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Google announced two new quality requirements for Android applications to address the industry memory chip shortage triggered by the AI data center boom. One focus is on reducing in-app memory usage and optimizing code. Google stated that the mobile industry is facing significant hardware supply constraints, which are changing the availability of device memory and, in turn, affecting user experience.To this end, Google has set new performance thresholds in areas such as dynamic memory usage and bitmap usage, and has increased code optimization requirements to prevent app stuttering and crashes. The company will launch new tools to alert developers to optimize when applications exceed the thresholds. More diagnostic tools will be released later this year, including a Memory Limiter feature that prevents applications from excessively occupying device memory.Developers must meet the new thresholds by February 2027. Additionally, all Play Store applications must comply with the Zero Tap Sign-In requirement by April 2027, which automatically restores user login status during device migration via the Android Restore Credentials API. These changes aim to help app and game developers continue to provide high-quality experiences in a market with limited memory supply, especially targeting price-sensitive low-end devices.

Ripple's multi-asset brokerage business Ripple Prime has launched the Delta One service aimed at institutional investors, officially expanding into the U.S. equity derivatives market. This service allows clients to execute total return swaps linked to U.S. listed stocks, indices, and digital assets, and supports cross-asset margin calculations.Noel Kimmel, President of Ripple Prime, stated that this is an important step in the development of Ripple Prime and a natural extension of the platform. The service is primarily aimed at financial institutions such as hedge funds and asset management companies, allowing clients to trade around the clock through a single counterparty. Ripple Prime currently has over $1 billion in regulatory net capital.Ripple Prime was renamed after Ripple's $1.25 billion acquisition of Hidden Road completed in October 2025. In August of this year, Ripple Prime completed a $275 million private placement of senior unsecured notes, and in May, it secured $200 million in debt financing from a fund managed by Neuberger Specialty Finance to expand its institutional lending capabilities.

Binance founder CZ stated at the Bitcoin Asia 2026 conference that he does not believe it will take 25 years for Bitcoin to reach 1 million dollars; it will happen much faster. However, beyond the price, more practicality is needed.CZ believes that Bitcoin payments need to be implemented on a large scale, and Bitcoin needs to become a reserve asset for retirement pension funds. All of these things will happen, and more will happen; all of these will be realized within 25 years.

According to official social media news, Huobi HTX will hold a themed live broadcast titled "BTC Soars 30% in Four Days: Is the Bull Market Restarting or the Last Carnival?" today at 20:00. At that time, crypto KOLs such as 0xMoon, Xiao Zhi, Ye Feng, HiSeven, and YIYI will be invited to attend, discussing the recent rapid rise of Bitcoin, focusing on analyzing the market driving factors behind this round of increase, and conducting an in-depth discussion on market sentiment, capital trends, and future market trends.

Citigroup expects that by 2026, the issuance scale of South Korean companies in the global bond and stock markets will reach a record high. Companies are raising growth funds through international investors, with SK Hynix's $26.5 billion U.S. listing being the most prominent. Jangho Park, CEO of Citigroup Global Markets Korea, stated that South Korea has an increasing number of world-class companies and emerging industry leaders, who are increasingly utilizing capital markets with competitive financing conditions to raise funds for their growth objectives.As Citigroup makes this forecast, the two major chip manufacturers in South Korea are becoming the main beneficiaries of global artificial intelligence infrastructure construction. South Korea is seeking to encourage companies, including Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, to invest at least 135 trillion won ($975 billion) in chip and data center construction, although many projects are still in the early planning stages.

According to the Form D document disclosed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the prediction market platform Kalshi Inc. is conducting a private equity offering under Rule 506(b) exemption, with a total issuance size of approximately $1.499998 billion, of which approximately $1.12001 billion has been sold, leaving approximately $379.99 million remaining for sale. The document shows that the first sale date is April 3, 2026, and 71 investors have already participated.

Apple (AAPL.O) has launched a new Mac mini, equipped with M6 and M5 Pro chips, significantly enhancing its artificial intelligence performance and further strengthening the capabilities of this leading desktop computer in continuous intelligent computing.

On August 25, Anthropic requested its employees at the San Francisco office to work from home starting this week due to the possibility of a strike by the company's security personnel. However, the union representing these security personnel stated that they were not aware of this.According to a source familiar with the matter, Anthropic received a notice last week from its security service provider, Allied Universal, indicating that the company's employees might strike. Subsequently, Anthropic informed its employees to avoid going to the San Francisco office on Monday and Tuesday, just in case.

SemiAnalysis reported that the Nvidia Rubin Ultra will feature 192GB of HBM4 8-hi memory. This is not only a significant reduction from the initially previewed 1TB HBM but is even lower than the 288GB capacity of the standard Rubin.The reasons for the HBM configuration being cut down to about one-fifth of the original include: the cancellation of the four-die Rubin Ultra scheme, reducing the number of cubes to 8; the stacking height being lowered from 16-hi to 8-hi; and the use of HBM4 with 24Gb dies instead of HBM4E with 32Gb dies. An upgraded version with 8-hi HBM4E may be released later.

According to the Chosun Ilbo, in the context of the U.S. government increasing pressure on investment in South Korea, the U.S. has recently made demands to the South Korean government and companies to build storage semiconductor production facilities in the U.S. and ensure a stable supply of storage chips. In response to South Korea's promotion of a 800 trillion won semiconductor cluster plan, the U.S. has also informally expressed dissatisfaction, believing that South Korea is actively supporting domestic semiconductor investments while showing a negative attitude towards investing in the U.S. This is the first time the U.S. has mentioned the South Korean government's "super project" while pressuring for investment.Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-yang also discussed related matters during his recent visit to the U.S. for investment negotiations. The South Korean government believes that the U.S. semiconductor investment demands are independent of the previously agreed $350 billion investment arrangement with the U.S., and plans to announce its first investment project in the U.S. in September. Domestic semiconductor companies are concerned that if they formally accept the U.S. request to establish factories while promoting the Hunan cluster, it may create a dual burden. Additionally, it is reported that Foreign Minister Park Jin spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Rubio that evening to exchange views on investments in the U.S. and bilateral relations.

According to a report by ZDNet Korea, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix plan to continue investing in equipment for NAND flash production lines in China until next year to strengthen local production bases. Since the first half of this year, Samsung has been advancing V9 NAND conversion investments at the Xi'an X2 production line, which features an advanced process with approximately 280 layers stacked, and is expected to achieve a monthly production capacity of 40,000 to 50,000 wafers. To stabilize mass production, the company has confirmed a supplementary investment plan, focusing on additional etching process equipment, with related procurement orders expected to be clarified around the end of the year, and the supplementary investment planned to be executed starting in the second half of next year.SK Hynix has been advancing equipment investments related to NAND product upgrades at its Dalian Plant 2 since the third quarter of this year, with a discussed scale of approximately 30,000 wafers per month. Key manufacturing equipment will begin arriving next month, with plans to complete deployment by the first half of next year. The Dalian plant is an asset acquired after SK Hynix took over Intel's NAND division in the second half of 2020. In 2022, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the expansion of Plant 2, but equipment investment was temporarily halted due to market conditions; this investment is now being restarted.Industry insiders point out that the above arrangements aim to gradually expand advanced NAND capacity within China to meet the rapid growth in demand for high-end storage in fields such as artificial intelligence servers.

EntropyIO announced the launch of the first liquidity trading method for Anthropic, aimed at making cutting-edge assets that were previously accessible to only a select few available to a broader audience. The project has completed a $14 million financing round led by Ribbit Capital and received $40 million in HYPE staking support to build improved and new markets.EntropyIO stated that the first related markets have gone live on Hyperliquid. EntropyIO focuses on providing liquidity trading and market infrastructure for cutting-edge assets.

Hyperliquid Policy Center (HPC) submitted a letter of opinion to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) stating that eligible equity perpetual contracts can be classified as securities futures. This category is jointly regulated by the two agencies, allowing exchanges to compete on execution quality rather than jurisdiction.HPC pointed out that there is still no clear classification for perpetual contracts under U.S. law (whether futures or swaps), and this fundamental issue remains unresolved. They possess characteristics of futures such as standardized terms, the ability to hedge positions, and forward value, although they do not have a fixed expiration date, but prices converge continuously through funding rates.The letter of opinion proposed four points: confirm that the definition of securities futures can encompass cash-settled equity perpetuals with futures characteristics; retain flexibility for product listings at trading venues; maintain consistency in classification between the two agencies; modernize the securities futures framework to accommodate new structures. HPC stated that in the past 10 months, the trading volume of Hyperliquid perpetual contracts has exceeded $48 billion, and a clear framework would help relevant products enter the U.S. market.

According to CryptoSlate, the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) has required cryptocurrency exchanges and related service providers operating locally to enter a new licensing process by September 5, or they must cease relevant operations. PVARA opened the licensing application portal for virtual asset service providers on August 22 and released regulatory rules for virtual asset services.According to the regulations, service providers that have been conducting cryptocurrency business in Pakistan must submit a "No Objection Certificate" (NOC) application. During the application review period, as long as a complete application is submitted on time, they may continue to provide existing services. Businesses that do not submit applications by September 5 must stop relevant services within the regulatory scope, and continuing operations will be considered a violation. PVARA added that this policy does not constitute a comprehensive ban on cryptocurrency but establishes a "compliance or exit" regulatory mechanism applicable to exchanges, custodians, and other businesses providing virtual asset services to users in Pakistan.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, approximately 1000 WBTC (worth about 77.408 million USD) were transferred from an unknown wallet to the mining pool platform F2Pool.

According to Bloomberg, South Korea's financial regulatory authorities plan to strengthen the regulation of structured products such as ELS starting next month. They will require brokerages to warn investors when products approach the principal loss trigger line (Knock-in) and to reassess product design and sales when market conditions lead to a significant increase in risk.It is reported that the South Korean stock market has recently experienced significant fluctuations, but retail investors' enthusiasm for high-risk investments has not noticeably cooled. After regulatory tightening on leveraged ETFs for individual stocks, some investments have shifted to stock-linked securities (ELS) that offer high "coupon" rates. Data released by the Korea Financial Investment Association shows that in July, the sales volume of ELS in South Korea reached 35 trillion won, setting a new high in over three years since April 2023, with ELS products based on Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix stocks becoming the main drivers of growth.

Jiang Zhuoer released a historical cycle comparison chart of Bitcoin on platform X, stating that if the low point of this cycle is around $57,800, based on historical cycle trends, the current market adjustment in terms of magnitude and duration is already quite close to the previous three cycles, and a large number of investors may currently be in a "missed out" state.Jiang Zhuoer mentioned that as the market continues to consolidate and fluctuate, the anxiety of investors missing out on the market (FOMO) may gradually intensify. Once capital flows back in, the space for further market decline may be limited. He believes that the subsequent trend may reference the "golden pit" in the market at the end of 2021, at which point a brief buying opportunity during a pullback may arise.

The Bank Policy Institute (BPI) is an organization representing large banks such as JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Citi. BPI proposed that the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury should expand customer identification program requirements to the secondary market for stablecoins, covering exchanges and other platforms that establish direct account relationships with retail investors.BPI stated that the relevant exchanges and platforms engage in a significant amount of buying and selling activities within the payment stablecoin ecosystem, where most illegal activities related to stablecoins occur. If the proposal is incorporated into the rules, the relevant platforms will be required to collect customer information in accordance with the Bank Secrecy Act, and decentralized exchanges may also fall under regulatory oversight. The proposed rules by FinCEN indicate that transactions in the secondary market for stablecoins on the blockchain typically use anonymous or pseudonymous identities, and there are no centralized nodes for collecting identity information, limiting the ability of issuers to gather customer data from the secondary market. BPI has also opposed the current version of the Digital Asset Market Structure Bill along with other banking organizations.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the Bhutanese royal government transferred 10.779 bitcoins, worth approximately $835,000, to two new addresses.