AI is fully permeating the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision-making process, with AI mentioned 18 times across 15 economic discussion segments.

According to CoinGecko data, Upbit’s trading volume surged 244.8% over the past 24 hours, spiking to $1.706 billion. The XRP/KRW trading pair led the KRW market with a 24.49% trading volume share, while the remaining top five pairs are BTC, USDT, ETH, and ONG. Earlier, South Korean retail investors poured $4.5 billion into US stocks in July, with approximately $840 million flowing into SK Hynix’s ADRs. This shift to US stocks did not dampen South Korean retail investors’ risk appetite—AI, semiconductors, and high-leverage products remain their core bets. Among the top 10 US stocks net purchased by South Korean investors in July, four were leverage products, with Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x ETF (SOXL) being the most popular.

China Merchants Wing Lung Bank issued an important notice to customers today, stating that in compliance with the latest risk management and account compliance guidelines from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), it is conducting a comprehensive optimization and review of investment accounts held by mainland Chinese investors. Upon verification, all investment accounts held by the relevant customers (including wealth management, securities, and/or paper gold passbook accounts) had zero asset balances as of May 22, 2026, and no investment transaction records in the past 12 months, thus being classified as "zero-balance inactive investment accounts". To maintain normal account operations, the bank requires customers to submit the "Inactive Investment Account Declaration Form" as soon as possible. Customers can submit the form via the automatic pop-up window in their personal accounts on the China Merchants Wing Lung Bank mobile app; holders of joint accounts or those who have not registered for the mobile app may call the customer service hotline to complete the submission per instructions. Each holder of a joint account must submit the form separately. The main contents of the declaration form include confirming the accuracy of personal information, the legality of fund sources, that the account has not been closed or suspended due to suspicious documents, and timely notification of any information changes, among other requirements. The bank reminds that if customers fail to submit the form in a timely manner, it will suspend new investment transactions (including stock purchases, wealth management product subscriptions, etc.) at an appropriate time; if the submission remains pending, the relevant "inactive investment accounts" may be closed starting from November 2026. Once an account is suspended or closed, no new securities or wealth management product investment transactions can be conducted.

HertzFlow announced that its $4.44 million USD1 Genesis Deposit Vault has been fully funded. The project’s official stated that this is a key milestone ahead of its mainnet launch, and the team is currently making final preparations for the mainnet to officially open trading on August 24. According to the introduction, HertzFlow aims to build a permissionless leveraged trading market for oracle-backed assets, and further activate on-chain liquidity on BNB Chain via composable DeFi strategies, converting more on-chain funds into liquid assets that generate sustainable yields.

According to data from BlockBeats, Binance's platform futures trading volume surged 619% over the three-day period from August 16 to 19, rising from $13.2 billion to $95.1 billion.

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb announced that to support the BNB Smart Chain network upgrade and node server updates, it will temporarily suspend deposits and withdrawals for 28 related digital assets starting at 9:00 AM KST on August 25. The impacted assets include BNB, ASTER, CAKE, FLOKI, PUMPBTC, SFP, SOLV, USD1, XVS, C98, EDU, GMT, HOOK, LISTA, and others, with the suspension limited exclusively to the BNB Smart Chain network. Bithumb expects to complete the node server update by 11:30 AM KST on August 25, though the exact time may change due to network conditions and block generation speed. The platform will issue a separate announcement to resume deposits and withdrawals once the network stabilizes. The announcement emphasized that trading of the affected assets will remain normal during the suspension, but users should note that significant price fluctuations may occur in the period.

Max For AI has published a disclosure noting that a benchmark screenshot allegedly of Xiaomi’s next-generation large model MiMo-V3-Pro has circulated in online communities. The screenshot shows the model is primarily targeted at coding agent and general agent scenarios, with some test scores approaching those of top overseas models like Claude Opus and GPT. According to the alleged screenshot, MiMo-V3-Pro scored 72.8 points on SWE-Bench Pro, higher than GLM 5.3’s 67.9 points and Kimi K3’s 65.8 points, and less than 3 points behind Claude Opus 5’s 74.6 points and GPT-5.6 Sol Max’s 75.4 points. It also scored 70.6 points on Terminal-Bench 2.0, similarly close to Claude Opus 5’s 72.0 points and GPT-5.6 Sol Max’s 73.5 points. Additionally, its τ3-bench score reached 76.4 points, compared to GPT-5.6 Sol Max’s 78.8 points. If these scores are ultimately officially confirmed and reproducible in the official version, MiMo-V3-Pro could enter the first tier of the world’s top models. However, the authenticity of the benchmark screenshot and its test conditions have not been confirmed by Xiaomi’s official, and the relevant data should still be considered unsubstantiated leaks. It is worth noting that Xiaomi’s latest officially announced MiMo flagship models are currently MiMo-V2-Pro and MiMo-V2.5-Pro, so whether MiMo-V3-Pro exists and its specific release date remain to be further disclosed by the company.