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According to Unchained, Andy Ross, head of institutional business at Kalshi, stated that the exchange submitted an application to regulators on Monday to launch perpetual futures contracts for foreign exchange and interest rates. As of Tuesday afternoon, the relevant documents had not yet appeared in the public filings of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.Kalshi had previously been approved to launch Bitcoin perpetual futures, later expanding to Ethereum and XRP, and has submitted applications for gold, silver, platinum, copper, and US500 perpetual futures that track large-cap U.S. stock indices. Ross mentioned that gold perpetual futures are close to being launched.Ross stated that Kalshi's perpetual futures operate within a regulated framework, so they will not offer high leverage, with specific leverage limits determined based on the volatility of the underlying assets. He also noted that a study released by Kalshi covered 2.2 million data points, showing that its market prices have a good match with actual outcomes, maintaining a certain level of pricing effectiveness even in markets with lower trading volumes.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "LoL: Unicorns Of Love Sexy Edition vs Kaufland Hangry Knights," the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Both sides kill the Baron" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in win rate, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 90% (a fluctuation of 40%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to a research report published by RootData Research, the total trading volume of mainstream cryptocurrency exchanges in the TradFi sector surpassed $1.3 trillion in the first half of 2026, nearly a tenfold increase compared to the entire year of 2025, with TradFi derivatives accounting for over 98%, becoming the core engine driving the explosive growth of the sector.The exchange landscape is shifting from "unipolar concentration" to multipolar competition. Binance, while maintaining a leading position in the TradFi sector with a cumulative share of 68.3%, saw its monthly trading volume share decline from 78.8% at the beginning of the year to 58.2% in August. Meanwhile, second-tier exchanges such as OKX, Gate, and Hyperliquid are rapidly expanding, with market shares of 18.2%, 10.7%, and 9.9% respectively in August.In the core submarket of stock derivatives, entering August, Binance still dominated with an average daily trading volume of $14.927 billion; OKX established an advantage in trading costs with the industry's lowest spread of 0.0091%, achieving a comprehensive score tied for second with Gate. Gate has recently shown independent growth, recording four consecutive months of triple-digit month-on-month growth from May to August, and in mid-August, its ±2% weighted depth ranked first in the industry for 11 consecutive trading days. The competitive logic of the TradFi sector may be shifting from a battle for traffic to a competition across comprehensive dimensions such as position size, market depth, trading costs, and variety coverage.

The parent company of Kraken, Payward, announced a partnership with the London Stock Exchange (LSE) to tokenize the stocks of the 100 largest companies listed on the LSE into xStocks, which are backed 1:1. The first London-listed xStocks are expected to be launched on Kraken and other platforms supporting the xStocks Alliance in the coming weeks, available to investors in over 110 countries, but not yet open to UK investors.Subject to regulatory approval, the LSE plans to list and support xStocks trading on its newly launched extended trading hours, LSE 24. LSE CEO Julia Hoggett stated that by collaborating with Payward and continuously working with the market infrastructure ecosystem, they are exploring how issuers and investors can benefit from new access methods while maintaining the standards that underpin the public market. In addition to tokenizing existing stocks, both parties will also explore the issuance of native equity tokens through LSE infrastructure, which have the same rights as traditional stocks and are fully interchangeable.Payward's tokenized stock framework was launched in June 2025 and acquired by Payward in December, having processed over $40 billion in total trading volume, covering more than 200,000 holders, with nearly $20 billion settled on-chain. According to RWA.xyz data, there are currently approximately $2.53 billion in existing tokenized stocks, with xStocks tokenizing about $606.6 million, making it the second-largest issuer after Ondo.

The cryptocurrency exchange platform Binance saw an inflow of funds reaching $15.7 billion in August, setting a monthly record and accounting for over 75% of the total inflow to all centralized exchanges. During the same period, the price of Bitcoin rose over 20%, surpassing $80,000, driving an increase in exchange trading volume.Binance Research pointed out that $15.7 billion is approximately 8.4 times that of the second-largest exchange by positive inflow, with Bybit and OKX ranking among the three exchanges with concentrated liquidity. The inflow to smaller platforms is more dispersed. Additionally, Binance faces accusations in the European Union for accepting local users without obtaining a license under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA).

The London Stock Exchange (LSEG) and Payward, the parent company of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, announced a partnership to bring stocks of the largest listed companies in the UK onto the blockchain. In the coming weeks, the stocks of the top 100 companies listed on the LSE will be available on Payward's xStocks tokenized stock framework. These xStocks are tokens that correspond one-to-one with the underlying stocks, allowing for 24/7 trading on centralized exchanges, self-custody wallets, and on-chain applications.This initiative continues the rapidly expanding framework of Payward. Over the past year, the cumulative trading volume of xStocks has exceeded $40 billion, with nearly $20 billion settled on-chain, and more than 200,000 product holders. Through the blockchain channel, UK-listed stocks will be able to reach investor groups in over 110 countries, although xStocks are currently not available to domestic UK investors.Subject to regulatory approval, the LSE plans to list and support xStocks trading on its newly launched 24-hour trading platform, LSE 24, and will gradually cover tokenized stocks and more asset classes in the US, EU, UK, and Hong Kong. Both parties also stated that they will explore stock tokens issued natively by the LSE, allowing LSE members to issue and service stocks directly on-chain, with the same full interchangeability and rights as traditional stocks. Payward Co-CEO Arjun Sethi stated that for years, people have assumed that crypto and traditional finance must collide and one side would lose, but that has never been the real story;

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, a certain whale received 167,855 ETH from multiple wallets, worth $408 million, and has begun depositing it into exchanges.In the past 2 days, this whale has deposited 70,739 ETH into multiple exchanges, worth $174 million, and currently still holds 97,115 ETH, worth $237 million.

According to Hong Kong 01, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng reflected on his journey from a rural area in Jiangsu to a net worth of hundreds of billions in an exclusive interview, sharing his "Four No" financial principles: do not buy stocks, do not speculate on real estate, do not trade cryptocurrencies, and do not hold excessive cash. He explained that real estate transactions are time-consuming and the returns are not worth it, and he never trades stocks or engages in short-term cryptocurrency trading, only holding long-term and selling some crypto assets when needed. "Holding fiat currency is the dumbest investment method; cash continues to depreciate."In 2013, Zhao Changpeng sold his house and invested all his money into Bitcoin, which at one point dropped two-thirds in value and remained stagnant for a year and a half. In 2017, he founded Binance, which became the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange in just five months. In 2023, he was sentenced to four months in prison for violating the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act, and was pardoned by Trump last year. His current net worth is approximately $114.6 billion. He admitted that success is a matter of luck, but the key lies in consistently making the right decisions and quickly correcting mistakes.

According to the latest ranking of stock derivatives exchanges released by RootData, Binance, Hyperliquid, Gate, Bitget, OKX, Bybit, MEXC, XT.COM, Bitunix, and WEEX are in the top ten.Among them, Binance ranks first with a score of 96.2, holding approximately $3.454 billion, a 24h trading volume of approximately $6.17 billion, and a market share of 41.83%. Hyperliquid ranks second with a score of 95.3, holding approximately $1.761 billion, a 24h trading volume of approximately $1.491 billion, and a market share of 10.11%. Gate ranks third with a score of 95.1, holding approximately $841 million, a 24h trading volume of approximately $990 million, and a market share of 6.71%.

According to reports from the major factory, ByteDance recently held a briefing on Doubao stocks and introduced new policies for relevant employees: the price of Doubao stocks was adjusted from $14.85 per share in June to $17.02 per share, an increase of about 14.6%; the issuance of Doubao stocks was increased, with some employees reaching a total package of about 5%; employees can choose to convert a certain proportion of cash in their total package into Doubao stocks, with the proportion varying by job level.This adjustment mainly targets the large model departments under Seed (pre-training, multimodal, VLM, etc.) and the Doubao main APP team under Flow. From $13.08 in April of this year to $17.02 in August, the Doubao stock has increased by about 30.1% in less than half a year, which is about twice the increase of ByteDance options during the same period (approximately 14.5%).

The Taiwanese prosecutors stated that they are investigating the global leading chip substrate and printed circuit board manufacturer, Unimicron Technology Corporation, which is a key supplier for NVIDIA, Intel, Google, and Amazon. The investigation targets the company for allegedly mislabeling parts made in China as being produced in Taiwan, which may violate laws prohibiting the laundering of origin.Unimicron Technology Corporation is one of the world's top printed circuit board manufacturers, and this investigation occurs against the backdrop of the United States cracking down on transshipment.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, the whale or institutional address 0x2Ea2 is selling 51,387 ETH, worth approximately 125.9 million USD.In the past two days, this address has deposited 40,881 ETH to exchanges, equivalent to about 100.7 million USD, and currently still holds 10,506 ETH, worth approximately 25.52 million USD.

Zhao Changpeng appeared on the podcast "Meanders" and discussed the pressures, adaptability, and lifelong motivation in the cryptocurrency field. When talking about pressure, Zhao Changpeng stated, "I generally do not set goals; I just do my best. This year the market is not good, so the company's performance may decline, but I have tried my best, I did not slack off, and I did not make any major mistakes. I handle problems in the same way.""No matter how difficult the problem is, I just try my best to deal with it. I also believe in simulation theory; I believe this world is simulated, so it’s like a game. It is simulated, but that does not mean this game is unimportant. However, in this game, I just need to do my best; you try your best to handle it, and after handling it, you can only wait, just lie back and win."Zhao Changpeng mentioned the industry, saying, "As for blockchain itself, I think the improvement in performance is still too slow. But because Bitcoin upgrades slowly, it is particularly stable, which is also an advantage. So there are advantages and disadvantages. Many of the ideas we had in the early days had many implementations, many that were not implemented, and many unexpected things happened."Regarding RWA, he said, "Even a year and a half ago, I would have doubted whether RWA could succeed, but now it is growing very fast. To be honest, I might have had some doubts about stablecoins five years ago, wondering how long they could last; at that time, I did not fully understand them. Stablecoins have their own uses. So these things are all things we did not think of before."

According to CCTV Finance, Suiruan Technology will launch online subscription on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's Science and Technology Innovation Board on September 2, with the stock code 688801 and online subscription code 787801. It plans to issue approximately 43.04 million shares, accounting for 10% of the total share capital after issuance, raising 6 billion yuan for the research and development of fifth and sixth generation AI chips and collaborative projects for artificial intelligence hardware and software.Suiruan Technology, along with Moore Threads, Muxi Co., and Birun Technology, is collectively known as the "Four Little Dragons of Domestic GPUs." The other three companies have already gone public, with their closing price increases on the first day of listing being 425.46%, 692.95%, and 75.82%, respectively. Suiruan Technology's revenue for 2023 to 2025 is projected to be 301 million, 722 million, and 990 million yuan, with a three-year compound growth rate of 81.32%.

Zhao Changpeng appeared on the podcast "Meanders." Zhao Changpeng stated that if he were to redo a global cryptocurrency trading platform in 2017, the first principle would be to avoid U.S. users. Their definition of centralized financial platforms is: if you have U.S. users, you need to be subject to U.S. regulation and obtain a license in the U.S. This is not 100% enforced in the U.S., but they have the right and the ability to do so.Additionally, contracts might be developed a bit earlier. Even some other financial products could potentially be developed a bit earlier, and financial products would be more comprehensive. Communication with regulators might be more thorough. Binance is currently the trading platform that communicates the most with regulators, but the coverage is still somewhat lacking. Moreover, if you really want to do this, the cost is very high. It's not just a matter of money; you need to hire good people, spend a lot of time, and invest a lot of time managing this matter.

According to the Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam is piloting a regulatory framework for the cryptocurrency market to strengthen investor protection while opening up financing channels. The government’s Resolution No. 05, released in September 2025, specifies that cryptocurrencies must be backed by RWA, excluding securities and fiat currencies, and will initially be issued only to foreign investors. Currently, five companies have undergone preliminary assessments through the exchange and must meet Level 4 security requirements and contribute at least 100 trillion Vietnamese dong (approximately 383 million USD). The decree No. 284, issued in July, will impose penalties on unlicensed platform trading activities starting from September 1, and domestic investors must wait six months after the first licensed service provider receives a license from the Ministry of Finance before they can trade through licensed providers.

According to South Korean media Daum, an analysis of the five major Korean won exchanges Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit, and GOPAX, as well as the public API of CoinGecko, found that after excluding duplicate assets, the five exchanges collectively support approximately 606 types of crypto assets. Among them, 164 types (27.1%) are only available for trading on one exchange, and another 324 types (53.5%) are traded on two or fewer exchanges.Among the assets supported by a single exchange, Coinone has the most, with 55 types; Bithumb has 54 types, GOPAX has 25 types, Upbit has 16 types, and Korbit has 14 types. In terms of liquidity, the median trading volume of these 164 assets in nearly 24 hours is only about 1.37 million won, with 79 types having a trading volume of less than 1 million won, and 38 types even having zero transactions.The analysis suggests that listing on a single exchange does not inherently mean that the asset carries risk. If the relevant assets are actively traded on overseas exchanges or support smooth withdrawals, investors still have other exit channels. However, for assets with low overseas trading volume and restricted deposit and withdrawal networks, once support is terminated, investors may face difficulties in both selling and transferring.

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost stated that the inflow of Bitcoin to exchanges has surged sharply in the past 7 days, peaking as BTC attempted to break through the $80,000 mark. Binance led with an average daily inflow of 10,700 BTC, followed by Coinbase Advanced with an average of 7,100 BTC, and both Kraken and OKX exceeding 2,000 BTC.He pointed out that $80,000 represents the average cost basis for all capital invested in BTC and is a critical breakeven point, where many investors choose to lock in small profits or stop losses. As the BTC price pulls back, selling pressure is weakening, and if the selling pressure continues to ease, Bitcoin may soon test this resistance level again.

Changxin Storage filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense on August 28, Eastern Time. Changxin Storage stated that the company filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, accusing the U.S. Department of Defense of mistakenly listing it as a "Chinese military enterprise," with the company first being named in January 2025. Changxin Storage is not a military enterprise; it only researches and produces DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) products for commercial and civilian use, and they are not used for military purposes.