operations and achieve breakthroughs, highlighting the attackers' ability to use basic AI tools to target overseas objectives.

U.S. President Trump stated that the United States urgently needs aluminum, most of which comes from Canada. Trump plans to build an aluminum plant in Oklahoma to address the escalating U.S.-Canada trade dispute and the 50% metal tariff controversy.More than half of the aluminum consumed in the United States each year is produced in Canada. The two sides were close to reaching an agreement to halve the aluminum tariff, but it faced opposition from the U.S. steel and aluminum industries.

The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council stated that Tehran will not yield to U.S. economic pressure, and the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until Washington fulfills its commitments.

Tushar Jain, co-founder of Multicoin Capital, stated that despite the significant rise in BTC, STRC has not re-pegged due to its low dividend levels. STRC was promoted as a fixed income product but has experienced a significant drawdown of about 30%.Tushar Jain pointed out that if investors need to bear such a level of drawdown risk, the yield of STRC must be significantly increased to provide adequate compensation for the aforementioned risk.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, Ethena transferred 170 million ENA to FalconX, worth 14.09 million USD; just now, Ethena retrieved this 170 million ENA from FalconX, worth 23.68 million USD.The value of the aforementioned tokens increased by 9.59 million USD within 3 days, an increase of 68%.

First Digital CEO Vincent Chok tweeted in response to Sun Yuchen's comments about FDUSD in a post related to the WLFI lawsuit, stating that the content is false. Especially since no evidence has been presented in court by Sun Yuchen in the 16 months since the relevant accusations were made.Previously, First Digital filed a defamation lawsuit against Sun Yuchen in Hong Kong in April 2025, and the case is still under review.

Sun Yuchen stated that his lawyer recently appeared in federal court in California to oppose World Liberty Financial (@worldlibertyfi)'s request to force the dispute into confidential arbitration and seal documents. The court ruled that all of Sun Yuchen's personal claims will continue to be heard in open court; at the same time, it rejected the suggestion to submit all company-related claims to arbitration and required both parties to negotiate which claims will remain in court and which will go to arbitration. Sun Yuchen called this a significant victory, emphasizing that token holders have the right to know how the project treats its trusters.Sun Yuchen stated that as one of the earliest and largest investors in World Liberty, he invested $45 million to obtain $WLFI tokens. The lawsuit alleges that after this investment helped raise approximately $550 million in token sales, the project secretly embedded a backdoor in the smart contract that could unilaterally freeze, restrict, or destroy token holders' tokens, and based on this, illegally seized his tokens, even threatening him with criminal reports during his rights protection efforts. The lawsuit claims damages amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars. He has previously obtained a court injunction prohibiting the other party from destroying or disposing of his tokens.Sun Yuchen also stated that World Liberty similarly embedded backdoor capabilities in its USD1 stablecoin and mentioned that the project had pledged a large amount of $WLFI tokens as collateral in Dolomite lending, as well as public information regarding co-founder past lawsuits related to Dough Finance, expressing concerns about the project's solvency and transparency, urging investors to conduct their own due diligence and remain cautious. The above content is all his unilateral statements and accusations.

For the week ending August 15, the number of initial unemployment claims in the United States was 206,000, lower than the expected 210,000, and the previous value was revised from 209,000 to 212,000.

For the week ending August 8, the number of people continuing to claim unemployment benefits in the United States was 1.799 million, higher than the expected 1.79 million, and the previous value was revised from 1.777 million to 1.781 million.

U.S. President Trump stated that the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) may surpass that of the internet and anything humanity has ever seen, calling for enhanced regulation while avoiding restrictions on the development of the AI industry. Trump claimed that the U.S. currently leads the world in the field of AI, and the government should promote the construction of AI infrastructure, including accelerating the development of data centers and supporting power facilities.He noted that AI companies are building new power generation facilities to supply data centers rather than relying on outdated power grids. Trump also urged state governments and local officials to support AI data center projects, believing they will bring a large number of jobs, tax revenue, and investment. However, he also acknowledged that the AI industry faces public image pressure, as some regions are opposing due to the electricity consumption, water resource usage, and environmental impact caused by data centers.

According to Axios, payment giant Stripe stated in a letter to investors that January 1 marks "the beginning of a singularity," viewing it as a significant turning point in a long-term trend, and believes that maintaining a private structure is best suited for this critical moment, with the IPO likely to remain on hold. The company reported a 41% year-on-year revenue growth in the first half of the year and a 43% increase in free cash flow; 88% of the companies in Forbes AI 50 (including OpenAI and Anthropic) are building on its platform, with revenue from AI and crypto companies more than doubling year-on-year.Stripe also confirmed the acquisition of the AI routing platform OpenRouter, with the transaction amount not publicly disclosed; Axios learned that the amount exceeds $8 billion and is primarily paid in stock. Stripe stated that remaining private helps advance mergers and acquisitions and long-term investments without diluting shareholders, with its equity count now lower than three years ago, and a compound annual return of about 31% since the D round. The company stated that the total payment volume on its platform is expected to reach $1.9 trillion by 2025, a year-on-year growth of 34%; in February this year, the employee stock purchase valuation was approximately $159 billion. There are also reports that Stripe is in discussions with Advent International to acquire PayPal for about $53 billion.

The attention economy platform Kaito AI launched the browser extension Kaito Pulse on August 18, which can directly integrate users' public holdings and other off-chain activities on platforms like Polymarket and Hyperliquid into the X timeline, and synchronously introduce the attention metric Aura to measure the attention signals generated by users' statements and actual behaviors. Users can accumulate Aura by installing the extension, using Yaps to receive initial Aura, verifying transactions, or engaging in creator activities.Subsequently, well-known analyst @0x_ultra released a source code analysis stating that the extension has multiple data collection behaviors, including generating a unique device fingerprint through GPU rendering, device model, and audio tests, and associating it with the X account; recording user behaviors such as scrolling duration, clicks, searches, bookmarks, etc., during X sessions, and sending heartbeat packets every 30 seconds; reading subscription plans and usage for ChatGPT and Claude during verification, as well as wallet balances, holdings, profits and losses, and deposit/withdrawal records on platforms like Binance. The extension only allows communication with the Kaito domain, and the ZKTLS part is based on the open-source project Primus branch. Kaito officials have not yet responded to this.

According to The Information, Google (GOOG.O) stated that its AI can perform some tasks of frontline deployment engineers.

BitMart founder Sheldon stated that regarding the public accountability statement released by a BitMart employee through the official Twitter account, he has completed the collection of evidence related to the content and claims that the information is all false. Sheldon indicated that he will report to the police during the day in the United States and send a lawyer's letter to the X platform, requesting technical and data evidence collection regarding the relevant content. Sheldon also stated that employee assets do not take precedence over customer assets, and everyone is a customer, with no privileges existing. Previously, BitMart employees publicly questioned the whereabouts of platform assets and related handling situations. Sheldon had previously stated that he would respond to the whereabouts of platform assets by the 19th.Blockchain investigator ZachXBT posted on the X platform questioning the BitMart exchange. In response to the relevant account, he stated that if BitMart indeed has sufficient liquidity, it should directly return the funds to all users instead of issuing vague statements. ZachXBT pointed out that BitMart's related actions have caused real users to be unable to use their funds normally, and there is insufficient transparency. This statement has raised market concerns about the safety of the exchange's funds and operational transparency.

The number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending August 8 was 209,000, the highest since the week of July 11, with an expectation of 202,000, and the previous value revised from 199,000 to 200,000.The number of continuing jobless claims in the United States for the week ending August 1 was 1.777 million, lower than the expected 1.795 million, and the previous value revised from 1.801 million to 1.799 million.

The number of initial jobless claims in the U.S. for the week ending August 8, as well as the July PPI month-on-month and year-on-year rates, will be announced in ten minutes.

Iran's state television quoted a spokesman for the Iranian Joint Military Command as saying that Iran has fully controlled the Strait of Hormuz.

Software company Strategy holds nearly 850,000 bitcoins, valued at just over $50 billion, with some recent purchases financed through debt and stock issuance. Michael Saylor's wealth has fluctuated with the price of bitcoin since he shifted the company to a bitcoin accumulation business in 2020. Michael Saylor stated that last year, with the help of an AI chatbot, he earned $15 billion through the company's issued bitcoin-backed preferred stock.The annual dividend yield of STRC issued by Strategy is 12%, and the recent price has rebounded to nearly $100, having dropped to about $75 in late June. Over the past year, the value of Strategy's common stock has decreased by about 80% alongside the price of bitcoin. The company recently sold some bitcoins to manage debt and dividend commitments and has established a $4 billion cash reserve to provide about two years of funding support for future financing. Michael Saylor also mentioned that last May, he used ChatGPT to conduct in-depth research to design the company's convertible preferred stock product.