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According to GMGN market data, the market value of the BNB Chain Chinese meme coin "Niu Lai" briefly surpassed 15 million USD, currently reported at 14.36 million USD, with a 24-hour increase of over 150 times.Recently, the animated film "Niu Lai," released during the summer season, gained attention due to controversies over its production quality. A friend of the director stated that this is a film created by the director and his mother, with both personally involved in the production. It took 5 years to make, without hiring a team, relying solely on their own efforts. As of now, today's box office has reached 852,800 yuan.

Recently, DeepSeek-V4 announced a price increase and the introduction of peak and off-peak pricing. On August 15, the B.AI platform announced the launch of a major benefits program to help developers use Deepseek without fear of costs.New users can log in through Binance Wallet, Bitget Wallet, or imToken wallet to receive 1 million free Credits. By entering an invitation code, they can receive an additional 300,000, for a total of up to 1.3 million; both new and existing users can also enjoy an extra bonus of up to $100 in Bonus Credits when recharging. Users can prepare their B.AI accounts in advance to unlock benefits early.

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According to the announcement from the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Yushu Technology has released the announcement of the results of its initial public offering and listing on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board, as well as the prospectus for the initial public offering and listing on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board. It disclosed that the online and offline subscription payment work has been completed, and after the adjustment mechanism was activated, the final number of shares issued offline was 22,650,148 shares, accounting for approximately 70% of the number of shares issued after deducting the final strategic placement. The final number of shares issued online was 9,707,000 shares, accounting for approximately 30% of the number of shares issued after deducting the final strategic placement.In addition, before this issuance, the actual controller of Yushu Technology, Wang Xingxing, directly held 86,714,964 shares of the company, controlling a total of 34.763% of the shares. Through the arrangement of special voting rights, the proportion of voting rights controlled by Wang Xingxing in the company was 68.7816%. After this issuance, the proportion of voting rights controlled by Wang Xingxing will decrease to no more than 65.309%.

According to PR Newswire, Bitmine, the treasury company of Ethereum, announced that its board has approved a cash dividend plan for the A Series perpetual preferred stock BMNP for 17 subsequent distributions within the year, including the record dates, payment dates, and the amount of dividends per share for each period.It is reported that BMNP holders will receive cash dividends according to the terms of the preferred stock, with the distribution period covering from August to December 2026. The amount for each distribution is mostly $0.1847 per share, with some periods at $0.1583, and the final distribution at the end of the year reaching up to $0.2639 per share, with the related dividends to be paid in cash.

Binance founder Zhao Changpeng posted on social media, "As of August 2026, over 20.07 million Bitcoins have been mined, with only about 4.4% of the supply left to be mined. I estimate that 10-20% of the existing Bitcoins are lost, stuck, or unrecoverable. It is a deflationary asset."

Binance Research data shows that Generation Z investors are gradually shifting towards long-term asset allocation tools such as ETFs. Compared to Millennials, Generation X, and Baby Boomers, their trading frequency is lower, and their preference for leverage is also weaker.Data indicates that at the beginning of August, ETFs accounted for 25% of the stock trading volume among Generation Z users. In July, the proportion of net inflows into stocks from ETFs for Generation Z reached 21.9%, up from 18.5% in June; during the same period, the proportion of individual stock investments decreased from 77% to 74.2%.Binance Research analyzed trading behaviors in direct stocks, tokenized stocks, and traditional financial perpetual contracts. The data shows that Generation Z's trading activity in all three asset classes is lower than that of other working-age groups.Among them, Generation Z's traditional financial perpetual contract accounts traded an average of 13 times per month, lower than the 17 times of Millennials and 16.5 times of Generation X. In direct stock accounts, 22% of Generation Z users have never sold stocks, higher than the 19% of Generation X and 9% of Baby Boomers.Among Generation Z accounts that bought but did not sell, the assets with the highest cumulative purchase amounts include Broadcom, Tesla, and Charles Schwab U.S. High Dividend Stock ETF.In terms of leveraged products, Generation Z shows a lower risk appetite. Data indicates that 88.2% of Generation Z's traditional financial perpetual contract accounts have never traded leveraged or inverse ETFs, higher than the 84.5% of Millennials and 85.9% of Generation X.Additionally, the tokenized stock market continues to expand. Data shows that Binance's bStocks recently briefly surpassed Kraken's xStocks, becoming the second-largest tokenized stock issuance platform globally. As of the latest data, Ondo Finance ranks first with approximately $972 million in tokenized stock value, while xStocks and bStocks are approximately $611 million and $580 million, respectively.

According to Crypto.News, the investigation that was previously suspended due to large gifts related to cryptocurrency has resumed after Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform Party in the UK, was re-elected as the MP for the Clacton constituency. The parliamentary commissioner is investigating whether he failed to register financial interests as required, focusing on a personal grant of approximately £5 million (about $6.7 million) from billionaire investor and Tether-related shareholder Christopher Harborne; as well as benefits such as staff, security, transportation, and accommodation provided by long-time advisor George Cottrell, who was previously sentenced for a money laundering-related case in the U.S.Nigel Farage's resignation during his term led to the suspension of the investigation, and he insists that he did not violate any rules, claiming that the money was an unconditional personal gift, part of which was used for security expenses. His by-election victory has allowed him to become an MP again, and the investigation has therefore continued.

GMGN data shows that the market capitalization of BSC Meme Coin CETS briefly surged past 15 million USD, currently reported at approximately 14.36 million USD, with a daily increase of over 180%.Market news reminds users that Meme Coin prices are highly volatile, and most lack practical use cases. Please pay attention to asset protection and avoid FOMO.

The Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes' office assisted 35 cryptocurrency ATM scam victims in obtaining full refunds totaling $171,332. The related funds stemmed from scam-induced transactions, and the refunds covered all fees.According to Arizona law, only new customers who have been dissatisfied with an ATM operator for less than 10 days are eligible for a mandatory full refund. Victims must contact the operator and law enforcement or the Attorney General's office within 30 days of the transaction date and submit an official report confirming the scam. FBI data shows that in 2025, there were 460 complaints related to cryptocurrency kiosks in Arizona, with adjusted losses of $14.53 million; nationwide, there were 13,460 related complaints, with adjusted losses exceeding $388.98 million, of which individuals aged 50 and above lost over $302 million.

According to Forbes, after Trump and Musk publicly fell out last year, they currently talk about once a month, often discussing topics such as artificial intelligence and international affairs. However, Trump privately admits that their relationship "will never be the same as it was before."The late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and Vice President JD Vance have pushed for repairing the relationship between Trump and Musk, believing that this relationship is too important to lose.In May of this year, Musk visited China with Trump and other business executives, where they discussed Musk's plans to build new factories in the U.S., family matters, and Musk's plan to invest $100 million to help the Republican Party win the November elections.In an interview with The Economist last month, Musk stated that he had previously "been a bit too involved in politics, and frankly, it got a little out of control." During the fallout last year, Musk publicly criticized Trump administration policies and even called for Trump's impeachment at one point, later deleting some related posts and expressing regret for some of his criticisms of Trump.

Market pricing shows that the probability of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates more than once before mid-2027 has decreased.

SpaceX merged with Cursor effective August 14.

According to Gate market data, the stock price of Applied Materials (AMAT.O) fell by 5% in pre-market trading.

According to Talking Biz News citing Courthouse News Service, The Wall Street Journal requested a federal judge on Wednesday afternoon to dismiss the defamation lawsuit filed by Binance. The lawsuit targets the newspaper's reports regarding Binance covering up internal investigations, obstructing compliance, and allowing sanctioned entities to trade.In the motion to dismiss, The Wall Street Journal stated that Binance's complaint from March 2026 failed to prove actual malice at the time the relevant reports were published. Binance claimed that the reports were false because it had issued a denial statement to the newspaper, but the newspaper argued that merely repeating a self-defensive denial is insufficient to constitute a defamation claim. During the hearing, The Wall Street Journal's lawyer pointed out that Binance did not deny the core content of the three reports.

TRON Eco released the Q2 2026 Value Deflation Eco Report, with a total repurchase and destruction amount exceeding $34.75 million for the quarter, and the four core projects are advancing in coordination.JST completed its largest repurchase and destruction to date, destroying over 355 million tokens (valued at $34.59 million) in a single event, setting a new historical record, with the cumulative destruction amount reaching 17.29% of the initial maximum supply and a total value exceeding $94.62 million. SUN completed its 51st repurchase and destruction, with over 9.02 million SUN destroyed in a single quarter, bringing the cumulative destruction amount to over 678 million tokens. BTT and WIN announced mechanism upgrades, using all revenue from decentralized business and all revenue from oracle services for repurchase, with the new mechanism to be implemented regularly starting Q3. With the launch of the new mechanism in Q3, all four projects have been incorporated into a sustainable deflation framework, achieving an upgrade from "periodic incentives" to "institutionalized deflation." TRON Eco will continue to drive repurchase and destruction with real revenue, giving back to the community.

The Nanya Plastics Electronic Materials Division has issued a price increase notice due to a severe imbalance in supply and demand in the global electronic materials market, with core raw material prices continuously rising across the board. The shortage of glass fabric is particularly severe, and procurement costs are uncontrollably rising. The company has decided to increase the prices of copper foil substrates (CCL) and prepreg by 20% to 25%, effective September 1. This is one of the larger-scale price adjustments in the upstream materials industry for PCBs recently. Copper foil substrates are core raw materials for printed circuit boards, and their price fluctuations will directly impact the PCB and downstream electronic terminal industries. The notice is based on the shipping date and will take effect from September 1. Nanya Plastics stated that it will continue to monitor supply chain dynamics and respond to changes in the market environment.

According to official news, Gate has launched the AI Potential Stocks feature. This feature will scan market volume and price anomalies, major events, industry news, and related news clues through AI before each trading day, helping users quickly understand the main themes that the market may focus on that day, the relevant reasons, and the subsequent transmission direction. The AI Potential Stocks feature is the first to introduce AI research capabilities and supply chain analysis into the cryptocurrency industry market research scenario, upgrading the AI-driven pre-market investment research experience. This feature will focus on markets such as US stocks, Hong Kong stocks, and Korean stocks, selecting 2-3 stock clues that have capital verification, news support, and may not have been fully noticed yet. The content will revolve around three dimensions: "what to pay attention to, why to pay attention, and how the impact extends," helping users efficiently complete pre-market information screening.AI Potential Stocks focuses on market theme rotation, volume and price anomalies, and major news signals, helping users understand the logic behind changes in market focus rather than simply displaying popular stocks. In addition, Gate will continue to improve its push notification capabilities around AI Potential Stocks, forming a mechanism for timely pre-market summaries, major event reminders, and personalized attention updates. The AI Potential Stocks feature is now supported on Gate App v8.31.0 and above; users can access this feature through the bottom navigation bar [TradFi] - [Stocks] list; web users can enter through the market page or directly visit the feature page to use it. In the future, Gate will continuously deepen the construction of AI research capabilities, improve the AI-driven investment research analysis system, and continuously optimize event version content, major event reminders, and personalized summaries around AI Potential Stocks, gradually forming a mechanism for information delivery that combines pre-market summaries, event reminders, and user attention updates, providing users with more timely and clear market references.

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.