Public Bank plans to privatise Public Financial Holdings (00626) at HK$2.50 per share, with the offer covering about 1.098 billion issued shares and 294 million scheme shares, or 26.77% of the company's issued share capital as at the date of the announcement, according to ETNet. The total cash consideration is about HK$735 million. Trading in the shares was suspended from August 20, 2026, and the company has applied to the Stock Exchange for trading to resume from September 9, 2026.

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group (01093) said its chemical drug class 1 innovative drug SYH2083 eye drops has been approved by China's National Medical Products Administration for clinical trials in China. The approved indication is dry eye syndrome, and the company said the product also has potential for future development in other inflammatory ocular surface diseases such as allergic conjunctivitis, according to ETNet.

China Medical System said its subsidiary Chia Tai Tianqing presented preclinical data on TQH5528, an oral STAT6 degrader, at the European Respiratory Society 2026 annual meeting, according to ETNet. The company said TQH5528 was developed on Chia Tai Tianqing's oral protein degradation technology platform, or OAPD, based on globally proprietary intellectual property. The data were presented as an oral report and an e-poster.

On-chain analyst SomaXBT said on X that suspected Lootbot users have suffered a collective wallet theft incident, with losses rising to more than $600,000, or about 245 ETH. According to Odaily, about 50% of the victims were Lootbot subscribers. Lootbot was one of the projects founded by dexter, the creator of the earlier soft rug project gm.ai, and was originally a Telegram ecosystem trading bot platform.

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On-chain analyst SomaXBT said on X that suspected Lootbot users may have been hit by a coordinated wallet theft incident, with losses rising to more than $600,000. According to ChainCatcher, about 50% of the victims were Lootbot subscribers. Lootbot was founded by dexter, who also created gm.ai, a project previously described as a soft rug, and it was originally a Telegram ecosystem trading bot platform.

Brazil’s biggest banks are racing to put more cryptoassets in front of their customers, but there is one line they still have not crossed: putting their own money into digital assets.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing subsidiary Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company and Cross-Border Interbank Payment System operator Cross-Border Interbank Payment Clearing Co. signed a memorandum of understanding today to strengthen cooperation on market expansion and services for overseas members, according to ETNet. The two sides said they will deepen cooperation on market development and network expansion, with plans to broaden member networks, improve liquidity and appeal of RMB investment and financing products, and promote cross-border payments, cash management and securities settlement services. They also aim to enhance the compatibility, interoperability and efficiency of financial infrastructure. Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company CEO Chan Tat-keung said the two firms have long supported connectivity between mainland China and Hong Kong and are working to meet the continued development needs of RMB internationalisation. He added that Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company will provide reliable financial infrastructure support for Hong Kong's role as an international financial centre and the world's largest offshore RMB business hub. Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company said that from March 2025 it will expand membership of the Central Moneymarkets Unit to eligible institutions regulated or supervised outside Hong Kong, to attract more international market participants to Hong Kong's bond market and access the mainland market through Bond Connect. The CMU and CIPS are key platforms under the Hong Kong-mainland financial connectivity framework, and the CMU is the first offshore financial infrastructure to become a direct participant in CIPS, providing delivery-versus-payment settlement services for HKD and RMB transactions in Bond Connect.

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