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According to CoinDesk, the crypto startup raised $11.2 billion in funding in the first half of 2026, with all disclosed funds directed towards regulated and licensed enterprises. The most funding was received by payment and stablecoin companies, prediction markets, exchanges, and trading platforms.Major investors include Wall Street and large global financial institutions, focusing their investments on licensed and compliant companies. Investors and founders increasingly view regulatory licenses as scarce and defensive assets, while retail investors still primarily trade on unlicensed or other alternative platforms.

Iran and Oman have reached an agreement on the shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, and both sides are gradually reaching an agreement on the management of this waterway.The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry stated that the finalized "shipping map" is part of a broader agreement that will ensure the safe passage of vessels.

Vitalik Buterin and Etherealize co-founder and CEO Vivek Raman, supported by the Ethereum Foundation, warned that Wall Street's renewed enthusiasm for private, permissioned "consortium chains" is recreating a fragmented system, undermining the interoperability and liquidity that blockchain should bring, akin to "race to the bottom." He pointed out the rise of gated networks such as Digital Asset's Canton Network, Circle's ARC, and Stripe's Tempo, reminiscent of the R3 and Hyperledger consortium chains 2.0 from years past, where institutions will ultimately find themselves in a situation of competing consortium chains, needing permission or membership to participate.Raman emphasized that the Ethereum mainnet should serve as a globally open, permissionless foundation layer similar to HTTP, where institutions can overlay permission and privacy features at the application layer or L2 to achieve maximum interoperability and liquidity. Etherealize is committed to attracting TradFi to embrace Ethereum, which has already hosted billions of dollars in tokenized assets and supported a large amount of DeFi settlements. The company received seed funding from Buterin and the foundation in January 2025 and completed a $40 million Series A financing in the same year.He cited examples such as BlackRock's new fund based on Ethereum, stating that once regulations are clear, institutional funds are more inclined towards open network tracks that are not proprietary; choosing consortium chains would require paying the consortium and being bound by its rules, with incentives for non-early members quickly fading. Christian Catalini, founder of the MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab, also pointed out that if permissioned networks driven by enterprise sales become mainstream, some competitive benefits of blockchain may not be realized.

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 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 the Financial Times, citing two informed sources, regulators are preparing to lift the exit restrictions on Manus founder and CEO Xiao Hong and others. Xiao Hong has informed employees that he plans to return to Singapore soon.Xiao Hong and Manus co-founder and chief scientist Ji Yichao were asked to stay in the country in March this year. At that time, regulators were investigating whether Meta's acquisition of Manus violated relevant regulations. In April, regulators requested Meta to withdraw the approximately $2 billion acquisition.Manus has officially confirmed this week that it will resume independent operations. The split plan is also taking shape. Original shareholders such as Tencent, ZhenFund, and HSG will participate in the buyback, and Tencent will also acquire most of Benchmark's shares, becoming the largest single shareholder of Manus, but its stake will not exceed 50%. Manus will not be merged into Tencent and will continue to operate independently in Singapore.The final plan still requires approval from regulatory authorities. From the current plan, regulators are requesting the dismantling of Meta's acquisition relationship with Manus, but they have not asked Manus to relocate its business.

According to CCTV Finance, a very rare scene this week is that Jensen Huang teamed up with six Wall Street asset management giants to endorse "making AI computing power an independent asset class." Analysts believe this is Jensen Huang practicing the concept of token economics he proposed, and it also marks that the AI boom is extending from a technological competition to a capital competition.However, the latest plan has also raised investors' concerns about "revolving financing" and debt risks. In response to the doubts, Jensen Huang once again personally stepped in to calm the market. He stated that Nvidia might "provide up to 25% residual value support mechanism for individual investment projects" and will carefully evaluate each project. After that, market sentiment was slightly alleviated.

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 Catcher Predict monitoring, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "LoL: Ninjas in Pyjamas vs LNG Esports - LPL Group Nirvana," the option "Ninjas in Pyjamas" in the sub-market "Match Winner" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in win rate, dropping from 94.5% an hour ago to the current 72.6% (a fluctuation of 21.9%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Ledger Insights, Africa Finance Corporation issued digital bonds worth 350 million Swiss francs (approximately 431 million USD) through the SDX platform of the Swiss Stock Exchange (SIX). This marks the first time an African institution has issued digital bonds through a Central Securities Depository (CSD) and an exchange.The five-year bond has a coupon rate of 1.4925% and is one of the larger digital bonds on the platform, although UBS had previously issued bonds worth 375 million Swiss francs in 2022. This transaction was arranged by Commerzbank AG (technical lead) and Deutsche Bank.

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 CNBC, sources reveal that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is conducting an internal review of the "mention markets" on prediction platforms. These markets allow traders to predict whether specific words will appear in scenarios such as speeches, company earnings call meetings, or television programs.Sources indicate that the CFTC notified Kalshi about the review a few weeks ago, after which Kalshi removed the mention markets related to sports from the platform. It is still unclear whether this review is only targeting sports-related contracts or if it covers all types of mention markets.

Lido tweeted that the NEST automated LDO buyback mechanism has been launched on the mainnet. NEST is a rules-based LDO buyback mechanism, where 50% of the surplus will automatically buy LDO through CoW Swap when the DAO's staking income exceeds the baseline of 40 million USD.If the income in a certain period does not meet the baseline, the corresponding gap will be accounted for in subsequent calculations and must be made up by new surplus before purchases can resume. The daily purchase limit is 50,000 USD, and the annual limit is 10 million USD, with all purchased LDO belonging to the DAO.

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.

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."

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.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the prediction market Polymarket for the event "Dota 2 LGD Gaming vs Xtreme Gaming Group Stage," the sub-market option "LGD Gaming" for "Match Winner" has experienced significant fluctuations, dropping from 42% an hour ago to the current 26.5% (a fluctuation of 15.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the prediction market Polymarket for the event "Kansas City Royals vs. Los Angeles Angels," the win probability for the "Kansas City Royals" option in the sub-market "Kansas City Royals vs. Los Angeles Angels" has experienced significant fluctuations, dropping from 65.5% an hour ago to the current 41.5% (a fluctuation of 24%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to the official announcement from Bitget, the platform's dual-currency stock investment product has officially launched, covering over 20 popular U.S. stocks and ETFs, including rNVDA, rTSLA, rAAPL, rMETA, and more. This upgrade adjusts the product settlement time to 23:30 (UTC+8), aligning better with the market trading period after the U.S. stock market opens.In addition, Bitget has launched two limited-time activities. During the event, new users participating in Bitget's dual-currency investment for the first time who complete specified tasks such as net deposits will have the chance to receive dual-currency experience rewards, with a maximum of 3,000 USDT available. The event ends on August 21; at the same time, during the event period, purchasing dual-currency products will also grant limited-edition merchandise such as Bitget camping kits and commemorative coins. The event ends on August 28. For more details, please refer to the Bitget official website.