
According to reporter Eleanor Terrett, executives including Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, Kraken co-founder Arjun Sethi, and a16z crypto founder Chris Dixon met with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick before Trump's speech at the White House to discuss obstacles to the CLARITY Act, including unresolved ethics provisions, and how the White House could help secure bipartisan support. The executives emphasized the bill's potential benefits for U.S. jobs and economic growth, and called for clearer federal rules to attract crypto businesses back to the U.S.
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The article reports that a sudden breakout in Ethereum (ETH) price triggered massive liquidations in the crypto market, with a prominent high-leverage trader, pension-usdt.eth, losing approximately $49 million on a short position, ending his 23-win streak. The market saw $2.99 billion in liquidations in a single day, with shorts accounting for over 91%. ETH price surged from below $2,000 to over $2,300, and the RSI indicator is overbought. The article analyzes the technical significance of the breakout and subsequent risks.
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Core Scientific has transformed from a bankrupt Bitcoin miner into a U.S. AI infrastructure provider, reporting 1.1 gigawatts of leased capacity in Q2 2026 with potential contract revenue exceeding $24 billion. However, rising construction costs and debt pose risks, with long-term debt around $4.3 billion. The company preserved its power assets through bankruptcy protection and signed contracts with CoreWeave and AMD, but the $24 billion is not cash or guaranteed profit, carrying construction and delivery risks.
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Ethereum's price surged over 17% in a day, outperforming Bitcoin, driven by improved global liquidity, ETF inflows, and a short squeeze. The U.S. Treasury's announcement to expand long-term bond buybacks boosted liquidity expectations, sparking a rally in risk assets. Bitcoin led the gains, with funds rotating to Ethereum due to its earlier underperformance, smaller market cap, and bearish derivatives positioning, offering more room for a rebound. The article emphasizes that this rise is primarily macro-driven, not due to Ethereum-specific upgrades or network news.
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Swift, HSBC, and Standard Chartered completed the first interbank real-time transaction on Swift's blockchain ledger on August 19, 2026, linking two separate tokenized deposit systems. The transaction matched and netted payment obligations through a shared coordination layer, with final settlement still occurring via existing banking systems. The pilot involved 17 banks across six continents, aiming to test interoperability and coordination rather than fully on-chain settlement. HSBC recorded obligations via its tokenized deposit service, while Standard Chartered used its independent infrastructure. Transaction value, currency, and client information were not disclosed, and no commercial launch date was announced.
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Arthur Hayes has proposed allocating approximately 20% of the FLOP token supply to testnet participants over a 10-year period. The project aims to build a decentralized computing network for AI agents, where miners earn block rewards and fees by processing AI inference requests. Hayes stated that he has personally funded the development team, avoiding a presale and adopting a fair launch model. Flop Network plans to price computational work in floating-point operations (FLOPs) rather than using model-specific tokens, simplifying price comparisons.
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BitGo Korea has obtained VASP registration from South Korea's Financial Intelligence Unit, becoming the first local subsidiary of a foreign crypto company to complete the process directly. The company plans to offer cryptocurrency custody and transfer services to institutions and corporations. Hana Financial holds a 25% stake, while SK Telecom holds 10%. South Korea implemented stricter registration review rules on August 20.
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This article reviews Hefei's industrial investment over the past two decades, focusing on its successful cases in display panels, integrated circuits, and new energy vehicles, such as BOE, CXMT, and NIO. It explores Hefei's transition from land finance to equity finance, emphasizing its 'industrial investment' rather than 'venture capital' philosophy and the importance of fault-tolerance mechanisms. The article also points out failures like plasma panels and LDK Solar, indicating that Hefei's success is not mythical but based on long-term accumulation and tolerance for errors. Finally, it argues that Hefei's industrial investment mindset, akin to scientific research spirit, is difficult to replicate.
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This article reviews the five-stage lifecycle of the BSC-based meme coin 'Niu Lai' from deployment to explosion, correlating its on-chain activity with the box office and social media buzz of the movie of the same name. It analyzes how attention flows from Web2 to on-chain and converts into price, detailing on-chain data, KOL behavior, and external events at each stage. The article highlights the propagation path of 'deployment-ignition-viral spread-global discussion-alpha amplification' and emphasizes the impact of Binance Alpha listing on price and token distribution.
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Anthropic has revealed that its AI model Claude autonomously completed protein design workflows, succeeding on 14 out of 15 targets with an overall success rate of 26.8%, far exceeding the industry average of 10%-15%. Using off-the-shelf open-source tools, Claude completed designs within 24-48 hours, with some results surpassing human experts. This capability poses dual-use risks, so Anthropic has restricted related features in the public version of Claude.
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