According to Jin10, Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written statement on August 30 local time that the rulers of West Asian countries must recognize their real enemies, understand their plots, and confront them. Mojtaba Khamenei said the way to solve regional problems lies in unity, lasting friendship, and working together, and that the United States and Israel are the mortal enemies of such unity and friendship.

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh delivered his first keynote speech in office at the Jackson Hole global central banking conference on August 28, titled "In Our Time." According to Sina Finance, he opened with artificial intelligence, calling the current moment a "historical hinge point" and saying AI progress has moved faster than prophets predicted two or three years ago. Warsh said capital is flowing into related infrastructure, with a "super-Moore's-law" dynamic and changing scaling laws reshaping the way innovation works and how fast it advances. He said the Fed is "closely watching" the developments and acknowledged AI as a new variable that could become a new factor of production, affecting both the real economy and monetary policy operations. He also said the speech could be viewed as an outline or roadmap, "just don't call it forward guidance," and noted that the day marked his 100th day as chair. Warsh said users buy tokens in exchange for model access, and cited reports that annual token sales at just two leading labs have topped $100 billion, up more than 500% from a year earlier. The speech said the Fed is asking whether AI adoption will produce significant and sustained productivity gains across the economy, when those gains might appear, and whether token use will complement or replace labor. It also raised questions about whether the next generation of models will require more capital intensity or find a more capital-light path. Warsh said the 2% PCE inflation target is fixed and firm, and that price stability is not automatic. He said there are few clear signs of policy restraint in credit and lending markets, and that he would find it hard to describe broad financial conditions as tight. According to Sina Finance, he said forward guidance should be limited in normal times, while unusual tools should be reserved for true crises.

Walmart agreed to pay $50 million to resolve allegations that its pharmacies violated the Controlled Substances Act by dispensing invalid opioid and other controlled-substance prescriptions. According to Sina Finance, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration announced the settlement on August 28, and the claims were allegations only, with no finding of liability. The Delaware federal district court has filed a joint stipulation of dismissal. Walmart said in a regulatory filing that the expense was not material, noting net profit of about $11.79 billion for the six months ended July 31. The settlement also includes a memorandum of understanding with the DEA covering future controlled-substance dispensing practices, including a hotline for employees and patients, monitoring of pharmacy dispensing patterns, and a process for evaluating suspected illegal prescribers. Walmart did not admit wrongdoing, and the settlement does not cover federal opioid cases against manufacturers, wholesalers, or other chain pharmacies.

OpenAI said it has notified SpaceX that it plans to terminate the contract to supply models to coding tool Cursor, with a proposed cutoff date of November 12, 2026. According to Sina Finance, OpenAI said this is the longest notice period allowed under the contract and that it is intended to preserve access for developers as long as possible. OpenAI said it will not provide future models, including Astra, to Cursor, while Cursor may choose to end the partnership earlier. The company said the two sides have worked together for nearly four years and cited prior contract disputes involving Elon Musk's companies. OpenAI said the customized contract includes a limited termination window after a change of control. SpaceX announced in June that it would acquire Cursor parent Anysphere in an all-stock deal valued at about $60 billion, and the transaction closed earlier this month. Cursor CEO Michael Truell said OpenAI models account for about 5% of Cursor user traffic and that the team is still in talks with OpenAI. Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown said the company will continue adding computing power to support Claude in Cursor and said he looks forward to Cursor's next step after joining SpaceX.

According to Jin10, Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba called for unity, mutual defense against "the enemy," and cooperation among Muslims in a written statement.

Bitcoin mining pool OCEAN said co-founder Luke Dashjr has left the company and resigned as chairman, chief technology officer, and director after both sides agreed to part ways. According to Odaily, OCEAN repurchased all of Dashjr's equity, and the split stemmed from differences over the future of Bitcoin mining. Dashjr will join the new project CONVOY, while OCEAN said it will continue serving miners through a transparent, non-custodial mining pool.

According to Jin10, Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba urged Gulf-region rulers in a written statement to recognize the "real enemy," understand its plans, and confront them.

DeFi, token issuance, stablecoins, an interview with Robert Leshner: The tokenization supercycle, the compliant asset layer, and the trillion-dollar endgame of DeFi. Golden Finance reveals the underlying logic of on-chain finance reshaping the future.

Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee recently appeared on the Milk Road Show to discuss Ethereum's central role in the financial system over the next five years.

OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, OpenAI's New King Astra's First Test Revealed—Does the Front-End No Longer Exist? Golden Finance, Front-End Development: Is OpenAI Really Going to Take Over?

This week, 23 blockchain startups raised a total of $1.3 billion. Kalshi raised $1.1 billion in a funding round, the largest funding round of the week.

Therefore, what's truly interesting about Satoshi Nakamoto isn't just that he "invented Bitcoin."

If you were to lay out the map of the global embodied intelligence industry today, you would find that car companies are almost everywhere.

If you had to describe Tahmon bin Zayed in one word, it would be "hungry".

For every $100 earned by an AI model company, approximately $35-40 flows to the three major cloud providers—AWS, Azure, and GCP—in the form of inference computing fees. These cloud providers then earn $10-20 in operating profit from this revenue, corresponding to an operating profit margin of approximately 35%-45%.

Jesse Leimgruber is the co-founder of AI hardware company OpenHome and also holds shares in Anthropic. Several months ago, he revealed on the X platform that he might be interested in selling those shares.

Solana is undergoing a landmark governance experiment.