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a16z's AI infrastructure team has successfully backed two acquisitions within five days: Cursor has been acquired by SpaceX, and Stripe announced the acquisition of OpenRouter. According to The Information, the total value of a16z's holdings corresponding to these two investments has exceeded $8 billion.In 2024, a16z participated in Cursor's $60 million Series A round, when the company's valuation was only $400 million. Now, SpaceX is acquiring Cursor for $60 billion. Bloomberg previously reported that a16z is Cursor's largest external shareholder, holding about 10%, which is valued at approximately $6 billion based on the acquisition price.In 2024, a16z established its first $1.25 billion infrastructure-focused fund. The Information states that the two transactions involving Cursor and OpenRouter are enough for the related fund to return all principal to LPs and also provide additional profits. This year, a16z raised another $1.7 billion for its infrastructure fund and recently raised an additional $1.1 billion specifically for AI hardware. Martin Casado, head of AI infrastructure, noted that a few years ago, only about 5% of the startup projects he encountered were in hardware, and now that figure is close to 20%.

Artificial intelligence company Humain is planning to raise its first $2.5 billion in funding to establish a fund focused on investing in data centers. According to insiders, the fund will provide financing support for the 250 megawatt data center capacity being built in collaboration with Al Moammar Information Systems, with the overall scale potentially expanding to 1 gigawatt in the future.It is reported that Humain, supported by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund Public Investment Fund (PIF), is promoting the construction of local AI computing power and data center infrastructure to meet the growing demand for AI computing.

Trader Bonk Guy's portfolio has once again reached a new high, reaching 27 million dollars, with a profit increase of 20.83 million dollars over the past 30 days, becoming the first person on the Fomo platform to reach a 27 million dollar portfolio. Bonk Guy is also the platform's first historical trader, with an unrealized profit increase of 5.34 million dollars in the past 24 hours and an unrealized profit increase of 17.14 million dollars in the past 7 days.Bonk Guy previously emphasized that these trades and successes are not his own merit, but all thanks to God. PONS, USELESS, and MARSCOIN contributed the main unrealized profits. The 10.9 million PONS tokens that Bonk Guy initially invested cost 67,700 dollars and are now worth over 10.27 million dollars, with a return rate of up to 150 times.

According to Be In Crypto, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng recently stated that YZi Labs' investments over the past few months will become the highest return layout, as they invested in cryptocurrency prices close to the lows of the bear market.YZi Labs has disclosed seven investments in 2026: in January, they invested in the on-chain trading terminal Genius and the digital asset custodian BitGo; in March, they led a $52 million investment in RoboForce and invested $1 million in the venture project Atlas Scout; in April, they made an additional investment in the prediction market Predict.fun; in May, they led an $8 million seed round investment in the AI agent payment settlement layer AEON; in August, they invested in the cross-chain fixed-rate lending platform TermMax.Zhao Changpeng believes that the influx of funds into AI is eliminating short-term cryptocurrency teams, and the return of AI funds to digital assets has already begun. Bitcoin has rebounded after a 47% drop from its peak, but it is still far below the October high.

According to Decrypt, the latest records from the UK Electoral Commission show that BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo donated £4 million (approximately $5.4 million) to the Reform Party of the UK twice in April this year, bringing his total donations to the party this year to £8 million (approximately $10.8 million), second only to Tether equity investor Christopher Harborne (who has donated a total of £15 million, approximately $20.25 million).These two donations accounted for 75% of the party's total donations for the corresponding quarter and were also the largest two single donations received by any political party in the UK during that quarter. The UK has prohibited political donations in the form of cryptocurrency since March, so all donations were made in cash.It is reported that BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo revealed in April that he had donated $5.4 million (approximately £4 million) to the Reform Party of the UK led by Nigel Farage, with the donations occurring before the new regulation setting a £100,000 cap on donations from overseas expatriates was introduced.

a16z Charts compiled recent data indicating that since January 2025, tech recruitment has shown a clear preference for years of experience, while the requirements for the number of skills have decreased, with a change of about 5% to 10%.The charts show that companies are lowering the weight of skill lists when screening positions, and are instead placing more emphasis on candidates' accumulated experience. This change is related to the skill gaps brought about by AI, which is rewriting the safety and employment landscape.

According to The Block, multiple cryptocurrency companies are actively lobbying the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to expedite the ETF review process and allow the submission of confidential draft documents. Among them, Grayscale has explicitly requested that SEC staff commit to a response within 45 days.However, Jane Street and Charles Schwab have expressed reservations about this, voicing concerns over the rushed push for listings and the submission mechanism for confidential documents.

Trader Unipcs (Bonk Guy) posted that his fomo investment portfolio, after first breaking the $10 million mark yesterday, has now reached a historical high of $20 million, claiming to be the first trader to achieve this scale on the platform.According to the disclosed data, the profit in the past 24 hours was approximately $4.7 million, the profit in the past 7 days was approximately $12.8 million, the profit in the past 30 days was approximately $14.8 million, and the historical cumulative profit was approximately $16.5 million. He stated that recent major profitable trades include PONS, USELESS, MARSCOIN, BASECAT, DELTA, and MICRODUCK, among which PONS has increased over 108 times compared to its average entry price, and both DELTA and MICRODUCK have returns exceeding 10 times.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury released an analysis and alert on Thursday, linking approximately $12.7 billion in suspicious financial activities to cryptocurrency investment scams operated by Southeast Asian parks. About 1,300 institutions submitted 33,904 suspicious activity reports covering the period from September 2023 to December 2025. Cryptocurrency-focused money service businesses submitted 55% of the reports, involving $5.5 billion; banks submitted 41%, involving $6.4 billion; and securities firms accounted for the remaining $784.5 million.The number of reports has been growing at an average monthly rate of 10.9%, with the amount involved increasing by 18%. Scammers used at least 22 types of digital assets, with Ethereum, USDT, and USDC being the most common. On-chain analysis shows that regardless of the asset victims initially purchased, the funds are almost always converted into stablecoins, with nearly all converted to USDT, and then transferred through DeFi protocols or exchanges outside the U.S. Scammers also reused collection addresses across multiple victims, which is one way some institutions identified this pattern.The report indicates that about 25% involved elderly individuals, which is comparable to the 24.4% of the population that is over 60 years old, leading FinCEN to conclude that the elderly are not disproportionately targeted. The FBI estimates that in 2024, the U.S. population over 60 lost $4.8 billion to scams. These parks are primarily located in Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar, and U.S. authorities have seized over $25 million related to the associated scams this year.

The Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the "Implementation Plan for Promoting Coordinated Transformation and Development of Digitalization and Greening (2026-2030)", proposing to advance the coordinated transformation of digitalization and greening during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.The plan emphasizes empowering green and low-carbon transformation with digital intelligence technology, achieving low-cost and high-efficiency applications of artificial intelligence by 2030, significantly improving the energy efficiency of computing facilities and 5G base stations, promoting renewable energy electricity consumption in key areas such as computing facilities to reach the responsibility weight level of the respective provinces, and deepening the digital and green applications in agriculture, manufacturing, trade, consumption, and urban operation, strengthening intelligent governance of the ecological environment and digital carbon management, and solidifying the foundation for coordinated dual transformation and international cooperation.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan has confirmed that Taiwanese companies will invest an additional 20 billion USD in the United States. Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua stated that in response to order demands, in addition to the main production bases in Taiwan, capacity will also be increased in the United States, primarily focusing on semiconductor manufacturers, supply chains, and AI server manufacturers.U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo previously stated that Taiwan would announce investments of 20 to 30 billion USD in the U.S. next week. The Ministry of Economic Affairs responded that this investment is the 20 billion USD announced by Wang Mei-hua during the opening of the SEMICON TAIWAN 2026 U.S. Pavilion on the 2nd. Wang Mei-hua pointed out that global orders for AI and semiconductors are booming, and the global president of SEMI has raised the forecast for global semiconductor revenue in 2030 from 1 trillion USD to 2 trillion USD.The Ministry of Economic Affairs' review shows that as of May this year, 20 semiconductor and AI server-related companies have announced investments of 35 billion USD in the United States, with an additional 20 billion USD added in the following months. Future cooperation will also extend to industries such as biotechnology and natural gas.

According to the UK magazine "Fortune," the largest investment platform in the UK, Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), will open Crypto ETN trading to its approximately 2 million investors starting from September 3. The first batch will include 9 BTC and ETH ETNs, issued by companies such as BlackRock's iShares, WisdomTree, 21Shares, Invesco, CoinShares, and Bitwise, with annual fees ranging from 0% to 0.35%.HL had previously been the major investment platform in the UK that had not opened Crypto ETNs and stated last October that "BTC is not an asset class." These related products will be offered to users of its Advanced Investing service, and investors must pass a suitability test and comply with a 24-hour cooling-off period during their first transaction.

According to Bloomberg, the artificial intelligence company Humain is planning to raise its first $2.5 billion in funding to establish a fund focused on investing in data centers. Sources revealed that the fund will provide financing support for the 250 megawatt data center capacity being constructed in collaboration with Al Moammar Information Systems, with the overall scale potentially expanding to 1 gigawatt in the future.It is reported that Humain, supported by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund Public Investment Fund (PIF), is promoting the development of local AI computing power and data center infrastructure to meet the growing demand for AI computing.

According to monitoring by BitcoinTreasuries.NET, investment bank Alliance Global Partners, which manages $2.3 billion in assets, has given Strategy (stock code: MSTR) a buy rating for the first time, with a target price of $217. This indicates a 75% upside potential.

According to Cointelegraph, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) stated that cryptocurrency companies relying on temporary regulatory exemptions must apply for an Australian financial services license or apply to amend their existing licenses by September 30.Starting from October 1, businesses that do not meet the conditions for ASIC's non-action stance and still require authorization may violate the Financial Services Act and face civil or criminal penalties, with fines of up to 10% of annual turnover. ASIC noted that since updating the relevant guidelines in October 2025, it has received over 45 applications for licenses related to digital assets.

U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche posted on the X platform that this week cybercriminals launched password recovery attacks against hundreds of thousands of X users. The X platform successfully thwarted this attack to prevent user accounts from being hijacked, and the Department of Justice is working closely with X to track down the attackers.

According to TradingBeats monitoring, WLFI advisor ogle invested $4,997 to buy PONS at a market value of $470,000, making a profit of $5.4 million, achieving a 1,080 times return.

The Bitget Launchpool project CP is now open for investment. As of the time of publication, the BGB lock-up pool yield is 55.22% APR, and the CP lock-up pool yield is 568.23% APR.