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According to CNA, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) reported that a cryptocurrency scam involving fake job postings and compromised software systems resulted in losses of $11.8 million.The scam group impersonated cryptocurrency company recruiters on LinkedIn, used forged domain names to send emails, conducted video interviews, and induced victims to download malware on company devices to complete "technical tests," thereby stealing session tokens, bypassing multi-factor authentication, and ultimately transferring cryptocurrency.

According to The Defiant, the Government Pension Fund Global of Norway disclosed in its quarterly holdings document for the period ending June 30 that it holds 6,151,062 shares of BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), with a market value of approximately $81.87 million.The fund did not list BitMine in its holdings report as of December 31, indicating this is a new disclosure, and the specific purchase time and cost have not been announced. It is reported that the total size of the fund reached 22.683 trillion Norwegian kroner as of June 30, with 72.1% allocated to stocks.

According to BBX data, yesterday global publicly listed companies in the US disclosed the latest real accounts regarding their holdings in crypto assets, mining costs, and debt collateral structures. The core updates are as follows:Bit Digital ( NASDAQ : $ BTBT ) narrowed losses in Q2, holding over 164,000 ETH: Nasdaq-listed company Bit Digital announced its financial performance for Q2 2026. The company's total revenue for Q2 was $32.1 million (a 15% quarter-over-quarter increase), with a gross profit of $18.6 million (gross margin of 57.9%), and a net loss attributable to shareholders narrowed to $107.2 million. As of June 30, 2026, the company held Ethereum reserves of 164,310.5 ETH, along with approximately $83.6 million in cash and cash equivalents.Riot Platforms ( NASDAQ : $ RIOT ) Q2 revenue of $174.2 million, reserves over 11,000 BTC: US-listed mining company Riot Platforms released its Q2 financial report, with total revenue for the quarter reaching $174.2 million (a 14% year-over-year increase), of which the data center business contributed $23.2 million; Q2 Bitcoin production was 1,587 BTC, with an average mining cash cost of $49,912 per BTC. By the end of Q2, Riot held over $1.2 billion in liquid assets, including 11,380 BTC (of which 5,821 BTC were used as collateral) and $548.9 million in cash.Nakamoto ( NASDAQ : $ NAKA ) sold 600 BTC to repay loans, still holding 4,467 BTC: Bitcoin treasury company Nakamoto announced its Q2 performance, with total revenue of $35.87 million and a net loss of $133 million. During the quarter, the company sold approximately 600 BTC and some derivative positions, generating about $48 million in net proceeds to repay a Bitcoin collateral loan of $45 million USDT. As of the end of June, the company still held 4,467 BTC (with a fair value of approximately $262 million, of which 3,805 BTC have been pledged as debt collateral), with total debt of approximately $165 million.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced the agenda for the inaugural meeting of the Innovation Advisory Committee (IAC). The committee will hold its first meeting on August 20, focusing on regulatory issues in emerging areas such as crypto assets, artificial intelligence, and prediction markets.CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig stated that the U.S. has long been a global center for financial innovation and hopes to explore how emerging technologies and financial products can drive market development through discussions with innovative entrepreneurs, researchers, and industry builders, and to jointly explore the "new frontiers of finance." The meeting will be live-streamed on the CFTC official website. Committee members and attendees will discuss topics such as the regulatory framework for digital assets, the impact of AI technology on financial markets, and the development of prediction markets. The public can submit relevant opinions by August 27, and these opinions will be publicly released through the U.S. Federal Regulations website Regulations.gov. The CFTC indicated that the meeting agenda may be adjusted based on the committee's subsequent focus.The Innovation Advisory Committee aims to provide the CFTC with recommendations on emerging technologies, financial products, and trends in market innovation, covering important areas such as digital assets and artificial intelligence that may influence the structure of future financial markets.

The Chief Financial Officer of SanDisk stated that it is expected to obtain a total contract amount of $93.9 billion from 8 customers during the contract period, with a Non-GAAP gross margin of approximately 80% for the fiscal years 2028 to 2030, and a Non-GAAP operating profit margin expected to reach about 75%. It is anticipated that the adjusted free cash flow profit margin will remain at 50% for the fiscal years 2028 to 2030. The company stated that in the future, after fulfilling strategic investment and business development needs, it will return 100% of excess cash to shareholders.SanDisk expects that as the storage industry cycle improves and the demand for high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence infrastructure grows, the company's profitability will further enhance, and shareholder value will be increased through high-margin businesses and capital return strategies. This capital allocation plan shows that SanDisk will prioritize business expansion and strategic investments in the future while returning remaining cash to investors through stock buybacks, dividends, and other means.

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform that after two weeks of using cutting-edge AI to scan almost the entire Bitcoin open-source ecosystem for vulnerabilities, Bitcoin Red Team member @callebtc stated, "The easily discoverable vulnerabilities have been addressed," and maintainers are verifying "a large number" of serious and high-risk vulnerabilities.@callebtc indicated that the main findings include: decades of accumulated open-source technical debt are being exposed alongside AI capabilities that can discover vulnerabilities at speeds and scales unattainable by human researchers; Lightning seems particularly vulnerable, with its complexity meaning its security status is "worse than average"; unmaintained Bitcoin projects should be considered vulnerable until their security is confirmed.Projects that began building AI security and auditing processes months ago are now in a completely different position compared to those that have been waiting until now. The Bitcoin Red Team has now completed a foundational scan of almost the entire Bitcoin open-source ecosystem. Easily discoverable vulnerabilities have mostly been addressed, but as AI capabilities improve, external red team testing may need to continue indefinitely. Despite discovering and reporting "a large number" of real serious and high-risk vulnerabilities, @callebtc believes this process will ultimately make Bitcoin stronger. The same AI security review will soon expand to areas far beyond Bitcoin.

B.AI platform announces the official launch of Grok 4.6 on the B.AI API. Compared to Grok 4.5, the new version achieves a comprehensive leap in complex task handling, deep reasoning, and overall intelligence level, demonstrating significant leading performance in the GPDVal-AA V2 evaluation, further expanding the application boundaries in large-scale reasoning and high-difficulty task scenarios. This launch simultaneously opens up dual-channel access for "official" and "self-selected service providers," and introduces an exclusive 40% discount for both official and self-selected service providers, enabling developers to easily access Grok 4.6 with more flexible choices and lower costs, enjoying cutting-edge AI computing power. Starting today, users can experience the upgraded capabilities through the B.AI API.

According to Gate market data, Cisco (CSCO.O) fell over 5% in pre-market trading.

According to The Block, Japanese listed company Metaplanet disclosed that as of June 30, its unrealized losses on Bitcoin reached $1.15 billion over the six months.The company reported holding 43,000 BTC at the end of the quarter.

Lenovo Group released its Q1 financial report for the fiscal year 2026/27, with revenue of $26.9 billion, a year-on-year increase of 43%, setting a new record for a single quarter; gross margin at 16.5%, up 1.8 percentage points year-on-year; loss attributable to equity holders of $609 million, primarily due to a non-cash fair value loss from the revaluation of $1.7 billion in warrants. Adjusted profit attributable to equity holders was $1.075 billion, a year-on-year increase of 176%, surpassing the $1 billion mark for the first time; adjusted diluted earnings per share were 7.39 cents, a year-on-year increase of 176%.All three business groups achieved record revenue in the first fiscal quarter. The Intelligent Devices Group reported revenue of $17.1 billion, a year-on-year increase of 27%, with a global PC market share of 24.2% and an AI PC market share of 25.1%; smartphone revenue also reached a record high in the first fiscal quarter. The Infrastructure Solutions Group reported revenue of $8.5 billion, a year-on-year increase of 98%, with an operating profit margin rising to 9.1%, and AI server order backlog reaching $54 billion, a quarter-on-quarter increase of 157%. The Solutions and Services Group reported revenue of $2.9 billion, a year-on-year increase of 28%, with an operating profit margin of 24.2%.AI-related revenue grew by 60% year-on-year, accounting for 35% of total revenue. As the official technology partner of the FIFA World Cup, the group deployed AI technology and over 25,000 devices for all 104 matches. Regionally, revenue in the Americas grew by 58% year-on-year, the Central and Eastern European market grew by 53%, and China grew by 25%. The group ranked in the top five in Gartner's global supply chain rankings and rose to 153rd place in the Fortune Global 500 rankings.

Lenovo Group surged over 12% in the afternoon, as the company announced its performance at noon. In the first fiscal quarter, adjusted profit attributable to equity holders increased by 176% year-on-year, and revenue from AI-related businesses grew by 60% year-on-year, reaching 63.4 billion yuan, setting a new historical high.

According to a report by Decrypt, Israeli cybersecurity company ASecurity released a report stating that a researcher used publicly available AI models to discover multiple vulnerabilities in the Zoom annotation tool in less than 24 hours with fewer than 20 prompts, and constructed an exploitable attack chain. The vulnerabilities are numbered CVE-2026-53413, CVE-2026-53414, and CVE-2026-53415, allowing attackers to remotely execute code in meetings without any action from the victim, control their devices, steal data, and activate the microphone or camera.The attack was tested successfully on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS versions of Zoom. ASecurity claimed it reached a "national-level" standard, whereas previously constructing such exploitation tools required months of work and a substantial budget from professional teams. ASecurity reported the first vulnerability to Zoom on June 10, and Zoom released fixes between June 22 and July 20, but the server-side protections in end-to-end encrypted meetings could not filter malicious messages, requiring users to update manually. A Zoom spokesperson confirmed that the issue has been resolved and advised users to keep their versions up to date.

According to informed sources, AI startup Discovery Loop, founded by former Google chief scientist Jeff Dean, is in talks to raise $1 billion, corresponding to a valuation of approximately $10 billion, with specific financing terms still subject to change.Discovery Loop aims to accelerate discoveries in the fields of science and engineering through automated machine learning, science and engineering, and the parallel execution of thousands of experiments. Its initial funding is led by Radical Ventures and Khosla Ventures, with participation from Lightspeed, Kleiner Perkins, and Doerr Capital, while Alphabet serves as the founding investor and cloud services partner. The founding team of Discovery Loop also includes former core researchers from Google such as Sanjay Ghemawat, Quoc Le, and Oriol Vinyals.

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.

Super Micro Computer's stock rose about 10.4% in pre-market trading, after the company released a revenue outlook for fiscal year 2027 that exceeded market expectations.

According to CNBC, Norway's sovereign wealth fund, which has a scale of $2.34 trillion, recorded a profit of over $18.2 billion in the first half of the year, setting a historical high for the same period, with an investment return rate of 9.4%. Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), stated that the performance was mainly driven by the strong performance of the stock market, particularly the rise of Asian technology stocks.In the latest semi-annual report, the fund disclosed its holdings in SpaceX for the first time, with a stake of about 0.05%, valued at just over $1.2 billion as of June 30. In comparison, it holds about 1.3% of Nvidia shares, valued at $61.8 billion; and about 1.2% of Apple shares, valued at $52.7 billion. The sovereign wealth fund managed by NBIM was established in the 1990s and primarily invests the country's oil and gas revenues. Currently, the fund invests in over 7,000 companies across more than 50 countries globally, holding about 1.5% of shares in publicly listed companies worldwide. Stock assets account for more than two-thirds of its overall investment portfolio, with U.S. stocks making up about 40% of the total investment portfolio.

According to BBX data, yesterday global listed companies disclosed the latest developments in their cryptocurrency asset management and future buying plans, with the core information as follows:Strategy plans to resume buying Bitcoin within the year: Phong Le, CEO of Nasdaq-listed company Strategy, recently stated in an interview with Fox News that as the strategic plan progresses, Strategy will resume buying more Bitcoin in the secondary market for the remainder of this year, sending a clear signal of increased holdings.Trump Media holds 9,477 BTC in Q2, with a loss of $360 million in the first half of the year: The latest financial data disclosed by Trump Media shows that as of the end of the second quarter of 2026, the company held a total of 9,477.16 Bitcoins, a decrease of 65 from the end of the first quarter, with a current fair value of approximately $557.1 million. Due to the decline in cryptocurrency prices, the company's related financial losses in the first half of the year reached $360.6 million. Additionally, during the same period, the amount of approximately 756.1 million CRO held remained unchanged, but its fair value shrank from $6.8 million at the end of 2025 to $4.06 million.OranjeBTC steadily increases holdings, total holdings approach 4,000: Brazilian listed Bitcoin treasury company OranjeBTC announced an additional purchase of 2 Bitcoins. After this adjustment, the company's total Bitcoin holdings have risen to 3,950.

The Sun Wukong ecosystem will hold a deep roundtable discussion themed "When the Crypto World Fully Connects with Traditional Finance: Under the Melting Financial Boundaries, When Will the Native Crypto 'Bull Market' Reappear?" on August 11 at 8 PM at X Space.This event will focus on the era background of the accelerated integration of the crypto world and traditional finance, deeply exploring the structural changes brought by stablecoins reshaping global payment settlements and the acceleration of RWA and stock funds going on-chain. Invited industry KOLs will jointly analyze the profound impact of institutional funds and compliance channels on market game rules, as well as when and in what form the carnival bull market belonging to Web3 native cryptographers will reappear.

According to CryptoSlate, the proposed amendment to the "Civil Execution Rules" by the Supreme Court of South Korea will establish standardized procedures allowing creditors to freeze, identify, and liquidate virtual assets held by debtors. The court may require exchanges to disclose the types and quantities of cryptocurrency assets held by the debtor within seven days of receiving the order and freeze the corresponding assets.The deadline for public comments on the proposal is August 11, and it is expected to take effect on October 1. Once the assets are identified and frozen, the court may designate them for allocation to creditors or order liquidation, to be executed by virtual asset service providers.

According to BBX data, global listed companies disclosed the following core dynamics regarding cryptocurrency asset allocation and the latest financial performance yesterday:Sweden's H100 treasury increased by 2455.4 bitcoins: The Swedish bitcoin treasury company H100 disclosed that its total bitcoin holdings have significantly increased to 3506 BTC, adding 2455.4 BTC. The official statement indicated that this large increase in holdings was due to a corporate acquisition completed in April this year (the acquisition target was NSDAS), and the newly added bitcoins were obtained directly through this merger transaction.Bitdeer released its Q2 financial report, with total revenue reaching $228.8 million: Bitcoin mining and AI infrastructure company Bitdeer (Nasdaq: BTDR) officially released its Q2 2026 financial report. The data shows that its total revenue for Q2 reached $228.8 million (a year-on-year increase of 47%); adjusted EBITDA was $31.1 million (a year-on-year increase of approximately 576%). In terms of profit, the gross loss for Q2 was $8.5 million (compared to a gross profit of $12 million in the same period last year), with a net loss of $92.28 million; as of June 30, its total cash and restricted cash amounted to approximately $496.3 million.Sharplink recorded $11.16 million in staking revenue for Q2: Ethereum treasury company Sharplink (Nasdaq: SBET) released its Q2 2026 financial report. The company's total revenue reached $11.53 million, achieving significant year-on-year growth, with the core contribution coming from $11.16 million in staking revenue. Affected by fluctuations in the cryptocurrency market, the company reported a net loss of $394.3 million (mainly consisting of a non-cash loss of $321 million in ETH and a provision for impairment of $76.09 million in Ls ETH/we ETH). The company emphasized that the above are all non-cash accounting losses and do not affect the actual ETH holdings. As of June 30, its total cryptocurrency assets were valued at approximately $1.416 billion, with a cash balance of $56.2 million.