Hong Kong stocks closed, with the Hang Seng Tech Index down nearly 1.5% and MINIMAX falling nearly 4.2%.

According to official announcements, FUNVERSE’s debut on-chain game *FUN LONGINUS* will launch officially on the Anubis Chain mainnet at 10:00 UTC on September 1, 2026 (18:00 UTC+8). Derived from a hackathon, *FUN LONGINUS* is an Eastern wuxia-themed on-chain game built for the Anubis GameFi ecosystem. Its on-chain gameplay centers on classic wuxia elements including jianghu (martial arts community), battle arenas, master-disciple bonds, annual stipends (jiazi feng), alliance leader orders, and Huaze magical artifacts. The game adopts the 24 solar terms as its competitive structure: each match features 24 distinct addresses entering the arena together, with players using fLGNS tokens to participate. Match execution, result adjudication, and final settlement are all executed via smart contracts, culminating in one alliance leader being crowned. All match records, reward distributions, master-disciple relationships, and players’ jianghu resumes are stored on-chain. On August 18, *FUN LONGINUS* completed its “Heroes’ Joint Forging” event. As of press time, the total value of this joint forging exceeds $1.4 million at current market prices.

Per market data from BIT (Bit.com), the three major U.S. stock index futures extended their decline: Nasdaq futures fell 1%, S&P 500 futures dropped 0.54%, and Dow futures slipped 0.49%.

According to GMGN market data, MarsCoin (MARSCOIN) experienced a rapid short-term rally driven by news of its listing on Binance derivatives contracts. Its market capitalization once climbed to around $69.74 million, and as of press time, MARSCOIN’s market cap stands at approximately $65.05 million, with a 24-hour increase of 44.38%.

According to official announcements, HashKey Exchange has announced the listing of the First Digital USD (FDUSD) token, which is restricted exclusively to professional investors. Users can now deposit and withdraw funds via the Ethereum ERC20 network. The spot trading pairs FDUSD/USD, BTC/FDUSD, and ETH/FDUSD will go live at 16:00 (UTC+8) on September 1, 2026.

Beating AI Flash News: Gemini 3.8 Flash is reportedly set to launch imminently. Leaker lyra claims gemini-3.8-flash has completed deployment and will release "tomorrow". Last week, Business Insider obtained internal screenshots showing Gemini 3.8 Flash Preview on Google’s internal coding platform Jetski. A testing employee noted the model is significantly better than Gemini 3.7 Flash. Gemini 3.8 Flash’s internal codename is skimaki. The update primarily addresses issues exposed by Gemini 3.7 Flash while reducing generic, verbose "AI fluff". Notably, Gemini 3.7 Flash launched as recently as August 13, with the gap between the two versions being less than three weeks.

According to an official announcement, Binance Futures will launch the MARSCOINUSDT perpetual contract at 09:45 UTC on September 1, 2026, with a maximum leverage of 20x. MarsCoin is a meme token built on BNB Chain, which distributes SPCXB (a tokenized stock asset) to its holders. The contract’s specifications are as follows: minimum trade size of 1 MARSCOIN, minimum notional value of 5 USDT, funding rate cap of +2%/-2%, settlement every 4 hours, support for multi-asset margin mode, and 24/7 trading. Contract copy trading will be available within 24 hours of the contract’s launch.