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According to Oura's announcement, the smart ring manufacturer Oura has signed a final agreement with the AI-native primary care company Counsel Health to acquire the latter for $625 million in cash, with the final price subject to adjustments based on the acquisition price. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of this year.After the acquisition is completed, Oura users will be able to directly converse with Counsel's medical AI within the app to receive personalized advice, and can be connected to licensed doctors within minutes if needed. Oura stated that the company achieved a record growth of 153% this quarter, with membership exceeding 6 million.

Gate gStocks has shown active performance on the gainers list, with leveraged ETFs related to the semiconductor industry and technology and healthcare sectors leading the gains in U.S. stock tokens. According to the latest market data from Gate, the Direxion Semiconductor 3x Short ETF (SOXSG/USDT) has risen by 6.37% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $59.25; the AMD Semiconductor tokenized stock (AMDG/USDT) has increased by 5.25% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $500.96; and the UnitedHealth Group tokenized stock (UNHG/USDT) has risen by 2.10% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $407.29.Gate gStocks adopts a 1:1 fully-backed native stock reserve mechanism, where each tokenized security corresponds to an equal number of native stocks as underlying asset support, and supports 24/7 trading, unified account management, and a minimum investment of 1 USDT with fractional trading. Users can participate more flexibly in global popular stock investments, achieving a one-stop allocation of digital assets and traditional securities. As the ecosystem of tokenized securities continues to enrich, Gate gStocks will keep expanding more quality stocks and ETF targets, providing users with a more diverse selection of global asset allocation options.

According to Gate market data, the S&P 500 Energy sector and Healthcare sector reached all-time highs, rising 1.8% and 1.4% respectively.

Confido Health has completed a total of $22.5 million in Series A financing, including a $12.5 million extension round led by z47_vc. The funds will be used to build an AI entity that connects patients, healthcare providers, insurance companies, and pharmacies, automating processes such as appointments, insurance, referrals, and prescriptions.The data cited indicates that the annual healthcare labor expenditure in the United States exceeds $800 billion, and healthcare IT expenditure exceeds $200 billion. By 2030, the shortage of healthcare personnel could reach 3 million.

Vitalik.eth posted on Farcaster revealing that he is conducting a personal experiment to generate personalized diet and exercise recommendations using personal health and travel data by combining local models with remote cutting-edge models while protecting privacy.The system employs a three-layer privacy protection architecture:Identity Layer: A local model (Qwen 3.8B) replaces the user to construct query requests, avoiding the exposure of writing style that could reveal identity.Payment Layer: Uses zkAPI to hide payment information.Network Layer: Hides IP addresses through Tor.The system is currently operational, but Vitalik pointed out three major shortcomings: Tor is inefficient and has high latency in unlinking requests; the local model runs at only 20-30 TPS, and a smooth experience requires over 100 TPS; the stricter the data protection, the more limited the assistance that the remote model can provide. The relevant code has been submitted to the Ethereum zkAPI repository.

The fitness and health application BRTFit's CEO Kevin Huang has released a new book titled "Exercise Covenant," subtitled "From Smart Wearable Devices to Open Health Protocols." The book discusses how technology can transform the willingness to exercise into sustained action, consisting of 25 chapters. The team discusses smart wearable devices, artificial intelligence, behavioral incentives, and Web3 in the book, and presents their vision for a healthier future.The same post also lists community activity arrangements. Daily faucets can receive 100 tBRT. The genesis airdrop is aimed at the first 10,000 eligible participants, with a total distribution of 1,000,000 BRT, weighted according to tBRT snapshots and valid referrals, each accounting for 50%.Participants holding at least 100 tBRT, submitting application reviews, and providing the required Binance Square participation proof can receive a feedback reward of 1 USDT. Users on Google Play must publish a BRTFit article on Binance Square and submit a screenshot via Discord for review. Feedback rewards are processed from Monday to Saturday, Beijing time, from 10:00 to 20:00, and are subject to activity rules and verification constraints. The official statement clarifies that tBRT is a test contribution token and does not guarantee a 1:1 correspondence with BRT. The application can be downloaded by searching for BRTFit on the Apple App Store or Google Play.

Bonk Guy posted on the X platform that Super Inu (SI) has surpassed 60,000 holders within a week of its launch, with over 30,000 new holders in a single day. In the past two days, the on-chain trading volume exceeded 110 million USD, and the cumulative on-chain trading volume in the past seven days is approximately 163 million USD. He stated that no other meme coin has reached similar data during this cycle and in the past year.Regarding the decline in SI's price, Bonk Guy added that SI's market capitalization had previously risen from 3 million USD to 70 million USD and is currently undergoing a very healthy correction. He believes that a market cap of 100 million USD could become the next target of attention and is optimistic about its future performance. According to market news, SI's market cap is currently reported at 34.46 million USD, with a drop of over 22% in the last 24 hours.

Swedish Stockholm health technology startup Tandem Health has completed a Series B financing round of 86.49 million euros (approximately 100 million dollars), led by EQT's Scaleup Europe Fund, with follow-on investments from Kinnevik, Northzone, Amino Collective, and Visionaries. To date, the company's total financing has reached 138 million euros (approximately 160 million dollars).

According to EU-Startups, Zurich-based preventive healthcare company Aeon announced the completion of its seed round extension financing and simultaneously acquired the German blood diagnostics platform Aware Health, bringing the total amount of seed round financing to over 12 million euros (approximately 14 million dollars).This round was co-led by Araya Ventures, with existing investors Concentric, GoHub Ventures, Kadmos Capital, Calm/Storm Ventures, N&V Capital, and Bigwave Capital participating.

Binance will launch the bStocks tokenized securities trading pairs Salesforce (CRMB) and Hims & Hers Health (HIMSB) on September 9, 2026, at 20:00, and will enable spot algorithm trading bots and smart holding bot services. Users can exchange bStocks for BTC, USDT, or other tokens supported by the instant exchange platform without any fees within one hour after the launch. The CRMB/USDT and HIMSB/USDT trading pairs will enjoy zero maker fees, and the event will end on October 1, 2026, at 07:59.

"1011 Insider Whale" agent Garrett Jin stated that the long-term consolidation period has just begun, and in order to rise, we need more Bitcoin to trade within the current price range.

Neko Health is collaborating with the brain-machine interface company Neuralink, and Neko will assist in screening candidates for Neuralink's next round of trials.

The rotation of hot spots in the US stock market continues, with strong performances from steel, healthcare, and entertainment consumer-related stocks. Data from the Gate platform shows that the top three stocks in terms of gains in the US market are Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (CLF), up 15.87%; Medpace Holdings (MEDP), up 15.06%; and IMAX Corporation (IMAX), up 11.98%. Among them, CLF's single-day gain is close to 16%, reflecting the increasing attention of market funds on cyclical manufacturing and consumer service-related stocks.

According to official news, the AI healthcare project Savior of Health announced the completion of a $4 million strategic financing round, with participation from Amber Group, Basics Capital, Animoca Brands, Candaq, TBV, Everwood Capital, Olaris Capital, MangoLabs, and Credit Scend.The funds from this round will be used to advance AI-driven healthcare and health management, build next-generation medical infrastructure, support AI scientific research through health questionnaires and surveys, and expand its global healthcare ecosystem.

According to Techfundingnews, the medical AI startup Prosper AI announced the completion of a $30 million Series A funding round, led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from Base10 Partners, Emergence Capital, Y Combinator, and others. After this round of financing, the company has raised a total of approximately $36.6 million.Prosper AI focuses on covering the entire patient visit process through AI voice agents, including appointment scheduling, insurance verification, communication with insurance companies, and billing processing. It has currently served over 150,000 medical institutions. The company stated that the U.S. healthcare system wastes over $450 billion annually due to administrative processes, and its AI system can handle key processes from appointment to payment on a single platform, reducing the costs for medical institutions associated with switching between different systems.It was reported that Prosper AI's revenue has grown approximately five times since the last funding round in September of last year, and it has established partnerships with large healthcare IT platforms such as Athenahealth and ImagineSoftware. Investor a16z noted that healthcare institutions are shifting from "point automation tools" to "end-to-end process automation," and Prosper's goal is to eliminate all administrative friction between patient care and payment.

According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, three addresses likely belonging to Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin have currently pledged 412,430 ETH, worth approximately $653 million, and borrowed 259 million DAI.Data shows that the health of the aforementioned positions briefly fell below 1.2 during yesterday's ETH decline. However, the addresses associated with Joseph Lubin subsequently added approximately 110,000 ETH as collateral, bringing the health of the positions back above 1.48.Analysts indicate that Joseph Lubin acquired 540,000 ETH through the Ethereum ICO in 2015 at a cost of about $0.31. Based on the current position situation, the likelihood of his lending position being liquidated has significantly decreased.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that the market beginning to consider scenarios where interest rates remain unchanged or rise is "healthy."

According to Gate market data, the three major U.S. stock indices opened higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising by 0.5%, the S&P 500 index increasing by 0.28%, and the Nasdaq Composite index up by 0.27%. UnitedHealth (UNH.N) saw an increase of 9.4%, with first-quarter earnings exceeding expectations. Amazon (AMZN.O) rose by 2.1%, in relation to an upgraded partnership with Anthropic. Apple (AAPL.O) fell by 0.3%, as Cook will step down as CEO, with Tenus taking over.

The "AI × RWA: The Action Economy" themed side event hosted by the Hong Kong AI one-stop family health management platform XKONG has concluded. At the event, XKONG revealed its "decentralized health network" strategy: plans to deploy over 3,500 health service terminals in Hong Kong, creating a triadic health ecosystem consisting of AI diagnostic devices, the XKONG APP, and the AI health assistant KoKo. Each health behavior and interaction by users will be converted into Token rights for the use of platform AI services, forming a closed loop from "user behavior" to "AI consumption." XKONG stated that it will use Hong Kong as a model and enter more than 10 countries and regions globally by 2026.

Crypto market analyst Axel posted on social media that the BTC futures market saw a daily liquidation of approximately $526 million in shorts, and the open interest (OI) did not rebuild leverage after reaching a peak of 319,499 BTC, instead falling back to 293,045 BTC.The liquidation dominance indicator has turned positive after being in negative territory for two consecutive weeks, indicating the end of the systemic short squeeze phase. The current price remains stable in the range of 75,000-76,000 while OI contracts, forming a constructive structure of "cooling after a short squeeze," rather than a new round of overheating. The next focus will be whether OI will return above 300,000 BTC when the price attempts to break through.