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According to the latest data from OpenRouter reported by the Daily Economic News, the total global invocation of AI large models last week (from August 31 to September 6) reached 115 trillion tokens, a month-on-month increase of 1.77%. Among them, the weekly invocation of China's AI large models reached 56.72 trillion tokens, a month-on-month increase of 2.83%, surpassing the United States (16.54 trillion tokens, a month-on-month decrease of 3.1%) for nineteen consecutive weeks, ranking first in the world.Among the top five global invocation volumes, four are Chinese models. Tencent's Hyper Yuan Hy4 preview ranks first with 14.7 trillion tokens, a month-on-month increase of 379%; GPT-5.6 Luna ranks second with 12.9 trillion tokens; Zhiyu GLM-5.3 Flash rises to third with 12.4 trillion tokens; DeepSeek-V4-Flash's official and preview versions rank fourth and fifth, respectively.MiniMax M3 returns to the list after nearly a month, ranking sixth, and has become the foundational base for Saudi HUMAIN's Arabic large model. In addition, Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 and Gemini 3.7 Flash fell out of the list this week.

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.

On August 28, the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF recorded a net outflow of $201.9 million, ending a nine-day streak of net inflows since mid-August. According to SoSoValue data, this reversal reduced the cumulative net inflow to approximately $55.1 billion, with total net assets of about $93.9 billion. Decrypt's ETF flow tracker turned the Bitcoin sentiment reading to "bearish" on that day.The previous strong performance was particularly remarkable: the Bitcoin ETF had accumulated inflows of $2.8 billion during an eight-day rally, during which Bitcoin briefly tested the $80,000 mark and recorded the largest single-day inflow since May, with a peak single-day inflow exceeding $600 million on August 20. In contrast, the Ethereum ETF showed no signs of weakness, with a net inflow of $102.1 million on August 28, extending its streak of inflows to ten days, with a cumulative net inflow of approximately $12.9 billion and total net assets of about $13.8 billion.As the flow of funds diverged, Bitcoin fell back due to hawkish remarks from Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh at Jackson Hole, after a rally that had pushed prices close to $80,000. Over the weekend, Bitcoin rebounded to around $79,000. Analysts pointed out that the single-day outflow relative to the fund's cumulative size remains moderate, and the interruption of the rally may not necessarily indicate a widespread reversal in institutional demand.

According to BeInCrypto, since November 2025, Bitcoin's 30-day average hash rate has decreased by 19%, dropping from 1,108 EH/s to 898 EH/s. Glassnode data shows that this nine-month decline is the longest in the network's history.This decline coincides with the largest capital migration in mining companies' history, with mining firms holding over $70 billion in AI contracts, and some of the power capacity originally used for Bitcoin mining has shifted to AI hosting, which may be difficult to return.

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost stated that data shows short-term holders (holding periods of no more than 155 days) have been in a state of realized losses for about nine consecutive months, a characteristic that is typically more aligned with a bear market environment.It is estimated that the cost basis for short-term holders is around $68,800, so they are still facing some pressure overall. Currently, as Bitcoin attempts to stabilize above $65,000, short-term holders are expected to continue selling at a loss of about 4%.

According to Jinshi reports, Neuberger portfolio manager Joseph Purtell stated that in the short term, the dollar may continue to strengthen due to rising real interest rates in the United States. He believes the dollar is likely to break through the range of the past six to nine months, but added that in the long term, considering structural issues such as the sustainability of U.S. government finances, the dollar may weaken.

According to an analysis of the latest leaked data by WIRED, the secretive society Dialog, co-founded by Peter Thiel, has an extremely ruthless and biased "grading and elimination" mechanism.Dialog implements a secret rule of "rating upon entry." Although the club has thousands of members, only 192 personal profiles (including 130 formal members and some candidates) were leaked and reviewed by WIRED. They reveal the club's counterintuitive hierarchy of disdain: C-level is the highest VIP, B-level is the overwhelming majority of ordinary members, while the A-level, usually regarded as the best, is actually the least known bottom tier.This rating is directly tied to members' wallets. Only about 25% of VIP "C" level big shots are required to pay the full attendance fee, while among the bottom "A" level members, the proportion paying the full attendance fee of tens of thousands of dollars is as high as 70%.Ironically, the AI screening mechanism introduced by Dialog is extremely superstitious about so-called "national recognition." For example, actor Josh Brolin, who played "Thanos," has never attended but wins VIP "C" level status due to box office success and millions of fans; meanwhile, academic giant Tyler Cowen was deemed "not famous enough among ordinary people" by the AI and nearly classified into the ordinary tier, only barely promoted to C-level through human intervention.The "value-added points" serve as a scythe for eliminating "useless people," specifically measuring members' resource connections and intellectual contributions to other club giants. After each gathering, staff review members' performances like "code review," and those with too low value-added points, cultural mismatches, or declining visibility will be ruthlessly removed from the invitation list.Additionally, the leaked database also exposed its built-in social and dating matching system (10% of members join the singles pool), which has a "no-match list" while recommending pairings.This so-called objective assessment system is also filled with biases: women make up one-third of the members but only receive 18% of VIP seats; politically, it is even harder to escape differential treatment. Although more than half of the members identify as "left-leaning," the probability of "right-leaning" members obtaining VIP status is more than twice that of left-leaning members, and even the "left-leaning" label of an environmental leader was forcibly rewritten to "right-leaning" by staff in the background.

According to a report by Knews, on June 7, the Supreme People's Procuratorate disclosed a new type of virtual currency theft case. A man from Shandong, Zhang, had long assisted an acquaintance, Feng, in handling virtual currency transactions. After gaining Feng's trust, he proactively suggested that Feng switch to a more convenient digital wallet. The asset mnemonic (key) of this type of wallet is generated by randomly selecting 12 combinations from 2048 commonly used English words, which is the core password for storing virtual currency.Taking advantage of the moment when Feng was copying the mnemonic, Zhang memorized 11 complete words solely by sight and strong memory, and also noted the first letter of the last word. That night, relying on fragmented memory to repeatedly test and combine, he successfully unlocked Feng's digital wallet and transferred 107 bitcoins, later selling them for an illegal profit of 660,000 yuan. The court ultimately sentenced him to ten years and nine months in prison for theft and imposed a fine of 100,000 yuan.

Driven by optimistic expectations for an extended ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran, the U.S. stock and oil markets continued to strengthen this week. The S&P 500 index rose for the ninth consecutive week, setting the longest winning streak since 2023; Brent crude oil stabilized around $92 per barrel. However, the cryptocurrency market failed to follow the rise of macro risk assets. Over the past week, Bitcoin fell 2.6% to $73,445, Ethereum dropped 2.5% to $2,011, Solana decreased by 2.2%, and TRX saw a decline of 5.6%, making it one of the weakest tokens among the top ten cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. Market analysts believe that the cooling inflow of funds into spot Bitcoin ETFs is putting pressure on coin prices.In contrast, some small and mid-cap tokens performed remarkably well. Among them, the native token of Hyperliquid, HYPE, surged 19.4% this week to around $65, becoming the biggest highlight in the market. Previously, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) CEO Jeffrey Sprecher referred to Hyperliquid as "a bigger opportunity than Nasdaq" at the Bernstein conference, further boosting market sentiment. Additionally, BNB rose 1.9% this week, XRP increased by 0.7%, and DOGE remained basically flat.On the macro level, U.S. President Trump stated that a final decision on the U.S.-Iran ceasefire memorandum is close, but he still insists on Iran abandoning its nuclear program, handing over its enriched uranium stockpile, and opening the Strait of Hormuz. Market participants believe that due to significant differences between the two sides on key issues, the current rebound in risk assets remains relatively fragile, and any negative news regarding the Iran negotiations could trigger a reversal in market sentiment.

According to Gate market data, U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average initially rising by 0.72%, the S&P 500 index up by 0.22%, and the Nasdaq up by 0.2%. IBM rose over 12%, Qualcomm rose over 3%, and Oracle rose over 10%. The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index closed flat, with Baidu up 2.4% and Alibaba down 1.5%. The S&P 500 index has risen 5.15% this month, the Nasdaq has risen 8.36%, and the Dow has risen 2.78%. The S&P 500 index has risen for the ninth consecutive week, setting the longest consecutive increase record since December 2023.

According to Bloomberg, Bitcoin volatility has dropped to a nine-month low, and the market is entering a breather period. During the Asian trading session, the Bitcoin Volmex implied volatility index fell to 36.11 on Monday, the lowest since September of last year, approaching the lowest level since 2023. This index reflects the market's expected 30-day Bitcoin volatility through real-time cryptocurrency options prices. Additionally, the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF saw a net outflow of about $1 billion in May, reversing a trend of net inflows for two consecutive months, indicating a cooling of investor demand.Caroline Mauron, co-founder of Orbit Markets, stated that retail interest is shifting towards other trading opportunities. Rajiv Sawhney, head of international portfolio management at Wave Digital Assets, noted that selling volatility has become one of the hallmark trades recently, and for Bitcoin, which lacks intrinsic yield, long-term holders, miners, and large funds are generating returns from their positions by selling volatility.

According to Cointelegraph, the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF has recorded six consecutive weeks of net inflows, marking the longest consecutive record since August 2025. This round of inflows has continued from the week of April 2 to this Friday, totaling $3.4 billion. The week of April 17 saw the strongest inflow at $996 million, while the most recent week had an inflow of $623 million, and the week of April 2 had the lowest inflow of only $22.34 million.The last longer consecutive record was a seven-week continuous inflow from June 13 to July 18, 2025, totaling approximately $7.57 billion. Notably, there was a pullback in the latter half of this week, with outflows of $278 million and $146 million on Thursday and Friday, respectively, after strong inflows of $532 million and $467 million on Monday and Tuesday. Regarding Ethereum ETFs, as of the week of May 8, there was a return to net inflows of $70.49 million, reversing the previous week's net outflow of $82.47 million.

HYPE Financial Company Hyperliquid Strategies disclosed its third-quarter report on Thursday, currently holding approximately 20 million tokens. Since its establishment in December 2025, the company has invested $216 million to acquire about 7.3 million HYPE tokens. Hyperliquid Strategies went public last year through a merger with Sonnet BioTherapeutics, focusing on accumulating HYPE tokens through staking, yield optimization, and ecosystem participation to maximize shareholder value.In addition to buying HYPE, the company also deployed $10.5 million to repurchase approximately 3 million shares of PURR stock at an average price of $3.42 per share. The company maintains a cash position of $103 million for future treasury deployments, repurchases, and other corporate expenses.For the nine months ended March 31, a net loss of $165.4 million was recorded. The announcement stated that the loss was "primarily due to" a $64 million unrealized net loss on HYPE tokens, a $35.6 million one-time write-down related to the acquisition of the legacy Sonnet business, and an increase of $60.5 million in deferred income tax expenses. For the three-month period ended March 31, staking income reached $2.6 million, with interest income increasing by another $1 million, and operating expenses amounted to $7.2 million.

According to BBX data, yesterday the earnings season for cryptocurrency-related stocks and the expansion of stablecoin infrastructure advanced simultaneously, with the following key developments:Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: $HOOD) released its Q1 2026 earnings report and submitted SEC Form 8-K after the market closed on April 28: total revenue of $1.07 billion (up 15% year-over-year), below the analyst consensus expectation of $1.14 billion; adjusted EPS of $0.38, slightly lower than the consensus of $0.39; cryptocurrency trading revenue plummeted 47% year-over-year to $134 million (compared to $252 million in the same period last year), with cryptocurrency trading volume also declining 48% to $24 billion, marking the third consecutive quarter of declining cryptocurrency revenue. Meanwhile, revenue from event contracts (prediction markets) surged 320% year-over-year to $147 million, surpassing cryptocurrency revenue for the first time to become the largest source of trading revenue, with a record contract volume of 8.8 billion for the quarter; affected by the earnings report, $HOOD fell about 13.24% to $71.20 yesterday.Visa Inc. (NYSE: $V) announced on April 29 through an official BusinessWire press release that five new blockchains—Arc, Base, Canton, Polygon, and Tempo—have been added to its global stablecoin settlement pilot, expanding the total supported network to nine (previously Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, Stellar); the annualized scale of stablecoin settlements reached $7 billion, a 50% increase from the previous quarter. The pilot allows issuing banks and acquiring banks to settle using stablecoins instead of traditional banking rails, currently covering over 50 countries and more than 130 stablecoin-related card projects, and has expanded to USDC settlements with U.S. banks.Senator Cynthia Lummis publicly confirmed on April 29 that the markup for the CLARITY Act in the Senate Banking Committee is scheduled for May 2026; at the same time, the SEC announced it will hold a roundtable discussion on May 3 regarding issues related to the CLARITY Act, further clarifying the signals of coordination between regulatory and legislative bodies to accelerate the process, providing an official timeline endorsement for the previously anticipated "end of May" market expectations.

Bitcoin fell below $77,000, with the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF recording a net outflow of $263.2 million, ending a nine-day streak of net inflows. This coincided with the eve of this week's Federal Reserve FOMC meeting, adding a touch of caution to the already resilient April rebound.Bitcoin declined today, but it has still risen about 15% over the past month, reaching a high of $79,000 in April. The interruption of ETF fund momentum is significant because it occurs just before a week of major macroeconomic events. The market is currently digesting the Federal Reserve's decisions, new inflation concerns, GDP data, a series of earnings reports from major tech companies, and another round of interest rate decisions from central banks in Europe and Asia.Timothy Misir, head of research at BRN, stated that the crypto market entered this week with inspiring momentum, but there are too many cross factors to determine a clean risk appetite trend. In his view, investors are showing signs of "war fatigue" regarding the situation in the Middle East, while central banks are forced to find a balance between supply-driven inflation and weakening confidence along with mixed data.Glassnode expressed a similar view in its latest weekly pulse report. Analysts noted that Bitcoin still exhibits a "mix of bullish momentum, cautious sentiment, and consolidation," with strong buying pressure offset by weaker speculative participation and lower trading activity.QCP Capital stated that Bitcoin had a significant rebound in April, maintaining an overall constructive pattern. However, the firm believes that $82,000 remains a key level, with the nearby CME gap constituting the next real test.Andy Baehr, managing director at GSR Asset Management, mentioned that prices are "gradually rising," and $80,000 remains a key psychological level.

Since the new system was launched by the Korean National Tax Service in July 2025, 33.9 billion won in unpaid taxes has been recovered through cross-border tax cooperation over the past nine months, accounting for most of the total amount recovered cross-border since 2015.Reports indicate that starting next year, South Korea will receive virtual asset transaction data from 56 countries based on a new cryptocurrency reporting framework, and plans to exchange information on overseas real estate holdings and transactions starting in 2030.

According to Gate market data, Tesla's stock price rose by 7.9%, expected to set the largest single-day increase in over nine months.