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According to Gate market data, the Nikkei 225 index closed up 784.53 points on August 13, an increase of 1.16%, reporting at 68,308.59 points.The South Korean KOSPI index also closed up 210.97 points on the same day, an increase of 3.21%, reporting at 6,790.01 points, with SK Hynix rising 5.9% and Samsung Electronics rising 3.9%.

According to Gate market data, the Hang Seng Index opened lower and then rose sharply this morning. After opening more than 150 points down in the early session, it surged back, recovering losses and turning positive. As of the midday close, the Hang Seng Index rose by 0.07%, reporting at 25,457.33 points, while the Tech Index rose by 0.3%, reporting at 4,790.56 points. The total market turnover reached HKD 132.028 billion, with strong performance in the computing hardware sector. In terms of individual stocks, Cambridge Technology rose by 15.37%, and Shengbang Technology rose by 7.69%.

According to Gate market data, the three major U.S. stock indices fell collectively, with the Nasdaq down 0.51%, the Dow down 0.25%, and the S&P 500 index down 0.17%.

According to The New York Times, OpenAI founders and employees collectively hold 48.93% of the company's shares, which is currently valued at $852 billion.

According to data from RootData stock derivatives exchanges, the top three exchanges by cumulative trading volume over the past 7 days are Binance, Hyperliquid, and OKX.The total trading volume of the three exchanges is approximately $212.519 billion, accounting for 77.79% of the market share. Among them, Binance's total trading volume over 7 days is approximately $141.376 billion, with a market share of 51.75%; Hyperliquid is approximately $36.869 billion, with a market share of 13.50%; OKX is approximately $34.274 billion, with a market share of 12.55%.

The U.S. stock semiconductor storage sector is showing an overall pullback trend. According to data from the Gate platform, SanDisk (SNDK) is currently priced at $1,279.20, with a 24-hour decline of 10.84%; Micron Technology (MU) is currently priced at $900.98, with a 24-hour decline of 2.08%. Accompanying the sharp price fluctuations of these two assets, the trading activity of derivatives on the Gate platform continues to increase. According to Coinglass data, the 24-hour trading volume of Gate SNDK contracts reached $382 million, with an open interest of $82.2 million; the 24-hour trading volume of Gate MU contracts reached $55.35 million, with an open interest of $21.7 million, both ranking among the top in the network.

SK Hynix has recently continued to decline, triggering an increase in the activity of related derivatives markets. According to the RootData perpetual contract data panel, Binance, OKX, and Bitget rank in the top three for SK Hynix (SKHYNIX) contract open interest, collectively accounting for approximately 87.8% of the market share. Among them, Binance has an open interest of about $422 million, OKX about $93.21 million, and Bitget about $54.08 million.In terms of trading volume, Binance leads with a 24-hour trading volume of approximately $3.68 billion, followed by OKX with about $954 million and Bitget with about $414 million. Regarding price spreads, Binance has the smallest spread at 0.0008%, while XT.com has the largest spread at 0.2004%.It is reported that RootData has recently officially launched a ranking of stock perpetual contract exchanges, which directly collects primary data through the exchanges' official APIs and public market data sources, aiming to establish a reliable data benchmark for investors. Currently, the RootData data submission channel is open, supporting exchanges with stock perpetual contract business to submit official APIs and supplementary data.

According to The New York Times, as of the end of June, nearly 1 million investors participated in various Trump-themed token investments, with a total loss of $3.81 billion. Crypto analytics firm Nansen analyzed the trading mechanism and stated that the fee distribution rules of the related tokens allow Trump to profit in both rising and falling markets, with the core revenue coming from the continuously generated trading fees.His social platform Truth Social has repeatedly promoted related tokens, further stimulating market trading activity and amplifying retail participation. Data shows that Trump shifted his conservative stance on cryptocurrencies during the 2024 campaign phase, laying out a strategy for the commercialization of digital assets; the TRUMP token launched on the eve of his inauguration was defined by the market as a purely speculative asset with no actual application value, experiencing a significant correction after its launch, leaving many retail investors who entered at high prices deeply trapped.

According to CoinGlass data, XAUT is currently priced at $4061.57, with a 24-hour increase of 2.2%, and the total spot trading volume across the network is approximately $70.5543 million. Among them, the spot trading volume of XAUT on the Gate platform is about $12.4696 million, ranking second in the network.PAXG is currently priced at $4064.11, with a 24-hour increase of 2.18%, and the total spot trading volume across the network is approximately $27.3992 million, of which the spot trading volume of PAXG on the Gate platform is about $1.2689 million, ranking third in the network.

Argot Collective and the Ethereum Foundation (EF) announced that they have completed the final phase of the initial five-year funding commitment, with approximately 4,938 stETH to be transferred to a multi-signature wallet, to be unlocked in batches on July 1, 2026, and July 1, 2027, respectively. The funding for the previous three years was fully disbursed last year, while the remaining two years were delayed due to terms and governance arrangements that were yet to be finalized, which have now been completed.The funds are held in a 2-of-3 multi-signature wallet managed by Argot, the newly established "Failure Protection Committee," and the Ethereum Foundation. This committee will act as an independent arbitrator to maintain Argot's independence in the event of disputes and provide expertise in programming languages and compilers.Argot Collective also pointed out that while this agreement provides substantial operational security, broader challenges remain: the Ethereum Foundation has limited funding, and the public infrastructure supporting DeFi, staking, and core protocols cannot rely on a single funding source in the long term. The organization stated that it will continue to release transparency reports and roadmap updates every six months.

According to The Block, as the price of SOL rose by about 9% on Friday, the stock prices of several Solana digital asset treasury companies also surged significantly. Sol Strategies saw an intraday increase of 22%, reaching $1.20, outperforming other crypto treasury stocks.Other Solana digital asset treasury companies also recorded notable gains. Forward Industries rose as much as 12% to $4.03, SkyAI increased by 11% to $1.07, DeFi Development Corp. climbed 10% to $2.73, and Solana Company also rose by over 10%, peaking at $1.65.This round of increases was also driven by expectations of index inclusion. Several digital asset treasury companies, including the largest Solana treasury company Forward, will be included in the Russell index after the market closes on Friday. The two major Ethereum treasury companies, Bitmine and SharpLink, will also be included in the relevant Russell index, while the smaller Solana treasury company Upexi will enter the Russell Microcap.

According to PR Newswire, Canaan Inc. announced that the company's Chairman and CEO Zhang Nengeng and CFO Cheng Jin recently purchased a total of 1,065,000 American Depositary Shares in the open market, with an average purchase price of $0.35 per share.The company stated that this increase in holdings complies with internal trading policies and applicable securities regulatory requirements, reflecting the management's confidence in the company's long-term strategy and future development prospects.

The World Cup group stage continues today, with several matches producing results that were unexpected in the pre-match market. Spain drew 0-0 with Cape Verde, Belgium drew 1-1 with Egypt, Uruguay drew 1-1 with Saudi Arabia, and Iran drew 2-2 with New Zealand. Many teams that were considered likely to win before the matches failed to secure victories, leading to significant fluctuations in the related prediction markets.Base's native leveraged prediction market OmenX indicates that as the World Cup schedule enters a dense phase, sports prediction markets are no longer just one-way bets on popular outcomes; in-match fluctuations, upset results, and position management are becoming important scenarios for user trading. For users who already hold high-probability positions on platforms like Polymarket, OmenX's leveraged prediction market can be used to open similar or opposite positions with smaller amounts of capital, allowing for hedging and risk management as uncertainty in the events rises.OmenX data shows that in the past 24 hours, the trading volume in World Cup-related prediction markets approached $8 million, with single match outcomes, championship titles, and popular team-related markets being the main trading directions. As several popular outcomes failed to materialize, the demand for trading around position protection, in-match adjustments, and result repricing continues to rise.

The latest report from Gate Research Institute titled "Gate Research Institute: The Market Capitalization of the Three Storage Giants Exceeds One Trillion Dollars, Gate Supports Their Real Stock Trading" points out that as the demand for AI large model training and inference continues to grow, the global storage industry is entering a new round of value reassessment.The report shows that the market capitalizations of the three storage giants, Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron Technology, have all surpassed one trillion dollars, reflecting a repricing of the strategic value of AI storage infrastructure. Among them, Micron Technology has recently officially joined the one trillion dollar market capitalization club, becoming one of the most watched reassessment targets in the AI storage industry chain.The report mentions that the current rise in the storage sector is not a rebound from the traditional DRAM cycle, but is driven by structural demand growth brought about by the expansion of AI data centers. The importance of high-end storage products such as High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), DDR5, and enterprise-level SSDs continues to increase, pushing storage from being a supporting component in the computing power system to becoming a key resource that affects model training efficiency, inference performance, and deployment costs.In addition, Gate has officially launched stock trading services, allowing users to trade mainstream securities market stocks and ETF assets using USDT, and has introduced perpetual contracts for stocks and leveraged ETF products, providing investors with more diversified trading and allocation tools to participate in AI storage and semiconductor theme investments.

According to Gate market data, the three major U.S. stock indices rose collectively, each increasing by more than 1%.