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08-01

OpenAI employees find that people prefer helping humans over AI in Slack tests

OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman revealed that many OpenAI employees noticed a phenomenon after integrating ChatGPT into Slack: when colleagues’ ChatGPT bots proactively reached out to them for help, people exhibited clear resistance—even though they would have been eager to assist if the same reques

HIVE Exec Claims AI GPUs Earn 24x More Revenue Per Hour Than Bitcoin Mining Rigs

HIVE Executive Chairman Frank Holmes said the firm’s AI compute GPUs are generating far more revenue per hour than its bitcoin mining rigs, as the company’s fiscal 2026 revenue surged 158% to $297.8 million.Key TakeawaysHIVE’s AI GPU cluster earns about $2.90 per GPU-hour, dwarfing bitcoin mining’s

South Korea's Top 5 Exchanges See a 54.6% Drop in H1 Trading Volume

According to NexBlock, the five major South Korean exchanges—Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit, and Gopax—recorded a combined trading volume of approximately $366.58 billion in the first half of this year, a 54.6% year-over-year decline. From July 1 to 27, the total trading volume of these five exchan

XRP Ledger to Launch xrpld 3.3.0 with Five New Features

Huo Xing Cai Jing reports that Jazzi Cooper, Product Lead at RippleX, posted on X that the next version of the XRP Ledger, xrpld 3.3.0, will be released next week, introducing five new features to validators: Confidential MPT, batch transactions, delegated permissions, fee sponsorship and reserve re

XRP Ledger Upgrades with 5 New Features, Including Reintroduced Amendments

The XRP Ledger's next software release will put five new features in front of validators, two of which were pulled from the network after security researchers found flaws serious enough to warrant emergency action.Jazzi Cooper, head of product at RippleX, said Friday that xrpld 3.3.0 is expected nex

SemiAnalysis to Raise $400M Fund for AI Infrastructure Investments

According to Beating Monitor, SemiAnalysis, a research firm specializing in chips and AI infrastructure, is raising a $400 million venture fund. U.S. SEC filings reveal that the fund is named SemiAnalysis Capital Fund I and is managed by founder Dylan Patel. Patel already holds stakes in approximate

MetaEra: 24H Trading Volume of LoL Match Prediction Market Reaches $1.9M

ME News reports that as of August 1 (UTC+8), prediction market data shows that the event "LoL: HANJIN BRION vs Kiwoom DRX (BO3) - LCK Round 3-4 Rise Group" achieved a 24-hour trading volume of $1.9M, with significantly increased market participation.

Bitcoin Cold Wallets Lose $70M in Attack That Never Touched Devices

More than 1,000 bitcoin, worth about $70 million, was drained from 1,196 wallets in a 41-minute window on July 30, nearly double the amount reported when the theft first surfaced.Galaxy Research mapped the full event on Friday, finding 1,082.65 BTC swept between 01:10 and 01:51 UTC across six blocks

WasabiCard: Global Expansion Drives the Need for Improved Corporate Spend Management

WasabiCard: As companies expand overseas into a growth phase, they need to manage their global expansion expenses wisely.At the ChinaJoy 2026 B2B Business Pavilion, we engaged in in-depth discussions with numerous companies from the gaming, AI applications, internet platforms, and digital content in

India's RBI Attracts $41B in Foreign Inflows via Capital-Flow Measures

When the Reserve Bank of India rolled out a package of capital-flow measures in early June 2026, the goal was straightforward: stabilize the rupee and pull in foreign currency. Two months later, the results suggest it’s working better than most expected.By August 1, the RBI’s targeted initiatives ha

MMT volume surges 4x the 7-day average, price rises 20.6%

MMT's 24-hour trading volume has surged to nearly four times the 7-day average, with the price rising cumulatively by 20.6% to $0.2099, currently ranking 5th on AiCoin's trending list. Significant volume expansion accompanied by price strength typically indicates increased capital participation and

BSC meme coin ASTEROID reaches $10M market cap in 4 hours

ChainThink reports that, according to GMGN market data, the BSC ecosystem meme coin ASTEROID reached a market capitalization of $10 million within four hours of its launch on August 1.As of press time, the token's trading volume has exceeded $20.5 million. On-chain data shows that ASTEROID was deplo

BSC meme coin ASTEROID surpasses $10M market cap in 4 hours

HuoXing Finance reports that on August 1, the BSC ecosystem meme coin ASTEROID reached a market cap of $10 million within four hours of launch. According to GMGN market data, as of publication, the token’s trading volume has exceeded $20.5 million. GMGN information indicates that the token was deplo

South Korea's Top 5 Crypto Experiences a 54.6% Year-over-Year Decline in Trading Volume in H1 2026

ChainCatcher report, according to NexBlock: South Korea’s virtual asset market trading volume continues to shrink, and the competitive landscape among the five major KRW exchanges is evolving. During this period of market downturn, capital is further concentrating on platforms with leading liquidity

AI Investor Leopold Aschenbrenner's fund avoids default by selling public stocks.

Huo Xing Cai Jing reports that on August 1, prominent financial media Wall St Engine revealed behind-the-scenes details of the collapse of “AI Oracle” Leopold Aschenbrenner: After mid-July, the market rapidly cooled, causing the stock prices of Situational Awareness’s holdings to decline, triggering

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