Trader loracle.hl has accumulated losses of over $60 million in long and short trades on HYPE token, including a $46 million loss in short selling in June, a $2.33 million loss in long trading, and a $11.8 million loss in short selling again. （Lookonchain）

OKX has announced the addition of SKHYUSDUM (X-Perp), SNXXUSDUM (X-Perp), and AXTUSDUM (X-Perp) to multiple services, including various trading services, officially launching on 2026-08-20 at 18:00 (UTC+8). Notes: - SKHYUSD, SNXXUSD, and AXTIUSD X-Perp contracts will be launched in batches between 18:00 and 18:30 (UTC+8) on August 20, 2026. - SNXXUSD is a leveraged ETF X-Perp, which inherently carries leveraged or inverse exposure. Trading this product may further amplify liquidation risks and losses. - Users should pay attention to the specific opening time differences for each trading pair and manage leveraged trading position risks appropriately.

L1 public chain Harmony shard 0 and shard 1 have both reached the legal quorum. The rollback of the second phase GO has been activated, and validators who have completed the first phase need to follow the official guidelines. The team will update the progress after confirming network health, normal block production, and finalization. Harmony will retain block 92730034 of shard 0 and block 94978278 of shard 1 (15:25:37 on August 12, 2026) as the recovery starting point, and the verifier will use the corresponding replacement database to regenerate new blocks from heights 92730035 and 94978279.

According to Bloomberg, AI chip startup Fractile plans to raise $600 million at a valuation of $6.5 billion, an increase from $1 billion three months ago. This round of funding is led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Thrive Capital, and Founders Fund. Fractile has reached a $250 million chip supply agreement with Anthropic, and the related chips are expected to be put into use in 2027.

According to BIT (bit. com) market data, BitMine's stock price closed up 10%, with investors buying 181684 call options, which is about 25% higher than the average daily trading volume of 145316. Marex Group increased its holdings of BitMine by 560.1% in the fourth quarter of last year, holding approximately 10.02 million shares; Weiss Asset Management increased its holdings by 363.6% in the first quarter of this year, holding approximately 4.32 million shares; Morgan Stanley increased its holdings by 25.8% in the fourth quarter of last year, holding approximately 12.19 million shares.