[Chain News] On August 16, it was reported that OpenAI employees are seeking to sell approximately $6 billion at a valuation of $500 billion. An investor group, including Japan's SoftBank Group, Thrive, and Dragoneer, will participate in their stock sale to invest in OpenAI. SoftBank recently completed a $1 billion investment and has participated in other deals.

[Coin World] According to reports, Grayscale has submitted the S-1 filing for the DOGE ETF.

According to data platform monitoring, in the past 30 minutes, ARK Invest deposited 1268 BTC to a certain trading platform, approximately 148.88 million USD.

[BitPush] According to monitoring, a certain investor's long positions in Bitcoin and Ethereum have incurred unrealized losses of 5.4 million USD due to the market fall. Currently, the total value of their ETH and BTC holdings is approximately 32 million USD.
Analysts point out that the recent losses are mainly due to the overall correction in the crypto market, with Bitcoin and Ethereum prices falling by 12% and 15% respectively. The investor has not yet adjusted their holdings.

The global investment firm DCG is suing its bankrupt subsidiary Genesis for the $1.1 billion guarantee provided during the cryptocurrency crash, demanding Genesis pay over $105 million plus interest. The lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District Bankruptcy Court of New York.

[Golden Finance] According to market news, based on the 13F documents disclosed by the SEC, the asset management company Brevan Howard holds Bitcoin valued at $2.3 billion. Brevan Howard has recently continued to increase its investment in the crypto market and has appointed former Thiel family office member David Kalk as the portfolio manager for its multi-strategy digital asset fund.

According to reports, the bank for international settlements (BIS) plans to rate Bitcoin based on "cleanliness" standards.

According to reports, the Dow Jones Index opened on August 15 (Friday) with a rise of 211.9 points, an increase of 0.47%, at 45,123.16 points; the Nasdaq Composite Index opened with a fall of 23.89 points, a decrease of 0.11%, at 21,686.78 points; the S&P 500 Index opened with a rise of 0.09 points, an increase of 0%, at 6,468.63 points.

According to reports, Fed official Goolsbee stated that if there are signs in September or later in the fall indicating that the economy is not caught in an inflation spiral, the Federal Reserve could consider lowering interest rates.

[Coin World] Nasdaq-listed Web3 infrastructure and product solutions provider Nano Labs Ltd released its unaudited financial performance report for the first half of 2025, disclosing that it has included a certain trading platform Token into the company's main reserve assets to promote the overall encryption asset strategic reserve, which has accumulated more than 128,000 of that Token to date. In addition, the company achieved a net income of 8.3 million RMB (approximately 1.2 million USD) in the first half of the year, with net losses narrowed to 11.8 million RMB (approximately 1.6 million USD).

Synthetix founder Kain Warwick stated that the team plans to return to the Ethereum Mainnet to establish a modern Decentralized Exchange to meet market demand, and emphasized that the design of the off-chain order book will optimize the trading experience.

Huajian Medical announced a plan to authorize the board to purchase up to 3 billion HKD of Crypto Assets within 36 months, believing that this move will help solidify its Ethereum reserves and accelerate the construction of the exchange ecosystem, which is part of its asset allocation strategy.

According to reports from [Golden Finance], illegal Bitcoin mining activities in Tajikistan and Kazakhstan are on the rise. The Attorney General of Tajikistan stated that in the first half of 2025, the losses caused by illegal crypto assets miners in the country reached 3.52 million USD. Recently, Kazakhstan authorities cracked down on crypto assets miners using illegal energy, indicating that this issue in Central Asia is becoming increasingly severe.

[Chain News] On August 15, Tether Treasury minted 1 billion USDT on the Ethereum blockchain, worth approximately 1.0011 billion USD.

[Block Rhythm] On August 15, according to data, the Meme Token AOL ( America Online ) on the Solana blockchain has a market capitalization exceeding 20 million USD, with a 24-hour rise of 171% and a 24-hour trading volume of 7 million USD.
America Online was once a dial-up internet service company, representing the narrative of technology "retro innovation."
Remind users that Meme coins have no actual use cases, and price fluctuations are significant, so investment should be cautious.

[Coin World] BioSig Technologies, a medical device technology company listed on the NASDAQ, announced the launch of a rights offering after merging with another NASDAQ-listed company, Streamex Exchange Corporation, to publicly issue 3,852,149 shares of common stock at $3.9 per share, raising approximately $15 million to purchase gold bars to advance its gold RWA tokenization.

The recent 4-hour Candlestick shows a price rise, but the volume has decreased, indicating low market activity. The MACD and KDJ indicators show no significant trend, while bullish traders' strength has increased. Suggested buy and sell points have been listed, along with the support and resistance levels.

Matrixport's latest research report points out that the U.S. market has entered a new round of Liquidity release cycle, which may drive Bitcoin and risk assets to pump, with the market expected to continue until 2026. Multiple Favourable Information factors will support asset prices to rise.

[Coin World] Swedish listed company Bitcoin Treasury Capital announced that the board has decided to conduct a directed issuance of 13,803 Class B shares, with an issuance price of 287 Swedish Krona per share, raising a total of approximately 4 million Swedish Krona. The raised funds will be used entirely for the acquisition of more Bitcoin, and the issuance of shares has been fully subscribed and allocated.

[Bitu] A-share Digital Money concept stocks rose in the afternoon, Hengbao Co., Ltd. reached the daily limit, and stocks such as Jingbeifang, Zhongke Jincai, Airong Software, and Sifang Jingchuang rose by more than 5%.