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The Nanya Plastics Electronic Materials Division has issued a price increase notice due to a severe imbalance in supply and demand in the global electronic materials market, with core raw material prices continuously rising across the board. The shortage of glass fabric is particularly severe, and procurement costs are uncontrollably rising. The company has decided to increase the prices of copper foil substrates (CCL) and prepreg by 20% to 25%, effective September 1. This is one of the larger-scale price adjustments in the upstream materials industry for PCBs recently. Copper foil substrates are core raw materials for printed circuit boards, and their price fluctuations will directly impact the PCB and downstream electronic terminal industries. The notice is based on the shipping date and will take effect from September 1. Nanya Plastics stated that it will continue to monitor supply chain dynamics and respond to changes in the market environment.

On-chain analyst Murphy stated that currently, all chips bought in BTC in 2025 are basically in a state of loss. Therefore, apart from wallet migrations, the reduction in the scale of 2025 chips likely means that holders are cutting losses and selling. Data shows that as of now, approximately 4.77 million BTC chips bought in 2025 remain, a decrease of 41.5% from the peak in December last year.From the downward trend, this group has experienced two phases: a rapid decrease in chips before February this year, and a significant slowdown in the rate of decline after February, although it still maintains a certain slope. Murphy believes that the 2025 chips may be the largest potential supply side in the current market scale. In contrast, the BTC chips formed in 2024, 2023, and 2022 have basically completed the release of high-level locked positions due to still having unrealized gains, and the slope of the curve is gradually flattening, indicating that the selling pressure from long-term holders is weakening.Historical data shows that during the bottom phases of the past two bear markets, high-level chips have shown a significant decline: at the bottom of the bear market in 2022, the chips bought at high levels in 2021 decreased by about 51%; at the bottom of the bear market in 2018, the chips bought at high levels in 2017 decreased by about 62%. If we refer to historical cycles, Murphy believes that in this bear market bottom phase, the reduction of high-level chips in 2025 may be in the range of 50%-60%, and the current decline of 41.5% indicates that there is still some room for release. However, this judgment has not yet considered the BTC bought by institutional investors such as spot ETFs and MicroStrategy, as this portion of chips is mostly in a long-term locked state, which may reduce the actual market supply pressure.

Chip giant AMD plans to raise up to $5 billion through a four-part bond issuance, which, if completed, will become one of the largest bond financings in the company's history.It is reported that AMD is increasing capital investment to meet the rapidly growing demand for artificial intelligence computing. Previously, the company had reached significant cooperation agreements with Anthropic and Microsoft (MSFT), committing to provide up to $5 billion in support to Anthropic.The funds raised from this bond issuance will be used for general corporate purposes, including potential debt repayment. As of now, AMD has approximately $875 million in bonds maturing next month.The market believes that AMD's recent continuous expansion in AI chips and computing infrastructure will provide financial support for further investment in AI business, expanding the supply chain, and promoting strategic cooperation.

According to official news, Fuyo Markets, a brand new prediction trading platform designed for the Southeast Asian market incubated by CMC Labs, has been launched.Fuyo Markets offers a range of unique market categories, including 1-minute cryptocurrency predictions (the fastest in the industry, exclusively provided by Fuyo Markets), "Trending Markets" that closely follow real-world hot events, regional markets focusing on local stocks and businesses in Southeast Asia, and "Sad Markets" designed around bear market conditions.The platform supports 10 Southeast Asian languages and integrates Binance Connect fiat payment functionality; Fuyo Markets is committed to providing a simple, accessible, and culturally preferred prediction trading experience for the new generation of traders in the region.

Citigroup expects that as technology companies seek to increase their valuations, more Asian companies will issue stocks in the United States. So far this year, Asian companies have issued approximately $28 billion in American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), setting a new high since 2020.SK Hynix's $26.5 billion listing accounted for the majority, while PayPay's initial offering contributed $1 billion.

According to the latest market data from Gate, several stock tokens with high market attention on Gate gStocks performed actively today. Among them, Nebius (NBISG/USDT) rose 22.36% in 24 hours, currently priced at $254.31; SpaceX (SPCXG/USDT) rose 10.49% in 24 hours, currently priced at $147.41; SanDisk (SNDKG/USDT) rose 4.61% in 24 hours, currently priced at $1,363.86. The overall performance of related market targets remains strong, and investor attention continues to heat up.

According to market news, BlackRock has accumulated 1,019.27 BTC and 301.77 ETH from Coinbase Prime in the past few hours, with a total value of approximately $65.21 million.

On August 12, institutional digital asset lending technology provider Digital Prime Technologies announced a strategic investment from global institutional digital asset prime broker LTP. LTP will become its chief strategic partner in the Asia-Pacific region, helping the Tokenet platform expand institutional participation in the Asia-Pacific market.Tokenet is Digital Prime Technologies' institutional-grade digital asset and tokenized asset lending platform. Following this investment, LTP will work alongside previously joined EquiLend, Galaxy Digital, and Marex to promote the global institutional infrastructure development of Tokenet. LTP stated that it will leverage its network of institutional clients, prime brokerage capabilities, and financing expertise to accelerate the adoption of Tokenet among financial institutions in the Asia-Pacific region.

According to The Block, a couple in the Somme department of France faced three break-ins in less than a month after purchasing the former home of a cryptocurrency millionaire. The incidents were triggered by the previous owner's tax information and address being leaked to the dark web, leading criminals to mistakenly believe that the new residents held approximately 1 million euros in cryptocurrency assets.The first break-in was thwarted by a dog, the second intruder subdued the residents and live-streamed the attack on Snapchat, and after confirming the target was incorrect, fled; the third break-in was scared off by the alarm system. The Amiens Criminal Court subsequently convicted two men (aged 20 and 21) involved in the third break-in, sentencing them to 3 years and 18 months in prison, respectively.

According to Cointelegraph, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) updated the MiCA registration list this Wednesday, with the Slovenian electronic money institution Dinaro officially joining the list of electronic money token (EMT) issuers, becoming the first institution from Slovenia to enter this list. Dinaro is regulated by the Bank of Slovenia and provides payment services including issuing and acquiring, and holds principal membership with Mastercard.After this update, the total number of EMT registrations has reached 43, the asset-referenced token (ART) list remains empty, and the list of non-compliant entities remains unchanged at 167. In terms of crypto asset service provider (CASP) registrations, the Czech Partners Banka and Germany's Volksbank Beilstein-Ilsfeld-Abstatt have been added, bringing the total number of registrations to 325; the Czech company Altlift, which was added to the list in early July, has been removed.

WEEX Exchange announced that the WEEX AI Trading Lounge will be held from August 20 to 21 at Melasti Beach in Bali, Indonesia. As the official silver sponsor of Coinfest Asia 2026, WEEX will set up an exclusive Ocean Suite Lounge on-site and create a two-day offline event centered around AI Trading.During the event, there will be an AI Quick Match open all day and multiple Scheduled Tournaments. Participants can experience WEEX AI Trading through a Demo Account, and the top three will be determined based on daily PNL rankings. There will also be opportunities to interact with traders, KOLs, Web3 founders, and industry partners on-site. Registration for the event is currently open on Luma.

According to Arkham monitoring, Bitwise has been continuously buying Hyperliquid (HYPE) recently and has not sold any HYPE tokens since last month. Since August this year, Bitwise has only conducted HYPE buying operations.Data shows that Bitwise's HYPE ETF clients have accumulated over 5 million USD in HYPE purchases in the past week. Bitwise has previously launched investment products targeting Hyperliquid (HYPE) to provide institutional investors with HYPE exposure.

According to the latest market data from Gate, several stocks in the Gate gStocks token sector performed strongly today. The top three stocks by percentage increase are: SanDisk 2x Long ETF (SNXXG/USDT) up 7.41% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $9.834, with a trading volume of approximately $202,700; Direxion Semiconductor 3x Short ETF (SOXSG/USDT) up 5.17% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $43.50, with a trading volume of approximately $52,700; Samsung Electronics (SAMSUNGG/USDT) up 4.81% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $171.20, with a trading volume of approximately $160,300.

According to Gate market data, the stock price of the Trump family-associated mining company ABTC has risen over 13%, currently reported at $7.38, with a market capitalization increasing to $533 million.On the news front, last week, Justin Mateen, a director of the Bitcoin mining company American Bitcoin (ABTC) supported by the Trump family and co-founder of Tinder, bought company stock for two consecutive days after the company announced its quarterly financial report, with a total investment of approximately $1.93 million.Regulatory documents show that Mateen purchased approximately 145,000 shares of ABTC Class A common stock on August 5 for about $925,000, with an average purchase price of approximately $6.40 per share; on August 6, he bought approximately 162,000 shares again for about $1 million, with an average price of approximately $6.19 per share. The two transactions totaled 306,981 shares, increasing Mateen's holdings in ABTC to 492,297 shares.

According to the official announcement, the Swedish listed Bitcoin reserve company H100 has completed a Bitcoin acquisition transaction, purchasing 2,455.4 BTC at a price of approximately $62,900 per coin, increasing its total holdings to 3,506 BTC.It is reported that this transaction is the largest merger and acquisition deal in the European public Bitcoin equity sector and is also the world's first "Bitcoin for Bitcoin" merger and acquisition transaction in the public market. The entire transaction was paid for in H100 shares, with an implied share price of 1.86 Swedish Krona per share (1x mNAV), with no cash consideration. The fully diluted number of satoshis per share increased by approximately 5%, from 288 satoshis to 303 satoshis, and the acquired party holds no financial debt.

According to data from the Bank of Korea, South Korea's current account surplus in June reached 49.73 billion USD, setting a monthly record for the second consecutive month, further expanding from 38.61 billion USD in May, and compared to 13.97 billion USD in the same period last year. The cumulative surplus for the first half of the year was 191.01 billion USD, the highest in history for the same period, exceeding the Bank of Korea's previous annual target of 250 billion USD by 76%. The goods trade surplus of 47.89 billion USD also set a monthly record, with exports increasing by 84.5% year-on-year to 112.37 billion USD, surpassing the 100 billion USD mark for the first time, among which chip exports soared by 196.9%, and computer peripherals grew by 282.7%.South Korea's current account has maintained a surplus for 38 consecutive months since May 2023. The services account deficit widened to 1.29 billion USD, mainly influenced by increased payments related to intellectual property; the travel account surplus was 440 million USD, the second highest since October 2008. The current account surplus for South Korea in 2025 is projected to be 123.05 billion USD, setting a historical annual record.

The four major life insurance companies in Japan (Nippon Life, Dai-ichi Life, Sumitomo Life, Meiji Yasuda) reported a quarter-on-quarter increase of 7% in domestic bond holdings' unrealized losses for the second quarter of 2026, reaching a record $96 billion, marking the seventh consecutive quarter of increase, with total unrealized losses growing by more than twice during this period. Japanese life insurance companies typically hold government bonds and other securities to maturity to match long-term insurance liabilities. In May of this year, the yield on Japan's 30-year government bonds broke 4.0% for the first time since this bond was issued in 1999, raising market concerns that the Kishida government may increase fiscal spending. Analysts point out that if there is a surge in policy cancellations, insurance companies may be forced to sell their holdings prematurely to meet payouts, which would put pressure on their portfolios and earnings. The pressure facing Japanese financial institutions is intensifying.

Institutional analysis indicates that the market generally expects the U.S. CPI to rise by 0.1% month-on-month in July after a decrease of 0.4% in June. The core CPI month-on-month rate, excluding fuel and food, is expected to be 0.2%, with a year-on-year rate expected to be 2.5%, the smallest year-on-year increase since February. After the weak non-farm payroll report for July was released on Friday, the slowdown in inflation may help alleviate inflation concerns within the Federal Reserve. Previously, at the meeting on July 29, three officials voted in favor of raising interest rates.The CPI report may show that price pressures related to energy have eased, which had sharply intensified in the months following the outbreak of war between the U.S. and Iran at the end of February. At the beginning of July, retail gasoline prices fell to their lowest point in nearly four months, before rising again to over $4 per gallon by the end of the month. The report may also indicate that as jet fuel costs stabilize, ticket prices have also decreased.

Nansen founder and CEO Alex Svanevik stated that Bitcoin's current price of around $60,000 may have marked the low point of this cycle. "Personally, I don't think Bitcoin will go below $60,000 again; I believe that's in the past, and I think it's forever." Alex Svanevik said this judgment is based on Bitcoin's positioning as a hedge against global central bank currency expansion, and he has not seen signs that the global monetary easing cycle is about to end. At the same time, the crypto industry is undergoing a fundamental transformation; crypto assets were previously in the toy world of blockchain and are now entering the real world era.In terms of the public chain ecosystem, Svanevik holds a long-term bullish view on Solana, stating that the perception of it as merely a meme coin chain is completely absurd. He believes Solana has "possibly the most effective BD team" and "an incredible team." However, Svanevik declined to translate this judgment into a specific price prediction for SOL—"Intuitively, I would think it will rise, but I can't be sure." Svanevik is also optimistic about the Robinhood chain, which just launched in July this year, believing it is rising as a strong competitor to Base due to its excellent user distribution capabilities. However, he judges that Robinhood is unlikely to issue a token—on one hand, it doesn't need to, and on the other hand, as a publicly traded company on NASDAQ, issuing a token would logically contradict competing with its own stock, "All value should be directed to HOOD stock."