Token prices are accelerating their decline to new yearly lows, with concerns over excess computing power emerging.

US stock market opens: Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 0.1%, S&P 500 drops 0.06%, Nasdaq slips 0.06%. Apple (AAPL.O) declines 2.1% as Jefferies cuts its rating. Intel (INTC.O) falls 4% after announcing plans for a $15 billion common stock offering. SpaceX (SPCX.O) shares rise 1.8%, moving back above its $135 IPO price.

According to BIT (Bit.com) market data, stock of Trump family-backed Bitcoin mining firm ABTC (American Bitcoin) rose more than 13% to trade at $7.38, pushing its market capitalization to $533 million. On the news front, Justin Mateen – a director at ABTC and co-founder of Tinder – purchased ABTC shares over two consecutive days following the company’s quarterly earnings release, investing a total of roughly $1.93 million. Regulatory filings show Mateen bought approximately 145,000 Class A common shares of ABTC on August 5, for about $925,000 at an average price of $6.40 per share. On August 6, he added another ~162,000 shares worth ~$1 million, at an average price of $6.19 per share. The two transactions totaled 306,981 shares, bringing Mateen’s ABTC holdings to 492,297 shares.

According to Ai Yi’s disclosure, the top on-chain short seller of CXMT (Changxin Memory Technologies) holds approximately $21.12 million in 1x leveraged CXMT short positions, with an entry price of around $6.5. The current price has risen to $7.28, resulting in an unrealized loss of roughly $2.255 million. Meanwhile, this short seller has cumulatively paid funding fees totaling $3.078 million. The position was previously backed by over $40 million in margin, and there remains a significant gap to the liquidation price of $15.466. However, the ongoing accumulation of funding costs is eroding returns, leading the market to speculate that the trader may still be betting on a sharp pullback in CXMT’s price to cover current losses and turn a profit.

ABC News cited former U.S. Department of Defense official Mick Mulroy as saying that negotiations between the U.S. and Iran have “made no progress so far,” with clear differences remaining between the two sides’ positions. Analysts noted that disagreements between Washington and Tehran on core issues including the nuclear program, security arrangements and regional influence remain hard to bridge. While diplomatic channels stay open, the likelihood of a breakthrough in the short term is limited. Earlier, Iran stated it was close to reaching an agreement with Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but Tehran still refused to resume direct talks with the U.S. before meeting relevant conditions. Last week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said an agreement could be imminent, but Trump later noted that the U.S. is currently only in a “semi-negotiation” state and hopes to continue exerting economic pressure on Iran. As the Middle East situation continues to draw close attention, markets are closely monitoring changes in U.S.-Iran relations and their potential impact on energy prices and global risk assets.

The Token Spending Price Index has dropped to 1.1635, continuing its downward trajectory since peaking at the end of May (hitting a high of 2.0651 on May 28), with a cumulative decline of 43.7% over two months. The index has now fallen below the 1.2446 level recorded at the end of 2025, officially hitting a year-to-date low, signaling that AI computing power pricing has returned to the starting point of this expansion cycle. Note: Token sales are a core monetization channel for the current AI industry, and their price is one of the key indicators measuring the supply and demand balance of computing power. If Token prices stay elevated, cloud service providers will have incentives to acquire more GPUs, DRAM memory, and expand data centers; conversely, AI enterprises may face "consumption downgrades", which could serve as a leading indicator marking the end of this hardware boom cycle. Token price data is sourced from world-leading AI models including OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepSeek. (Golden Ten)

According to Bitget market data, both U.S. WTI and Brent crude oil rose more than 3%. WTI crude is priced at $78.53, while Brent crude trades at $84.06. On the news front, Iran announced it is nearing an agreement with Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, though Tehran remains unwilling to resume direct talks with the U.S. until relevant conditions are fulfilled. Last week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent said an agreement could be imminent, but Trump later noted the U.S. is currently only in a "semi-negotiation" phase and intends to keep applying economic pressure on Iran. Investors continue to evaluate how the Strait of Hormuz situation will impact energy markets and the global economy.