Gate launches US stock option trading, covering 9 targets including Nvidia and Tesla in the first phase

Capital B has completed a financing of 7.6 million euros, subscribed by Adam Back. This financing was raised through private placement of stocks with warrants, with a total of approximately 13.1 million shares issued at 0.58 euros per share. If all the warrants are exercised, it will result in a capital increase of 49.4 million euros and the issuance of 52.724 million ordinary shares. The financing income can increase the holding of 376 BTC, bringing the total holding of Capital B to 3521 BTC.

[Iranian Revolutionary Guard Claims Two Oil Tankers Attacked by Naval Mines in the Strait of Hormuz] According to Jin10 reports, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard stated that two oil tankers were attacked by naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz and have ceased navigation.

[LLM Token Spending Index Drops to $0.97, Down Over 50% from May Peak] According to Yonhap News Agency, the LLM Token Spending Index released by U.S. market intelligence firm Silicon Data fell to $0.97 per million tokens on August 31, marking the lowest value since the index was established late last year, and down over 50% from its May peak of $2.05. Factors contributing to the price decline include the launch of the open-source model Kimi K3 by Dark Side of the Moon, OpenAI's price reduction for the ChatGPT-5.6 series models, and the implementation of dynamic pricing mechanisms by leading companies. The drop in token prices has created revenue pressure for model developers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. Seez Group's Head of Investments suggested that foundational model companies should focus on strengthening distribution channels, memory, and context capabilities to counter the competitive erosion from open-source models.

500 million XRP were transferred from the Binance exchange, which analysts believe sends a positive signal for the long-term trend of XRP, but the impact of this dynamic on short-term prices is limited. （CryptoQuant）

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale has purchased a total of 1559800 HYPEs with a value of approximately 12.91 million US dollars and an average price of approximately 82.77 US dollars through its wallet, and has not sold any HYPEs. The accumulated HYPE purchased has been withdrawn to another wallet and pledged. There is still approximately 4.34 million USD of USDC available in the executing wallet, and further purchases will be made.