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Bitcoin News posted on platform X that the SEC plans to propose new rules under the 1940 Act, allowing investment advisors to directly hold related assets when no qualified custodian is willing to custody Bitcoin and other digital assets.The SEC stated that traditional custodians typically refuse to custody such assets, creating a compliance gap in the existing custody framework. The proposal will initiate a 60-day public comment period after its publication in the Federal Register.

Cathie Wood's Ark Invest currently holds a direct position in Kalshi through three ETFs: ARKK, ARKW, and ARKF. Ark Invest expects that the annual trading volume in the mid-term forecast market will reach between $1 trillion and $5 trillion.Ark Invest stated that although Kalshi is still a private company, it hopes to allow its investors to participate early.

According to The Information, citing informed sources, the artificial intelligence company Anthropic is in talks with data center operator Stream Data Centers to directly lease up to 1GW of data center computing power. The two parties are still in early negotiations, and the final scale has not yet been determined, with the deal possibly not being finalized.If signed, Anthropic will directly become a tenant of the data center and deploy its own servers and chips. The related equipment may include TPUs from Google and Broadcom, and may also use NVIDIA GPUs. Google is also discussing providing credit guarantees for some projects. This is different from renting servers from AWS or Google Cloud, as Anthropic can control the chips, racks, and network equipment itself, paying less in cloud vendor profits but needing to bear the costs of equipment procurement and data center operations.Data center developers interviewed by The Information estimate that a complete computing infrastructure of 1GW scale requires at least $40 billion in capital investment. Anthropic has already directly leased approximately 401MW of data center from TeraWulf this year and announced a partnership with Fluidstack last year to invest $50 billion in building a custom data center. If the deal with Stream reaches 1GW, it will become one of Anthropic's largest direct data center leases to date.

According to The Defiant, Blockworks announced the launch of the Agentic Detection feature, allowing cryptocurrency exchanges and banks to receive compliance alerts directly from AI agents without waiting for human analysts to review. This feature went live on Thursday in Messari Monitoring, with each alert marked as generated by the agent or verified by an analyst.Blockworks stated that previously, analysts took about 5 minutes to verify each dynamic, while their proprietary model, trained on years of work by Messari analysts, can identify alerts in seconds. Agentic Detection is turned off by default, and clients can enable it view by view. Co-founder Jason Yanowitz mentioned that as on-chain activity scales, the market prices events in seconds rather than minutes, and clients need near real-time alerts.This detection layer is built on seven years of analyst coverage data, and the agent can read X, GitHub, governance forums, Discord, Telegram, project blogs, and over 1,000 news sources, covering more than 1,000 assets. Blockworks acquired Messari for over $10 million on June 12, after Messari completed a Series A extension financing led by ParaFi and Reciprocal Ventures in April, with a valuation of $192 million, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, MoonPay Ventures, and others.

In an article published in the official publication "China Cybersecurity" on Sunday, Chen Yixin, the Minister of the Ministry of State Security of China, stated that the rapid development of artificial intelligence may threaten political stability and critical infrastructure. The misuse of artificial intelligence by adversaries could "directly threaten China's political security, institutional security, and ideological security."Chen Yixin also mentioned that the ability of artificial intelligence to discover system vulnerabilities and subsequently create malware or exploit these vulnerabilities is increasing. The article has been cited by foreign media such as Reuters as one of the more detailed warnings regarding artificial intelligence risks from Beijing to date.

The cryptocurrency exchange Bybit's payment department Bybit Pay has completed integration with the cryptocurrency payment infrastructure provider Mesh. Users can now directly use their Bybit account balance for payments or account top-ups on supported platforms without needing to withdraw assets or transfer them to other platforms first.Users can directly select Bybit Pay as the payment method during settlement or recharge. For merchants already integrated with Mesh, Bybit Pay can be added as a payment option through existing integrations, reaching the 80 million users claimed by Bybit. Bybit stated that this integration also supports programmable settlement options, allowing merchants to control the payment settlement methods and timing across different markets.Mesh stated that its network is connected to over 300 wallets, exchanges, and financial service platforms. In January of this year, the company completed a $75 million Series C funding round led by Dragonfly, achieving a valuation of $1 billion, with total funding exceeding $200 million, and plans to expand into the Latin American, Asian, and European markets.

According to official news, Etherscan has officially released a new toolkit for AI, allowing developers and agents to directly access reliable on-chain data that is the same as that on the Etherscan website.The toolkit covers more than 60 EVM-compatible chains and provides structured, certified real-time data access capabilities for AI agents through three methods: MCP, CLI, and Skills.Among them, Etherscan MCP supports mainstream programming agents like Claude and Codex to query on-chain information in natural language; the CLI tool can output clean JSON, table, or CSV results in the terminal and is equipped with an interactive interface; the Skills module includes professional skills such as Orchestrator, contract review, transaction debugging, and workflow orchestration, helping agents efficiently complete complex tasks.Etherscan stated that these tools are designed to lower the barriers for AI to interact with blockchain data, allowing developers to quickly get started by directly pointing to the official documentation, while also welcoming user feedback on their experience or sharing innovative applications built using these tools.

On August 24, consumers discovered that the "SKhynix Flagship Store" homepage had published a notice of termination of operations, intending to voluntarily cease operations on September 9, 2026, with all products removed from the store. As of August 25, the Taobao platform could no longer directly search for this store. Public information shows that the store previously mainly sold SK Hynix brand consumer solid-state drives, and the operating entity was Tianjin Hailisi Technology Co., Ltd. Tianyancha information indicates that this company was registered in July 2020, with a registered capital of 1 million yuan, and its business scope includes technical services, electronic product sales, etc. Public business information has not yet shown any equity, controlling, or direct affiliation with SK Hynix headquarters or its China region.SK Hynix's China region stated that after verification, the "SKhynix Flagship Store" is not directly operated by the company. Regarding the reasons for closing the store, the operation of other related e-commerce stores, authorization situations, and historical order warranty arrangements, they stated that they are currently verifying internally and with relevant parties. This store closure incident has once again sparked speculation about SK Hynix's contraction of its consumer storage business. In January of this year, there were rumors in the market that it planned to stop producing consumer storage devices and exit the consumer DRAM and NAND business. On January 14, a relevant person from SK Hynix publicly denied this, stating that the company is currently not discussing or planning to exit the consumer product business.

According to foreign media BusinessInsider, based on publicly available holding data, "stock god" Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, through a two-layer equity nested "penetrating holding" model, indirectly holds about 0.04% of the shares of Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX), corresponding to a market value of over $700 million.This has led to a rare capital intersection between Buffett and "Iron Man" Elon Musk, two top business tycoons. Musk has long viewed Buffett's investment recognition as an important industry endorsement, and has publicly extended olive branches to Buffett on social media multiple times, hoping he would become a shareholder in his company. Musk joked in a 2023 post, "It's a pity he didn't invest when Tesla's market value was only 0.1% of what it is now." In 2024, he publicly stated again, "He should have built a position in Tesla; it's the obvious choice." Now, although Buffett has not invested in Tesla, he has become an "invisible shareholder" of SpaceX in another way. From the holding structure, this equity is not directly funded by Berkshire to SpaceX, but is an ancillary asset of its heavy investment in tech giant Google's parent company Alphabet.

According to a report by the Korean News Agency, global virtual asset infrastructure company BitGo announced that its Korean entity BitGo Korea has received acceptance of its VASP (Virtual Asset Service Provider) registration application from the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of Korea on August 18, becoming the first foreign cryptocurrency corporate entity to complete VASP registration directly in Korea.BitGo Korea was established in 2024, and this time chose to directly meet regulatory requirements to enter the market, rather than adopting the industry norm of acquiring existing VASP companies. Subsequently, it will use this as a foundation to officially launch virtual asset custody and transfer services in Korea, focusing on expanding business towards financial institutions and corporate clients.

TripleA CEO Eric Barbier stated that the future of remittances is remittances without remittances. He does not truly believe in stablecoin sandwich remittances (fiat to stablecoin and then back to fiat). In most cases, remittances mean transferring strong currencies into weak currencies. However, stablecoins provide new value: they allow people in emerging countries to hold strong currencies. As related platforms encourage merchants to accept cryptocurrencies, stablecoins can now be consumed directly. Therefore, the future for people in emerging countries is not to hold local currencies, but to hold stablecoins, earn returns, and spend them.

According to The Block, K33 research director Vetle Lunde stated that by the end of the first half of 2026, the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund's indirect Bitcoin exposure through holdings in companies such as Strategy, Metaplanet, MARA, Coinbase, Block, and Tesla has risen to 11,549 BTC, a record high valued at approximately $725 million. This exposure grew by 21.2% in the first half of the year and by 60.5% over the past year, marking the sixth consecutive reporting period of increase.Among these, Strategy accounts for nearly 86% of the fund's indirect Bitcoin exposure, corresponding to approximately 9,914 BTC. As of June 30, the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund held about 1.17% of Strategy's shares, valued at $357.3 million at that time. Metaplanet corresponds to 671 BTC, MARA corresponds to 421 BTC, and Coinbase, Block, and Tesla correspond to 183 BTC, 120 BTC, and 97 BTC, respectively.K33 pointed out that this exposure is likely not the result of the fund actively allocating to Bitcoin, but rather an indirect effect of its broadly diversified investment portfolio. Currently, the related Bitcoin exposure accounts for about 0.03% of the fund's total assets.In addition, the fund has also gained indirect ETH exposure through the Ethereum treasury company BitMine for the first time. As of June 30, it held 6.15 million shares of BitMine, valued at $88.3 million, accounting for about 1.16% of the company's shares; based on BitMine's current ETH holdings, this corresponds to an indirect exposure of approximately 67,340 ETH.

Duan Yongping responded on Xueqiu regarding the recent changes in his holdings of Pop Mart, stating that he has "never directly sold a single share of Pop Mart." The changes in his holdings mainly come from options trading and expiration exercises, and do not indicate a long-term bearish view on Pop Mart.Duan Yongping mentioned that when the position of selling puts approaches the limit, he will adopt the strategy of "buying stocks + selling calls." After expiration, if the stocks are called away, it is essentially a similar trading strategy to selling puts that are exercised at expiration. Currently, the options premium for Pop Mart is about 5% per month, and this strategy may continue to be used for a longer period in the future.Regarding the valuation of Pop Mart, Duan Yongping stated, "Currently, I believe the price of Pop Mart is not expensive in the long term, but I don't know about the short term." He emphasized that there is no specific time or price set for selling Pop Mart, and it may be a long time before that happens.

According to an exclusive report from "Du Jia," Xiaohongshu is developing a brand new "AI Shopping Guide" feature, which relies on a conversational interaction model to directly push product cards and attach order jump links in Q&A scenarios. This project is led by Daoxuan (Pan Boyuan). As of the time of publication, Xiaohongshu has not responded.Previously, Xiaohongshu launched an AI summary feature in store reputation, and this AI shopping guide is a further extension of its intelligent transaction chain. According to public data, Xiaohongshu has approximately 400 million global MAU, with 39 million users engaging in explicit purchasing behavior daily, resulting in 140 million active purchase requests, over 47 million users entering merchant live streams, and more than 170,000 merchant group chats remaining active. During the 618 period, the GMV of store broadcasts increased by 265% year-on-year, and note content drove transaction growth of over 210%.Xiaohongshu currently adopts a dual transaction model of "internal marketplace closed loop plus external traffic diversion," and there is still room for improvement in the direct order conversion rate within the platform. The launch of the AI shopping guide feature is expected to further enhance its internal e-commerce GMV and revenue.

According to Nikkei News, the largest shareholder of the Japanese NAND manufacturer Kioxia has changed from Toshiba to the special purpose company BCPE Pangea Cayman 2 (SPC2), which holds 14.19% of Kioxia's shares, slightly higher than Toshiba's reduced stake of 14.06%. SPC2 is the entity through which SK Hynix invested via convertible bonds (CB).From July 15 to August 3, Toshiba reduced its stake in Kioxia in seven transactions, decreasing its holding from 15.10% to 14.06%. In 2018, SK Hynix invested approximately 40 trillion won in Kioxia through two SPCs, one of which, SPC1, co-funded with Bain Capital, completed its share sale when Bain Capital exited in June this year, while SPC2, which was solely funded by SK Hynix with about 13 trillion won, continues to hold its shares. If the CB is converted into stock, SK Hynix will gain voting rights. However, industry assessments suggest that the actual impact on Kioxia's operations is likely low, as exercising voting rights requires approval from various countries' competition and antitrust authorities. The Japanese government may not easily approve this due to considerations for protecting its domestic semiconductor supply chain. Kioxia is currently the third-largest NAND manufacturer in the world, following Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix.

Analyst Shaunda Devens from Blockworks posted on X that the second quarter 13F filing recently disclosed by the state of Wyoming shows that it indirectly invested in HYPE through Hyperliquid Strategies ($PURR).

According to official news, Japanese convenience store giant Lawson will conduct Japan's first POS cash register stablecoin payment pilot experiment at two stores in Tokyo on August 6 and August 17. The experiment will use three stablecoins: JPYC, USDC, and USDT, with payments completed through HashPort Wallet and MetaMask wallet, and settlements processed by the PAYTREE multi-code payment gateway provided by Canal Payment Service, without the need for dedicated payment terminals.On August 6, the experiment will take place at the Takanawa Gateway City store using HashPort Wallet and JPYC; on August 17, it will take place at the Osaki Atrium store using MetaMask with USDC, USDT, and JPYC.

According to monitoring by Bitcoin News, Nunchuk stated that some keys on the Nunchuk platform are generated by Coldcard Mk4, but these keys will not be used directly.Nunchuk will derive independent keys through custom logic, making them less susceptible to lookup table attacks based on leaked Coldcard seeds. Nunchuk added that, given enough time, it believes attackers may eventually incorporate these derived keys as well.