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BlockBeats message: On August 24, according to Iran’s Mehr news agency, Hassan Kashkavi, a spokesperson for the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, announced on Sunday that the committee has approved Article 3 of the (Strategic Action Plan for Ensuring the Security and Development of the Strait of Hormuz). Hassan Kashkavi said: «Under this article, we will charge fees for maritime services provided, environmental services, fuel supply in special circumstances, as well as insurance, security, and other services.» These fees will be charged to relevant country’s vessels that are granted approval to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, payable in rials or other currencies designated by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

BlockBeats message: On August 24, the Federal Reserve’s Kashkari played down market concerns about rising U.S. Treasury yields, saying market functioning is well and that the recent surge is unlikely to affect discussions about monetary policy. On Sunday, Kashkari said, “All signs indicate that the U.S. Treasury market is operating normally, trading is proceeding as usual, and market liquidity is sufficient. Therefore, we can use the federal funds rate as the primary policy tool to reduce inflation.”
Last week, U.S. Treasury yields across all maturities rose. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield closed at around 4.73%. The 30-year Treasury yield remained near its highest level since 2007. Kashkari said that while current Treasury yields are relatively high compared with recent historical levels, yields in the 1990s were much higher. “We need more data, but I don’t want to prejudge the outcome of the next meeting. That said, I don’t currently think inflation will fall back to the target level in the short term.”

BlockBeats report: On August 23, according to GMGN monitoring, the Solana ecosystem meme token CYBERLEEK briefly broke through a market cap of $25 million, setting a new all-time high again. It rose more than 14 times within 24 hours, with a $36.1 million trading volume over the same period.
A hacker group that calls itself Cyberleek used leaked (GTA 6) game clips to launch a Solana-chain meme coin, CYBERLEEK, and claimed it would release a PC download client for GTA 6, so everyone could play this $2 billion, top-tier blockbuster without paying a single cent (the claim about the client has already been debunked). On August 22, Cyberleek publicly destroyed about 270 million developer-reserved tokens—about 27% of the total supply—claiming it was “proof it won’t dump and run,” but it still retains a large amount of tokens and continues to earn money through transaction fees.

(GTA 6) is probably the video game on this planet that needs the least introduction. Players have waited twelve years, it’s been delayed multiple times, and it’s finally set for an official release this November. And its production budget—rumored to be as high as $2 billion—roughly matches the cost of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world’s tallest building, which was built for about the same amount. One game, the money to burn down a skyscraper.
Preorder price starts at $100, and players vote with their feet. Data from market analytics firm Sensor Tower shows that total preorder volume has already surpassed 4.38 million copies, and a rare “high-end edition sells well” trend has emerged: 89% of preorder buyers went straight for the ultimate edition. By rough calculations, the preorders alone have already brought in more than $400 million.

BlockBeats message, August 23, Josh Kushner, 41 years old (the brother of Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law), has an estimated latest net worth of $16.7 billion, more than doubling from $5.2 billion a year ago. The increase is mainly driven by the growth in assets under management of his venture capital firm, Thrive Capital, which surged from $23 billion at the end of 2024 to $65 billion. Thrive Capital has historically invested in star companies such as Instagram, Spotify, OpenAI, SpaceX, Databricks, and Anduril. After SpaceX’s IPO, Thrive’s reported stake was worth $10 billion. The firm also holds a 7% stake in the AI programming company Cursor, which was acquired by NVIDIA at a valuation of $12.6 billion—valued at $4.2 billion. The company’s latest flagship fund, Thrive X, completed fundraising in March with a size of over $10 billion. In a letter to investors, Kushner revealed that Thrive funds have achieved an average annual return of 33%. In the same period, the S&P 500 annualized about 14% and the Nasdaq about 17%. Over the past 12 months, the funds have generated more than $1 billion in liquidity, and are expected to produce additional liquidity amounting to several billion dollars in the coming quarters, with a substantial portion potentially coming from an IPO next year for OpenAI, which could be valued at over $1 trillion.

BlockBeats news: On August 23, the momentum of U.S. economic growth is accelerating. S&P Global’s U.S. Composite PMI rose by 1.5 points in August to 56.0, the highest level since April 2022, with a third consecutive month of increase. At the same time, the Services PMI rose by 2.2 points to 56.8, the highest level since March 2022. The Manufacturing PMI fell by 0.7 points to 53.9, the lowest level in the past five months, but it remains in the expansion range.
Meanwhile, companies in the United States are leading their hiring activities with the service sector, increasing headcount at the fastest pace since January 2025. These data indicate that the year-on-year growth rate of U.S. GDP in the third quarter of 2026 will reach +3.0%, compared with +1.5% in the second quarter. Artificial intelligence is driving a historic wave of growth.

BlockBeats news: On August 23, according to monitoring by TradingBeats (formerly Hyperinsight), the total position size of "Maji" long positions has increased to $160 million, with an aggregate unrealized loss of approximately $287,600, and cumulative funding fee expenses of about $247,400. Among them:
Hold 1,225 BTC long positions, valued at approximately $94.0494 million, with an opening price of $77,660.4; unrealized loss of $1.0846 million; liquidation price of $71,840.5;
Hold 19,000 ETH long positions, valued at approximately $45.6798 million, with an opening price of $2,337.48; unrealized profit of $1.2675 million; liquidation price of $2,083.62;

BlockBeats report: On August 23, according to HTX market data, as Bitcoin fell below $77,000, the crypto market saw a pullback, and altcoins were generally under pressure and declined. Among them:
TAC is currently quoted at $0.001672, down 40.86% over the past 24 hours;
FHE is currently quoted at $0.01978, down 30.03% over the past 24 hours;
SQD is currently quoted at $0.03, down 29.01% over the past 24 hours;
PTB is currently quoted at $0.0007364, down 27.11% over the past 24 hours;
INX is currently quoted at $0.006619, down 26.43% over the past 24 hours;
BASED is currently quoted at $0.07328, down 25.35% over the past 24 hours;