Odaily News: Bitmain-affiliated Bitcoin miner BitFuFu (NASDAQ: FUFU) has disclosed its August operational data. During the month, a total of 174 BTC were mined, with proprietary mining and cloud mining contributing 88 BTC and 86 BTC, respectively. As of the end of August, the company's total Bitcoin holdings stood at 1,373 BTC. In terms of hashrate, total managed hashrate increased from 14.2 EH/s in July to 20.6 EH/s, representing a month-over-month growth of 45.1%; managed power capacity expanded from 255 MW to 344 MW, and the average energy efficiency of mining machines was optimized to 16.7 J/TH.

Odaily Planet Daily News: Bitcoin News posted on the X platform that the 256 Foundation has launched the 256 Red Team security project, conducting audits of ASIC miner firmware through reverse engineering, real-time traffic capture, and share-level reconciliation. The team stated that it has submitted 41 issue reports covering original Bitmain firmware as well as third-party firmware such as LuxOS, VNISH, and Braiins OS. Issues identified include unauthenticated factory APIs, paths granting root access, default credentials, built-in vendor SSH keys, and update programs that fail to verify installed content. After decompiling the Bitmain miner daemon and inspecting live connections, researchers stated that no evidence of hashrate withholding, remote kill switches, or covert beacons was found in the original Bitmain firmware; the associated risks are primarily concentrated in third-party "optimized" firmware. The researchers have submitted 3 responsible disclosures to VNISH, Luxor, and Braiins, granting each party a 30-day response window before public disclosure. MicroBT, Canaan, Auradine, Bitdeer, and ePIC will undergo subsequent audits.

Odaily News Tether disclosed in a regulatory filing that it holds 1.95 million shares in Antalpha through the company's 2025 initial public offering, representing approximately 8.2% of the post-IPO outstanding shares. Antalpha provides lending and financing solutions for the Bitcoin mining industry and is a key partner of Bitmain. Antalpha listed on Nasdaq in May 2025, raising approximately $49 million with an offering price of $12.80 per share. Tether subscribed to over half of the offered shares, becoming one of the largest investors. Its full-year 2025 revenue increased to nearly $80 million, with net profit rising to $18.5 million. However, its stock price fell over 27% this Monday, trading at around $9.30 per share.

Odaily News: Nasdaq-listed company AVAX One Technology (AVX) announced the advancement of its AI infrastructure strategy. The company has signed the FEED (Front End Engineering Design) plan for a 10MW AI/HPC microgrid data center, located in Alberta, Canada. Leveraging the region's low-cost natural gas power, the project aims to create a cost-effective and scalable dedicated AI computing facility. The project, led by BlueFlare, is one of the first AI computing centers in the area.Concurrently, the company invested less than $500,000 to purchase 220 Bitmain S21 Pro miners, increasing its Alberta computing power from 150 PH/s to over 200 PH/s. This move serves as a transitional cash flow source during the AI center's construction phase, enabling a dual-track layout of "mining + AI computing" to quickly monetize existing power capacity. (Businessinsider)

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Odaily News U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, requesting documents and communication records related to Bitmain to understand how the Department of Commerce is handling the potential national security risks posed by the company.Bitmain is a leading global manufacturer of Bitcoin mining machines. In November 2024, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security initiated an investigation codenamed "Operation Red Sunset" to examine whether Bitmain's ASIC miners could be remotely accessed for espionage or to disrupt the U.S. power grid. It is reported that the investigation remains ongoing.Previously, shipments of Bitmain equipment were halted, and the use of its miners near U.S. military bases was flagged as posing significant national security risks. Warren's letter also demands that the Department of Commerce provide details of communications between Bitmain, the Trump family, and Department of Commerce officials. The Trump-backed American Bitcoin Corp. had previously purchased 16,000 Bitmain miners for $314 million.

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Odaily News U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, requesting information regarding potential national security risks associated with Bitmain and highlighting concerns over its business dealings with the Trump family. The letter demands the disclosure of communication records between Bitmain and Eric Trump as well as Donald Trump Jr.Reports indicate that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is conducting an investigation codenamed "Operation Red Day" to assess whether related mining equipment poses risks of remote control. Previously, U.S. regulatory authorities have repeatedly raised concerns about the security of Bitmain's products. Bitmain has responded, stating the allegations are untrue, while American Bitcoin Corp has indicated that its security tests found no issues. (Bloomberg)

Odaily News Luxxfolio, a Litecoin treasury company, announced on the X platform that it has increased its holdings by 2,413.464 LTC. As of now, its total holdings have reached 24,439.464 LTC, and the company maintains zero debt. The company also announced that it has deployed 20 Bitmain Antminer L9 16G units to initiate Litecoin mining. Furthermore, it plans to gradually expand its mining operations based on market conditions, equipment availability, and power capacity.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, Bitmain has recently significantly lowered the prices of its Bitcoin mining machines, with many S19/S21 series models now in the "sell-off" price range. Internal pricing data shows that the S19e XP Hydro and 3U S19 XP Hydro are priced as low as $3/TH/s, while the S19 XP+ Hydro is around $4/TH/s; the S21 immersion system is around $7/TH/s, and the S21+ Hydro is around $8/TH/s. Previously, the company offered a bundled S19 XP+ Hydro package at approximately $4/TH/s, and in November, it adopted an auction-style sales model for the S19k Pro, starting at $5.50/TH/s. Analysis indicates that with network hashrate remaining near all-time highs while Bitcoin prices have fallen, hashrate prices are hovering near multi-year lows, increasing pressure on the mining industry. This environment is squeezing miners' profit margins, reducing demand for new equipment, especially inefficient models, and intensifying competition between ASIC miner manufacturers and secondhand market sellers. (TheMinerMag)