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02:36

Grayscale: AI to Drive Zcash Adoption as Shielded Pool Holdings Hit 30%

According to Grayscale Head of Research Zach Pandl on Aug. 31, artificial intelligence will strengthen demand for Zcash privacy features, with the firm's latest Stack commentary predicting a third wave of financial privacy attention. Shielded pool adoption has grown significantly, with approximately 30% of ZEC now held in privacy pools compared to roughly 8% in earlier years. Grayscale's Zcash ETF began trading on NYSE Arca under the ticker ZCSH on Aug. 25, providing spot ZEC exposure through an
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02:33

Multiple Meme Tokens Hit Record Highs on Robinhood Chain; PONS Reaches $400M Market Cap, BONER Surges 407%

According to GMGN data cited by BlockBeats on September 1, multiple Meme tokens on Robinhood Chain hit record highs as on-chain capital rotated between established and newly volatile assets. PONS continued to surge, with its market cap breaking through $400 million (24-hour gain: 29.5%, trading volume: $75.2M). AI also rallied, market cap surpassing $162 million with an 81% daily gain. BONER, a newly launched Meme token on the chain, saw its market cap briefly touch $89.3 million, up 407.4% in 2
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02:31

Retail Investors Pour 2.15 Trillion Won Into KOSDAQ in August as Preferences Shift From Semiconductors

According to Korea Exchange data released on September 1, retail investors conducted net purchases of 2.15 trillion won on KOSDAQ in August, a sharp reversal from their net selling of 333.5 billion won in July. Foreign investors and institutions net sold 1.84 trillion won and 364.7 billion won respectively during the same period. KOSDAQ's index rose approximately 16% from 719.76 at end-July to 834.29 at end-August, significantly outpacing KOSPI's 3.4% gain from 6,595.45 to 6,820.02. Retail inves
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02:31

Adobe Expands Saudi Arabia Partnership, Offers $4B Free AI Tools to 27 Million Users

According to Reuters, Adobe expanded its partnership with Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and Humain, a Saudi AI company backed by the kingdom's sovereign wealth fund, on August 31. The partnership will provide more than 27 million eligible Saudi citizens and residents 12 months of free access to Adobe Firefly Standard and Adobe Express Premium. Adobe valued the commitment at more than $4 billion, with access set to begin rolling out by year-end 2026. The off
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02:30

Bitget's King of Crypto Games Invitational Launches With Over 1,027 Teams on August 26

According to Odaily, Bitget's King of Crypto Games Invitational (KCGI) has assembled over 1,027 teams with 27,958 total participants since opening registration on August 26. The upgraded tournament features three trading tracks—crypto derivatives, traditional finance derivatives, and tokenized stocks (rToken)—under a unified leaderboard and 3 million USDT prize pool. Registration closes September 22.
02:30

Nikkei 225 Falls 0.91% to 65,706 on September 1 Amid Middle East Escalation

According to Yonhapnews, Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.91% to 65,706.27 on the morning of September 1 as Middle East tensions reignited. The decline followed renewed military exchanges between the U.S. and Iran overnight: the U.S. military conducted airstrikes on Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) rocket launcher positions on Laraki Island on August 30, and Iran subsequently launched retaliatory strikes against U.S. bases in Jordan and the UAE. In tandem, crude oil prices surged,
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02:27

Hungary Meets EU Fund Unlock Conditions, €10 Billion to be Released on August 31

According to Jin10, Hungary's Transport Minister Vittay David said on August 31 that the government has completed legislative and institutional measures required to unlock approximately 10 billion euros in EU funds. David stated at a Budapest press conference that Hungary has fulfilled all targets agreed between Prime Minister Orban and EU Commission President von der Leyen in May, passing over 100 laws and establishing new institutions. The unfrozen funds will be allocated to railway modernizat
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02:25

South Korea's FTC Set to Fine 10 Securities Firms Up to 15 Trillion Won for Treasury Bond Bid-Rigging

According to The Fact, South Korea's Fair Trade Commission will hold a plenary session on September 2 to deliberate on alleged bid-rigging by 10 securities firms and five banks in government bond auctions between January 2020 and June 2023. The FTC investigation found that financial institutions exchanged sensitive information including bidding rates and volumes before competitive auctions. The agency's examiner proposed a maximum fine of 15.24 trillion won, based on applying a 20 percent penalt
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02:23

Tanker Attacked by Three Unidentified Projectiles off Oman on August 31

According to the UK Maritime Trade Operations Office, a tanker was struck by three unidentified projectiles on August 31 while departing the Strait of Hormuz, approximately 17 nautical miles east of Salalah, Oman. The authority reported no casualties or environmental damage from the incident and advised vessels to exercise caution in the affected waters.
02:22

Defiance Launches PRAM ETF Tracking Memory and Photonics Index with SK Hynix, Micron Holdings

Defiance ETFs recently launched the Defiance Memory & Photonics ETF (PRAM), a new U.S.-listed fund that combines memory semiconductors and photonic interconnection technologies in a single investment vehicle. The fund tracks the Solactive Memory and Photonics Index, holding 20 equal-weighted companies across memory chips, storage devices, networking semiconductors, and optical components. Key holdings include SK Hynix, Micron Technology (MU-US), SanDisk (SNDK-US), Marvell Technology (MRVL-US), a
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02:22

Flow Clarifies Actual WFLOW Loss at $410,000; Ankr and MORE Markets Suspend Contracts

According to Flow's statement via Foresight News, the actual damage from the recent attack was approximately $410,000 in WFLOW tokens, not the previously reported $9.3 million. Depositors in ankrFLOW and MORE Markets, as well as FLOW token holders, were not affected by the incident. Ankr and MORE Markets have suspended relevant contracts, with some exchanges preemptively halting FLOW deposits. The Flow Foundation and Ankr will replenish withdrawn WFLOW reserves and rebalance liquidity pools. ank
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02:21

Anza Removes Floating-Point Arithmetic from Solana Core Protocol, SIMD-0391 Activated

According to Foresight News, Anza, the core client development team for Solana, is progressively removing floating-point arithmetic from the Solana core protocol to mitigate consensus discrepancies and network liveness risks caused by rounding differences across hardware, validator clients, and compilers. SIMD-0391 has been activated on mainnet Beta epoch 1026, converting floating-point operations to fixed-point operations in staking program logic and validator client staking warm-up and cool-do
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