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According to Guru Club, Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez disclosed details of an oil agreement with the United States on August 30, targeting daily production of 1.5 million barrels from 17 oil fields over 25 years. The agreement sets crude prices at $69 per barrel, with the government earning $19 per barrel after production costs. Additional revenue includes a 16% mining fee and 34% income tax on operating companies. These earnings are expected to supplement the $20.9 billion in pr

According to Beating on-chain AI update, Grok will discontinue its Companions feature and migrate 3D AI characters, including Ani, to standalone app Animates after September 1. Animation Inc, which collaborated on the original 3D character design and animation for Grok Companions, is assisting with the migration, with Ani already live and other characters rolling out subsequently. The status of user chat history and long-term memory transfer has not been disclosed.

According to Grayscale Head of Research Zach Pandl, Zcash may have further upside despite rising approximately 19-fold over the past year. On Aug. 25, Grayscale released research suggesting ZEC could capture additional market share through financial privacy, cybersecurity development, and cross-chain intents technology. As of Aug. 29, ZEC's market capitalization stood at $13.74 billion, representing just 0.88% of Bitcoin's $1.56 trillion valuation. Grayscale's analysis calculated that if Zcash r

Since early 2025, the Trump administration has executed roughly 30 equity and quasi-equity transactions totaling nearly $27 billion, converting federal grants and loan authorities into direct ownership stakes in private companies, according to market strategists. The government now holds a 10% equity stake in Intel and a 15% stake in MP Materials, both tied to CHIPS Act funding and the Defense Production Act. Legal frameworks for these transactions are drawing scrutiny, with an Intel shareholder

According to Lookonchain data monitored by Foresight News, an address purchased 12.26 million Niu Lai tokens by spending 1,540 BNB (approximately $1.07 million) three hours ago.

According to APK-Inform, Ukraine's main grain exports increased 28% during the week of August 20-26, reaching 240,900 tons.

According to Refi Hub co-founder Numa Lunah, he was infected with malware overnight after downloading a file from a link provided by Claude AI. The link appeared to be for a transcription app installation but led to a copycat site bundling malware. Upon restoration from backup, Lunah discovered a poisoned SKILL.md file designed to his writing style that contained hidden instructions to automatically re-download the malware and steal credentials each time Claude Code loaded it. Microsoft Defender

According to Daum, analysis of South Korea's five major won-denominated exchanges—Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit, and GOPAX—found that the platforms collectively support approximately 606 crypto assets. Of these, 164 assets (27.1%) are tradable on only a single exchange, while 324 assets (53.5%) trade on two platforms or fewer, according to data sourced from CoinGecko's public API.

According to The Information and CNBC reports, the Trump administration is drafting new regulations to restrict Chinese AI companies from remotely accessing advanced U.S. AI chips through overseas data centers in Thailand, Malaysia, and Japan, including Nvidia's GB300. The move extends export controls beyond chipset distribution to computational access. White House official Michael Kratsios publicly named Moonshot AI for using GB300 chips at a Thai data center. ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent ha

According to Refi Hub co-founder Numa Lunah, he received a malicious download link from Claude chat yesterday and unknowingly installed malware on his laptop. Lunah said the link appeared legitimate while installing a transcription app, but it was a copycat site bundling malware. Upon restoring from backup, he discovered a poisoned SKILL.md file designed to silently re-download the malware and steal his credentials. Microsoft Defender Experts previously warned that cryptojacking attacks have evo

According to Cointelegraph, Avici will fully reimburse 1,685 users affected by a card balance bug, covering approximately $500,859 in losses.

According to ChainCatcher, citing Lookonchain monitoring data, 15 wallet addresses linked to the GOLD team recently dumped all 224.5 million GOLD tokens, exchanging them for 3,178 SOL worth approximately $330,000 and generating a net profit of around $312,000 with a 17x return. On-chain data shows the related team continues to hold significant GOLD tokens, with market supply highly concentrated.

According to Citrini analyst Jukan, on August 30, Nvidia's Rubin Ultra may reduce its HBM specification from 12 layers of HBM4E to 8 layers, driven by yield and cost concerns. If the 12-layer configuration were adopted with price increases factored in, memory costs could account for approximately 70% of Rubin Ultra's total material costs. Jukan noted that the downgrade does not necessarily harm overall demand; lower stacking layers could improve packaging yields and boost HBM and AI accelerator

According to Musk on August 30, roughly 15GW out of approximately 45-50GW of AI accelerators expected to be produced globally in 2027 may not be deployable in the same year due to infrastructure constraints. While global new AI data center capacity that can actually be powered on is projected at 28-40GW (midpoint 33GW), the bottleneck is not electricity generation but grid interconnection queues, transformers, switching equipment, transmission infrastructure, regulatory approvals, and gas turbin

According to South Korean National Assembly data released on August 30, staking users on domestic won-based exchanges exceeded 1.22 million in 2026, with deposited cryptocurrency reaching approximately 4.7 trillion won in total assets. As market sentiment remains cautious and traders shift from active trading to yield-generating staking, adoption has accelerated significantly. The staking market structure has shifted from Upbit dominance to a two-player format, with Bithumb now leading in user c

According to investment banking and credit rating industry sources, South Korean securities firms are advancing credit default swap (CDS) securitization transactions for U.S. tech giants Meta and Nvidia on August 30. Meta's first CDS transaction is being structured at a scale of 10-20 billion Korean won, while Nvidia's credit risk-linked products are under review. Credit rating results for these transactions are expected to emerge by late September. The securitization requires local rating agenc

According to MoneyToday research, TLB initiated coverage on August 26 with a buy rating and a target price of 530,000 Korean won. The South Korean company supplies TSOCAM (memory modules) to domestic and overseas memory manufacturers supporting Nvidia's new Vera CPU, which is experiencing accelerated demand from agent AI applications. Vera production is ramping across data centers including Microsoft and SpaceX AI; only five global suppliers can provide TSOCAM substrates, with TLB estimated to h

According to Ki Young Ju, CEO of Cryptoquant, on August 27, international institutional demand and exchange-traded fund adoption outside the United States could drive the peak of bitcoin's current bull cycle. Ju highlighted barriers to regulated bitcoin investment access globally, noting that South Korea has no spot bitcoin ETF and most companies remain unable to open exchange accounts for BTC purchases. The U.S. approved spot bitcoin ETF products in January 2024, accumulating about $57 billion

According to PANews, on Aug 30, Bitcoin mining pool OCEAN announced that co-founder Luke Dashjr has stepped down as chairman, chief technology officer, and board member. The company repurchased his entire shareholding as part of the mutual separation. The departure stems from differing visions on the future of Bitcoin mining. Luke Dashjr will now focus on his new project, CONVOY, while OCEAN continues operating as a transparent, non-custodial mining pool.

According to CoinGlass data on August 30, Bitcoin's open interest-weighted and volume-weighted funding rates stood at 0.0069% and 0.0064% respectively, both within the neutral range. Ethereum's open interest-weighted rate was 0.0075% (neutral), while its volume-weighted rate reached 0.0102%, indicating a slight bullish bias. As of 1:30 PM Beijing time, Bitcoin traded at $78,116.87 with a 24-hour gain of 0.65%, while Ethereum was at $2,453.60, up 0.59% over the same period.