On August 7th, Jinshi Data reported that Intel announced that its two processors, Panther Lake (for clients) and Clearwater Forest (for servers) based on Intel 18A, have been lit up and can run the operating system in less than 6 months after tape-out, and the first external customer's chips will be taped out in the first half of 2025.

Golden Finance reported that the decentralized cross-asset market Mesh.trade recently raised $1.64 million (30 million South African Rand) for South African mortgage provider Water Financial. The financing involved the issuance of 30,000 shares of Series A preferred stock, paying interest equivalent to an interest rate of 87% on the main loan. Mesh.trade plans to issue more alternative and private capital assets to investors in the coming months.