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According to Bloomberg, ByteDance is preparing to launch an artificial intelligence model for real-time spatial video generation, with applications covering fields such as robotics and autonomous systems, and will compete with companies like Meta and Alphabet.Insiders say that ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming is personally overseeing the development of the model, coordinating multiple business departments within the company, and investing in artificial intelligence resources and computing power support. The model may be released as early as next month, but the specific timing is still subject to change.

Binance stated that in the first half of 2026, the Binance Wallet Security Center helped users avoid potential losses of approximately $540 million through real-time scanning of links, transaction signatures, and unknown tokens. During this period, the security center filtered approximately 206 million spam transfers, covering 2.6 million users; identified about 4.93 million high-risk transactions across 19 chains, and discovered approximately 996,000 malicious authorizations.Attackers are using AI to batch generate malicious code, counterfeit websites, and fraudulent identities, shifting on-chain attacks from large-scale fishing to precision attacks. The Binance Wallet Security Center is also using AI to analyze token behavior logic, website risk characteristics, and potential attack intentions to identify phishing domains, malicious contracts, and abnormal token risks earlier.

According to statistics from The Information, Anthropic has signed at least 14.8GW of computing power in the past 11 months, which can be gradually utilized in the coming years. Based on currently public contracts, the potential total cost could reach up to $517 billion, with most expenditures occurring over the next decade. In addition to the 1-2GW already secured before October last year, the total computing power signed by Anthropic is approximately 16GW.This round of expansion is primarily driven by the demand for Claude. This year, the growth of Claude Code and Cowork has exceeded Anthropic's expectations, prompting the company to focus on acquiring computing power. The new agreement with Amazon provides up to 5GW, while Google and Broadcom offer another 5GW, and Microsoft and NVIDIA provide approximately 1GW. Anthropic has also rented all computing power from SpaceX's Colossus 1, acquiring over 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs, including H100, H200, and GB200.Anthropic has secured about 16GW, with many contracts extending beyond 2030. OpenAI has set a target for investors to reach 30GW by 2030, expecting to invest approximately $750 billion in computing power by that year. The $517 billion figure is the potential maximum cost estimated by The Information based on existing cloud services, chip, and data center contracts, with some computing power potentially being delayed or unused, and some contracts allowing for early cancellation.

Changxin Technology held a performance briefing for the first half of 2026. The company's independent director Chen Wuchao stated in response to investor questions that in the first half of 2026, the global DRAM product market improved, and prices increased.Currently, the company is still in a critical investment period for capacity expansion and technological upgrades, and it needs to gradually create returns for shareholders while ensuring necessary capital expenditures. As profitability continues to strengthen, the company will legally and in accordance with regulations timely initiate the verification of the dividend plan.

Citigroup released a research report stating that it has initiated coverage on Zhongji Xuchuang (03308.HK) H shares with a buy rating, based on a forecasted price-to-earnings ratio of 16.2 times for 2027, with a target price of 1,524 Hong Kong dollars.The bank expects the company's revenue and net profit compound annual growth rates from 2025 to 2028 to reach 129% and 149%, respectively, benefiting from strong demand for AI optical communication, bandwidth upgrades, rapid capacity increases, improved product mix, rising adoption of silicon photonics technology, and operational leverage. The bank believes that the company's comprehensive product portfolio, scalable production capacity, cutting-edge technological advancements and R&D capabilities, flexible and resilient supply chain, as well as solid relationships with leading global cloud service providers and AI clients, are likely to support its leading position in the AI era.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "US Open ATP: Daniil Medvedev vs Frances Tiafoe," the option "Daniil Medvedev" in the sub-market "US Open ATP: Daniil Medvedev vs Frances Tiafoe" has experienced a drastic fluctuation in winning probability, plummeting from 60.5% an hour ago to the current 22.5% (a fluctuation of 38%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized over $560,000 in cryptocurrency through court-authorized actions and took control of domains and servers allegedly used by Hamas for fundraising and recruiting supporters. The related actions involved three seizures on March 25, June 25, and October 10, 2025.Investigators identified a crypto chat group that directed supporters to fundraising websites and tracked the rotating cryptocurrency addresses. The operation also obtained information on thousands of individuals who had contacted Hamas online, attempting to donate via cryptocurrency or traditional means. This operation expanded upon the $200,000 cryptocurrency seizure announced in March 2025. At least 17 related addresses had transferred over $1.5 million since October 2024, with funds having passed through exchanges, over-the-counter brokers, and accounts in Turkey.

According to Polish Radio, the Polish House of Representatives failed to overturn President Karol Nawrocki's veto of the cryptocurrency market regulation bill. In the vote, 241 of the 442 attending members supported overturning the veto, 198 opposed it, and 3 abstained, falling 25 votes short of the required 266. This is the third time Karol Nawrocki has vetoed the bill. The bill proposes that the Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) be responsible for regulating the cryptocurrency market. The president believes the bill is overly regulatory and could force Polish businesses to relocate. Prime Minister Donald Tusk called for support of the bill before the vote and mentioned the investigation into the defunct Zondacrypto exchange.

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform stating that a new analysis by the Cornell Tech Policy Institute estimates that exempting capital gains tax on small digital asset purchases could increase U.S. federal government revenue by approximately $859 million over the next 10 years.The S. 2207 bill proposed by Senator Cynthia Lummis would exempt qualified purchases under $300 from capital gains confirmation, with an annual exclusion limit of $5,000 for capital gains. The study claims that, based on core assumptions, every $100 of qualified benchmark payments could generate $3.18 in federal net revenue.

Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon and CEO of the foundation, stated that today he initiated a cryptocurrency campaign to support the people of Nepal and donate to the Nepalese Prime Minister's Disaster Relief Fund, with the donation link provided. This pathway utilizes blockchain technology to ensure that funds enter the government relief fund in the local currency.The campaign is supported by Polygon's Open Money Stack, Coinme, and Cross River Bank. Blockchain for Impact has pledged to donate $100,000. Nailwal mentioned that stablecoins are suitable for use when funds need to be quickly delivered to those in need.Nailwal stated that he was born in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, India, adjacent to Nepal, and his maternal family also hails from that area. Communities on both sides of the Indonesia border have been connected for generations through family, culture, faith, food, trade, and daily life. India and Nepal are often referred to as having a familial and shared life bond known as "roti-beti ka rishta." He hopes that people will participate in Nepal's relief and reconstruction using stablecoins.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that it has reached a staff-level agreement with the authorities of El Salvador on the second and third combined reviews under the Extended Fund Facility arrangement. If approved by the IMF Executive Board, El Salvador will receive approximately $140 million (101.96 million SDR).Regarding Bitcoin-related arrangements, the IMF confirmed several key facts: the Chivo electronic wallet has essentially withdrawn from public participation, with majority ownership and operational control transferred to private operators; the increase in Bitcoin holdings since the first review has been verified as coming from private donations, with no public resources utilized; El Salvador has committed that there will be no further increases in Bitcoin holdings beyond the recorded private donations. The two parties also reached an understanding on modernizing the legal, regulatory, and supervisory framework for digital assets, as well as strengthening governance and risk management arrangements for public sector cryptocurrency holdings.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has publicly released its request for comments regarding "Novel ETFs," which may hold crypto assets or adopt unconventional strategies. The disagreement centers on whether the filing documents should remain public before the fund begins trading and how quickly the review process should be. Crypto asset management firm Grayscale and the crypto policy organization Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI) support establishing an optional confidential filing period to reduce competitors from submitting imitation documents.Charles Schwab opposes complete confidentiality and suggests that filing documents should be made public at least 75 days in advance. Grayscale requests that the SEC respond within 45 days, while CCI argues that the confidentiality process should not extend the automatic effectiveness or review period. Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (A16z) supports shortening the review time but emphasizes that the rigor of the review should not be reduced; trading firm Jane Street believes that accelerating the process could lead to a decline in product quality, competitiveness, and liquidity.Currently, there are 174 ETFs related to crypto assets in the U.S., with BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) managing approximately $61 billion in assets, accounting for about 38% of the total assets of related ETFs. The SEC will decide whether to adjust the confidentiality arrangements for filings and the speed of the review.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has preliminarily approved OpenReserve's application for a national bank charter. The company completed a $25 million seed round of financing in April, led by a16z crypto, with participation from Jump Capital, Acrew, Coinbase Ventures, Clocktower, Quona, and the Middle Eastern venture capital fund AAF Management.OpenReserve is led by fintech executives including Dee Choubey, co-founder of MoneyLion, and is committed to combining traditional banking, blockchain infrastructure, and digital asset services, utilizing digital assets and technology to achieve 24/7 operations. OpenReserve is also applying for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance and has submitted its application to the FDIC.

For the week ending August 29, the number of initial unemployment claims in the United States was 206,000, the highest since the week of August 15, with an expectation of 205,000, and the previous value revised from 203,000 to 204,000.

According to The Information, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is reviewing relevant rules to address potential conflicts of interest between prediction market exchanges and their affiliated trading companies.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the "Republican 2028 Presidential Candidate" event is currently the most actively traded on the prediction market Polymarket, with a cumulative pool size reaching $6.973 billion. The option with the highest market consensus is "J.D. Vance," with an associated winning probability of approximately 53.05%.

U.S. President Trump: I am not trying to force Iran back to the negotiating table as ABC fake news reported. I don't care whether they sign an agreement that is worthless to them.I prefer our current situation: we have almost complete control of the Strait of Hormuz, while their economy has completely collapsed. They are just going through this inevitable outcome.

According to BeInCrypto, the digital campaign of Brazil's "pro-Bitcoin" presidential candidate Renan Santos has been suspended, with 3.3 million reais (approximately 600,000 USD) of public campaign funds frozen and 16 campaign social media accounts restricted.Weeks before this ruling, Santos had just supported the establishment of a national Bitcoin reserve. His candidacy has not been revoked, but his online reach and funding have been severely impacted.