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Federal Reserve Chairman Waller stated, "Although the PCE and CPI data released this summer were better than expected, they did not convince me that there has been a meaningful improvement in the underlying trend of inflation." "Market prices reflect that the market believes we will achieve price stability. I can assure you that the market's judgment is correct."Waller then stated that with inflation rates above 2%, the Federal Reserve's "current top priority should be prices." This highly anticipated speech by Waller comes at a time when there is criticism of its streamlined communication strategy. Economists and market participants believe that this strategy lacks clear articulation regarding the recent economic and monetary policy outlook.Waller's speech seems to address these concerns, as he elaborated more deeply than before on his views regarding the economic situation and the focus of Federal Reserve policy under his leadership. He said, "Let us also clarify another aspect of our goals: price stability will not be achieved automatically, and inflation will not necessarily return on its own. Achieving price stability is the responsibility of the Federal Reserve." It is expected that Waller will not answer questions posed by on-site central bank officials and economists.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the "Bitcoin August Price Prediction" event on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option for the sub-market "82,500 USD" has experienced severe fluctuations in winning probability, dropping from 64.95% an hour ago to the current 45.6% (a fluctuation of 19.35%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Ai Yi's monitoring, trader Trader-DoshiAtoll has once again stopped loss on 100 BTC short positions this morning, with a loss of approximately 1.335 million USD, and the related short opening price dropped to a minimum of 67,338.1 USD.Currently, this trader only has 198 BTC of 40x leverage short positions left, with a position value of approximately 13.47 million USD, a liquidation price of about 81,000 USD, and a current floating loss of approximately 2.514 million USD. In the past 30 days, their account has accumulated a loss of about 5.91 million USD.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the "Bitcoin August 27 Price Prediction" event on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option for the sub-market "81,000 USD" experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 20% an hour ago to the current 48.5% (a fluctuation of 28.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

a16z partner Sarah Wang recently published an article pointing out that AI application layer products should not price based on tokens like the model layer, but rather on "recognizable work units." The article argues that token pricing anchors the value of application products to a unit whose cost is continuously declining, making it difficult for customers to predict context length, retrieval volume, or reasoning time, and improperly compares applications to raw computing power.The article suggests a tiered pricing model based on value levels: model layer priced by tokens; application layer priced by recognizable work units for customers (such as account research briefs, code modifications, completed queries), which can be encapsulated through Credits; and scenarios that are attributable and have clear value priced directly by results (such as resolved customer service conversations, qualified leads). The design of Credits should map to different levels of work difficulty to protect gross margins and distinguish "work value" from "delivery cost." The article uses Clay as an example, where its new pricing separates Data Credits (third-party data) from Actions (orchestrated work), only passing on costs for reasoning models with significant cost fluctuations without markup. The author believes that pricing anchored to value rather than computing cost allows customers to understand spending in relation to value, while also benefiting product providers in maintaining profit margins.

Polymarket US has withdrawn two NFL player participation contract documents from the prediction market platform. The platform has completed certification with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and plans to launch related products no earlier than August 27. Polymarket US certifies Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana price contracts, all three types of contracts are submitted in pairs and classified as swap contracts under the binary options subcategory.Both the NFL contracts and cryptocurrency contracts involve the relevant classifications. The NFL compliance analysis document has been submitted separately for confidentiality, with Polymarket US requesting permanent non-disclosure on the grounds that public disclosure would leak trade secrets and give competitors an unfair advantage. As of the record, another NFL American football eligibility contract remains in certified status.

According to Cointelegraph, Bitcoin's rebound in August has driven a surge in the stock prices of some previously underperforming mining companies, reversing the market preference that had shifted towards artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC) mining firms. The latest report from BlocksBridge Consulting shows that Bitcoin's approximately 23% increase over the past week has outperformed most AI-related infrastructure stocks.The stock prices of three mining companies, Canaan, American Bitcoin, and Cango, rose between 41% and 67%, while CoreWeave increased by about 21%, Nebius by 17%, and IREN by 15%. Some mining companies with higher exposure to AI and HPC remained flat or declined. BlocksBridge pointed out that the three main catalysts for Bitcoin's rise include: the U.S. Treasury's announcement on August 19 to at least double the liquidity support for long-term Treasury repurchase agreements; a rise in regulatory optimism following a meeting between the White House and crypto executives, with Trump urging Congress to pass the CLARITY Act; and a short squeeze triggered after Bitcoin's breakout, leading to over $1.6 billion in crypto positions being liquidated within 24 hours.Additionally, BlocksBridge's previous analysis found that publicly listed Bitcoin mining companies' investments in AI data centers are about 15 times their AI-related revenue. From 2026 to date, the AI and HPC revenue of nine listed mining companies has reached $341.2 million, while related capital expenditures have amounted to $5.11 billion.

Citigroup raised the target price for Nvidia (NVDA.O) from $300 to $315.

According to a post by Santiment, Grayscale has converted its Zcash trust established in 2017 into a spot ETF, trading on NYSE Arca since August 25. The price of ZEC rose from about $509 on August 18 to about $852 on August 23, an increase of approximately 65%.Santiment stated that social mentions peaked at 232 times on August 22, about six times the baseline level for August, and then fell back to baseline on the day the ETF launched. Interest peaked the day before the price topped, and enthusiasm had waned before the fund opened. As of the post, ZEC is about $796, down approximately 6% from its peak. The market is more in a "rumor" phase, and when the news landed, funds had already begun to exit.

Binance contracts will adopt the latest price protection (LPP) mechanism for the TACUSDT U-based perpetual contract on August 27, 2026, at 19:00, to address price deviations of TAC (TAC Protocol) across multiple exchanges.The LPP mechanism will be gradually implemented through a marked price smoothing processing model, with the funding rate limits adjusted to +0.005% / -0.005%.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the "Bitcoin August Price Prediction" event on the prediction market Polymarket, the probability of the "Yes" option in the sub-market "77,500 USD" has experienced significant fluctuations, dropping from 69% an hour ago to the current 54% (a fluctuation of 15%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the event "WTI Crude Oil August 2026 Price Prediction" on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Below $80" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 64.5% an hour ago to the current 83.5% (a fluctuation of 19%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to the latest MLCC industry research by TrendForce, South Korean giant Samsung Electro-Mechanics has recently taken the lead in raising prices for OEM and ODM customers for the fourth quarter of 2026, indicating that the MLCC industry has officially entered an upward trend. TrendForce estimates that Samsung Electro-Mechanics will raise the prices of consumer-grade X5R products for OEM and ODM customers by an average of 25% to 30%, in order to suppress order willingness and free up capacity to expand high-end production lines.The high-end X6S products used in AI servers will see an average price increase of 10% to 20% depending on customer negotiations. Japanese manufacturers Murata, TDK, and Kyocera are currently taking a wait-and-see approach, maintaining stable prices, and whether they will follow up with price adjustments will be key to observing whether the upward trend can expand.

JPMorgan stated that it has raised the target price for NVIDIA (NVDA.O) from $280 to $320.

Royal Bank of Canada raised the target price for Nvidia (NVDA.O) from $300 to $330.

According to Jinshi, Alibaba Cloud announced that the billing unit price for the Qwen3.8-Flash model mode on the Bailian large model service platform will be adjusted downwards starting from 12:00:00 Beijing time on August 27, 2026. Qwen3.8-Flash is the latest multimodal large model launched by Qianwen, natively supporting a million-level context window, capable of processing ultra-long documents, code repositories, and complex dialogues in one go. It performs outstandingly in scenarios such as programming assistance, intelligent agent collaboration, and image-text understanding, and is compatible with OpenAI and Anthropic interface protocols, making it suitable for building high-concurrency applications and intelligent workflows.The specifics are as follows: the input price before adjustment was 1 yuan, and after adjustment it will be 0.8 yuan; the output price before adjustment was 3 yuan, and after adjustment it will be 2.7 yuan.

Gold prices rose slightly on Thursday due to the depreciation of the dollar and ongoing concerns about the U.S. budget deficit. OANDA analyst Kelvin Wong stated that these factors support gold prices in the medium term. The market is paying attention to the speech of Federal Reserve Chairman Waller to understand the direction of monetary policy.The U.S. Treasury has expanded the scale of long-term bond purchases, raising concerns about the depreciation of the dollar, and gold prices rose more than 5% last week. In addition, the Prime Minister of Qatar will visit Tehran to restart diplomatic mediation.

Melius Research raised the target price for Nvidia (NVDA.O) from $400 to $420.

According to Arkham monitoring, the trader "watershedpath" holds the largest single on-chain long position in HYPE, with an unrealized profit of about 58 million dollars. This address has been long on HYPE for nearly a year, currently holding an open position of about 111 million dollars in HYPE.In the past week, it has not chosen to close the position but instead withdrew about 18.5 million dollars in margin, raising the liquidation price to 65 dollars. Even if subsequently liquidated, this position remains profitable.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the event "WTI Crude Oil Price Prediction for August 2026" on the prediction market Polymarket, the probability of the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Breakthrough $85" has experienced significant fluctuations, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 73.5% (a fluctuation of 23.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.