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A product of the AI boom
Tiger Research: AI agent wallets become the new frontier in crypto, with giants like Coinbase already positioning themselves in micropayments.
Autonomous AI agents driving trading demand programmable payments, with crypto wallets as the only solution. Giants like Coinbase are entering the micropayment space to secure access to the AI economy, potentially reshaping the industry landscape.
Six circuit breakers in two months! South Korea’s stock market endures its worst summer, with Hynix’s on-chain crash triggering a wave of liquidations.
The Korean stock market experienced six circuit breakers; SK Hynix’s on-chain crash triggered a wave of liquidations on Hyperliquid. A sharp decline in AI hardware stocks dragged down the market, prompting emergency regulatory intervention—this chain of risk transmission warrants caution.
Trading stocks turned into trading crypto—welcome back to your original family.
South Korea’s stock market plunged 8.95%, with tech stocks crashing as violently as crypto assets, triggering a wave of liquidations fueled by leveraged ETFs. Bitcoin, however, emerged as a low-volatility asset, as the absurd drama of stock markets behaving like crypto markets unfolds.
Observations from the MoneyFrontier Summit: When Domestic GPUs Meet the Agent Wave, the Computing Power Industry Releases Four Key Signals
AI computing power has entered the decisive phase of systems engineering, with domestic GPUs colliding with the Agent wave. The computing power industry is sending four key signals, all centered on transforming computing power into actual productivity.
Macro Insights
Behind CXMT's $335 billion market cap: After ten years of losses totaling 36.6 billion, the company posted a quarterly profit of 24.7 billion.
ChangXin Technology achieved a market capitalization of NT$3.35 trillion on its first day of listing, posting a quarterly profit of NT$24.7 billion after a decade of losses. The domestic DRAM industry has achieved a breakthrough from zero to one, with capital and team perseverance finally paying off.
Low Probability, High Impact: Citi Issues Nine Extreme Risk Warnings for Commodities in the Second Half of 2026
Citibank warns that geopolitical, climate, and technological shocks are becoming normalized, potentially pushing oil prices to $150, copper prices above $20,000, and gold to first decline before doubling. Extreme scenarios are testing the market.
The Federal Reserve dropped a "hawkish bomb" late at night: interest rates held steady, with internal divisions unseen in a decade.
The Federal Reserve held steady, but internal divisions were the most pronounced in a decade, with clear hawkish signals. The inflation target remains unwavering; the market must price in risks accordingly, putting pressure on risk assets.
Institutional and celebrity ideas
Conversation with Tom Lee: The AI bubble is far from over; the current crash is merely "forced deleveraging"—don't try to time the market during a bull run.
Tom Lee believes the AI sell-off is due to deleveraging rather than a bubble burst, and advises investors to avoid market timing. Korean leveraged products amplify volatility, but the long-term bull market thesis remains intact.
Primitive Ventures: After U.S. brokerages exited, Chinese retail investors are searching for the "missing buy button"
Futu Tiger has been fined and forced to shut down its mainland China operations, narrowing channels for Chinese retail investors to allocate assets. Tokenized assets and crypto are emerging as new gateways for cross-border investment, creating opportunities for the reallocation of global assets.
In 2036, will money become obsolete, with Bitcoin as the ultimate currency?
Musk predicts that money will no longer be important by 2036, and Bitcoin, as a digital asset anchored to energy, could become key. The future form of money is sparking widespread debate.
Founder of Real Vision: The more pessimistic the market, the more clearly you must see the truth—the long-term logic of the crypto industry has never collapsed.
Raoul Pal believes the business cycle has hit its bottom, and the long-term thesis remains unchanged. To outperform the cycle, hold long-term and ignore the noise—quality assets will ultimately outperform.
MARA CEO In-Depth Interview: Electricity Has Become the Core Asset of the AI Era; Bitcoin Mining Companies Must Urgently Undertake an Energy Transition
MARA's CEO says electricity is the core asset of the AI era, and the role of Bitcoin mining has changed. Mining companies must shift toward energy transition, utilizing surplus power to seize new opportunities.
Seize the opportunity
800x Big Gold Dog: Gacha to Rescue NFT Trading
The on-chain gacha protocol for Fake World Assets generated $1.3 million in revenue in one week, with the $FWA token's market cap surging 800-fold. The combination of NFT AMM and tokenomics has ignited the market with a novel gameplay model.
Observation of the Top Six Cryptocurrency Protocol Metrics: Revenue Continues to Grow, So Why Isn’t the Token Price Rising?
In the first half of 2026, crypto protocol revenues reached $7.42 billion, but token prices failed to keep pace with fundamentals. Analyzing the revenue distribution and release pressures across six major protocols reveals that high revenue does not equate to token price appreciation.
Millisecond-level "paid prioritization": How does Hyperliquid’s priority fee turn into a multi-million-dollar annual business?
Hyperliquid's priority fee mechanism monetizes MEV through a Dutch auction, generating $5 million in revenue from a 3-minute auction, with an annualized buyback potential exceeding $30 million, pioneering a new paradigm for Perp DEXs.
Phase Two of the RWA Issuance Competition: Hundreds of Billions in On-chain Assets Await Activation Amid Utilization Challenges
On-chain RWA size exceeds $32 billion, but nearly 90% of assets remain dormant. The disconnect between scale and utilization reveals structural challenges behind the tokenization boom, demanding urgent action to awaken these assets.
In-depth Analysis of FWA: An Interesting Experiment Turning NFTs into "On-Chain Gacha"
FWA integrates NFTs, blind box lotteries, AMM, and tokenomics: users deposit NFTs and ETH to earn rewards, and randomly drawn NFTs can be sold back. This innovative mechanism unlocks NFT liquidity.
What's Going On in Web3
Ethereum's 2030 Blueprint: 200x Faster, Quantum-Resistant, Native Privacy
Ethereum 2030 Blueprint accelerates L1 confirmation times, achieves 10 billion gas throughput via ZK, builds quantum-resistant security and native privacy, and provides a trillion-level data channel for L2s.
Lido launches $16.5 billion ETH staking migration, ushering in an era of efficiency redefinition for LSTs
Lido’s largest upgrade since the launch of V2 migrates 8 million stETH to the Pectra architecture, valued at $16.5 billion. Validator system adjustments initiate a restructuring of LST efficiency.
The truth about the new banking industry: Of 368 active institutions, only 127 hold licenses—behind every funding round lie countless silent deaths.
Of the 368 companies in the new banking industry, only 127 hold licenses, leading to structural differentiation across three waves. Behind every funding round lie countless silent failures, intensifying industry consolidation.
The Stablecoin War: OUSD Challenges USDC on Three Key Fronts
140 companies are reshaping the stablecoin settlement economy; OUSD challenges USDC on three fronts. Circle still has fighting power, and the stablecoin war intensifies.
Key News
- The three major U.S. stock indices closed higher, with COIN rising over 3.39%.
- Tom Lee: More institutions have come forward to express support for the CLARITY Act; the U.S. must avoid losing its leadership in digital finance.
- Kalshi is pressuring the U.S. Court of Appeals to seek a change in the direction of relevant regulations.
- The U.S. CFTC proposes amendments to multiple regulatory rules to strengthen management of conflicts of interest among affiliated entities.
- Crypto mining companies transitioning to AI see collective stock surge: IREN up 30.54%, Bitdeer up 24.72%.
- Meta reported future spending commitments nearing $700 billion, related to AI data centers and cloud computing.
- Strategy reported a net loss of $8.2 billion in Q2, with its Bitcoin holdings increasing by 11%.
- Approximately 594 BTC were consolidated from 500 single-signature addresses into a single wallet, for reasons yet undetermined.
- AI startup Simile has raised $200 million in its Series B round at a $2 billion valuation.
- Coinbase's Q2 revenue of $1.22 billion fell short of expectations, causing shares to drop 5% after hours.
- Michael Saylor: The goal is to bring STRC back to peg around September 8.
- Decentralized AI data network Perceptron completes a $6.5 million strategic funding round, with participation from Sigma Capital and others.
- South Korean stocks surged as much as 14%, marking their largest-ever gain.
- The South Korean KOSPI index rose by 17%, with SK Hynix up over 29%.
- China's A-share stock C Changxin surged 14.3% during trading, reaching a new all-time high with a market capitalization exceeding 4 trillion yuan.
- Upbit will list the CFX token on the KRW, BTC, and USDT markets.
- Bithumb will list the GRVT token on the Korean won market.
- U.S.-listed companies hold a total of 1.24 million BTC, accounting for 92.7% of global listed companies' holdings.
- A whale who placed an $85.63 million long bet on the AI narrative has taken profits, realizing a total gain of $1.345 million.
- ETH dropped below $1,900, down 1.02% today.