Crypto.com will launch more than 20 AI-focused prediction contracts in September, covering areas such as workplace use, healthcare, retail and financial services.

Baidu Inc.’s finance chief said the company’s AI investment could soon generate profits and cash payback on par with its legacy search business, according to Bloomberg. The comments suggest Baidu sees its shift away from its internet roots as increasingly justified, but no timeline or financial figures were given.

According to Jin10, British government bond prices continued to fall, with the 10-year yield rising 11 basis points intraday to 5.25%.

H.I.G. Capital is exploring options for its controlling stake in U.S.-based Rising Pharmaceuticals, including a possible sale, according to Bloomberg. People familiar with the matter said the drugmaker is valued at about $1 billion.

Sino Hotels (01221) said full-year net profit for the year ended June 30, 2026 fell 5.6% to HK$97.521 million, with basic earnings per share of 8.23 HK cents and a final dividend of 1.5 HK cents, according to ETNet. Revenue rose 3.5% to HK$127 million during the period.

The onshore yuan weakened to 6.7218 per dollar on Wednesday, down 20 pips from the previous 4:30 PM close and its lowest level since August 25, according to ETNet. It traded between 6.7192 and 6.7228 during the session. The offshore yuan fell 58 pips to 6.7238, while the daily midpoint was set at 6.7809, up 19 pips and the strongest since August 20, though still about 640 pips weaker than market expectations. Market participants said investors are gradually digesting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's hawkish remarks and are turning their attention to this week's U.S. nonfarm payrolls data. A foreign bank trader said the dollar-yuan pair is likely to trade around 6.72 for now. China Merchants Bank's financial markets team said Powell's comments have helped restore expectations for Fed rate hikes and support a short-term rebound in the dollar, but U.S. fiscal deficits, asset risk premiums and political pressure from the midterm elections still point to downside pressure on the dollar over the medium term.

Geely Auto said its total vehicle sales in August rose about 8% year on year to about 270,000 units, according to ETNet. For the first eight months of the year, total vehicle sales increased 2% to 1.943 million units. Proton sold 22,426 vehicles in August, up about 47% from a year earlier, while cumulative sales in the first eight months rose about 29% to about 137,000 units.

Pujing China (01417) said the Securities and Futures Commission recently queried its shareholding distribution and found that, as of August 14, 20 shareholders held about 62.422 million shares, or 15.41% of its issued share capital. ETNet reported that the findings also showed about 11.7 million shares, or 2.89% of issued capital, were registered in the name of HKSCC Nominees in the company's Hong Kong register but were not deposited in the Central Clearing and Settlement System. Combined with about 300 million shares held by two major shareholders, or 74.12% of issued capital, that represented 92.42% of the company's issued share capital. The remaining shares held by other shareholders amounted to about 30.7 million, or 7.58%.

Hackers manipulated TONIC’s price to borrow $74M from Tectonic. Only $6M in Ethereum was stolen.

Crypto.com’s Cronos blockchain stopped producing blocks on Sunday after a roughly $75 million exploit targeting Tectonic, the network’s largest decentralized lending protocol, forcing validators to freeze the entire chain to contain the attack.

South Korea will offer free, unlimited generative AI access to all 51 million residents, with services covering tasks such as medical appointments, housing and taxes.

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Russia’s largest bank, Sber, is preparing to expand its crypto-backed lending to accept Tether’s USDT stablecoin and Ether as collateral alongside Bitcoin — even as the bank questions whether Russia’s own digital ruble has attracted meaningful demand.

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