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According to Bitcoin News, the Duquesne Family Office managed by Stanley Druckenmiller has exited its positions in Intel and Micron Technology, and has established new positions in four publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies: Bitdeer Technologies, Riot Platforms, Hut 8, and IREN.

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.

According to CNBC, OpenAI President and Co-founder Greg Brockman responded to concerns about the recent frequent departures of executives from the company, stating that the personnel changes are not unusual. The heightened attention from the outside world is mainly because OpenAI has long been in the spotlight.Greg Brockman stated that compared to other organizations, every departure at OpenAI is subject to stricter scrutiny, and "every departure is magnified," but he believes this situation "is actually not uncommon." OpenAI is still focused on advancing artificial intelligence technology and believes that the level of attention on executive turnover is related to the company's industry influence.

AI voice interaction startup Wispr announced the completion of a $280 million Series B financing, with the company's valuation reaching $2 billion.This round of financing was led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Notable Capital, NEA, Neo Ventures, 8VC, MVP Ventures, as well as Acrew, Peak XV, Together Fund, and PLUS Capital.

According to The Block, Bitcoin mining company HIVE Digital Technologies has signed a five-year GPU cloud service agreement worth approximately $350 million through its subsidiary BUZZ High-Performance Computing, with a client that has not been disclosed as an investment-grade enterprise.The contract is expected to add approximately $70 million in annual revenue for HIVE, bringing BUZZ HPC's total annual revenue to about $180 million.

Nasdaq-listed e-cigarette wholesaler Greenlane Holdings shifted to a corporate crypto treasury strategy by the end of 2025, focusing on the Berachain native token BERA instead of Bitcoin, and emulating the Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) model to accumulate a single asset through equity and debt financing, disclosing per-share assets. In October 2025, it completed approximately $110.7 million in private placement for the "BERA Strategy." By the end of 2025, it held 51.6 million BERA (costing about $58 million, with a market value of about $36.6 million), and continued to increase its holdings to 81.3 million in the first half of 2026, with a total cost of about $70 million.The second-quarter report disclosed on August 14, 2026, showed a net loss of $24.8 million, of which about $19.1 million came from non-cash impairment of BERA; cash and equivalents fell to $6.1 million, with an additional approximately $8.1 million in aUSDC and sUSDe reserves, and current liabilities of $6.5 million. As of June 30, the fair value of BERA holdings was approximately $16 million, down about 77% from cost in less than a year. The traditional e-cigarette business has shrunk to a nearly revenue-free agency model, and Proof of Liquidity staking returns are insufficient to offset treasury losses.In March 2026, Nasdaq issued a delisting decision due to minimum bid price, the company appealed and regained compliance on April 27 after implementing a 1-for-8 reverse stock split in April. Additionally, there is a Nasdaq minimum listing security market value of $5 million.

According to Cointelegraph, U.S. companies' spending in the field of artificial intelligence is rapidly increasing. Data shows that the top 1% of companies are currently spending a record $7,400 per employee per month on AI-related expenses, which is 600 times higher than the median company spending level.Related statistics reflect a significant divergence in AI investment between leading companies and average companies, with top firms significantly increasing their investment in AI applications and infrastructure at a rate far above the industry average.

According to BBX data, last weekend, publicly listed companies in the U.S. stock market disclosed the latest real accounts regarding digital asset treasury adjustments, staking yields, and computing power infrastructure financial data. The core dynamics are as follows:Hyperscale Data ( NYSE : $ GPUS ) sold 685 BTC for $43 million: AI data center company Hyperscale Data officially announced that it has sold approximately 685 bitcoins in the open market, obtaining about $43 million in cash. After this reduction, the company still holds approximately 275 BTC. The funds will mainly be used for the ongoing development and expansion of its Michigan data center, as well as to optimize its debt and equity capital structure to support its computing power transformation strategy.Solana concept stock HSDT ( NASDAQ : $ HSDT ) recorded 31,200 SOL staking yields in Q2: Nasdaq-listed Solana treasury and ecosystem company HSDT disclosed its performance for the second quarter of 2026. The company's total revenue for the quarter was $2.5 million, mainly contributed by the 31,200 SOL staking rewards obtained during the quarter; the net loss for the quarter was $30.3 million. As of June 30, HSDT's total assets reached $176.1 million, including $147.3 million in long-term digital assets, related positions, and fund investments.Soluna ( NASDAQ : $ SLNH ) Q2 revenue increased by 145% year-on-year, repaid $19.1 million loan early: Green data center listed company Soluna released its Q2 financial report, with total revenue reaching $15.1 million (a year-on-year increase of 145%). Among them, data hosting revenue surged to $12.65 million, while cryptocurrency mining revenue decreased to $1.72 million; the net loss was $22.6 million, with an adjusted EBITDA loss of $1.6 million. As of the end of the quarter, the company held unrestricted cash of $113.4 million. The financial report disclosed that the company fully repaid approximately $19.1 million of Generate debt early on August 10.

According to Crypto Briefing, Bits of Gold, Israel's largest compliant crypto broker, has suffered a data breach, with approximately 200,000 customers' personal information stolen by hackers, putting all users of the platform at risk.The company obtained Israel's first virtual asset service provider (VASP) license in September 2022 and was approved to issue the BILS stablecoin, pegged 1:1 to the shekel, in April 2026. The types of stolen data have not been disclosed, but crypto brokers typically collect sensitive information such as identification documents, proof of address, and financial information in accordance with KYC regulations. While cold wallets can protect digital assets, they cannot safeguard customer identity documents on servers. Historical cases show that similar data breaches are often used for phishing, SIM card swapping, and targeted social engineering attacks, with security risks extending beyond the platform itself.

IREN Co-Founder and Co-CEO Daniel Roberts stated that each new AI data center will further increase rather than decrease AI demand.Roberts believes that simply comparing the current AI infrastructure cycle to past technology booms is misleading. More powerful AI requires more computing power, and lower-cost AI will drive more users and applications to use AI.He pointed out that each leap in AI capabilities creates a large number of new application scenarios that did not exist before, so demand can grow rapidly at the pace of software development, but the supply of computing power cannot expand at the same speed.The construction of computing power infrastructure is limited by real-world conditions such as power access, transmission lines, concrete, steel, and construction personnel, making it difficult to quickly increase the speed of supply expansion.Roberts stated that in past technology boom cycles, technological advancements often helped the supply side catch up with demand, but the current AI technology itself is driving demand to grow exponentially, while the speed of infrastructure construction in the real world struggles to keep up.

Coinbase announced the construction of a complete financial and payment infrastructure for AI Agents. The official statement claims that AI Agents can conduct research, decision-making, and trading on its platform, including cryptocurrencies, stocks, and derivatives, through "Coinbase for Agents," and can access Coinbase Advisor for personalized investment advice and tax-loss harvesting services.On the payment layer, Coinbase launched the open standard x402, enabling agent-to-agent machine payments without human involvement. Related transactions are primarily settled on the Base chain, while Coinbase Business supports businesses in receiving payments from AI Agents in USDC and provides discovery and marketplace access for x402 payable services on Agentic.Market.

According to Ledger Insights, Africa Finance Corporation issued digital bonds worth 350 million Swiss francs (approximately 431 million USD) through the SDX platform of the Swiss Stock Exchange (SIX). This marks the first time an African institution has issued digital bonds through a Central Securities Depository (CSD) and an exchange.The five-year bond has a coupon rate of 1.4925% and is one of the larger digital bonds on the platform, although UBS had previously issued bonds worth 375 million Swiss francs in 2022. This transaction was arranged by Commerzbank AG (technical lead) and Deutsche Bank.

According to Techtimes, AI model evaluation company Vals AI completed a $40 million Series A funding round with a valuation of $400 million, led by a16z, with participation from 8VC, Pear VC, Bloomberg Beta, as well as new investors HRT Ventures and Next Ladder Ventures.Vals AI uses an independent system to evaluate cutting-edge models launched by companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and xAI, rather than using traditional public benchmark tests. The new funding will be used to expand evaluation infrastructure and launch testing tools for creating programming benchmarks based on enterprise GitHub code repositories.

Solana Company (Nasdaq: HSDT) announced its financial data for the second quarter of 2026. The revenue for the quarter was $2.5 million, primarily from the 31,200 SOL rewards obtained through staking during the quarter; the net loss was $30.3 million.As of June 30, the company's total assets were $176.1 million, which included approximately $147.3 million in related assets. Solana Company is a publicly traded company associated with the Solana ecosystem in the open market, and its performance is significantly affected by SOL staking yields and fluctuations in the value of its holdings.

According to Ai Yi's monitoring, @Skylinee participated in the LAB public offering in October 2025 with $5,000. Subsequently, based on the token price, the value of their holdings once reached approximately $5.6 million, with a paper return of about 1,120 times.However, after the project team unilaterally postponed the token unlocking time, this participant recently finally received the unlocked tokens, which are currently worth only about $3,219, a decrease of approximately 99.94% from the previous paper peak.

According to Gate market data, the panic index VIX continues to decline, reaching a new low during the session since December 30 of last year.

Elon Musk stated that due to insufficient power supply and difficulties in ground facility approvals, orbital computing (i.e., space computing platforms) may be the only way to scale AI on a large scale by around 2029.

South Korean enterprise-level AI data infrastructure company GraphAI announced the completion of a $12 million Series A financing round, led by K2 Investment Partners, with participation from A-Ventures and Jiyu Investment, as well as previous participants in the Pre-A round, Quad Ventures, Kiwoom Investment, and We Ventures. To date, the company has raised a total of $14.7 million.GraphAI was founded in 2022 by Professor Min-Soo Kim from the KAIST School of Computing, with the goal of providing next-generation data infrastructure for enterprise AI applications by integrating the capabilities of graph databases, vector databases, and relational databases. Its Akasic platform offers an integrated solution covering enterprise data connectivity, collection, transformation, AI inference, and intelligent agent execution environments.

According to Fintechnews, Malaysian stablecoin company BLOX announced the completion of a $1 million seed round financing, led by the technology investment division of Singapore's venture capital fund Kivo Technology. The new funds will be used to expand the development of its Malaysia Ringgit (MYR) backed stablecoin MYRC.It is reported that BLOX has participated in a domestic blockchain payment proof-of-concept project in Malaysia, exploring blockchain-based local payment scenarios through MYRC.