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According to South Korean media outlet Digital Asset, the Seoul Central District Court ruled on August 27 that Bithumb won an unjust enrichment restitution lawsuit against a user, ordering them to return the proceeds from the sale of mistakenly sent Bitcoin. The case involves approximately 194 million KRW and is one of four independent lawsuits filed by Bithumb following a February BTC mis-issuance incident this year; the amounts involved in the remaining cases are approximately 500 million KRW, 14.8 million KRW, and 5 million KRW, respectively. Previously, Bithumb had mistakenly distributed 620,000 BTC to users as part of an activity reward program and subsequently launched a recovery initiative. In March, the exchange reported to the National Assembly that nearly 99% of the remaining unrecovered 1,788 BTC had been successfully reclaimed. The first ruling, which affirms the exchange's right to recover proceeds from the sale of mistakenly issued assets, may increase the likelihood of Bithumb prevailing in the other three cases.
Bitcoin multisig hardware wallet Frostsnap has released version v0.4.0, fixing two security issues with no user fund losses detected so far. First, a malicious signing request could mark a certain output as belonging to the user's wallet. The device did not verify this claim and would not display it on the confirmation screen, potentially allowing funds to be transferred to an address the user had never seen. Second, change addresses could fall outside the wallet's recovery scan range, causing funds to appear missing after backup restoration, although the relevant funds actually remained in the wallet. After the update, the app will prompt users to upgrade their device firmware and adds firmware downgrade protection. The Frostsnap team recommends that users update the app and firmware as soon as possible.
According to an announcement by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), fraudsters are frequently impersonating government agencies, banks, investment firms, utility companies, or technical support personnel to lure victims into transferring funds via cryptocurrency ATMs, gift cards, unknown apps, or courier deliveries, exploiting the irreversible nature of transactions and the difficulty of tracing address ownership to carry out scams. Data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) shows that reported losses involving cryptocurrency ATMs in 2025 exceeded $388 million, up 58% from the previous year, with actual losses likely higher due to underreporting. The CFTC states that legitimate government agencies, financial institutions, and businesses will not require users to transfer assets via cryptocurrency ATMs, gift cards, or courier services. If parties urge action on the grounds that "your account or identity faces an urgent risk," demand secrecy, request remote access to devices, or instruct transfers to designated wallet addresses or via QR codes, these should be treated as high-risk red flags. Regulators advise users to halt transactions, independently verify information through official channels, and promptly report suspected fraud to the CFTC or the FBI IC3.
Bybit today added a Pre-IPO pre-market perpetual contract for Shein (SHEINUSDT), supporting up to 10x leverage. Users can trade its valuation ahead of Shein's official listing.
Odaily News With the La Liga season progressing, event market-related trading remains open. The next round of matches kicks off on August 28 at 02:30 (UTC+8) and 03:00 (UTC+8). Celta Vigo will face Osasuna, with current support rates of 49% and 23%, respectively, and a draw support rate of 29%. Following that, Barcelona will take on Athletic Bilbao, with current support rates of 79% and 8%, respectively, and a draw support rate of 15%.The second phase of the Gate Event Points campaign is now officially live, with a total prize pool of $16,960, including a points pool of $13,521 and a lucky jackpot pool of $10,552. As of now, the Top 1 on the points leaderboard is expected to receive 5,088 USDT. Users can enter the Gate App (v8.32 or above), complete valid event contract trades, and earn scratch cards based on cumulative trading volume. In regular markets, users earn 1 scratch card for every 20 USDT of cumulative trading volume, while in designated events marked with a "2x" badge, users earn 1 scratch card for every 10 USDT of cumulative trading volume. Users have the chance to win USDT, event points, trial vouchers, and more. They can also trigger a super lucky prize, earning 88,888 PTS points and sharing the lucky jackpot pool. Additionally, the top 100 users on the weekly leaderboard can share the points pool.Furthermore, Gate is offering a limited-time "Big Five Leagues Kickoff Carnival" prediction event from August 12, 16:00 to August 31, 16:00 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of up to 200,000 USDT. During the event, users who participate in designated football event trading can receive a 10 USDT prediction trial voucher. If users predict a loss for a top-tier club in their opening match, they can receive up to 100 USDT in downside compensation. As an official sponsor of Inter Milan, Gate will select 10 lucky users to receive co-branded jerseys. Users who rank in the top 100 of the cumulative trading volume leaderboard can share a 50,000 USDT prize pool.
According to a video released by Franklin Templeton Digital Assets, its Chief Investment Officer for Crypto Seth Ginns stated that institutional investors are focusing on the convergence trend between traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi).
According to Chaoxiang Research, a Morgan Stanley report dated August 25 noted that the internet sector declined by an average of 2% last week, with Meta down approximately 7%, Amazon down roughly 2%, and Google virtually flat. Current forward P/E ratios for 2026 stand at 19x for Amazon, 17x for Google, and 17x for Meta, reflecting discounts of 36%, a premium of 36%, and a discount of 24% relative to historical averages, respectively. On an EV/EBITDA basis, Amazon at 11.2x represents a 12% discount to its two-year average, Google at 15.1x implies an 8% premium, and Meta at 8.7x reflects a 30% discount. Morgan Stanley maintains an "Attractive" rating on the internet sector, highlighting that AI capabilities are emerging as a core variable driving valuation divergence. The sector's overall forward EV/EBITDA is 9% below the five-year average, while EV/Sales is 16% above it, underscoring a divergence between revenue and profit multiples. After reclassifying stock-based compensation as a cash expense, the adjusted EV/EBITDA for digital media rises by approximately 36% on average, e-commerce by 30%, and travel and the sharing economy by 44%. Upcoming catalysts include the launch of Google's Gemini 4, stabilization of Amazon Web Services (AWS) growth, progress in Meta's AI ad monetization, and shifts in the interest rate environment.
据《福布斯》报道，机器人软件公司 OpenMind 发布的“物理 AI 准备指数”显示，若完全不采用中国供应商，目前制造成本约为 4.6 万美元 的人形机器人，成本或升至约 13.1 万美元。报告在 58 个国家中将中国列为第一，得分 82.9，日本和美国分别以 69.6、69.0 位居第二、第三。 报告指出，美国在算力和人才方面领先，但材料与供应链得分仅 48.5，显著低于中国的 95；稀土永磁体、精密减速器、滚柱丝杠和无框力矩电机等关键部件是主要瓶颈。与此同时，美国 FCC 对外国制造先进机器人的限制，可能在短期内进一步抬升本土厂商成本并放缓机器人部署。
According to Bitcoin.com, Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of Strategy (MSTR), introduced the concept of "Bitcoin Reformation" in a published article, arguing that Bitcoin should move beyond dogmatic interpretations of early tenets such as Satoshi Nakamoto, the whitepaper, and the "must self-custody" principle, and further integrate into banking, exchanges, corporate sectors, securities markets, and government systems. Saylor stated that while self-custody remains an essential right allowing holders to freely opt out of intermediary systems, it should not be imposed as a mandatory obligation on everyone; users can also evaluate institutional services based on criteria such as custody segregation, collateral, audits, insurance, and withdrawal rights. He believes that Bitcoin has gradually evolved from a peer-to-peer electronic cash system and "digital gold" into "digital capital" capable of supporting credit, equity, currency, and machine economies.
According to Chaoxiang Research, Morgan Stanley's August 25 research report indicated that Semtech's Q2 data center revenue reached $100 million, up 39% quarter-over-quarter and 91% year-over-year, marking a record high. Growth was primarily driven by the sustained strength of the 800G FiberEdge and faster-than-expected qualification of the 1.6T FiberEdge. The 1.6T FiberEdge and CopperEdge are projected to account for over 50% of data center revenue in Q3. The Q3 data center revenue guidance reflects a 45% quarter-over-quarter increase and a 160% year-over-year increase, reaching $145 million. The LoRa business also recorded record revenue of $58 million in Q2, up 31% quarter-over-quarter and 58% year-over-year, with an additional 15% increase expected in Q3. Morgan Stanley raised its price target from $175 to $195 while maintaining a Neutral rating, based on 34.5x non-GAAP EPS of $5.66. Revenue forecasts for FY2027 and FY2028 have been raised to $1.529 billion and $1.895 billion, respectively, with gross margins upgraded to 56.9% and 62.7%, and EPS increased to $3.69 and $5.65. In Q4, ACC (active copper cable) is slated for mass deployment at major hyperscale customers, creating a synergistic effect alongside 800G and 1.6T solutions. The company has announced the divestiture of its module business, which is expected to drive structural improvements in gross margin and operating margin. As disclosed in this research report
According to The Block, StarkWare announced it has successfully executed the first post-quantum Bitcoin transaction. Avihu Levy, Head of Applications, used a "signature grinding" approach to repeatedly generate millions of candidate signatures before the transaction entered the Bitcoin mempool, thereby avoiding the exposure of mathematical data related to public keys that could be exploited by future quantum computers to forge signatures. This method incurs significant computational costs, with a single transaction potentially taking several hours. Because the transaction format is unrecognized by standard Bitcoin nodes, it bypassed the public mempool and was submitted directly to miners for inclusion via MARA’s Slipstream service. StarkWare noted that while this technique can serve as a transitional safeguard, Bitcoin will still require protocol-level upgrades or a hard fork to systematically mitigate quantum computing threats.
Odaily News: Ledger Chief Technology Officer Charles Guillemet stated that a smart contract security company recently claimed to have discovered a vulnerability in the Ledger Ethereum app. The Ledger Ethereum app did previously contain a vulnerability related to certain Clear Signing processes, but it was identified by Ledger's in-house security research team, Donjon, using an AI-driven vulnerability research tool, and was fixed and deployed two weeks ago. The security company in question only contacted Ledger's bug bounty program after the fix had already been completed, failing to follow responsible disclosure procedures and without communicating with the bug bounty team, then published content implying that the issue remained unresolved. Guillemet stated that users who promptly update their Ledger device firmware, Ledger apps, and related software will receive the latest security fixes.
Bitget has added two new stock spot rTokens: rDJT (Trump Media & Technology Group) and rPURR (Hyperliquid Strategies). As of now, the Bitget platform supports a total of 695 rTokens. Identified by an "r" prefix followed by the stock ticker (e.g., rNVDA for Nvidia), rTokens are issued by Reality, a licensed RWA protocol under Bitget. Through a partnership with the regulated brokerage Alpaca, they connect directly to global liquidity pools including Nasdaq and the NYSE. Key features include underlying assets backed 1:1 and held by licensed custodians, stock dividends distributed 1:1 in token form, synchronous mapping of corporate actions (such as stock splits and consolidations), and the eligibility of holdings to serve as joint margin for unified accounts and USDT-margined contracts, enabling users to hold global stock assets while maintaining flexible fund management.
According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korean crypto asset custodian BDACS will partner with Devall Company, the operator of the accounts receivable management service "Cheonggus," to build a stablecoin-based B2B cross-border payment and settlement infrastructure. The initiative will enable exporting companies to send invoices through Cheonggus, allowing overseas buyers to settle using stablecoins such as USDT and USDC. BDACS will subsequently handle asset custody and convert the funds into Korean won for settlement. Both parties also plan to explore integrating payment and settlement data into enterprise ERP systems to automate accounting processes.
According to TechCrunch, Amazon and NVIDIA have announced an expansion of their partnership, with AWS planning to deploy an additional 2 million NVIDIA GPUs between 2027 and 2028. The deployment will cover Blackwell Ultra, Rubin, and Rubin Ultra to meet the rapidly growing compute demand from startups, AI labs, enterprises, and government clients. This comes just five months after Amazon previously committed to deploying over 1 million NVIDIA GPUs. Neither party disclosed the transaction amount, but based on per-unit GPU pricing, the order is estimated to be worth tens of billions of U.S. dollars. Beyond chip procurement, AWS will also integrate NVIDIA’s networking, CPUs, open-source models, and physical AI and robotics stacks, including Omniverse and Isaac.
According to Yonhap News Agency, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang stated on the fiscal year 2027 second-quarter earnings call that the custom AI chips developed by OpenAI and Anthropic are "completely different" from NVIDIA's products. He noted that most custom chip projects are primarily focused on AI inference workloads, whereas NVIDIA provides a complete AI computing platform that can be deployed across multiple cloud environments. NVIDIA has previously invested in both OpenAI and Anthropic; Huang expects both companies to continue serving as both customers and partners of NVIDIA over the long term, and he expressed "100 percent confidence" in the competitiveness of NVIDIA's technology regarding performance and cost.
According to The Defiant, the Core Lightning (CLN) maintainers for the Bitcoin Lightning Network have notified node operators that if they are unable to upgrade to the upcoming patched version, they should run their nodes offline using the --offline parameter. The team stated it will release binaries containing fixes for multiple disclosed vulnerabilities, but specific vulnerability details will remain confidential for two more weeks; as of press time, the relevant binaries and security advisory have not been published. CLN had previously noted that it received several AI-generated CVE reports over the past ten days, and the team is working with open-source contributors to verify, classify, and patch them. The latest public release is v26.06.6, issued on July 22, and the v26.09 release, originally slated for late September, continues to proceed as planned.
July U.S. PCE price index shows inflation remains sticky, with markets raising the probability of a September Fed rate hike; Iran announces a revenue-sharing agreement with Oman on Strait of Hormuz transit fees, while Russian media discloses plans to escalate strikes against Ukraine.
Zhipu announced the launch and open-source release of the GLM-5.3-Flash model. The year-over-year rate of the US July PCE price index reached 3.7%, exceeding expectations, while expectations for Federal Reserve rate hikes intensified; Nvidia disclosed 70% growth guidance for fiscal year 2028, boosting its after-hours stock price.
NVIDIA's Chief Financial Officer released earnings guidance, projecting approximately 70% year-over-year revenue growth for the company in fiscal year 2028. This forecast provides the market with a clear reference for long-term financial expectations.