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MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor said Bitcoin will become the world’s largest asset within the next 48 months, implying its market value could surpass gold and all major asset classes. According to ChainCatcher, Saylor has long promoted Bitcoin as a reserve asset and has continued to push corporate accumulation of the cryptocurrency. His remarks have renewed market attention on Bitcoin’s long-term role and the pace of asset repricing.

A wallet sold 5.12 million MarsCoin at $0.00006885 two days before the token rose, taking a loss of $4,533. According to Odaily, the tokens were worth $68,000 at the time and are now valued at $171,000.
The same address bought $2,308 worth of MarsCoin 55 minutes ago and is now in unrealized profit, but it has not yet recovered its overall losses.

Coinglass data shows that if Bitcoin breaks above $65,745, cumulative short liquidations across major centralized exchanges would reach $303 million. According to ChainCatcher, if Bitcoin falls below $60,369, cumulative long liquidations across major centralized exchanges would also reach $303 million.

Paul Tudor Jones-founded Tudor increased its holdings of BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust by 18.9% in the second quarter. According to Foresight News, the firm held 688,529 IBIT shares as of June 30, up from 579,083 shares at the end of the first quarter.
Tudor previously held about 8.05 million IBIT shares at the end of 2024, worth about $427 million, before reducing its position for four consecutive quarters in 2025.

Listed mining companies included in the statistics saw actual hashrate fall from 368.3 EH/s in the fourth quarter of 2025 to 319.0 EH/s in the second quarter of 2026, a 13.4% decline over six months. According to Odaily, the average quarterly hashrate across the Bitcoin network fell 10.6% in the same period.
Excluding Bitdeer, the hashrate of the related mining companies declined 21.2%. Core Scientific reported second-quarter hosting revenue of $136.7 million, about five times its $27.5 million in Bitcoin mining revenue, and hosting accounted for 83% of quarterly revenue. TeraWulf reported $31.9 million in HPC leasing revenue, or 71% of total revenue, compared with $12.8 million in Bitcoin mining revenue.
Bitdeer’s actual hashrate rose 44% from the fourth quarter of 2025 to 63.0 EH/s. In June, its self-mining hashrate was 73 EH/s and its joint mining hashrate was 15.9 EH/s, while monthly output reached 990 Bitcoin, up 388% year over year. Cango’s actual hashrate fell from 44.8 EH/s in the fourth quarter of 2025 to an expected 16.5 EH/s in the second quarter of 2026, a 63% drop over six months. Keel Infrastructure has completed the retirement of all U.S. Bitcoin mining operations and is shifting to data center construction, while its Canadian mining business remains in phased rollout.

A trader spent $120 to buy 19.1 million units of the BSC-based meme coin Bull Run, according to Lookonchain monitoring. According to ChainCatcher, the trader later sold 9.1 million units for about $25,900 and still holds 10 million units.
Based on the remaining position and realized gains, the trader's total profit is about $205,800, representing a return of roughly 822 times.

The global cryptocurrency market cap now stands at $2.16T, up by 0.17% over the last day, according to CoinMarketCap data.Bitcoin (BTC) has been trading between $62,947 and $63,175 over the past 24 hours. As of 09:30 AM (UTC) today, BTC is trading at $63,072, up by 0.14%.Most major cryptocurrencies by market cap are trading higher. Market outperformers include HEMI, DOLO, and CHIP, up by 52%, 22%, and 18%, respectively.Top stories of the day:U.S. Plans To Press Countries To Choose Between AI Coalitions Led By Washington And BeijingWorld Liberty Financial Gets Preliminary OCC Approval for National Trust BankSEC Reviews Cboe BZX Rule Change for Six 3x Leveraged Commodity ETFsMorgan Stanley Adds 111.762 BTC Through Spot Bitcoin ETF, Holdings Top 6,675Tudor Increases BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust Holdings by 18.9% in Q2UBS Raises Exposure to BlackRock's IBIT in Q2 Market movers:NVDAB: $225.34 (+0.23%)AAPLB: $305.91 (+0.01%)MSFTB: $497.19 (+0.12%)AMZNB: $264.18 (+0.06%)TSMB: $425.82 (+0.19%)GOOGLB: $348.38 (+0.03%)AVGOB: $395.42 (+0.60%)SPCXB: $140.35 (+0.71%)METAB: $592.36 (+0.19%)MUB: $981.44 (+0.67%)

Investors who bought SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics leveraged ETFs near the June 25 peak are still facing steep losses despite recent share-price rebounds. According to Odaily, Korea Exchange data showed that seven SK Hynix leveraged ETFs fell 75.98% to 76.75%, with an average loss of 76.51%, while seven Samsung Electronics single-stock leveraged ETFs posted cumulative losses of 51.64% to 52.76%, with an average loss of 52.25%.
If an investor had put 1 million won into each at the time, the SK Hynix leveraged ETF position would now be worth about 235,000 won, while the Samsung Electronics leveraged ETF position would be worth about 478,000 won. The report said Samsung Electronics leveraged ETFs would need to rise about 109.4% to recover principal, while SK Hynix leveraged ETFs would need to rise about 325.7%.
The article said single-stock leveraged ETFs typically track twice the underlying asset's daily return rather than simply mirroring share-price gains. Because leverage is recalculated daily, ongoing volatility can create losses from price swings, meaning ETF investors may not fully recover principal even if the underlying stock returns to its previous level.

Cardano governance company Intersect has updated its roadmap and divided the Dijkstra upgrade into two phases. According to Odaily, the first phase is scheduled to go live in the fourth quarter of 2026 and includes the Linear Leios scaling plan, nested transactions, a new serialization structure, and Plutus V4 changes.
The second phase will activate the Ouroboros Peras consensus protocol through a separate hard fork, with a target date in the second quarter of 2027. Linear Leios will introduce an endorsement block mechanism, under which a stake committee certifies additional transactions to increase throughput while keeping the existing Praos security model. Cardano also plans to submit an amendment adding Dijkstra-related parameters before September 11.

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost said the amount of Bitcoin currently considered lost has reached 3.56 million coins, a record high and about 17.7% of circulating supply. According to ChainCatcher, lost Bitcoin typically refers to coins with no on-chain activity for a long period, where private keys may be permanently lost or inaccessible.
The high share suggests the amount of BTC actually available for trading has tightened further, drawing market attention to the statistic.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission abruptly canceled a meeting scheduled for last Friday that was expected to advance crypto regulatory rulemaking and disclose long-delayed innovation exemption plans. According to ChainCatcher, the pause may be related to the Clarity Act.
The SEC had announced earlier last week that it would hold a public meeting to discuss the Reg Crypto proposal, which addresses how companies can raise funds through tokens and eventually exit SEC oversight after issuing their own digital assets. The agency also planned to release at least part of its innovation exemption framework, including how security token issuers should handle the underlying securities. Neither item was released as planned.

SpaceX shares closed at $140 on August 14, giving the company a market value of $1.85 trillion and lifting the stock 3.7% above its offering price. The shares have also recovered nearly half of their post-listing decline, according to Odaily.
Recent 13F filings showed that Harvard Management Company held $4.26 billion in U.S. equities at the end of the second quarter of 2026, with SpaceX accounting for 51.9% of the portfolio. Harvard Management Company held 12.9351 million SpaceX shares valued at $2.21 billion.
The University of California system disclosed about $1 billion in SpaceX holdings. The University of North Carolina system said SpaceX made up about 10% of its endowment fund, which public information shows is worth about $15 billion. Washington University in St. Louis reported a SpaceX position equal to 14% to 16% of its holdings, while Stanford University also held a sizable stake through venture capital firms including Sequoia Capital and a16z.

Serenity posted an AI industry-chain outlook on X, saying demand for AI infrastructure is pushing storage, advanced packaging, compute financing, optical communications, power supplies, and electronic components into a long-term expansion cycle. According to Odaily, Serenity said the AI supply chain remains in a rapid growth phase.
In storage, Serenity cited a UBS forecast that traditional DRAM makers such as Micron could see gross margins reach 95% in 2027, potentially above HBM product margins. Serenity also said SanDisk’s long-term agreements cover about two-thirds of 2028 capacity, with a minimum contract revenue scale of $93 billion, while its current market value is about $239 billion.
In cloud infrastructure, CoreWeave has signed an agreement to use Nvidia A100 GPU services through 2029. Serenity said this is positive for newer cloud companies such as Nebius and Iren and weakens some investors’ bearish view that older GPUs will depreciate quickly.
Serenity also said growth at AI model companies remains faster than expected, with frontier AI labs still expanding rapidly. The market expects Anthropic’s 2028 revenue to reach $190 billion to $200 billion.
Serenity added that advanced packaging and semiconductor infrastructure remain key bottlenecks. A TSMC executive in charge of advanced packaging said the industry may face not only storage shortages in the coming years but also tight supply of ABF substrates.
Serenity said the AI infrastructure supply chain is continuing to expand, with long-term demand growth across GPUs, storage, advanced packaging, power, optical communications, and electronic components.

According to CNBC, the United States is preparing to tell dozens of countries they must choose between a U.S.-led artificial intelligence coalition and China's competing framework, warning they will be excluded from the American group if they also join Beijing's initiative. The draft letter from the State Department is addressed to the 35 signatories of a U.S. AI Opportunity Statement signed in June, and it says countries cannot belong to both efforts. Washington launched the Pax Silica initiative last year to secure supply chains for AI models, semiconductors and critical minerals, and about two dozen countries have joined, including Kazakhstan, Japan, Australia and South Korea. China launched its rival World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization in July, and Kazakhstan is the only country so far known to have joined both initiatives.

Hyperliquid whale positions currently total $5.36 billion, with long positions at $2.62 billion, or 48.9%, and short positions at $2.74 billion, or 51.1%. According to ChainCatcher, long positions show a loss of $108 million, while short positions show a profit of $32.86 million.
A whale address, 0xff84..1d, is holding a 40x isolated short on BTC entered at $63,581.5 and currently has an unrealized profit of $1.05 million.

BNB Chain meme coin Niu Lai briefly fell below a market capitalization of $14 million and was last reported at $14.02 million, down more than 51% from its peak. According to ChainCatcher, the token has seen sharp price swings in a short period.

StablecoinX, a listed company, said its latest operating report showed it held about 3 billion ENA, or roughly 20% of the token’s total supply. According to Odaily, the company began trading under the USDE ticker on June 26 after completing its merger with TLGY Acquisition Corp.
Ethena Foundation provided StablecoinX with 284.95 million ENA, while PIPE investors contributed about 2.75 billion ENA through cash and tokens. Based on ENA’s June 30 closing price of $0.07204, the holding was valued at $218.4 million, with a book value of $212.9 million.
StablecoinX reported a quarterly loss of $34.2 million, including $36.2 million in ENA impairment charges, and an adjusted loss of $188,200. As of July 31, Ethena’s USDe supply reached $3.9 billion, and cumulative protocol fees exceeded $800 million.
As of August 12, StablecoinX’s decentralized validator nodes had processed more than $3 billion in cross-chain transaction volume. The company recorded $62,372 in infrastructure revenue in the last two weeks of June and signed its first Harness customer in July, with plans to expand distribution services in 2027.

Galaxy Digital has lowered its estimate of the CLARITY Act passing this year to 10% from 75% in May. According to Odaily, the bill would assign crypto asset oversight to two U.S. federal regulators.
U.S. senators are scheduled to return to Washington on September 14, leaving about three weeks of working time. Senate records show that a motion to end debate on the bill will be eligible for a vote at 2:15 p.m. on September 15 and would need support from at least 60 senators.
Republicans hold 53 seats, meaning the bill would still need support from at least seven senators from other parties even if all Republicans back it. Galaxy Digital said unresolved ethics rules, reduced Republican support due to banking lobbying, and the shorter legislative window in September are the main obstacles to passage this year.

According to Jin10, Axios reported, citing three people familiar with the matter, that in mid-May U.S. negotiators trying to reach an agreement with Iran to end the war faced a problem: they could not determine whether the Iranian representatives across the table truly spoke for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which has strong influence in the country. The report said Trump administration officials therefore took an unusual step by bypassing the Iranian negotiators and contacting senior Revolutionary Guard officials directly. The person chosen by the U.S. to handle the secret communication channel was Nechirvan Barzani, president of Iraq's Kurdistan Region, who reportedly had the rare advantage of earning the trust of both the United States and the Revolutionary Guard leadership. The incident underscored that one major reason U.S.-Iran talks were so difficult was Washington's inability to determine who actually held decision-making power in Iran. The United States and Iran ultimately did reach a memorandum of understanding, but it soon collapsed.

A whale transferred 884.55 ETH to two new wallets over the past day. According to Odaily, the transfers were worth about $1.66 million.
The whale also swapped 493.02 ETH for 928,600 USDT through CoW Protocol before the transfers, with the trade valued at about $927,000.

According to Jin10, JPMorgan warned that the next global food crisis may be building and could break out next year. In a new report titled "Food Security Is National Security: A Compounding Storm," a team led by London-based senior global economist Nora Szentivanyi said shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and the possible emergence of a historic super El Nino could weaken crop output, constrain agricultural production, and keep food inflation elevated in the first half of 2027. Szentivanyi expects global food inflation to accelerate from 2.8% in the first half of 2026 to 5% in the first half of next year.

According to Wallstreetcn, New York Mercantile Exchange light crude oil futures for September delivery rose $1.15 to $82.40 a barrel at the close, while October Brent crude futures in London rose $1.45 to $88.52 a barrel.

Galaxy Research identified different characteristics among groups behind attacks that exploited weaker COLDCARD seeds. According to Odaily, the 10 largest groups moved about 1,700 BTC, with the largest group transferring more than 1,080 BTC.
Researchers distinguished the attackers by patterns including fee strategies, transaction timing, consolidation methods, and where the stolen bitcoin was sent. Several of the largest groups are still suspected of holding nearly all of the stolen BTC. Victims of COLDCARD attacks can contact @intangiblecoins for help collecting evidence and contacting relevant authorities.

Middle Eastern oil producers are continuing to move large volumes of crude out of the Persian Gulf, helping keep global prices in check and easing fears of an energy-led inflation spike, according to Bloomberg.
The flows have continued even as the Iran war drags on.

Samsung Electronics' retail shareholder count climbed to 7,971,242 at the end of June, a record high. According to Sina Finance, citing Korea's Financial Supervisory Service electronic disclosure system (DART), the figure was up from 5,049,085 a year earlier, an increase of about 2.92 million.
South Korea's adult population is about 43 million, which means one in every five Korean adults holds Samsung Electronics shares. Retail shareholders held 66.24% of Samsung Electronics' freely tradable shares in the second half of last year.

According to Wallstreetcn, Iranian Army Commander Hatami said on August 16 that U.S. forces have been expelled and are no longer allowed to enter the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, or the Strait of Hormuz.

According to Jin10, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on August 15 that the current situation in the Strait of Hormuz is a direct result of the United States and Israel's "illegal actions." Analysts said the two sides remain locked in a standoff over the Strait of Hormuz, with major concessions unlikely in the short term and full transit through the strait unlikely to be restored soon. They added that the deadlock would not change significantly unless the United States decides to launch another large-scale military strike against Iran, and that U.S. President Donald Trump's idea of "defeating Iran" and "bringing the Strait of Hormuz under U.S. territory" would remain empty talk.

Volkswagen, Stellantis, and Toyota have begun using newly blended engine oil and lubricant formulas to ease a severe supply shortage triggered by the Middle East conflict. According to Sina Finance, automakers initially relied on inventories for several months after the conflict began, but stocks of high-quality base oils that Europe and the United States had mainly sourced from the Middle East have now been depleted.
Automakers have found alternative lubricant suppliers, but industry executives warned that supply remains tight and could be cut off again if new disruptions hit. According to Sina Finance, Holly Alfano, chief executive of the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association, said alternative suppliers have limited capacity and that any renewed shipping disruption, refinery shutdown, or other supply shock could quickly worsen the imbalance between supply and demand.
For global car owners, a wider supply gap could mean higher prices and longer waits for routine oil changes, a key maintenance step for keeping engines running normally. According to Sina Finance, Group III base oil prices are now nearly three times prewar levels, with quoted prices in Europe and the United States around $4,000 per ton.

According to Wallstreetcn, U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth was angry over the Army's decision to withdraw a new academic standard for Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets, which had required a minimum SAT score of 1,000.

According to Jin10, Fox News reported that Harvard made a major investment of up to $2.2 billion in SpaceX (SPCX.O).

According to Jin10, Iran's president said people who create divisions at home must realize that this only benefits the United States and Israel.

On Aug 16, 2026, 09:45 AM(UTC). According to Binance Market Data, Bitcoin has dropped below 63,000 USDT and is now trading at 62,982.96875 USDT, with a narrowed 0.07% decrease in 24 hours.

According to the BBC, two people have died and an evacuation is under way after two fires broke out within minutes of each other on the Greek island of Salamina near Athens. Fire officials said nearly 200 firefighters were working to extinguish the flames and prevent them from merging, while some 90 people had been evacuated by sea. A coastguard spokesman said five patrol boats were sent to the area and several private vessels were being made available for assistance. Officials said the first blaze was reported at 14:40 local time (12:40 GMT) and spread rapidly because of high winds, with aircraft and 50 fire engines also deployed.

According to Wallstreetcn, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings showed that Nvidia held 122.8 million SpaceX Class A common shares, valued at about $21 billion.

Israel has launched a public relations campaign aimed at steering how ChatGPT and other AI systems respond to questions about Israel, Gaza, and the Israel Defense Forces. According to Sina Finance, several public relations firms commissioned by Israel formed the Hanover Public Policy Institute, which has published numerous question-style reports, including "Is the Israel Defense Forces the Most Moral Army in the World?" and "Is There a Deliberate Policy of Creating Famine in Gaza?"
The materials are part of a $100,000 propaganda project funded by Israel. According to Sina Finance, testing showed that when users asked neutral questions, ChatGPT and Perplexity cited materials released by the institute. Israel also funded another public opinion intervention project worth $46.5 million that built websites and produced customized content to influence the content direction of GPT models.

Computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton said artificial intelligence could lead to large-scale unemployment, as major technology companies bet on AI replacing many human jobs. According to Odaily, he said predictions by tech leaders including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates about AI changing the job market are not unrealistic.
Hinton said AI will create new jobs, but the number of new positions may not be enough to offset those eliminated. He also said it is difficult to predict AI's long-term effects, adding that workers who adapt to AI and use it to strengthen their abilities will be better positioned to handle changes in the labor market.

On Aug 16, 2026, 21:40 PM(UTC). According to Binance Market Data, Bitcoin has dropped below 63,000 USDT and is now trading at 62,829.171875 USDT, with a narrowed 0.51% decrease in 24 hours.

A report showed that the number of first-time homebuyers in Seoul, South Korea, reached a four-year-and-eight-month high. According to Sina Finance, court real estate registration data released on the 16th showed that 7,552 buyers in Seoul completed ownership transfers for their first residential apartment last month.
The figure was the highest since November 2021, when 7,886 people bought homes during a hot property market. First-time apartment purchases in Seoul have generally risen this year, with 6,554 buyers in January, 7,341 in April, 6,479 in May, 7,210 in June, and a 4.7% month-on-month increase in July.
Buyers in their 30s were the most active age group. Of Seoul's first-time buyers last month, 4,302 were aged 30 to 39, accounting for 57%, while 1,401 were aged 40 to 49, or 18.6%, the second-largest group.

Galaxy research head said the attack targeting Coldcard is still ongoing, and users who continue to use Coldcard should remain vigilant and confirm their device settings. According to ChainCatcher, the team is continuing to assist victims and gather intelligence on the attacker, and victims seeking help tracing stolen funds can contact it via direct message.

According to Wallstreetcn, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company said one of its ships was attacked while sailing in the Strait of Hormuz on the evening of the 14th, with no casualties reported.