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According to The Block, South Korea's top financial regulator has stated that it will accelerate discussions on cryptocurrency-related legislation and plans to launch the country's version of the "Basic Law on Digital Assets" this fall.The bill is expected to establish corresponding rules regarding stablecoin issuance, licensing for virtual asset service providers (VASP), Bitcoin ETFs, and other matters.

On August 24, a16z's latest chart shows that the weekly active growth of OpenAI Codex in enterprises is extremely polarized. The growth rate for lawyers is as high as 108 times, followed by sales and recruitment at 41 times each, marketing at 26 times, and healthcare at 24 times, while engineers are at the bottom with only 5 times.Codex has evolved from code completion to a digital colleague capable of independently breaking down tasks and running for hours, with lawyers using it to handle vast amounts of long texts and contract comparisons. This marks the "programming" of knowledge work, with the AI explosion shifting from the tech circle to high-value white-collar positions.

As the market awaits U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen to announce a new round of sanctions against Iran, international oil prices fell on Monday. WTI crude futures dropped about 1.3%, settling at $85.93 per barrel; Brent crude fell 1.24%, to $93.22 per barrel.Yellen previously stated that the U.S. would launch "the largest financial offensive in history" against Iran, urging allies and other countries to sever economic ties with Iran. Iran, on the other hand, has claimed it is capable of coping with the sanctions and maintaining its foreign economic relations. Commonwealth Bank of Australia predicts that if U.S. actions to isolate Iran are effective, the risk of Iran taking more aggressive actions may rise, further exacerbating volatility in the energy market.

Tron founder Justin Sun stated that his lawsuit against World Liberty Financial (@worldlibertyfi) superficially involves a commercial dispute of $45 million and 4 billion tokens, but fundamentally concerns the founding principles of blockchain. He pointed out that the industry is built on the principle of "your keys, your coins," meaning that everyone can truly own their assets without permission.Justin Sun indicated that the case exposes the other party's secret embedding of the power to arbitrarily freeze user assets in the contract, which was not disclosed, lacked governance, and lacked procedures, and was exercised within days of unlocking their tokens. He believes this contradicts the name of "freedom"; if the issuer can confiscate holders' assets at any time, blockchain will be no different from the old world. He will pursue the lawsuit to the end, not only to recover assets but also to establish a precedent in court that "your assets must truly belong to you."

According to Cointelegraph, Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley stated that the Solana staking ETF (BSOL) under its management saw inflows exceeding $20 million this week.

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost stated that this week, Bitcoin ETF net inflows reached 14,700 BTC, marking the second-largest weekly inflow since October 2025. Since August, the cumulative net inflow is approximately 21,958 BTC, indicating signs of a resurgence in demand are beginning to emerge.

According to CNBC, Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel, issued an investor letter regarding the AI fund Situational Awareness. Ken Griffin stated that nearly 100 large trades have been completed, with a total amount exceeding $4 billion, and the risk exposure of the original portfolio has been reduced by over 80%.

According to data disclosed by intangiblecoins, the net inflow for Bitcoin spot ETFs reached $1.6 billion this week, and the week is not yet over, marking the largest single-week net inflow since the historic high point in October 2025.Related statistics also show that the average cost basis for Bitcoin ETF holders is approximately $84,156.

On August 21, Upbit listed MANTRA (OM) as a trading warning item, and the deposit and withdrawal of this cryptocurrency has been suspended.

HTX global advisor Sun Yuchen stated that HTX has officially upgraded its security architecture in response to the community's demand for stronger security guarantees, claiming to keep user assets 100% SAFU. The upgrade includes enabling a multi-address withdrawal system, with hot wallet assets distributed across multiple addresses; withdrawal addresses are automatically rotated regularly, with old addresses immediately deactivated and no longer controlled after new addresses are activated; single address risk exposure has been minimized.Sun Yuchen mentioned that even in the event of extreme security incidents, the potential loss limit is below $1 million, fully covered by an insurance fund, and users will not lose any funds. He also reminded that withdrawal addresses will be changed regularly as part of normal security mechanisms, and users must verify the actual on-chain receipt situation. HTX stated that it will take every user feedback and every bit of user assets seriously.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the MSBT Bitcoin ETF address (bc1q2gzj...tqfpef) under Morgan Stanley withdrew 146.15 bitcoins from Coinbase Prime, worth approximately 11 million dollars.

According to Digital Asset, on August 20, members of the Korean National Power Party, including Yoon Tae-yong, proposed an amendment to the Specific Financial Information Act, which aims to grant the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) direct enforcement authority over unreported virtual asset service providers.According to the amendment, anyone can report illegal activities to the FIU. Upon receiving a report or discovering suspected violations, the FIU can initiate investigations and analyses, and refer the case to or notify investigative authorities. The proposal points out that while current laws impose reporting and anti-money laundering obligations on virtual asset service providers, there are no direct enforcement measures against unreported operators, posing risks of money laundering and illegal cross-border transfers, making it difficult to respond quickly relying solely on inter-agency coordination.

MANTRA Chain tweeted that it has noticed events affecting MANTRA Chain and has temporarily suspended the operation of the chain as a precautionary measure while conducting an investigation. Currently, all endpoints and transactions have been frozen.This means that deposits to MANTRA Chain and withdrawals from the chain are temporarily affected. If users are unsure of the specific impact on a particular transaction, it is recommended to pause operations and wait for further notice. The team stated that there is currently no fundamental cause or recovery timeline to announce and will update as soon as verified information is obtained through official channels, reminding users to rely only on official MANTRA channels for updates.

Bitget CFD Chief Analyst Lewis Huang stated in a live broadcast yesterday that the overall tone of the Federal Reserve's July FOMC meeting minutes is hawkish. Although the interest rate was kept unchanged at this meeting, several officials emphasized that if inflation does not continue to decline to the 2% target, further tightening of policy or even another rate hike remains a viable option. This means that the market should not simply trade based on interest rate cut expectations in the short term, but should reassess the impact of "high rates lasting longer" on the US dollar, US Treasury yields, gold, and US stock valuations.Lewis Huang pointed out that the subsequent market direction will be determined by a combination of inflation and employment data: if CPI, PCE, or wage data rise and the job market remains resilient, the US dollar and US Treasury yields may strengthen, while gold and high-valuation assets like the Nasdaq 100 may come under pressure; conversely, if inflation significantly cools and employment and consumption weaken simultaneously, the market will raise expectations for Federal Reserve easing, and gold, non-US currencies, and risk assets are expected to receive support. He suggested that CFD traders focus on the correlation between the US two-year Treasury yield, the US dollar index, and gold, waiting for price breakthroughs and pullback confirmations after major data releases, avoiding chasing the initial wave of volatility, while strictly controlling leverage and stop-loss risks.

The Arbitrum development team stated that they are introducing zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs into the Arbitrum platform to achieve a multi-proof settlement model. Through ZK proofs, the settlement time of Arbitrum blocks to Ethereum L1 is expected to be reduced from several days to several hours, while enhancing user, cross-chain bridge, and protocol capital efficiency, and maintaining security through the multi-proof mechanism. Related capabilities are aimed at Arbitrum One and dedicated chains based on the Arbitrum platform. Offchain will subsequently submit upgrade proposals to the DAO.Current progress includes: the ability to run the same state transition functions in SP1 zkVM as in optimistic execution, generating ZK proofs for real mainnet block production; Stylus's WASM contracts can be proven alongside Solidity contracts; the team has launched an independent Rust verifier, making ZK proofs a first-class mode alongside standard verification; the BoLD settlement protocol has supported the acceptance of ZK proofs and is endorsed by a fast confirmation committee, while the original dispute games still serve as a fallback path, forming a multi-proof architecture that coordinates ZK proofs, proof committees, and fraud proofs.The team claims to be continuously reducing proof costs and will gradually merge related code into the Nitro main production path. The next steps include further optimizing proofs and shifting to Reth-based execution, completing L1 message inbox proofs, and integrating ZK settlement capabilities into node configurations for on-demand activation across chains.

According to foreign media BusinessInsider, based on publicly available holding data, "stock god" Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, through a two-layer equity nested "penetrating holding" model, indirectly holds about 0.04% of the shares of Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX), corresponding to a market value of over $700 million.This has led to a rare capital intersection between Buffett and "Iron Man" Elon Musk, two top business tycoons. Musk has long viewed Buffett's investment recognition as an important industry endorsement, and has publicly extended olive branches to Buffett on social media multiple times, hoping he would become a shareholder in his company. Musk joked in a 2023 post, "It's a pity he didn't invest when Tesla's market value was only 0.1% of what it is now." In 2024, he publicly stated again, "He should have built a position in Tesla; it's the obvious choice." Now, although Buffett has not invested in Tesla, he has become an "invisible shareholder" of SpaceX in another way. From the holding structure, this equity is not directly funded by Berkshire to SpaceX, but is an ancillary asset of its heavy investment in tech giant Google's parent company Alphabet.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a certain whale withdrew 30,000 ETH from Binance 20 minutes ago, worth $67.42 million. In the past 3 weeks, this whale has withdrawn 120,000 ETH from Binance, worth $237.7 million.Abraxas Capital withdrew 18,000 ETH from Binance today, worth $39.56 million. A newly created wallet (0x226...f0C4) withdrew 6,704 ETH from Binance today, worth $14 million.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale withdrew 42,460 HYPE from Coinbase Prime, worth approximately 2.93 million USD.In the past two weeks, this whale has withdrawn a total of 98,490 HYPE from Coinbase Prime, worth approximately 6.11 million USD.