Montana House of Representatives Rejects Bitcoin Reserve Bill

According to Fox News, Trump threatened that the U.S. would bomb Oman if Oman hindered American interests. When addressing the Iran issue, Trump said he is in no rush. Additionally, he may support a specific candidate in the Israeli election. Last Saturday, Iran announced it had reached an agreement with Oman on a plan for passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Baghaei stated that despite U.S. interference, talks between Iran and Oman are advancing actively, and the two sides have finalized the agreement on the Strait of Hormuz passage plan.

According to market data from BIT (bit.com), U.S. pre-market trading saw Bitcoin mining firm HIVE Digital jump 8.85%, with its stock priced at $2.93. HIVE Digital’s subsidiary BUZZ High Performance Computing (BUZZ HPC) announced the signing of a five-year GPU cloud services agreement, with a total contract value of roughly $350 million, translating to annual revenue of about $70 million. This marks HIVE’s second large GPU cluster deal in two months; upon completion, BUZZ HPC’s total annual revenue will hit approximately $180 million, including $35 million already realized and $145 million set to roll out gradually in the fourth quarter of 2026. The deployment will leverage NVIDIA’s reference architecture, building a dedicated cluster comprising 2,016 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs, configured with GB300 NVL72 rack systems, Quantum-X800 InfiniBand networking, and VAST Data storage. The cluster is scheduled to launch later this year at Bell AI Fabric facilities in Merritt, British Columbia, which run on renewable hydroelectric power and closed-loop liquid cooling. The deployment requires around $185 million in capital expenditure. Once the cluster is delivered, HIVE forecasts daily revenue from its HPC/AI operations to reach roughly $500,000.

BitMart founder Sheldon posted a statement noting that BitMart’s Chinese official account has been hacked, and the content posted there was not published by current employees.

According to Saudi media outlet Alhadath, sources have confirmed that the 60-day extension of the negotiation period between Iran and the United States has been approved. In reaction to this news, Bitget market data indicates that both WTI and Brent crude oil prices briefly dropped by over $1, while the three major U.S. stock index futures saw a short-term rally.

Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Political Deputy Commander Yadollah Javani stated: "Once the U.S. fulfills its commitments under the Islamabad Memorandum, the Strait of Hormuz will reopen." (CCTV News)

Official announcement: Binance will remove the following margin trading pairs at 14:00 (UTC+8) on August 21: Cross margin pairs include AUCTION/USDC, BEAMX/USDC, CETUS/USDC, HUMA/USDC, LAYER/USDC, NXPC/USDC, UMA/USDC, and VELODROME/USDC; Isolated margin pairs include HUMA/USDC, LAYER/USDC, and NXPC/USDC. Binance will suspend borrowing for the above isolated margin pairs starting at 14:00 (UTC+8) on August 18, and will close related positions, conduct automatic settlements, and cancel all pending orders at 14:00 (UTC+8) on August 21.