Gate.io Expands Stock Derivatives with 10 New Perpetual Contracts
Gate.io has expanded its stock derivatives section by launching perpetual contract trading for ten major Chinese companies on August 18 at 14:00 UTC+8 . The newly supported contracts include SHENHUA (China Shenhua), YANGTZE (Yangtze Power), HYGON (Haiguang Information), MIDEA (Midea Group), BEIGENE (BeiGene), MOUTAI (Kweichow Moutai), HENGRUI (Hengrui Medicine), BIWIN (Biwin Storage), DEMINGLI, and TAIJI (Taiji Industry) . All contracts are settled in USDT and support leverage ranging from 1x to 20x . To celebrate the launch, Ga

I’ve been looking closely at this $BTC vs $AAPL fractal, and the similarities are hard to ignore.
Fractals aren’t meant to predict every candle. They’re about recognizing how market psychology tends to rhyme across different assets and different cycles.
So far, this one is rhyming remarkably well.
Let’s see how long it lasts.

JUST IN: Energy crack spreads hit a record as diesel tightness and rising fuel demand buoy prices; if oil resumes higher, inflation expectations could reheat alongside BTC pressure. $BTC

Hey everyone, the first round of the Gate Event Market Ultimate Challenge is officially underway~
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BTC index strengthened slightly after breaking through 63663. Hopefully there will be good news from the meetings on Wednesday and Thursday. $BTC ‌

#Japan5YearYieldHitsRecordHigh
JAPAN’S BOND MARKET JUST BROKE A GENERATIONAL BARRIER
Japan’s five-year government bond yield has crossed into territory that would have seemed almost unthinkable only a few years ago. In August 2026, the 5-year JGB yield reached roughly 2.18%, with trading around 2.16% by mid-August. This is more than a new record for one maturity it is a powerful signal that Japan’s decades-long near-zero-rate era is being replaced by a very different monetary and financial regime.
THE ENTIRE CURVE IS MOVING
The five-year maturity is only one part of the repricing. Japan’s 10-y

excited to announce that the recent sensation Niu Lai (牛来) will be joining Solana Breakpoint by @SolanaEvents
hear directly from the infamous bull about when the bull market will return this November in London

🔥 $LA The long strategy delivered perfectly, with 50x leverage securing a +435.30% return!
Congratulations to everyone who followed the trading calls in Hot Chat Square and steadily enjoyed this huge profit! 🥩
This strategy entered a long position precisely at 0.04993. A golden-cross confluence on the four-hour chart confirmed the trend reversal, with the strong rally reaching 0.05444.
$AIO
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couple years ago, i had a random model’s arm saved on my phone because i’d always idealized that look
can’t find that pic now, but somehow i ended up with thicker arms than i was looking for 💪

Intraday buying at the lows has somewhat recovered, safe-haven sentiment briefly intensified, and the slight weakening of the index indirectly provided some support for gold prices, while short-term bears have temporarily paused their push.

After bottoming, a round of rebound followed, with the low steadily rising and short-term bulls briefly gaining the upper hand. However, the pace of the rise has gradually slowed, resistance is approaching overhead, and momentum has weakened somewhat.
Gold: Short around 4410-4430
Targets: around 4375-4355

JUST IN: Metaplanet to inject 2,100 BTC (~$132M) + $2.5M in cash into Nasdaq-listed Super League (SLE), renaming to Superplanet with ticker SUPA; Metaplanet to own ~95.7% post-close, aiming to build a U.S.-listed Bitcoin treasury platform. $SLE $SUPA

GATE CARD IS EVOLVING FROM A PAYMENT TOOL INTO A REWARDS ENGINE
Gate Card’s latest upgrades are changing the economics of everyday crypto spending. The biggest development is the August 14, 2026 rewards-program upgrade, which expands what users can do with points earned through normal card spending. Instead of treating cashback as a simple discount, Gate is turning those rewards into a more flexible asset-based system.
UPGRADE #1 — MORE WAYS TO USE YOUR POINTS
The new rewards system expands redemption beyond the previous limited choices. Gate says users can now redeem accumulated points for 1

A million-follower blogger has started selling cars—the world is getting more and more absurd
Yeye, a blogger with nearly a million followers, has gone straight to Xiaomi Auto’s Nanjing store to sell cars. A social media influencer going to a showroom to introduce cars—who would have believed it in the past?
There’s no helping it—the influencer business is really hard to make a living from now. The top donor is gone, the brands have left, and AI digital humans are also competing for their jobs. Even bloggers with a million followers can’t hold out anymore and have started “coming down to earth

#GateCardTripleUpgrade
Gate Card is bringing a stronger combination of convenience, utility, and upgraded card benefits for users looking for more value from their everyday crypto experience. The idea behind the Triple Upgrade is especially interesting because it focuses on improving multiple parts of the card experience rather than relying on a single feature.
A modern crypto card can serve as a bridge between digital assets and everyday spending. Instead of keeping crypto completely separate from regular purchases, users can potentially access their supported assets through a more practical

$BTC weekly CVD is starting to look stronger.
ETF flows flipped back positive over the last 3 days, while price also managed to close the day with a bullish candle. The average CVD trend remains constructive, but the biggest whale group is still playing defense, so I wouldn’t call this a clean breakout setup yet.
On the liquidation map, liquidity is building on both sides, below $63.7K and above $65K. That makes these two zones important in the short term, with price likely to hunt one side before showing a clearer direction.
For now, buyers are improving, but the whales still need to follow.

$SNXX Stop going up already,

JUST IN: Fabrinet beats on earnings and revenue, but stock slides ~11% pre-market on weaker data communications; data center demand remains the key driver. $FN