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According to a report by Reuters, Robinhood's second venture capital fund, Robinhood Ventures Fund II (RVII), has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange, allowing ordinary investors to participate in investing in unlisted startups. RVII opened at a price of $22.5 on the New York Stock Exchange, raising approximately $225.5 million.The second fund will focus on existing and former participants of the Y Combinator startup accelerator program, which has funded over 5,000 companies since 2005, including 100 "unicorn" companies. Notable investments from Y Combinator include the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, the social media platform Reddit, and the developer of ChatGPT, OpenAI.

According to the official announcement from Bitget, the platform has officially launched Stock+ US stock margin trading services. Users only need to open a Bitget Stock+ account to use this feature. The first batch supports margin trading for over 3,800 underlying stocks and short selling for over 2,300 underlying stocks (currently only supporting short selling ETB), with a maximum leverage of 3 times. Among them, the annual interest rate for margin trading is 5%; during the promotional period for short selling, the annual interest rate is as low as 0%.The launch of this product further enriches the trading scenarios for US stocks in Stock+. Users can use margin trading to borrow funds to buy securities by using securities or assets in their accounts as collateral; they can also borrow securities to sell through short selling, and buy them back to return after the stock price drops, in order to meet the needs of both long and short trading and improve capital efficiency.

According to a report by the Korean News Agency, South Korean virtual asset exchange Bithumb disclosed a net loss of 21.8 billion won in the second quarter of 2026, turning from a net profit of 22 billion won in the same period last year to a loss, but narrowing from a net loss of 86.9 billion won in the previous quarter. Revenue for the quarter was 86.3 billion won, a year-on-year decrease of 35.8%; operating profit was 12.1 billion won, a year-on-year decrease of 44%.In the first half of the year, the total net loss was 108.7 billion won, turning from a net profit of 55 billion won in the same period last year to a loss; revenue for the first half was 168.8 billion won, a year-on-year decrease of 48.7%; operating profit was 14.9 billion won, a year-on-year decrease of 83.4%. Bithumb stated that the performance reflects factors such as virtual asset valuation losses and will respond to market changes, strengthen internal capabilities, and enhance service competitiveness to build a foundation for sustainable growth.

Berkshire Hathaway submitted its 13F holdings report for the second quarter of 2026 to the U.S. SEC. The data shows that in the second quarter after Warren Buffett stepped down, the company's investment portfolio underwent significant adjustments, with a large purchase of Google’s parent company Alphabet, while reducing positions in the financial and consumer sectors.As of June 30, 2026, the total market value of Berkshire's stock holdings rose to $29.9 billion, up from $26.3 billion in the previous quarter. In the second quarter, the company added one new position, increased holdings in seven stocks, reduced holdings in six stocks, and completely sold out of one target, with the top ten holdings accounting for as much as 88.74%.Among them, Alphabet became the biggest highlight. In the second quarter, Berkshire cumulatively increased its holdings of Alphabet Class A and Class C shares by approximately 48.1 million shares, with the new holdings valued at over $17 billion, pushing Google to replace Bank of America as Berkshire's fourth-largest holding. Currently, its top five holdings are Apple, American Express, Coca-Cola, Alphabet, and Bank of America. In addition to Google, Berkshire also slightly increased its holdings in Delta Air Lines, Lennar, and Macy's. The increase in Delta Air Lines has attracted attention, as the market believes this move may reflect the company's optimism about the recovery of air travel demand and improvement in corporate operations.On the reduction side, Berkshire focused on cutting positions in the financial and consumer sectors in the second quarter. Among them, Bank of America saw a reduction of about 30.2 million shares, with the holding ratio decreasing by 5.89%, corresponding to a market value of about $1.72 billion, making it the largest reduction target; First Capital Financial reduced about 4.2 million shares, with the holding ratio decreasing by about 58%; at the same time, it reduced about 11 million shares of Kroger, with the holding size decreasing by about 22%.The market believes that Berkshire ended a streak of 14 consecutive quarters of net stock selling in the second quarter and net bought nearly $20 billion in stocks, indicating that the new leader Greg Abel is pushing the portfolio towards a technology growth direction, marking a shift in asset allocation in the "post-Buffett era."

Galaxy Research analyst Alex Thorn pointed out that as the likelihood of the CLARITY Act passing in 2026 significantly decreases, the U.S. SEC and CFTC are intensifying independent cryptocurrency regulatory actions. The bill previously gained bipartisan support in the Senate Banking Committee but has stalled due to unresolved ethical rules for officials regarding cryptocurrency, pressure from community banks leading to some Republican positions softening, and disputes over developer protection clauses. The Senate Majority Leader failed to push for a vote before the August recess, and the September session is only about two to three weeks long, leading Galaxy to lower the probability to 10%.On the SEC side, the originally planned "Reg Crypto" exemption (which provides a new path for primary issuance of crypto assets) and "Innovation Exemption" (which allows tokenized securities to trade in DeFi secondary markets) have been postponed multiple times. It is reported that the agency had retreated due to opposition from the traditional securities industry, but may restart due to the bleak outlook of the bill, with text expected to be released in the coming weeks to months. These measures are likely to be time-limited sandboxes that will face litigation and require years to refine. The CFTC is actively advocating for jurisdiction over prediction market contracts, responding to the New York Attorney General's attempt to issue an emergency order to ban Kalshi event contracts nationwide, continuing the tug-of-war over federal and state jurisdiction regarding prediction markets.Thorn believes that while the bill covers a comprehensive framework including registration licensing, compliance monitoring, and consumer protection, it is currently more dominated by political factors. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce's planned departure in November also adds urgency to the advancement of the rules. The related actions aim to fill the legislative vacuum but may ultimately undergo a lengthy judicial and rule-making process.

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has published multiple websites impersonating the licensed virtual asset trading platform Hash Blockchain Limited on its official website. It is reported that the relevant websites have been reported by Hash Blockchain Limited as fraudulent sites. At the same time, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission clarified that the relevant websites have no connection with the virtual asset trading platforms licensed by the Commission.

Zach Pandl, the head of research at Grayscale, posted on the X platform comparing Ethereum to a "small country" and discussed the ETH issuance mechanism. He believes that Ethereum has only one core "government function": to protect property rights and value exchange within the system. Unlike traditional countries that provide public services through taxation, Ethereum primarily funds network security through "seigniorage," which is the issuance of new ETH.In this framework, the stakers responsible for maintaining network security are akin to a group providing public services, as they receive rewards through newly issued ETH. Therefore, Ethereum's staking mechanism and ETH issuance policy essentially constitute the network's fiscal and monetary policy. Zach Pandl pointed out that the Ethereum community needs to decide how much "new currency" should be used to cover network security costs. More security typically means stronger protection of property rights, but at the cost of a higher ETH issuance rate and potential other risks.For example, if network security increasingly relies on a few large staking service providers, there remains room for discussion about whether these providers can maintain the asset rights of all users completely neutrally. Pandl believes that, just as in traditional economies, no one knows the "optimal level" of government spending and currency issuance; the same applies to Ethereum. However, Ethereum has several key security thresholds, including: 1/3: an attacker reaching this ratio may affect finality; 1/2: affects blockchain fork choice; 2/3: can control the finality process. Some community members believe that the design of Ethereum's monetary and fiscal policy should consider the security trade-offs brought by these key ratios, while the current mechanism has not adequately incorporated these factors. However, the above analogy is not entirely accurate, as it does not yet involve other important factors such as the ETH burn mechanism, MEV, governance, etc.

Cboe BZX Exchange is seeking approval from the U.S. SEC to list a set of leveraged commodity ETFs, including daily leveraged products that provide 3x long exposure to Bitcoin and Ethereum. According to the proposed rule change document submitted on Friday, Cboe plans to launch the 3x Gold ETF, 3x Silver ETF, 3x Bitcoin ETF, 3x Ether ETF, 3x Crude Oil ETF, and 3x Natural Gas ETF.These funds will primarily achieve their objectives by holding CME or COMEX futures contracts and using cash and cash equivalents as collateral, aiming to deliver 3x returns corresponding to the daily performance of the underlying assets. Since the related products do not comply with the exchange's general listing standards regarding leveraged products, Cboe needs to apply for approval through special rules. Such highly leveraged funds are typically aimed at sophisticated investors for short-term tactical trading and are not suitable for long-term holding.The document also indicates that these funds will operate in the form of a "commodity pool," subject to CFTC regulation, rather than as an investment company under the 1940 Act regulated by the SEC, like many traditional ETFs. Commodity pools typically aggregate funds from multiple investors to trade derivatives or other commodity-related instruments.

According to Bloomberg, Anthropic's preliminary revenue in the second quarter exceeded $11.5 billion, an increase of at least 14 times compared to $787 million in the same period last year, and higher than the $4.73 billion in the first quarter of this year.The company achieved positive adjusted operating profit for the quarter. In May of this year, Anthropic's annualized revenue surpassed $47 billion.

The SEC has postponed the "innovation exemption" plan for tokenized securities and canceled the cryptocurrency rules meeting, causing concept stocks such as Bullish, Coinbase, and the UNI token to drop.

Venture capital fund Team8 announced the completion of a new fundraise of $365 million. This round of fundraising includes $265 million for Team8 Capital's third fund, as well as over $100 million for follow-on investments in existing portfolio companies.The new fund will focus on investing in seed and Series A stage AI-native companies, covering areas such as cybersecurity, AI infrastructure, and fintech, with a particular emphasis on infrastructure projects that help businesses deploy AI while ensuring security, governance, and control capabilities. Team8 currently manages assets close to $2 billion.Previously, Team8 has co-invested in several cryptocurrency and AI companies, including cryptocurrency institutional wallet developer Curv, AI compliance platform IVIX, and AI data leak prevention company Jazz.

According to exclusive information from Intelligent Era AGI, DeepSeek is actively recruiting for emotional intelligence data product manager positions, with a daily salary of 510 yuan. The role is responsible for optimizing DeepSeek's model performance in emotional scenarios, enhancing the realism and immersion of role-playing and emotional interactions, and deeply exploring Badcases in emotional scenarios for attribution analysis.This recruitment information indicates that DeepSeek is expanding from basic capabilities like programming towards emotional interactions that are closer to human language. The product positioning is similar to Doubao, aiming to create a more "personalized" AI model system, rather than being limited to programming scenarios. Previously, DeepSeek launched the Harness preview version for developers on August 13. According to Citigroup's research report and Analysys data, the current market competitor WorkBuddy has surpassed 20 million cross-platform MAU, with 20.97 million monthly visits on the PC side. DeepSeek has not yet provided details on specific product planning for emotional AI.

According to the latest stock derivatives exchange ranking released by RootData, the three exchanges with the largest spreads among the listed exchanges are OrangeX, BingX, and HTX, with spreads reaching 0.288%, 0.277%, and 0.25% respectively.It is worth noting that the above three exchanges have ranked in the top three for spreads for three consecutive days. On August 13, the top three rankings for the largest spreads were HTX, BingX, and OrangeX, with spreads reaching 0.582%, 0.292%, and 0.269% respectively; on August 12, the top three rankings for the largest spreads were OrangeX, BingX, and HTX, with spreads reaching 0.318%, 0.298%, and 0.292% respectively.It is reported that this spread is the 24h transaction volume weighted spread, and a higher value usually indicates higher trading costs, which investors need to pay attention to.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Dota 2: HULIGANI vs Vici Gaming - International Invitational Group Stage", the option "HULIGANI" in the sub-market "First Kill of the Second Game" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 2.55% an hour ago to the current 45.05% (a fluctuation of 42.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to the latest ranking of stock derivatives exchanges released by RootData, Binance, Gate, and Hyperliquid are in the top three.Binance ranks first with a score of 95.6, holding approximately $4.008 billion, a 24h trading volume of about $22.385 billion, and a market share of 43.22%.Gate surpasses Hyperliquid to rise to second place, with a score of 93.8, holding approximately $994 million, a 24h trading volume of about $3.283 billion, and a market share of 6.34%.Hyperliquid drops to third place with a score of 93.3, holding approximately $2.184 billion, a 24h trading volume of about $4.184 billion, and a market share of 8.08%.Compared to yesterday's data, Gate has surpassed Hyperliquid to rise to second place, while Hyperliquid has dropped to third.

ChianCatcher news, Cathie Wood's Ark Invest purchased 192,702 shares of Securitize (SECZ) through the ARKF fund, valued at 1.09 million dollars. Securitize is a tokenized asset platform.Earlier, ChianCatcher reported that the company announced second-quarter revenue for 2026 of 14.4 million dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 5%, falling short of market expectations, with a net loss of 21.7 million dollars for the quarter. SECZ's stock price plummeted 27.5% on Thursday.

According to BBX data, yesterday global publicly listed companies in the US disclosed the latest real accounts regarding their holdings in crypto assets, mining costs, and debt collateral structures. The core updates are as follows:Bit Digital ( NASDAQ : $ BTBT ) narrowed losses in Q2, holding over 164,000 ETH: Nasdaq-listed company Bit Digital announced its financial performance for Q2 2026. The company's total revenue for Q2 was $32.1 million (a 15% quarter-over-quarter increase), with a gross profit of $18.6 million (gross margin of 57.9%), and a net loss attributable to shareholders narrowed to $107.2 million. As of June 30, 2026, the company held Ethereum reserves of 164,310.5 ETH, along with approximately $83.6 million in cash and cash equivalents.Riot Platforms ( NASDAQ : $ RIOT ) Q2 revenue of $174.2 million, reserves over 11,000 BTC: US-listed mining company Riot Platforms released its Q2 financial report, with total revenue for the quarter reaching $174.2 million (a 14% year-over-year increase), of which the data center business contributed $23.2 million; Q2 Bitcoin production was 1,587 BTC, with an average mining cash cost of $49,912 per BTC. By the end of Q2, Riot held over $1.2 billion in liquid assets, including 11,380 BTC (of which 5,821 BTC were used as collateral) and $548.9 million in cash.Nakamoto ( NASDAQ : $ NAKA ) sold 600 BTC to repay loans, still holding 4,467 BTC: Bitcoin treasury company Nakamoto announced its Q2 performance, with total revenue of $35.87 million and a net loss of $133 million. During the quarter, the company sold approximately 600 BTC and some derivative positions, generating about $48 million in net proceeds to repay a Bitcoin collateral loan of $45 million USDT. As of the end of June, the company still held 4,467 BTC (with a fair value of approximately $262 million, of which 3,805 BTC have been pledged as debt collateral), with total debt of approximately $165 million.

According to SoSoValue data, the cryptocurrency market sector showed mixed results, with the DeFi sector performing prominently, rising by 1.04%. Among them, Hyperliquid (HYPE) rose by 1.74%, and Chainlink (LINK) rose by 2.42%. The Meme sector increased by 0.7% in 24 hours, with Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) rising by 9.04% and Pump.fun (PUMP) rising by 8.76%.In other sectors, the PayFi sector rose by 0.4%, with eCash (XEC) increasing by 1.56%. The Layer1 sector rose by 0.2%, with Cosmos Hub (ATOM) increasing by 8.71%. Additionally, the CeFi sector fell by 0.07%, but Cronos (CRO) remained relatively strong, rising by 1.07%. The Layer2 sector decreased by 0.97%, while Optimism (OP) rose by 4.11%. The cryptocurrency sector index reflecting historical market trends shows that the ssiAI, ssiDeFi, and ssiMeme indices rose by 1.93%, 1.29%, and 1.28%, respectively.