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08-06

Bitmine Stakes 150,120 ETH, Ethereum Tests Key Resistance

Ethereum Staking garnered publicity when Bitmine increased the total amount of stakes to 5,067,309 ETH, or 87.4% of the stake.ETH is consolidating under resistance, with RSI and MACD indicating a cooling of its bearish trend. A confirmed breakout with stronger volume could shift market focus toward

SpaceX Unlocks $100B in Shares, Stock Remains Stable Post-Lockup Expiration

SpaceX just flooded the market with roughly 911.5 million newly tradable shares worth approximately $100 billion. The stock didn’t blink.The August 6 lockup expiration, the first major one since SpaceX’s blockbuster June 2026 IPO, more than doubled the company’s public float. Before the unlock, fewe

China Sanctions US Entities and Restricts Drone Exports Amid Escalating Tech Tensions

China just dropped a not-so-subtle reminder that it has economic ammunition of its own. On August 5, Beijing sanctioned at least six US entities and slapped strict new export controls on drones headed to America, all while warning Washington that additional tech restrictions would be met with furthe

Warren Questions PCE Inflation Methodology Ahead of Sept 30 Update

Senator Elizabeth Warren has raised concerns about changes to the Federal Reserve’s Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) inflation measure. Warren has requested detailed information regarding the modifications, which could potentially lower reported inflation by approximately 0.2 percentage point

Tesla Stock Drops 26% in July Amid Earnings Miss and Profitability Concerns

Tesla just had the kind of month that makes portfolio managers reconsider their career choices. The stock cratered roughly 26% in July after the company’s Q2 2026 earnings report revealed an uncomfortable truth: selling a lot of cars doesn’t necessarily mean making a lot of money.The earnings releas

MetaMask Launches Agent Wallet, an AI-Powered Self-Custody Wallet for Autonomous On-Chain Trading

ChainCatcher report: On Thursday, MetaMask launched Agent Wallet, a self-custodial wallet that enables AI agents to execute on-chain transactions within user-defined limits, targeting traders and developers who use AI agents to monitor markets, identify opportunities, and autonomously execute trades

Tether Expands the RWA Market in Saudi Arabia with the Hadron Platform

Odaily Planet Daily reports that stablecoin issuer Tether has announced that its asset tokenization platform, Hadron, will provide real estate asset tokenization technology to institutional investors in Saudi Arabia, enabling the blockchain integration of traditional real estate assets.Tether stated

Tether Boosts Gold Reserves to 146 Tonnes, Now Worth $19B

Tether, the issuer of the USDT stablecoin, has expanded its gold holdings significantly in the second quarter of 2026, acquiring 14 additional tonnes. This purchase brings Tether’s total gold reserves to 146 tonnes, valued at approximately $18.8 billion. As a result, Tether is now one of the largest

Tether Expands Tokenization Into Saudi Arabia Real Estate

Tether is expanding its tokenization business into Saudi Arabia, and the company is starting with real estate. On August 6, 2026, Tether unveiled a strategic collaboration to deploy Hadron by Tether as the technology backbone for tokenizing institutional-grade property assets in the Kingdom, marking

Stripe in exclusive talks to acquire OpenRouter for $10 billion

ME AI messages: Fintech company Stripe is in exclusive acquisition talks with AI model aggregation platform OpenRouter, with a valuation of approximately $10 billion. Sources familiar with the matter say OpenRouter has previously received acquisition interest from several major tech companies, but S

U.S. DOJ fines MyTrade founder $10,000 for crypto market manipulation

According to ME News, on August 7 (UTC+8), the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Liu Zhou, founder and primary operator of the cryptocurrency financial services company MyTrade, was recently sentenced to a $10,000 fine by a federal court in Boston for his involvement in a cryptocurrency mark

NVIDIA Considers Adjusting Rubin Ultra GPU Memory to Address Chip Shortage

ME News reports that on August 7 (UTC+8), NVIDIA is evaluating a significant adjustment, considering reducing the amount of high-bandwidth memory in the Rubin Ultra GPU to address shortages of advanced HBM chips. It is understood that NVIDIA is testing at least three variants of the Rubin Ultra GPU.

TradeXYZ Uses Perps Fees to Purchase $610,000 Worth of $HYPE

Odaily Planet Daily reports that, according to MLM monitoring, TradeXYZ has for the first time used perpetual contract (Perps) fee income to purchase HYPE tokens. Two days ago, TradeXYZ transferred 250,000 USDC from its Perps fee wallet (used to accumulate Perps trading fees) to its spot wallet and

Stripe in exclusive talks to acquire OpenRouter at a $10 billion valuation

Odaily Planet Daily reports that fintech company Stripe is in exclusive acquisition talks with AI model aggregation platform OpenRouter, with a valuation of approximately $10 billion. If completed, the deal would become one of Stripe’s most significant moves in the AI sector in recent years. Previou

Stripe in exclusive talks to acquire OpenRouter for $10 billion

BlockBeats news, on August 7, according to The Information, fintech company Stripe is in exclusive acquisition talks with AI model aggregation platform OpenRouter, with a valuation of approximately $10 billion. Sources familiar with the matter said OpenRouter had previously received acquisition inte

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