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Odaily News: Hyperliquid co-founder Jeff Yan stated that the HyperCore manual borrowing feature has been launched on the testnet. Currently, all borrowing functions on the mainnet remain limited to portfolio margin mode. HyperEVM smart contracts can now access HyperCore lending and borrowing features via CoreWriter and read-only precompiled contracts.
Well-known crypto KOL Ansem published a post on pump.fun introducing Robinhood's on-chain DeFi protocol NetNet Capital. He stated that the NET token is backed by at least 1 USDG from the protocol's on-chain asset portfolio, and the protocol accumulates productive assets such as stablecoins and stocks through various mechanisms.
According to Bloomberg, China-based AI company Z.AI (Zhipu) confirmed on Wednesday that the mysterious AI model Ox Alpha, which has recently risen rapidly to the top of online usage charts, is a new iteration of its GLM series. Responding to a Bloomberg news inquiry, the company stated it would release the model weights for Ox Alpha tonight.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he has secured agreement from state and territory leaders, including Queensland which had previously opposed the proposal, to advance new regulations on energy use for AI data centers, targeting their implementation next year. Australia’s Federal Cabinet has agreed to set minimum requirements for data centers regarding their use of electricity, water, and land.
According to official statements, Lisk clarified that whether to migrate to Celo is entirely at the discretion of each project team based on their respective products, user base, and technical architecture, and is not mandatory. The Lisk Chain will shut down on October 31, 2026, and will remain operational and supported until that date.
A survey released by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that over 90% of corporate executives admitted when surveyed that AI has "not affected our company's employment" over the past three years; approximately 89% of executives stated that AI has "had absolutely no impact on productivity."
: According to official sources, OKX Flash Earn Lite will launch AEON "Staking Rewards" from August 31, 2026, 15:00 to September 5, 2026, 15:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users who participate by locking BTC, ETH, OKB, or AEON can share a total of 4,100,000 AEON airdrop rewards. Notably, ETH borrowed via flexible borrowing will not be counted toward the valid subscription amount.Users can start subscribing in advance from now on, with rewards calculated after the event officially begins. Participation is available via the event link or by tapping "Flash Earn" at the top of the Explore page in the OKX App.
Alloco was founded by a team with a quantitative background, and its core members bring over $1 billion in institutional asset management experience. The platform packages institutional-grade trading strategies into on-chain fund products, covering hedge fund strategies, thematic asset baskets, and tokenized Pre-IPO product lines. The inaugural product will be launched in the near term. Funds from this round will be allocated to product development, compliance framework establishment, and market expansion.
According to the official announcement, HTX has launched DJT/USDT, MKR/USDT, and XOM/USDT perpetual contracts on August 26, supporting 1x to 20x leverage for both long and short positions. Additionally, from today until September 1 at 15:00 (UTC+8), HTX is launching a New Token Futures Trading Competition. Participants who complete registration, trade the featured tokens in the futures market, and meet the required thresholds will have the chance to share the total prize pool of 1 billion $HTX tokens.
According to Chaoxiang Research, a Morgan Stanley report dated August 24 indicates that the total disclosed off-balance-sheet commitments from hyperscalers, NVIDIA, and Broadcom have surpassed $3.1 trillion. Lease commitments total $1.1 trillion and procurement commitments $1.7 trillion, while the combined on-balance-sheet debt and lease liabilities of hyperscalers reach $770 billion. Amazon and Google's free cash flow turned negative in Q2 2026, with Meta expected to follow suit next quarter. Financing instruments are restructuring the AI compute capital structure across six dimensions: off-balance-sheet lease and procurement commitments form the first financing layer; the share of debt issuance rises from 2% in 2025 to 19% in 2026; Google frees up $110 billion by reducing share buybacks and issuing equity; Oracle records $4.6 billion in customer advance payments in Q2; and Broadcom and NVIDIA launch chip-leasing SPVs to support unrated AI labs. Morgan Stanley notes that when the financing structure itself becomes a core variable in the AI supply chain, tracking changes in off-balance-sheet commitments and accounting judgments is nearing the importance of tracking chip shipments themselves.
According to Digital Asset, Hyperliquid launched the AQAv2 (Aligned Quote Asset v2) mechanism on August 26, allocating a portion of the returns generated by USDC reserves on the platform toward capital accumulation, which will ultimately be directed to the Assistance Fund for secondary market repurchases and burns of HYPE to reduce its circulating supply. Under this mechanism, Circle is responsible for USDC technical deployment, while Coinbase handles reserve management; stablecoin issuers are expected to share approximately 90% of the relevant reserve returns with the protocol after deducting operating costs. Returns are accumulated on a 30-day cycle, with the initial fund transfer expected on October 3. Market estimates indicate that, based on current USDC outstanding balances and yield rates, annualized returns could reach $135 million to $160 million, although the actual repurchase scale will ultimately depend on the platform's USDC supply and reserve yields.
Odaily News: As of August, cumulative top-ups on USDC- and USDT-linked stablecoin cards have reached $13.8 billion, an increase of nearly $10 billion over the past 12 months. Stablecoin cards are shifting USDC and USDT from trading balances toward everyday consumer use cases.USDC currently leads in tracked card spending, while USDT is accelerating its catch-up. The two follow different adoption paths: USDC benefits more from fintech integrations and payment infrastructure, whereas USDT is more active across exchanges, remittances, and emerging markets.On-chain settlement also reflects a multi-chain distribution, with Base leading at approximately $1.2 billion, followed by Solana at $635 million, Polygon at $544 million, and Optimism at $509 million. Networks such as Arbitrum, Scroll, Ethereum, and Stellar are also carrying significant activity.Stablecoin cards still rely on traditional payment networks like Visa and Mastercard, shifting the competitive focus toward custody, FX costs, cashback, and capital efficiency. Meanwhile, Circle has renewed its USDC partnership with Coinbase under the original terms, excluding any dividend arrangements. (Bitcoin.com News)
Qwen3.8-27B is now freely available on Token Harbor, accessible directly without credits. This 27B-parameter multimodal model supports approximately 1M context, natively supports text, image, and video understanding, and offers configurable thinking. Officially described as being specifically crafted for programming, research, and long-horizon agents, it allows developers to start building for free on the Token Harbor platform.
According to Chaoxiang Research, Morgan Stanley's August 24 report raised its revenue assumption per gigawatt (GW) of externally sold Google TPUs from $20 billion to $27 billion, increasing the gross margin assumption from 20% to 30%. Following these adjustments, TPU-related cloud revenue is projected to reach $84 billion and $108 billion in 2027 and 2028, respectively, marking increases of 35% and 37% over prior forecasts. Morgan Stanley maintains an Overweight rating on Alphabet with a price target of $400, implying 16% upside from the current share price. The upward revision draws support from recent media reports stating that Google has pledged to supply approximately one million TPUs (equivalent to roughly 1.3 GW), generating about $35 billion in revenue. Furthermore, Google's custom silicon agreement with Marvell validates TPU pricing above previous estimates. The firm anticipates Google Cloud will contribute approximately 50% of Alphabet's consolidated EBIT by 2028. Three primary catalysts underpin the potential for valuation re-rating: the rollout of Gemini 4, inference cost reductions through optimized models, and the market deployment of GenAI offerings. The target price reflects a forward P/E multiple of approximately 22x based on 2028 consensus earnings, commanding a premium of roughly 22% relative to the peer median.
Odaily News, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, Wintermute (0xecb...2b00) has reduced its short exposure on Hyperliquid from $212 million to $80.48 million since the last update. It still holds $80.48 million in short positions and $5.51 million in long positions. Its HYPE short exposure has increased from $5.6 million to $10.2 million, with an unrealized loss of $568,800.
Odaily News, August 26 - B.AI announced that its API is now fully compatible with the OpenAI Responses API. Developers only need to use a B.AI API Key to complete the Base URL configuration, allowing them to directly call GPT series models supported by B.AI within the Codex development environment, seamlessly integrating cutting-edge large model capabilities into their daily coding workflows. This means that whether it's code generation, logical understanding, intelligent debugging, architectural refactoring, or team development collaboration, developers can access real-time intelligent assistance from GPT series models in the Codex environment, comprehensively covering various scenario needs from individual development to team collaboration.B.AI remains committed to lowering the barrier to entry for top-tier AI capabilities, offering developers around the world an efficient and convenient programming assistance experience through more open ecosystem compatibility and more flexible invocation methods, helping developers better focus on creation itself.
According to Reuters, AI data center power infrastructure company Emerald AI announced the closing of its $150 million Series A funding round, valuing the company at $1.05 billion. Co-led by Energize Capital and DCVC, this round brings Emerald AI’s total funding raised past $220 million. Emerald AI is focused on transforming AI data centers into flexible grid resources, addressing one of the major bottlenecks hindering AI development: power supply. The newly raised capital will be used to expand global commercial deployments in partnership with AI companies, data center operators, and utilities.
According to Chaowang Research, Bernstein’s August 25 research report indicates that in four key scenarios—city patrol, warehouse palletizing, factory material handling and inspection, and last-mile delivery—the payback period for patrols has already dropped below two years. The payback periods for warehouse and factory scenarios are approximately 2.7 years in the U.S., while China’s factory scenario stands at 6.7 years. To reach the 2.5-year threshold for accelerated adoption, robot prices in China must fall by 30% to 50%, and in the U.S. by 5% to 40%. Bernstein projects that global annual shipments of humanoid robots will reach one million units by 2031, with these four scenarios contributing roughly 50%. Bernstein notes that, drawing on lessons from the electric vehicle and lithium-ion battery sectors, costs typically decline by 15% to 18% with each doubling of production volume, indicating that price will not pose a long-term barrier. The deployable market across these four scenarios amounts to approximately 10 million units in China and 1.2 million in the U.S. The report recommends tracking market leaders along three dimensions: actual commercial sales growth trajectories, performance enhancement trajectories, and the trend of moving closer to the center of the industrial ecosystem. Once payback periods dip below 2.5 years, procurement decisions will shift from “whether to try” to “why not buy.”
Odaily News: On August 24, consumers discovered that the "SKhynix Flagship Store" had posted a notice of business termination on its store homepage, with plans to voluntarily cease operations on September 9, 2026, and all products in the store have been removed. As of August 25, the store can no longer be directly searched on the Taobao platform. Public records show that this store previously primarily sold SK Hynix-branded consumer-grade solid-state drives, and its operating entity is listed as Tianjin Hailishi Technology Co., Ltd. According to Tianyancha, the company was registered in July 2020 with a registered capital of 1 million yuan, and its business scope covers technical services, electronic product sales, etc. Public business registration information does not currently indicate any equity, controlling, or direct affiliation relationship with SK Hynix headquarters or its China region.SK Hynix China told China Newsweek that after verification, the "SKhynix Flagship Store" is not directly operated by the company. As for the reasons for the store closure, the operation or authorization status of other related e-commerce stores, and warranty arrangements for historical orders, SK Hynix China stated that it is currently verifying information internally and with relevant parties, and no further information is available at this time.It is worth noting that this store closure incident has once again sparked speculation that SK Hynix is scaling back its consumer storage business. In January of this year, there were market rumors that SK Hynix planned to discontinue consumer storage products and exit the consumer DRAM and NAND business. On January 14, an SK Hynix representative publicly denied this, stating that the company "currently has no plans to explore or pursue an exit from its consumer products business." (China Newsweek)
Odaily News: According to an official announcement, Bitget stock contracts have listed DJT (Trump Media & Technology Group). These contracts are settled in USDT, support up to 20x leverage, and offer 7×24-hour trading. To date, Bitget supports a total of 291 stock perpetual contract instruments.