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- PetroChina's 2025 H1 net profit fell 5.4% due to 14.5% lower crude prices and 12.8% refining revenue decline amid shifting energy demand. - The company counters challenges through 30 GW renewable expansion, hydrogen infrastructure, and partnerships with IBM/Huawei for AI-driven sustainability. - Maintaining 52.2% dividend payout ratio contrasts with peers like Sinopec, prioritizing operational flexibility over aggressive shareholder returns. - Strategic bets include ¥3B fusion tech investment and 50% ren
- Luxury brand Gucci launches crypto payments (BTC/ETH) in select markets, aligning with its digital transformation strategy to attract tech-savvy younger consumers. - The pilot partners with fintech firms to convert digital assets to fiat currency, ensuring secure transactions while maintaining traditional payment options. - Analysts view this as a potential industry precedent, though challenges like crypto volatility and regulatory uncertainty remain significant concerns for adoption. - Gucci will evalua
- PetroChina adopts stablecoins for cross-border energy trade via Hong Kong's 100% reserve-backed framework, aiming to cut USD reliance and reduce transaction costs by 40%. - Ripple's RLUSD, compliant with NYDFS/FSA, enables real-time $0.0002 transactions, slashing settlement times and costs for institutions like SBI and Standard Chartered. - Hong Kong's $25M capital requirement and China's yuan internationalization strategy drive stablecoin adoption, with RLUSD processing $10B+ volume since 2024. - Regula
- In 2025, Bitget's derivatives volume hit $750B/month, with 50% from institutional traders, signaling crypto market maturation. - Strategic liquidity programs and institutional tools drove 0.0074% BTC slippage, outperforming peers in execution quality. - BGB token surged 860% YTD, accounting for 44% of H1 spot volume, bridging retail and institutional activity. - Bitget's 188% reserve ratio and CLARITY Act alignment reinforced institutional trust amid fragmented crypto markets. - The exchange's liquidity
- WBETH surged 38.83% in 24 hours to $4,910.30, with 1861.79% monthly and 3353.31% annual gains despite recent 1.74% weekly dip. - Technical indicators show overbought RSI and bullish MACD crossover, with price above 200-day moving average support. - Analysts note strong liquidity and adoption momentum but caution near-term volatility amid strategic market developments.
- 2025 crypto market splits between speculative meme coins (e.g., SHIB) and utility-driven projects (e.g., LBRETT, RTX) with real-world infrastructure. - Shiba Inu faces volatility, weak tokenomics (98% lower burn rates), and macro risks, contrasting with LBRETT's 10k TPS scalability and 55k% staking APY. - Remittix (RTX) gains traction via cross-border payments, fiat-crypto integration, and 10% transaction burns, raising $20.8M in presales. - Investor sentiment shifts toward projects with defensible use c
- DeFi Development Corp. (DFDV) purchased 407,247 SOL ($77M) in August 2025, boosting its holdings to 1.83M SOL ($371M) through a $125M equity raise. - DFDV generates 7.16% annualized yield via Solana staking while expanding validator infrastructure, linking its equity value to Solana's price performance. - Solana's DeFi TVL surged to $13B in Q3 2025, driven by 500,000 TPS capacity and low fees, with institutional adoption including $1.72B in corporate staking. - Regulatory risks (e.g., SEC ETF decision) a
- A 24,000 BTC whale dump in August 2025 triggered $480M crypto liquidations, exposing leveraged position risks and Bitcoin's $109,000 seven-week low. - The Fed's 2025 rate-cut trajectory (3.8% Treasury yields) fueled 15% Bitcoin gains but amplified derivatives-driven volatility via bearish options bias ($116,000 max pain level). - Strategic positioning emphasized 5-10x leverage limits, gamma scalping near $116,000, and barbell strategies pairing stablecoins with ETF-driven Bitcoin inflows ($12B since Q2 2
- Bitcoin's "Red September" volatility reflects historical patterns of 10/13 Septembers seeing declines from 2015-2023, driven by investor psychology and portfolio rebalancing ahead of year-end tax seasons. - Macroeconomic factors like Fed policy now heavily influence Bitcoin, with 2024 rate cuts triggering a 6.7% price surge and 2025 cuts expected to create critical market inflection points. - Institutional adoption (ETFs, derivatives) and on-chain metrics (MVRV ratio at +21%) suggest evolving market dyna
- DATA surged 66.75% in 24 hours, with 682.55% 7-day and 807.82% monthly gains, contrasting a 6,612.21% annual drop. - The sharp rally suggests a market reevaluation or sudden sentiment shift, signaling potential overbought conditions and possible corrections. - Analysts warn of increased volatility and advocate risk-managed strategies, such as trailing stops, to navigate rapid price swings. - Backtesting strategies focus on capturing short-term spikes, relying on consistent patterns of sharp rallies follo
- 09:31Goldman Sachs: US Stock Rally Expected to Expand to Small-Cap SectorAccording to ChainCatcher, citing Golden Ten Data, strategists at Goldman Sachs stated that as the economic outlook remains strong, laggards including small-cap stocks are beginning to catch up, and the record-breaking rally in the U.S. stock market is likely to broaden. The Goldman Sachs team believes that the Federal Reserve's expected rate cuts and a rebound in corporate earnings increase the likelihood of the rally spreading to areas such as small-cap stocks. Kostin pointed out that the breadth of the market rally is limited, indicating that there is still room for a "catch-up" rally in underperforming market sectors.
- 09:11South African listed company Altvest plans to raise $210 million to purchase BitcoinOn September 8, according to Bloomberg, South African listed company Altvest Capital Ltd. plans to raise $210 million to purchase bitcoin and establish a crypto vault reserve. The company's founder and CEO Warren Wheatley stated in an interview that the company will also be renamed "Africa Bitcoin Corp." and is raising funds from both overseas and local investors, while seeking an international listing. Altvest Bitcoin Strategies Pty Ltd., a subsidiary of the company, will provide crypto services on behalf of CAEP Asset Managers Pty Ltd., which is authorized by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority. Altvest has a market capitalization of 52.8 million rand ($3 million), and it will treat cryptocurrency as a core reserve asset on its balance sheet, similar to how companies traditionally hold cash or gold.
- 09:03Aster: 8.8% of tokens will be unlocked and distributed at TGE, with part of protocol revenue used for buybacksBlockBeats News, on September 8, decentralized trading platform Aster updated its tokenomics information, stating that the maximum token supply is 8 billion. 8.8% (704 million ASTER) tokens will be unlocked immediately on the TGE day and distributed to users who earned Rh or Au points during the points campaign. In addition, APX holders can convert their APX assets (including staked positions) into ASTER within a designated redemption period, but the conversion rate will decrease over time. At the same time, the team stated that part of the protocol revenue will be used for foundation allocation and governance reward buybacks. The future utilities of ASTER include spot/perpetual contract trading fee discounts, governance, and more.