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GoPlus Security issued a security alert stating that a fraud gang has hijacked the realtrumpcoins[.]com website and the @realtrumpcoins1 account, maliciously issuing GOLD tokens. The gang inflated its market value to approximately $60 million before selling off and executing a Rug Pull, profiting over $8.2 million.On-chain data shows that the developers' initial funds trace back to a KuCoin-associated hot wallet, with another 15 trading wallets funded by Binance-associated hot wallets. These wallets all conducted transactions through the same malicious routing contract.GoPlus Security also pointed out that the gang deployed another malicious meme coin, Trump Digital Platinum (PLATINUM), whose contract can empty any holder's balance at any time, warning users to avoid purchasing and to be aware of the risks.

According to a report by the Korea Herald, South Korea's largest mobile communication operator SK Telecom announced the spin-off of its Artificial Intelligence Data Center (AIDC) business into a new independent legal entity, SK Horizon, and plans to introduce a total of 3.08 trillion won (approximately 2.2 billion USD) in external funding.The spin-off transaction is expected to be completed on February 1, 2027, with global private equity firms KKR, as well as IMM Investment and Stonebridge Capital consortium, likely to participate in the investment.

According to IT Home, the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) has announced the results of the new anti-fraud operation "Jackal IV." This operation will last from November 2025 to June 2026 and involves 22 countries and regions worldwide, focusing on combating online financial crimes such as romance scams, cryptocurrency and investment fraud, email scams, and money laundering. A total of 58 people were arrested in this round of operations, and the identities of 263 individuals involved have been confirmed.Among them, the Argentine police seized a "Crime-as-a-Service" (CaaS) network that provided website domain and money laundering services, arresting 17 people and confirming the identities of 196 individuals involved. The South African police raided 7 locations in Johannesburg, arresting 39 suspects accused of romance scams and investment fraud targeting retirees from English-speaking countries, while seizing $2.67 million and freezing 257 bank accounts.In addition, the Italian police confirmed one suspect involved in a cross-European money laundering network, discovering that a single bank account was linked to money laundering transactions amounting to €845,000; the Romanian police dismantled an investment fraud gang, arresting 11 people and seizing illegal assets such as cash, cryptocurrency, and real estate.

The Neutrl team stated that issues have been found with the positions held in the strategy, affecting the liquidity of part of the protocol's reserves. In the interest of users and after consulting legal advisors, the relevant smart contracts have been swiftly paused. This incident is not due to a smart contract vulnerability, hacking attack, or code defect.The protocol currently holds approximately $27 million in available liquid assets and continues to hold other positions and related gains and losses in the strategy, which cannot be immediately liquidated. The team cannot confirm the timing, amount, or recovery value of these positions. Liquidation and recovery of the remaining positions will take a long time, and the recovery amount or timing cannot be confirmed at this moment.In response to the liquidity needs of some users, Neutrl will open an early redemption mechanism for NUSD and sNUSD holders, which will be fairly treated for all holders based on legal advice. Complete details will be announced before the redemption begins, with a target for early September, depending on the deployment of the new redemption contract, independent audits, and legal financial reviews, and the timing may vary. The team advises against trading NUSD or sNUSD for the time being.

According to Decrypt, the British police confiscated 20.21 bitcoins along with other cryptocurrencies and bank funds, totaling a value of 1.4 million dollars. The individuals involved had previous convictions for money laundering and are now deceased.Investigators traced these assets back to dark web markets that operated from 2016 to 2019 and were later shut down by law enforcement. The police stated that these now-closed websites had facilitated various criminal activities ranging from drug supply to human trafficking, but did not disclose the specific names of the websites.

The cryptocurrency payment platform Rain stated that its monitoring system detected a vulnerability affecting a small number of programs using outdated versions of Solana contracts, while other programs were not affected. Rain immediately launched an investigation to determine the scope of the incident.The Rain team has successfully upgraded all programs using outdated versions of Solana contracts, and the related issues have been resolved. Rain will continue to monitor the situation and has hired a third-party forensic expert to conduct an investigation, while also cooperating with law enforcement and relevant regulatory agencies. All affected users will receive full compensation, and Rain has begun the remediation process and is committed to completing the handling swiftly and responsibly.

According to HyperliquidNews monitoring, Abraxas Capital holds a total of over $472 million in perpetual contract short positions, including $126 million in Bitcoin native asset short positions, $120 million in Ethereum native asset short positions, $73 million in SOL short positions, and $72 million in Hyperliquid native asset short positions.The wallet has made a profit of $21 million in the last 24 hours, with total equity exceeding $200 million.

Glassnode data shows that as BTC rebounds towards $80,000, the options market positions are clearly shifting towards a more positive outlook. The open interest in BTC options has risen back to nearly 550,000 BTC, and participation in the derivatives market is increasing again; the DVOL volatility index has rebounded to about 41, but it is still below the previous high volatility range of 50-60.Glassnode points out that the 25 Delta Skew across different maturities has significantly narrowed, with the short-term skew turning negative, indicating a decrease in demand for downside protection, and positions are leaning more towards a balanced or bullish direction. Currently, BTC is in a dense Gamma range of about $75,000 to $80,000, with recent capital flows concentrated at the $72,500 and $79,250 strike prices, where there has been a noticeable buying of call options, while demand for put options is relatively limited.

The cryptocurrency protocol Ethena, which issued $4 billion in synthetic US dollars (USDe), announced plans to expand its basis trading strategy to stock perpetual contracts. According to Ethena's data, the open interest in stock perpetual contracts has grown tenfold to $6.2 billion since March. Over the past few months, the funding rates on Hyperliquid and Binance averaged approximately 14% and 17.5%, respectively, while the Bitcoin funding rate during the same period was only in the low single digits.Ethena pointed out that the average Bitcoin funding rate was 11% in 2024, 4.9% in 2025, and has dropped to 2.2% as of August 11 this year. In contrast, stock perpetual contracts had positive funding rates on 94% of trading days on Hyperliquid and 97% on Binance, with a median funding rate of 13.9%, while Bitcoin's was 3.9%. Co-founder Guy Young stated that stocks tend to rise in the long term, creating a continuous demand for leveraged longs to pay fees, and that the funding rate for stocks has almost no correlation with Bitcoin, providing USDe with a revenue source that relies less on the crypto market.The global stock market had a market capitalization of approximately $166.5 trillion in July, far exceeding the crypto market's approximately $2.2 trillion. This expansion is one of Ethena's initiatives to seek new revenue sources after the supply of USDe fell from a peak of about $15 billion to below $5 billion. Last week, it also announced a $1 billion financing arrangement with FalconX.

The Irish National Police (An Garda Síochána) reported that during a special operation against organized crime in the Galway area, police searched two properties and froze two cryptocurrency accounts worth approximately $900,000 in total. In addition, the police also froze a bank account containing €25,000 (approximately $29,100), and seized €9,300 in cash and drugs valued at approximately €18,300 (including amphetamines and cannabis).A man in his 40s involved in the case has been arrested and charged, and the investigation is ongoing.

According to official news, the Gate Contract Stock Zone will launch the perpetual contract trading for DJT (Trump Media Technology Group), RAM (Roundhill T-REX 2x Long DRAM Daily Target ETF), TEM (Tempus AI), and MARA (Marathon Digital Holdings) on August 28 at 20:00 (UTC+8), with USDT settlement and supporting 1-20x leverage.

According to Decrypt, the financial investigation department of the police in Avon and Somerset, UK, has seized 20.21 bitcoins along with other crypto assets and bank account funds, totaling approximately $1.4 million (£1.03 million). Investigators traced the assets to dark web markets that operated between 2016 and 2019, all of which have now been shut down by law enforcement and were involved in criminal activities such as drug supply and human trafficking.This is the largest cryptocurrency seizure operation by the police since the introduction of the cryptocurrency wallet freezing order in the UK in April 2024. This power allows the police to freeze and seize cryptocurrencies without prior arrests, transferring them to wallets controlled by law enforcement, and seizing written passwords or storage devices. The individuals involved had previous money laundering convictions and are now deceased.The police pointed out that every transaction processed by these markets is permanently recorded on the blockchain, serving as a valuable source of evidence. The assets were seized earlier this year under the Proceeds of Crime Act, with the court determining that they represented proceeds from illegal activities, and the recovered funds will be used for community and policing projects.

Bitget's latest data shows that the cumulative trading volume of TradFi perpetual contracts on the platform in August has exceeded $10 billion, with the average daily number of trading users increasing by over 10% month-on-month.As of now, Bitget supports a total of 295 stock perpetual contract underlying assets.

The Gate stock derivatives section is now online with pre-market trading for the SHEINUSDT perpetual contract, settled in USDT, supporting 1-10x leverage.SHEINUSDT corresponds to SHEIN, a cross-border e-commerce company that is listed with a dual-class share structure in Hong Kong.

The Binance contract platform will launch multiple U-based TradFi perpetual contracts on August 28, including TEMUSDT, MRKUSDT, IONQUSDT, MARAUSDT, and PDDUSDT. The launch times are 17:00, 17:05, 17:10, 17:15, and 17:20, with a maximum leverage of up to 20 times.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong posted that the company's newly launched US500 index perpetual contract has achieved over $100 million in 24-hour trading volume just one week after its launch, showing strong early momentum. This product tracks the index of the 500 largest companies by market capitalization in the United States and is currently open for trading to U.S. users.Armstrong also solicited feedback from the community, asking what other perpetual contract index products users would like to see launched.

According to the official announcement, Bitget has launched the SHEINUSDT (SHEIN) IPO pre-market perpetual contract, supporting up to 20x leverage and 24/7 trading.

According to GMGN data, the top 5 tokens with net inflow in the past 24 hours are as follows:POKEMON (EhCz....ump): Net inflow of $6,000, with a 24-hour increase of 5595.8%, currently priced at $0.0002.QUALITY (FqEy....ump): Net inflow of $4,000, with a 24-hour increase of 6982%, currently priced at $0.0002.KURO (5Cwp....ump): Net inflow of $2,000, with a 24-hour increase of 5237.4%, currently priced at $0.0002.moonkey (BRZ5....ump): Net inflow of $2,000, with a 24-hour increase of 12718.1%, currently priced at $0.0004.VI (35zA....ump): Net inflow of $1,000, with a 24-hour increase of 1660.9%, currently priced at $0.0001.

Ethereum developer nixo.eth revealed on the X platform that Ethereum core developers have decided to change the status of the account abstraction proposal EIP-8141 from "under consideration" to "scheduled," confirming that account abstraction will be promoted as a key feature of the Hegotá upgrade.This EIP was proposed in March as a flagship upgrade, and community consensus suggests that even though there are still controversies regarding the specific implementation, account abstraction should be launched in Hegotá. In recent weeks, another proposal, EIP-8130, has emerged as a competitor, planning to be deployed on Base in September, sparking discussions about avoiding a split in account abstraction standards between L1 and L2. The authors of both EIPs and core developers are working hard to reach a unified solution without delaying the upgrade. The status change means that this feature has officially entered the planning for the Hegotá upgrade, but the specific specifications may undergo significant changes, and it is common for implementation plans to change before the official launch.

Polymarket US has withdrawn two NFL player participation contract documents from the prediction market platform. The platform has completed certification with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and plans to launch related products no earlier than August 27. Polymarket US certifies Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana price contracts, all three types of contracts are submitted in pairs and classified as swap contracts under the binary options subcategory.Both the NFL contracts and cryptocurrency contracts involve the relevant classifications. The NFL compliance analysis document has been submitted separately for confidentiality, with Polymarket US requesting permanent non-disclosure on the grounds that public disclosure would leak trade secrets and give competitors an unfair advantage. As of the record, another NFL American football eligibility contract remains in certified status.