[Golden Finance] According to data from the data platform, about 16 hours ago, an independent Bitcoin Miner successfully mined Block 910440 through a certain Mining Pool. This Block contains 4,913 transactions and earned a Block Reward of 3.125 Bitcoins.

On August 18, the research director of a certain trading platform stated on social media that "the demand for ETH is not over. Since the beginning of August, leading ETH treasury reserve companies have accumulated over 795,000 ETH (approximately 3.6 billion USD), currently controlling more than 2% of the total supply of ETH. At the same time, the newly raised 20 billion USD by BMNR has increased its total purchasing power to 24.5 billion USD."

[Coin World] Trump posted on social media, "If Zelensky is willing, he can end the war with Russia immediately, or he can continue fighting. Remember how the war started. Obama did not reclaim Crimea (12 years ago, without firing a shot), and Ukraine did not join NATO. Some things will never change."

[Chain News] On August 18, it was reported that a company's latest report shows that the scale of crypto mortgage loans in the second quarter rose by 27% year-on-year to 53.1 billion USD, reaching a new high since early 2022. Recently, the drop in BTC price triggered over 1 billion USD in contract liquidations, highlighting the market vulnerability caused by leveraged accumulation. The report points out that the off-chain borrowing costs of USDC have continuously risen since July, with the mismatch in on-chain and off-chain USD liquidity exacerbating, leading to tightened DeFi liquidity and increased concentration of borrowing, resulting in more market pressure points.

[Block Rhythm] On August 18, according to monitoring by the data platform, "Big Brother Ma Ji" Huang Licheng currently holds a position of 22,200 ETH long orders, 88 BTC long orders, and 55,000 HYPE long orders.
Currently, the total floating loss reaches 3.14 million dollars, with its ETH long order position floating loss as high as 3.12 million dollars.

On August 17, the number of validators exiting the Ethereum Blockchain queue reached 855,158 ETH on Friday, setting a new historical record. A senior investment strategist from a certain investment institution stated that the increasing amount of ETH about to be unstaked may be the reason for the recent pullback of this asset. The queue of unstaked Ethereum usually exerts a negative impact on the ETH price and may also bring significant market dumping pressure in the future.
Because staking tokens like stETH can trade at a discount, the discount can reduce the value of the collateral, leading to risk reduction, hedging, or even liquidation, ultimately resulting in ETH spot selling. The leveraged "stETH cycle" trading conducted through DeFi protocol liquidity pools will no longer be profitable, and traders create synchronized selling pressure by closing positions and selling ETH to repay loans.

[Golden Finance] The Solana network has achieved a maximum processing speed of 107,664 transactions per second (TPS) in a single block, setting a new record for the highest throughput in the network's history.

Recent prices show slight fluctuations, with active trading and strong upward momentum. Technical indicators show no obvious trend, and the KDJ is neutral. Recommended buy points are at 190.1 and 184.8603, and sell points are at 202.95 and 208.92, with support level at 180.0 and resistance level at 202.0.

[Chain News] On August 17, it was reported that in the past 40 minutes, Sky co-founder Rune repurchased 1.77 million ENA for 16.38 million SKY. Since early June, he has repurchased a total of 122 million SKY using the earnings from staking SKY amounting to ( USD and SPK ), with today's ENA totaling $10.21 million, at an average price of $0.0836.

[Golden Finance] According to reports, Japan's Financial Service Agency will approve the country's first issuance of a stablecoin denominated in yen, JPYC, this month. The Financial Service Agency will sign up the fintech company JPYC Inc. as a remittance business company, and sales are expected to begin within weeks after registration. This digital money will be supported by liquidity assets such as government bonds to maintain its value stable at 1 JPYC = 1 yen.

Sovereign wealth funds are expected to become major holders of Bitcoin and related industries in the future, obtaining returns through blockchain staking, potentially evolving into a "digital dividend" similar to universal basic income, providing funding for social projects.

[Coin World] LINK (Chainlink) has pumped 10.00% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $23.98.

[Block Rhythm] On August 17, according to an official announcement, a certain trading platform announced that as a security precaution, it has suspended the deposit of Monero (XMR), due to the detection of a single Mining Pool having gained over 50% of the total Computing Power of the network. This concentration of Computing Power may pose a potential risk to the integrity of the network.
The platform is monitoring the situation and will resume deposits once safety is confirmed. XMR transactions and withdrawals are still operating completely normally.

On August 17, several Tokens saw significant rises, with LPT rising by 10.13% to $7.318, and OKB rising by 9.22% to $113.52; the daily fall was primarily concentrated on ILV, which fell by 2.98% to $16.564.

In the past week, the NFT market trading volume rose by 30% to $173.2 million, the number of buyers increased to 214,716, and the number of sellers rose to 115,289. Although the transaction volume declined by 10.65%, the trading volume on the Ethereum network surged by 85%. High-value transactions were mainly concentrated in the Bored Ape Yacht Club series.

[Bit推] Canary Capital CEO predicts that Bitcoin may rise to $140,000 to $150,000 this year, attributed to ETF demand and an increase in institutional buyers, but holds a pessimistic view on Ethereum, believing it will be surpassed by emerging blockchains.

[Coin World] On August 17, according to on-chain data, "Brother Maji" Huang Licheng's total unrealized losses in long positions have expanded to 5.1 million USD. Currently, his BTC and HYPE long positions are in profit, while the unrealized losses for his ETH long positions have reached 5.14 million USD.

The research director of Standard Chartered Bank pointed out that the Norwegian Central Bank Investment Management Company increased its Bitcoin-related asset holdings to 11,400 coins in the second quarter, an increase of 83%. The fund gained Bitcoin exposure by increasing its holdings of MicroStrategy shares, and it expects a target price of $200,000 for Bitcoin by the end of the year, potentially reaching $500,000 by 2028.

[Chain News] On August 16, a user shared a screenshot of their position on a social platform, showing that they entered a position at an opening price of 4399.13 USD, going long on over 31,000 ETH with 5x leverage. The liquidation price is 2655.41 USD, and the current unrealized losses exceed 640,000 USD.