Nasdaq expands into the dark pool market, acquiring LeveL Markets to strengthen its stock trading ecosystem.

According to market data from BIT (bit.com), US-listed cryptocurrency-related stocks rose broadly. Specifically: CRCL gained 7.04%, MARA rose 1.35%, COIN increased 1.18%, MSTR added 0.17%, and RIOT jumped 5.31%.

US President Trump stated, "Iran’s current inflation has hit 300%, its currency is worthless. Iranians have also failed to pay their soldiers’ salaries; we have complete control over Iran’s funds. The U.S. can deploy 'powerful force' to strike Iran, and we face no shortage of missile ammunition."

More and more older Americans are accelerating their exit from the labor force. The labor force participation rate for people aged 55 and above has fallen from over 40% pre-pandemic to 36.9% in July this year. Economists at Bank of America point out that rising wealth is one of the key factors driving this trend. Over the past two years, the S&P 500 index has climbed nearly 40%, and growing balances in 401(k) retirement accounts may have allowed more Americans to retire early.

According to an official announcement, Binance has announced that it will launch the DOSUSDT perpetual contract at 23:00 (UTC+8) on August 11, 2026, with a maximum leverage of up to 20x.

According to monitoring by Onchain Lens, the address linked to BlackRock’s ETF transferred 838.07 Bitcoin (valued at approximately $53.88 million) and 12,670 Ethereum (worth roughly $23.96 million) to Coinbase, totaling around $77.84 million.

According to a report from The Information, AI infrastructure startup Trajectory has closed a $40 million funding round, with a post-money valuation of $300 million. Sequoia Capital participated in the investment, while the specific funding round details and other investors remain undisclosed. Founded by former researchers from tech firms including Google and Apple, Trajectory specializes in helping enterprises customize open-source AI models for specific business needs, and optimizing the software toolchains that power AI Agent operations (dubbed "Agent Harness"). As the cost of using closed-source large models continues to rise, more enterprises are turning to alternatives: on one hand, reducing costs by fine-tuning and customizing open-source models; on the other, improving Agent execution frameworks to enable AI models to call tools and complete tasks more efficiently. This trend is fueling a new wave of startups focused on model adaptation and Agent infrastructure. Trajectory aims to address key challenges enterprises face when deploying AI Agents, including model performance optimization, task execution reliability, and adaptation to enterprise use cases. The company hopes to help businesses build more efficient, low-cost AI applications by offering model customization and Agent runtime infrastructure.