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According to Gate market data, spot gold surged over 20 dollars within 15 minutes, currently reported at 4,404 dollars/ounce.

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8:00 AM Eastern Time on August 17, 2026, the total net purchase of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) for the week was $5.32 million, a decrease of 90.34% compared to last week.Strategy did not buy or sell Bitcoin last week but spent $132 million to repurchase 1,388,720 shares of STRC preferred stock.The Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase Bitcoin last week, marking five consecutive weeks without buying Bitcoin.In addition, two other companies purchased Bitcoin last week. The French Bitcoin company Capital B announced on August 17 that it bought 5 Bitcoins at a price of $64,395.60, bringing its total holdings to 3,145 Bitcoins; asset management company Strive announced on August 17 that it spent $5 million last week to purchase 79 Bitcoins at a price of $63,231, bringing its total holdings to approximately 20,246 Bitcoins.As of the time of writing, the total amount of Bitcoin held by the global listed companies (excluding mining companies) in the statistics is 1,139,641 Bitcoins, an increase of 0.007% compared to last week, with a current market value of approximately $72.42 billion, accounting for 5.7% of the circulating market value of Bitcoin.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was $143 million, with long positions liquidated at $58.9446 million and short positions liquidated at $83.7064 million. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at $12.3801 million, Bitcoin short positions at $17.8852 million, Ethereum long positions at $9.9842 million, and Ethereum short positions at $16.1488 million.In addition, in the last 24 hours, a total of 55,635 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Binance - BTCUSDT worth $2.9876 million.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the event "LoL T1 vs DN SOOPers KeSPA Cup Playoffs" on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Odd" option in the sub-market "Total Kills Odd/Even" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 50.5% an hour ago to the current 76% (a fluctuation of 25.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to ibtimes, JPMorgan Chase terminated its banking partnership with the prediction market platform Polymarket last year due to regulatory risks, but the bank has not completely cut ties with this rapidly growing company and still maintains various forms of cooperation, expressing interest in participating in the underwriting of Polymarket's initial public offering (IPO) in the future.A person close to Polymarket stated that JPMorgan "does not want to burn all bridges." Polymarket denied that the relationship between the two parties has significantly weakened, stating that the company still maintains a "close and active cooperative relationship" with JPMorgan, involving multiple entities, operational integration, and client fund flow management, among other areas.

According to CNBC, OpenAI President and Co-founder Greg Brockman responded to concerns about the recent frequent departures of executives from the company, stating that the personnel changes are not unusual. The heightened attention from the outside world is mainly because OpenAI has long been in the spotlight.Greg Brockman stated that compared to other organizations, every departure at OpenAI is subject to stricter scrutiny, and "every departure is magnified," but he believes this situation "is actually not uncommon." OpenAI is still focused on advancing artificial intelligence technology and believes that the level of attention on executive turnover is related to the company's industry influence.

According to PRNewswire, Ethereum treasury company Bitmine Immersion Technologies disclosed that it increased its holdings by 9,926 ETH last week. Currently, the company's cryptocurrency asset holdings include 5,815,164 ETH, 210 BTC, equity in Eightco Holdings worth $73 million, and shares in Beast Industries worth $180 million.Currently, Bitmine has staked 5,067,309 ETH (worth approximately $9.6 billion).

BSC and 0G ecosystem's largest AI economic infrastructure project NeoSoul today announced the official launch of NeoTrade. NeoTrade is a universal intelligent trading workstation for traders, allowing users to directly define how the AI trading Agent operates and put it into action.Most existing automated trading products offer preset strategies. Traders seeking greater freedom typically need to develop and configure trading Agents themselves. NeoTrade brings this capability into a product interface designed for traders.Once the Agent is activated, it can process market information and execute trades 24/7. Fund usage follows rules pre-set by the user, and operations requiring approval will wait for user confirmation; users can also stop the Agent at any time.NeoTrade continuously displays the Agent's operational status and actual performance. Traders can adjust configurations based on market results, making each outcome the basis for the next adjustment.Kaelan, co-founder of NeoSoul, stated that the next step in Agentic Trading is to transform tasks that previously required engineering capabilities into products that traders can use directly. NeoTrade aims to lower this barrier, enabling more users with trading judgment to utilize trading Agents.As AI Agents move from assisting analysis to continuous execution, trading products are also transitioning from preset strategy tools to configurable intelligent systems. Those who can simultaneously solve for autonomous operation and fund control are becoming key competitors in the Agentic Trading product space.

According to the 8-K document submitted by Strive to the SEC, the company purchased 79 bitcoins at an average price of approximately $63,231 from August 10 to 14, 2026.As of August 14, Strive held a total of 20,246 bitcoins, along with 505,000 shares of Strategy STRC preferred stock (with a fair value of approximately $47.86 million) and about $154.8 million in cash.

According to the 8-K document submitted by Strategy to the U.S. SEC, the company did not purchase Bitcoin from August 10 to 16, 2026, maintaining a position of 840,447 coins, with a total holding cost of approximately $6.336 billion and an average cost of about $75,385.During the same period, the company sold MSTR common stock through its ATM program, raising approximately $333.7 million in net proceeds, part of which was used to replenish dollar reserves, repurchase STRC preferred stock, and pay STRC dividends. As of August 16, the company's dollar reserve balance was $4.8 billion, a decrease of about $200 million from the previous week.

Gate has officially launched the innovative stock trading sector, currently featuring 40 popular stocks, including Changxin Storage, Yushu Technology, and Ningde Times. With the addition of the innovative sector, Gate stocks now cover multiple major markets including US stocks, Hong Kong stocks, South Korean stocks, and the innovative sector, supporting over 12,540 stocks and ETF assets.According to the latest stock derivatives exchange ranking released by RootData, as of the time of publication, Gate ranks first with a comprehensive score of 95.9. Gate has a position of approximately 1.11 billion USD, a 24-hour trading volume of about 1.43 billion USD, and a market share of 8.76%.

CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr stated that short-term holders (STH) of Bitcoin are currently at a loss relative to their entry cost, but the realized loss is limited, and there are no signs of large-scale selling or capitulation in the market. The STH MVRV is approximately maintained at 0.94, remaining below the 1.0 parity level for 98 consecutive days, corresponding to over three months of sustained unrealized losses. This group has a realized price of about $67,300, while the spot price is around $63,200, with an average unrealized loss of about 6%. The price still stands above the -1σ support level of $59,300, with a deeper pressure zone at -2σ located at $49,200, showing a controllable pullback rather than structural damage.In terms of behavioral indicators, the STH SOPR (7-day moving average) is running at about 0.996, slightly below 1.0, indicating that this group is on average realizing small losses, but the losses are shallow and close to the breakeven line. The indicator has recently fluctuated narrowly between 0.996 and 1.002, briefly touching 1.0 on August 10 before retreating, with no signs of a deep selling wave. MVRV and SOPR corroborate each other: short-term holders are under pressure and realizing small losses, but this has not evolved into panic selling.Analysis points out that an upward recovery requires SOPR to stabilize above 1.0 and MVRV to rise above 1.0 (with the spot price breaking above the realized price of about $67,300); the downside risk lies in losing the $59,300 -1σ support and extending towards $49,200, while SOPR further weakens. The current structure is still supported, with pressure present but no signs of capitulation selling yet.

According to Caixin, Yushu Technology has not yet officially gone public, but trading around this popular new stock has already begun in advance. On second-hand trading platforms like Xianyu, there are multiple pieces of information regarding the acquisition and sale of Yushu Technology's new stock subscription rights. Currently, several intermediaries are acquiring this new stock through various channels, with significant discrepancies in pricing. Some intermediaries are offering 520 yuan/share (the issue price is 150.8 yuan/share), while others are quoting 410 yuan/share. Among some investors and intermediary groups, this type of trading is also referred to as "dark trading."At present, this trading remains a very small-scale activity. Many market participants, including brokers and public funds, have stated that they had not heard of any so-called "dark trading" related to new stock subscriptions on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board before. Its sudden emergence may be related to Yushu Technology's extremely low subscription rate and high expectations for listing gains. The recent private acquisitions of new stocks in the A-share market are based on informal verbal agreements and are not legally protected.

According to Bloomberg, Chinese robotics startup Robotera (Beijing Robot Era Technology Co., Ltd.) is preparing for an IPO in Hong Kong and has already begun collaborating with relevant advisors. Insiders reveal that the planned fundraising amount for this IPO is between 800 million and 1 billion USD.The company's investors include HSG and CDH Investments, and this listing plan comes at a time when there is a surge of robotics companies going public in Hong Kong.

According to the Netherlands National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NL), attackers are exploiting a serious authentication vulnerability CVE-2026-65400 in the macOS screen sharing feature to target Mac devices exposed to the internet. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8, allowing attackers to bypass authentication and gain system root access without valid credentials.NCSC-NL stated that multiple reports of active exploitation have been received, with the affected devices' port 5900 being directly accessible from the internet. In the currently confirmed cases, attackers have successfully obtained root access and deployed Monero (XMR) mining programs on the infected Mac devices. Apple has recently patched the vulnerability through macOS Tahoe 26.6.1, Sequoia 15.7.9, and Sonoma 14.8.9. Security Affairs reminds users who have screen sharing enabled and have not yet updated their systems to complete the upgrade as soon as possible; if updating is temporarily not possible, they should disable the screen sharing feature to avoid exposing port 5900 to the internet.

UK agricultural robotics startup Versatile RobotX has completed over €1.17 million (approximately £1 million) in funding, with sources including the British Design Fund (BDF), the second round of the Innovate UK Growth Catalyst investor collaboration program, and grants from the Defra Agricultural Innovation Scheme.The company was co-founded in July 2024 by Professor Klaus McDonald-Maier from the University of Essex and Dr. Vishwanathan Mohan. Its two core products—the automated fruit and vegetable picking robot and the hydroponic harvesting robot—have completed field validation at well-known UK farms such as Wilkin & Sons.

Capital B, a Bitcoin treasury company, confirmed the acquisition of 5 Bitcoins for 280,000 euros, currently holding a total of 3,145 Bitcoins, with a year-to-date Bitcoin return of 2.14%.

According to official news, OKX has officially launched "OKX Prophet Season 2." Users can use free XP to make judgments on real events such as football, esports, macroeconomics, and F1, participate in the weekly PnL leaderboard and the season total points leaderboard, and share a total prize pool of $600,000. Open the OKX App and go to "Trading - On-chain - Outcomes" to participate in the event.This season continues the practices from the first season during the World Cup, with event settlement operating on the X Layer, and relevant settlement records can be queried. Free XP is the event's points and has no real monetary value. Specific events, prize pool distribution, participation scope, and event rules are subject to the official page.

According to on-chain data analysis platform Glassnode, the current consumer confidence index has hit a historic low, yet the stock market continues to reach new highs. Funds are accelerating from cash into stocks, AI, and commodities, while Bitcoin has been significantly overlooked in this round of rotation.On-chain data shows that the heavy buy order support wall formed below the price has been continuously fading since June, and the bottom support structure is clearly thinning.