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ETH has increased by 60.62% so far in the third quarter of this year, marking the second-best third-quarter performance on record, only behind the 66.55% in the third quarter of 2025.

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.

Pine Analytics released the Zcash Q3 2026 report. Ironwood was activated on July 28 at block 3,428,143, and within five weeks, holders migrated 87% of their Orchard balance, with the new pool holding 3.84M ZEC as of August 31. The shielded supply increased by 9.9% to 4.86M ZEC, with the shielded ratio rebounding from 26.3% to 28.7%, recovering 440K from the 745K unshielded ZEC in June.The price of ZEC rose from $407 on June 30 to $836 on August 31, an increase of 106%. Grayscale ZCSH converted to a spot ETF, with assets growing from $155 million to $346 million. Mining difficulty rose by 35%, reaching an all-time high, with two corporate miners committing approximately $65 million in hash power. NU7 has no mainnet height yet, and holders will vote until September 14 to decide whether to launch before September 30 with a 25-second block time and smooth issuance; there are still 470K ZEC remaining in Orchard.

According to Cointelegraph citing Coinglass data, Ethereum rose by 56.51% in the third quarter of this year, marking the third-best performance in history. There have only been two instances in the past where the increase in the third quarter exceeded this year's.

NVIDIA's revenue for the second quarter of fiscal year 2027 increased by more than double year-on-year to $96.22 billion, exceeding market expectations of $92.17 billion; adjusted earnings per share were $2.22, surpassing the expected $2.10. Data center revenue grew more than double to $89 billion, higher than the expected $85.08 billion. The company expects third-quarter revenue of $108 billion (with a fluctuation of 2%), above analysts' expectations of $104.19 billion; the adjusted gross margin is expected to be 74% (with a fluctuation of 0.5 percentage points), lower than the market expectation of 74.77%.NVIDIA expects revenue to grow by about 70% in fiscal year 2028 and to expand its collaboration with AWS, with both parties planning to deploy an additional 2 million NVIDIA GPUs in Amazon's global infrastructure in 2027 and 2028. The company stated that revenue opportunities for AI chips could exceed $1 trillion before 2027. The third-quarter guidance does not include any sales from data center chips in China.After the earnings report was released, NVIDIA's stock price rose over 4% in after-hours trading. As of Wednesday's close, the market capitalization was approximately $5.16 trillion, with the stock price having increased by 12.4% year-to-date.

NVIDIA's revenue outlook for Q3 of fiscal year 2027 is $108 billion, while the market expectation is $104.196 billion.

Well-known crypto KOL Ansem posted that looking back at the third quarter of 2026, the market may find that there were actually clear signs of a bottom in the crypto market at that time.Ansem pointed out that retail activity has shown a significant upward turning point for the first time in years, but most people in the market interpreted this change as a bearish signal. He believes that this cognitive dissonance may ultimately prove to be an important characteristic of the market bottom formation.

SK Hynix announced a dividend of 375 Korean won per share and will announce the shareholder return policy plan in the third quarter, considering additional shareholder return measures.

According to Jinshi reports, AMD expects Q3 2026 revenue to be between $12.7 billion and $13.3 billion, while the market expectation is $12.51 billion.

Well-known trader CryptoD stated on social media, "Recently looking back at community messages, I found that the entire Meme ecosystem has become very fragmented. The Chinese and foreign markets are gradually forming different ecosystems, leading to ineffective concentration of funds. Additionally, the market has been in a bear phase for a long time, with no significant increase in funds, but rather more chains emerging and liquidity becoming more dispersed.However, I also believe that the overall crypto market is gradually approaching the bottom, and Q3 and Q4 are likely to be the last period to calmly position before the next bull market."Previous reports indicated that CryptoD earned over 10 million dollars by trading the Meme coin TRUMP.

According to Jinshi reports, Apple's service revenue in Q3 of fiscal year 2026 was $30.74 billion, lower than the market expectation of $31.22 billion.

According to Jinshi reports, Apple Inc. (AAPL.O) had a gross margin of 50.1% in the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, higher than the market expectation of 47.92%.

According to Jinshi reports, Apple Inc. (AAPL.O) had a revenue of $109.42 billion in Q3 of fiscal year 2026, an increase from $94.036 billion in the same period last year, exceeding market expectations of $108.578 billion.

Meta released its Q2 2026 financial report, with revenue of $60.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of 28%, slightly above the market expectation of $60.3 billion; net profit of $15.85 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 14%; earnings per share of $6.18, a year-on-year decrease of 13%. Advertising revenue was $59.36 billion, a year-on-year increase of 27%, with ad impressions increasing by 14% and average price rising by 12%. Operating profit decreased by 8% year-on-year to $18.78 billion, and the operating profit margin fell from 43% to 31%. Total costs and expenses surged by 55% year-on-year to $42 billion, which includes $2.4 billion in legal litigation expenses and $1.18 billion in layoff costs.The revenue guidance for Q3 is $61 billion to $64 billion, with a midpoint of $62.5 billion, below the market expectation of $63.2 billion. The full-year capital expenditure guidance has been adjusted from $125 billion to $145 billion to $130 billion to $145 billion. Free cash flow was only $784 million, significantly shrinking year-on-year, reaching a nearly four-year low. Meta also narrowed its full-year expense guidance for 2026 to $165 billion to $169 billion, maintaining the expectation of "operating profit above 2025." Zuckerberg stated, "AI is accelerating our core business, and the results are beginning to show." After the financial report was released, Meta's after-hours stock price briefly fell over 10%.

Visa announced its third-quarter financial report for fiscal year 2026, with revenue of $11.6 billion, a year-on-year increase of 14%. Payment transaction volume, cross-border transaction volume, and processed transactions all achieved double-digit growth. In the earnings call, Visa outlined its stablecoin strategy, stating that it is actively investing in various levels of the stablecoin stack, including blockchain, issuance, wallets, infrastructure, and applications. The company announced its membership in the OpenStandard alliance, which plans to issue the OpenUSD stablecoin for global capital flow.The Visa stablecoin platform will provide partners with stablecoin settlement, on-chain wallet-as-a-service infrastructure, and exchange services between fiat and stablecoins, initially supporting OpenUSD. The platform will also integrate with Pismo to provide tokenized deposit support for financial institutions and plans to introduce third-party tokenized deposit infrastructure providers in the future. Visa views stablecoins and AI as complementary technologies, believing that "agent commerce will expand the reachable market and drive future growth." Cross-border transaction volume increased by 13% year-on-year, while processed transaction volume grew by 10%.

According to the Q3 2026 signal report released by Fidelity Digital Assets, the prices of BTC, ETH, and SOL are generally at historical lows, with multiple indicators close to the capitulation zone. Fidelity believes that the current valuation levels may correspond to attractive long-term entry conditions.As of the end of Q2, the weighted net unrealized profit and loss (NUPL) was -0.01, with BTC being the only asset with a positive unrealized profit, approximately 10% above its cost basis, with an unrealized profit of about $108 billion, while ETH and SOL were approximately 30% and 41% below their cost bases, with unrealized losses of about $87 billion and $29 billion, respectively. BTC's market share rose to 68% quarter-over-quarter.The report states that, based on historical backtesting, the current NUPL readings for the three correspond to one-year median returns of 53%, 70%, and 542%, respectively, but the reliability of the samples decreases sequentially. The NUPL reading for SOL has only occurred 21 times in history, concentrated at the end of 2025, which has limited statistical significance.On the fundamental side, the value of stablecoin transfers for both ETH and SOL has reached new highs, exceeding $20 trillion and $2.6 trillion, respectively, over the past 12 months, but network fee revenue continues to decline.Additionally, the report attributes the 22% decline in BTC hash rate from its peak to miners shifting their computing power towards AI and high-performance computing, as AI contract revenues are more stable due to the depressed coin prices.

Galaxy Research Director Alex Thorn posted on the X platform that the second quarter's dormant Bitcoin awakening volume hit a new low since the third quarter of 2022, significantly decreasing from the high levels of 2024 and 2025.

Coinbase Institutional and Glassnode released the report "Charting Crypto Q3 2026," maintaining a neutral outlook on the crypto market.The report shows that on-chain data indicates Bitcoin may be transitioning from a correction phase to an accumulation phase, but the Fed's hawkish stance, weak spot ETF demand, and geopolitical risks continue to pressure the market outlook.