BlockBeats news: On August 19, the yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury briefly rose to 4.75%, reaching a new high since January 2025, while the 20-year yield climbed to about 5.28%, with long-term U.S. Treasuries continuing to face selling pressure. The core driver of this yield increase is no longer just the Fed's short-term rate expectations, but the market's reassessment of the U.S. long-term fiscal deficit, inflation risk, and term premium. The U.S. national debt has approached $40 trillion,

BlockBeats reports that on August 19, the state of Florida in the United States filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, accusing their generative AI products and large language models (LLM) of constituting a legal "public nuisance." The report states that some U.S. states are attempting to regulate AI companies through the legal framework of "public nuisance," likening generative AI to a "digital pollutant" that could cause social harm. The related accusations claim that AI cha

BlockBeats news, on August 19, the cross-chain liquidity protocol Maya Protocol suffered a security vulnerability attack, forcing its MAYAChain network to suspend trading due to a series of software defects. The attacker exploited a combination of six vulnerabilities to trick the network into incorrect accounting, artificially inflating a liquidity pool by about 49 million CACAO tokens, while the pool's actual reserve was only about 168,000 CACAO. The attacker then gained over 99% share of the

BlockBeats news, on August 19, according to TradingBeats (formerly Hyperinsight) monitoring, as of press time, UNITREE's hourly funding rate is about -0.3544%, currently paid from shorts to longs. A whale (0xfe4) who topped out at a high position has recorded unrealized profits and is now shorting with 10x leverage a position worth about $728,000, with an average entry price of $125.04. The current unrealized profit is about $58,000, and the liquidation price is about $130.44. Since opening this

BlockBeats news, on August 19, SK Hynix announced that from 2025 to 2027, at least 50% of the free cash flow generated during this period will be used for shareholder returns. They will repurchase 40 trillion KRW (approximately 28.6 billion USD) of treasury stock. This repurchase aims to cancel shares to enhance shareholder returns. SK Hynix's stock price decline narrowed after hours.

BlockBeats news, on August 19, SK Hynix announced it will repurchase 40 trillion KRW of treasury stock.

Decibel, an on-chain trading platform built on Aptos, today launched BTC-USDC and APT-USDC spot markets, marking its first expansion beyond perpetual futures. This launch integrates spot holdings, perpetual contract trading, and collateral management into a single account, providing traders with a broader set of tools without needing to transfer assets across different platforms. On-chain spot trading continues to grow, and this launch aligns with that trend. In June 2026, decentralized exchang

BlockBeats news, today, Yushu Technology's IPO was successfully completed. Wang Xingxing, Sequoia Capital's Shen Nanpeng, and famous singer Wang Lihong all appeared as chief guests at the thank-you banquet. It is worth noting that Wang Lihong has a deep connection with Yushu Technology. Public reports show that Wang Lihong once made a special visit to founder Wang Xingxing to learn about the technology. In addition, in December last year, Wang Lihong used Yushu's G1 humanoid robot as a dance pa

BlockBeats news, on August 19, Yushu Technology's transaction volume exceeded 20 billion yuan, the increase fell back to 463.66%, and the stock price is now reported at 850 yuan.

BlockBeats news, on August 19, according to GMGN market data, last night and early this morning, mainstream meme coins across all public chains generally fell, including: Solana ecosystem's leading meme coin ANSEM dropped more than 30% from yesterday's high, now reported at $227 million; BSC ecosystem's previous meme leader MarsCoin fell below the platform consolidation level maintained for many days, now reported at $32.83 million, with a 24-hour decline of 12%; Robinhood chain meme coin CAS