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ME News, August 21 (UTC+8) — Prediction market data shows that the “Cincinnati Open: Iga Swiatek vs Elena Rybakina” market reached a 24-hour trading volume of $3.1M, with market participation increasing significantly.

[ME AI]() News: Demand for AI training data is driving rapid growth among data-labeling startups. Over the past eight months, four-year-old Micro1’s annualized revenue has increased from $100 million to $500 million, with net income of approximately $150 million to $200 million. Its scale remains smaller than Mercor and Handshake, whose annualized total revenues are $2 billion and $1 billion, respectively, but the growth indicates that the AI training data market is reaching sufficient scale. (Source: MLion)

[ME AI]() reported that on August 20, the “Digital Nagin · Intelligence Converges on the Plateau” forum was held at the Lhasa sub-venue of the 2026 Global Digital Economy Conference. The Lhasa Nagin Digital Intelligence Research Institute was officially inaugurated, and the “Sunshine Qingyan” general-purpose Tibetan large language model was officially released. The model first debuted on November 19, 2025, and had already completed registration with the Cyberspace Administration of China before its official launch nearly two months later. (Source: MLion)

ME News reported that nine publicly listed Bitcoin mining companies spent $5.11 billion on AI and HPC capital expenditures in the first half of 2026, generating $340 million in related revenue, for an input-output ratio of approximately 15:1. Among a sample of 15 mining companies and AI data centers, total capital expenditures in 2026 amounted to $30.7 billion, up 42.6% year over year. The nine mining companies’ second-quarter revenue rose 52% quarter over quarter to $206 million, with Core Scientific, TeraWulf, and Bitdeer posting the largest increases.

Kakao will spin off KakaoAI and KakaoX. KakaoAI will focus on integrating AI, advertising, and e-commerce centered on KakaoTalk, with targets of 20 million daily active users, a 50% increase in time spent, and annual revenue of KRW 6 trillion by 2030. KakaoX will retain its core subsidiaries and pursue new investments, with revenue exceeding KRW 10 trillion by 2030. Regarding shareholder returns, KakaoAI will allocate 20%–35% of adjusted free cash flow to shareholder returns, while KakaoX will allocate 30% of its subsidiaries’ dividends and investment returns to shareholder returns. The spin-off is planned for completion on 2027-01-01, with KakaoAI’s relisting and KakaoX’s listing status change to be pursued on 1/27.

ME News, August 21 (UTC+8) — According to CoinMarketCap market data, BTC has surpassed $75,000 and is currently trading at $75,412, up 4.1% over the past 24 hours. (Source: CoinMarketCap)

South Korean People Power Party lawmakers and others have proposed an amendment to the Act on Specified Financial Information that would grant the Financial Intelligence Unit direct enforcement authority over undeclared virtual asset service providers, allow the public to report them to the FIU, and authorize the FIU to investigate and refer cases to investigative authorities upon receiving reports or discovering violations. The amendment states that the existing law lacks direct enforcement measures against undeclared operators, potentially exacerbating risks such as money laundering and illegal cross-border transfers and making it difficult to respond quickly.

On May 1, Middle Eastern sources said that Iran had, through a Pakistani mediator, submitted a response to the latest amendments to the agreement to end the war to the United States. PolyBeats shows that Polymarket gives the probability of a permanent peace agreement between the U.S. and Iran at 7% by May 15, 19% by May 31, and 37% by June 30.

ME News, May 1 (UTC+8) — According to CoinMarketCap market data, BTC is currently priced at $78,844, up 3.1% over the past 24 hours. (Source: CoinMarketCap)

ME News, May 1 (UTC+8) — Cregis, a global provider of enterprise digital asset infrastructure, announced a strategic partnership with PayFi protocol Polyflow. Polyflow is committed to connecting on-chain finance with real-world payment scenarios and providing underlying protocol support for crypto payment applications. This collaboration combines the infrastructure capabilities of both parties to provide enterprise clients with solutions covering the entire digital asset operations lifecycle. Cregis provides MPC self-custody wallets, cross-chain asset management, payment engines, and WaaS, while Polyflow complements these offerings with RWA integration, DeFi yield generation, cryptocurrency cards, and on-chain compliant identity (PID Layer). Together, the two parties cover a complete enterprise-grade PayFi technology stack, from asset custody to active deployment. As Cregis

ME News reported on May 1 that Mantle Network announced its proposal for a rescue action for Aave’s rsETH had entered the governance voting stage, offering loans to help affected users exit or liquidate their positions. MNT holders must delegate on Snapshot before voting. Stani said this was the largest-scale DAO coordination he had participated in, with at least six DAOs proposing governance plans (Arbitrum, Aave, EtherFi, Lido, Compound, and Mantle). The rescue action is still underway, with 1,137,714.633 ETH raised, worth approximately $315 million.

On May 1, Middle East sources said that Iran had submitted a response to the latest amendments to the agreement to end the war to the United States through a Pakistani mediator. PolyBeats shows that Polymarket gives a 7% chance of a permanent peace agreement between the United States and Iran by May 15, 19% by May 31, and 37% by June 30.

Tether announced its Q1 2026 results, reporting net profit of approximately $1.04 billion, excess reserves of $8.23 billion, assets of $191.77 billion, and liabilities of $183.54 billion. Liabilities related to issued tokens amounted to $183 billion, with net reserves of $8.23 billion. Its core reserves primarily consist of highly liquid assets with short durations, including approximately $141 billion in U.S. Treasury securities, $2 billion in gold, and $7 billion in Bitcoin, making it the world’s 17th-largest holder of U.S. Treasuries. CEO Ardoino said Tether will ensure that USDT remains stable under all market conditions without relying on external support. In April, USDT’s circulating supply reached a new high, increasing by more than $5 billion.

Brazil’s Central Bank Resolution No. 561 revises the eFX rules for cross-border payment services, stipulating that cross-border payments and receipts must be processed through foreign exchange transactions or nonresident real accounts, prohibiting the use of virtual assets, and setting a single-transaction limit of $10,000 for cross-border transfers related to digital payments and investments. It strengthens KYC requirements, mandates the retention of information for 10 years and data reporting, allows banks, brokerages, and payment institutions to provide these services, and takes effect on October 1, 2026.

According to ME News, on August 21 (UTC+8), Serenity stated that leveraged traders had rotated from AI stocks back into Hyperliquid (the crypto market) and biotech names, which it believes could help AI stocks recover more quickly. The rise in South Korea’s EWY ETF was mainly driven by SK hynix’s stock buyback, while Samsung’s wafer foundry prices increased by approximately 10% to 15%. Serenity said that SK hynix disclosed its CPO roadmap, with the proposed solution involving a photonic interposer connecting memory. This could subsequently expand the addressable market and drive demand across the supply chain for lasers, photonic integrated circuits, packaging, and other products. In addition, following CXMT’s successful listing, YMTC is seeking to launch an IPO next quarter. Optoelectronics manufacturers

ME News reported that the whale named “7 Siblings” bought after ETH briefly fell by more than 10% and sold after it rose by more than 10%. The whale also bought during drops of >10% in February and June, with the June purchase price at $1,789. After ETH rose by more than 20% in nearly 1.5 days, the whale began selling, offloading 9,000 ETH within 6 hours for approximately 21.04 million USDT at an average price of about $2,338 (ODAILY).

ME News reported on August 21 (UTC+8) that 21Shares posted on X that Bitcoin’s seller exhaustion indicator is currently around 0.007, placing it in the lowest 0.3% range of all readings since 2010. Historically, the indicator has reached such low levels only 11 times, and prices rose in every case one year later, with a median gain of 155%. The institution noted that this does not necessarily indicate a bottom, as previous cases did experience some short-term declines before eventually reversing. (Source: PANews)

At the CFTC’s Global Markets Advisory Committee, Lighter’s CEO said that DeFi has long been misunderstood and should not be positioned in opposition to regulation. Verifiable ledgers enhance transparency, consumer protection, and fairness; decentralized, verifiable finance will become a key part of U.S. financial infrastructure, with an emphasis on open source and cybersecurity. AI can promote the democratization of finance, allowing ordinary users to build trading strategies with AI, but sandboxes are needed to validate their effectiveness and verifiability before scaling.

South Korea’s finance minister said the government will closely monitor the government bond market, as long-term yields in major global economies rise and uncertainty increases. The government will monitor issuance and trading and work to reduce financing costs for businesses and households. The Korean won fell to 1,300 this week, driven by the current account surplus; however, exchange rates face two-way risks due to the situation in the Middle East and monetary policies in various countries. The government will remain vigilant and respond to market volatility.

ME News reported on May 1 (UTC+8) that prediction market data showed the trading probability of “Yes” in the “More than $8 million committed to Printr public sale?” outcome of the “Printr public sale total commitment?” event fell from 67.5% to 1.4%, a single-day decrease of 66.2 percentage points.