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Samsung Electronics is accelerating the expansion of advanced wafer foundry capacity in the United States, planning to begin Phase 2 of its Taylor, Texas, plant by the end of this year, with mass production targeted for 2030. It is also requiring equipment suppliers to obtain SEMI certification in advance. Equipment installation is currently underway at Phase 1 of the Taylor plant, whose main production line will focus on 2-nanometer process technology, with Tesla as its core customer. Construction of Phase 2 will begin at the end of this year, but its specific specifications have not yet been determined and will depend on progress in supplying Tesla and securing additional major customers. Phase 1 was previously delayed due to insufficient customers, until its pace accelerated after Samsung signed an agreement with Tesla last year. Samsung E&A is also reportedly planning to dispatch dozens of construction personnel to the area.

Reports state that MiniMax’s H3 model claims it can replace an entire animation production pipeline. A reposted tweet said that a traditional 25-second opening sequence costs approximately $150,000 and requires multiple roles, including designers, animators, and editors, using four tools over six weeks; H3 only requires a single concept description to produce a complete 25-second video, including editing. The source was a Twitter repost by Hailuo_AI, posted on 2026-08-20. The post did not disclose technical details, performance comparisons, or the applicable scope.

[ME AI]() In the message, veteran traders Dan Nathan and Guy Adami discussed the relationship between U.S. Treasury yields and the stock market. Their core view is that a 10-year U.S. Treasury yield breaking above 5% does not necessarily pose a risk in itself; the key factor is the speed of the increase. If the yield surges to 5% in the short term, the stock market could face significant pressure; if it rises to 5% gradually, the market may remain relatively calm. In addition, they are bullish on Akamai, believing that after a three-month decline, it currently offers a relatively favorable risk-reward ratio. (Source: Wallstreetcn)

ME News消息，8月20日（UTC+8），预测市场数据显示，在“比特币8月能否触及7万美元”事件中，“Yes”选项的成交概率由11.5%升至89.0%，单日上升77.5个百分点。

Blueprint Finance completed a new strategic financing round on August 20, led by Polychain Capital with participation from multiple institutions. The amount was not disclosed. The funds will be used to expand its full-stack treasury infrastructure, Concrete, helping institutions, protocols, and asset managers launch and manage capital through on-chain strategies. Foresight News previously reported that it completed a $9.5 million financing round in June 2025, also led by Polychain.

ME News reports that MSX Maitong has officially opened redemption applications for the Phase II Pre-IPO projects Anthropic and Polymarket. The latest valuation shows that Polymarket’s subscription price has risen from $152 to $202.67 per share, representing an unrealized gain of approximately 33.3%; Anthropic’s valuation is also higher than its subscription price. After redemption, users may settle in USDT at the latest market price or continue holding until the underlying assets complete their listings. The previous Phase I projects, $CBRS .M and $SPCX .M, have completed their transaction cycles.

ME News August 20: The crypto market surged last night. BitMine’s stock price rose 10%, while its call options saw unusual trading, with 181,684 contracts purchased on Wednesday, significantly above the daily average of approximately 145,316. Implied volatility increased. Institutions increased their holdings of BitMine: Marex Group held approximately 10.02 million shares, Weiss Asset Management approximately 4.32 million shares, and Morgan Stanley approximately 12.19 million shares.

ME News, August 20 (UTC+8), according to SoSoValue data, Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded total net inflows of $517 million yesterday (August 19, Eastern Time).

The Bitcoin spot ETF with the largest single-day net inflow yesterday was BlackRock’s ETF IBIT, with a single-day net inflow of $285 million. IBIT’s cumulative historical net inflows have now reached $61.684 billion.
Next was Ark Invest and 21Shares’ ETF ARKB, with a single-day net inflow of $77.7056 million. ARKB’s cumulative historical net inflows have now reached $1.389 billion.

As of press time, the total net asset value of Bitcoin spot ETFs was

ME News, August 20 (UTC+8) — Unitree Robotics released a bionic 7-axis dexterous robotic arm featuring high-precision seven-axis bionic joints. It starts at RMB 9,900 and weighs 5.5 kg. Unitree said that two robotic arms can work collaboratively to sort and assemble materials. The arm is suitable for various research and educational scenarios and can also be explored for service robot applications. (Source: PANews)

The official Qwen account posted on August 20, 2026, thanking the Unsloth team and announcing the release of the Qwen3.8-27B GGUF quantized version. Dynamic V3 leads by more than 10% on benchmarks such as Div-300 and KLD, while the new version improves accuracy by approximately 10%. A 1-bit quantized version that can run on 8GB of RAM was also released, retaining 77% accuracy. The post included links to the blog and GGUF download.

[ME AI]() reports that Meta released the Meta AI desktop app for Mac OS today. The app focuses on dictation, allowing users to perform high-accuracy voice input anywhere on their computer by holding down the 'fn' key. The article states that this feature has changed the author's usage habits. The message was reposted by an individual, but the content is officially published by Meta and is therefore a firsthand source. (Source: InFoQ)

ME News reported that on May 1 (UTC+8), prediction market data showed that in the prediction of whether MegaETH’s fully diluted valuation (FDV) would exceed $2 billion one day after launch, the probability of “Yes” fell from 42.5% to 1.9%, a single-day decline of 40.5 percentage points.

Garry Tan reflects on the evolution of YC’s technology stack: from founding the Bookface service in 2013 to expanding the system to approximately 4 million lines of code by 2026, supported by a single Postgres instance and covering applications, interviews, Startup School, co-founder matching, Work at a Startup, Launch YC, and more than 350 internal AI tools; since March 2026, more than 2 million additional lines have been added, highlighting the rapid growth driven by AI tool integration.

ME News, May 1 (UTC+8) — SpaceX’s IPO registration documents show that the company plans to launch the first batch of more powerful next-generation Starlink V3 satellites in the second half of 2026. As the debut of the upgraded prototype approaches, SpaceX’s spending on the Starship project has exceeded $15 billion. In 2025, the company’s R&D spending in its space division was $3 billion, all of which was allocated to the Starship project. (Source: PANews)

According to SoSoValue, Ethereum spot ETFs saw a net inflow of $189 million yesterday. BlackRock’s ETHA had a daily net inflow of $122 million, with historical net inflows of $11.846 billion; Fidelity’s FETH had a daily net inflow of $36,535,200, with historical net inflows of $2.160 billion. As of press time, total net assets stood at $12.063 billion, the ETF net asset ratio was 4.51%, and cumulative historical net inflows totaled $11.744 billion.

ME News reported that on May 1 (UTC+8), prediction market data showed that in the “Total Commitments to Printr Public Sale?” event, the probability of the “Yes” option for “More than $3 million committed to the Printr public sale?” fell from 83.5% to 2.1%, a decline of 81.4 percentage points in a single day.

ME News reports that after Kevin Warsh takes over as chair of the Federal Reserve, Bitcoin will often undergo months of correction after his appointment before entering a genuine uptrend; the market is watching to see whether the curse will be broken or whether another decline will occur. Trump said he would be disappointed if Warsh does not cut interest rates in June, while the market expects Powell to keep rates unchanged this week. Lavish said the Federal Reserve has already increased its Treasury holdings by approximately $200 billion, ended QT, and entered “light QE,” which could catalyze risk assets, although Warsh has previously criticized the contradiction between low interest rates and balance sheet expansion. Short-term volatility may emerge, while the shift in liquidity could lay the groundwork for a subsequent market move.

Alibaba’s Qwen team announced that Qwen3.8-Max ranked 4th on the Arena front-end coding leaderboard, surpassing Claude Fable 5. To verify its real-world performance, they each conducted one round of one-shot testing using the same 10 UI design prompts and included a link to the results. They also recommended trying the model on the Kilo platform, emphasizing that “good UI starts with good code” (Source: InFoQ)

On May 1, GreeksLive data showed that approximately 23,000 BTC options expired, with a Put/Call ratio of 1.13, a maximum pain point of $76,000, and a notional value of $1.74 billion; approximately 175,000 ETH options expired, with a Put/Call ratio of 0.94, a maximum pain point of $2,325, and a notional value of $400 million. Implied volatility for options with the main expiries this week declined significantly. BTC’s main-term IV fell below 40%, while ETH’s decline was more pronounced, with short-term IV below 50% and medium- to long-term IV below 60%.

According to Nansen, Abraxas Capital is using leveraged trading through two wallets on Hyperliquid to increase BTC dominance. Wallet 1 is 10x long on BTC while shorting HYPE, FARTCOIN, XRP, SOL, and ETH; Wallet 2 is 5x short on HYPE, entered at $42.80, and currently has an unrealized profit of $304,000, while also shorting xyz:GOLD/xyz:CL. The two wallets have a combined $8.8 million short position in HYPE, with $388,000 in unrealized profits. Abraxas has accumulated $179 million in profits on Hyperliquid. Source: MLion.