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According to Chaoxiang Research, a Bernstein report dated August 31, 2026, notes that Meta is poised to surpass Google Search for the first time in Q4 2026, becoming the world’s largest single ad platform. By mid-2024, market expectations for 2026 Google Search ad revenue growth were just 8%, but have since been revised upward to 16%, while Meta’s have increased from 12% to 26%. Year-over-year growth for the digital advertising basket in H1 2026 hit 21%, far exceeding the 6% recorded in 2022. AI is driving simultaneous growth in both ad pricing and impression volumes, a rare combination achieved by both Meta and Google Search. Yet, digital advertising equities have underperformed across the board this year, whereas e-commerce stocks have significantly outperformed. E-commerce firms have reaped the same AI-driven advertising tailwinds but at a fraction of the cost, sidestepping the massive AI capital expenditure burden and associated valuation discounts. Bernstein has assigned an Overweight rating to Meta, Pinterest, and Amazon, with respective target prices of $800, $28, and $320. Key risks include whether AI investments can sustain growth momentum and potential deceleration in the advertising market.
According to Bloomberg, venture capital firm 1789 Capital is leading a new funding round for prediction market platform Polymarket, with the round reaching a size of $1 billion and a post-money valuation of $21 billion. 1789 Capital plans to contribute approximately $300 million.
据官方公告，tZERO 集团与洲际交易所（ICE）于 2026年 8月 31 日宣布达成一系列合作协议，共同推进代币化证券市场建设。双方签署谅解备忘录（MOU），tZERO 将作为 ICE 旗下 NYSE 关联数字交易平台的首席设计合作伙伴，负责开发数字转移代理及经纪商-交易商基础设施，以支持代币化证券交易的链上结算。 ICE 同时宣布参与 tZERO 最新一轮融资，并获得 tZERO 区块链专利组合的授权许可，该专利组合涵盖 23 个专利族、103 项专利，覆盖合规转移逻辑、可升级智能合约框架等核心技术。此外，双方还将评估在 ICE 清算所中使用 tZERO 代币化资产进行抵押管理的可能性。
Odaily News - Investment firm Dragoneer Investment Group has raised approximately $1 billion for a new continuation fund, using its stakes in star assets such as OpenAI, SpaceX, Databricks, and wealth management firm Creative Planning as leverage. However, sources familiar with the matter revealed that Dragoneer's initial fundraising target was $2 billion, and it remains unclear which specific assets are included in the final $1 billion fund.It is understood that Dragoneer aims to hold some of its existing assets for a longer period through the continuation fund, thereby enhancing the fund's appeal to investors. This fundraising effort also reflects that, as the valuations of popular private tech companies like OpenAI and SpaceX continue to attract market attention, holding early-stage or private equity in these companies is becoming a key bargaining chip for asset management institutions in fundraising and asset restructuring. (Bloomberg)
Odaily News, according to Bitcoin News monitoring, OCEAN operator Mummolin Inc. and co-founder Luke Dashjr issued a joint statement on August 29, agreeing to part ways. Luke Dashjr resigned as OCEAN Chairman, Chief Technology Officer, and Director, and Mummolin bought back all of his equity. Neither party disclosed the transaction amount nor Luke Dashjr's previous shareholding ratio. Both parties stated that the split stemmed from differing visions regarding the future direction of Bitcoin mining.The BIP-110 dispute subsequently escalated into a split of the Bitcoin chain. BIP-110, also known as the "Data Carve-out Temp Soft Fork," aims to restrict the use of Bitcoin transactions to store non-financial data, including content related to Ordinals. Before the activation period began, only 51 out of 2,016 blocks supported the proposal, accounting for 2.53%, falling below the 55% threshold required for activation.On August 8, nodes enforcing BIP-110 split from the Bitcoin main chain by rejecting blocks that did not support the proposal. On that day, the minority chain only produced 2 blocks before halting; since then, the chain mined 6 more blocks, bringing the total to 8 blocks. The initial alternative chain blocks were mined by the Roughnecks mining organization using OCEAN infrastructure.On August 10, other Bitcoin developers removed Luke Dashjr from the editor list of the Bitcoin Improvement Proposal repository, citing his involvement in BIP-110 and its editorial process. Luke Dashjr disputed this and stated that day that he would temporarily leave OCEAN to focus on Bitcoin and open-source development.Luke Dashjr is currently advancing a new project called CONVOY, using the X account @CONVOY_Mining. This project will continue his push for the decentralization of Bitcoin mining, though its specific structure and launch arrangements have not yet been announced. The X account was created in August 2026 and currently has 0 posts and fewer than 500 followers.OCEAN was founded by Mummolin and co-founded by Luke Dashjr in 2023, and previously secured a $6.2 million seed round led by Jack Dorsey. OCEAN operates under a non-custodial model, with mining rewards paid directly to miners rather than being held and distributed by the pool. OCEAN also developed the DATUM protocol, designed to give individual miners greater control over the transactions included in blocks they participate in mining. OCEAN stated that it will continue operating its transparent non-custodial mining pool and the DATUM protocol after Luke Dashjr's departure. According to Mempool.space data, OCEAN is still mining on the Bitcoin main chain.The change proposed by Luke Dashjr altered the proof-of-work algorithm of the alternative chain to Blake2b, which went live on the new chain at approximately 3:00 AM EST on August 30, making it a hard fork of the Bitcoin main chain. The new chain continued from block 961,639, which was mined before the chain stalled, and reduced mining difficulty fr
Odaily News: Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) has applied to exempt trust-type stablecoins from mandatory tax filing requirements starting from fiscal year 2027, including trust reports itemizing beneficiary names and incomes, as well as calculation breakdowns. The agency stated that trust-type stablecoins circulate among a large number of users, with frequent and high-volume transactions, and holders cannot derive income from them.If approved by the legislature, the tax exemption could take effect on April 1, 2027, the start of Japan's fiscal year 2027. In July, Japan's parliament passed an amendment classifying crypto assets as financial assets under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA). (Cointelegraph)
According to on-chain analyst Willy Woo (@willywoo), approximately 5% of the global population currently holds BTC, surpassing the 4.5% who hold gold and the 4% who hold the S&P 500. Woo noted that if BTC adoption remains at 5%, it is merely a conventional financial asset; however, if it rises to 50%, it could enable a separation between currency and the state.
Odaily News: Fomo, a social crypto trading app built for Robinhood Chain and other networks, entered the top five finance apps in the U.S. on August 21, briefly climbing to No. 3 and surpassing Cash App and prediction market Kalshi. It currently ranks in the top 15.Founded by Paul Erlanger and Se Yong Park, Fomo launched its public beta in May 2025. In November 2025, it completed a $17 million Series A round led by Benchmark, with participation from 140 angel investors; this was followed by a $75 million Series B round, bringing total disclosed equity funding to approximately $94 million.Fomo supports Solana, Base, BNB Chain, Monad, and Robinhood Chain, allowing users to view real-time trades of people they follow, track leaderboards, and copy trading signals, with instant deposits funded via Apple Pay. Its cumulative installs on Google Play have surpassed 1 million, with over 600,000 users and more than $4 billion in trading volume. (Bitcoin.com News)
据《纽约时报》报道，美国 AI 初创公司 Together AI 宣布与沙特阿拉伯人工智能公司 Humain 达成合作协议。受美国国内数据中心建设阻力持续上升影响，Together AI 转而寻求海外算力资源，此次合作将获得 250 兆瓦电力供应及 12 万枚 AI 芯片，并以收入分成方式作为回报。Together AI 估值约 83 亿美元，主要为客户提供开源 AI 模型服务，预计该数据中心每年可带来 50 亿美元收入。
According to CNBC, Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England and Chairman of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), wrote to G20 finance ministers and central bank governors on August 31 to warn that frontier AI models are exhibiting increasingly sophisticated autonomy and threat capabilities, which could fundamentally alter the speed, scale, and economics of cyberattacks, potentially triggering disorderly adjustments across global financial markets. Bailey noted that highly concentrated third-party service providers will become critical nodes of systemic risk, emphasizing that most countries currently lack regulatory frameworks for the development and deployment of frontier AI. He also flagged vulnerabilities in sovereign debt markets, the growing trend of leverage in equity markets, and the overvaluation of AI-related assets, urging governments to accelerate the refinement of relevant safety mechanisms.
According to Business Insider, the federal government previously seized Anthropic shares held by FTX fraud case co-conspirators Caroline Ellison and Nishad Singh (valued at $10 million and $40 million, respectively) and sold them in 2025 to existing Anthropic investors. As Anthropic's valuation surged to $96.5 billion, the estimated value of these shares at the time of sale ranged from $250 million to $1.1 billion. However, there has been no record of the proceeds being transferred to the FTX bankruptcy liquidation account, leaving it unclear whether the funds will be used to compensate millions of FTX victims.
Odaily News - Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Simon Harris, has announced that the new state-supported savings and investment scheme will exclude crypto assets and derivatives. The initiative aims to encourage residents to channel bank deposits into traditional capital markets, with Irish household bank deposits standing at approximately $197 billion, and cash accounting for around 38% of financial assets.The scheme is open to tax-resident individuals aged 18 and over, allowing them to hold exchange-traded funds, listed company shares, and corporate bonds under a simplified tax regime, replacing the 33% capital gains tax and 41% fund exit tax with a fixed annual fee above the tax-free threshold. Specific operational details are expected to be published in October, with accounts slated to launch in 2027.Ireland's Department of Finance has issued a national anti-money laundering strategy running through 2030. Under the new rules, starting in 2027, regulated service providers must verify ownership of external wallets when processing transfers exceeding $1,150 from non-custodial wallets, and use automated controls to identify transfers with incomplete transaction information. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to Chaoxiang Research, Goldman Sachs' August 25, 2026 research report indicates that the internet sector rose 9% overall in the second quarter, underperforming the S&P 500's 11% gain. AWS reported year-over-year revenue growth of 37% in Q2, with its operating margin hitting an all-time high of 39%; Google Cloud revenue grew 81% year over year, with the combined backlog of the two cloud providers exceeding $1 trillion. Digital consumption remains broadly resilient, but consumer divergence is intensifying; high-income consumers show no sign of reducing their spending appetite, while low-income consumers are becoming increasingly cautious. Goldman Sachs will host the Communacopia Technology Conference in San Francisco from September 8 to 11, with 40 companies including OpenAI, Google Cloud, SpaceX, and Uber set to attend. Goldman Sachs notes that market patience for AI returns is waning, and whether management can clearly address the "when, how much, and what return" questions regarding AI investments will become the key driver of valuation divergence. Three major themes will dominate the conference discussions: the pace of AI spending and return curves, the resilience of digital consumption, and the balancing act between investment and profitability.
Odaily News: Ahead of SoftBank-backed SB Energy's planned IPO, the company offered OpenAI a substantial incentive to secure the AI firm as a tenant for its data centers. According to IPO draft documents, OpenAI has obtained warrants valued at approximately $5.5 billion from SB Energy, following OpenAI's prior investment in the company.SB Energy is expected to publicly file its IPO documents as early as this week. The company is working with bankers and could launch its IPO as soon as next month, targeting a fundraising amount of $5 billion to $7 billion. Currently, SB Energy's data center client base consists of companies that are also its investors. The documents show that SoftBank and OpenAI plan to become tenants in three of SB Energy's data centers. A fourth data center in Schleicher County, Texas, with an installed capacity of 900 megawatts, has yet to secure a client. (The Wall Street Journal)
Odaily News – Enterprise software company Strategy holds 840,400 BTC valued at approximately $66.4 billion. Based on a Bitcoin price of roughly $79,007, this represents an increase of about 4.4% from the average purchase cost of $75,653, with paper profits exceeding $2.8 billion.Michael Saylor posted a holdings chart on Sunday with the caption "We're Back." Strategy has not added to its Bitcoin position for about two months and typically discloses weekly purchases on Monday mornings; this post did not indicate whether a purchase is imminent.Strategy recently raised $334 million by selling MSTR stock without touching its Bitcoin holdings; in recent months, it has also sold small amounts of Bitcoin to pay preferred stock dividends and fund share buybacks. (Decrypt)
Odaily News Cryptoquant founder and CEO Ki Young Ju stated that the peak of Bitcoin's current bull market cycle may be driven by institutional capital outside the United States and ETF demand. He pointed out that deeper stablecoin liquidity and tokenized asset infrastructure will expand global market participation.Ki Young Ju cited South Korea as an example, noting that the country currently has no spot Bitcoin ETFs, retail investors cannot purchase overseas-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs, and most companies are unable to open trading accounts to buy BTC. South Korea has gradually opened up corporate participation in phases, with the Financial Services Commission (FSC) roadmap covering approximately 3,500 listed companies and qualified professional investors, but financial institutions and other businesses remain excluded.Strategy's Bitcoin bank adoption index evaluated 25 major institutions covering trading, custody, digital asset products, financing, and corporate participation, with an overall adoption rate of 32%. As of August 29, RWA.xyz data shows that the distributed asset value of global tokenized assets is $38.63 billion, up 2.65% from 30 days ago.The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) stated that stablecoins have the potential to enable faster, programmable payments, but current designs may pose financial integrity, liquidity, and monetary risks. Ki Young Ju pointed out that U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded cumulative net inflows of approximately $57 billion in the first two years since launch, and the next phase will be global institutionalization, with more institutions adopting BTC as a strategic asset, and countries lacking ETFs will also improve relevant investment channels. (Bitcoin.com News)
The company plans to raise $12.5 million through an initial offering of perpetual preferred securities. The proceeds will fund an AI treasury, a Bitcoin treasury, and a U.S. dollar reserve covering approximately 18 months of preferred stock dividends. The company stated that the final offering size, dividend rate, and timing remain to be determined.
According to Crowdfund Insider, the Ethena Foundation has announced a series of adjustments to mitigate selling pressure from early investor unlocks. The foundation has completed over-the-counter buybacks of the remaining locked ENA tokens held by certain large seed round investors and agreed with major investors to terminate their remaining vesting schedules early. Starting October 5, no investor tokens will remain subject to lock-up, while team tokens will maintain their original lock-up and vesting terms.
Odaily News: Digital asset infrastructure company BitGo has announced the completion of its acquisition of NYDIG's institutional trading business. The transaction employs a two-step merger structure, with total consideration of approximately $42.5 million, including $7 million in cash and approximately $35.5 million in BitGo stock.The business brings approximately 30 NYDIG employees and institutional client relationships into BitGo, offering derivatives, structured products, financing, and capital markets solutions to asset management firms, hedge funds, corporations, and family offices.The transaction also includes performance-based incentive provisions, including a $10 million cash payment tied to a revenue milestone, up to $5 million in cash and additional shares tied to a second milestone, as well as retention incentives for transferred employees.NYDIG will focus on power generation, Bitcoin mining, and high-performance computing data center operations, with the company disclosing a development pipeline exceeding 3 gigawatts. BitGo recently completed its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, with a post-issuance valuation of approximately $2 billion, and launched the USDS token. (Decrypt)
“白毛股神”Serenity 发文质疑 Sivers Photonics（SIVE）发展策略，表示其目前仍将大量精力放在瑞典本土市场的沟通和私募融资上，而不是美国市场，这一策略“令人难以理解”。Serenity 认为，瑞典投资者在交流中更关注“如何止血”“为何不能披露私人客户”“为何专注于收发器”等问题，导致约三分之一的电话会议时间都在解释业务管线和措辞，而非讨论未来增长空间。