[Coin World] According to reports, California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), the largest public pension fund in the United States, is adjusting its investment portfolio in the second quarter of 2025, increasing its holdings in Coinbase, Palantir, Nvidia, and Robinhood stocks. Among them, the number of shares in Coinbase has increased to 332,791, with Palantir and Nvidia increasing their holdings by approximately 10%, and Robinhood increasing to 1,261,185 shares. This move reflects its strategic layout in emerging fields such as Crypto Assets, artificial intelligence, and digital brokerage.

According to reports, Apple (AAPL.O) is planning to make a comeback in the field of artificial intelligence with a series of ambitious new devices, including Bots, a simulated version of Siri, smart speakers with screens, and home security cameras. According to insiders, the desktop Bots as virtual companions are at the core of the AI strategy, with a goal to launch by 2027. Meanwhile, smart speakers with screens are expected to hit the market next year, as part of Apple's entry into entry-level smart home products. Home security is seen as another huge rise opportunity. The new cameras will be integrated into Apple's security system, automating home functions. Insiders say this approach should help enhance the appeal of Apple's product ecosystem to consumers.

[Coin World] Fed's Goolsbee stated that there is still inflation data to be released before the next Fed meeting.

Trump hopes to hold a second meeting with Putin and Zelensky, but did not provide a specific time, and stated that if Putin does not stop the war, there will be consequences, including possible economic sanctions.

The market continues to rise, and whales adjust their positions to avoid liquidation. A certain address reduced its ETH short order by $1,066,500, with unrealized losses of $25,414,000. Another address increased its BTC short order by $1,357,600, with unrealized losses of $1,260,780.

[Coin World] News on August 13th, the company has acquired the smart account development team ZeroDev. ZeroDev currently supports over 5 million smart accounts, covering more than 30 chains, providing tools for several encryption projects including ApeCoin, Conduit, and Crossmint. This acquisition aims to meet the rising demand for on-chain infrastructure, promote the on-chaining of large institutions and consumer applications, and collaborate with the previously launched universal intent engine to achieve rapid cross-chain transactions and a seamless user experience.

The Instagram account of Pudgy Penguins' CEO was hacked to promote Pump Fun Token.

【比推】GMX has successfully completed a distribution plan of approximately 44 million USD, compensating GLP holders affected by the recently disclosed V1 vulnerability on Arbitrum. Eligible Wallets can now claim through the GMX dApp.

[BitPush] BitMine's new chairman Lee stated that with AI creating token economies on the blockchain and Wall Street realizing financialization on the blockchain, Ethereum can be said to become the largest macro trading opportunity in the next 10–15 years.

The Sei Foundation's subsidiary, Sapien Capital, announced that biomedical expert Dr. Michael Baran has joined as a strategic advisor for Decentralized Science, assisting in the management of the $65 million Open Science Fund I to promote scientific research based on the Sei Blockchain, with the aim of accelerating progress in the fields of health and longevity.

[Coin World] According to reports, the social protocol Cygnus announced a technical cooperation with the modular blockchain project Plume Network. Both parties will explore the tokenization of social behaviors and real yield mechanisms based on the social platform ecosystem. The cooperation focuses on: enhancing user returns and protocol security through restaking; establishing interactive channels between social data and RWA assets; and developing real yield distribution models driven by social behavior. Plume Network focuses on the on-chainization of real-world assets (RWA) and natively supports income-generating assets such as private credit, government bonds, and ETFs; Cygnus is dedicated to transforming social interactions (likes, tasks, content) into measurable value on-chain.

[Coin World] According to a chart released by a data platform, the 7-day return rate highlights the general strength of altcoins: ETH +25.5%, DOGE +25.5%, XRP +16.2%, SOL +13.6%. These trends reflect that as the momentum of coins outside of Bitcoin (BTC) strengthens, speculative buying continues to heat up, and the market's overall preference for high beta assets is rising.

[比推] The social protocol Cygnus announced a technical collaboration with the modular blockchain project Plume Network, and both parties will explore social behavior tokenization and Real Yield mechanisms based on the Instagram ecosystem.
Key focus of cooperation includes:
Plume Network focuses on the on-chainization of real-world assets (RWA), natively supporting income-generating assets such as private credit, government bonds, and ETFs; Cygnus is dedicated to converting social interactions (likes, tasks, content) into measurable on-chain value.

[Golden Finance] According to reports, U.S. President Trump is considering David Zervos and Rick Rieder for the position of Fed Chairman.

According to reports, Ethereum's market capitalization surpasses Netflix.

[Block Rhythm] On August 13, a debt claim expert published an article stating, "Tom Lee will become a billionaire from this deal—he holds 10-year call options representing 5% equity in BMNR—I believe this option is currently valued between 300 million to 350 million dollars."
Tom Lee joined BitMine as chairman on June 30, when the price of ETH was about $2500. Now ETH has risen to $4700, an increase of 88% since June 30.

[Chain News] On August 13, according to data from the platform, Huang Licheng opened a short position in ETH with 25x leverage, involving 1100 ETH, with a total value of approximately 5.16 million dollars.

[Coin World] The digital asset platform operator OSL Group announced a global strategic partnership with Tianyi Group Hong Kong Company, which focuses on supply chain financial technology and industrial digitalization. This collaboration will focus on the compliance stablecoin ecosystem, on-chain asset (RWA) solutions, and cross-border settlement capabilities relying on a global licensing network. Both parties will combine their strengths in fintech products and blockchain technology, integrating underlying infrastructure with existing cross-border payment, fintech systems, and trade finance operations to serve the global business needs of enterprises during their "going abroad" process, jointly promoting the innovation and implementation of diversified financial solutions. Through this strategic cooperation, OSL Group will work with Tianyi Group Hong Kong Company to integrate their experience and resources in trade finance and compliant virtual asset technology, promoting the construction of the compliance stablecoin ecosystem and the application of on-chain assets (RWA) in real economic scenarios, further enhancing the global supply.

[Coin World] On August 13, news reported by the data platform indicates that Pumpfun has repurchased 175.3 million PUMP in the past 4 hours, amounting to approximately $705,000. Currently, a total of 766 million PUMP has been repurchased, totaling $30.65 million, accounting for 0.766% of the total supply.

According to reports, the number of Bitcoins held by various institutions has reached 3.64 million, with most of them held by exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and funds.