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According to CoinDesk, the index provider MSCI has launched a new round of consultations, proposing to exclude so-called "non-operating companies" from its Global Investable Market Indexes. This classification will no longer use the proportion of crypto assets as the sole threshold but will adopt a two-step screening process: first, it will check whether operating assets exceed 50% of total assets; those that do not pass will then be assessed based on five financial ratios: operating asset intensity, expense intensity, cash flow, fair value intensity, and capital dependence. If at least four of these do not meet the standards, they will not qualify for inclusion.If the current data is applied to the MSCI ACWI IMI Index, Bitcoin-holding companies Strategy (MSTR), Metaplanet (3350), and uranium holder Yellow Cake will be excluded. Strategy has cumulatively held approximately 840,400 BTC since 2020, while Metaplanet holds about 43,000 BTC. MSCI's description of "non-operating companies" refers to businesses that create value by accumulating and holding non-operating assets, have limited operating cash flow, and rely on external financing for expansion.The consultation for collecting opinions will end on September 30, with results expected to be announced around October 16; even if approved, the related adjustments will not take effect until the index review in November 2026 at the earliest. Previously, a consultation in October 2025 regarding "digital asset treasury" companies, which set a standard of 50% for crypto asset proportion, had caused market fluctuations and industry opposition, ultimately being postponed.

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.

World Liberty Financial (WLFI) announced that the company has appointed Ryan Ballantyne as Chief Business Officer.Ryan Ballantyne has over thirty years of experience in capital markets, derivatives, asset management, and digital assets. Previously, he served as the Head of Institutional Client Strategy at Coinbase Institutional, where he was responsible for assisting public companies and institutions in adopting digital asset fund management, trading, and custody solutions. Earlier, he held senior positions at Osprey Funds and Blackforce Capital, and worked at institutions such as Susquehanna, Deutsche Bank, and Smith Barney.

According to GlobeNewswire, Sharplink (Nasdaq: SBET), an Ethereum treasury company, announced that it will stake $200 million worth of ETH through Lido, the largest liquid staking protocol on Ethereum, to enhance the yield capability of the company's ETH assets. Sharplink stated that after this staking, the company will receive wrapped staked ETH (wstETH) representing the staked ETH and its yields, which will be custodied by institutional-grade digital asset custodian Anchorage Digital.This configuration will further expand Sharplink's existing ETH staking and restaking strategies. Lido is currently one of the largest liquid staking protocols on Ethereum, with approximately $16.5 billion staked on the platform. Its wstETH token has been integrated by over 100 protocols, with about $10 billion used as collateral in DeFi. While users hold wstETH, the underlying ETH continues to earn staking rewards and can be used within the Ethereum DeFi ecosystem.Sharplink CEO Joseph Chalom stated that the introduction of Lido will further enhance the production efficiency of the company's ETH assets, leveraging the composability of wstETH while maintaining institutional-grade risk management standards. This collaboration will diversify the company's treasury strategy and connect to one of the most liquid and widely used assets in the Ethereum DeFi ecosystem. Vasiliy Shapovalov, Executive Director of Lido Labs Foundation, stated that Sharplink's increased use of Ethereum's native staking protocol and DeFi ecosystem reflects support for the Ethereum application ecosystem.

The Bitcoin Treasury Company Strategy officially announced that it will hold a live investor Q&A on August 17 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time. The company's founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor and CEO Phong Le will be present.It is reported that this investor Q&A is expected to focus on market topics of interest, including the company's Bitcoin strategy, capital operations, financing plans, and future business directions.

According to Cointelegraph, digital asset infrastructure provider Copper announced that its U.S. subsidiary Copper Markets (US) Inc. has officially obtained SEC-registered broker-dealer status and has become a FINRA member, establishing a compliant market presence in the United States.The company will provide qualified custody, staking, financing, and over-the-counter trading services to institutional clients, while also opening its ClearLoop network, allowing institutions to pledge and transfer crypto assets and tokenized assets as collateral between counterparties.

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 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.

Bitcoin Treasuries.NET posted on platform X that the opening price of STRC under Strategy was $95.39, the highest opening price in two months, less than 5% away from par value.

According to The Bitcoin Historian (@pete_rizzo_), a member of the Taiwanese parliament stated that there is a "100% chance" that Taiwan will establish a strategic reserve of Bitcoin.The legislator emphasized that Bitcoin is different from gold, possessing the characteristics of digital transfer and verification, and pointed out that "the world has changed," with countries competing to lay out Bitcoin for national security considerations, acting ahead of the United States.

According to The Elec, Samsung Electro-Mechanics' investment schedule for semiconductor glass substrates has been delayed due to bottlenecks in the reliability assessment of customer prototypes. As a result, the construction schedule for the production line of GlaSSEM, the glass core joint venture between Samsung Electro-Mechanics and Dongyu Fine Chem, has also been postponed, and the timeline for ordering related equipment has become uncertain.The report states that GlaSSEM has failed to communicate the equipment order schedule to its partner manufacturers. Previous orders have been postponed from December last year to March and June this year, and this has happened more than three times. After June, no further schedule guidance has been provided. Industry insiders believe that the main reason is that global communication semiconductor customers have not passed the reliability assessment certification for glass substrate prototypes. Samsung Electro-Mechanics is still producing prototypes at its Sejong plant, and most of the suppliers for key processes required for building the mass production line, such as deposition, etching, laser drilling, and inspection, have already been selected.Since the prototypes need to be remade and resubmitted, the originally planned investment schedule will inevitably be further delayed. Samsung Electro-Mechanics had set a target for mass production in the second half of 2027 when establishing GlaSSEM earlier last month, but during last month's financial report meeting, this timeline was adjusted to 2028, and now the mass production time is expected to be further postponed.

Recently, there have been market rumors that Nvidia plans to invest $2 billion strategically in the leading optical module company, Zhongji Xuchuang. The funds will be used for the research and development of a new generation of optical modules, global capacity expansion, and the construction of a new factory in Thailand. At the same time, Nvidia intends to become a cornerstone investor in the IPO of New Yisheng on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.A relevant person from Zhongji Xuchuang responded that the company is not aware of this rumor and that the official announcements should be taken as the standard; New Yisheng stated that it is inconvenient to comment and that investors should refer to the announcements.

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.

Strategy CEO Phong Le stated in an interview with Fox News that the company will continue to increase its holdings of Bitcoin within this year.

According to Globenewswire, the NASDAQ-listed TON ecosystem digital asset reserve company TON Strategy announced its financial report for the second quarter of 2026, holding approximately 230.5 million Grams as of June 30, of which about 229.9 million are staked, accounting for approximately 4.4% of the total supply of Grams, with the staked share accounting for about 35% of the total staked Grams in the network.In addition, the fair value of digital assets held by TON Strategy in the second quarter was approximately $36.95 million, up from $27.2 million at the end of March, earning approximately 9.4 million Grams in rewards through Gram staking, and confirming staking revenue of about $15 million, a significant increase from the 2.2 million Grams in the first quarter.In terms of finances, TON Strategy's revenue for the second quarter was $15 million, a substantial increase from $3 million in the first quarter; gross profit was $14.3 million, with a gross margin of 95%. The company's ongoing operations achieved an operating profit of approximately $500,000, while the first quarter previously recorded an operating loss of $3.7 million.

Bitcoin Treasuries.NET posted on platform X that Strategy is celebrating its first purchase of Bitcoin's sixth anniversary.Since 2020, its Bitcoin holdings have increased year by year, from 70,470 coins to 840,447 coins.

The Solana Name Service (SNS) announced that .sol domain registrations are expected to be suspended on August 17, 2026, to align with the subsequent eligibility snapshot process. The official statement mentioned that .sol domains registered before the suspension will be included in the upcoming snapshot range, and users can check their eligibility results after the snapshot is completed.SNS also stated that it will continue to disclose relevant progress starting from August 17, and .sns domain registrations are expected to resume in mid-September, with more details to be announced later. The official also reminded users to be cautious of fraudulent claim links and emphasized that SNS will not ask users to claim domains, sign transactions, or pay fees to receive new .sol domains.

The DeFi platform Solstice Finance has launched strcUSX on Solana, a structured product that allows DeFi users to earn dividend income and price risk exposure without tokenizing the STRC preferred stock of the Strategy.strcUSX splits the exposure into senior tokens and junior tokens, with the former targeting an annualized yield of 7% and the latter targeting an annualized yield of over 20%. If the price of STRC falls, junior token holders will bear the losses first. Users deposit Solstice's USX tokens into the treasury, which can be redeemed after a lock-up period of 7 days; if they exit immediately, a fee will be charged. Earnings are realized through changes in the token exchange rate and are not distributed in a separate allocation form.