Alphabet is seeking to raise up to $25 billion in funds through bond issuance.

U.S. initial jobless claims remained roughly flat last week, marking the third consecutive week they came in below 200,000, highlighting the labor market's resilience. Data released by the U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday showed that for the week ending August 1, initial jobless claims edged up to 199,000, pushing the four-week moving average to its lowest level since September 2022. Meanwhile, continuing jobless claims rose to 1.8 million last week, in line with expectations. Economists forecast that the July non-farm payrolls report, set to be released on Friday, will show healthy employment growth, as consumer spending continues to underpin economic activity. (Source: Jinshi)

JPMorgan said Hyperliquid (HYPE) ETF led non-Bitcoin crypto fund inflows in May and June, but demand for the product largely stalled in July and early August, reflecting rising market concerns over its competitive outlook. Analysts led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou pointed out that decentralized platforms like Hyperliquid face significant market share pressure. After the launch of U.S.-regulated crypto perpetual futures products, some trading activity may shift from overseas decentralized platforms to compliant centralized exchanges, which hold advantages in licensing, compliance and investor protection. JPMorgan also noted that Hyperliquid is expanding its prediction market business, though competition in this sector is also intensifying. While HYPE has become the fourth-largest asset in corporate crypto treasuries, trailing only BTC, ETH and SOL, it remains uncertain whether it can continue to capture market share from larger ecosystems like Solana and XRP. Currently, the assets under management (AUM) of BTC and ETH ETFs stand at roughly $77 billion and $10 billion respectively, while other crypto ETFs including SOL, XRP and HYPE combined only have a total size of around $2 billion to $3 billion. HYPE has fallen more than 3% in the past 24 hours, trading at approximately $55.30.

Independent Wall Street investment research firm Yardeni Research stated that the Federal Reserve should adopt a more hawkish policy stance, as current inflation risks outweigh concerns over slowing economic growth. The firm noted that U.S. consumer spending rose 3.3%, business investment increased 8.4%, and AI-driven capital expenditure continues to expand, indicating the economy remains strong with no signs requiring a significant easing of monetary policy. Market pricing is gradually aligning with the stance of Fed hawks. Inflation remains sticky, with services prices staying elevated, further supporting the Federal Reserve’s move toward a tighter policy stance.

ByteDance is in discussions to train a model with over 5 trillion parameters, which would surpass Alibaba’s Qwen3.8-Max (2.4 trillion parameters) and Moonshot AI’s K3 (2.8 trillion parameters), making it the largest known model by parameter scale in China. Generally, larger models tend to exhibit higher intelligence, though the plan remains in early stages and does not guarantee the final model will be launched. The new model will be led by Xiang Liang, head of SeedFoundation, in collaboration with Shen Ke, who oversees large language model (LLM) pre-training data. For this initiative, Seed is reorganizing its structure, clarifying responsibilities, and allocating resources. (LatePost)

According to its official page, Robinhood has listed CASHCAT.

Well-known crypto analyst Killa wrote that Bitcoin (BTC) rose at the start of the month as he had previously predicted, and is now approaching its "5th pivot point" — a timeline worth close attention. He noted that over the past year and a half, trading against the market’s dominant narrative during this period has repeatedly captured 3% to 4% counter-trend swings. If historical patterns hold, BTC may see partial de-risking after passing this pivot point. However, Killa warned that while prices fell as expected last time, BTC was in a complex consolidation range, so it did not form a smooth one-way downtrend, instead consolidating until the next pivot point. He added that historical biases still favor counter-trend trading, but the current market environment is complex, with both price structure and timeline being equally important.