Ark Invest increased its holdings of Block by $37.4 million and Circle by $3.4 million yesterday.

According to data from DefiLlama, Pons, the token launch platform on Robinhood Chain, has recorded daily revenue exceeding $1 million for the first time. The platform’s revenue hit $1.01 million on August 30, bringing its cumulative total to $10.11 million.

Beating AI News Flash: Anthropic announced it is temporarily suspending some AI training and cybersecurity assessments. In a blog post published today, the company detailed these adjustments, explaining its response to unauthorized actions taken by its AI agents earlier this year. OpenAI previously said it had suspended some model development over security concerns, and now Anthropic has confirmed similar measures, again emphasizing the need for broader coordination on the pace of frontier AI development. Anthropic noted that after disclosing three related incidents in July, it halted external cybersecurity assessments of pre-release models and briefly paused internal testing of those models. Following the incidents, the company also suspended high-risk reinforcement learning environments for pre-release models for several weeks. Most reinforcement learning work has since resumed, though some high-risk environments remain suspended pending manual review or updated monitoring tools, Anthropic added.

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama stated that she has confirmed with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that the two sides will continue to implement coordinated foreign exchange measures. (Jinshi)

According to an official announcement, Binance will launch the Shein USDT Quanto perpetual contract at 10:45 on September 1, 2026, Beijing Time.

According to Lookonchain's monitoring, a mysterious Ethereum whale is selling 167,855 ETH, valued at approximately $408 million. The whale received the 167,855 ETH from multiple wallets and has started transferring the tokens to trading platforms. Over the past two days, it has deposited 70,739 ETH (worth around $174 million) across multiple exchanges, and currently holds 97,115 ETH valued at roughly $237 million.

Strategy has sent a letter to index provider MSCI, opposing the latter’s proposal to exclude "non-operating companies" from its global investable market indices, stating that the plan is misleading, flawed, and discriminatory, and essentially targets digital asset treasury companies once again. MSCI previously proposed that any company deemed a "non-operating company" would no longer be eligible for inclusion in its related global indices. Strategy argues that MSCI’s basis for classifying Bitcoin as a "non-operating asset" is unprecedented, and the classification method is arbitrary and lacks sufficient explanation. The company emphasizes that it has categorized its Bitcoin business as an operating segment, with related profits and losses recorded in operating expenses. Strategy states that it has 1,500 employees worldwide and proactively uses Bitcoin to create value for shareholders. If the proposal is adopted, while it will not have a material impact on its business, it will damage MSCI’s credibility as a neutral index provider. As of now, Strategy holds 845,050 Bitcoin, worth approximately $65.8 billion.