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According to the latest Merkle Tree Proof of Reserves (PoR) data from Huobi HTX, as of September 1, 2026 (UTC+8), the reserve ratios of various mainstream assets on the platform remain above 100%, continuously ensuring the safety of user assets with sufficient reserves and committing to 100% redemption, ensuring that users can trade and withdraw at any time. As one of the earlier platforms in the industry to continuously disclose Merkle Tree Proof of Reserves, Huobi HTX has publicly disclosed PoR data for 47 consecutive months, enhancing platform transparency in a long-term and verifiable manner.The specific updated reserve ratios are as follows: BTC (104%), ETH (102%), TRX (109%), USDs (102%), HTX (103%), XRP (104%), DOGE (101%), SOL (103%). Users can visit the "Assets - Proof of Reserves Report" page on the Huobi HTX official website to view.It is worth mentioning that starting from April this year, to further enhance the visual representation of US dollar asset reserve data, Huobi HTX has unified and aggregated USDT, USDC, and other US dollar stablecoins as "USDs" for display. The asset data of each currency remains independently recorded and verified to ensure that the reserve information is authentic, clear, and traceable.In the future, Huobi HTX will continue to adhere to the 1:1 reserve principle, using verifiable data, traceable on-chain assets, and a regular information disclosure mechanism to continuously enhance asset transparency, allowing users to see reserves, verify assets, and use them with greater peace of mind.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Hunter Biden, the son of former U.S. President Joe Biden, will launch a meme coin named LAPTOP, named after his laptop incident, scheduled to go live on the Base network under Coinbase on September 9.The founding team of the project, including Hunter Biden, will hold 30% of the total token supply (1 billion tokens), with that portion locked for 6 months and fully unlocked over two years; another 20% of the tokens will be airdropped in two batches to users who previously lost money on the Trump meme coin TRUMP, Hunter Biden's Substack subscribers and their friends, and users on the mailing list maintained by video journalist Andrew Callaghan; the remaining 20% will be used for charitable donations, liquidity, and distribution to exchange partners and market makers, as well as covering the accounting, legal, administrative, and compliance costs of the token foundation.It is reported that the founding team has also agreed on a destruction mechanism that includes 30 preset events; if the relevant events achieve the preset results within the designated time (such as the Democratic Party winning the 2028 presidential election, Bitcoin reaching a new historical high, LAPTOP's fully diluted valuation exceeding TRUMP, etc.), up to 30% of the token supply may be destroyed; if not achieved, the tokens will be donated to charitable organizations proportionally.The report notes that Hunter Biden has recently been frequently participating in podcasts, news programs, and writing Substack articles discussing his views on cryptocurrency, and has commented on the controversy between the Trump family's crypto project World Liberty Financial and Sun Yuchen.

Cashmere Labs announced the launch of Goat Street's first practical features and products. Goat Street NFTs on the Robinhood Chain can now earn native ETH and on-chain stock yields, with the weight depending on the duration of NFT holding and level.

According to Bloomberg Intelligence's compilation of the first quarterly 13F holdings report for Hyperliquid ETF, a total of 30 institutions disclosed their holdings in Hyperliquid ETF, with a total amount of approximately 74.9 million USD. Brazilian institution Wealth High Governance Asset Management ranks first with nearly 24 million USD in holdings, owning 632,614 shares of the 21Shares HYPE fund (THYP), valued at 23,948,236 USD as of June 30.This list was published by Bloomberg Intelligence ETF analyst James Seyffart on the X platform. OLP Capital Management ranks second with 10.5 million USD, UBS ranks third with 7.5 million USD, Bank of Montreal ranks fourth with 6.7 million USD, and Jane Street ranks fifth with 4.4 million USD. Other listed institutions include Discovery Capital, Brevan Howard, Balyasny, and Boothbay. The top five institutions hold a total of approximately 53 million USD, accounting for 70.8% of the total disclosed amount.

AI data center startup Crusoe has signed a cloud services agreement worth approximately $13 billion with quantitative trading firm Jane Street Group, lasting five years. According to the agreement, Crusoe will provide Jane Street with advanced AI chip clusters (GPUs) and other infrastructure necessary for AI training and inference through its cloud platform. Jane Street has become one of Crusoe's largest cloud business clients to date.The agreement has also further heightened investor interest in Crusoe's latest financing. Reports indicate that Crusoe has recently completed over $3 billion in financing, with the company's valuation at approximately $30 billion. Crusoe initially utilized wasted natural gas from the energy sector to power cryptocurrency mining, and has since shifted to the AI infrastructure sector, establishing AI computing collaborations with companies such as Meta and Oracle.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has publicly released its request for comments regarding "Novel ETFs," which may hold crypto assets or adopt unconventional strategies. The disagreement centers on whether the filing documents should remain public before the fund begins trading and how quickly the review process should be. Crypto asset management firm Grayscale and the crypto policy organization Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI) support establishing an optional confidential filing period to reduce competitors from submitting imitation documents.Charles Schwab opposes complete confidentiality and suggests that filing documents should be made public at least 75 days in advance. Grayscale requests that the SEC respond within 45 days, while CCI argues that the confidentiality process should not extend the automatic effectiveness or review period. Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (A16z) supports shortening the review time but emphasizes that the rigor of the review should not be reduced; trading firm Jane Street believes that accelerating the process could lead to a decline in product quality, competitiveness, and liquidity.Currently, there are 174 ETFs related to crypto assets in the U.S., with BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) managing approximately $61 billion in assets, accounting for about 38% of the total assets of related ETFs. The SEC will decide whether to adjust the confidentiality arrangements for filings and the speed of the review.

According to CoinDesk, Bitget CEO Gracy Chen told CoinDesk that Bitget is in talks with several large global financial institutions, including BlackRock, to help expand the distribution of digital asset products in Asia. Gracy Chen cited BlackRock, the world's largest asset management company, as an example, stating that it hopes to expand the distribution of tokenized ETFs in Asia and mentioned, "We maintain very close communication with BlackRock regarding distribution in the Asian market."A spokesperson for BlackRock responded that the company's cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs) have been launched in Asia and confirmed that it regularly collaborates with virtual asset service providers on different projects, but did not comment on specific expansion plans in the Asian market. According to an OECD report, as of June 2025, the trading volume of blockchain cryptocurrency assets in Asia is expected to grow by 69% year-on-year, the highest growth rate among all global regions.BlackRock manages assets totaling $11.6 trillion. At the 2026 Hong Kong Consensus conference, Nicholas Peach, head of BlackRock's Asia-Pacific iShares division, stated that Asian household wealth is approximately $108 trillion, and even if only 1% is allocated to cryptocurrency assets, it could lead to nearly $2 trillion in inflows. Bitget has 125 million registered users globally, with about half located in East Asia and Southeast Asia. Company data from Q1 2026 shows that 52% of users hold both cryptocurrencies and traditional stocks.

According to the Wall Street Journal, U.S. President Trump is privately discussing with senior aides the possibility of announcing the end of the war with Iran.Aides reportedly advised Trump that an escalation of the war beyond recent strikes could cause the Republican Party to lose the midterm elections.

According to a report by Reuters, after the Chinese robot manufacturer Unitree was listed on the Shanghai Star Market, its stock price has cumulatively dropped about 45% from the peak on its first day of trading. The market value once soared to $66 billion before retreating by about $30 billion, raising concerns about bubble risks, retail investor losses, and the IPO mechanism. On its first day of listing, it closed up 460%, far exceeding the average first-day increase of 226% for new stocks in China over the past three years, and then fell for three consecutive days, with the stock price stabilizing somewhat on Tuesday.Unitree is one of the world's leading manufacturers of quadruped and humanoid robots, capable of performing actions such as running, dancing, and martial arts, but broader commercialization remains limited, competing with companies like Tesla and Boston Dynamics. The prospectus shows that the adjusted net profit for the first quarter of 2026 decreased by 53% year-on-year to 40 million yuan, and there are also signs of profit slowing in the first half of the year. The company was listed through a fast-track process on the Star Market, which may set a precedent for other domestic peers.Analysts point out that investors are driven by the "technology revolution narrative," and the first-day performance reflects market sentiment. The discrepancy between IPO pricing and opening price indicates that at least one party is misaligned; there are also views that the rise is more due to motives for raising prices for unloading, with short selling being restricted and retail investors exacerbating volatility. Some institutions believe that robot companies have high R&D investments and that orders have not yet been realized on a large scale, making it inappropriate to focus solely on short-term profits, similar to the early electric vehicle industry.

According to the New York Times, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued subpoenas to major Wall Street banks, requesting information regarding the artificial intelligence hedge fund Situational Awareness trading.

According to CoinDesk, Fairmint CEO Joris Delanoue stated that the boom in tokenized stocks may replicate a digital version of Wall Street's "paper crisis" from the late 1960s. At that time, trading volume in U.S. stocks surged, overwhelming the back office that relied on paper stock certificates, leading to an increase in settlement failures. The New York Stock Exchange even closed on Wednesdays to clear the backlog, ultimately driving infrastructure reforms such as central depositories and custodial trust companies.Delanoue mentioned that the main issue is whether the crisis is being recreated in a digital manner. Exchanges, special purpose vehicles (SPVs), token packaging, and proprietary ledgers may sever ownership records during the growth of tokenized stocks. Some products only provide economic exposure to the underlying stocks rather than legal ownership, and investors may rely on intermediaries, facing uncertainties regarding voting rights, dividends, and asset claims when issuers or SPVs encounter problems. The global market for tokenized stocks has grown from less than $500 million at the end of the first quarter to approximately $2 billion.

Morgan Stanley's equity research team conducted an annual survey of over 500 North American summer interns, most of whom are under the age of 21. More than a quarter of the interns reported using prediction market applications in the past year, with Kalshi and Polymarket being the most common choices; among them, 55% of users utilized multiple betting applications.Prediction markets are facing increased scrutiny in the United States, with several states taking legal or regulatory actions against related platforms. Morgan Stanley's employee code of conduct covers trading and investment matters, including prediction markets, but insiders did not disclose further details. Another national survey indicated that 21% of American adult respondents have used prediction market platforms, with the percentage rising to 37% among the 18 to 34 age group.Regarding AI, 68% of interns use AI tools daily, up from 35% last year and 14% in 2024; about 70% are personally subscribing to paid AI tools, an increase from 52% last summer. Meanwhile, 61% of respondents are concerned that AI will replace jobs in finance, and 74% worry about job displacement in other industries. Over 60% are interested in using humanoid robots at home, and 10% indicated they might become early adopters.

According to ChainCatcher information and the official announcement, Bitget's stock perpetual contracts have been launched for UNITREE (Yushu Technology). The contract is settled in USDT, supports up to 20 times leverage, and allows trading 24/7. So far, Bitget supports a total of 277 stock perpetual contract underlying assets.

According to the official announcement, Gate ETF will launch UNITREE3L/USDT, UNITREE3S/USDT, SNDK5L/USDT, SNDK5S/USDT, SPCX5L/USDT, SPCX5S/USDT, SKHYNIX5L/USDT, SKHYNIX5S/USDT, MU5L/USDT, and MU5S/USDT on August 19 at 12:00 (UTC+8), supporting 3x or 5x long/short UNITREE3L/3S (Unitree Technology), SNDK5L/5S (SanDisk), SPCX5L/5S (SpaceX), SKHYNIX5L/5S (SK Hynix), and MU5L/5S (Micron). Gate ETF currently supports trading of 408 types of tokens.

Starting from August 19, 2026, at 16:15, Binance Futures will update the funding fee settlement frequency for the UNITREEUSDT perpetual contract from once every eight hours to once every four hours.