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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a notice seeking public comments on the listing of computing power derivative contracts and related market regulation issues to further understand and improve the regulation of the computing power derivatives market.CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig stated, "Without a robust computing power derivatives market, the U.S. cannot win the AI race." He noted that just as the U.S. market established trading standards for commodities that propelled the industrial economy, it will also establish corresponding rules for computing power commodities to drive the "smart economy." This public comment period is the first step in establishing clear rules for the U.S. computing power market.The notice seeks comments on the scale, liquidity, and other market characteristics of the computing power spot market, while also covering topics such as market regulation, manipulation risks, customer protection, and computing power perpetual futures, and invites market participants to submit comments on other aspects of the computing power market. The comment period will last for 60 days following the publication of the relevant notice in the Federal Register.

According to Coinglass data, the total contract open interest for BTC has increased by 5.1% in the past 24 hours, with the current total open interest at $52.05 billion. Among them, Binance's open interest is $10.28 billion, OKX's open interest is $2.738 billion, Bybit's open interest is $4.839 billion, and Gate's open interest is $4.953 billion.

Coinbase announced the introduction of perpetual contract trading to the Base App through Hyperliquid, allowing eligible users to trade over 290 perpetual contract markets with a maximum leverage of 50 times, covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, and markets related to stocks and commodities. Coinbase's engineering lead Chintan Turakhia stated that perpetual contracts currently account for about 75% of the total trading volume in the crypto market and are the feature that high-frequency users of the Base App most want to see added.Related trades will be executed within the Base App, but Hyperliquid will be responsible for the actual execution, allowing users to stay within their existing wallets. Coinbase stated that the maximum leverage ratio available for different assets varies, and positions may be liquidated when losses exceed a certain threshold. This product is currently not available to jurisdictions such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and other areas that restrict leveraged crypto derivatives trading. This launch also reflects a shift in the product focus of the Base App from previously emphasizing social and creator features to trading, payments, and AI Agents. Base founder Jesse Pollak previously acknowledged that social and creator tokens did not bring the expected user growth, while prediction markets, perpetual contracts, and stablecoins have become stronger drivers of adoption.

The Berachain Foundation announced that its stablecoin HONEY has completed a rebranding and is now named Bera USD (BUSD). The contract address and the token itself remain unchanged, with only the name and symbol being modified.Due to the token name participating in the EIP-712 domain separation design, permits or off-chain authorizations originally signed based on the HONEY name will automatically become invalid and need to be re-signed.Berachain stated that the BUSD-related updates will soon be fully launched across various integration partners, and more updates will be released in the future.

According to Coinglass data, the total contract open interest for ETH has increased by 5.76% in the past 24 hours, with the current total open interest at $27.258 billion. Among them, Binance has an open interest of $7.148 billion, OKX has an open interest of $1.664 billion, Bybit has an open interest of $1.925 billion, and Gate has an open interest of $2.871 billion.

According to ChainCatcher information and the official announcement, Bitget's stock perpetual contracts have been launched for UNITREE (Yushu Technology). The contract is settled in USDT, supports up to 20 times leverage, and allows trading 24/7. So far, Bitget supports a total of 277 stock perpetual contract underlying assets.

The KITE Foundation reports on the progress of the token security incident disposal. A new KITE ERC-20 contract has been deployed on the Ethereum mainnet, with the total token supply remaining unchanged. Old KITE tokens will be migrated to the new contract at a 1:1 ratio, and it has been confirmed that addresses controlled by the attacker will be excluded and will not receive new tokens.The migration snapshot is based on the Ethereum mainnet block height of 25,692,498. Regular self-custody wallet users will directly receive new tokens without the need for exchange or authorization; exchange users will have their migration coordinated by the exchange and the KITE team. The cross-chain channel will remain suspended until the migration and verification are completed. Previously, KITE discovered abnormal transfers on August 6 and confirmed that it had been hacked. The team stated that this incident did not result in asset losses for users or the project party, and the current impact has been controlled.

According to SK Hynix's announcement on August 19, SK Hynix has decided to repurchase 24.07 million shares of common stock through the open market, with an expected repurchase amount of approximately 40.0043 trillion Korean won (about 28.57 billion USD). SK Hynix stated that this repurchase aims to enhance shareholder value by canceling treasury shares.It is reported that Gate has earlier launched perpetual contracts for SKHYNIX stock and trading for SK Hynix (000660) on the Korean stock market.

According to CoinGlass data, the current total open interest for Intel is approximately 1.9644 million INTC, corresponding to an open interest value of about 190 million USD. From the platform distribution perspective, tradeXYZ, Binance, and Bitget rank in the top three, among which:tradeXYZ: open interest value of approximately 90.343 million USD, with a 24-hour open interest decrease of 3.27%Binance: open interest value of approximately 42.8248 million USD, with a 24-hour open interest decrease of 6.81%Bitget: open interest value of approximately 16.3625 million USD, with a 24-hour open interest increase of 54.35%

Starting from August 19, 2026, at 16:15, Binance Futures will update the funding fee settlement frequency for the UNITREEUSDT perpetual contract from once every eight hours to once every four hours.

The Binance contract platform will launch the UNITREEUSDT perpetual contract on August 19 at 10:45, with a maximum leverage of up to 20 times. This contract is a U-based perpetual contract, settled in USDT, and supports 24/7 trading.

Hyperliquid Policy Center (HPC) and tradeXYZ jointly submitted a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), introducing Pre-IPO perpetual contracts (IPOPs) and advocating that U.S. investors should have the right to participate in such markets. The letter states that Cerebras opened at a price 89% higher than its IPO pricing, SK Hynix was 14% higher, and SpaceX was 11% higher, with each public market on Hyperliquid providing price signals before formal trading began.tradeXYZ has launched 5 IPOP (Initial Public Offering Price Options) markets on Hyperliquid. IPOP is a cash-settled perpetual derivative that references the expected public listing price of private companies, used for price discovery before listing, and does not represent shares, warrants, or any securities rights. The parties listed issues that the SEC needs to address before allowing such markets to serve U.S. investors in the letter and believe that modernizing IPOs could utilize this price signal for issuers and investors.

On-chain analyst Yu Jin posted on the X platform that Yushu will be listed for trading tomorrow. Currently, the pre-market contract price on Hyperliquid is $102, approximately 683 yuan, corresponding to a market value of 276.4 billion yuan. Compared to the issuance price of 150.8 yuan, the price has increased by 6.7 times.If sold at this price tomorrow, the profit from a new share subscription would be 266,000 yuan.

According to CoinDesk, as crude oil prices retreat, refined oil prices continue to rise, with the "crack spread" between U.S. diesel and crude oil reaching $102.2 per barrel, a record high.Due to disruptions in global energy supply from the Iran and Ukraine conflicts, diesel supply is tightening, and with the current agricultural harvest season, the demand for fuel for agricultural equipment such as tractors is strong, further pushing up diesel prices, which may transmit inflation through food, transportation, and heating costs.Meanwhile, WTI crude oil prices have broken through the downward trend line formed since the peak in April, indicating that the four-month downward trend may be coming to an end. If oil prices continue to rise, market inflation expectations may heat up again. The combination of energy prices and inflation risks, along with concerns about government debt, is driving up U.S. Treasury yields and the yields of other developed economy bonds, increasing the opportunity cost of holding risk assets like Bitcoin, which may limit further upside for BTC.However, the weakening dollar still provides some support for Bitcoin. The dollar index fell to 99.29 on Monday, a two-and-a-half-month low, and broke below the previous upward trend line. Currently, Bitcoin is being influenced by multiple factors including oil prices, bond yields, and dollar trends, with the macro environment showing clear divergence.

According to Decrypt, blockchain forensics company Chainalysis Government Solutions filed a procurement protest on July 27 in the U.S. Federal Claims Court, opposing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) awarding a contract worth approximately $94.6 million to competitor TRM Labs through a sole-source method.The contract period is from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027, involving blockchain forensics software and support services for Homeland Security Investigations into fraud, cybercrime, and sexual extortion cases. Chainalysis believes that ICE's decision is arbitrary and unreasonable. TRM Labs joined the case as an intervenor defendant on July 28, defending the contract alongside the U.S. government.The court allowed Chainalysis to temporarily seal the complaint, with oral arguments scheduled for September 2; ICE stated that after approximately 6 days of market research, it determined that none of the 8 responding companies could meet the requirements.

According to a report by the Korea United News Agency, the Gwangju Police Agency's Cyber Crime Investigation Team will arrest and transfer three suspects led by A (in their 60s), who are suspected of establishing offices in Seoul, Gwangju in South Jeolla Province, and Gunsan in North Jeolla Province since November 2024. They allegedly deceived over 100 elderly individuals aged 70 to 80 into investing in virtual assets with false promises such as "guaranteed principal" and "potential profits of hundreds of billions of Korean won," accumulating approximately 500 million Korean won in fraud.The police stated that there are likely still unreported victims and are continuing to expand the investigation, reminding the public to remain vigilant against investment offers that promise guaranteed principal and high returns.