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Xiaomi Group released its Q2 2026 financial report, with revenue of 108.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 6.1%, and a quarter-on-quarter increase of 9.9%; adjusted net profit was 6.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 42.6%, and a quarter-on-quarter increase of 2.4%. The revenue from the Mobile × AIoT segment was 84 billion yuan, with a gross margin of 20.0%; the revenue from the smart electric vehicle and AI innovation business segment was 24.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.1%, with a gross margin of 19.2%, and this segment incurred an operating loss of 2.6 billion yuan.Smartphone shipments reached 31.2 million units, maintaining a top-three global ranking for 24 consecutive quarters, with ASP increasing by 25.9% year-on-year to a historic high of 1,351 yuan. Revenue from IoT and lifestyle consumer products was 31.3 billion yuan, and internet service revenue was 9 billion yuan, with a gross margin of 76.8%. The AIoT platform has connected devices totaling 1.161 billion, a year-on-year increase of 17.4%, with the Mi Home APP having 124 million monthly active users and Xiao Ai having 175 million monthly active users.The automotive business delivered 104,200 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 28.2%, with cumulative deliveries of the SU7 series exceeding 500,000 units. R&D expenditure was 9.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.9%, with R&D personnel accounting for 47.2%. The Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 base model ranked first in weekly usage on the OpenRouter platform. The group has accumulated over 47,000 global patents. Since 2026, the stock repurchase amount has been approximately 11.7 billion Hong Kong dollars.

According to The Defiant, global interest in prediction markets has returned to levels seen before the 2026 World Cup. Google Trends shows that the global weekly index for "prediction market" reached a five-year high of 100 during the week of June 7-13, then dropped to 17 during the week of August 9-15, a decrease of 83% from the peak; the daily peak occurred on July 19, the day of the World Cup final, reaching 100, and fell to 7 on August 16. The World Cup opened on June 11, maintaining high interest throughout the tournament.In terms of trading volume, DefiLlama data shows that the cash trading volume for prediction markets set a record of $17.27 billion in July, up from $14.78 billion in June; as of August 17, the total trading volume for August is $7.83 billion, with an estimated total for the month of about $14.3 billion, approximately 17% lower than July. Kalshi's trading volumes for June and July were $9.40 billion and $12.37 billion, respectively, with $5.73 billion so far in August; Polymarket's volumes during the same period were $4.29 billion, $3.68 billion, and $1.18 billion. The trading volume ratio of Kalshi to Polymarket increased from 2.2 times in June to 4.9 times so far in August, with Kalshi accounting for 77.4% of the category's trading volume in the past seven days.

According to The Block, Bitcoin mining companies CleanSpark, BitFuFu, and Canaan saw their Bitcoin production decline again in July, decreasing by approximately 5%, 10%, and 28% compared to June, respectively. The stock tickers for these companies are CLSK, FUFU, and CAN.Meanwhile, the price of Bitcoin rebounded in July, starting at around $58,500 at the beginning of the month and nearing $63,000 by the end. The production data reflects a month-on-month decline in output for the aforementioned mining companies, while the coin price showed a recovery trend during the same period.

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8:00 AM Eastern Time on August 17, 2026, the total net purchase of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) for the week was $5.32 million, a decrease of 90.34% compared to last week.Strategy did not buy or sell Bitcoin last week but spent $132 million to repurchase 1,388,720 shares of STRC preferred stock.The Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase Bitcoin last week, marking five consecutive weeks without buying Bitcoin.In addition, two other companies purchased Bitcoin last week. The French Bitcoin company Capital B announced on August 17 that it bought 5 Bitcoins at a price of $64,395.60, bringing its total holdings to 3,145 Bitcoins; asset management company Strive announced on August 17 that it spent $5 million last week to purchase 79 Bitcoins at a price of $63,231, bringing its total holdings to approximately 20,246 Bitcoins.As of the time of writing, the total amount of Bitcoin held by the global listed companies (excluding mining companies) in the statistics is 1,139,641 Bitcoins, an increase of 0.007% compared to last week, with a current market value of approximately $72.42 billion, accounting for 5.7% of the circulating market value of Bitcoin.

Data from shipping intelligence company Kpler shows that due to tanker attacks and stalled US-Iran negotiations, the traffic of vessels in the Strait of Hormuz significantly decreased over the past weekend.On Saturday, 5 bulk commodity carriers passed through, while no vessels passed on Sunday, a significant decrease compared to 31 vessels the previous weekend.

Upbit operator Dunamu announced its performance for the second quarter of 2026, with quarterly revenue of 173.5 billion won (approximately 12.3 million USD) and operating profit of 23.5 billion won (approximately 1.665 million USD), a decrease of about 26% and 73% respectively compared to the first quarter.In the first quarter, Dunamu's revenue was 234.6 billion won (approximately 16.6 million USD) and operating profit was 88 billion won (approximately 6.234 million USD). Dunamu stated that the decline in performance this quarter was mainly affected by the overall liquidity contraction in the global digital asset market, leading to weakened investor sentiment.

Market pricing shows that the probability of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates more than once before mid-2027 has decreased.

On-chain analyst Murphy stated that currently, all chips bought in BTC in 2025 are basically in a state of loss. Therefore, apart from wallet migrations, the reduction in the scale of 2025 chips likely means that holders are cutting losses and selling. Data shows that as of now, approximately 4.77 million BTC chips bought in 2025 remain, a decrease of 41.5% from the peak in December last year.From the downward trend, this group has experienced two phases: a rapid decrease in chips before February this year, and a significant slowdown in the rate of decline after February, although it still maintains a certain slope. Murphy believes that the 2025 chips may be the largest potential supply side in the current market scale. In contrast, the BTC chips formed in 2024, 2023, and 2022 have basically completed the release of high-level locked positions due to still having unrealized gains, and the slope of the curve is gradually flattening, indicating that the selling pressure from long-term holders is weakening.Historical data shows that during the bottom phases of the past two bear markets, high-level chips have shown a significant decline: at the bottom of the bear market in 2022, the chips bought at high levels in 2021 decreased by about 51%; at the bottom of the bear market in 2018, the chips bought at high levels in 2017 decreased by about 62%. If we refer to historical cycles, Murphy believes that in this bear market bottom phase, the reduction of high-level chips in 2025 may be in the range of 50%-60%, and the current decline of 41.5% indicates that there is still some room for release. However, this judgment has not yet considered the BTC bought by institutional investors such as spot ETFs and MicroStrategy, as this portion of chips is mostly in a long-term locked state, which may reduce the actual market supply pressure.

Freddie Mac stated that the average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage in the United States decreased from 6.69% a week ago to 6.67%, ending five consecutive weeks of increases.The U.S. job market is cooling, with price increases in July slowing down, and core inflation indicators dropping to a five-year low. The market expects the probability of a 25 basis point rate hike in September to fall to 38%. Stalled negotiations in the Strait of Hormuz have raised concerns about high oil prices, and U.S. home sales in July decreased by 4.1% compared to June.

According to Staking Rewards data, the staking ratio of Ethereum has risen to a historical high, with approximately 41.89 million ETH currently staked, accounting for 34.7% of the total supply of Ethereum. The corresponding market value of staked ETH is about 78.56 billion USD, and the current staking yield is approximately 2.6%, having recently decreased by 0.49%. The number of active validators on the network is about 789,000.The staking ratio has continued to climb recently, with an increase of about 0.77%, while the network inflation rate has dropped to around 0.86%. More and more ETH is being locked in the PoS consensus, simultaneously tightening the circulating supply. The staking yield of ETH mainly comes from consensus layer issuance, priority fees, and MEV, but as the staking volume increases, the yield per validator will be diluted.

JD Group released its Q2 2026 financial report, with revenue of 346.4 billion yuan (approximately 51.1 billion USD), a year-on-year decrease of 2.9%, mainly affected by the high base from the same period last year; operating profit of 4.5 billion yuan, compared to a loss of 900 million yuan in the same period last year, with an operating profit margin of 1.3%; net profit of 7.1 billion yuan (approximately 1.1 billion USD), a year-on-year increase of 15%; Non-GAAP net profit of 8.9 billion yuan (approximately 1.3 billion USD), a year-on-year increase of 20%. JD Retail's operating profit was 13.5 billion yuan, with a profit margin of 4.6%, setting a new high for the promotional season; JD Logistics revenue was 64.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24%, and JD Takeout's losses significantly narrowed year-on-year. R&D expenses increased by 37.7% year-on-year to 7.3 billion yuan, mainly invested in AI technology capabilities and talent. In the first half of the year, approximately 2.5% of common stock was repurchased, amounting to 1 billion USD, with a remaining repurchase quota of 1 billion USD.In terms of business, JD MALL has opened 30 stores nationwide, completing the strategic layout in first-tier cities; a strategic cooperation was reached with Chanel to open an official flagship store; Costco has settled in JD to open the only official e-commerce flagship store in China. The AI intelligent entity JoyInside has collaborated with nearly 200 brands, with the number of connected devices increasing more than three times compared to last year's Double Eleven. JD Logistics' unmanned vehicles have been operating regularly in over 20 provinces. JD Health's AI intelligent entity "Dawei Doctor" served nearly four times more users during the 618 period year-on-year. By the end of the quarter, the total number of employees in the JD ecosystem exceeded 900,000, with total human resources expenditure reaching 171.7 billion yuan in the past 12 months.

According to GlobeNewswire, eToro released its Q2 2026 financial report, showing a significant cooling in its digital asset business at the trading level, but the company continues to advance the infrastructure construction of on-chain finance.In terms of trading data, eToro's cryptocurrency trading volume in July was 1.4 million transactions, a year-on-year decrease of 73%; the average investment amount per cryptocurrency transaction was $182, a year-on-year decline of 50%. The revenue related to cryptocurrency assets in Q2 was $1.346 billion, down from $1.915 billion in the same period of 2025. Despite the decline in cryptocurrency business revenue, the company's overall net profit still grew by 77% year-on-year to $53.48 million.In terms of cryptocurrency strategic layout, eToro completed the acquisition of the digital asset self-custody platform Zengo and the Israeli cryptocurrency trading platform Bit2C in Q2 to strengthen its self-custody service capabilities and promote the integration of traditional finance with the on-chain economy. At the same time, the company also made a strategic investment in the on-chain perpetual contract platform Extended and became a founding partner of the Open USD stablecoin ecosystem alliance, further increasing its investment in on-chain trading and stablecoin infrastructure.As of the end of Q2, eToro's held cryptocurrency assets amounted to $49.95 million, down from $62.61 million at the end of 2025.

The contract whale "Set 10 Big Goals First" (@jasonleo) stated that due to BTC's failure to stabilize above $65,000, it has reduced approximately two-thirds of its long positions above the cost price, with its holdings decreasing from about 3,500 BTC to about 1,240 BTC, while retaining some positions for further observation.The screenshot of its positions shows that it currently has a 5x leverage long position of 1,241.644 BTC, with an average opening price of about $63,967.54, a margin of about $15.87 million, an unrealized loss of about $52,000, and a liquidation price of about $29,267.82.

According to CoinDesk, Trump Media Group saw a significant decrease in the value of its digital assets in the second quarter due to the drop in cryptocurrency prices, recording a loss of $360.6 million in the first half of the year. According to the quarterly filing submitted on Monday, as of June 30, the company held 9,477.16 bitcoins, with a fair value of $557.1 million, down from 9,542.16 bitcoins at the end of March, resulting in a net decrease of 65 bitcoins in the second quarter.The number of Cronos tokens held by the company remained unchanged at approximately 756.1 million, but the fair value dropped from $68 million at the end of 2025 to $40.6 million. Most of the company's bitcoins have been staked as collateral. As of June 30, 4,260.73 BTC were staked in convertible notes, and another 2,077.34 BTC were staked for bitcoin options strategies. Just a few days before the earnings report was released, Trump Media announced the termination of the proposed business merger with Crypto.com and Yorkville Acquisition on Friday.

According to Coinglass data, the total contract open interest for BTC has decreased by 6.21% in the past 24 hours, with the current total open interest at $45.452 billion. Among them, Binance's open interest is $9.3 billion, OKX's open interest is $2.67 billion, Bybit's open interest is $4.477 billion, and Gate's open interest is $4.211 billion.

According to the data panel on the ChainCatcher official website, regarding BTC wallet balances, in the past 7 days, among the top 10 exchanges by balance, Bithumb saw the largest decrease at 11.67%; Kraken had the largest increase at 1.24%.In terms of exchange asset transparency proof, in the past 7 days, the top three net outflows of reserve assets were Bitfinex (-$109 million), Deribit (-$40.7954 million), and OKX (-$14.5321 million); the top three net inflows were Binance (+$441 million), Gate (+$11.9 million), and Bitget (+$7.50389 million).

According to the latest ranking data of stock derivatives exchanges released by RootData, the exchange with the largest 24h position decline among the top ten is XT.COM, with a position of approximately 959 million USD, a decrease of 11.52%; the largest price difference is Hotcoin, with a price difference of 0.107%.It is reported that this price difference is the weighted price difference based on the 24h transaction volume, and a higher value usually indicates higher trading costs.

MARA Holdings, a Bitcoin mining company, announced its Q2 2026 financial report, with revenue of $175 million, a decrease of 27% year-on-year; a net loss of $611 million, equating to a loss of $1.60 per share, compared to a net profit of $808 million in the same period last year; adjusted EBITDA loss of $361 million, compared to a profit of $1.245 billion in the same period last year. As of the end of the quarter, the company held 35,577 Bitcoins (including those lent and pledged), a decrease of 29% from 49,951 Bitcoins in the same period last year; energized hash rate reached 70.3 EH/s, an increase of 22% year-on-year.In this quarter, the company produced 2,422 Bitcoins, a year-on-year increase of 3%, with a total of 700 block rewards. At the end of the quarter, the company held unrestricted cash and Bitcoin with a total value of approximately $2.5 billion. During the period, the company reached a strategic joint venture with Starwood to acquire Long Ridge energy assets (with a potential capacity of over 1 GW) and signed a site purchase agreement for 2 GW in Matagorda County, Texas, raising the total potential capacity portfolio to approximately 4.8 GW. The company also announced the establishment of a new credit line of $100 million, using 18,750 Bitcoins as initial collateral. MARA is accelerating its transition from a pure Bitcoin mining company to an operator of AI and high-performance computing digital infrastructure.

DraftKings announced its Q2 2026 financial report, with revenue of $1.443 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 5%, mainly affected by customer-friendly sports outcomes and increased customer acquisition promotional spending; net loss of $67.61 million, compared to a net profit of $158 million in the same period last year; adjusted EBITDA was $115 million, down from $301 million in the same period last year. The sports consumer transaction volume reached $13.1 billion, a year-on-year increase of 15%, with monthly active paying users (MUP) of approximately 3.6 million, a year-on-year increase of 9%, and average revenue per monthly active paying user (ARPMUP) decreased by 13% to $132.CEO Jason Robins stated that the market business has exceeded expectations since its launch in December last year, with relevant customer metrics performing similarly to sports betting, showing strong user acquisition and retention, and the super app has been launched nationwide. The company maintains its guidance for full-year revenue of $6.5 to $6.9 billion and adjusted EBITDA of $700 to $900 million. DraftKings currently offers mobile sports betting services in 27 states and Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico, covering approximately 53% of the U.S. population, with iGaming available in 5 states. The Canadian market has covered Alberta and Ontario, accounting for about 51% of the Canadian population.