Bitcoin’s 23% single-week rally has driven a sharp surge in mining stocks, with some mining shares outperforming AI-related stocks.

Serenity posted on X that Sivers Semiconductors (SIVE)’s latest financial report signals strong growth, with the company’s revenue opportunity pipeline expanding to approximately $1.2 billion, a 268% increase from December 2025. Sivers previously disclosed its Q1 2026 opportunity pipeline stood at $799 million, so the latest figure indicates a further significant expansion of the pipeline. The firm expects that as multiple client projects enter mass production phases, its resource shift from non-recurring engineering (NRE) projects to product mass production will begin to materialize in Q4 2026 and accelerate further in 2027. Sivers is currently still in the customer certification and mass production ramp-up stage; its latest quarterly revenue was around $5.64 million, with an adjusted EBITDA loss of $3.72 million. Serenity notes that the key focus now is whether Sivers’ massive potential revenue pipeline can convert into actual orders and scalable revenue, especially the revenue realization when multiple client projects enter mass production in 2027. Sivers officials also stated that the company is allocating resources around its 2027 product volume ramp-up, viewing this as a critical stage for its business model transition to product-driven growth.

The hacker behind the GTA 6 leak launched the Solana meme coin CYBERLEEK using unreleased Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay footage. The token reached a peak market cap of roughly $25 million on August 23. Hours before Rockstar Games officially unveiled GTA 6 gameplay for the first time, on-chain data showed the token’s contract owner withdrew approximately $146,000 in Wrapped SOL and 15.4 million tokens in fees, then converted all tokens to about $125,000 worth of SOL. Data indicates the funds were later split into four new wallets, with at least 91 SOL transferred to KuCoin. Independent on-chain analysts estimate the total withdrawal amount may exceed $250,000, though the figure has not been confirmed by the leaker or the exchange. CYBERLEEK previously hit a high of $0.0344, and is now trading at around $0.0097, down roughly 46% in 24 hours, with its market cap falling to approximately $7 million. Rockstar Games has responded to the GTA 6 leak, saying the incident has left the development team "heartbroken". Separately, Take-Two is reported to have issued subpoenas to X, Microsoft, and Discord to identify the leaker.

SK Hynix’s CEO stated that no significant signs of a downturn in the memory market have been observed, and expects memory shortages to persist until the end of 2030.

Beating AI Express, as reported by The Information, the Trump administration’s recent executive order aimed at establishing a new AI self-regulatory body has stalled. Sources familiar with the matter said the White House has circulated drafts of the relevant executive order internally in recent weeks, but the plan has not advanced further. The Trump administration had previously pushed for a unified AI regulatory framework and sought to prevent U.S. states from enacting conflicting AI rules. If this new regulatory body plan remains stalled, it could further delay the development of a federal-level AI industry regulatory system in the U.S.

According to BIT (Bit.com) market data, the U.S. stock market’s crypto-related concept stocks sector extended its rally during intraday trading. Among the listed stocks: MSTR rose 12.13%, COIN gained 5.81%, CRCL increased 6.58%, SBET rose 7.63%, BMNR gained 6.60%, HOOD rose 2.49%, and PURR surged 20.46%.

Crude oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz are slowly recovering, but a notable gap persists between the accelerated loading of Gulf oil producers and actual imports to Asia, leaving the market skeptical about the authenticity of the supply recovery. Traders currently estimate that around 6 million to 8 million barrels of crude oil pass through the strait daily, roughly half the pre-conflict level. Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Qatar, and Kuwait have all seen a rebound in loading activities recently, with Iraq’s daily loading capacity once exceeding pre-conflict levels. However, some crude oil still requires transshipment via locations such as Oman’s Sohar Port and the UAE’s Fujairah, so increased loading does not mean the oil has actually reached Asian buyers. Data from Kpler shows that Asia’s crude oil imports in August are projected to hit 23.12 million barrels per day (bpd), about 14% lower than the average of 26.91 million bpd in the three months before the conflict. Among these, India’s August crude oil imports are expected to be only 4.51 million bpd, with around 1.45 million bpd coming from the Middle East—just half the pre-conflict average. Additionally, Middle Eastern crude oil arriving in Asia in August stands at around 11.11 million bpd, higher than July’s 10.76 million bpd but still nearly 30% below the pre-conflict level of 15.82 million bpd. Analysts note that the current gap between loading volumes and arrival figures may partly result from shipping delays, and data in the coming weeks will be critical to determining whether supplies through the Strait of Hormuz have truly recovered.