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According to @sns.sol, on August 14, SNS is collaborating with Jupiter Manage to prepare the Solana ecosystem for an upcoming .sol domain upgrade targeting Jupiter Mobile users and .sol domain holders. The partnership aims to ensure a seamless transition with minimal disruption for existing domain holders and users managing assets through Jupiter Mobile.

According to PANews, on August 15, Michael Saylor published an article on X arguing that currency is fundamentally economic energy used to store and transfer human-created value across time and space. Saylor contended that while gold is constrained by physical friction and fiat currency by political intervention and inflation, Bitcoin solves the currency problem through fixed supply, cryptographic security, and proof of work, enabling energy transfer with lower losses and positioning it as the s

According to KOSCOM ETF Check, as of August 14, yen-denominated ETFs listed on South Korea's domestic market recorded negative returns amid persistent yen weakness. TIGER Japan Yen Futures fell 3.00% over the past month and 3.51% since the start of the year. PLUS Japan Yen Ultra-Short-Term Government Bonds (synthetic) declined 3.79% year-to-date. Yen-hedged products significantly underperformed their non-hedged counterparts tracking the same index. RISE U.S. S&P 500 Yen Hedged (synthetic H) retu

According to U.S. media reports on August 15, a shooting incident occurred at Virginia State University, with multiple people injured. The campus was immediately placed under lockdown.

According to Bank of America strategist Michael Hartnett, on August 15, the optimal investment strategy amid current AI bubble is simultaneously going long AI tech leaders and underperforming assets while shorting AI bonds. The bank's Bull and Bear Indicator fell slightly from 9.7 to 9.3, remaining in extreme bullish territory with a sell signal, though global equities have risen since May. BofA's private client data shows stock allocations hit a record high of 66.4%, while cash and bonds fell t

According to Shanghai Stock Exchange announcements, Unitree Technology has completed subscription and payment procedures for its initial public offering on the Science and Technology Innovation Board. Offline subscriptions totaled 22.651 million shares (70% of allocated shares after strategic allocations), while online subscriptions reached 9.707 million shares (30%). Pre-offering, founder and actual controller Wang Xingxing directly held 86.715 million shares, representing 34.763% ownership wit

According to TechCrunch, Anthropic recently embedded invisible watermarks into Claude's text outputs, embedding machine-readable code that users cannot see but computers can detect to identify AI-generated content. The move aligns with the European Union's AI Act transparency requirement, which mandates that tech companies mark AI-generated or AI-edited content with computer-identifiable tags. The policy has sparked debate on Reddit, with some users expressing concerns about potential misuse by

According to Wedbush, the brokerage reaffirmed its outperform rating on SanDisk stock on August 15, with a target price of $2,000.

According to CNBC, Tesla FSD (Supervised) v14 and Rivian Autonomy+, tested on recent hundred-mile drives, show significant capability gaps. Tesla's system handled city streets, traffic signals, roundabouts and autonomous parking across Michigan highways and urban areas, while Rivian's system remains highway-limited and currently only alerts drivers to traffic signals without responding to them. Rivian plans to launch point-to-point driving capability later in 2026. The two systems differ in sens

According to CITIC Securities, as the 2026 midterm campaign reaches the halfway point, Democrats are most likely to take control of the House while Republicans retain the Senate. In the House, Republicans hold a buffer of approximately 6 seats but face headwinds from typical midterm losses for the party in power. In the Senate, Republicans currently hold 53 seats to Democrats' 47, but Democrats would need to gain a net of 4 seats to reach 51—a narrow path. The brokerage noted that while two-cham

According to Odaily, AI model evaluation company Vals AI announced the completion of a $40 million Series A funding round at a $400 million valuation, led by a16z with participation from 8VC, Pear VC, Bloomberg Beta, HRT Ventures, and Next Ladder Ventures. The capital will be used to expand evaluation infrastructure and launch testing tools based on enterprise GitHub code repositories for programming benchmarks. Vals AI independently evaluates cutting-edge models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google,

According to Tim Draper's X announcement on August 14, the billionaire investor launched an AI digital twin on Draper Associates' contact page that allows founders to pitch their startups at any hour. The digital twin, trained on Draper's 40-year investing record and backed companies including Tesla, SpaceX, and Coinbase, provides real-time feedback on pitch viability and explains how the firm weighs mission against market size. Draper told PitchBook the tool works well but acknowledged potentia

According to 95.5 WSB, Equifax has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that a 2022 coding error distorted credit scores for approximately 4 million U.S. consumers. The settlement was filed in federal court in Atlanta and covers individuals who applied for auto loans, mortgages, and credit cards. Equifax stated it denies violating the law and maintains the issue did not alter information in consumer credit reports, with company analysis showing most scores remained unchanged o

According to Herald Economics, Binggrae's stock surged 19.94% to 82,400 won on August 14, driven by better-than-expected Q2 results. The company reported operating profit of 69.7 billion won, up 159.9% year-over-year, with net income rising 132.5% to 56.4 billion won amid strong frozen product sales in hot weather and overseas market growth. Trading volume reached 1.04 million shares, over 30 times the three-month daily average. Separately, Binggrae launched an independence movement commemoratio

According to CCTV, a 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck the northern coast of Papua New Guinea on August 15. No immediate reports of casualties or damage were available.

According to Houthi-controlled Al Masirah TV and reported by Xinhua, Saudi Arabia conducted artillery and missile strikes on Yemen's northwestern Saada province on the morning of August 15. The strikes targeted Dhaher district and Razieh district near the Saudi border, damaging farmland. No casualties have been reported so far.

According to The Data Nerd monitoring, PUMP unlocked 4.85 billion tokens worth $13.6 million today. The token unlock has just been completed.

According to Shanghai Securities News, rumors of secondary market trading and scalper participation in Yuanshu Technology's IPO on August 15 have been largely debunked by market institutions. After multiple inquiries from journalists with investment firms, private equity funds, and securities firms, market participants confirmed no evidence of such trading activity, describing the allegations as unfounded. However, compliance risks remain a concern, as off-market transactions outside regulated c

According to Indonesia's national search and rescue agency, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck East Nusa Tenggara on August 15, killing 40 people as of 18:30 Jakarta time (19:30 local time), with 50 others injured.

According to Bitcoin.com News, Coinfello has launched Fello 2, an AI agent platform that allows users to automate complex DeFi strategies using plain-language prompts. The upgrade replaces multi-step manual processes—such as yield monitoring, portfolio rebalancing, and transaction approvals—with a single command; users describe their financial strategy once, and the agent handles execution, monitoring, and safety guardrails. Operating through a non-custodial delegation model, the agent never hol