📡 On-the-hour Briefing | 08:00-09:00
1. Yingmai Medical has completed a $12 million Series A financing round, exclusively led by Qiming Venture Capital. The funds will be used to advance China-registered clinical trials and early overseas clinical development.
2. Robinhood’s CEO said that Robinhood Chain’s transaction volume has surpassed 100 million transactions, making it the fastest-growing chain in history. Stock tokens are an important asset on-chain.
3. Apple is expanding U.S. AI hardware manufacturing. Foxconn’s Houston plant is building a new Mac Mini production line, expected to begin production later this year.
4. Guangxi held a “30-day countdown” meeting to advance the opening of the Pinglu Canal. The canal is 134.2 km long, with an investment of 72.7 billion yuan. After completion, it is expected to shorten the sea-route journey by about 560 km.
5. On August 18, the Korean KOSPI opened up 2.25%. Samsung Electronics rose 3%, and SK Hynix gained 5.8%. The Nikkei 225 opened down 0.54%.
6. Security firm Bitdefender found that pirated resources of the film “Odyssey” contain a crypto-stealing malware called Lumma Stealer, which can steal data from crypto wallets.
7. Nasdaq-listed Zhibao Technology completed a $154.7 million PIPE financing. Investors paid with 2,380 Bitcoins, showing an increasing use of cryptocurrencies in traditional financing.
8. The animated film “Cow Comes” has gone viral thanks to its rough artwork style and meme-friendly culture. Box office has reached 13.92 million yuan. It is forecast to exceed 89 million yuan, and related topic views have surpassed 2.7 billion times.
1. Yingmai Medical has completed a $12 million Series A financing round, exclusively led by Qiming Venture Capital. The funds will be used to advance China-registered clinical trials and early overseas clinical development.
2. Robinhood’s CEO said that Robinhood Chain’s transaction volume has surpassed 100 million transactions, making it the fastest-growing chain in history. Stock tokens are an important asset on-chain.
3. Apple is expanding U.S. AI hardware manufacturing. Foxconn’s Houston plant is building a new Mac Mini production line, expected to begin production later this year.
4. Guangxi held a “30-day countdown” meeting to advance the opening of the Pinglu Canal. The canal is 134.2 km long, with an investment of 72.7 billion yuan. After completion, it is expected to shorten the sea-route journey by about 560 km.
5. On August 18, the Korean KOSPI opened up 2.25%. Samsung Electronics rose 3%, and SK Hynix gained 5.8%. The Nikkei 225 opened down 0.54%.
6. Security firm Bitdefender found that pirated resources of the film “Odyssey” contain a crypto-stealing malware called Lumma Stealer, which can steal data from crypto wallets.
7. Nasdaq-listed Zhibao Technology completed a $154.7 million PIPE financing. Investors paid with 2,380 Bitcoins, showing an increasing use of cryptocurrencies in traditional financing.
8. The animated film “Cow Comes” has gone viral thanks to its rough artwork style and meme-friendly culture. Box office has reached 13.92 million yuan. It is forecast to exceed 89 million yuan, and related topic views have surpassed 2.7 billion times.