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Community users asked Zhao Changpeng, "What is your opinion on the memestock craze? In this model, meme coins are paired with tokenized stocks, which brings inherent utility to meme coins."Zhao Changpeng replied, "This is certainly fresh and interesting. But it is necessary to ensure that the issuers can indeed fulfill their obligations."

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor posted on the X platform, stating that the most profound innovation of Bitcoin is its ability to convert economic energy into digital form and securely bind it to individuals, families, businesses, machines, and even nations.Michael Saylor pointed out that Bitcoin is not only a digital asset but also a brand new mechanism for value storage and economic coordination, allowing wealth to be preserved in digital form for the long term and verified and transferred globally. Bitcoin achieves secure control over digital value through decentralized networks and cryptographic technology, providing individuals and organizations with a form of economic asset that does not rely on traditional financial systems.

Chairman of BitMine, Tom Lee, stated on CNBC that next week could be a turning point for the stock market. Currently, AI stock trading has stagnated, mainly suppressed by concerns over data centers and political opposition in the United States.The key issue is whether confidence in AI can return after the stagnation. If NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang can demonstrate that the demand for AI computing power remains strong at the upcoming event, it will help to reinject confidence into the market and drive the AI sector out of its consolidation.Tom Lee also emphasized that uncertainty surrounding the Federal Reserve continues to accumulate, and the upcoming public appearances of a series of Federal Reserve officials will become another significant market signal. The S&P 500 has recently hovered around 7678 points, with a cumulative decline of about 1.4% this week, as the market grapples with dual concerns over the sustainability of AI capital expenditures and the path of monetary policy.Next week's positioning is a key window to observe the market's directional choice. Whether the signals of AI demand can resonate with expectations of Federal Reserve policy will determine the short-term direction of risk assets.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, as HYPE broke through $80 and reached a historic high, a certain address has held HYPE long positions for 10 months, making a profit of $57.18 million.The value of this position has increased from an initial $53.38 million to $110 million, opening 1.38 million HYPE long positions at $38.6 last November. During the holding period, a funding fee of $4.98 million was paid.

The Slow Mist security team disclosed that the cross-chain bridge project Allbridge was attacked on August 19, 2026, resulting in a loss of approximately $190,000. Notably, this attack was not executed instantly; the attacker had begun laying the groundwork nearly a month prior and bypassed the verification mechanism by forging cross-chain messages. According to Slow Mist's analysis, on July 26, the attacker directly called Circle's MessageTransmitterV2.sendMessage function on the Polygon chain, constructing a cross-chain message disguised as a CCTP style message, claiming that a transfer of 1 million USDC existed, but in reality, no USDC destruction operation took place. Subsequently, Circle generated a valid verification proof (attestation) for this complete message according to normal procedures.About 24 days later, on August 19, the attacker waited for the Base Router to receive a real CCTP deposit, increasing the balance to approximately 191,000 USDC, and initiated the attack just 6 seconds later. The attacker utilized the previously forged message and verification proof to call Allbridge's receiveCctpMessage function. Due to the project's lack of critical verification, the system mistakenly recognized the false cross-chain message as a real deposit and recorded a limit of 1 million USDC. The attacker then temporarily borrowed approximately 809,000 USDC through an Aave flash loan, matching the Router balance with the forged amount, and used the internal credit record to call the transfer function, ultimately transferring out approximately 999,000 USDC (after a 0.1% fee). After repaying the flash loan and fees, the attacker netted a profit of about $189,800. The root cause of this vulnerability lies in Allbridge's failure to verify the identities of the sender and receiver of the cross-chain message, as well as not confirming whether USDC was genuinely minted and whether the balance actually increased, instead directly trusting the amounts and message hash data constructed by the attacker. Slow Mist emphasizes that on-chain message verification does not equate to the actual arrival of real assets. Cross-chain protocols not only need to verify the authenticity of messages but must also ensure that the message source is trustworthy, that the receiver is Circle's official TokenMessengerV2, and that asset accounting can only proceed after confirming the actual minting of assets and changes in balance. This incident once again highlights the security risks of cross-chain bridges in the message verification and asset settlement processes.

Data released by HODL15Capital shows that sell orders for Bitcoin around the price of $80,000 mainly come from the Binance trading platform. Among them, Binance has approximately $31.98 million in sell orders near $79,945, about $13.2 million in sell orders near $80,000, and around $33.27 million in sell orders near $82,500; Coinbase has about $38.74 million in sell orders near $80,000.HODL15Capital analysis indicates that some of these sell orders have been posted for a long time, for example, the sell orders near $80,000 on Binance have been around for about 99 days, and the sell orders near $82,500 have been around for about 108 days. Therefore, it is believed that the current sell wall may not be as strong as it appears, and it will be necessary to wait until BTC gets closer to $80,000 to confirm whether these orders are genuinely intended for sale or if they will continue to move the sell orders higher.

According to Bitfinex citing Bitwise data, since the launch of the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETP in January 2024, publicly listed companies and U.S. spot ETPs have purchased 1.55 million BTC, while the new Bitcoin supply during the same period was approximately 455,000 coins, making the purchase amount 3.6 times the new supply, and this gap continues to widen.

CoinDesk analyst James Van Straten stated that Bitcoin typically experiences a price increase in the weeks leading up to a "Golden Cross." Currently, both the 50-day moving average (50DMA) and the 200-day moving average (200DMA) for Bitcoin have turned upward, and the market is approaching the Golden Cross formation. In 2022, Bitcoin's price never broke above the 200-day moving average, while the current market is forming a new structure. He stated, "This seems to be a new market phase."The Golden Cross is generally viewed by the market as a technical signal indicating a strengthening of medium to long-term trends, referring to the short-term moving average (50-day moving average) crossing above the long-term moving average (200-day moving average). However, this indicator is a lagging indicator, primarily used to confirm trend changes rather than predict short-term price movements. Glassnode data shows that historically, Bitcoin has often seen price increases before the 50-day moving average crosses above the 200-day moving average. The current BTC price has once again risen to the vicinity of the 200-day moving average, showing a significant difference from the 2022 market cycle.

The founder of the Liebit mining pool, Jiang Zhuoer, stated that last week, Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs recorded inflows of approximately $1.92 billion and $700 million, respectively, with the inflow scale of the Ethereum ETF being about 36.4% of Bitcoin's. Meanwhile, the total market capitalization of ETH is currently about 18.8% of BTC, and its ETF inflow proportion is significantly higher than the market value ratio of the two.Jiang Zhuoer indicated that stronger relative capital inflows may be one of the factors for ETH's recent price increase outpacing BTC, with ETH's maximum increase this round being approximately 35.9%, higher than BTC's 26.6%. Additionally, as the United States promotes legislative structures for the crypto market and asset tokenization, the development of RWA may further enhance market attention on smart contract public chains.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), BTC has fallen below $76,000, and the whale "set 10 big targets" for short positions has returned to profitability. Their holdings include:BTC short position: 1,830.724 coins, valued at approximately $139 million, with an opening average price of $76,397.56, currently with an unrealized profit of about $800,000;ETH short position: 12,756.739 coins, valued at approximately $30.25 million, with an opening average price of $2,371.57, currently with an unrealized loss of about $30,000.It is currently unclear whether this address has closed its positions or has reopened short positions after previously reducing its holdings.

The Bank Policy Institute (BPI) is an organization representing large banks such as JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Citi. BPI proposed that the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury should expand customer identification program requirements to the secondary market for stablecoins, covering exchanges and other platforms that establish direct account relationships with retail investors.BPI stated that the relevant exchanges and platforms engage in a significant amount of buying and selling activities within the payment stablecoin ecosystem, where most illegal activities related to stablecoins occur. If the proposal is incorporated into the rules, the relevant platforms will be required to collect customer information in accordance with the Bank Secrecy Act, and decentralized exchanges may also fall under regulatory oversight. The proposed rules by FinCEN indicate that transactions in the secondary market for stablecoins on the blockchain typically use anonymous or pseudonymous identities, and there are no centralized nodes for collecting identity information, limiting the ability of issuers to gather customer data from the secondary market. BPI has also opposed the current version of the Digital Asset Market Structure Bill along with other banking organizations.

According to The New York Times, in March 2022, Sylwester Suszek, the founder of the Polish cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto (formerly BitBay), went missing and left a desperate voice message for his sister, leading his family to suspect he may have been murdered. Przemyslaw Kral, the lawyer who took over the management of the company, has also been missing for four months.Kral had previously released a video to reassure clients, stating that the company held over $330 million worth of Bitcoin, but the only person who possessed the unlocking keys was the missing Suszek. About two months after the website closed around April (on June 29), the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) revoked the license of its parent company.

According to CoinGlass data, the Coinbase Bitcoin premium index has been in a negative premium range for 97 consecutive days from May 19 to August 23, with the latest report at -0.0266%, setting a new record for the longest continuous negative premium since the index was launched.The previous longest record was 40 consecutive days from January 16 to February 24 this year, which also exceeded the approximately 30 days of continuous negative premium during last year's "1011 crash." The Coinbase Bitcoin premium index is used to measure the price difference of Bitcoin between Coinbase Pro and Binance. A sustained negative index typically indicates that Coinbase's quotes are relatively low, reflecting weak buying in the U.S. market or significant selling pressure, but it should not be solely relied upon to directly conclude that institutional funds are flowing out.

Grayscale's research director Zach Pandl stated that investors are generally advised against trying to time the market, but from the perspectives of structural adoption trends, market cycles, and macro risks, the current Bitcoin price may provide a favorable entry point for long-term investors. Grayscale believes that the continued growth of government debt, the expansion of blockchain technology applications in the financial services sector, and intergenerational changes in portfolio construction indicate that the long-term adoption trend of Bitcoin remains solid.Currently, this round of Bitcoin bear market has lasted about 10 months, while previous bear markets typically lasted 11 to 12 months, suggesting that the market may have entered the later stages of the bear market. The macro environment remains the main source of uncertainty. If the Federal Reserve raises interest rates in the near future, Bitcoin may decline further; if there are no rate hikes, the market may have already reached its bottom. Grayscale stated that structural adoption, cyclical positioning, and the overall macro outlook are currently relatively favorable, but future performance remains uncertain.

The Financial Supervisory Service of Korea submitted data to the National Assembly's Political Affairs Committee today, revealing that as of the end of July, the five major virtual asset exchanges in Korea have registered a total of 6,590 corporate accounts. Bithumb has the highest number of registered corporate accounts, reaching 3,280; the accounts under Upbit operator Dunamu total 2,086. The two major exchanges account for a total of 5,366 corporate accounts, making up 81.4% of the total. In addition, Korbit has 620, Coinone has 539, and Gopax has 65.

According to a report by the Korean News Agency, the Financial Supervisory Service of Korea submitted data to the National Assembly's Political Affairs Committee, revealing that as of the end of July, the five major virtual asset exchanges in Korea (Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Digital Asset Exchange, Gopax) have registered a total of 6,590 corporate accounts.In terms of the distribution of exchanges, Bithumb has the highest number of registered corporate accounts, reaching 3,280; the operator of Upbit, Dunamu, has 2,086 accounts. The two major exchanges account for a total of 5,366 corporate accounts, which is 81.4% of the total. Additionally, Korbit has 620, Coinone has 539, and Gopax has 65.In terms of compliance, there are a total of 711 corporate accounts that have completed customer identity verification (KYC), accounting for 10.8% of all corporate accounts. Among them, Upbit has the most with 290; Bithumb has 199, Korbit has 184, and Coinone and Gopax have 33 and 5, respectively. In terms of the scale of virtual asset holdings, Korean corporate accounts hold approximately 43.377 billion Korean won (about 31.2 million USD), with Upbit having the highest share, holding approximately 27.08 billion Korean won, accounting for 62.4% of the total; Bithumb holds about 6.29 billion Korean won, and Coinone holds about 5.15 billion Korean won. The deposit scale of corporate accounts is approximately 9.13 billion Korean won.

According to Coinglass data, the current whale holdings on the Hyperliquid platform amount to $7.024 billion, with long positions of $3.427 billion, accounting for 48.79%, and short positions of $3.597 billion, accounting for 51.21%. The profit and loss for long positions is $437 million, while the profit and loss for short positions is -$442 million.Among them, the whale address 0x082e..88 has a 5x leveraged long position on HYPE at a price of $38.6755, currently with an unrealized profit and loss of $57.0709 million.

Kendrick stated that this round of increase is mainly driven by short covering, while the current open interest remains at a low level. As prices rise, it may leave room for more investors to re-enter the market.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a certain address woke up after 8 months of dormancy and purchased 2447.49 ETH through Tokenlon 40 minutes ago, spending 5.044 million USDT, with a cost of 2447.49 USD per ETH.This address had previously taken profits on ETH at around 3016 USD 9 months ago.

Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal stated that in response to community calls, the team is advancing a proposal for staking and tokenomics reform. He revealed that Polygon's revenue has achieved a tenfold increase this year, delivering 5k TPS and a 25% reduction in block time, and is now moving towards a block time of less than 1 second, making it the right time for stakers to receive their rightful share.Key points of the proposal include: launching native staking similar to L1 on Polygon PoS, which can run in parallel with Ethereum staking; the priority fee for each transaction will flow to POL stakers (PIP-85 has been approved, and native staking will simplify implementation); staking rewards are expected to nearly double, supported by real network fees rather than inflation; staking POL may earn additional incentives such as discounted Gas fees; sPOL will maintain liquidity and can be used in DeFi. Polygon Labs will write the code and submit the proposal for community forum review.