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According to GMGN data, the top 5 trending sector tokens in the past 24 hours are as follows:ZEC (A7bd....XaS): Currently priced at $1111.01, market cap $200 million, 24h change -1.5%, 24h trading volume $39.78 million, number of trades 279,778;STONK (6GmA....Ngx): Currently priced at $0.2161, market cap $200 million, 24h change -23%, 24h trading volume $63.41 million, number of trades 201,903;Stunk (FLk6....ump): Currently priced at $0.0001, market cap $6.41 thousand, 24h change -99.3%, 24h trading volume $6.87 million, number of trades 288,196;EMBER (5dvX....EC6): Currently priced at $0.0283, market cap $28.05 million, 24h change -10.5%, 24h trading volume $25.31 million, number of trades 77,371;NINA (H22a....ump): Currently priced at $0.0002, market cap $170 thousand, 24h change +5K%, 24h trading volume $6.55 million, number of trades 101,448;

The trading heat of popular U.S. stocks and technology-related assets continues to rise, with multiple stock tokens on Gate gStocks performing actively. According to the latest market data from Gate, the 2x long ETF of Mywell Technology (MVLLG/USDT) has increased by 8.47% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $29.19; Meta (METAG/USDT) has risen by 5.13% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $649.71; the 2x long ETF of Micron Technology (MUUG/USDT) has increased by 4.28% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $35.09.Gate gStocks adopts a 1:1 fully-backed native stock reserve mechanism, where each tokenized security corresponds to an equal number of native stocks as underlying asset support, and supports 24/7 trading, unified account management, and a minimum investment of 1 USDT with fractional trading.Users can participate more flexibly in global popular stock investments, achieving a one-stop allocation of digital assets and traditional securities. As the ecosystem of tokenized securities continues to enrich, Gate gStocks will continue to expand more quality stocks and ETF targets, providing users with a more diverse global asset allocation choice.

According to the report "Explosive Growth of Stock Derivatives in 2026: The Landscape of Cryptocurrency Exchanges and Key Trends" released by RootData, the stock derivatives sector has transitioned from "marginal experimentation" to the "explosive growth" phase, with a cumulative trading volume of approximately $17.5 trillion from January to August.In terms of cumulative transaction volume, the concentration effect among the top exchanges remains significant. Among the four exchanges, Binance ranks first with $853.58 billion and a 61.3% market share; Bitget follows in second place with $270.85 billion and a 19.5% market share; OKX comes in third with $234.39 billion and a 16.8% market share; Bybit ranks fourth with $33.41 billion and a 2.4% market share.Regarding liquidity, in the ±2% weighted order book depth indicator, Binance and Bitget together account for over 70% of the stock derivatives order book liquidity. Among them, Binance has an average daily order book depth of approximately $10.1 million, followed closely by Bitget at $4.82 million, with OKX and Bybit at $3.87 million and $1.16 million, respectively.In terms of trading costs, in the recent comparison of weighted spreads for more than a dozen representative popular assets, Bitget ranks first with 0.0144%, followed closely by Binance at 0.0145%, with both essentially at the same level; OKX is at 0.0154%, and Bybit is at 0.0237%.

Affected by the news that Hunter Biden, the son of former U.S. President Joe Biden, is about to launch a meme coin named after his "laptop incident" $LAPTOP, popular meme coins in the Robinhood ecosystem have generally fallen.Among them, PONS fell nearly 9% after the announcement of the spontaneous coin, with a market value dropping to $726 million; CASHCAT fell nearly 10% after the announcement of the spontaneous coin, with a market value dropping to $190 million; AI fell over 10% after the announcement of the spontaneous coin, with a market value currently reported at $179 million; MEME fell over 20% after the announcement of the spontaneous coin, with a market value dropping to $91 million; microduck fell over 25% after the announcement of the spontaneous coin, with a market value dropping to $17 million. Price calculations are based on the announcement of the spontaneous coin disclosed at 22:50 Beijing time.

During the weekend market closure of traditional markets, perpetual contract types of stocks may have already priced in the stock market trends. According to RootData, most popular stocks are above the last after-hours levels:Semiconductor Triple Long ETF (SOXL) is currently at $125.65, up 7.59% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $116.79;SanDisk (SNDK) is currently at $1,785.09, up 3.07% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $1,731.88;Micron Technology (MU) is currently at $1,043.54, up 2.84% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $1,014.74;iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) is currently at $532.09, up 2.62% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $518.48;Intel (INTC) is currently at $98.16, up 2.46% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $95.80;SK Hynix (SKHY) is currently at $179.44, up 2.08% from the last trading day's closing reference price of $175.78;VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) is currently at $578.73, up 2.06% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $567.05;SpaceX (SPCX) is currently at $150.54, up 1.87% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $147.78;IREN (IREN) is currently at $43.96, down 1.59% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $44.67;AMD (AMD) is currently at $483.59, up 1.58% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $476.08;

According to GMGN data, the top 5 trending sector tokens in the past 24 hours are as follows:ZEC (A7bd....XaS): Currently priced at $1190.52, market cap of $200 million, 24h increase of +11.6%, 24h trading volume of $88.99 million, number of trades 259,997;STONK (6GmA....Ngx): Currently priced at $0.1573, market cap of $200 million, 24h increase of +65.1%, 24h trading volume of $200 million, number of trades 169,938;Nasduck (7Y7V....aze): Currently priced at $0.0027, market cap of $2.52 million, 24h increase of +85.7K%, 24h trading volume of $8.78 million, number of trades 90,593;fone (CTPo....ump): Currently priced at $0.0107, market cap of $10.59 million, 24h decrease of -30%, 24h trading volume of $13.32 million, number of trades 70,220;BILL (33LZ....ump): Currently priced at $0.0003, market cap of $220,000, 24h increase of +7.5K%, 24h trading volume of $6.97 million, number of trades 84,724;

Multiple companies listed in the潮玩 IP derivatives sector have disclosed their performance for the first half of 2026. Pop Mart reported a revenue of 17.173 billion yuan in the first half of the year, a year-on-year increase of 23.8%, with a net profit attributable to the parent company of 5.038 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.1%. Domestic revenue grew by 47.3%, while overseas revenue decreased by 11.1% to 4.972 billion yuan. Pop Mart's Chairman and CEO Wang Ning referred to 2026 as the "Year of Adjustment," stating that revenue growth is not the primary goal, but rather focusing on corporate governance and operational health.Aofei Entertainment reported a revenue of 1.332 billion yuan in the first half of the year, a year-on-year increase of 11.13%, with a net profit attributable to the parent company of 174 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 370.70%. Its subsidiary, Wandian Infinite, incurred a loss of 19.5413 million yuan in the first half of the year. Yuanlong Yatu reported a revenue of 1.164 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 16.35%, with a net loss attributable to the parent company of 3.6779 million yuan. The revenue from its IP cultural and creative business was 46.418 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 134.48%. Shifeng Culture reported a revenue of 212 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.83%, with a net profit attributable to the parent company of 3.0852 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 26.09%. The revenue from trendy toys was 25.9369 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 222.85%.

User chetaslua posted that they forced a hidden pop-up in ChatGPT, which contained the announcement for the built-in Codex ImageGen 2.5, stating "Image creation has received a significant upgrade" "Higher quality results, faster generation speed, and smarter creative tools."The user indicated that the related feature entry is still closed to everyone, and the hero image was uploaded on September 1.

According to Gate market data, on the tokenized stock product gStocks of the cryptocurrency exchange Gate, the MicroStrategy token MSTRG/USDT has increased by 16.33% in 24 hours, priced at $142.83; the Circle internet token CRCLG/USDT has risen by 15.40% in 24 hours, priced at $101.74; the Robinhood token HOODG/USDT has increased by 14.57% in 24 hours, priced at $124.63.Gate gStocks adopts a 1:1 native stock reserve, with each tokenized security corresponding to an equal number of native stocks as the underlying asset, and supports 24/7 trading and fractional share trading.

According to Bloomberg, AI model developer MiniMax Group Inc. became the most popular Hong Kong-listed stock among mainland investors last month. Mainland investors bought MiniMax shares worth HKD 10.6 billion (approximately USD 1.4 billion) through the Stock Connect in August, surpassing Alibaba Group Holding Limited and Tencent Holdings Limited.Since the stock became eligible for trading under the Shanghai-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect on August 6, southbound investors have accumulated a 9.7% stake in this AI startup.

According to GMGN data, the top 5 trending sector tokens in the past 24 hours are as follows:fone (CTPo....ump): Currently priced at $0.0251, market cap of $24.78 million, 24h change -6.3%, 24h trading volume $32.64 million, number of transactions 139,061;HeeHaw (EEpn....ump): Currently priced at $0.0024, market cap of $2.29 million, 24h change +77K%, 24h trading volume $8.01 million, number of transactions 85,582;TJR (4U4U....ump): Currently priced at $0.0053, market cap of $5.25 million, 24h change +2.31K%, 24h trading volume $25.37 million, number of transactions 108,518;chair (7fSb....ump): Currently priced at $0.0002, market cap of $150,000, 24h change +4.35K%, 24h trading volume $5.04 million, number of transactions 78,161;SFM (aTUf....ump): Currently priced at $0.0001, market cap of $80,000, 24h change +2.44K%, 24h trading volume $4.36 million, number of transactions 85,197;

During the weekend market closure of traditional markets, the perpetual contract types of stocks on the exchange may be priced in advance for Monday's market. According to RootData, most popular stocks are above Friday's after-hours levels:Robinhood (HOOD) is currently at $106.90, up 2.62% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $104.17;SK Hynix (SKHY) is currently at $163.96, up 1.82% from the last trading day's closing reference price of $161.04;IREN (IREN) is currently at $35.99, up 1.58% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $35.43;Strategy (MSTR) is currently at $129.22, up 1.46% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $127.36;Semiconductor 3x Long ETF (SOXL) is currently at $112.81, up 1.27% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $111.39;Gold Mining Stocks ETF (GDX) is currently at $100.91, up 1.25% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $99.66;SanDisk (SNDK) is currently at $1,501.31, up 1.15% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $1,484.30;Seagate (STX) is currently at $831.98, down 1.04% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $840.73;Circle (CRCL) is currently at $87.94, up 0.94% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $87.12;TSMC (TSM) is currently at $421.26, up 0.91% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $417.46;

Driven by the performance of technology stocks in the US market, multiple popular stock tokens on Gate gStocks have shown strong growth. According to the latest data from Gate, Nvidia (NVDAG/USDT) has seen a 24-hour increase of 3.49%, currently priced at $221.42; SpaceX (SPCXG/USDT) has risen 2.53% in 24 hours, currently at $141.36; Meta (METAG/USDT) has increased by 0.99% in 24 hours, currently at $576.43, with trading activity for related assets continuing to rise.Gate gStocks adopts a 1:1 full native stock reserve mechanism, where each tokenized security corresponds to an equal number of native stocks as underlying asset support. It supports 24/7 trading, unified account management, and a minimum investment of 1 USDT, along with fractional share trading. Users can participate more flexibly in global popular stock investments, achieving a one-stop allocation of digital assets and traditional securities. As the ecosystem of tokenized securities continues to enrich, Gate gStocks will keep expanding more quality stocks and ETF targets, providing users with a more diverse selection of global asset allocation options.

Recently, the silver market has continued to perform strongly, with trading enthusiasm continuing to heat up. According to market data from the Gate platform, silver (XAG) reached a high of $69.76 in 24 hours and is currently reported at $69.30. CoinGlass data shows that the open interest for Gate XAG contracts has reached $72.8334 million, firmly ranking among the top two in the industry.

At last week's Bubble Mart 2026 mid-year performance press conference, Bubble Mart founder Wang Ning stated, "The first half of 2026 is a very special year for Bubble Mart. Despite the pressure and challenges, we have still delivered a satisfactory report card. We achieved over 20% growth in the first half of the year, with significant improvements in our IP matrix and organizational health. The performance of our new amusement park and dessert business exceeded expectations, and the brand's global recognition, favorability, and reputation continue to rise. The management team maintains long-term confidence in the group's future development."In addition, he stated, "The difficulties this year may be greater than we imagined, but we are confident in overcoming short-term challenges. In the next six months, we will initiate a share repurchase plan of no less than 2 billion yuan and no more than 5 billion yuan, which also proves our increasing confidence in the company's long-term development."

According to GMGN data, the top 5 trending sector tokens in the past 24 hours are as follows:CATE (Ai66....ump): Currently priced at $0.0327, market cap of $31.51 million, 24h change -58.8%, 24h trading volume $78.38 million, number of trades 298,607;Dinger (3kvZ....ump): Currently priced at $0.0002, market cap of $140,000, 24h change -31.2%, 24h trading volume $11.70 million, number of trades 101,613;YOMOGI (4978....ump): Currently priced at $0.0001, market cap of $88,000, 24h change -67.6%, 24h trading volume $7.90 million, number of trades 77,456;CYBERCAT (9HHT....ump): Currently priced at $0.0005, market cap of $420,000, 24h change +14.7K%, 24h trading volume $4.95 million, number of trades 88,558;LPC (2g5S....ump): Currently priced at $0.0001, market cap of $69,000, 24h change +2.34K%, 24h trading volume $4.18 million, number of trades 56,030;

On August 21, the B.AI platform announced that Tencent's next-generation foundational model Hy3 is officially launched and is fully open for free on both Web Chat and API. As a hardcore model that adopts a fusion architecture of fast and slow thinking, Hy3 has achieved breakthrough advancements in dimensions such as agent engineering, complex code generation, long-range intent understanding, and resistance to hallucinations, specifically designed for real productivity scenarios. Starting today, all users can log in to the B.AI platform with zero barriers to freely use this top-tier model capability from Tencent, experiencing the strong empowerment that cutting-edge AI technology brings to development and creation at no cost.

CITIC Securities International published a report indicating that Pop Mart (09992.HK) reported earnings in the first half of the year that were 15---20% below market expectations, mainly due to a 10% decline in sales in the Americas. An unfavorable product mix eroded gross margins, exacerbating margin pressure. The firm has lowered its average earnings expectations for Pop Mart for 2026---2028 by 25%; the target price is set at HKD 121, based on a projected price-to-earnings ratio of 14 times for 2027; it recommends "Sell."The firm also lowered its average sales forecasts for Pop Mart for 2026---2028 by 17%, reflecting further downward adjustments in overseas sales expectations following disappointing performance in the first half of 2026, and has reduced the gross margin expectations for 2026/2027 by 0.2 percentage points/1 percentage point, respectively, to reflect the structural decline in the proportion of overseas business and the pressure from raw material costs.

Pop Mart International Group Limited (Stock Code: 9992) released its interim results announcement for the six months ended June 30, 2026. During the period, revenue was approximately 17.173 billion RMB, an increase of 23.8% year-on-year; gross profit was approximately 11.966 billion RMB, an increase of 22.6% year-on-year; operating profit was approximately 6.725 billion RMB, an increase of 11.3% year-on-year; profit for the period was approximately 5.100 billion RMB, an increase of 8.9% year-on-year; profit attributable to owners of the company was approximately 5.038 billion RMB, an increase of 10.1% year-on-year.Adjusted net profit under non-International Financial Reporting Standards was approximately 5.156 billion RMB, an increase of 9.5% year-on-year. Basic earnings per share were 3.80 RMB, and diluted earnings per share were 3.79 RMB, both increasing by 10.5% year-on-year. As of June 30, 2026, the group's total assets were approximately 31.028 billion RMB, total equity was approximately 23.288 billion RMB, and cash and cash equivalents were approximately 12.442 billion RMB. The company is primarily engaged in the design, development, and sales of trendy toy products, with operations divided into two segments: China and overseas. The announcement also serves as a supplementary announcement for the granting of awards, approved by the board of directors and published on August 20, 2026.

According to The Defiant, global interest in prediction markets has returned to levels seen before the 2026 World Cup. Google Trends shows that the global weekly index for "prediction market" reached a five-year high of 100 during the week of June 7-13, then dropped to 17 during the week of August 9-15, a decrease of 83% from the peak; the daily peak occurred on July 19, the day of the World Cup final, reaching 100, and fell to 7 on August 16. The World Cup opened on June 11, maintaining high interest throughout the tournament.In terms of trading volume, DefiLlama data shows that the cash trading volume for prediction markets set a record of $17.27 billion in July, up from $14.78 billion in June; as of August 17, the total trading volume for August is $7.83 billion, with an estimated total for the month of about $14.3 billion, approximately 17% lower than July. Kalshi's trading volumes for June and July were $9.40 billion and $12.37 billion, respectively, with $5.73 billion so far in August; Polymarket's volumes during the same period were $4.29 billion, $3.68 billion, and $1.18 billion. The trading volume ratio of Kalshi to Polymarket increased from 2.2 times in June to 4.9 times so far in August, with Kalshi accounting for 77.4% of the category's trading volume in the past seven days.