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On August 14, it was reported that SK Group Chairman Choi Tae-won submitted a petition for a retrial to the Seoul High Court regarding the property division case from his divorce with his ex-wife, Yoo Soo-young. The previous court ruling mandated that Choi Tae-won pay Yoo Soo-young 944 billion won (approximately 4.51 billion RMB) in property division. Choi Tae-won's legal team stated that they decided to appeal after considering various factors and emphasized their efforts to minimize the negative impact of the related proceedings on shareholders and the group's operations. If the previous ruling is upheld, Choi Tae-won will also have to pay a delayed interest at an annual rate of 5%, amounting to about 47.2 billion won (approximately 2.25 billion RMB) per year. The property dispute between Choi Tae-won and Yoo Soo-young has been ongoing since 2017. The South Korean Supreme Court previously ruled that illegal funds related to the late former President Roh Tae-woo could not be considered as a basis for Yoo Soo-young's contributions to SK Group, and sent the case back for retrial. On July 24, the Seoul High Court determined that assets related to SK shares were subject to property division, ruling that Choi Tae-won and Yoo Soo-young would split the assets in a 2-to-1 ratio, with Yoo Soo-young receiving 944 billion won, making it one of the largest property division amounts reported in South Korea's chaebol family divorce cases.

[SK Group Chairman Choi Tae-won Appeals 944 Billion Won Property Division Ruling]On August 14, it was reported that SK Group Chairman Choi Tae-won submitted a petition for a retrial to the Seoul High Court regarding the property division case from his divorce with his ex-wife, Yoo Soo-young. The previous court ruling mandated that Choi Tae-won pay Yoo Soo-young 944 billion won (approximately 4.51 billion RMB) in property division. Choi Tae-won's legal team stated that they decided to appeal after considering various factors and emphasized their efforts to minimize the negative impact of the related proceedings on shareholders and the group's operations. If the previous ruling is upheld, Choi Tae-won will also have to pay a delayed interest at an annual rate of 5%, amounting to about 47.2 billion won (approximately 2.25 billion RMB) per year. The property dispute between Choi Tae-won and Yoo Soo-young has been ongoing since 2017. The South Korean Supreme Court previously ruled that illegal funds related to the late former President Roh Tae-woo could not be considered as a basis for Yoo Soo-young's contributions to SK Group, and sent the case back for retrial. On July 24, the Seoul High Court determined that assets related to SK shares were subject to property division, ruling that Choi Tae-won and Yoo Soo-young would split the assets in a 2-to-1 ratio, with Yoo Soo-young receiving 944 billion won, making it one of the largest property division amounts reported in South Korea's chaebol family divorce cases.

SK Group Chairman Choi Tae-won Appeals 944 Billion Won Property Division Ruling

According to monitoring by Beating, Qwen has officially released the weights for Qwen 3.8-27B. This version of the Qwen 3.8 series is truly aimed at local deployment and utilizes a 27B dense architecture. The official model card indicates that it natively supports image and video understanding, with a context capacity of 262,144 tokens, expandable to approximately 1 million tokens. More importantly, there is a lower hardware threshold. Unsloth has followed up with quantization support, stating that Qwen 3.8-27B can run locally with about 17GB of RAM or VRAM after quantization. This means that a 24GB consumer-grade graphics card, or even some high-memory Macs, can run Qwen 3.8 on their own machines. Previously, the 2.4T parameter Qwen 3.8 large model weights only supported text and required thinking mode to be activated; however, the 27B version retains support for image and video input. For most individual developers, the 27B version is the truly usable iteration of Qwen 3.8 in this round of open source.

[Qwen 3.8-27B Released: Local Deployment Possible with 17GB After Quantization]According to monitoring by Beating, Qwen has officially released the weights for Qwen 3.8-27B. This version of the Qwen 3.8 series is truly aimed at local deployment and utilizes a 27B dense architecture. The official model card indicates that it natively supports image and video understanding, with a context capacity of 262,144 tokens, expandable to approximately 1 million tokens. More importantly, there is a lower hardware threshold. Unsloth has followed up with quantization support, stating that Qwen 3.8-27B can run locally with about 17GB of RAM or VRAM after quantization. This means that a 24GB consumer-grade graphics card, or even some high-memory Macs, can run Qwen 3.8 on their own machines. Previously, the 2.4T parameter Qwen 3.8 large model weights only supported text and required thinking mode to be activated; however, the 27B version retains support for image and video input. For most individual developers, the 27B version is the truly usable iteration of Qwen 3.8 in this round of open source.

Qwen 3.8-27B Released: Local Deployment Possible with 17GB After Quantization

On August 14, ENA Treasury Company StablecoinX (USDE) announced its first quarterly performance report since going public. As of the end of Q2 2026, the company holds approximately 3 billion ENA, accounting for about 20% of the total ENA supply. At current prices, this is valued at over $250 million; based on 24 million Class A shares outstanding at the quarter's end, this corresponds to approximately $9.09 per share. Following the announcement, StablecoinX's stock price surged over 12% in early trading on Friday. 
StablecoinX reported a net loss of $34.2 million for Q2, with most of this loss stemming from a $36.2 million impairment on its ENA holdings. The company's operational business is still in its early stages, with infrastructure service revenue of only $62,372 in the last two weeks of June, while its decentralized validation nodes have accumulated cross-chain transaction volumes exceeding $3 billion. 
StablecoinX began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker USDE on June 26. Approximately 285 million ENA in its treasury comes from the Ethena Foundation, with another 2.75 billion ENA sourced from cash and physical investments through PIPE financing.

[StablecoinX Discloses 20% of Total ENA Supply Held, Valued Over $250 Million]On August 14, ENA Treasury Company StablecoinX (USDE) announced its first quarterly performance report since going public. As of the end of Q2 2026, the company holds approximately 3 billion ENA, accounting for about 20% of the total ENA supply. At current prices, this is valued at over $250 million; based on 24 million Class A shares outstanding at the quarter's end, this corresponds to approximately $9.09 per share. Following the announcement, StablecoinX's stock price surged over 12% in early trading on Friday. 
StablecoinX reported a net loss of $34.2 million for Q2, with most of this loss stemming from a $36.2 million impairment on its ENA holdings. The company's operational business is still in its early stages, with infrastructure service revenue of only $62,372 in the last two weeks of June, while its decentralized validation nodes have accumulated cross-chain transaction volumes exceeding $3 billion. 
StablecoinX began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker USDE on June 26. Approximately 285 million ENA in its treasury comes from the Ethena Foundation, with another 2.75 billion ENA sourced from cash and physical investments through PIPE financing.

StablecoinX Discloses 20% of Total ENA Supply Held, Valued Over $250 Million

On August 14, according to CME's "FedWatch" data, the probability of the Federal Reserve maintaining interest rates in September is currently reported at 69.4%, while the probability of a 25 basis point rate hike stands at 30.6%. Previously reported, U.S. retail sales for July recorded a month-on-month decline of 0.6%, marking the largest drop since May of last year, and falling short of market expectations of a +0.1% increase. The unexpectedly weak U.S. retail sales data has led traders to further reduce rate hike expectations.

[Fed's Rate Hike Probability Drops to 30.6% for September]On August 14, according to CME's "FedWatch" data, the probability of the Federal Reserve maintaining interest rates in September is currently reported at 69.4%, while the probability of a 25 basis point rate hike stands at 30.6%. Previously reported, U.S. retail sales for July recorded a month-on-month decline of 0.6%, marking the largest drop since May of last year, and falling short of market expectations of a +0.1% increase. The unexpectedly weak U.S. retail sales data has led traders to further reduce rate hike expectations.

Fed's Rate Hike Probability Drops to 30.6% for September

On August 14, the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) submitted its 13F filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), revealing its stock holdings in several U.S. publicly traded companies as of the end of the second quarter. Among these, SpaceX has a holding valued at approximately $26.34 billion, making it one of the largest positions disclosed. The filing also shows that PIF holds about 24.81 million shares of Electronic Arts, valued at approximately $5.09 billion; about 72.84 million shares of Uber, valued at approximately $5.26 billion; and about 177 million shares of Lucid, valued at approximately $1.18 billion. Additionally, PIF holds approximately 1.28 million shares of ClariTev, valued at around $43.7 million.

[Saudi Sovereign Fund PIF Discloses US Stock Holdings, Major Investments Include SpaceX and Electronic Arts]On August 14, the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) submitted its 13F filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), revealing its stock holdings in several U.S. publicly traded companies as of the end of the second quarter. Among these, SpaceX has a holding valued at approximately $26.34 billion, making it one of the largest positions disclosed. The filing also shows that PIF holds about 24.81 million shares of Electronic Arts, valued at approximately $5.09 billion; about 72.84 million shares of Uber, valued at approximately $5.26 billion; and about 177 million shares of Lucid, valued at approximately $1.18 billion. Additionally, PIF holds approximately 1.28 million shares of ClariTev, valued at around $43.7 million.

Saudi Sovereign Fund PIF Discloses US Stock Holdings, Major Investments Include SpaceX and Electronic Arts

On August 14, Glassnode published an article indicating that the overall Bitcoin native options market remains relatively sluggish, with implied volatility and skew continuing to narrow. However, open interest is gradually concentrating around key strike prices, making the structure of the options market clearer. Data shows that the short-term implied volatility of Bitcoin has been consistently declining, with the one-week at-the-money implied volatility dropping to about 26%, while the six-month term remains around 39%. The term structure has steepened further, indicating that traders have lower expectations for short-term price fluctuations but still price in uncertainty for the longer term. The demand for downside protection has weakened, and overall options positions are no longer as defensive as before. In terms of gamma exposure, negative gamma is primarily concentrated in the low range of $60,000, while positive gamma is gradually focusing around $70,000. This suggests that significant price movements may occur more easily when BTC fluctuates downward, while approaching $70,000 may be stabilized by market makers' hedging. Currently, the defensive nature of the options market has decreased but has not yet entered a state of excessive complacency. The decline in implied volatility and skew reflects a reduction in short-term panic, while the concentration of gamma and open interest at strike prices indicates that the range of $60,000 to $70,000 remains a critical area for the next directional choice.

[Analysis: Bitcoin Short-Term Panic Eases, $60,000 to $70,000 Becomes Key Trading Range]On August 14, Glassnode published an article indicating that the overall Bitcoin native options market remains relatively sluggish, with implied volatility and skew continuing to narrow. However, open interest is gradually concentrating around key strike prices, making the structure of the options market clearer. Data shows that the short-term implied volatility of Bitcoin has been consistently declining, with the one-week at-the-money implied volatility dropping to about 26%, while the six-month term remains around 39%. The term structure has steepened further, indicating that traders have lower expectations for short-term price fluctuations but still price in uncertainty for the longer term. The demand for downside protection has weakened, and overall options positions are no longer as defensive as before. In terms of gamma exposure, negative gamma is primarily concentrated in the low range of $60,000, while positive gamma is gradually focusing around $70,000. This suggests that significant price movements may occur more easily when BTC fluctuates downward, while approaching $70,000 may be stabilized by market makers' hedging. Currently, the defensive nature of the options market has decreased but has not yet entered a state of excessive complacency. The decline in implied volatility and skew reflects a reduction in short-term panic, while the concentration of gamma and open interest at strike prices indicates that the range of $60,000 to $70,000 remains a critical area for the next directional choice.

Analysis: Bitcoin Short-Term Panic Eases, $60,000 to $70,000 Becomes Key Trading Range

On August 14, OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Fleur will hold an investor meeting. (Jin Shi)

[OpenAI CFO to Hold Investor Meeting Today]On August 14, OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Fleur will hold an investor meeting. (Jin Shi)

OpenAI CFO to Hold Investor Meeting Today

On August 14, according to Yonhap News Agency, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has filed an appeal regarding the ruling in a high-profile divorce case.

[SK Group Chairman Appeals High-Profile Divorce Ruling]On August 14, according to Yonhap News Agency, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has filed an appeal regarding the ruling in a high-profile divorce case.

SK Group Chairman Appeals High-Profile Divorce Ruling

On August 14, Broadcom's stock fell more than 5% during trading; the Abu Dhabi Mubadala Investment Company completely divested its holdings in Broadcom.

[Broadcom Shares Plunge Over 5%]On August 14, Broadcom's stock fell more than 5% during trading; the Abu Dhabi Mubadala Investment Company completely divested its holdings in Broadcom.

Broadcom Shares Plunge Over 5%

HTX data monitoring shows that XRP has fallen below 1.1 USDT, currently reported at 1.1 USDT, with a 24H decline of 3.69%.

【XRP falls below 1.1 USDT】HTX data monitoring shows that XRP has fallen below 1.1 USDT, currently reported at 1.1 USDT, with a 24H decline of 3.69%.

XRP falls below 1.1 USDT

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