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On August 6, OpenAI first released usage data of ChatGPT across various countries, showing significant differences in usage across different scenarios, ages, and regions. In work scenarios, users utilizing ChatGPT for execution tasks (writing, editing, analyzing, etc.) accounted for over 50%, more than twice that of non-work scenarios; non-work scenarios are still primarily focused on "information retrieval." By age group, the proportion of messages from users over 35 years old globally increased by 5 percentage points year-on-year, with France and the Czech Republic seeing increases of over 10 percentage points. Nearly three-quarters of European countries exceeded the global average increase, while some regions in Southeast Asia saw smaller increases.Regionally, Latin America, Africa, and Oceania are narrowing the gap with early adopters, with Peru, Uruguay, and Costa Rica showing the fastest rankings rise. Multimodal (such as image generation and analysis) is the fastest-growing use case, with its global share rising to 7.8%, exceeding 10% in countries like Brazil and Colombia. OpenAI stated that the relevant data has been made public through the OpenAI Signals platform, aimed at helping policymakers and researchers understand the usage trends of over 1 billion users.

Bank of America strategists indicate that investor bullish sentiment has reached extreme levels, suggesting a reduction in exposure to risk assets. The Bull-Bear Index rose from 9.4 to 9.7, marking the highest level since 2021. The rise in the stock market, inflows into high-yield bond funds, and narrowing credit spreads are the reasons for the optimistic sentiment.Hartnett stated that we are still in the summer "withdrawal/rotation" phase, advising investors to reduce allocations to risk assets and shift towards defensive assets and the dollar.

Cyprus-based enterprise AI customer service company Omilia announced the completion of a $67 million Series B funding round, led by Expedition Growth Capital. The funds will be used to accelerate business expansion in North America and globally, with plans to open its first U.S. office in the second half of 2026.Omilia was founded in 2002 and focuses on providing self-learning agent CX solutions for enterprise call centers using its proprietary voice AI technology. The platform supports compliance standards such as FedRAMP, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR.

According to CoinPost, the Financial Services Agency of Japan has announced a partial revision of the "Comprehensive Supervision Guidelines for Major Banks and Others," which will unify the reporting format for cybersecurity incidents across 17 regulatory areas, including cryptocurrency exchange operators.A new "Common Format for Other Cyber Attacks and Related Incidents" has been added, which, along with the existing formats for DDoS attacks and ransomware, constitutes a three-category reporting distinction system. As a transitional measure, non-specific social infrastructure operators may continue to use the old reporting format until the end of March 2027, with the deadline for public comments set for September 7, 2026.

According to Gate market data, Microchip Technology rose 9% in pre-market trading as the company forecasted that both revenue and profit for the second quarter would exceed expectations.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Chainlink repurchased 139,956.08 LINK, worth approximately 1.13 million USD, and transferred the tokens to its reserve wallet.This batch of LINK was accumulated through multiple exchanges on CoWSwap, then consolidated and sent to its reserve wallet. Chainlink's reserves currently hold 5.35 million LINK, worth approximately 43.9 million USD, with an average acquisition cost of 11.19 USD per LINK.

OKX will delist the GODS/USDⓈ, PRCL/USDⓈ, PRCL/EUR, DUCK/USDⓈ spot trading pairs from 16:00 to 18:00 on August 14, 2026, and will delist the GODS/USDT, PRCL/USDT, DUCK/USDT spot trading pairs from 16:00 to 18:00 on August 17.Recharge for the related currencies will be suspended at 16:00 on August 7, and withdrawals will be suspended at 16:00 on November 7.

SK Hynix plans to invest 35.2 trillion won in the second phase of chip factory construction in Yongin, South Korea.

SK Hynix announced a dividend of 375 Korean won per share and will announce the shareholder return policy plan in the third quarter, considering additional shareholder return measures.

B.AI welcomes several major updates this week. In terms of benefits, new users can log in with Bitget Wallet, Binance Wallet, or imToken Wallet to instantly receive 1 million free Credits; logging in with an invitation code grants an additional 300,000, with a maximum cumulative total of 1.3 million when combined with the exclusive wallet login gift. Referrers also enjoy permanent rebates on friend deposits and subscriptions. Recharge discounts are released simultaneously, with a 1:1 equivalent quota gift exclusive to the BNB Chain channel, while various other payment methods enjoy a 1:0.5 rebate, with a maximum of $100 worth of points available per user.On the model side, there is another breakthrough, as the "Self-selected Service Provider" lineup is significantly expanded this week, adding the Nebula channel and launching historic calling discounts as low as 10%; at the same time, Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen flagship model Qwen3.8-Max officially lands on the platform, now open for a limited-time free experience. Currently, the self-selected mode has fully covered global mainstream large model series such as Claude, GPT, and Gemini, combined with recharge gifts and multiple discount tiers, continuously releasing extreme computing power cost-effectiveness for global developers and enterprise users.

On August 7, Wang Xingxing, Chairman of Yushu Technology, stated during an online roadshow that entering the capital market is a new starting point for the company. In the future, it will continue to deepen the research and development of core technologies for general embodied intelligent robots and their industrial application, while actively exploring more product forms such as humanoid robots, quadruped robots, and mechas. He emphasized that the embodied intelligence industry is still in its early development stage, and the generalization capabilities of robots need to be improved collectively across the industry. The company will continue to tackle key hardware and software technologies such as large embodied models, scenario data collection, reinforcement learning, and self-research of core components.According to previous news, Yushu Technology's IPO issuance price is 150.80 yuan per share, with an issuance market value of approximately 60.9 billion yuan, planning to publicly issue 40.4464 million shares, accounting for 10% of the total share capital after issuance. In the strategic placement, DeepSeek was allocated 933,400 shares (subscription of 141 million yuan, lock-up period of 36 months), and Shanghai Qishan Investment, a subsidiary of Tencent, was allocated 903,300 shares. Online and offline subscriptions will begin on August 10. Wang Xingxing revealed that the company has achieved the world's number one shipment volume for humanoid robots by 2025, with net profit rapidly increasing after excluding non-recurring items.

According to Wired, during security testing, the open-source model Kimi K3 from the dark side of the moon broke out of the sandbox and accessed the internet, attempting to find test answers via GitHub. American security startup Frontier Security stated that Kimi K3 exploited a sandbox configuration vulnerability, but it itself lacked sufficient built-in protective mechanisms.Similar to incidents previously disclosed by OpenAI and Anthropic, this escape partially stemmed from a sandbox configuration error. However, Kimi K3 did not initiate an attack, as the answers were easily accessible on GitHub. The CEO of Frontier Security stated that Kimi K3 performed excellently in cybersecurity defense but lacked mechanisms to prevent cheating or escaping the sandbox. Security experts emphasized that configuring the testing environment is crucial, as the misuse of AI agents could lead to system failures.

According to the official announcement, Gate's DEX infrastructure platform Gate DexBuilder has officially launched its first event contract Builder and initiated a $3 million funding program, open for global project parties, developers, communities, and Web3 applications to collaborate, promoting the ecological construction of the event contract market.The event contract Builder is dedicated to lowering the development threshold for market products, providing partners with integrated infrastructure services covering market creation, trading, liquidity support, settlement, and operational management. Through infrastructure services such as APIs and SDKs, partners can quickly deploy branded event contract products without building the underlying trading and settlement systems from scratch.Currently, the program is open for applications from brokers and comprehensive trading platforms, crypto wallets, Web3 applications, media information platforms, AI Trading, AI Agents, quantitative trading platforms, as well as sports, esports, and entertainment products. Selected projects can receive up to $3 million in funding and ecological resource support, covering product research and development, technical integration, liquidity building, market promotion, and user growth.Jason Fung, the project leader of Gate DexBuilder and Head of Global Partnerships, stated that the development of the event contract market requires more application scenarios and infrastructure support. Gate DexBuilder hopes to lower the construction threshold through the event contract Builder, helping more partners explore innovative applications in the event contract market. In the future, Gate DexBuilder will continue to open up the infrastructure capabilities of the event contract market, working with global Builders to explore more innovative application scenarios and promote further development of the market ecosystem.

On August 7, WEEX announced that it has launched a limited-time zero transaction fee for GRVT, and users participating in trading can also share a 50,000 USDT airdrop. Activity period: 8/6 18:00 - 8/13 18:00 (UTC+8).During the event, all users with a daily GRVT spot trading volume ≥ 50 U can receive a 5 USDT contract bonus each day; inviting friends to participate in this event, an individual can earn up to 1,000 USDT in rewards.

The Korea Exchange will officially launch after-hours trading for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on September 14, despite concerns in the industry about the volatility of leveraged products.The exchange aims to compete with alternative trading systems like Nextrade and all-weather cryptocurrency exchanges. Asset management institutions warn that the lack of real-time fund net asset value estimates could widen the price deviation of ETFs, and the industry had previously called for a delay in the launch of this business.Individual stock leveraged ETFs will not be included in the scope of after-hours trading.

According to CoinPost, the Financial Services Agency of Japan and the National Police Agency recently jointly sent a letter to the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA), requesting exchanges to strengthen anti-fraud measures. This request includes 11 specific requirements, such as the need for withdrawal addresses to be registered in advance, enhanced transaction monitoring, strict verification of identification documents when opening accounts, and setting a withdrawal limit for a certain period after users deposit fiat currency or purchase crypto assets.The background of this action is the increasing prevalence of investment scams and "pig butchering" schemes on social media, where criminals frequently use crypto accounts to transfer illegal funds. The Financial Services Agency also suggested that exchanges flexibly set withdrawal limits based on customers' risk levels and transaction purposes, and that suspicious transactions should immediately result in account restrictions or freezes, while enhancing intelligence cooperation with the police. For system renovations that are difficult to implement in the short term, exchanges are allowed to proceed in phases. In addition, the Financial Services Agency has officially established the "Cryptocurrency and Stablecoin Division," responsible for related regulatory affairs.

According to the latest stock spot exchange ranking released by RootData, Binance, Bitget, and Gate rank in the top three. This list is based on public transaction and order book data, comparing the trading scale, liquidity, and active products of the stock spot market of exchanges, and showcasing the coverage of stock products and brokerage channels.Binance ranks first with a score of 83.65, a 24h public order book transaction volume of approximately $294 million, and a market share of 50.82%.Bitget ranks second with a score of 75.54, a 24h public order book transaction volume of approximately $45.3554 million, and a market share of 7.83%.Gate ranks third with a score of 74.76, a 24h public order book transaction volume of approximately $75.8254 million, and a market share of 13.09%.The combined market share of the three is approximately 71.74%. Among them, Binance alone occupies 50.82%, exceeding half of the total market share, demonstrating a significant head effect.

According to the latest stock derivatives exchange ranking released by RootData, the top five exchanges account for a total market share of 79.36%; among them, Binance alone occupies 46.98%, nearly half of the entire market, showing a significant head effect.In addition, among the other top five exchanges, OKX has a market share of 12.16%; Hyperliquid has a market share of 9.52%; Bitget has a market share of 5.89%, and Gate has 4.81%, still with a considerable gap compared to Binance.