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The9 Limited reports company developments tied to its Nasdaq-listed American depositary shares, online game operations, Bitcoin mining business, and digital technology initiatives. News coverage includes mobile-game licensing and publishing activity, AI-assisted entertainment projects, cooperation agreements, and corporate updates from its operating subsidiaries.
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The9 (Nasdaq: NCTY) reported unaudited net income of US$32 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, up over 39% from the prior quarter. First-half 2026 net income reached US$55 million, the highest half-year profit since its 2004 IPO, driven primarily by fair-value recognition of 9BIT tokens received under a cooperation agreement with the 9BIT Foundation.
The9 received 475 million 9BIT tokens in Q2, totaling 1.9 billion for the first half, and held cryptocurrency valued at about US$120 million, including 347 BTC and 1.9 billion 9BIT tokens, based on quoted prices. Its AI-powered gaming ecosystem, the9bit, has seen users create over 180,000 AI-assisted games and has signed 41 brand partners, with 127 more in the pipeline.
Investee Nanyang Biologics advanced its planned Nasdaq listing after RF Acquisition Corp II (Nasdaq: RFAI) shareholders approved a business combination, under which The9 expects to hold about 15–16% of the combined company, subject to customary closing conditions. The9’s board also approved a long-term incentive plan covering up to 12% of outstanding shares, contingent on quarterly net income exceeding first-quarter 2026 levels; Q2’s US$32 million meets this condition.
The9 (Nasdaq: NCTY) reported that shareholders of RF Acquisition Corp II (RFAI) approved the proposed business combination with Nanyang Biologics (NYB) at an extraordinary general meeting on August 19, 2026, advancing NYB’s plan to list on Nasdaq under the ticker “NYB.”
The9 holds its stake in NYB through wholly owned subsidiary Gamenow.net (Hong Kong) Limited and, upon completion of the transaction and satisfaction of customary closing conditions, expects to own approximately 15%–16% of the combined Nasdaq-listed company. NYB applies artificial intelligence to discover novel drug candidates from natural compounds using its Vecura™ AI platform, built on a proprietary library of over one million natural compounds. According to The9, this progress supports its strategy to expand from its core AI-powered gaming ecosystem, the9bit, into broader AI-driven industries such as drug discovery.
The9 (Nasdaq: NCTY) will release its unaudited consolidated results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026 before the U.S. market opens on Monday, August 24, 2026. The company will host a conference call and live webcast the same day at 8:30 PM Hong Kong / 8:30 AM U.S. Eastern Time to discuss the results.
The9 (Nasdaq: NCTY) announced that its Singapore investee Nanyang Biologics (NYB) has obtained notice of effectiveness from the SEC for its Form F-4 registration statement, a key step toward NYB’s planned Nasdaq listing under ticker “NYB.”
The business combination assigns NYB a pre-transaction valuation of about US$1.5 billion. The9, via wholly owned subsidiary Gamenow.net (Hong Kong) Limited, is an existing NYB shareholder and is expected to own 15%–16% of the combined company after closing, according to the registration prospectus. The Nasdaq listing remains subject to the SPAC’s August 19, 2026 extraordinary general meeting and Nasdaq approval. NYB is an AI-first drug discovery company focused on natural compounds, leveraging its over one million-compound library and DTIGN graph neural network within its Vecura™ AI platform, and collaborates with partners including NVIDIA, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Equinix, NVIDIA’s Ignition AI Accelerator, Tribe, and J&J Innovation’s JLABS.
The9 (Nasdaq: NCTY) reported progress in the Southeast Asia offline-to-online initiative of its AI-powered digital asset ecosystem, the9bit, building a network of brand partnerships across Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam.
According to the company, the9bit has signed agreements with 41 brands in these markets, with 127 additional brands in the pipeline. In Malaysia, partners include Tealive, An Viet, Flaky, and TwoTone, with Flaky and TwoTone engaging the9bit's AI marketing platform through paid campaigns that generate recurring revenue. In Vietnam, Highlands Coffee is participating, while Indonesian partners include Yamie Panda and Koet Coffee in Yogyakarta.
During activation periods, the9bit platform averaged about 120,000 daily active users across the region. Since partnership marketing began in late May, the $9BIT token price has increased approximately 35%, from about US$0.037 to US$0.050, which the company attributes to growing market interest in the ecosystem.
The9 (Nasdaq: NCTY) reported unaudited net income of US$23 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, described as its strongest quarter since its 2004 IPO. Profit was driven mainly by receiving 1.425 billion 9BIT tokens, measured at fair value on crypto exchanges.
According to The9, its cooperation agreement with the 9BIT Foundation will provide a total allocation of about 1.9 billion 9BIT tokens, including 475 million received in April 2026. The company estimates its total cryptocurrency holdings at roughly US$110 million. The9’s AI-powered game creation platform, the9bit, launched in August 2025, has surpassed 8 million registered users and enabled the creation of more than 110,000 games.
The Board approved a long-term incentive plan under which senior management may receive equity awards up to 12% of outstanding shares, vesting only if quarterly net income exceeds first-quarter levels in each remaining 2026 quarter and subject to multi-year vesting and a three-year lock-up.
The9 (Nasdaq: NCTY) appointed long-time executive George Lai as Chief Executive Officer, effective July 27, 2026. Lai succeeds founder Jun Zhu, who remains Executive Chairman of the Board. Lai has been with The9 for about 18 years and served as CFO since 2008, contributing to capital allocation, treasury strategy, the build-out of the the9bit platform and the company’s return to profitability.
Senior Legal Director Wei Ji will act as interim CFO while The9 searches for a permanent successor. According to the company, the AI-native creator platform the9bit has attracted 8 million users, who have built more than 110,000 games in under a year.
The9 (Nasdaq: NCTY) received 950,000,000 9BIT tokens for its the9bit gaming platform. As of Feb 24, 2026, one 9BIT traded at US$0.02 (about a sevenfold increase since listing) and 24‑hour volume was US$6 million.
The9 is allocated 1,900,000,000 9BIT total; the remaining 950,000,000 tokens are expected to be delivered within two months. the9bit reports > 7 million users since its Aug 2025 launch and over 38,000 users have received > 32.8 million 9BIT for contributions. 9BIT is listed on KuCoin, MEXC and BingX; the platform is building an AIGD creator layer and gamer-to-gamer economy.
The9 (Nasdaq: NCTY) announced a definitive cooperation agreement (Feb 11, 2026) between its unit Shanghai The9 and Chengdu Lumosi to develop AI-powered short dramas and AI-assisted interactive movie game prototypes based on the licensed TVB classic The Greed of Man (大时代).
The9 holds the exclusive mobile game development and publishing license for the IP and will apply generative video models, AI-enabled production pipelines, AI-driven script iteration, cinematic scene generation, and interactive storytelling mechanics within its authorized rights.
The9 Limited (Nasdaq: NCTY) held its annual general meeting in Hong Kong on December 22, 2025. Shareholders duly adopted the proposed resolution to re-elect Mr. Zhu Jun as a Class III director.
The re-election is effective from the closing of the AGM and the director will serve a three-year term ending at the 2028 annual general meeting or until his successor is duly elected and qualified.