Coinbase’s clearing operations have officially secured approval from the CFTC, and will support USDC collateral and 24/7 settlement.

According to Reuters, AMD announced it will acquire World Labs, an AI startup founded by AI scientist Li Feifei, in an all-stock transaction valued at $8.2 billion, with the deal expected to close by the end of 2026. After the transaction wraps up, Li Feifei will join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist, reporting directly to CEO Lisa Su. The acquisition will grant AMD access to World Labs’ research capabilities in spatial intelligence—a technology designed to help AI systems understand, reason about, and simulate 3D environments and physical interactions, with applications spanning robotics, simulation, design, and other real-world use cases. AMD said World Labs’ research will help the company understand emerging AI workloads and guide its hardware, software, and systems technology roadmap. Li Feifei noted that World Labs has been in deep technical collaboration with AMD since last year, initially focusing on optimizing model training and inference using AMD GPUs. As the partnership advanced, both parties identified synergies in integrating software, hardware, foundation models, and application ecosystems. World Labs completed a $1 billion funding round earlier this year, in which AMD also participated.

Is Michael Saylor(@saylor)'s @Strategy dumping $BTC again, or just moving funds to new wallets? Over the past 9 hours, #Strategy has transferred out 3,568 $BTC ($297M).

According to Lookonchain's monitoring, Strategy has transferred out 3,568 BTC over the past 9 hours, valued at approximately $297 million.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), address 0x248…A6990 purchased 10.26 million units of the token "Niu Lai" at an average price of $0.02892 on August 17, with a total cost of roughly $296,700. After holding the position for 44 days, the address transferred all its tokens to Binance one hour ago; the holdings are now valued at approximately $1.181 million, indicating it may be preparing to sell. If sold at the current price, the address is expected to pocket a profit of around $885,000. The position previously posted an unrealized profit of about $1.365 million.

According to GMGN market data, the Ethereum-based meme coin ZC (Zipcoin) briefly surpassed a market cap of $17 million, surging over 20-fold intraday, and is currently at a $12.05 million market cap. ZC’s narrative is derived from the fictional currency in *Snowmoon*, a novel by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. Designed as an on-chain currency featuring "anonymous payments, burn-to-vote, and real-time taxation", it aims to translate the novel’s concepts into real-world blockchain applications. BlockBeats reminds users that most meme coins lack practical use cases, exhibit high price volatility, and investors should exercise caution.

Crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett wrote that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has updated its crypto-focused FAQ on token repurchases, adding a new rule stating that if no centralized entity stands behind a token repurchase, the arrangement is unlikely to qualify as an investment contract. The move follows comments last week from Miles Jennings, general counsel and head of policy at a16z crypto, who noted the prior wording could "enable issuers to announce repurchase plans that would not thereby qualify as investment contracts."