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According to Coinglass data, the total contract open interest for ETH has decreased by 5.3% in the past 24 hours, with the current total open interest at 32.307 billion USD. Among them, the open interest on Binance is 8.616 billion USD, OKX is 1.713 billion USD, Bybit is 2.105 billion USD, and Gate is 2.567 billion USD.

According to Coinglass data, the total contract open interest for BTC has decreased by 5.53% in the past 24 hours, with the current total open interest at 54.573 billion USD. Among them, Binance's open interest is 11.374 billion USD, OKX's open interest is 2.784 billion USD, Bybit's open interest is 5.13 billion USD, and Gate's open interest is 4.688 billion USD.

Evernorth's report shows that the number of XRP Ledger accounts has decreased, but the volume of single transactions has nearly tripled, with the total network value driven by stablecoins surpassing 4.2 billion dollars.

The People's Bank of China announced the overall operation of the payment system for the second quarter of 2026. By the end of the second quarter, a total of 10.267 billion bank cards had been issued nationwide. Among them, there were 677 million credit cards and credit card loans, a decrease of about 10 million cards compared to the end of the first quarter, and a decrease of nearly 20 million cards since the beginning of the year, averaging over 100,000 credit cards exiting the market each day. Compared to the historical peak of 807 million cards in the second quarter of 2022, the number of credit cards has been reduced by about 130 million.The mid-year report of listed banks in 2026 shows that the overdraft balances of credit cards from the six major state-owned banks decreased at the end of the first half compared to the end of the previous year. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China had a credit card loan balance of 597.157 billion yuan, a decrease of 14.39% from the end of the previous year. By the end of June, the cumulative number of credit cards issued by Bank of China was about 152 million, with an increase of 1.76 million cards compared to the end of the previous year; China Merchants Bank saw a net increase of 256,300 cards to 97.7073 million cards.In terms of asset quality, the non-performing loan ratios for Agricultural Bank of China and Postal Savings Bank of China remained at 2.05% and 1.45%, respectively; the non-performing loan ratio for Industrial and Commercial Bank of China rose to 5.37%; and the non-performing loan ratio for Bank of Communications increased from 2.68% to 3.8%. The non-performing loan ratio for China Minsheng Bank rose to 4.22%, and for Industrial Bank, it rose to 3.79%. In the first half of the year, China Merchants Bank generated new non-performing loans of 23.698 billion yuan, with a non-performing loan ratio of 1.90%. In August 2026, the principal and interest of non-performing credit card transfers amounted to 12.2 billion yuan.

According to data from the Central Bank of Brazil (BCB), cryptocurrency purchases in July amounted to $572 million, a decrease of nearly 80% compared to $2.6 billion in June, and a decline of nearly 60% from $1.4 billion in July 2025.Fernando Rocha, head of the statistics department at the Central Bank of Brazil, stated that the changes are part of the adaptation of cryptocurrency exchanges to the new regulatory environment for digital assets, with anti-money laundering controls and governance requirements being significant factors in the reduction of transaction volume. Since 2026, the total amount of cryptocurrency purchases in Brazil has reached $15.25 billion, more than doubling compared to $7.6 billion in the same period of 2025. BCB noted that most of the related transactions involve stablecoins.

According to The Block data panel, the combined trading volume of Kalshi, Polymarket, and Polymarket US in August fell by 14.5% month-on-month to $45.33 billion, marking the first monthly decline in a year. Among them, Kalshi's trading volume in August was $37.17 billion, down 7.3% from $40.1 billion in July; the combined trading volume of Polymarket and its US platform was $8.16 billion, down 36.7% from $12.89 billion in July.The decline in August occurred after a surge in summer prediction market activity driven by the World Cup (June 11 to July 19), but the August trading volume was still significantly higher than May's $25.66 billion. Meanwhile, Kalshi and Polymarket are facing increasingly stringent scrutiny from state-level regulators in the US, particularly regarding sports-related contracts, with more than ten states taking enforcement actions or filing lawsuits against the two platforms. Last week, Connecticut sued Kalshi, seeking to prevent the platform from offering sports contracts.Despite the escalating legal disputes with state regulators, Kalshi continues to expand its presence in the sports sector, recently signing an agreement with the United States Tennis Association to become the exclusive prediction market partner for the US Open. Additionally, earlier this week, Kalshi permanently banned former US Congressman George Santos, marking its first permanent ban, due to Santos violating rules by betting on whether he would attend the State of the Union address, resulting in a fine of over $71,000.

According to the data panel on the ChainCatcher official website, regarding BTC wallet balances, in the past 7 days, among the top 10 exchanges by balance, OKX had the largest increase at 0.86%; Bybit had the largest decrease at 3.07%.In terms of exchange asset transparency proof, the top three for net outflow of reserve assets were Bybit (-$119 million), Bitget (-$88.7415 million), and Bitfinex (-$31.471 million); for net inflow, Binance had the highest inflow at $8.85 billion, followed by OKX (+$7.67239 million) and Deribit (+$4.03394 million).

Bloomberg's chief economist Anna Wong stated that next week's non-farm payroll report may show weakness, with a certain probability of recording negative growth, which will have a critical impact on the Federal Reserve's policy path.She pointed out that if there are two consecutive negative non-farm data, there is no precedent in modern Federal Reserve history for raising interest rates under such circumstances.

According to Santiment Intelligence monitoring, since June 3, the ETH exchange platform balance has decreased from approximately 7.69 million to about 6.28 million, a reduction of about 1.4 million, representing a decline of about 18%. Since August 19, another approximately 275,000 ETH has flowed out of the exchange platform, bringing the current balance to the lowest level of this statistical period.During the same period, the BTC exchange platform balance has increased by about 0.25%, currently nearing recent range highs. In this regard, Santiment stated that the decline in ETH exchange platform balance has not stopped due to the price increase; while the ETH price has risen by about 27% since August 16, a large amount of ETH continues to flow out of the exchange platform.

CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr. pointed out that Bitcoin's two profit and loss indicators have reversed simultaneously in the past ten days. The 90-day realized profit and loss ratio has risen above 1 for the first time since the end of July (reaching 1.003 on August 26), and the unrealized loss ratio has decreased from 18.57% on August 16 to 7.35%, a drop of about 60%, marking the lowest level since May 11.The analyst stated that losses are no longer dominating the market, but the current readings are almost exactly at the breakeven line and need to be continuously confirmed. Historically, during the capitulation phase from 2022 to 2023, this ratio remained below 1 for 241 days, with a minimum drop to 0.368. The current loss pressure is still distant from historical deep capitulation. Both indicators show that holders' financial conditions have significantly improved compared to the low point in August, but true confirmation requires the realized profit and loss ratio to remain consistently above 1 and unrealized losses to stay low.

According to Glassnode analysis, Bitcoin has rebounded about 26% since the mid-August low, with a net inflow of $2.23 billion into U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs during the same period, marking the strongest seven-day inflow of the year, with no single day of outflows. The amount of Bitcoin on exchanges has decreased, while various wallet sizes have simultaneously accumulated. The upcoming supply is concentrated in the $81,000 to $86,000 range, which overlaps with hotspot costs, re-listed sell orders, market maker gamma flips, and short liquidations.Glassnode states that this round of increases was ignited by the record short squeeze on August 19, with 85% of liquidations within the squeeze window being shorts, representing the largest single-day short liquidation since 2019 according to their statistical criteria. The open interest in futures has decreased by 11% in terms of coins, and the funding rate is close to neutral, indicating that the market is mainly driven by short stop-losses rather than new long leverage chasing the price up. Options pricing suggests that the market may maintain until late September, with attention on approximately $83,300 above and the $70,000 cost area and $62,000 to $65,000 support below.

According to Coinglass data, the total contract open interest for BTC has decreased by 5.1% in the past 24 hours, with the current total open interest at $55.556 billion. Among them, the open interest for Binance is $11.098 billion, for OKX is $2.908 billion, for Bybit is $4.495 billion, and for Gate is $4.647 billion.

The decentralized perpetual contract protocol Lighter announced that its average block proof time has decreased from about 5.3 minutes to about 1 minute over the past month. This progress was achieved through two independent optimizations launched on July 23 and August 23. Lighter can now complete block verification faster, thereby increasing processing capacity, reducing infrastructure costs, and creating space for further expansion.The first optimization is the Heavy/Light decomposition. This solution splits the transaction circuit into light circuits and heavy circuits, allowing simple quote updates, which account for the vast majority of transactions, to only pay for light constraints, thus halving the proof time. The second optimization comes from the Prover backend optimization brought about by the proof competition held in collaboration with Eigen Labs, which again halves the proof time under the same circuit conditions. The first batch of optimizations went live on August 23, with more batches still in progress. Additionally, on August 10, all Schnorr signature verifications were incorporated into a single Plonky3 proof for each block, resulting in approximately a 20% improvement.The above optimizations are orthogonal and their effects are cumulative. The remaining competition optimizations are expected to bring about an additional 2x improvement, potentially reaching a total of about 10x compared to mid-July. Currently, Lighter's sustained processing capacity has exceeded historical peak loads, and the finality limit for withdrawals has been reduced from about 21-22 minutes to about 16-17 minutes, maintaining stability during peak traffic periods.

According to Businesswire, the Nasdaq-listed company Empery Digital announced its latest balance sheet and data center investment progress, revealing that its Bitcoin holdings have decreased to 1,179 coins.In addition, it also holds approximately $62 million in cash and $35 million in debt.

According to the data panel on the ChainCatcher official website, regarding BTC wallet balances, in the past 7 days, among the top 10 exchanges by balance, Binance had the largest increase at 1.46%; Gate had the largest decrease at 7.39%.In terms of exchange asset transparency proof, the top three net outflows of reserve assets were OKX (-$237 million), Bybit (-$74.8018 million), and KuCoin (-$41.5647 million); in terms of net inflows, Binance had the highest inflow at $9.879 billion, followed by Gate (+$20.8 million) and Bitget (+$16.9114 million).

PPP prediction market tool monitoring shows that the probability of "BTC reaching $80,000 during the remaining period of August" on Polymarket has dropped to 43%, a 19% decrease in 24 hours. Additionally, the probability of rising to $85,000 has decreased to 12%, a 7% drop in 24 hours.According to the settlement rules, this market is based on the Binance BTC/USDT trading pair. Within 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 equals or exceeds the specified price in the title, it will be settled as Yes immediately; otherwise, it will be No. This market only uses the 1-minute candlestick High price of Binance BTC/USDT, and prices from other exchanges, trading pairs, or spot markets are not counted.In terms of market conditions, Bitcoin approached $80,000 on Friday, reaching a high of about $79,500, and then fell back over the weekend, briefly dropping below $76,000, but has now rebounded to around $76,000.

According to Coinglass data, the total contract open interest for ETH has decreased by 5.78% in the past 24 hours, with the current total open interest at $31.365 billion. Among them, Binance has an open interest of $8.668 billion, OKX has an open interest of $1.639 billion, Bybit has an open interest of $2.243 billion, and Gate has an open interest of $2.51 billion.

On-chain data analyst Murphy stated that this round of BTC price increase is "a bit different": the scale of futures liquidations has reached a record, but the open interest (OI) has simultaneously decreased. The price increase is mainly driven by short liquidations or buy-ins to cover positions, which belongs to the clearing of existing positions rather than new leveraged net exposure. If driven solely by liquidations, prices often show a spike followed by a drop; this time, after the surge, the price has stabilized, indicating that there are other spot funds taking over.Murphy pointed out that if the contracts are dominated by long positions, OI usually rises and rates increase, but this round saw OI decrease almost throughout, with no large-scale new leverage entering the market. The exchange's spot relative trading volume (SRV) reached 2.94 from August 19 to 20, about three times the average of the past 30 days. Similar volume increases in the past two years have mostly occurred during panic sell-offs or bull market phases, which is different from the scenarios in January when it rebounded to about $96,000 and in May when it rebounded to about $82,000, where leverage was dominant.He emphasized that the demand for spot is only a potential sign that has appeared for the first time since entering a bear market, combined with the price challenging the short-term holder cost line (STH-RP) and the seller exhaustion index entering extreme zones, it is still insufficient to conclude a trend reversal.

According to the data panel on the ChainCatcher official website, regarding BTC wallet balances, in the past 7 days, among the top 10 exchanges by balance, Gate had the largest increase at 3.43%; OKX had the largest decrease at 2.15%.In terms of exchange asset transparency proof, in the past 7 days, the top three net inflows were Gate (+287 million USD), Binance (+281 million USD), and Bybit (+189 million USD); the top three net outflows were Bitfinex (-70.1873 million USD), Bitget (-44.5896 million USD), and MEXC (-30.7579 million USD).

Blockworks released the XRP Q2 report, with XRP's quarter-end closing price at $1.04, down 19.9%, and a market cap of $65.8 billion, still the fourth largest non-stablecoin asset. XRP ETP net inflow was $253.6 million, marking the third consecutive quarter of positive inflows, totaling over $1.9 billion. CEX spot trading volume was $57.6 billion, down 53.5% quarter-over-quarter, and perpetual contract trading volume decreased by 44%.The supply of XRPL native stablecoins increased by 195.4% quarter-over-quarter to $825.5 million, with RLUSD supply at $676.9 million, up 257%. OKX has launched RLUSD with over 280 spot trading pairs, and the Japanese Financial Services Agency has approved RLUSD as an electronic payment tool, distributed through SBI VC Trade. The total value of tokenized RWAs on XRPL increased by 102.5% quarter-over-quarter to $4.46 billion, setting a new quarterly high, with Justoken's energy-related JMWH accounting for about half. The transfer volume of stablecoins increased by 207.5% quarter-over-quarter to approximately $10 billion, with RLUSD accounting for about 90%.In terms of network activity, total transaction volume was 222.4 million (down 6.5% quarter-over-quarter), daily active addresses were 16,800 (down 10.7%), DEX trading volume was $482.9 million (down 35.9%), and transaction costs fell to $0.00024 (declining for five consecutive quarters). The lending protocols XLS-65/66 received support from 9/35 and 8/35 validators respectively, still 29 votes short of the activation threshold, with a revised version to be submitted in Q3. In terms of institutional collaboration, Ondo, JPMorgan Kinexys, Mastercard, and Ripple completed the tokenization of U.S. Treasury cross-chain redemptions, and Aviva Investors subsequently launched tokenized fund shares on XRPL.