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EthHub founder Eric Conner stated that he has written a new ERC proposal, ERC-8391, aimed at providing an asset status interface for tokenized stocks and RWAs. Tokenized stocks can be traded on-chain around the clock, but the New York Stock Exchange is only open for 32.5 hours a week. Smart contracts find it difficult to distinguish whether outdated prices are due to the weekend market closure or due to price feed failures or a company being acquired during the market closure; both scenarios have the same on-chain bytes, but the correct responses are opposite. Information such as trading halts, price locks, and redemption windows cannot be reflected in the price.This standard will regulate the queryable issues of contracts, covering market phases, trading halts, valuation activity, and redemption windows. Oracles can feed data into it, and tokens will respond.

On August 24, a portfolio manager at Fidelity International stated that the gold holdings of the fund he manages have doubled in the past three weeks, attributing this move to increased uncertainty surrounding Federal Reserve policy. After raising the gold allocation in the fund to his self-imposed limit of 5%, George Efstathopoulos mentioned that he would consider increasing this limit if the dollar's status as a safe-haven asset continues to decline. Following the Federal Reserve's July meeting, investors have been selling long-term government bonds, and it is against this backdrop that George began to increase his gold holdings."My understanding is that this is due to the Federal Reserve's lack of credibility and the intensification of policy uncertainty," George stated. He also noted that the U.S. Treasury unexpectedly increased its repurchase of long-term bonds, which seems more like "manipulating yields rather than addressing the fundamental reasons for why yields are rising." "Today, the focus on gold is no longer on the rise in yields themselves, but rather on why yields are rising."

The Shanghai Stock Exchange has changed the IPO review status of Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. to accepted for its initial public offering and listing on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board, with a proposed financing amount of 33 billion yuan. The sponsoring institutions are CITIC Securities and CITIC Construction Investment.The prospectus of Yangtze Memory shows that after turning a profit in 2024, the profit level will rise rapidly, with operating revenue of 47.042 billion yuan and net profit attributable to the parent company of 33.379 billion yuan achieved from January to March 2026. According to TrendForce data, from January to March 2026, the company ranked third globally and first in China among global NAND Flash manufacturers by both sales revenue and shipment volume.

On August 21, Sergey Nazarov, co-founder and CEO of Chainlink, stated at the first meeting of the U.S. CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee that he appreciates the CFTC and SEC finally beginning to cooperate efficiently and constructively, rather than publicly conflicting as before. He believes this alone has significantly enhanced the reputation and trust of the U.S. financial markets and helps to form a unified regulatory vision, avoiding the past multiple conflicting rules that hinder innovation.Nazarov pointed out that regulatory fragmentation has incurred serious costs. Chainlink provides data, cross-chain infrastructure, and more for thousands of applications, supporting most of the DeFi ecosystem. Over the past seven years, he has witnessed hundreds of developers choose to leave the U.S. due to uncertainty, no longer building high-quality applications in the U.S. or serving American consumers, which is a huge loss for the U.S. financial system and consumers.He emphasized that the next trend is clear: tokenization of equity will release a large amount of on-chain value. The U.S. stock market currently accounts for about 60% of the global equity market value and flow. If the global financial system accelerates on-chain, the U.S. must advance on-chain at an equal or even faster pace to maintain this dominant position; otherwise, innovation and market advantages may be lost.

According to the disclosure on the website of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the IPO guidance status of Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. has changed to "Guidance Acceptance," with the guiding securities firms being CITIC Securities and CITIC Construction Investment.

Regarding the issues of BitMart users' asset withdrawal restrictions and employees' unpaid salaries and compensations, employees of the platform publicly called on BitMart's management and relevant responsible parties to respond publicly by August 19 regarding the whereabouts of user assets, the platform's reserve situation, the reasons for withdrawal restrictions, and employee salary compensations. The open letter pointed out that a large number of users are still unable to withdraw their assets normally, and some employees have not received their last month's salary and due compensation; against this backdrop, if the platform only responds with announcements such as "ceasing operations," it cannot resolve the actual problems faced by users and employees. Relevant individuals requested that BitMart publicly disclose wallet, asset, liability, and available reserve information that can be verified by third parties, and explain when the platform became aware of the funding and withdrawal issues, who made the relevant decisions, and whether it continued to encourage users to redeem or trade despite being aware of the risks.The open letter also called for an investigation into related accounts, affiliated companies, trusts, and other funding arrangements associated with BitMart user assets, and specifically requested that the founder's partner provide explanations regarding their related accounts and funding situation. The open letter stated that there is currently information pending further verification indicating that BitMart accounts related to the founder's partner may have held assets worth tens of millions of dollars and have records of batch withdrawals; relevant individuals emphasized that no criminal characterization will be made against any individual until evidence is fully verified, but they demanded public clarification on whether the aforementioned accounts exist, asset ownership, sources of funds, transfer directions, and whether there is any connection with BitMart user assets, and called for an independent investigation into the relevant fund flows. At the same time, the open letter requested that BitMart promptly settle the salaries and compensations owed to employees, asserting that ordinary employees should not bear the consequences of management's operational decisions.In addition, the open letter requested that BitMart publish a user repayment plan with a clear execution timeline by August 19, including the scale of remaining assets, total liabilities, expected recovery ratio for users, repayment order, start and completion times, and supervision mechanisms, and explicitly stated acceptance of third-party independent audits. The open letter indicated that if a complete, transparent, and verifiable asset explanation and repayment plan are not obtained by then, they will consider submitting existing materials, funding clues, and relevant evidence to law enforcement agencies, regulatory authorities, lawyers, and the media in various locations to promote further investigation.

Federal Reserve's Musalem stated that there are no conditions seen that could shake the dollar's status as the primary reserve currency.

According to Jinshi reports, White House National Economic Council Director Hassett stated that he believes we can maintain the current interest rates.

Bitcoin Treasuries.NET posted on platform X that the Swedish public company Bitcoin Treasury Capital has fully repaid its interest-bearing debt through the new preferred stock fundraising and is now debt-free.

Mike Selig, Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), stated on the X platform that Illinois' legislation implementing a so-called "sin tax" on blockchain technology could jeopardize Chicago's future status as a financial market center.The bill even imposes taxes on the transfer of cryptocurrency assets that have not generated any economic benefits. Mike Selig referred to it as "slowdown legislation" and stated that the bill transforms residents' property rights from "inherent rights" to "privileged rights that require permission."Mike Selig further added that, against the backdrop of blockchain technology continuously reshaping financial markets, replacing policies that promote economic growth with taxes on cryptocurrency wallets may be viewed by history as a turning point or even a signal of decline for Chicago's financial development.

According to Jinshi reports, a survey by Invesco shows that 61% of central banks believe that the level of U.S. debt has a negative impact on the long-term status of the dollar as a reserve asset.

According to Caixin, the "People's Bank of China Law (Revised Draft)" was submitted for the first review at the 23rd meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress on June 23, 2026. Among the new proposals, "clarifying the legal status of digital renminbi" is a new term. The 2020 consultation draft only mentioned that "renminbi includes both physical and digital forms." Previous consultation drafts also stipulated that no unit or individual may produce or sell token vouchers and digital tokens to replace renminbi in circulation in the market. The People's Bank of China shall order the cessation of illegal activities, destroy illegally produced and sold token vouchers and digital tokens, confiscate illegal gains, and impose fines of up to five times the illegal amount.

Status Network announced that it will merge its gas-free and privacy L2 technology into the Linea ecosystem, becoming the native distribution layer for the latter, and will no longer launch an independent mainnet. This merger aims to unify the technical routes and liquidity of both parties, avoid ecological fragmentation, and allow Status to fully concentrate its resources on its core application, Status App.The official statement indicated that the previous pre-deposit treasury has now been closed, and the related assets will be fully migrated to the Linea mainnet. When the Linea mainnet opens for withdrawals, pre-deposit users will not only be able to withdraw their principal and accrued earnings but will also proportionally receive a total of 20 million SNT and 20 million LINEA as liquidity rewards. A detailed migration timeline and testnet developer migration guide will be officially announced next week.

Taiko posted on platform X that it has confirmed the chain state verification mechanism of Taiko has been compromised, and the security assumptions of all cross-chain bridges deployed on Taiko are no longer reliable.Taiko is coordinating with the security committee and ecosystem partners to control the situation, suspend affected systems, and take technical and legal action. Taiko strongly advises all users to immediately withdraw funds from all cross-chain bridges deployed on Taiko.Taiko urgently requests all centralized exchanges to suspend TAIKO token deposits until further notice. The attacker's address has been disclosed. Previously, it was reported that the Taiko ERC20 Vault was attacked, resulting in losses exceeding $1 million.

According to the disclosure on the website of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the IPO counseling status of Beijing Zhipu Huazhang Technology Co., Ltd. on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board has changed to "Counseling Acceptance," with the counseling brokerage being Guotai Junan Securities.

According to financial audit documents disclosed by technology critic Ed Zitron and verified by the Financial Times, OpenAI achieved revenue of $13.07 billion in 2025, but total costs and expenses reached $34 billion, resulting in an operating loss of $20.92 billion for the year. Due to OpenAI's structural shift to a for-profit entity that year, it incurred a loss of up to $41.55 billion from the fair value change of convertible equity and warrants. After accounting for interest and other factors and excluding non-controlling interest gains and losses, the final net loss attributable to OpenAI for 2025 amounted to $38.53 billion.Comparative data in the documents indicate that OpenAI's losses are showing a dramatic year-on-year increase. Its revenue in 2024 was $3.7 billion, total costs were $12.48 billion, operating loss was $8.78 billion, and the final net loss attributable to the company was $5.09 billion. By 2025, its core expenses saw R&D costs surge to $19.18 billion, revenue costs were $7.5 billion, and sales and marketing expenses were $5.73 billion. By the end of 2025, OpenAI had slightly over $50 billion in assets, nearly half of which was cash reserves.Additionally, the document disclosed for the first time the financial transactions between OpenAI and its major strategic partners in detail. During 2025, SoftBank paid OpenAI $867 million, while Microsoft paid $303 million. Meanwhile, OpenAI paid Microsoft service fees of up to $17.2 billion in the 2025 calendar year, of which $10.59 billion was accounted for as R&D expenses (widely believed to be for model training costs), and $6.047 billion was related to revenue costs. By the end of 2025, OpenAI still had approximately $3.64 billion in liabilities to Microsoft.

According to the official website of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the IPO review status of Yushu Technology Co., Ltd. has changed to submitted for registration.

According to CoinDesk, the prediction market platform Kalshi has filed a federal lawsuit regarding a new law in Minnesota that will take effect on August 1, which classifies the operation, hosting, or promotion of prediction market platforms as a criminal offense. Kalshi argues that the law is unconstitutional, claiming it infringes upon the exclusive federal jurisdiction over derivatives markets granted to the CFTC by the Commodity Exchange Act, and violates the First Amendment on the grounds of restricting advertising.Previously, the CFTC had filed a motion on May 19, also claiming that the state legislation is unconstitutional. U.S. President Trump has also publicly expressed support for the CFTC's singular regulatory authority over prediction markets. Kalshi has previously won a preliminary injunction in similar enforcement actions in New Jersey and Arizona.