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According to The Block, a couple in the Somme department of France faced three break-ins in less than a month after purchasing the former home of a cryptocurrency millionaire. The incidents were triggered by the previous owner's tax information and address being leaked to the dark web, leading criminals to mistakenly believe that the new residents held approximately 1 million euros in cryptocurrency assets.The first break-in was thwarted by a dog, the second intruder subdued the residents and live-streamed the attack on Snapchat, and after confirming the target was incorrect, fled; the third break-in was scared off by the alarm system. The Amiens Criminal Court subsequently convicted two men (aged 20 and 21) involved in the third break-in, sentencing them to 3 years and 18 months in prison, respectively.

According to ChianCatcher news, GSR Content Director Frank Chaparro tweeted that Nasdaq is hiring a RWA Principal Protocol Engineer, who will serve as the primary technical author for the "Nasdaq Token Design Standard."This standard is the authoritative specification for the on-chain representation of publicly traded stocks. Responsibilities include issuance, compliance, corporate actions, chain selection, and institutional trading infrastructure. The base salary ranges from $155,000 to $287,000, plus bonuses and equity.

Russia's oil production in July was nearly 1 million barrels per day below its OPEC+ quota, with an average daily output of 8.887 million barrels, significantly lower than the monthly target of 9.824 million barrels.Ukraine has been attacking Russian oil infrastructure almost daily, threatening crude oil processing and export volumes, while the global energy market is also under pressure due to the conflict in the Middle East.

According to Decrypt, the prediction market platform Kalshi announced a partnership with DoubleZero to provide real-time market data subscription services to trading institutions through DoubleZero Edge.The initial data covers Kalshi sports event contracts and cryptocurrency perpetual futures, including Level 1 (best quotes and transaction records) and Level 2 (multiple buy and sell orders) data, which can be directly used for pricing, hedging, and automated trading strategies. DoubleZero uses a multicast system to synchronize and push machine-readable data to all connected parties, significantly lowering the access threshold.

According to The Data Nerd monitoring, the Lighter team wallet transferred 1.87 million LIT to a new address, worth approximately 4.57 million USD.

According to Bloomberg, citing informed sources, Lightspeed Venture Partners is seeking to extend its holding period for OpenAI and four other assets through a secondary transaction of approximately $600 million, along with a new investment commitment to Anthropic.The transaction, codenamed "Project Mercury," involves Lightspeed's Select V and Opportunity II funds, as well as an independently managed account, transferring the related investments into a continuation fund while returning cash to existing investors.In addition to OpenAI, the assets to be transferred include security technology company Verkada, workforce management company Rippling, AI startup Reflection AI, and enterprise search platform Glean. Coller Capital is acting as the lead buyer for the continuation fund, while UBS serves as the transaction advisor. Lightspeed has invested in Anthropic multiple times, including its latest financing round, which valued Anthropic at $96.5 billion.

The B.AI platform is now offering a limited-time 40% discount on the GLM-5.2 model for all users.During the event, whether deploying through the API or interacting on the web, all calls can enjoy a 40% settlement price. The discounted prices are: Input 0.84, Cache Write 0.84, Cache Read 0.168, Output 2.64 (Unit: Credits/Token).As a next-generation open-source flagship model, GLM-5.2 features a 1M ultra-long context window, designed for high-performance scenarios such as large-scale code development, complex reasoning, and agent tasks. Users can directly use it through the official API standard channel or the web interface, achieving seamless integration across all workflow scenarios. This event aims to unleash top-tier AI productivity at a lower cost, and users can log in to the B.AI platform to experience it starting today.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the event "LoL: DN SOOPers vs Nongshim Red Force LCK Round 3 - Round 4 Promotion Group" on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option win rate for the sub-market "Both teams kill a dragon" has experienced a sharp fluctuation, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 90% (a fluctuation of 40%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to Bloomberg, Goldman Sachs will acquire ETF provider Neos Investments for up to $2.25 billion in cash and equity to expand its presence in the actively managed ETF market. Neos was founded in 2022 and currently offers nearly 20 income-generating ETFs based on options strategies, managing approximately $32 billion in assets.After the transaction is completed, Goldman Sachs' ETF assets are expected to increase to about $130 billion. Neos co-founders Troy Cates and Garrett Paolella will become partners in Goldman Sachs Asset Management after the deal closes, and the entire Neos team is also expected to join. Goldman Sachs' Asset and Wealth Management division had regulatory assets exceeding $4 trillion as of the end of the second quarter, an increase of over $700 billion from a year ago, with the division's revenue growing by 20% year-over-year.

According to a report by Investing.com, neocloud company Nebius (NBIS) announced its second-quarter financial report, with Q2 revenue reaching $582.3 million, a 454% increase compared to $105.1 million in the same period last year. The adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter was $236.2 million, compared to a loss of $21 million in the same period last year, achieving a turnaround from negative to positive; the adjusted net loss was $33.2 million, narrowing from a loss of $91.5 million in the same period last year by 64%. However, the company reported a net loss from continuing operations of $190.4 million in the second quarter, while it had a net profit of $502.5 million in the same period last year.In the first half of 2026, Nebius accumulated revenue of $981.3 million, a year-on-year increase of 529%; the adjusted EBITDA reached $365.7 million, compared to a loss of $74.7 million in the same period last year. According to market news, NBIS rose 12.05% in pre-market trading, currently reported at $217.5.

According to the official announcement, Bitget CFD has launched the Pro mode based on the existing ECN and STP models, providing independent quote depth for high-frequency and large-volume traders. This feature is now available on the web, and the app version is expected to be opened on August 21.The trading varieties in Pro mode uniformly use the .pro suffix, and the fee structure and rebate rules are consistent with the ECN model, with a fixed handling fee charged per lot based on the variety, and overnight fees charged normally. This mode is only open to qualified professional clients, who can contact their account manager or official customer service to apply for activation.Previously, Bitget CFD launched liquidity solutions for institutional traders, supporting multi-level depth aggregation and 100% STP execution. The launch of the Pro mode further enriches Bitget CFD's support for professional trading scenarios.

According to Bloomberg, cryptocurrency market maker Wintermute plans to invest approximately $1 billion over the next five years in high-frequency trading and AI data center infrastructure to expand into traditional financial markets such as stocks, commodities, and foreign exchange. The related expenditures are expected to be funded by retained earnings.Currently, the non-crypto market contributes about 10% of the company's revenue, with a goal of increasing this proportion to over 50% by the end of 2027. Wintermute's average daily trading volume this year has decreased from about $15 billion last year to $10 billion.

The Bank of England (BOE) has entered the second phase of the digital pound project, testing whether publicly issued stablecoins can operate in conjunction with central bank currency within a single payment process for trade finance.BOE will collaborate with NOBO Finance, Dun & Bradstreet, and Polygon Labs in the digital pound laboratory to explore the establishment of reusable credit profiles for small businesses and to study the use of stablecoins in conjunction with potential digital pounds in invoice factoring. The related experiments do not involve real customers or funds and aim to provide a reference for BOE and the UK Treasury to assess the interoperability of different forms of digital currency.

Swedish Stockholm AI programming startup Lovable announced the completion of a $400 million Series C funding round, bringing its post-funding valuation to $13.3 billion. This round of financing was co-led by Menlo Ventures and the EU-backed investment institution Scaleup Europe Fund (managed by EQT AB), with several venture capital firms participating, as well as new investors from Latin America and Asia, including Tencent Holdings.Lovable is dedicated to the field of AI-assisted programming and is accelerating its expansion to compete with larger rivals such as Anthropic.

Bitget announced the launch of the "Project Archimedes," establishing a special fund with a total scale of $300 million to provide capital support for quantitative trading firms, asset management institutions, and market makers. The plan includes two sub-projects: a $100 million "Capital Support Program," which focuses on supporting emerging and growth-oriented quantitative institutions that adopt market-neutral strategies; and a $200 million "Interest-Free Lending Program," aimed at institutions with mature strategies and a certain trading scale, which can obtain interest-free funds by meeting corresponding trading volume or position standards to reduce financing costs and expand strategy scale.Bitget CEO Gracy Chen stated that as competition in institutional trading intensifies, capital, execution efficiency, and risk control are becoming important factors in whether strategies can achieve scalability. The Archimedes plan aims to help capable teams expand their strategy scale through capital support, with expectations to support over 50 projects in the next six months. Meanwhile, relying on Bitget's Unified Trading Account (UTA), institutions can use rToken spot positions as collateral for derivatives, allowing them to maintain tokenized stock exposure and contract strategies simultaneously without cross-account transfers, further enhancing capital efficiency.The Archimedes plan will adopt a long-term cooperation framework, implementing rolling access and phased deployment, and will regularly disclose progress such as the number of participating institutions, capital deployment scale, and strategy distribution.

According to The Bitcoin Historian (@pete_rizzo_), a member of the Taiwanese parliament stated that there is a "100% chance" that Taiwan will establish a strategic reserve of Bitcoin.The legislator emphasized that Bitcoin is different from gold, possessing the characteristics of digital transfer and verification, and pointed out that "the world has changed," with countries competing to lay out Bitcoin for national security considerations, acting ahead of the United States.

According to Arkham Research, Bitmine, the world's largest Ethereum treasury company, currently holds approximately 5.81 million ETH, valued at nearly $11 billion. After 14 months of continuous accumulation, its holdings have reached 4.8% of the ETH supply, achieving about 96% of its publicly set acquisition target of 5%. Unlike Bitcoin treasury companies such as Strategy, Bitmine has used over 5 million ETH for staking to earn interest, with an annualized staking income estimated at approximately $257 million based on a yield of about 2.63%.According to Arkham's analysis, the most likely scenario for the trajectory after reaching the 5% target is that Bitmine will slow down its purchases. On-chain data shows that its acquisition pace has already slowed this year, and after surpassing 5%, it may shift towards balance sheet management and maximizing staking returns. The second most likely scenario is to continue buying at the same pace. Considering that Tom Lee, co-founder of Fundstrat, who leads this strategy, has consistently been bullish, it is possible that they will continue to increase their holdings after breaking through 5%. The least likely scenario is to completely stop buying. If this largest enterprise-level ETH buyer in the market exits the demand side, it may temporarily weaken bullish sentiment, but even without new additions, its staking holdings will still grow passively through network rewards.

According to official news, the AI Agent platform X-Agent has confirmed its participation in the WeWork AI Foundation Community Lightning Pitch to be held on August 25 in Tokyo, where it will share its latest progress in AI Agents, AI application generation, and commercialization infrastructure.The AI Foundation Community is driven by WeWork and collaborates with well-known companies in related fields such as SoftBank and NVIDIA, aiming to connect Japanese AI startups, technology teams, and enterprises with AI implementation needs.X-Agent is currently building its product system around "Natural Language Generation AI Applications + Agent Autonomous Execution." Users can describe their needs in natural language, and the platform will handle application architecture, front-end and back-end, database, and deployment processes. Meanwhile, X-Agent has recently completed deep integration with the OKX Agentic Wallet and has open-sourced the AI payment control plane xpense, providing Agents with capabilities for budget control, payment, delivery verification, and ledger recording.X-Agent stated that participating in this event is also an important step in its ongoing expansion into the Japanese market and connecting the local AI startup and enterprise innovation ecosystem.

On August 12, WEEX Exchange announced that the platform launched Rain Protocol (RAIN) spot trading on August 10 and has started a limited-time zero transaction fee promotion. Rain Protocol is a decentralized prediction market protocol deployed on Arbitrum. To celebrate the launch of RAIN, WEEX, in collaboration with Rain Protocol, is launching airdrop activity of 785,600 RAIN. Activity period: 8/11 18:00 - 8/18 18:00 (UTC+8).During the event, any first spot trading of RAIN, ARB, or ZRO (no trading volume limit) will receive an additional reward of 393 RAIN.

PPP market prediction tool monitoring shows that in the Polymarket "Anthropic valuation reaches target within the year" prediction event, the probability of reaching $1.5 trillion within the year has risen to 76%, an increase of 13% in 24 hours. The probability of reaching $1.25 trillion has risen to 92%, an increase of 8% in 24 hours. According to the settlement rules, this market primarily relies on the valuation of Anthropic's private market as announced by the Nasdaq Private Market (NPM).If Anthropic completes its IPO or direct listing during this period, the official issue price corresponding to the valuation and the public market value after listing will also be included in the settlement basis. Currently, the NPM data referenced on the Polymarket page shows a valuation of approximately $1.13 trillion. Previously, according to the Wall Street Journal, Anthropic plans to go public in September or early October, with specific issue prices and schedules yet to be announced. If successfully listed, it could become one of the largest IPOs in history.