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According to foreign media reports, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix rejected a prepayment proposal for electricity bills put forward by the Korea Electric Power Corporation. The proposal originally required the two companies to pay electricity bills in advance to fund the construction of the power grid for a new technology cluster. Utility companies across Asia are struggling to keep up with the growing demand from the semiconductor and artificial intelligence industries due to tight funding.The Korea Electric Power Corporation's proposal is estimated by local media to total 250 trillion won, equivalent to five years' worth of electricity bills. A spokesperson for the Korea Electric Power Corporation stated via text message, "The two companies ultimately rejected the proposal from the Korea Electric Power Corporation." According to local media reports, the two chip manufacturers are concerned about the uncertainty of whether the current semiconductor boom can be sustained over the next five years.

According to CryptoSlate, the UK-listed company Satsuma Technology has sold its entire reserve of 669.4867 bitcoins, with the transaction completed between July 24 and 31, at a net transaction average price of £47,667 per bitcoin, resulting in total proceeds of approximately £31.91 million.The High Court of England has approved its capital reduction through the cancellation of Class B shares, and the company will return £30.718881 million to eligible shareholders, which amounts to £0.002734 per Class B share.

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.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Bitcoin Price Prediction on September 14" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option for the sub-market "78,000" experienced significant fluctuations in its winning probability, soaring from 11.5% an hour ago to the current 33.5% (a fluctuation of 22%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

The Standard Reserve, self-proclaimed as the "On-Chain Central Bank," will launch on September 14 and announce the genesis minting arrangements. The whitelist minting window for Genesis Charters is from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM Eastern Time (from 5:30 AM to 10:30 AM Beijing Time on September 15), with a liquidity fee of 0.15 ETH; after this period, the remaining Genesis Charters will enter a 30-minute descending Dutch auction mode, starting at a price of 1.25 ETH, with a minimum price of 0.15 ETH. 100% of the minting proceeds will go into initial liquidity and the protocol treasury, with no profit-sharing for the team.After the minting ends, the official will inject liquidity and open trading for the STANDARD token, with a temporary anti-sniping tax set for the first hour, starting at 90% and decaying exponentially, with most of it decaying in the first 5 minutes, and the tax fees going into the protocol; after 1 hour, regular trading fees will resume. At the same time trading opens, Charter emissions will be initiated, and 100 branch licenses will be auctioned (paid in STANDARD, via Dutch auction).

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a certain whale (0x0c1...6Cbe) spent 1.04 million dollars to buy 20.31 million MEME in the past 10 days, with an average price of 0.051 dollars. The current holding is valued at 930,000 dollars, making it the largest holder of MEME.

According to crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, U.S. Senate Republicans have released a new version of the CLARITY Act text, referring to it as the "last, best, and final proposal" presented to Democrats before the debate vote ends on Tuesday. The new text includes several adjustments related to ethical standards, BRCA, stablecoin earnings, and provisions related to the Agriculture Committee.Among them, Trump has agreed to about 80% of the content of the Tillis-Gallego ethical standards proposal, including the sale of "significant" crypto-related financial interests or placing them in a blind trust; the stablecoin earnings section introduces a "circuit breaker mechanism," allowing federal regulators to intervene if there is a large-scale flow of community bank deposits into stablecoins, with the relevant judgment to be made by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Additionally, the scope of BRCA's protections has been narrowed, and the new text further strengthens restrictions on vertical integration, including related party transactions and conflicts of interest involving digital commodity exchanges, brokers, and dealers.

According to Coinglass data, the current whale holdings on the Hyperliquid platform amount to 7.115 billion dollars, with long positions at 3.393 billion dollars, accounting for 47.68% of the total holdings, and short positions at 3.723 billion dollars, accounting for 52.32%. The profit and loss for long positions is 262 million dollars, while for short positions it is -276 million dollars.Among them, the whale address 0x5b5d..60 has shorted ETH with a 5x leverage at a price of 2270.48 dollars, currently showing an unrealized profit and loss of -21.6501 million dollars.

Market news reports that informed sources indicate that SoftBank Group has secured a loan of $11.87 billion to support its investment in OpenAI, an increase from the previous target of $10 billion.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated, "Community banks will have stronger competitiveness and opportunities to win the market if they adopt stablecoins. Coinbase is collaborating with Moov to help over 1,000 community banks integrate stablecoin-related capabilities into their existing systems. This will bring faster settlement speeds, lower costs, and real-time access to funds. The discussions in Washington regarding stablecoins and community banks overlook the most important point: stablecoins are an opportunity."

Elvira Nabiullina, the Governor of the Bank of Russia, stated that the digital ruble has been launched nationwide, with nearly 87,000 new accounts opened in the past 10 days and over 50,000 related transactions. She pointed out that a few banks encountered technical issues when opening accounts and executing some transactions, but the relevant banks have completed the processing, and there have been no widespread failures or numerous complaints.The Bank of Russia is reducing the steps required for account opening and transactions while maintaining security levels. The digital ruble has completed its nationwide rollout after real user testing that began in 2023, and users can choose whether to use it. Twelve major banks in Russia and retailers with annual revenues exceeding 120 million rubles (approximately 1.42 million USD) must accept digital ruble payments, with more businesses expected to be included by 2028.

The 18th BRICS Summit adopted the "New Delhi Declaration," supporting a payment framework that bypasses the Western financial system. The declaration commits to expanding trade and investment settled in member countries' local currencies, connecting national payment systems, and studying cross-border interoperability.BRICS Pay, as a decentralized payment framework, integrates India's UPI and Russia's SPFS into a shared layer to settle payments between member countries.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was 278 million dollars, with long positions liquidated at 196 million dollars and short positions liquidated at 82.5849 million dollars. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at 33.6368 million dollars, Bitcoin short positions at 6.1304 million dollars, Ethereum long positions at 54.2408 million dollars, and Ethereum short positions at 10.7933 million dollars.In addition, in the last 24 hours, a total of 114,246 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Binance - ETHUSDT worth 4.4668 million dollars.

The payment service provider license of CoolCash (Xiao Yi Payment), the parent company of Tianxu International Technology Co., Ltd., has been revoked by the National Bank of Cambodia and has entered liquidation proceedings. The company and its director, Pang Weizhi, were included in the UK government's sanctions list in March this year due to alleged ties with the Prince Group.The National Bank of Cambodia announced on the 10th that it revoked the payment service provider license of Tianxu International Technology on August 3. This license was issued on May 27, 2024, and was originally valid until 2030. The bank also appointed Morrison Kak MKA Audit Accounting Firm as the liquidator in accordance with Article 68 of the Law on Banking and Financial Institutions to handle liquidation matters and return relevant funds to the company's clients in accordance with the legal priority order.UK sanction documents indicate that Pang Weizhi holds Cambodian and Chinese nationality, with the Cambodian name Pang Visal, and serves as a director of Tianxu International Technology and the parent company of Elephant Delivery, U-Life KH Super App Company Limited. The UK side claims to have reasonable grounds to suspect his ties with the Prince Group and that he has provided financial services or funds, economic resources, goods, or technology to the group. The UK side alleges that the Prince Group is involved in operating scam centers in Cambodia, which include forced labor and serious human rights violations. Tianxu International Technology and Pang Weizhi have been listed as targets of sanctions in both corporate and personal capacities.

This week, global markets enter a central bank super week. The Federal Reserve's FOMC will announce its interest rate decision and economic projections summary at 2 AM Beijing time on Thursday, followed by a monetary policy press conference by Chairman Powell; the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan will also announce their decisions on Thursday and Friday, respectively. Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate will hold a key procedural vote on the CLARITY Act on Tuesday local time, and the SEC will hold a roundtable discussion on 24-hour trading on the same day.Tuesday: Key procedural vote on the Cryptocurrency Market Structure Act (i.e., CLARITY Act); U.S. ADP employment change for the week ending August 29; U.S. September New York Fed Manufacturing Index. Wednesday: U.S. API crude oil inventories for the week ending September 11; U.S. August retail sales month-on-month, U.S. August import price index month-on-month, U.S. September NAHB housing market index; U.S. July business inventories month-on-month, U.S. EIA crude oil inventories for the week ending September 11.Thursday: Federal Reserve FOMC announces interest rate decision (2 AM Beijing time on Thursday) and economic projections summary, Federal Reserve Chairman holds a monetary policy press conference; U.S. initial jobless claims for the week ending September 12; Bank of England announces interest rate decision and meeting minutes; SEC holds a roundtable discussion on 24-hour trading. Friday: Bank of Japan announces interest rate decision, Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda holds a monetary policy press conference.

According to The Information, Anthropic has reached a $13.7 billion computing power agreement with Rum Group, which is associated with Trump.