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ME News, August 28 (UTC+8) — Prediction market data shows that the “Colorado Rockies vs. Washington Nationals” market recorded $5.4M in trading volume over the past 24 hours, with market participation increasing significantly.

ME News, August 28 (UTC+8) — Jiang Zhuoer, founder of LitecoinPool (B.TOP), posted that ETH ETF inflows have hit a new record high again. BTC ETFs saw $242 million in inflows today, while ETH ETFs saw $234 million. Although ETH’s total market capitalization is only 18.8% that of BTC, it absorbed inflows equivalent to 96.8% of BTC’s, indicating significantly stronger buying pressure than BTC. Against the backdrop of continued capital inflows, the “high-level consolidation with continuously rising lows” pattern remains highly solid, and another short squeeze rally could break out upward at any time. Were it not for his adherence to trading discipline and firm refusal to use leverage, he would even be preparing to go long ETH directly. His current position strategy is: when no short positions are open, hold ETH spot with the entire portfolio and wait for it to rise;

[ME AI]() message: In August, gold rose as much as 17%. In the first half, this was because weakening U.S. economic data led the market to lower its expectations for Federal Reserve rate hikes. In the second half, however, it was suddenly ignited by a move from the U.S. Treasury: the scale of long-term U.S. Treasury buybacks doubled. Even more unusually, long-term U.S. Treasury yields remained high, yet gold still surged. In the past, the higher interest rates were, the harder it was for gold to rise. What exactly happened this time? (Source: Wallstreetcn)

DHH said on the Lex Fridman Podcast #501 that AI programming capabilities have advanced by decades over the past nine months. He now uses AI agents extensively in the Omarchy Linux project: the agents write the code, while he is responsible for direction and review. AI can complete 80–100% of coding, and programmers’ core value will shift toward problem discovery, architecture, quality, product vision, and aesthetics. The value of traditional manual coding is declining, while the bottlenecks to innovation lie in organizational communication and vision. He recommends running multiple AI agents in parallel and having them cross-review each other’s code. He also noted that AI’s understanding of Linux and open source is improving, which could lower the barrier to entry and promote the adoption of desktop Linux.

ME News reported on August 28 that SBI Holdings made a strategic investment through a subsidiary in Ajaib Group, an Indonesian online multi-asset investment platform, acquiring an approximately 20% stake. Ajaib became an equity-method affiliate of SBI Holdings. Headquartered in Jakarta, Ajaib’s business covers online investment and asset management involving stocks, crypto assets, payments, and foreign exchange, and it also provides over-the-counter stablecoin settlement services for corporate clients.

ME News reported on August 28 (UTC+8) that the UK’s HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said that, in the 2024–2025 tax year, 240 individuals each reported more than £1 million in crypto asset capital gains, totaling £717 million and accounting for more than half of the overall amount. The 17,600 reporting taxpayers recorded £1.38 billion in capital gains and £13.8 billion in disposal proceeds. Taxpayers reporting capital gains below £25,000 accounted for 65%, but contributed only 7% of capital gains and 8% of disposal proceeds. Among crypto asset taxpayers, 54% were aged 25 to 44, and 81% were no older than 54; men accounted for 87% and contributed 93% of capital gains. The UK is advancing regulatory oversight under the OECD Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework, requiring transaction service providers to provide customer information to tax authorities, HMRC

Bitcoin closed this week at $77,387, up 22.7% for the week. It briefly surged to $81,000 before falling back to $79,000. The U.S. Treasury increased the buyback size from $2 billion to $4 billion, with the program running from September 9 to November 4. The 50-week moving average is approximately $82,470 and could become the next bottom signal; in 11 of the 13 bear markets since 2011, the weekly close had to move above this moving average before a bottom was reached. BlackRock’s spot ETF drove retail buying volume to a record high, with Bitcoin touching $81,257. Strive’s Cole said the next cycle will be the strongest.

Grinex announced on May 2 that it would compensate customers whose assets were affected by an unknown hacker attack half a month earlier, with losses totaling approximately $1,400. Affected customers can first withdraw the ruble stablecoin A7A5; the stolen funds remain in the attacker’s wallet and cannot be returned for now. AML has marked them as stolen assets, and Russian police have opened a case. It also stated that approximately $14 million in USDT was stolen from the platform in mid-April and transferred after being converted to TRX via SUN.io.

ME News reported on May 2 (UTC+8) that Bitcoin News posted on X that Eric Trump increased his personal wealth from approximately $190 million to $280 million through American Bitcoin. Meanwhile, the company’s heavily diluted share price has fallen approximately 92% from its peak, resulting in public investors losing approximately $500 million. (Source: ODAILY)

ME News, May 2 (UTC+8) — During Greg Abel’s first quarter as CEO, Berkshire Hathaway’s cash reserves surged to a record high of $397 billion. The company’s cash reserves declined slightly at the end of last year but increased significantly in the first quarter, as it was a net seller of $8.1 billion in stocks during the period. (Source: Jin10)

At Berkshire’s annual shareholder meeting, Abel emphasized that patience and discipline are at the core of capital allocation. Cash and U.S. Treasuries represent major opportunities, but only if the investments and their risks are thoroughly understood and their prospects are evaluated from a long-term, 5–10-year perspective. The company will hold its investments forever, with capital always coming first; when opportunities that align with its principles arise, it will act decisively and deploy substantial capital.

ME News reported that Mediterranean Shipping Company plans to launch a new service connecting Europe with isolated Middle Eastern ports via overland transportation across Saudi Arabia and small vessels in the Persian Gulf. The service will depart Antwerp on May 10, calling at Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Spain, Jeddah, and King Abdullah Port, after which trucks will transport the cargo to Dammam. From Dammam, feeder vessels will connect to Abu Dhabi, Jebel Ali, and maritime gateways in Bahrain, Iraq, and Kuwait.

[ME AI]() News: Ant Group, in collaboration with China International Capital Corporation and others, has released Ling-3.0-flash-Fin, the first financial-enhanced large model from Ant Bailing. The model retains the original architecture and parameters and has undergone extensive training on massive financial datasets, significantly strengthening its investment research capabilities. It focuses on four core capabilities, including information retrieval. Multiple benchmark tests show outstanding professional performance, while its general capabilities have also improved. (Source: MLion)

ME News, August 28 (UTC+8) — Prediction market data shows that trading volume for “Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Atlanta Braves” reached $8.5M over the past 24 hours, with market participation increasing significantly.

Samsung is developing 8-layer HBM4E for NVHBM at NVIDIA’s request, targeting a data transfer rate of 17 to 18 Gbps, approximately 20% higher than 14.4 Gbps, to reduce the number of stacked layers and packaging complexity. NVHBM may be adopted starting with the Rubin Ultra AI GPU, with the interconnect scale expanding from 72 chips to as many as 576, enhancing bandwidth for multi-GPU collaboration. Samsung offers one-stop customization capabilities spanning memory, logic, and dies, shifting the focus of competition toward high-speed data transfer.

Tencent announced Hy4’s real-world engineering blind test: 163 experts tested 203 questions. Hy4 averaged 2.99/4, ahead of GLM-5.3’s 2.92/4 and KimiK3’s 2.94/4. Its win rate was 46.8% against GLM-5.3 and 51.2% against KimiK3, with ties and losses included. Internal tasks are not fixed benchmarks, and DeepSWE and CyberGym still lag behind GLM-5.3. Hy4 has a clear pricing advantage: 6 yuan per million input Tokens and 18 yuan per million output Tokens, approximately 25%/36% cheaper than GLM-5.3 and 70%/82% cheaper than KimiK3. Cache hits cost 0.3 yuan, approximately 85% less than both.

Hong Kong emphasizes consistency, publishing a roadmap and launching new initiatives every 6 to 12 months, making it easier for businesses to plan investments over 3 to 5 years, with the goal of bringing $320 trillion in traditional financial assets on-chain. Pakistan’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority emphasizes speed, moving from legislation to rule implementation within 6 months while using only 8% of its budget. Existing systems are still stuck in the 19th and 20th centuries, so rapid action based on risk mitigation is necessary; the cost of inaction is greater.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned the United States’ latest economic measures as “economic terrorism,” saying that the “Economic Storm” campaign is forcing the public to suffer, constitutes an international crime and a crime against humanity, and violates basic rights including access to medical care and food. It called on countries not to participate in or recognize the consequences. Iran said it would use all means to defend the country against joint U.S.-Israeli military and economic pressure, criticized the misuse of the dollar as a tool, and accused the United States of seriously violating the United Nations Charter.