According to The Information, DeepSeek is seeking a second round of financing at a valuation of 500 billion yuan, with plans to raise 50 billion yuan. From January to July 2026, DeepSeek's revenue reached RMB 475 million (USD 70.7 million), with a net loss narrowed to RMB 715 million, lower than the full year of RMB 935 million in 2025. DeepSeek's overall gross profit margin reached 44.6%, with an API business gross profit margin of 82.9% and an annualized revenue of $400 million to $500 million. DeepSeek has raised the price of the V4 Pro API, with peak output prices rising from $0.87 to $3.96 and off peak prices at $1.98, lower than Kimi K3's $15 and Claude Opus 5's $25. The company's investment in AI infrastructure has increased from 1.2 billion yuan in 2025 to 11 billion yuan in the first seven months of this year, and has hired investment banks to prepare for an IPO in Shanghai next year.

Binance Alpha will launch Teller (DEBIT) on August 26th at 18:00, and users with at least 240 Binance Alpha points can receive 50 DEBIT token airdrops. When the reward pool is not fully distributed, the point threshold will be lowered by 5 points every 5 minutes. Collecting airdrops consumes 15 Alpha points.

Since August 23rd, BTC's long positions have remained stable, and the market has shown a neutral oscillation trend after the price rises. Since August 17th, BTC short positions have continued to decline. To initiate a comprehensive upward trend in Bitcoin, three conditions must be met: Hyperliquid Whale turning bullish, Bitfinex Whale completing BTC long position building, and the disappearance of negative values for Korean kimchi premium and Coinbase premium. At present, Bitfinex Whale's BTC long position building has been completed, and the negative kimchi premium and negative Coinbase premium have disappeared. The market is concerned about whether Hyperliquid whales can turn to bullish.

Huang Licheng responded that the report of Taiwan, China's media on the 84 times increase of its portfolio income was false news. Huang Licheng stated that he will roll over about $150000 to about $11.15 million, accumulating a profit of about $11 million. However, he has accumulated a loss of about $35 million from long positions in ETH over the past 10 months, and the historical loss has narrowed to about $24 million after this round of profit.

Binance Wallet and Axis Robotics have launched an exclusive event, offering a reward pool of 1.5 million Axis points. The event will take place from 2:00 PM on August 26th (UTC+8) to 2:00 PM on September 25th (UTC+8). （Binance Wallet）