Crypto billionaire Justin Sun is suing Chinese film actress Jing Tian in China over a disputed $4.5 million arrangement involving her eggs — a highly unusual legal battle which netizen has described as a dirty laundry that shouldn't have been made public in the first place.

Luhua Technology (600691) reported first-half 2026 revenue of 4.711 billion yuan, down 8.16% year on year, and net profit attributable to shareholders of 45.8918 million yuan, compared with a loss of 229 million yuan a year earlier, according to Jiemian News. The company said its pretax profit was 6.5751 million yuan, versus a loss of 249 million yuan in the same period last year, while net profit excluding non-recurring items remained a loss of 91.5885 million yuan, though the loss narrowed from 239 million yuan. The turnaround was driven largely by non-recurring gains of 137 million yuan, including 155 million yuan from debt restructuring and 20.2654 million yuan in government subsidies. Operating pressure remained evident: cost of revenue fell 7.26% to 4.544 billion yuan, slower than the decline in revenue, and gross margin slipped to about 3.55% from 4.49%. By segment, fertilizer revenue was 1.323 billion yuan with an 8.26% gross margin, equipment manufacturing revenue was 1.049 billion yuan with an 11.47% gross margin, and chemical revenue was 1.915 billion yuan against costs of 2.003 billion yuan, leaving a negative gross margin of about 4.55%. Jiemian News reported that the company’s main subsidiary, Hengtong Chemical, posted a first-half net loss of 184 million yuan. Cash flow from operating activities was a net outflow of 16.3155 million yuan, improving from a net outflow of 148 million yuan a year earlier.

Chuan Holdings (01420) reported interim net profit of S$23.189 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, up 2.76 times from a year earlier, according to ETNet. Basic earnings per share were 1.8 Singapore cents. The company did not declare an interim dividend.

China's Ministry of Commerce and six other departments issued implementation guidelines to expand and upgrade consumer spending, calling for stronger research and development of key technologies and core components. According to ChainCatcher, the plan also seeks broader use of brain-computer interface and artificial intelligence technologies in age-friendly products and rehabilitation assistive devices. The guidelines call for greater promotion of high-quality products listed in the catalog of elderly consumer goods, including exoskeleton robots, electric wheelchairs, and smart mattresses. They also encourage the adoption of devices for health monitoring, toileting care, transfers, and bathing in elderly households, while exploring a certification system for silver-haired products. Retail and distribution companies are encouraged to create dedicated sales areas for age-friendly products and expand their presence in supermarkets, hotels, communities, hospitals, pharmacies, and eldercare institutions.

Russia said it is preparing a large-scale strike on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. According to Sina Finance, the Russian Defense Ministry said the planned attack would be a response to continued Ukrainian strikes on Russian civilian infrastructure and fuel and energy facilities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the death toll from Friday's Russian strike on a warehouse west of Kyiv had risen to 38, with four people still missing. Ukrainian officials said the attack was this year's deadliest Russian strike in Ukraine and targeted an ammunition storage site in Myrne village, triggering multiple fires and explosions. Zelensky said emergency crews had extinguished most of the fires and called it a terrible tragedy caused by placing explosives near a residential area. He also said Ukraine had opened an investigation into why and how the ammunition was stored at the site. Ukraine has warned that it may face another harsh winter as air defense equipment remains in short supply. Since April, Zelensky has repeatedly said Ukraine must ensure its energy and critical infrastructure remain fully operational and well protected ahead of the next heating season. Fire Point CEO Iryna Terekh said earlier this month that Ukraine must confront the threat and that its air defense gap is especially severe. She said winter is clearly approaching and that the coming winter will not be easy, and may be even harder.

The global cryptocurrency market cap now stands at $2.63T, up by 0.66% over the last day, according to CoinMarketCap data. Bitcoin (BTC) has been trading between $77,000 and $79,400 over the past 24 hours. As of 09:30 AM (UTC) today, BTC is trading at $78,654, up by 0.84%. Most major cryptocurrencies by market cap are trading mixed. Market outperformers include HEMI, 0G, and TNSR, up by 42%, 22%, and 13%, respectively. Market movers: NVDAB: $219.29 (+0.12%) AAPLB: $319.44 (-0.47%) MSFTB: $509.82 (-1.07%) AMZNB: $265.74 (-0.35%) TSMB: $419.14 (-0.38%) GOOGLB: $345.04 (-0.18%) SPCXB: $140.63 (-0.01%) AVGOB: $370.55 (-0.40%) METAB: $575.85 (-0.64%) TSLAB: $347.32 (-1.10%) Top gainers on Binance: HEMI/USDT (+42%) 0G/USDT (+22%) TNSR/USDT (+13%)

India's quasi-sovereign wealth fund, the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund, is broadening its fundraising to investors from Japan to Europe as it seeks to complete a $3.2 billion target. According to Sina Finance, the fund said its latest infrastructure vehicle closed its first round at $2 billion, and Vinod Giri, managing partner for infrastructure, said it plans to raise another $1.2 billion within 18 months. Giri said the fund expects about $600 million in additional commitments from investors in Japan, South Korea, Australia and Europe. India is increasing infrastructure spending to support economic growth and is seeking global long-term capital for clean energy, transport and digital infrastructure. The fund has become an important channel for directing sovereign wealth and pension money into such projects. Indian officials have also stepped up overseas promotion, with ministers recently visiting North America and Japan to highlight rapid urbanization, a growing middle class and digital infrastructure strengths. Giri said investors have not materially reduced their appetite despite the rupee's decline since the outbreak of the Iran conflict. He said India's infrastructure market size, policy stability and track record of successful project exits allow overseas institutions to look past short-term currency weakness. He added that most global investors plan to double or triple their India infrastructure exposure over the next 5-7 years. The government has pushed infrastructure spending, with capital expenditure in fiscal 2026-27 more than six times higher than in fiscal 2014-15 at 12.2 trillion rupees, or $128 billion. Data centers will be a key investment focus. Giri said the fund expects to deploy large amounts of capital into the sector in the coming months, while also investing in energy, transport, urban infrastructure and electric mobility. The fund's first infrastructure vehicle raised $2.3 billion and invested in transport, energy and digital infrastructure. Established by the Modi government in 2015, the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund currently has about $70 billion in equity commitments across infrastructure, private markets, growth equity and climate investments, and it has previously set a goal of doubling assets under management to $10 billion.

According to Jin10, PG&E fell 9.8% in pre-market trading and Edison International dropped 3% after California lawmakers revised Senate Bill 492 to reduce wildfire risk and post-disaster recovery.

Portuguese flag carrier TAP reported a €99 million ($115 million) first-half loss as higher fuel prices weighed on earnings, according to Bloomberg. The state-owned airline is nearing a planned sale of a minority stake.

对阿根廷人来说，稳定币或许不再只是对抗通胀的避险工具 —— 它们可能正在变成一种习惯。

在数字美元能为实体经济提供融资之前，它们谈不上金融普惠。

Polygon Labs fixed several security vulnerabilities in its proof-of-stake network through the Austin and Kyoto hard forks before publicly disclosing the flaws. The issues could have crashed nodes, slowed block processing or exhausted validators’ resources, but Polygon said none were exploited on mainnet.

California lawmakers have advanced a bill that could put one of the country’s clearest restrictions on politician-linked memecoins in place, barring public officials and certain government employees from issuing the tokens and restricting digital-asset platforms from listing some of them for California residents.

Polish prosecutors have charged Radosław Piesiewicz, president of the Polish Olympic Committee (PKOl), in an investigation into the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto, adding a major new figure to a case that has already ensnared the exchange’s former chief executive.

Anthropic is forcing some Claude users to sign out after detecting unauthorized access using stolen browser sessions.

Sberbank plans to accept Bitcoin, Ether and USDT as loan collateral once Russia’s central bank approves their use in the regulated market.

美联储主席沃什在杰克逊霍尔发表了他就任后的首次主旨演讲，这次市场似乎听懂了他想说的话。

苹果迎来第三任CEO，John Ternus于9月1日正式接棒库克，但蜜月期几乎为零。这位25年硬件老将肩扛三重压力，在AI赛道已然落后的苹果，正站在一个真正意义上的历史转折点。