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According to monitoring by Onchain Lens, the Hyperliquid trader pension-usdt.eth's short position of $191.6 million in ETH held over the past two months was ultimately liquidated, resulting in a loss of approximately $23.93 million.Nevertheless, the trader has still accumulated an overall profit of about $17.22 million.

According to Bloomberg, the Orange County Employees Retirement System invested $60 million in SpaceX about eight years ago, and now that investment has grown to approximately $2 billion.Although the significant appreciation of the investment has brought considerable returns to the pension fund, it has also resulted in a concentration of assets that is significantly higher than expected. As a result, the fund needs to reassess and adjust its risk management and portfolio strategy to address the long-term management challenges posed by the high proportion of a single high-volatility asset.

On August 21, China Merchants Yonglong Bank issued a notice to customers, stating that it is cooperating with the latest risk management and account compliance guidelines from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Securities and Futures Commission to conduct a comprehensive optimization and review of investment accounts for mainland investors. Upon verification, all investment accounts held by relevant customers (including wealth management, securities, and/or paper gold passbook accounts) as of May 22, 2026, have no asset balance, and there have been no investment transaction records in the past 12 months, which have been classified as "zero balance non-active investment accounts."To maintain normal account operations, the bank requires customers to submit the "Non-Active Investment Account Declaration" as soon as possible. Customers can complete the submission through the pop-up in the personal account section of the China Merchants Yonglong Bank mobile app; joint account holders or those who have not registered for the mobile app can call the customer service hotline for guidance, and each joint account holder must submit separately. The main content of the declaration includes confirming the accuracy of personal information, the legality of the source of funds, that the account has not been closed or suspended due to suspicious documents, and timely notification of any changes in information.The bank reminds that if customers fail to complete the submission in a timely manner, new investment transactions (including buying stocks, subscribing to wealth management products, etc.) will be suspended accordingly; if the submission continues to be delayed, it is expected that starting from November 2026, relevant "non-active investment accounts" may be closed. Once an account is suspended or closed, no new securities or wealth management product investment transactions can be conducted.

The decentralized exchange protocol atomiq announced that it has made the difficult decision to temporarily take all atomiq swap routes offline. The project stated that, as a small team, it is currently unable to withstand a large number of complex AI-assisted attacks targeting its infrastructure.atomiq emphasized that, due to the trustless nature of the exchange protocol, user funds are not at risk. The related web application remains accessible, and users can request refunds for past swaps at any time. For any questions, users can contact through their support channels. The team thanks its loyal users and states that it will strive to return with a stronger presence.

OKX CEO Star stated that OKX is collaborating with Anthropic to address issues related to its corporate accounts. Earlier, Bloomberg reported that OKX was suspended due to Hong Kong employees violating Anthropic's geographical restrictions to access Claude, and has prohibited employees residing in Hong Kong or passing through China from using Anthropic's Claude AI model.Additionally, Star posted that the monthly cost for AI usage is between 6 million to 8 million dollars, and has built an internal AI development platform called Oli, which integrates multiple cutting-edge models to provide advanced AI capabilities and development tools for product managers and engineers.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the ETH short position of Hyperliquid trader pension-usdt.eth was liquidated, involving an exposure of approximately $108.18 million.On-chain data shows that this liquidation resulted in a loss of about $26.66 million for the trader, but their historical cumulative earnings remain positive, with a total profit of $17.76 million. Previously, this address held approximately 50,000 ETH short positions, valued at around $85 million. The trader's address is: 0x0ddf9bae2af4b874b96d287a5ad42eb47138a902.

The China Gold Association issued a stern statement regarding the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's inclusion of certain domestic gold enterprises in the "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act" (UFLPA) entity list, which led to the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) suspending the qualified delivery status of related enterprises. The association stated that the U.S. "forced labor" accusations lack factual basis and are an attempt to politicize human rights issues and promote trade protectionism.The LBMA, without sufficient factual verification, accepted false information and suspended qualifications, harming the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese gold enterprises and disrupting the stability of the global gold market. The association stated that the Chinese gold industry chain has the ability to withstand external risks and will work together with the industry to protect rights, strengthen compliance self-discipline and traceability system construction, and support the Chinese government in taking necessary countermeasures, urging the U.S. to lift sanctions and calling on the LBMA to correct related decisions.

The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that, due to the escalation of regional tensions, all trade, commercial, and financial transactions with Iran have been suspended. The UAE reaffirms its commitment to dialogue, cooperation, and the integrity of the international financial system, and emphasizes that the suspension measures will remain in effect until further notice.

According to South Korean media Asiae, six leading Silicon Valley venture capital firms, including Sequoia Capital, a16z, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, General Catalyst, and NEA, announced the signing of a strategic investment cooperation memorandum (MOU) with the National Pension Service (NPS) of Korea, planning to jointly explore investment opportunities, share investment information, and strengthen global venture capital布局.Furthermore, the South Korean government is accelerating the promotion of policies to attract overseas venture capital, coupled with the launch of the "National Growth Fund," which has a scale of 200 trillion won. The market expects that the Korean venture capital sector will see a simultaneous inflow of policy funds, private capital, and overseas capital, with strategic industries such as AI and semiconductors likely to receive more investment. However, industry insiders warn that if a large amount of capital concentrates on a few popular companies, it may inflate company valuations and create bubbles, potentially facing valuation adjustment pressure during future IPOs and mergers and acquisitions, affecting fund returns.

According to Bloomberg, DeepSeek announced the suspension of its second round of financing and verbally notified some potential investors that it would not sign investment agreements as expected. This suspension partly stems from founder Liang Wenfeng's dissatisfaction with the leak of a 4-hour internal transcript during its first financing deal, where he made 52 statements in an investor meeting regarding DeepSeek's organizational culture, open-source logic, technology roadmap, and views on the competitive landscape of the industry. The nearly 4-hour meeting record recently went viral on social media, including statements such as "The biggest gap between China and the U.S. in AI is computing power resources." Both DeepSeek and Liang Wenfeng have not confirmed the authenticity of the leaked record.DeepSeek stated that it may still choose to resume the transaction process in the future and has begun preparations for an initial public offering, with the IPO potentially being filed as early as this year.DeepSeek completed its first round of external financing in June 2026, raising over 50 billion yuan, approximately 7.4 billion dollars, with a post-investment valuation of about 50-59 billion dollars. It adopted a special structure, with most funds entering a limited partnership managed by Liang Wenfeng, where investors have no voting rights and are locked in for 5 years. Liang Wenfeng himself contributed about 20 billion yuan as the largest contributor, with participation from Tencent, CATL, JD.com, NetEase, and the Chinese National AI Fund. DeepSeek subsequently initiated discussions for its second round of financing in mid-July, targeting a valuation of about 71 billion dollars.

According to Jinshi reports, the Korea Exchange has initiated a suspension of the programmatic trading mechanism for the KOSPI index.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the largest short position in ETH, pension-usdt.eth, holds 50,000 ETH short contracts, worth approximately $93.3 million, currently facing an unrealized loss of about $8.31 million.This whale has historically accumulated a profit of $35.6 million.

According to The Block, Binance Co-CEO Richard Teng stated at the Reuters NEXT Asia summit in Singapore that after Binance suspended services to some EU users, about 70% of users' withdrawal assets flowed to self-custody wallets, with only 30% transferred to licensed platforms that comply with MiCA regulatory requirements.Richard Teng indicated that this data raises questions about the regulatory goals of MiCA. He pointed out that self-custody wallets are not subject to the anti-money laundering (AML) and KYC regulatory frameworks of regulated trading platforms, and the risk may actually increase once user assets are transferred to self-custody.Previously, Binance proactively withdrew its application for a MiCA license in Greece after it failed to be approved before the July 1 transition deadline, and suspended related services to affected EU users. Richard Teng stated that Binance has not given up on the European market, and several EU countries have invited it to reapply for local licenses, although he did not disclose specific countries.In addition, Richard Teng mentioned that Binance plans to continue accelerating its expansion in the Asian market, having already obtained relevant licenses or permissions in markets such as Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, India, and Pakistan, and expects to gain more regulatory approvals this year. Currently, Binance's global user base has increased to approximately 323 million.

According to CoinPost, Japan's national corporate pension fund plans to start investing in cryptocurrencies in the fiscal year 2026, with an allocation ratio of about 1% of its total operating assets (approximately 21.3 billion yen).The report states that the asset allocation ratio for the fiscal year 2025 is: 80% in yen, 15% in US dollars, and 5% in other currencies. However, in the fiscal year 2026, the yen allocation ratio will decrease to 70%, and a new 10% allocation will be made for currencies from developed countries. The remaining 5% will consist of emerging market currencies, gold, and cryptocurrencies.The main purpose is to diversify currency risk. The fund's executive director, Ai Yuki, stated that due to the potential weakening of the US dollar as a benchmark currency, they decided not to increase their holdings in US dollars and instead use cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin as a hedge against currency depreciation, as Bitcoin has a lower correlation with the US dollar index.After approximately six years of investigation, the fund has determined that the cryptocurrency market has matured as the investor base has expanded. In the future, the fund will continue to explore the possibility of expanding cryptocurrency investments, including funds for arbitrage trading of various cryptocurrencies.

According to Lookonchain, the address "pension-usdt.eth," which had previously made a profit in 23 consecutive trades, shorted 50,000 ETH (with a nominal value of approximately $82.36 million) two days ago and currently holds about $4.35 million in unrealized profits.

About 1,200 small and medium-sized enterprises have joined the Japan National Business Enterprise Pension Fund (located in Okayama City), which plans to start investing in cryptocurrencies in the fiscal year 2026. There have been some cases of Japanese companies investing in crypto assets, but it is still relatively rare for domestic pension funds to participate directly in crypto investments.The fund plans to allocate about 1% of its total assets to cryptocurrencies and will do so indirectly by investing in passive funds managed by large hedge funds that include various crypto assets. In terms of asset allocation, its structure for the fiscal year 2025 is: 80% yen, 15% US dollars, and 5% other currencies. In the fiscal year 2026, it plans to adjust to: a reduction of yen to 70%, an addition of 10% allocation to developed country currencies, and the remaining 5% allocated to emerging market currencies, gold, and crypto assets.The main purpose of this adjustment is to diversify exchange rate risk. The fund's executive director, Ai Kuchi, stated that the status of the US dollar as a global benchmark currency may be weakening, which is why they decided to reduce their holdings in US dollars. At the same time, he pointed out that the correlation between Bitcoin and the US dollar index is almost zero, making it a tool for hedging against currency depreciation risk and enhancing the portfolio's ability to withstand inflation.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the whale "pension-usdt.eth" increased its 3x ETH short position to 50,000 ETH, worth $85.28 million, with an unrealized profit exceeding $1.43 million.

According to CoinPost, the Japan National Business Enterprise Pension Fund, which has about 1,200 small and medium-sized enterprise members, plans to start investing in cryptocurrencies in the fiscal year 2026. The company plans to allocate about 1% of its total managed assets to cryptocurrencies, investing in passive funds that include various cryptocurrencies managed by large hedge funds. The asset allocation ratio for the fiscal year 2025 is: 80% in yen, 15% in US dollars, and 5% in other currencies. However, in the fiscal year 2026, the yen allocation ratio will decrease to 70%, with an additional 10% allocation to currencies from developed countries. The remaining 5% will consist of emerging market currencies, gold, and cryptocurrencies. The main goal is to diversify currency risk.The Japan National Business Enterprise Pension Fund is a comprehensive fixed-income corporate pension fund that provides retirement savings plans for small and medium-sized enterprises across the country, guaranteeing an annual interest rate of over 1.2%. The fund has about 1,200 corporate members, with more than 20,000 members, including two listed companies, and manages assets totaling approximately 21.3 billion yen. Although it is of medium size, the fund's financial condition is sound, with a funding adequacy ratio exceeding 140%.

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), the whale address "pension-usdt.eth" has opened a new short position of 26,499 ETH with a leverage of 3 times, totaling approximately 46 million USD, and has placed orders to further increase the position.

According to on-chain data monitoring, the whale "pension-usdt.eth" has just opened a 3x leveraged ETH short position after closing all Ethereum short positions yesterday. The current position holds 871.3249 ETH, with a position value of approximately 1.5 million USD and an investment return rate of 0.25%.