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GnosisDAO approved the transformation of the blockchain network Gnosis Chain from an independent Layer 1 network to a zero-knowledge proof Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ) Rollup. The network will eliminate the independent validator set and instead have Ethereum validators complete transaction settlements.The proposal received support from 123,158 GNO, 115 against, and 151 abstentions, with voting involving 54 participants and a total participation of 123,425 GNO, exceeding the quorum threshold of 75,000 GNO. The upgrade is tentatively planned to start at the end of 2026 or the beginning of 2027, depending on the readiness of EEZ technology.After the upgrade, Gnosis Chain's native smart contracts can call Ethereum in the same transaction and use the returned results, while also accessing Ethereum mainnet assets and liquidity. Gnosis Chain will become the first deployed EEZ instance and will retain existing applications, balances, and xDAI fuel tokens.

According to RootData, among 3,244 cryptocurrency projects with financing records spanning no more than four years and amounts that can be accounted for, 1,617 have a cumulative financing amount of no more than $5 million, accounting for 49.8%. The median financing for this batch of projects is $2.5 million, with about 96% recording only one round of financing.In terms of sectors, DeFi, infrastructure, and gaming projects together account for 59.2%, with small-scale financing mainly flowing to protocol development, underlying technology, and consumer applications. However, a quarter of the projects in the sample have already ceased operations, indicating that while lower regulatory thresholds can improve financing efficiency, they cannot replace product demand and sustainable operational capability.Institutional participation is also higher than the market's usual perception of "small projects": 92.9% of the sample has identifiable investor records, and 83.5% disclosed at least two investors. Among them, Animoca Brands, Shima Capital, and Big Brain Holdings participated in 84, 69, and 67 projects, respectively.It is reported that the U.S. SEC officially proposed the "Regulation Crypto Assets" on August 18. The proposal aims to set up two tiers of issuance exemptions: projects can raise no more than $5 million in a single instance within four years; projects with greater financing needs can raise up to $75 million within each 12-month period, but must submit financial statements and fulfill ongoing reporting obligations. The proposal is currently in a 60-day public comment period and has not yet officially taken effect.

Japan's Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet will inject 2,100 bitcoins and $2.5 million in cash into the Nasdaq-listed company Super League Enterprise, with a total initial investment of approximately $134.6 million. After the transaction is completed, Super League Enterprise will be renamed Superplanet Inc. and become a subsidiary of Metaplanet; Metaplanet is expected to hold about 93.6% of its issued common stock and acquire 44.86 million shares of common stock, preferred stock, and warrants.Superplanet will continue to be listed on Nasdaq and retain its original gaming and media business, with the transaction adopting a private placement structure. Metaplanet has agreed to a five-year lock-up period, and Superplanet will raise funds from U.S. investors, while Metaplanet continues to finance through the Japanese market. Metaplanet currently holds 43,000 bitcoins, and this injection accounts for approximately 4.9% of its holdings. After the transaction is completed, Superplanet will operate as its Bitcoin treasury platform aimed at the U.S. market.

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.

PPP prediction market tool monitoring shows that the probability of "ETH reaching $1900 in August" on Polymarket has dropped to 7%, a 43% decrease in 24 hours. Additionally, the probability of rising to $2400 has increased to 42%, a 40% increase in 24 hours. This market is based on the Binance ETH/USDT trading pair.During the specified month in the title (from 00:00 on the 1st of the month to 23:59 on the last day, Eastern Time), if the highest price of any 1-minute candlestick is equal to or higher than the specified price in the title, it will be settled as Yes; otherwise, it will be No. Only the 1-minute candlestick High price of Binance ETH/USDT will be used; prices from other exchanges or trading pairs will not be counted.

PPP prediction market tool monitoring shows that the probability of SOL on Polymarket reaching $90 in August has risen to 52%, with a 24-hour increase of 46%. Additionally, the probability of reaching $100 has risen to 16%, with a 24-hour increase of 15%.According to the settlement rules, this market is settled based on the Binance SOL/USDT trading pair. If the highest price of any 1-minute K-line during August reaches or exceeds the corresponding target price, it will be settled as "Yes"; otherwise, it will be "No". OKX market data shows that after a morning surge breaking through $87, SOL has pulled back, with a 24-hour increase of over 9%.

Yesterday, the cryptocurrency market experienced the strongest single-day performance of the year. Bitcoin reached a high of $70,000, marking the first time in two months; Ethereum peaked at $2,300; Solana rose by about 12%. The Bitget Research Institute analyzed that the core driving force behind this round of market activity comes from a dual breakthrough in policy and regulation: the White House convened a meeting with the president, executives from the cryptocurrency industry, and heads of the SEC and CFTC, marking the formal entry of digital assets into the national financial strategy discussion level; on the same day, the SEC proposed "Regulation Crypto Assets," establishing a clear channel for token financing and introducing the "investment contract safe harbor" mechanism for the first time, which is expected to promote the emergence of more U.S.-native projects.From a market structure perspective, when the first two catalysts were realized, the market was in a bearish position, and the price increase triggered a chain reaction of liquidations. On that day, 126,000 traders across the network had a total of $1.92 billion in positions liquidated, setting a record for the largest short liquidation day in history, further amplifying the price increase. The Bitget Research Institute believes that since a considerable proportion of this round of price increase comes from concentrated short liquidations rather than spot buying, there is a short-term pressure for market correction. However, from a medium to long-term perspective, the cryptocurrency market is迎来政策与流动性的双重转折点, with the clarification of regulatory pathways and the improvement of the long-end liquidity environment together forming the foundation for a new cycle.

According to on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain, the whale address bc1qsy has sold 2,000 BTC during the current BTC market rebound, worth approximately 136.5 million USD.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a whale bought 10,501 ETH for $1,904 each (totaling $20 million) a month ago. After a significant rise, they took profits 15 minutes ago by reducing their position by half, transferring 5,250 ETH ($11.7 million) to Binance, with a profit of $3.4 million.

Binance stated that its monitoring team discovered a malicious governance proposal targeting a certain unnamed decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), involving a risk of approximately 1.2 million dollars in treasury tokens, with less than 48 hours until execution. Binance contacted the project and coordinated with centralized exchanges listing the related tokens to close deposits; the project subsequently voted down the proposal, preventing its execution. Binance did not disclose the name of the project or the tokens.The proposal exploited the project's on-chain governance mechanism, which had a low proposal threshold. BonkDAO confirmed in July this year that a malicious proposal had transferred approximately 20 million BONK tokens from its treasury, with the attacker accumulating enough voting power to authorize the transfer.

Talent Protocol announced that it has been acquired by Interplanetary Talent Services (IPTS) and is supported by Protocol Labs. Builder Score will become a public product, running locally in the browser, using public data from GitHub and four blockchains, with each calculation verifiable. Builders can publish their scores as proof on Base. IPTS will obtain some reputation data to match builders with positions in cutting-edge technology fields such as AI, crypto, hardware, and life sciences.Both parties will continue the results for five years: 6.6 million builder profiles and 86 million events have been indexed, over $600,000 has been distributed through Builder Rewards, and 116 builders from more than 15 countries have been supported by Talent House. Talent Protocol will cease commercial operations, with the API, Talent+, and social channels shutting down at the end of August. The team will not join IPTS or Protocol Labs, and $TALENT is not included in this acquisition.

According to crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, sources revealed that before President Trump and crypto industry leaders spoke at the White House, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, a16z's Chris Dixon, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, and Kraken co-founder Arjun Sethi met with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick. The discussion focused on the importance of the Clarity Act and its implications for U.S. jobs, economic growth, and attracting crypto businesses back.Participants also discussed the remaining obstacles to the passage of the bill, including issues related to ethical clauses, and how the White House could help facilitate a bipartisan consensus.

According to the Industrial and Commercial Times, competition in advanced process technology for PC processors is heating up. Market news indicates that Intel's next-generation Nova Lake desktop processor will prioritize the introduction of bLLC large last-level cache to reduce access latency to system memory, competing with AMD's 3D V-Cache technology; the laptop version may be delayed until the subsequent Razor Lake-HX generation is released. The supply chain reveals that Nova Lake, set to debut early next year, will utilize a combination of Intel's 18A and TSMC's N2P processes, while the subsequent Razor Lake may further adopt TSMC's high-performance 2-nanometer N2X process.N2X is a high-performance extension of TSMC's N2 platform, targeting high-frequency CPUs, AI, and HPC applications, with transistor technology shifting from FinFET to nanosheets. If mass production is achieved, Intel's collaboration with TSMC on advanced processes is expected to extend to a broader 2-nanometer family, helping to reduce risks associated with a single proprietary process and optimize the timing and capacity configuration for high-end CPU launches.In addition to TSMC benefiting directly, related supply chains are also expected to welcome business opportunities. Sungsan is one of the few manufacturers in Taiwan capable of mass-producing its own CMP polishing pads, with a 25% year-on-year increase in consolidated semiconductor revenue in the first half of the year, rising to 66% of total revenue. Demand for Hard Pads and advanced packaging is strong, with a new Soft Pad line expected to begin trial production in the third quarter and gradually ramp up production in the fourth quarter, with products already applied in CoWoS and SoIC. Zhongsha holds CMP diamond discs and recycled wafers, reporting revenue of 2.49 billion yuan in the second quarter, a year-on-year increase of 17.9%, with gross margin rising to 40.1%, and shipments of 2-nanometer and 1.6-nanometer related diamond discs rapidly increasing.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin (@EmberCN), a certain address built a long position of 20,000 ETH (total position of about 38.72 million USD) at an average price of 1,936 USD when ETH just showed a rebound signal at 9 PM last night.Subsequently, ETH surged to 2,300 USD, and that address accurately captured the entire increase in this round, with a single profit of up to 6.55 million USD.

U.S. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins stated at today's cryptocurrency meeting with President Trump at the White House that the most important priority right now is for Congress to send the CLARITY Act to the President's desk for his signature, and the SEC is fully supporting this effort.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, Majidage has been continuously long on ETH for a year. After experiencing hundreds to thousands of liquidations, he currently holds long positions in ETH worth 48.22 million USD, with an unrealized profit of 3.34 million USD; the cumulative loss is 31.5 million USD.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a HYPE investor made a profit of $1.24 million within two months. They deposited 47,000 HYPE (approximately $3.35 million) into FalconX, possibly preparing to sell.In the past two months, the wallet has cumulatively purchased 178,700 HYPE (approximately $11.5 million) from FalconX, and the estimated unrealized profit is about $1.24 million.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, FalconX transferred 198,750 HYPE to Gate a few minutes ago, valued at approximately 14 million USD, suspected to be for sale.Multiple over-the-counter buyers who have accumulated HYPE over the past few months now seem to be selling, and similar transfers have appeared at other over-the-counter desks.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the ETH short position of Hyperliquid trader pension-usdt.eth was liquidated, involving an exposure of approximately $108.18 million.On-chain data shows that this liquidation resulted in a loss of about $26.66 million for the trader, but their historical cumulative earnings remain positive, with a total profit of $17.76 million. Previously, this address held approximately 50,000 ETH short positions, valued at around $85 million. The trader's address is: 0x0ddf9bae2af4b874b96d287a5ad42eb47138a902.