4CHAN FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST UK GOVERNMENT AFTER BEING THREATENED WITH FINES AND IMPRISONMENT FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH UK ONLINE SAFETY ACT

NVIDIA EARNINGS:

*NVIDIA 2Q REV. $46.7B, EST. $46.23B

*NVIDIA 2Q DATA CENTER REVENUE $41.1B, EST. $41.29B

*NVIDIA 2Q COMPUTE REVENUE $33.84B, EST. $35.87B

*NVIDIA 2Q ADJ EPS $1.05

*NVIDIA: NO H20 SALES TO CHINA-BASED CUSTOMERS IN 2Q

*NVIDIA: 3Q REVENUE IS EXPECTED TO BE $54.0B PLUS OR MINUS 2%

*NVIDIA: NOT ASSUMED ANY H20 SHIPMENTS TO CHINA IN OUTLOOK

*NVIDIA APPROVES ADDITIONAL $60B IN SHARE BUYBACK

*NVIDIA: IF GEOPOLITICAL ISSUES RESOLVE IT COULD SHIP $2B-$5B IN H20 REVENUE IN Q3; SELECT CHINA CUSTOMERS HAVE RECEIVED LICENSES FOR H20 BUT HAVE NOT SHIPPED TO THEM YET: CONF CALL

Nvidia reported Q2 FY2026 revenue of $46.74 billion, up 56% year-over-year and slightly above the $46.23 billion consensus. For Q3, the company expects revenue of $54.0 billion (±2%), a gross margin of approximately 73.5%, and operating expenses around $4.2 billion. Nvidia returned $24.3 billion to shareholders in the first half of FY2026 and expanded its share repurchase authorization by $60 billion. — link

Since mid-July, the majority of all revenue on lending protocols has been on Aave v3 — link | AI comment

According to Bloomberg, former People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan warned that stablecoins could fuel speculation and undermine financial stability. He noted that stablecoins offer limited cost advantages compared to China’s existing retail payment systems and added that claims of “extremely high” traditional cross-border payment costs may be exaggerated. — link

According to BeInCrypto, Coinbase clarified that its recent hiring policy changes apply only to a few sensitive U.S. roles, not all positions, and do not invoke national security laws. The in-person requirements are limited to onboarding, including ID checks and fingerprinting. — link

According to Bloomberg, Hong Kong SFC executive director Eric Yip and lawmaker Johnny Ng were removed from the speaker list for the Bitcoin Asia conference, scheduled for August 28–29, after being advised to avoid contact with Donald Trump’s son, Eric Trump. Archived event pages had previously listed them as speakers. — link

Solana’s new consensus proposal, SIMD-0326 (Alpenglow), has entered the community voting phase, running from Epochs 840 to 842 (each Epoch lasts about 2 days). The proposal requires two-thirds of votes (yes vs. no) to pass. As of now (Epoch 840), voter turnout is around 9.87%, with 9.76% in favor. Alpenglow aims to reduce block finality time from 12.8 seconds to approximately 150 milliseconds. — link

Philippine Senator Bam Aquino proposed at the Manila Tech Summit to put the national budget on-chain so citizens can trace government spending. The plan would expand on the DBM’s current blockchain platform, which already records some financial documents on Polygon. — link

South Korea’s largest crypto exchange, Upbit, has announced the listing of TREE trading pairs with KRW, BTC, and USDT. Treehouse (TREE) is a decentralized fixed income protocol. — link

In his latest article, Arthur Hayes predicts that ENA, ETHFI, and HYPE will increase 51x, 34x, and 126x, respectively, by 2028. He also stated that Codex is the stablecoin project he's most excited about and will truly become the first true crypto bank. Arthur Hayes has previously stated that his predictions are only 25% accurate. — link

Solana targets 150-millisecond finality as Alpenglow upgrade proposal enters voting phase — link | AI comment

American Bitcoin, backed by Trump’s two sons, will go public via an all-stock merger with Gryphon Digital Mining, aiming to start trading on Nasdaq in early September. Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Hut 8 will jointly hold 98% of the new entity, trading under the ticker ABTC. — link

The Sandbox cuts 50% staff, restructures as Animoca Brands take control — link | AI comment

Crypto startup M0 raises $40 million to build out stablecoin network — link | AI comment

TETHER TO EXPAND USDT SUPPORT TO BITCOIN, ALLOWING NATIVE USDT TRANSERS TO A BITCOIN WALLET: BLOG

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Nasdaq-listed Caliber announces that its Board of Directors has formally approved the Digital Asset Treasury Strategy (DAT Strategy) and Digital Asset Treasury Policy (DAT Policy), planning to allocate a portion of its treasury funds to purchase LINK tokens from the Chainlink protocol for long-term appreciation and staking yield generation. — link

Tether today announced plans to launch USDT on the RGB protocol, providing the possibility for stablecoins to exist natively on Bitcoin. RGB recently released its 0.11.1 mainnet version, aimed at expanding Bitcoin's functionality. — link

On August 27, Ethereum spot ETFs recorded $309 million in total net inflows, marking five consecutive days of inflows. Bitcoin spot ETFs saw $81.24 million in total net inflows, marking three consecutive days of inflows. — link

U.S. initial jobless claims for the week ending August 23 were 229k, slightly below the expected 230k, with the prior week's figure revised from 235k to 234k U.S. Q2 real GDP annualized growth rate was revised to 3.3%, surpassing expectations of 3.1% and up from the previous 3.0%.

Solana TVL reached $8.6 billion, up 30.4% QoQ.

Leading Kamino recorded a 33.9% increase QoQ, while Raydium saw a 53.5% increase. — link | AI comment