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According to Coinglass data, Binance had a net inflow of 57,877,900 USDT in the past hour.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, a certain whale (0x117...baeb) opened a 4x ASTER long position on Aster DEX, involving 7.2 million ASTER, worth 4.33 million USD.At the same time, 4.02 million ASTER were staked, worth 2.42 million USD, for a duration of 4 years.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was $236 million, with long positions liquidated at $129 million and short positions liquidated at $107 million. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at $51.8932 million, Bitcoin short positions at $6.0097 million, Ethereum long positions at $24.4674 million, and Ethereum short positions at $7.2829 million.In addition, in the last 24 hours, a total of 74,842 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Binance - SNDKUSDT worth $2.0559 million.

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.

According to the Financial Times, JPMorgan Chase terminated its banking services for Polymarket last October due to regulatory concerns, requiring the company to seek new banking institutions. Previously, Polymarket was banned from providing services to U.S. customers after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission took enforcement action in 2022.Currently, Polymarket has partnered with a new bank, but the specific name has not been disclosed. JPMorgan Chase still maintains business dealings with Polymarket and invited its CEO Shayne Coplan to participate in a private banking client meeting held in Miami this February, where he spoke alongside former NFL player Tom Brady. Polymarket stated that the two parties continue to maintain a close and active relationship in various areas, including multiple entities, operational integration, and customer fund flow management.Since 2026, prediction market platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi have faced legal actions from multiple U.S. states regarding their alleged operation as illegal sports bookmakers, while the relevant platforms argue that they operate as exchanges facilitating trades between buyers and sellers, rather than as bookmakers. According to user aggregated data, the nominal trading volume of prediction markets has exceeded $250 billion since 2026.Meanwhile, Polymarket is seeking over $1 billion in financing, with a target valuation of $20 billion, more than doubling from the approximately $8 billion valuation during the last round of financing in 2025.

According to a report by Reuters, influenced by multiple factors such as the tense Sino-U.S. relations, China's push for domestic software alternatives, and U.S. export controls, Microsoft has closed at least 15 branches and joint ventures in China over the past five years, executing a strategic contraction. In 2023, the company internally considered exiting the Chinese market, as some executives believed that "the geopolitical risks outweighed the limited economic returns," but ultimately did not proceed with the exit. Microsoft disclosed in 2024 that its business in China accounted for only about 1.5% of its global revenue.The report states that Microsoft's final decision to remain in China was primarily due to the establishment of a profitable path—providing Azure cloud and AI services to Chinese companies like ByteDance and Shein, helping them operate compliantly in overseas markets. Additionally, the company believes that retaining its business in China remains strategically significant for acquiring engineering talent. However, analysts question the sustainability of this AI business model: the service relies on third-party models like OpenAI, and Chinese companies are increasingly adopting domestic alternatives like Kimi, which offer comparable performance at lower costs.Microsoft's research and development presence in China is also contracting. Its predecessor, Microsoft Research Asia, has successively established new labs in Vancouver, Singapore, and Tokyo. In 2024, the company offered job opportunities to 1,000 top engineers to relocate to the U.S. and three other countries, but only about one-third accepted, with most senior engineers moving to domestic universities and tech companies. A Microsoft spokesperson responded that the company will continue to commit to the Chinese market but did not comment on specific decision details. ByteDance and Shein did not respond to related inquiries.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale went long on 200.8 BTC with 40x leverage on Hyperliquid 1 hour ago, worth approximately $12.75 million, with a liquidation price of $55,380.The trader has made a profit of $1.95 million in the past 30 days.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was $238 million, with long positions liquidated at $131 million and short positions liquidated at $108 million. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at $41.7528 million, Bitcoin short positions at $7.3744 million, Ethereum long positions at $24.9982 million, and Ethereum short positions at $8.6526 million.In addition, in the last 24 hours, a total of 80,126 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Bybit - BTCUSDT worth $1.989 million.

According to Forbes, AI data infrastructure company Databricks announced the completion of a $5 billion strategic financing round, led by Coatue, with participation from Blackstone, MGX, and T. Rowe Price. Sixth Street Growth joined as a new investor, bringing the post-financing valuation of the company to $190 billion, higher than the previously disclosed valuation plan of $188 billion. The funds will be used to advance AI infrastructure layout, product development, and potential acquisitions.Databricks co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi stated that the company's current annual revenue run rate has exceeded $7 billion, with a year-on-year growth of over 80%. In terms of AI Agent infrastructure, Databricks believes that the scale of AI-generated software will significantly increase in the future, and each AI application will require database support.

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 Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was $143 million, with long positions liquidated at $83.199 million and short positions liquidated at $59.8707 million. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at $13.9906 million, Bitcoin short positions at $4.9551 million, Ethereum long positions at $16.5296 million, and Ethereum short positions at $5.5646 million.In addition, in the last 24 hours, a total of 68,107 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Bybit - BTCUSDT worth $1.989 million.

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.

In July, the US CPI rose by 0.1% month-on-month and 3.4% year-on-year, while the core CPI increased by 2.5% year-on-year, overall in line with market expectations. As the market continues to assess the Federal Reserve's subsequent policy path, the impact of macro changes on asset allocation and trading strategies is continuously strengthening, further enhancing institutions' focus on liquidity management and trading execution efficiency.Against this backdrop, Gate institutions are continuously improving professional trading infrastructure. According to the transparency report released by the platform in July, Gate CrossEx added one mainstream exchange and 23 trading pairs, launched RPI Orders, reduced the highest fees of multiple exchanges by 50%, and introduced new APIs for market data, funding rates, batch order cancellations, and several WebSocket features; by optimizing concurrent order placement and execution feedback delays, system performance improved by 50%, while the launch of Colo services further reduced trading latency.In addition, SuperLink continues to optimize Fireblocks Gas management and settlement processes, further enhancing institutions' cross-platform asset management and trading collaboration capabilities. In the future, Gate institutions will continue to advance infrastructure upgrades around core capabilities such as trading execution, liquidity, and cross-platform collaboration, providing professional investors with more efficient and stable institutional-level trading services.

The decentralized stablecoin USDD announced that it will add TRX exclusive rewards to Pendle's sUSDD market and simultaneously increase the base USDD rewards. The total reward for this event is 21,000 USDD and 12,000 TRX, along with PENDLE tokens worth approximately 30% of the total value of the aforementioned USDD and TRX. The event will take place from August 13th, 8:00 to August 20th, 8:00 (Singapore time).The official statement indicated that Pendle has integrated PT-sUSDD into the PT Looping module, allowing users to further connect to the USDC and USDT markets on the Morpho platform to expand their earning potential. At the same time, they are preparing for the renewal of the sUSDD market with Pendle, and specific arrangements will be announced separately.

According to Coinglass data, Binance had a net inflow of 34,995,500 USDT in the past hour.

According to Harmony monitoring, Harmony stated that it is advancing the rollback plan and has reached an agreement with validators and exchanges on the specific path. The minting vulnerability fix has been activated, and a complete list of attacker wallets will be announced soon.Previously, the number of ONE tokens abnormally minted on the Harmony network had exceeded 30 trillion, involving 6 abnormal blocks.

Design software company Canva has lowered its annual revenue growth forecast by one-third to 20% due to AI feature delivery costs far exceeding expectations. CEO Melanie Perkins stated that user demand for AI features "significantly exceeded expectations," but the company has decided to postpone the large-scale launch of related products until it optimizes its architecture, reduces unit costs, and improves its business model. Since the release of Canva AI 2.0 in April, the cost per task has decreased by nearly 90%, but the volume of designs generated by AI users is three times that of previous versions, and economic pressures remain.This case reflects a common dilemma in the software industry: the cost of AI inference is breaking the traditional software "zero marginal cost" profit logic. Pitchbook analysts pointed out that Canva and Figma are the "most obvious signals" of this trend. Figma's free cash flow profit margin in the second quarter has dropped from 27% in the first quarter to 14%, and revenue growth in the third quarter is expected to slow from 48% to 36%. Canva previously sold employee shares at a valuation of $42 billion, and the market had anticipated its IPO in 2026, but analysts now believe the IPO may be delayed until next year.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was $177 million, with long positions liquidated at $82.9367 million and short positions liquidated at $93.6 million. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at $10.8078 million, Bitcoin short positions at $11.111 million, Ethereum long positions at $15.9439 million, and Ethereum short positions at $19.1731 million.In addition, in the last 24 hours, a total of 80,789 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Binance - ETHUSDT worth $3.2292 million.

The cryptocurrency industry organization BlockchainAssn has submitted an amicus brief in support of Custodia Bank's application to the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the Court to review whether regional Federal Reserve Banks have the authority to deny access to master accounts for qualified state-chartered banks. The organization warns that lower court support for the Federal Reserve's ruling grants the central bank broad powers to disqualify industries or companies it does not recognize from receiving banking services, effectively vetoing which state-chartered banks can operate.Meanwhile, the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank has been granted an extension until September 11 to respond to Custodia's application.