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According to Coinglass data, if ETH falls below $2,353, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.077 billion. Conversely, if ETH breaks above $2,587, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $568 million.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC falls below $74,986, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.76 billion. Conversely, if BTC breaks above $82,366, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.274 billion.

According to TechCrunch, the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has expanded the size of its fifth growth fund from $6.75 billion established in January this year to $8.5 billion, adding $1.75 billion in new funds. The fund primarily invests in growth-stage startups that are expanding products, exploring new markets, and scaling businesses.This fundraising comes just days after a16z announced the completion of its $1.1 billion Machine Era Fund. This fund mainly focuses on the AI hardware sector, with investment areas including infrastructure startups in chips, storage, networking, and data storage. David George, head of a16z's growth investment team, stated that the relevant growth fund has invested in over 100 companies in the past seven years. As AI companies enter the growth stage more rapidly, their financing needs and valuations are also rising. a16z is currently focusing on areas such as enterprise and consumer AI, defense technology, robotics, software and hardware infrastructure, and medical technology.

According to a report by Juheng.com, after Samsung Electronics took the lead in raising prices for some advanced and mature processes, the market expects TSMC to follow suit, with prices for its various processes likely to increase by 10% to 15% across the board. According to reports from TrendForce and Nomura Securities, TSMC has completed a new round of price negotiations with customers in mid-year, raising prices for the tight supply of some 3-nanometer N3 processes by up to 15% for the second half of the year. The market further anticipates that by early 2027 at the latest, prices for TSMC's advanced processes such as N2, N3, and N5 may increase by another 5% to 10%.TSMC's N2 and N3 capacities have almost been fully booked by Apple and NVIDIA. The prices for mature processes such as N12, N16, and N28, which have not been adjusted for three consecutive years, may also see a simultaneous increase, with a maximum rise of about 10%. According to estimates from Citi Securities, TSMC's capital expenditure will reach $80 billion in 2027, further increasing to $90 billion in 2028, with this year's capital expenditure already raised to between $52 billion and $56 billion. TSMC announced in July that it would expand its investment in the United States to $265 billion. According to Reuters, Samsung raised prices for some new orders of advanced processes in July, with the 4-nanometer SF4 seeing increases of 10% to 15% for customers in China and the United States.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the prediction market Polymarket for the event "Seattle Mariners vs. Boston Red Sox," the option "Boston Red Sox -1.5" in the sub-market "First Five Innings Spread" experienced significant fluctuations in win probability, soaring from 34.5% an hour ago to the current 50% (a fluctuation of 15.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Protocol Watch founder Christine D. Kim stated that Bitcoin Core v32 has completed feature freeze on August 20, and developers are currently focusing on bug fixes and small optimizations, with the official version expected to be released in October this year.The main updates in v32 include increasing block validation speed by up to approximately 3 times through multi-CPU core parallel processing; introducing a global transaction queue and rate limiting to improve node stability during sudden surges in transaction volume; and adding a fee estimation mechanism based on Mempool status to reduce overestimation of fees. This update does not involve changes to the protocol rules at the Bitcoin network level.

Bitfinex published an analysis stating that despite tightening macro conditions, Bitcoin remains steady above $77,100. Last week, after Federal Reserve Chairman Warsh's hawkish speech in Jackson Hole, BTC fell from above $81,000, but the rise in August was primarily driven by spot buying rather than excessive leverage—open interest gradually increased, the basis remained relatively restrained, and last week, net inflows into U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs approached $1 billion, while Ethereum investment products saw a net inflow of $815.7 million for 10 consecutive days.On the macro front, U.S. PCE inflation is at 3.7%, core inflation at 3.3%, annualized private demand growth in Q2 is 4.2%, and the deficit for the first 10 months of this fiscal year reached $1.8 trillion. Warsh confirmed that the 2% inflation target is a hard constraint, and the market has raised the probability of a rate hike in September to 57%. Bitfinex believes that the continued support from ETF and stablecoin liquidity is sustaining prices, but expectations of interest rate hikes limit the upside potential. If crypto inflows remain resilient, it will prove that underlying demand is still solid.

According to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal, Donald Trump Jr.'s 1789 Capital plans to invest an additional approximately $300 million in the prediction market platform Polymarket, as part of a $1 billion financing round led by 1789 Capital. If completed, Polymarket's valuation will reach approximately $21 billion.1789 Capital has previously invested about $200 million in Polymarket, and after this round, it will become one of its largest investors. The largest investor in Polymarket currently is the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), which previously disclosed holding Polymarket shares valued at $1.6 billion, accounting for about 22% of the company's outstanding shares.

Dialectic Meccanico announced plans to launch the on-chain vault Starloop based on Makina on Base, expected to go live in September 2026, for eligible tokenized SpaceX exposure holders to put their positions to use.After users deposit tokenized SpaceX exposure, the vault will borrow USDC against it as collateral and deploy it to approved on-chain opportunities, with net earnings flowing back to depositors while retaining exposure to the underlying assets. Dialectic is the first operator of Makina and has operated public vaults such as DUSD and DETH.

Robinhood Chain recorded a single-day DEX trading volume of $989 million on Friday, setting a historical high. The total value locked (TVL) on the chain reached $708 million, with a nearly 100% month-over-month increase; the supply of stablecoins was approximately $770 million, with a month-over-month increase of 47%.In July, the chain was dominated by the memecoin market after the launch of CASHCAT's spot trading, while in August it shifted towards utility and infrastructure tokens. PONS is one of the leading launchpads on the chain, with its market capitalization increasing from $20 million to over $200 million. Another leading launchpad, LONG (long.xyz), supports tokens paired with tokenized stocks (mainly memecoins), which is a core differentiating advantage of Robinhood Chain.The largest stock-paired memecoin is "AI" (Artificial Inu), paired with tokenized NVDA, with its market capitalization rising from $1.5 million on August 1 to a peak of $135 million on August 30, and its NVDA pool liquidity exceeding $3.3 million. Memecoins paired with tokenized stocks account for about a quarter of the stock-related trading volume on the chain. Other projects include the liquidity layer protocol Delta, the ve(3,3) emission project UP similar to Aerodrome, and the OHM-style bond project NetNet, all of which saw their valuations increase tenfold in August.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the event of "2026 US Open Men's Singles Champion" on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Alexander Blockx" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 0.05% an hour ago to the current 30.6% (a fluctuation of 30.55%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Bitcoin holding company Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has written to MSCI opposing its proposal to exclude "non-operating companies" from the global investable market index, stating that the proposal is "misleading and flawed." Strategy founder Michael Saylor and CEO Phong Le expressed in the letter that MSCI's proposal discriminates against digital asset companies and questioned its fairness and reliability as an index provider.Earlier this month, MSCI announced that it is consulting on the definition of "non-operating companies" and plans to exclude such companies from its global investable market index. Strategy pointed out that this is the second time MSCI has proposed a similar plan, as a previous proposal for 2025 was withdrawn. Strategy emphasized that it is an operating company, employing approximately 1,500 people globally, and reports its Bitcoin business as an operating segment, with Bitcoin gains and losses reported as operating expenses.Strategy is currently the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, holding 845,050 Bitcoins, valued at approximately $6.58 billion at current prices. MSTR closed up 4% on Monday, but has fallen 15% year-to-date.

The privacy public chain Zano activated its sixth hard fork (HF6) at block height 3,833,000. The upgrade has been launched on the mainnet, completing the largest upgrade in the network's seven-year history. HF6 introduces Gateway Addresses, providing a directly traceable single balance and instant synchronization for centralized exchanges, DEX, and cross-chain bridges, while retaining existing addresses and their privacy models.Native ZANO can now be cross-chain transferred to Ethereum, Solana, and TON without custody, publicly on external networks, and privacy protection is restored after crossing back to Zano. The upgrade also tightens consensus validation rules and strengthens wallet encryption, mining pool fault tolerance, payment IDs, anti-DoS restrictions, SOCKS5 proxies, and RPC interfaces. HF6 is a prerequisite for the development of the EVM-compatible chain Zano Execution Layer, which currently has no fixed launch date; the next-generation consensus protocol Zenith has been included in the 2027 roadmap.

According to SoSoValue data, the XRP spot ETF saw a net inflow of $26.2 million on August 28, continuing a streak of nine consecutive days of net inflows since mid-August, with a total net inflow of approximately $1.6 billion. In just the last nine days, these funds attracted over $725 million in capital.Bloomberg Intelligence analyst James Seyffart stated on X that, given the weak performance of XRP prices, the ETF fund flows are "surprisingly resilient," with funds flowing almost exclusively in one direction, totaling a net inflow of about $1.8 billion according to his statistics. According to the Q2 13F filings, Goldman Sachs leads the XRP spot ETF holders with an exposure of approximately $87.4 million, followed by Jane Street and Millennium Management; by category, investment advisors are the largest holders and allocators.XRP is currently trading at approximately $1.39, down 2.7% in the last 24 hours, with a weekly decline of about 7.6%. The first XRP ETFs in the U.S. are set to launch in November 2025. In contrast, Bitcoin spot funds recently ended a streak of nine consecutive days of net inflows.

Coinbase and Webull announced the expansion of their cryptocurrency trading and custody collaboration into the Canadian market. The Webull Canada platform will be based on Coinbase's Crypto-as-a-Service infrastructure, utilizing its institutional-grade custody and trading services to provide Canadian investors with access to digital asset trading. This expansion continues the previous operational model established by both parties in the United States, Brazil, and Australia.According to an investigation by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), the cryptocurrency ownership rate in Canada has risen from 10% in 2023 to 25%. Coinbase Canada has registered as a Restricted Dealer in various provinces and territories to provide compliance support for this business launch. Following the announcement, the stock prices of both companies slightly declined in early trading, with Webull dropping approximately 1.3%.

According to Bloomberg, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to abolish the relevant rules regarding when and how shareholders of listed companies can submit shareholder proxy proposals, as indicated by the latest information released by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB).According to a notice published on Monday, the SEC submitted the proposal to the White House OMB for review last week. This is the latest step by SEC Chairman Paul Atkins to change the dynamics of the relationship between shareholders of listed companies and company management.In simple terms, the SEC is proposing to adjust the regulatory rules for shareholders of listed companies to submit proxy proposals, and the proposal is currently still in the OMB review stage.

The B.AI platform's daily token throughput has surpassed 1.1 trillion, achieving a 52,133-fold exponential growth compared to the 21.1M on the first day of its launch on April 9, completing a leap from millions to trillions in computing power architecture in less than 5 months.Since the launch of the free activity, the platform's daily throughput has increased by approximately 242 times, with a cumulative throughput of 6.86 trillion over 14 days and over 196,000 new API users. In the face of a continuous influx of massive high concurrency and heavy Agent workflows, the B.AI foundational infrastructure has demonstrated excellent stability—this steep growth curve is a testament to the trust that global developers have placed in the B.AI computing power infrastructure through real code and high-frequency API calls. B.AI will continue to build the world's preferred inclusive computing power and Agent financial foundation.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, Pump.fun (2p23...Cv3q) transferred 132,937 SOL in transaction fee revenue to Kraken 20 minutes ago, worth 13.74 million USD.

Famous trader Killa posted that Bitcoin will reach a new historical high next year, and ultimately, it won't matter if it is bought at $100,000. As time goes by, these barriers will be left behind. The biggest mistake is to stay on the sidelines.

According to IT Home, WeChat Pay announced that the AI Exclusive Card now supports usage in DeepSeek Harness and OpenClaw. After user authorization, the process from smart recommendations to order payment can be completed in conversations.The AI Exclusive Card can currently be used to pay for over 700 Pay Skills on Skillhub in the aforementioned two products, with plans to expand to more scenarios in the future. The activation process includes: installing the weixinpay plugin for DeepSeek Harness or OpenClaw via the npx command, generating a binding link by the Agent when using paid skills on Skillhub, and completing the binding of the WeChat Pay AI Exclusive Card. After that, each order requires user confirmation on the mobile end, deducting funds from the exclusive card balance. The official emphasizes that the exclusive card funds are isolated from the main account, the limit is self-controllable, and each payment requires user confirmation.