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08-04

Apple’s iCloud Data Policy Exposed as Former Employees Access Confidential Files

Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI for trade secret theft has exposed weaknesses in its own data management. Due to flawed internal policies, some former Apple employees continued to access confidential documents—including product launch plans—through their personal iCloud accounts. The root cause lies

Deutsche Bank warns that AI fund liquidations and the KOSPI crash are symptoms of accumulated leverage.

Last week, the "AI Oracle" fund was forced to liquidate $16 billion in positions due to a leveraged trading failure, while South Korea’s KOSPI index plunged over 20% within 48 hours before rebounding. Deutsche Bank analysis suggests these two seemingly isolated, random events are in fact symptoms of

U.S. Treasury market volatility increases as long-term yields reach multi-year highs

BlockBeats report, on August 4, the U.S. Treasury market recently showed signs of stress. The $30 trillion U.S. Treasury market has exhibited rapid increases in long-term yields and rising volatility, raising concerns that pressure in the bond market could further spill over into risk assets such as

South Korea's regulatory measures reduce leveraged ETF trading volume

Huo Xing Finance reports that on August 4, following regulatory measures by South Korean authorities to curb demand for leveraged ETFs that had recently fueled sharp market volatility, trading volumes for leveraged ETFs linked to South Korea’s two major chip giants plummeted. The KODEX single-stock

South Korean regulators raise margin requirements; leverage ETF volumes plunge

BlockBeats report: On August 4, following regulatory measures by South Korean authorities to curb demand for leveraged ETFs that had recently fueled sharp market volatility, trading volumes for leveraged ETFs linked to South Korea's two major chip giants significantly declined.The KODEX single-stock

RISEx Reports Unauthorized USDC Withdrawal of 673,011.56 from XLP Treasury RWA Strategy

According to official statements, the decentralized exchange RISEx reported that at 07:21 UTC today, an unauthorized withdrawal of 673,011.56 USDC occurred due to a configuration error in the XLP vault’s real-world asset (RWA) strategy. The issue had existed since deployment on July 13; the team det

UCLA groundhog researchers turn to OnlyFans for funding, sparking Solana meme coins

Huo Xing Cai Jing reports that on August 4, a research team from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) recently launched an OnlyFans account, “OnlyMarms,” to raise funds for long-term wildlife research—and unexpectedly attracted attention from the crypto community, with several related So

Semiconductor sector shows signs of recovery amid focus on AMD, SanDisk, and Western Digital earnings

Huo Xing Finance reports: After a sharp decline in July, sentiment in the semiconductor sector began to recover in early August. The PHLX Semiconductor Index posted its worst monthly performance since 2008 last month, falling more than 20% from its June high. However, on Monday Eastern Time, NVIDIA

New address buys 40M ENA for $3.69M and stakes on Ethena

Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to AI Aunt monitoring, a new address acquired 40 million ENA tokens three hours ago, valued at approximately $3.69 million, with an average purchase price of about $0.09269. Subsequently, the address staked all of its ENA tokens into the Ethena protocol. Market

UCLA Marmot Research Team Turns to OnlyFans for Funding, Sparks Solana Meme Coin Trend

BlockBeats report: On August 4, a research team from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) raised funds for long-term wildlife research through an OnlyFans account named 'OnlyMarms,' unexpectedly drawing attention from the crypto community, with several related Solana meme coins already e

Large address cancels $10M SKHX buy orders and opens a $16.98M 20x SPCX long position.

ME News reports that on August 4 (UTC+8), according to monitoring by @ai_9684xtpa, a certain address canceled all SKHX limit buy orders in the $991.22 to $1,016.60 range and opened a 147,000-unit, 20x long position in SPCX following its sharp morning rebound, valued at $16.98 million at an entry pri

South Korea's Leveraged ETFs for Samsung and SK Hynix Shrink After Regulatory Crackdown

South Korea’s experiment with single-stock leveraged ETFs went from zero to disaster in about six weeks. Trading volumes in 2x leveraged products tracking Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have collapsed after regulators effectively slammed the door on retail access, tripling minimum deposit requirem

Amazon stock rises over 20% as AI demand fuels AWS growth

Huo Xing Finance reports that on August 4, Amazon’s stock hit a new intraday high on Monday, with its market capitalization surpassing $3 trillion for the first time. In the two trading days following its earnings release, the company’s stock rose more than 20%, as the market reassessed the growth p

Whale Cancels Multi-Million Dollar Buy Order for SKHX, Shifts to 20x Long Position in SPCX

According to Ai Yi monitoring, the address 0xb37…a66ca has canceled its previously placed limit buy order for SKHX in the price range of $991.22 to $1,016.60. Subsequently, following SPCX’s significant rebound this morning, the address opened a long position of 147,000 SPCX with 20x leverage, valued

Storage market sees price surge as DRAM and NAND supply tightens amid AI demand

BlockBeats news, on August 4, the storage market continues to heat up, with multiple institutions predicting that DRAM and NAND prices will continue to rise driven by supply constraints and demand for AI computing power.SK Hynix and SanDisk have released the first industry standard specification for

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