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According to CCTV Finance, on August 29, Serbia's first humanoid robot factory—also Europe's first mass-production base for humanoid robots—began operations in Sabac, a city in western Serbia. The facility was jointly built by China and Serbia and will conduct assembly, motion system and vision system calibration, and performance testing for humanoid robots and robotic dogs. The factory is planned as the first phase of a larger robotics industrial park with a total investment of approximately 20

Google Research introduced WikiSkill, a framework that enables AI agents to learn from experience and retain skills across iterations, recently demonstrating significant performance gains across five benchmarks. The framework uses a persistent wiki-style knowledge base to track skill improvements, solving the prior limitation where agents would discard useful insights after each cycle. In testing with Gemini-3.5-Flash, performance jumped substantially: on LiveMathematicianBench from 33.0% to 72.

According to TASS, Sber, Russia's largest bank, plans to expand its crypto-backed lending to accept Tether's USDT stablecoin and Ether as collateral alongside Bitcoin, Deputy Chairman Anatoly Popov said on Friday (Aug. 29). The bank will add these assets as collateral after the Bank of Russia permits them for public trading on regulated exchanges. The plans align with Russia's regulated crypto market rollout under a law signed by President Vladimir Putin on Aug. 4, with core provisions taking ef

According to CNBC, Meta agreed to pay $17 billion in a landmark settlement with a coalition of state attorneys general this week over allegations that the company misrepresented the extent of child mental health damage caused by Facebook and Instagram. The settlement includes daily usage limits and nighttime blocks for teenagers, enhanced age verification measures to prevent children from accessing the platforms, and additional parental control tools. An independent auditor will monitor Meta's c

According to Axios, CIA Director Tulsi Gabbard proposed a three-way summit between U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his recent visit to Russia on August 29, aimed at pushing to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Gabbard's visit also aimed to assess whether Russian intelligence leadership could convince Putin to resume negotiations mediated by the United States.

According to HyperliquidNews, as of August 30, large positions on Hyperliquid have returned, with 6 positions exceeding $100 million, 18 exceeding $50 million, 55 exceeding $25 million, and 176 exceeding $10 million. In HIP-3, position sizes have decreased, with 1 position reaching $41.4 million, 7 exceeding $25 million, and 33 exceeding $10 million.

According to the Financial Investment Association, as of August 27, South Korea's margin trading balance surged over 4 trillion won in less than a month, with more than 40% of the increase concentrated in Samsung Electronics (005930) and SK Hynix (000660). The influx of leveraged capital into these two stocks occurred amid a broader retreat of idle funds from the market.

According to DefiLlama, Pons' 24-hour protocol revenue reached $693,125, ranking eighth and surpassing Polymarket ($635,221) and fomo ($646,539). Only Hyperliquid ($758,325) outperformed Pons in the same period.

According to Jin10 Data and an official statement from the Sahel Confederation, a coup attempt was thwarted in Niger on August 29 morning. A group of soldiers attempted to attack the 101 Military Base in the capital Niamey and several sensitive locations, but the insurgency was contained and defeated. The Sahel Confederation issued a statement condemning the attempted coup and reaffirmed its unwavering support for Niger, pledging to stand with the country in safeguarding its sovereignty and peac

According to Axios, CIA Director Gina Haspel's successor, William Ratcliffe, has concluded that FSB Director Sergei Bortnikov is a constructive figure who could help restart diplomatic efforts between the United States and Russia, according to sources familiar with the assessment.

According to Yonhap News, on August 30, South Korean President Lee Jae-myeong nominated six ministerial candidates. Lee Hyung-il, first deputy minister of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, was nominated as deputy prime minister and finance minister. The other five candidates include Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Seung-won for justice minister, retired General Kang Shin-chul for defense minister, and three additional candidates for interior, SME, and gender equality positions.

According to state media reports, Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei issued a statement on August 30, saying that Middle Eastern and North African countries' leaders must recognize their true enemies and confront them. Khamenei stated that the solution to regional problems lies in unity, friendship, and cooperation, adding that the United States and Israel are enemies of such unity and friendship. He further said they are not only enemies of Iran and the resistance axis, but also enemies of West Asi

According to Ki Young Ju, founder and CEO of Cryptoquant, on Aug. 27, the peak of bitcoin's current bull cycle could be driven by institutional capital and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) outside the United States. Ju stated that "the peak of this bull cycle will likely be driven by institutional money and ETFs outside the US." The forecast shifts focus from U.S. fund flows—which accumulated approximately $57 billion in net inflows during the first two years following SEC approval in January 2024—t

According to BIS Chief Pablo Hernández de Cos, stablecoins do not yet uphold foundational properties of money and are not credible at scale, he said during his Jackson Hole address on August 28. De Cos cited four structural failures: lack of par redeemability, elasticity, interoperability, and financial integrity. He advocated for central banks to prioritize tokenized deposits over stablecoins, noting they better preserve monetary system foundations. Global stablecoin supply has climbed to $308

According to HTX market data, UNI broke through 5.2 USDT today, trading at 5.207 USDT with a 24-hour gain of 16%.

According to Real Trump Coins, the official account did not authorize or launch the Solana-based GOLD token that briefly appeared on its social media and website on Saturday. The organization stated it was investigating the matter with authorities and blamed "third-party bad actors" for the unauthorized promotion. Blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain reported that the token launch showed concentrated distribution, with the developer and newly created wallets controlling 82.45% of the supply

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, an address built positions in native token PONS at low prices 46 days ago with an initial investment of $115,000, currently profiting over $2.82 million with a return rate of 2,456.6%. The same address cleared its CASHCAT holdings 1 hour ago, realizing gains of $598,000, bringing cumulative profits to over $3.5 million.

According to Tom Lee, chairman of Ethereum treasury company Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), in a podcast interview, the company has been continuously buying ETH for over 60 weeks since launching its ETH treasury strategy. Bitmine has recently slowed its purchase pace and is now approximately 97% toward its target of holding 5% of total ETH supply.

According to OKX data, UNI broke through $5.2 today, trading at $5.227 with 24-hour gains of 18.74%.

According to BlockBeats, on August 30, crypto influencer lana (@lanaaielsa) claimed ownership of the FOMO account @fmpumpguy on the 牛来 platform. The account shows an initial investment of approximately $113.36 that generated a floating profit of approximately $1.007 million, with holdings of around 9.6 million tokens and a gain of nearly 10,000%.