1. Nasdaq-listed company Oblong disclosed that it has pledged $8 million worth of TAO;
2. Plasma and Aave partner to launch an institutional fund for the global financial system;
3. Musk: Grok 5 will be launched before the end of this year;
4. OpenAI officially released GPT-5;
5. Sharplink increased its holdings by 10,975 ETH, bringing its total holdings to over 532,000 ETH, valued at over $2 billion.
6. Fundamental Global, a US-listed company, plans to raise up to $5 billion to purchase ETH and for business operations.
7. Pump.fun plans to launch the Glass Full Foundation to support ecosystem development;
8. Perle, a Web 3-based AI project, has secured $9 million in seed funding led by Framework Ventures.
9. Trader AguilaTrades increased his long position to $223 million, with a profit of $4.76 million.
10. Gemini founders Winklevoss twins invested in American Bitcoin Corp, a mining company owned by Trump's son. The company is expected to list on the US stock market in early September.
11. CryptoQuant: Bitcoin enters a bull market cooling period; the Fed's September interest rate meeting may become a new catalyst;
12. WiMi Hologram, a US-listed company, disclosed that it holds a total of US$455 million in Bitcoin-related securities derivatives.