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According to Bitcoin Magazine, Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart stated in a video interview with Bitcoin Magazine that trillions of dollars in advisory wealth are currently on the sidelines, and a slight increase in allocation could bring substantial new demand for Bitcoin ETFs. He mentioned that the daily inflow of funds into Bitcoin ETFs once approached $1 billion.James Seyffart pointed out that strict rules from large brokerages like Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan are still limiting financial advisors from purchasing Bitcoin ETFs for their clients, with the target allocation being too low as the main constraint. Many advisors have previously chosen to wait for the bear market to end before entering the market. He emphasized that approximately $30 trillion to $40 trillion in advisory wealth is a long-overlooked data point.He also discussed the cost benchmarks for Bitcoin ETFs, whether ETF fund flows can truly drive Bitcoin prices, who is selling between spot holders and ETF investors, the closing of hedge fund Bitcoin basis trades, and whether Bitcoin ETFs are expected to surpass gold ETFs. He believes the impact of the four-year cycle is diminishing, and Bitcoin is increasingly viewed as a risk asset.

The 2026 Wealth Survey by U.S. Bank shows that the average American Generation Z starts accumulating wealth at 19 years old, significantly earlier than previous generations. The survey covered 5,000 American adults aged 18 and older. Generation Z consciously begins to build wealth on average at 19, including investing, saving for retirement, or long-term savings, which is 6 years earlier than the average age of 25 for Millennials, 10 years earlier than 29 for Generation X, and 13 years earlier than 32 for Baby Boomers.Despite starting earlier, 56% of Generation Z believe they are doing everything right but have not achieved their expected financial situation, 62% report difficulty in making financial progress, and 49% have paused or plan to pause their investments. 62% of Generation Z and 61% of Millennials believe that the stock market is a more realistic path to wealth than buying a home, with the percentages for Generation X and Baby Boomers being 51% and 45%, respectively. About 47% of Generation Z obtain financial information through social media, and nearly half of young people are more interested in emerging options like cryptocurrency, but most still believe that traditional investments are the best way to achieve long-term goals. About 70% of parents have provided or plan to provide assistance for their children's significant milestones.

According to the official announcement, Bitget has launched the ETF Wealth Management Zone, featuring five selected US stock ETFs in its first phase: SPY (S&P 500 ETF), IWM (Russell 2000 ETF), TLT (US Long-Term Treasury ETF), EWY (Korean Market ETF), and SOXX (Semiconductor ETF), covering themes such as broad US stocks, US dollar long bonds, and core technology.Through this zone, users can invest in a basket of assets without having to select individual stocks, allowing for a one-stop layout of global core assets and popular sectors. Additionally, the ETF assets (rToken) in the zone support flexible trading 24/7 and can be used as collateral, further enhancing capital efficiency.Currently, the zone page has intuitively integrated core data such as the yield, historical dividends, and holdings composition of each ETF. Users can visit the Bitget App and enter through "Wealth Management Overview → RWA → ETF Wealth Management" to experience it.

According to CNBC, Binance has opened its Capital Connect platform to wealthy individual investors for the first time, allowing them to compare and invest in professional strategies, which was previously limited to institutional investors. Users must meet financial requirements, including holding at least 1 million dollars in assets.Catherine Chen, head of Binance VIP and institutional business, stated that individual investors are eager to gain access to Capital Connect, which is a response to demand. The platform is built on Binance's Portfolio Account infrastructure, handling management fees, performance fees, and risk metrics, with the trading team responsible for investment strategies, similar to independent managed accounts in traditional finance.As of September, Capital Connect has 212 portfolios from 77 professional trading teams. The platform initially offered only cryptocurrency strategies, but more trading teams have incorporated traditional financial instruments into their strategies.

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has launched a wealth management service, providing users access to 11 U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that focus on short-term U.S. Treasury bonds and investment-grade bonds. The new Binance Earn product categorizes the ETFs into three types based on investment duration (ranging from less than six months to over a year): cash management, stable income, and enhanced yield.Users can browse available ETFs and place orders through Binance Earn, with the purchasing process completed via the exchange's stock trading service. Binance states that investors can receive economic benefits from the stocks, including price fluctuations and cash dividends. Unlike tokenized stocks, users purchase actual ETF shares through this service. Binance provides the interface, while Nest Trading routes orders to Alpaca Securities for trade execution and securities custody.This wealth management service is Binance's latest initiative to expand its traditional financial business. Earlier this month, the exchange added physical delivery options for over 1,000 U.S. stocks and ETFs, with its existing stock products already covering more than 7,000 stocks and ETFs. A survey by PwC last year showed that over 80% of respondents believe tokenization will enhance the global coverage and 24/7 accessibility of the ETF market within the next three years.

According to Wealth Management, AI wealth management company Savvy Wealth announced the completion of a $100 million Series C financing, with a valuation rising to $600 million. Halo Fund led the investment, with existing investors such as Thrive Capital, Industry Ventures, and Index Ventures participating. So far, its total financing has exceeded $200 million.Savvy Wealth's AI wealth management platform, Savvy Intelligence, utilizes large language models from OpenAI and Anthropic to train AI agents, supporting the integration of investment, tax, and financial planning data, and simplifying the wealth management process through AI. The new funds will primarily be used to expand the development of software products aimed at wealth advisors.

Bitget launches a VIP exclusive ETH financial management event, running from August 30 to September 4, targeting VIP users who participated in TMX PoolX from August 25, 20:00 to August 30, 20:00 (UTC+8).Relevant users can go to the "Easy Coin Earning" section to participate in designated ETH products, earning an additional 2% APR. The combined APR can reach up to 4.5% after adding the base earnings. Users do not need to register; eligibility for the event is automatically verified by the system, and specific parameters and actual earnings are subject to what is displayed on the Bitget page.

According to Forbes, thanks to early investments in tech companies like OpenAI and SpaceX, potential buyer of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers, Josh Kushner, has seen his wealth grow nearly threefold this year, and the assets of his firm Thrive Capital have also nearly doubled due to bets on the artificial intelligence wave. As the founder of Thrive Capital, Josh Kushner previously earned substantial returns by investing in companies such as Instagram, Spotify, and OpenAI, and has become one of Silicon Valley's most successful venture capitalists in recent years.In recent months, Josh Kushner has frequently appeared at core events in the tech and capital circles. As the investment frenzy in artificial intelligence continues, venture capital firms that own core AI assets like OpenAI and SpaceX are becoming one of the biggest beneficiaries.It is reported that Josh Kushner is currently preparing to acquire the Los Angeles Lakers with former Disney CEO Bob Iger, with the deal valued at $1.25 billion. If completed, it will become one of the most notable capital operations in the history of professional sports in North America.

According to the Financial Times, the artificial intelligence boom is giving rise to a new class of super-rich individuals. This new wealthy class is keen on purchasing highly personalized luxury items such as private jets, yachts, and cars, and they are starting to use cryptocurrencies for payments.The report points out that the rapid accumulation of wealth related to AI is driving changes in the high-end consumer market, with cryptocurrencies appearing as a payment method in scenarios such as private aviation, yacht customization, and luxury car transactions, reflecting the practical application of digital assets among ultra-high-net-worth individuals.

Founder of Strategy, Michael Saylor, stated that Bitcoin integrates computers, digital networks, and cryptography to create the first currency network in human history designed in a digital manner. It completely dematerializes monetary assets, with supply controlled by public protocols rather than decisions, transforming economic value into information that can be securely transmitted across global communication networks.Compared to gold, Bitcoin is harder to inflate, easier to integrate with software, faster in transmission, and every participant has the incentive to maintain network security. The proof-of-work mechanism anchors it in the physical world, making the cost of tampering with history high by consuming real energy for ledger security, attracting miners, energy providers, and investors to collaboratively build a defense system. Bitcoin is digital gold, but understanding it as digital currency is more fitting.The Bitcoin network is not static software; it is an adaptive system composed of miners, nodes, developers, capital, and users. Bitcoin deliberately maintains functional simplicity, focusing solely on maintaining a secure and reliable ledger of scarce digital assets, leaving complexity to higher-level applications.This layered design of underlying integrity and upper-level functionality allows it to serve as a foundation for transmitting monetary energy across time and space while supporting continuous innovation in payments, credit, and financial services.The more profound impact is that Bitcoin creates a new form of digital sovereignty: private keys empower individuals to control economic energy without permission, with ownership verified by mathematics rather than institutions. Companies, banks, trusts, and applications can build a complete economic system around it, and social networks can introduce real costs and responsibilities into the digital space.Gold monetized physical scarcity, while Bitcoin monetizes digital scarcity. It is not merely a payment tool but an engineering solution to humanity's problems of energy preservation and guidance—currency is energy, and Bitcoin is the currency energy of the digital age.

According to The Block, K33 research director Vetle Lunde stated that by the end of the first half of 2026, the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund's indirect Bitcoin exposure through holdings in companies such as Strategy, Metaplanet, MARA, Coinbase, Block, and Tesla has risen to 11,549 BTC, a record high valued at approximately $725 million. This exposure grew by 21.2% in the first half of the year and by 60.5% over the past year, marking the sixth consecutive reporting period of increase.Among these, Strategy accounts for nearly 86% of the fund's indirect Bitcoin exposure, corresponding to approximately 9,914 BTC. As of June 30, the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund held about 1.17% of Strategy's shares, valued at $357.3 million at that time. Metaplanet corresponds to 671 BTC, MARA corresponds to 421 BTC, and Coinbase, Block, and Tesla correspond to 183 BTC, 120 BTC, and 97 BTC, respectively.K33 pointed out that this exposure is likely not the result of the fund actively allocating to Bitcoin, but rather an indirect effect of its broadly diversified investment portfolio. Currently, the related Bitcoin exposure accounts for about 0.03% of the fund's total assets.In addition, the fund has also gained indirect ETH exposure through the Ethereum treasury company BitMine for the first time. As of June 30, it held 6.15 million shares of BitMine, valued at $88.3 million, accounting for about 1.16% of the company's shares; based on BitMine's current ETH holdings, this corresponds to an indirect exposure of approximately 67,340 ETH.

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 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.

As of June 30, the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund holds 0.05% of SpaceX shares, valued at $1.22 billion.

According to Forbes' real-time billionaire rankings, Justin Sun surpassed Wang Jianlin with an asset worth $8.5 billion compared to Wang's $4.4 billion.In response, Justin Sun stated, "There are no waves, only awakenings. Wang Jianlin was once the god of versions, just as I was an unbelievable young person. The cruelest part of version updates is that those at the peak are always the last to notice.So if today a young person tells me something I don't understand, or even something I want to mock, I find it hard to have the same confidence as Wang Sicong. I would serve him a cup of tea and listen to him talk about his world. Because arrogance is always the first asset to be liquidated. We can never predict the future, but believing in young people is always right."In 2019, after Justin Sun purchased a charity lunch with Buffett for about 31.54 million yuan, Wang Sicong shared related articles on his social media with a mocking caption.

According to Jinshi reports, U.S. President Trump stated that tariffs have made America wealthy.

According to Bloomberg, the South Korean government plans to inject 20 trillion won (approximately 13.9 billion USD) into the sovereign wealth fund Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), specifically for strategic investments in artificial intelligence, data centers, and infrastructure.

Bitwise CEO posted on the X platform that one of the world's largest wealth management companies has opened the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF BSOL to its advisors and clients.