Binance to launch 6 perpetual contracts for traditional financial assets, with up to 20x leverage.

In an interview broadcast on U.S. public television PBS on August 11 local time, Mohammad Reza Naghdi, advisor to the commander-in-chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), stated that the two main goals of the U.S. war against Iran—overthrowing Iran’s leadership and splitting the country—have “already failed,” adding that “victory is on Iran’s side.” Naghdi pointed out that the U.S. has displayed confusion and uncertainty in this conflict, saying, “The U.S. keeps announcing new goals every few days, turning this into a war without strategy.” He also emphasized that Iran will continue to achieve victories. Over more than five months of confrontation with the U.S., Iran has not only accumulated experience but also found that U.S. military forces are weaker than expected. Iran must achieve deterrence to ensure enemies never dare attack it again, and one way to do this is to “prolong the war” to wear down the U.S., so that anyone considering attacking Iran in the future “will first weigh the cost they will have to pay.” (Source: CCTV International News)

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has made its first investment in Circle, a stablecoin issuer. Data disclosed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shows that as of the second quarter of 2026, KIC held 65,443 shares of Circle, with a holding value of approximately $4.099 million (equivalent to about 5.83 billion South Korean won). Previously, KIC’s holdings of crypto-asset-related companies included Strategy, Coinbase, Block, Robinhood, and Riot Platforms. In Q2 2026, KIC reduced its stakes in Strategy, Coinbase, and Riot Platforms, while increasing positions in Block and Robinhood. The total value of its related U.S. stock holdings rose 27% from $132 million in Q1 to $168 million. Specifically, Strategy’s holding value dropped 32% from $10.61 million to $7.17 million; Coinbase’s fell 30% from $52.99 million to $36.93 million; Block’s surged 58% from $17.25 million to $27.34 million; Robinhood’s jumped 92% from $45.88 million to $87.96 million; and Riot’s rose 70% from $4.95 million to $8.42 million.

According to BIT (Bit.com) market data, most large-cap US tech stocks advanced in pre-market trading. SpaceX rose 0.4%, Meta, Amazon, Micron Technology, and Google Class A gained 0.2%, Apple added 0.1%, Tesla and Nvidia remained unchanged, Microsoft dropped 0.4%, and SK Hynix fell 0.8%.

Hong Kong stocks closed: The Hang Seng Index fell 0.17%, while the Hang Seng Tech Index rose 0.33%. Tencent Holdings (00700.HK) closed down 4.46% after releasing its earnings results. Lenovo Group gained 20.179%, Zhipu rose 9.023%, and MINIMAX-W advanced 5.988%.

According to Bitget's market data, spot gold has fallen more than 1% on the day, currently trading at $4,364.24 per ounce.

According to Bitget’s latest data, roughly one in three derivative trades on the platform comes from stock contracts. As of now, Bitget supports a total of 271 stock contracts. Earlier data shows that Bitget’s July monthly trading volume for stock contracts hit $85.445 billion, with a single-day peak volume of $6.674 billion. During the same period, monthly trading volume rose 30.6% month-over-month, the number of traders increased by 31.4% month-over-month, and the number of trades grew by 130% month-over-month. Multiple trading metrics have all posted steady growth.