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According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "LoL: ThunderTalk Gaming vs Anyone's Legend - LPL Group Stage," the option "ThunderTalk Gaming" in the sub-market "Match Winner" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in win rate, dropping from 46.5% an hour ago to the current 27.5% (a fluctuation of 19%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

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.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market event "Dota 2 BoomBoys vs Aurora Group Stage" on Polymarket, the sub-market "Ends During the Day" option's win rate has experienced significant fluctuations, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 90.5% (a fluctuation of 40.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

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.

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.

According to Bloomberg, U.S. President Trump is expected to attend a White House meeting next Wednesday, which will bring together senior executives from cryptocurrency companies and prediction market platforms. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Michael Selig and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins have also confirmed their attendance at this meeting.

Fixed-rate lending and revolving strategy protocol TermMax announced that its governance and utility token TMX's Token Generation Event (TGE) is scheduled for August 25, 2026.According to the official introduction, TermMax currently has a TVL of over $90 million, more than 1.5 million registered wallets, and over 90,000 daily active users. It has been deployed on 10 EVM chains including Ethereum, BNB Chain, Arbitrum, Base, and Berachain, and has integrated with Morpho, Aave, Venus, Pendle, and others. The total supply of tokens is fixed at 1 billion, and rewards obtained through XP, AP, and MP will be claimable after the TGE, with specific allocation, lock-up, and staking details to be announced in advance.Previously, TermMax received support from Cumberland DRW, Decima Fund, HashKey Capital, Longling Capital, and MZ Web3 Fund.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "LoL: Anyone's Legend vs JD Gaming - LPL Group Stage," the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Any Player Quadra Kill" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in win rate, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 90% (a fluctuation of 40%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Bloomberg, Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart's investment company Hancock Prospecting purchased 8 million shares of SpaceX in the second quarter, with a holding value of $1.37 billion as of June 30, making it its largest single holding.During the same period, the company also doubled its holdings in Trump Media & Technology Group and increased its positions in the S&P 500 ETF and several defense and energy stocks. As of the end of the second quarter, the total value of its U.S. listed securities was $5.71 billion, a 72% increase from the previous quarter.

According to reports from South Korean media, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won received a salary of 1.75 billion won in the first half of this year.According to the Financial Supervisory Service, SK Corporation disclosed this information in its semi-annual report released that day. The chairman's salary level in the first half of this year is the same as the same period last year, and he did not receive any bonuses apart from his salary. The chairman's younger brother, SK Group Vice Chairman Chey Jae-won, received a salary of 1.5 billion won during the same period. SK Corporation President Chang Yong-ho received a total of 1.8 billion won, including 1 billion won in salary and 800 million won in bonuses.In addition, SK Supex Pursuit Council Chairman Yoon Bong-yong was disclosed to have received a total of 7.715 billion won, which includes 500 million won in salary, 800 million won in bonuses, and 6.415 billion won in compensation from 12,103 performance stock units (PSUs) granted three years ago. SK Hynix's sales from Nvidia in the first half of this year exceeded 17 trillion won, accounting for about 13% of the company's total sales.The average salary of SK Hynix employees reached 144 million won (approximately $104,000) in the first half of this year, an increase of 23% year-on-year. SK Hynix significantly increased its capital expenditures and research and development (R&D) investments in the first half of this year. Cash expenditures for acquiring tangible assets exceeded 18 trillion won, an increase of over 70% year-on-year. The number of small shareholders of SK Hynix has grown more than fivefold in a year, surpassing 3.46 million.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the event "LoL: T1 vs Dplus KIA - LCK Third to Fourth Round Legendary Group" on the prediction market Polymarket, the "T1" option in the sub-market "Match Winner" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in win rate, dropping from 79.5% an hour ago to the current 54.5% (a fluctuation of 25%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to the official announcement, Bitget has added 14 stock spot rTokens including rPDD (Pinduoduo), rABNB (Airbnb), and rSONY (Sony) to support weekend trading. After this update, the number of stock tokens supported for weekend trading on the platform has increased to 93. During the U.S. stock market closure, the platform will generate weekend continuous trading prices based on Friday's closing price, market maker quotes, and market expectations. This feature supports limit orders and take profit/stop loss settings. To prevent abnormal fluctuations, the system has a protection limit of approximately ±20% on weekend limit orders.It is reported that the rTokens identified by the letter r + stock code (for example, rNVDA for NVIDIA) are issued by Reality, a licensed RWA protocol under Bitget, which connects directly to global liquidity pools such as NASDAQ and NYSE through collaboration with compliant broker Alpaca. Its features include: 1:1 reserves of underlying assets held by licensed custodians, stock dividends distributed in token form at a 1:1 ratio, corporate actions such as stock splits and consolidations mapped in real-time, and positions can serve as joint collateral for unified accounts and U-based contracts, allowing users to flexibly manage funds while holding global stock assets.

According to Bloomberg, the stablecoin payment company RedotPay has postponed its plans for an IPO in the United States. Sources reveal that the company previously aimed to complete its IPO as early as this year, but the listing date may now be delayed until next year or even later. RedotPay needs to obtain regulatory approval from the country where it operates before advancing its IPO, and the company is also facing related legal issues that need to be addressed.

According to Gate market data, Workday (WDAY.O) has expanded its gains to 25.79%. Due to stock price fluctuations, its shares have been suspended from trading again.

ChianCatcher news, Ethena announced a partnership with digital asset prime broker FalconX, becoming its institutional lending partner. As part of the collaboration, Ethena will include stablecoin lending arrangements as part of its institutional lending configuration, investing in FalconX through over-collateralization.FalconX can use this to expand its balance sheet, while Ethena benefits from FalconX's expertise in loan origination and secured lending, thus obtaining risk-adjusted terms superior to other channels.

Neutrl announced on the X platform that it has temporarily suspended minting, redeeming, and other protocol functions due to circumstances affecting the protocol's reserves.The team stated that this measure was taken in the interest of users upon the advice of legal counsel, aiming to maintain an orderly process during the assessment of the impact. Users will receive clear follow-up arrangements at the appropriate time, and information regarding the timeline and next steps will be announced as soon as possible.

EtherFi announced that the existing lending infrastructure of EtherFi Cash can no longer meet development needs. A dedicated Aave V4 instance is currently being deployed on the Optimism chain to support the credit card backend.EtherFi Cash currently has an active loan amount of 22 million USD, and it is expected that the lending capacity will reach 500 million USD by 2027. There are already 70,000 cardholders using cryptocurrency for consumption without the need to sell their cryptocurrency.

According to Decrypt, the decentralized finance platform Ether.fi announced that its self-custody application has added tokenized stock, metal, and cryptocurrency trading, and supports collateralized lending with multiple holdings. Users can lend assets and borrow against collateralized portfolios through the Aave integrated market based on Optimism, allowing them to transfer or spend borrowed funds without selling their holdings.Ether.fi stated that fiat accounts support global deposits and withdrawals, covering over 30 currencies and payment methods, but tokenized stock and metal trading is not open to users in the United States and some other markets. Fiat accounts are only available to users who have completed payment card identity verification, and the speed of deposits and withdrawals varies.Ether.fi will also launch ETHFI automatic buybacks and provide 3% cash back for card spending. Ether.fi founder and CEO Mike Silagadze stated that initially, it will support Ethereum, Bitcoin, Hyperliquid, ETHFI, and some tokenized stocks and gold, with plans to add more collateral assets in the future.