US Senator issues ultimatum to AI giants: Pause development, or Congress will take action.

Unitree’s IPO is priced at 150.8 yuan per share, with 40.4464 million shares issued, accounting for 10% of its post-issuance total share capital. The offering raised approximately 6.099 billion yuan, 45.15% over the original planned fundraising of 4.202 billion yuan. It took only 73 days from acceptance on March 20 to IPO approval, marking the fastest IPO approval record this year.

Meta Platforms (META.O) has announced the launch of Muse Glimmer, an open-source agent model compatible with Mac or PC. The new model, far smaller than competitors’ leading AI models and purpose-built for agent-based tasks, can run on a Mac or PC equipped with a single graphics card, designed to meet the demand for running AI systems directly on user devices. The release comes as the company seeks to solidify its position after forming an expensive superintelligence team last year to rejoin the high-stakes AI race. In a statement, Zuckerberg said that for U.S. companies to lead in the field of open-source weight models, the U.S. needs to rethink its policies. Speaking about open-source models, he noted: “Foreign labs currently hold several advantages in this area, as U.S. labs must comply with more additional restrictions on training data. If we want U.S. open-source models to maintain long-term leadership, U.S. policies must reduce these extra barriers.” He also added that the company will soon resume releasing some open-source models.

According to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), MiniMax has met the fast-track inclusion rules for the HKEX Tech 100 Index. It will be included in both the HKEX Tech 100 Index and the HKEX Tech & US Tech 100 Index after the close of trading on August 12, 2026, with the inclusion taking effect on August 13, 2026.

According to an official announcement, Binance will suspend leveraged trading and delist the following tokens from its margin and lending services at 18:00 UTC+8 (China Standard Time) on August 14, 2026: BTTC (BitTorrent) and POWR (Powerledger).

Standard Chartered has initiated coverage on Chainlink in a research report, projecting that its LINK token could surge 25-fold from its current level of around $8 to $200 by the end of 2030. The bank noted that the tokenization wave will require reliable on-chain data, positioning Chainlink as critical infrastructure bridging traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi).

According to monitoring by Onchain Lens, FalconX transferred 120 Bitcoin (worth approximately $7.82 million) to Coinbase 24 minutes ago.