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Micron announced today that it will distribute 2026 fiscal year bonuses to over 60,000 employees worldwide to acknowledge the company's achievements this year, marking the highest bonuses in Micron's history. Taiwan is a key hub for Micron's global technology leadership, with approximately 15,000 employees and a cumulative investment of over NT$1.6 trillion.In Taiwan, the 2026 fiscal year bonuses include a NT$1 million cash bonus for each employee who joins before August 29, 2025, with subsequent hires receiving bonuses proportionate to their duration of employment; an annual performance bonus that can reach up to 500% of the basic target; and additional stock awards. Production line employees in Taiwan will receive total compensation equivalent to 35 to 68 months of salary. The cash compensation for Micron's employees in Taiwan for the 2026 fiscal year will start at NT$1.7 million; entry-level engineers will have an average cash compensation of NT$2.9 million, with an average total compensation of NT$3.4 million after including stock awards calculated at grant value. The annual performance adjustment stock awards will cover 100%.Regarding Micron's announcement without reaching a consensus with the union, the union stated after collecting member opinions: grassroots members demand institutional reform and equal negotiation, calling for a change in the IPP profit-sharing system to a 15% profit-sharing system, stating that one-time bonuses cannot resolve the issue, and expressing the hope to establish a calculation basis directly linked to the company's actual profits. If there is no response, the union will continue to move towards a strike. The Ministry of Labor stated that it has fully grasped the relevant information and is maintaining close contact with the Taoyuan City Government, the Central Taiwan Science Park Administration, and the Taichung City Government.

Analyst Darkfost posted on platform X that Bitcoin is about to enter a phase of 365 days without reaching a new all-time high (ATH). In previous cycles, Bitcoin typically set a new high shortly after the halving, but this pattern seems to be changing. Meanwhile, the time intervals from each cycle peak to the next all-time high are also shortening: from 2014 to 2017 it was 1180 days, from 2017 to 2020 it was 1094 days, and from 2021 to 2024 it has shortened to 849 days. Darkfost believes that if this trend continues, this round of Bitcoin may reach a new historical high more quickly. The next Bitcoin halving is expected to occur around April 2028.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, Binance's Bitcoin reserves have risen to 693,000 coins, reaching a two-year high, an increase of about 77,000 coins since the end of April, accounting for approximately 30% of the total Bitcoin reserves on major trading platforms.As the reserve continues to climb, Bitcoin faces strong supply pressure in the range of $83,000 to $85,000.

Currently, institutions hold 17.9% of the total market capitalization of HYPE, which is the highest proportion among Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana.

According to GMGN data, the market capitalization of the Solana-based meme coin Baton briefly surpassed 18 million USD, setting a new historical high, with a 24-hour increase of 86.8%, currently reported at 12.3 million USD.It is reported that BATON is a community meme coin derived from the history of Baton Corporation, the company behind Pump.fun, and its early project Baton Finance, with the paired token being the platform token PUMP of pump.fun. This token only borrows the relevant narrative and has no official connection with Pump.fun. Market news reminds users that meme coin prices are highly volatile, and investors should participate with caution.

According to GMGN data, the Meme coin "Lobster" saw its market capitalization rise early this morning, briefly surpassing 170 million USD, setting a new historical high, currently reported at 154 million USD, with a 24H increase of over 117%.Market news reminds users that the prices of Meme coins are highly volatile, and investors should participate cautiously.

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost stated that the recent rise in Bitcoin has pushed investor sentiment to its strongest level since March 2024. The market sentiment indicator he tracks once reached above 89/100, entering the "extreme greed" zone.This indicator combines several data points, including the Fear and Greed Index, with a range from -100 to +100, corresponding to extreme fear and extreme greed, respectively. Darkfost pointed out that when market sentiment is extremely optimistic or pessimistic, it often signals a potential turning point in trends.Currently, as the previous market frenzy gradually fades, the sentiment indicator is returning to more normal levels, while Bitcoin is still struggling to maintain its current price range.

According to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost, the recent rise in Bitcoin has driven investor sentiment to its most optimistic level in nearly two years, with related market sentiment indicators briefly breaking 89, entering the "extreme greed" zone, the last time a similar level was seen was in March 2024.Darkfost pointed out that when market sentiment is excessively optimistic or pessimistic, it is often worth paying attention to potential market turning points. Currently, this indicator has started to retreat from its previous euphoric levels, gradually returning to a relatively normal range, while the Bitcoin price is attempting to hold its current level.

On-chain detective ZachXBT posted on his personal channel that Revolut allegedly leaked some users' personal identifiable information (PII) due to failing to recognize a forged government agency information request.According to his disclosure, Revolut previously received a request for customer information retrieval that appeared to come from a real government agency and was sent through the agency's official email domain. Because the email had valid domain authentication information, Revolut believed the request was legitimate and responded accordingly.The potentially involved data includes users' names, birth dates, occupations, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers, as well as copies of passports or driver's licenses, identity verification selfies, account statements, IBANs, withdrawal records, and complete transaction histories, including Bitcoin transaction records. Revolut stated in the notification sent to users that no biometric facial telemetry data was leaked.ZachXBT indicated that the scale of the incident may currently be limited, but it appears to primarily target high-net-worth users. Several Revolut users received notifications regarding the related security incident yesterday. Revolut officials had previously reminded users to verify suspicious information through in-app customer service to avoid providing personal or financial information.

According to GMGN market data, the Chinese meme coin Lobster's market capitalization has surpassed 115 million dollars, setting a new historical high, with a 24-hour increase of 180%, and a trading volume of 8.4 million dollars during the same period.Market news reminds users that the prices of related tokens are highly volatile, and users should invest with caution.

CoinDesk reported that Robinhood Chain's daily revenue dropped 87% from its peak on September 4, to $1.06 million. The decline was not due to a decrease in activity, but rather higher capacity reduced congestion fees.During the same period, DEX trading volume approached $2 billion, and active addresses increased by 16.5%.

In August, core inflation in the United States rose by 0.3% month-on-month, exceeding expectations, but the stock market and cryptocurrency market reacted mildly. After a brief dip, Bitcoin rebounded over 3% to return above $79,000, with the market betting that the probability of a Federal Reserve rate hike in September has risen to 85%.

Zach Pandl, the research director at Grayscale, pointed out that Zcash, as a Bitcoin-like digital currency with privacy features, currently has lucrative mining profits. Although Bitcoin network miners earn about $35 million daily, far exceeding Zcash's approximately $2 million, the daily revenue per mining machine for Zcash is about twice that of Bitcoin, with revenue per megawatt-hour approximately four times that of Bitcoin, even surpassing some AI/high-performance computing cloud services.Driven by the strong performance of token prices, Zcash's overall mining activity has increased more than 2.5 times this year, forming a virtuous cycle of "price increase --- mining increase --- network security enhancement --- supporting price." Pandl believes that at the current valuation, Zcash mining remains attractive and continues to strengthen its network security.

According to Gate market data, U.S. stocks opened with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising over 1%, the S&P 500 index up 0.8%, and the Nasdaq up 0.8%. Oracle rose over 7%, with its first-quarter revenue and profit exceeding expectations, Intel rose over 1%, and SK Hynix rose 1.5%.

The seasonally unadjusted CPI in the United States for August recorded a monthly rate of 0.4%, the highest since June of this year, in line with expectations, with the previous value being 0.1%. The seasonally unadjusted CPI year-on-year for August recorded 3.4%, meeting expectations and unchanged from the previous value.

In August, the seasonally adjusted core CPI in the United States recorded a month-on-month increase of 0.3%, the highest since May of this year, exceeding market expectations of 0.2%, with the previous value being 0.2%. The year-on-year unadjusted core CPI in the United States for August fell to 2.4%, declining for three consecutive months, reaching the lowest level since April 2021, in line with expectations, with the previous value being 2.5%.

U.S. Treasury yields rose during the Asian trading session, with yields across all maturities reaching multi-year highs. The 2-year U.S. Treasury yield reached 4.596%, the 10-year rose to 4.979%, and the 30-year hit 5.384%. Danske Bank stated that the 10-year yield is just a few basis points away from the 5% mark, due to U.S. Treasury buyback operations falling short of expectations.

The yield on Japan's 10-year government bonds continued to rise, briefly touching 3%, reaching a new high in over a week.

Arbitrum's investment strategy director Brendan Ma stated: Arbitrum's weekly revenue has risen to third globally, with treasury revenue exceeding 4.3 million dollars in the past 30 days, of which over 50% came from the previous week. Revenue in Q3 to date is approximately 140% higher than Q2, with sources including Arbitrum One transaction fees, Robinhood Chain AEP licensing fees, and treasury income.Arbitrum leads in the number of RWA deployments, exceeding 4,500, with AUM reaching 1 billion dollars. The 30-day transaction volume grew by 124% to 395 billion dollars, and tokenized stocks doubled to over 200 million dollars. Arbitrum One's cumulative transaction volume exceeded 2.8 billion transactions, with Chain GDP reaching 1.8 billion dollars, a year-on-year increase of 22%, and perpetual contract positions peaking at 1.8 billion dollars.In terms of the ecosystem, Carbon's cumulative transaction volume exceeded 100 million dollars, T3tris TVL reached 13.4 million dollars, and USD.AI TVL reached 500 million dollars. Venmo, Stripe, Shopify, and Cash App have supported USDC or PYUSD-related functionalities on Arbitrum.

According to Gate market data, the yield on Germany's 10-year government bonds rose by 6 basis points to 3.51%, the highest level since 2009.