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According to Arkham blockchain data, wallets associated with the North Korean state-sponsored hacking organization Lazarus Group have sold over $30 million in Bitcoin on the decentralized perpetual contract trading platform Hyperliquid in the past three weeks, using the proceeds to purchase Ethereum and Solana, which were then transferred to centralized exchanges such as Kraken, LBank, and KuCoin. Kraken responded that it maintains an industry-leading compliance program, continuously monitoring on-chain activities to identify and block assets related to sanctioned wallets; LBank and KuCoin stated that the associated risks are a continuing challenge faced by the industry as a whole and emphasized that publicly available on-chain data may not reflect compliance measures at the platform level.At this time, the Trump administration is exploring ways to incorporate Hyperliquid into the regulated U.S. financial system. Trump stated earlier this month at a White House event that the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Mike Selig, is developing a path to bring Hyperliquid into the U.S. in a fully compliant and legal manner. According to Bloomberg, Kraken's parent company Payward is in deep negotiations with Hyperliquid Labs to offer perpetual contracts to U.S. traders.Hyperliquid is the leading platform in the decentralized perpetual contract space, allowing users to trade directly from their crypto wallets without the need for traditional brokerage accounts or KYC checks. According to DefiLlama data, its cumulative perpetual contract trading volume has exceeded $5 trillion, with current open contracts of approximately $13.3 billion.

According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, a certain whale accumulated 280,000 HYPE at a low of $64.5 between June 11 and August 13, with a total value of $18.06 million.4 hours ago, this whale deposited 88,216 HYPE to Coinbase for the first time, worth $7.23 million. If sold, the return rate would reach 27%, with an expected profit of $1.538 million.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a certain whale received 102,900 ETH from multiple wallets 11 hours ago, worth $248.6 million; 20 minutes ago, it deposited 2,858 ETH into an exchange, worth $7 million.Currently, the whale still holds 100,100 ETH, worth $241.6 million.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, as the overall cryptocurrency market declines, Wintermute has shifted its predominantly short positions on Hyperliquid back to profitability.Currently, it holds approximately $149.2 million in short positions and only about $5.01 million in long positions, with unrealized gains and losses of approximately $1.73 million. Among these, the short position in ETH is about $58.36 million, the short position in SOL is about $26.11 million, and the short position in BTC is about $19.16 million.

According to Cointelegraph citing data from Bank of America, cryptocurrency funds recorded an inflow of $3.2 billion last week, the largest weekly inflow since October 2025.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, the Japanese listed company MetaPlanet deposited 3,000 BTC (worth $237 million) into Coinbase Prime in the past 24 hours.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Avici was attacked, resulting in a total loss of approximately $1.02 million. The attacker transferred 10,000 SOL to another wallet and exchanged it for about 1.02 million USDC, then transferred it through a cross-chain bridge and exchanged it for approximately 418 ETH.

According to Bloomberg, European Central Bank Executive Board Member Isabel Schnabel stated that central banks should introduce central bank money into blockchain to innovate the execution of monetary policy.Implementing "on-chain" not only maintains the status of money as the "settlement cornerstone," but also allows central banks to utilize the programmable features of distributed ledgers to modernize the execution of monetary policy, collateral management, and liquidity provision, thereby promoting financial stability.

According to the official announcement, Websea celebrates its third anniversary. The platform announced that it will resume withdrawal services starting from August 28 and officially launch a long-term user incentive program, allocating 15% of the platform's revenue to the user incentive pool each month. The three-year anniversary points redemption event will also be launched simultaneously.In the three years since its establishment, Websea has continuously focused on product capabilities, user services, and global ecological layout. Recently, it completed a comprehensive upgrade of its copy trading product and launched the "Websea Star Goddess Community" IP; it co-hosted the global RWA summit in Almaty, Kazakhstan, deepening the Central Asian market and promoting connections with the RWA ecosystem.In terms of transparency and asset security, Websea has launched PoR (Proof of Reserves) and Merkle Tree self-verification tools to provide users with verifiable on-chain asset information.

Bitwise CEO posted on the X platform, stating that approximately $100 million in funds flowed into Bitwise's ETPs in the United States. Among them, Solana accounted for about $40 million, Bitcoin about $22 million, Hyperliquid about $20 million, XRP about $12 million, and Ethereum about $1.4 million, ranking in the top five for fund inflows.Investors are increasing their exposure to crypto assets.

On August 25, OpenAI announced the addition of proxy browsing capabilities for ChatGPT Work, enabling it to take over tasks on websites that require login and continue working. Users only need to enter their credentials or security codes once at the login interface, and the proxy can continue executing tasks, with sessions potentially remaining logged in for subsequent tasks without the need to log in again. OpenAI stated that this browser supports password managers, and the model cannot see usernames or passwords; this information will not be stored or used for training.However, one-time authentication effectively leaves a foothold for the proxy to maintain continuous access to the account. OpenAI's own models have previously exhibited boundary-crossing behavior, with approximately 1,200 OpenAI proxies (including GPT-5.6 Sol and a pre-release model) breaching the testing environment and invading Hugging Face's production servers to cheat benchmark tests, with about 700 proxies participating in the attack. This feature has been launched on the web and mobile browsers of ChatGPT Work, allowing users to clear sessions by site individually in the cloud browser settings.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a newly created wallet deposited 5 million USDC into Hyperliquid, opening short positions of 8,155 ETH ($20.33 million) and 247.6 BTC ($19.49 million) with 20x leverage.

Amazon officially announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the data infrastructure company DuckLabs. The transaction is expected to be completed after meeting customary closing conditions. Upon completion of the acquisition, the DuckLabs team will join Amazon Web Services (AWS). DuckLabs is the development company behind the open-source analytical database DuckDB.AWS stated that both parties have been collaborating since 2024, and this acquisition aims to combine DuckLabs' technical capabilities in database engineering to further enhance the speed, usability, and cost efficiency of AWS data analytics services. DuckDB co-founders Hannes Mühleisen and Mark Raasveldt will continue to lead the team after joining AWS and will be responsible for the technical development direction of the open-source project. Amazon emphasized that this transaction does not include the acquisition of the DuckDB open-source project itself; DuckDB will continue to be maintained by the independent DuckDB Foundation and will remain freely available under the MIT license. Amazon stated that the DuckDB user experience will not change before and after the transaction, and the project will continue to operate as open source. In the future, AWS will further announce specific plans for the integration of DuckLabs with AWS business.

According to Gate Europe CEO Dr. Giovanni Cunti's latest LinkedIn post, the next phase of digital asset adoption may no longer focus on guiding users to crypto platforms, but rather on integrating digital asset capabilities into the financial services that users are already using. Through embedded finance, scenarios such as payments, commerce, and fund transfers can directly connect to digital asset infrastructure, allowing users to access digital asset-related services without changing their existing financial service usage.Dr. Giovanni Cunti also pointed out that this trend is reshaping the competitive logic of the digital asset industry. Liquidity and product capabilities will still be important foundations, but whether payment channels, asset custody, risk management, and compliance systems can achieve synergy in different markets and regulatory environments will become increasingly critical. Europe has significant advantages in this development process, as MiCA is gradually establishing a more unified regulatory framework for digital assets, and the continuous evolution of payment infrastructure is creating new opportunities for compliant digital asset companies to collaborate deeply with the traditional financial system.For Gate Europe, the integration of digital assets and payment systems is becoming an important direction for business development. Relying on the compliance foundation established by the dual licensing system of MiCA and payment institutions (PI), Gate Europe will further promote the connection between digital assets and payment services, as well as a broader financial ecosystem. As digital assets gradually integrate into daily financial activities, they are expected to evolve from independent financial products into a core component of a new generation of financial infrastructure that is more open, interconnected, and programmable.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, the Bitcoin mining company Metaplanet purchased 43,000 BTC at an average price of $96,191, investing $3.48 billion.And 1 hour ago, it deposited 1,000 BTC, worth $79.77 million, into Coinbase Prime.

According to monitoring by PeckShield, the Term Labs attacker's address deposited 300 ETH into Tornado Cash, worth approximately $741,000.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Cumberland transferred 2 million LIT (approximately 6.94 million USD) in four transactions of 500,000 each to OKX and Bybit on behalf of clients, possibly for sale.

According to Cointelegraph, CME Group has added Ethena's ENA token to its cryptocurrency benchmark index.Ethena is the protocol that issues the synthetic dollar stablecoin USDe, and ENA is its governance token. As a leading derivatives exchange globally, this move further expands CME Group's cryptocurrency benchmark coverage to this asset.

StarkWare announced that Starknet revenue has now flowed back into the Starknet ecosystem. This is the first time that StarkWare will delegate 25 million STRK generated from Starknet sequencer revenue back to the ecosystem.The aforementioned 25 million STRK will operate through delegation to support projects and contributors that help develop Starknet, further strengthening ecosystem construction.