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CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost stated that the demand for Bitcoin in the market has declined again. Although short-term holders are still taking profits, and selling pressure remains stable, apparent demand has turned negative again, indicating that demand has significantly weakened in the past few days.He believes that this change is also reflected in the price structure of Bitcoin, with the current trend tending to weaken. If demand does not recover in the short term, Bitcoin may face further downside risks.

The security company Defimon issued an alert stating that a governance takeover attack against YAM Finance has been detected. After self-delegating approximately 504,000 YAM (about 3.3% of the total supply, slightly above the legal voting threshold), the attacker submitted YamGovernorAlpha proposal #45, which is described as empty ("0x"), with the sole action being to call the setPendingAdmin method of the YAM Timelock contract, pointing to the attacker's address.It has been disclosed that if the proposal is voted through and executed, the attacker will become the pendingAdmin, and then can fully control the Timelock through acceptAdmin, which includes management rights over all YAM protocol contracts and the DAO treasury, involving a risk amount of approximately $337,000. As the protocol is currently in a dormant state, Defimon Alerts reminds users holding YAM to vote against the proposal before block height 25897343 (about 34 hours remaining).

According to Bloomberg, UBS analysts expect that China's semiconductor manufacturing capabilities may struggle to make sufficient progress in the next decade to develop solutions that can truly replace ASML's advanced EUV lithography technology. UBS analysts wrote in their report, "The stage they are currently at seems comparable to ASML's in 2004." Based on patent application activities, especially in the fields of light sources and laser subsystems, China's current technological maturity is roughly equivalent to ASML's level 15 years before it began mass production of EUV equipment.UBS also expects that China is likely to achieve large-scale production capabilities for immersion DUV lithography machines within the next two to five years. While immersion DUV is not as advanced as EUV, it remains an indispensable tool for chip manufacturing. ASML's immersion DUV machines are priced at nearly $90 million, while EUV equipment costs over $200 million each. China is one of ASML's largest markets, but due to export restrictions, ASML is prohibited from selling EUV equipment to China. UBS pointed out that considering the yield and capacity gaps, as well as regulatory restrictions, Chinese lithography equipment is unlikely to be applied overseas. An ASML spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment. This report is based on UBS analysts' predictive views, and actual progress will depend on industry dynamics.

According to Cointelegraph, cybersecurity company Morphisec has revealed that a counterfeit desktop application disguised as "Claude Opus 5 Free Desktop" from Anthropic is being used to spread the Windows malware RevStealer. This software can steal data from over 50 types of cryptocurrency wallets, while also collecting sensitive information such as browser passwords, cookies, VPN configurations, message logs, and screenshots.RevStealer has anti-detection mechanisms that perform environmental checks on the target device before execution; if it detects characteristics of a debugging or virtual environment, it will stop running. In addition, Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky has also disclosed another new malware framework targeting cryptocurrency investors called OkoBot, which can harvest wallet files, inject malicious extensions, and capture wallet application windows to steal assets.

The parent company of Kraken, Payward, announced a partnership with the London Stock Exchange (LSE) to tokenize the stocks of the 100 largest companies listed on the LSE into xStocks, which are backed 1:1. The first London-listed xStocks are expected to be launched on Kraken and other platforms supporting the xStocks Alliance in the coming weeks, available to investors in over 110 countries, but not yet open to UK investors.Subject to regulatory approval, the LSE plans to list and support xStocks trading on its newly launched extended trading hours, LSE 24. LSE CEO Julia Hoggett stated that by collaborating with Payward and continuously working with the market infrastructure ecosystem, they are exploring how issuers and investors can benefit from new access methods while maintaining the standards that underpin the public market. In addition to tokenizing existing stocks, both parties will also explore the issuance of native equity tokens through LSE infrastructure, which have the same rights as traditional stocks and are fully interchangeable.Payward's tokenized stock framework was launched in June 2025 and acquired by Payward in December, having processed over $40 billion in total trading volume, covering more than 200,000 holders, with nearly $20 billion settled on-chain. According to RWA.xyz data, there are currently approximately $2.53 billion in existing tokenized stocks, with xStocks tokenizing about $606.6 million, making it the second-largest issuer after Ondo.

According to market news, the new address "0x9807...19c9D" withdrew approximately 44.19 million ENA from Coinbase about 4 hours ago, worth approximately 6.82 million dollars, and staked all the tokens to the Ethereum-based stablecoin protocol Ethena contract about 3 hours ago.

Kuaishou's subsidiary Keling AI has received investment from a national industrial fund. The National Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund has invested 1.4 billion yuan in Beijing Keling, while Charoen Pokphand Robotics has invested approximately 19.29 million USD, equivalent to about 131 million yuan.This is a follow-up to Keling's nearly 3 billion USD financing plan announced in July. The announcement shows that the upper limit of this round of capital increase, approximately 20.447 billion yuan (about 3 billion USD), has been fully utilized. The National Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund and Charoen Pokphand Robotics will ultimately hold approximately 1.14% and 0.11% of the shares, respectively.The National Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund involved in this investment has a scale of approximately 60.06 billion yuan and is controlled by the third phase of the National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund.

The London Stock Exchange (LSEG) and Payward, the parent company of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, announced a partnership to bring stocks of the largest listed companies in the UK onto the blockchain. In the coming weeks, the stocks of the top 100 companies listed on the LSE will be available on Payward's xStocks tokenized stock framework. These xStocks are tokens that correspond one-to-one with the underlying stocks, allowing for 24/7 trading on centralized exchanges, self-custody wallets, and on-chain applications.This initiative continues the rapidly expanding framework of Payward. Over the past year, the cumulative trading volume of xStocks has exceeded $40 billion, with nearly $20 billion settled on-chain, and more than 200,000 product holders. Through the blockchain channel, UK-listed stocks will be able to reach investor groups in over 110 countries, although xStocks are currently not available to domestic UK investors.Subject to regulatory approval, the LSE plans to list and support xStocks trading on its newly launched 24-hour trading platform, LSE 24, and will gradually cover tokenized stocks and more asset classes in the US, EU, UK, and Hong Kong. Both parties also stated that they will explore stock tokens issued natively by the LSE, allowing LSE members to issue and service stocks directly on-chain, with the same full interchangeability and rights as traditional stocks. Payward Co-CEO Arjun Sethi stated that for years, people have assumed that crypto and traditional finance must collide and one side would lose, but that has never been the real story;

Greeks.live researcher Adam stated: "I see some people discussing the Strategy to restart buying coins. This short-term stimulus does not affect the long-term trend, and the Strategy is also a big trap. BTC now has no possibility of market manipulation, and no one can predict the trend. It can only be said that after the Strategy has floating profits, there is more room to buy coins. Looking at the long term, the overall ETF is still flowing out, and it is very difficult to stabilize at $80,000, with significant selling pressure.On the macro front, whether it is the Federal Reserve's hawkish remarks or the escalation of the US-Iran conflict, both are challenging the already fragile investors. The short-term volatility is decreasing rapidly, and it is difficult to support a bull market with just one bullish candle. I hope that after a slight correction, it can reach above $85,000; otherwise, arbitrageurs and sellers will create significant selling pressure. The Gex at the end of the month is gathering, and we need to maintain this momentum."

The automated market maker Aquifer on Solana was attacked, resulting in a loss of approximately $2.5 million. Aquifer subsequently issued a "white hat" offer on-chain, requesting the attacker to return at least 80% of the stolen assets to the designated Solana and Ethereum recovery addresses by September 3 at 22:00, and may retain up to 20% as a bounty.If the attacker complies, the project team promises not to file a civil lawsuit against them.

Flow blockchain officially announced that at approximately 06:18 UTC today, there was a vulnerability in Ankr's ankrFLOW liquid staking contract, allowing attackers to create about 8.6 million uncollateralized ankrFLOW. This is not a vulnerability of the Flow EVM or the Flow protocol and does not affect the Flow token economics.The attackers subsequently used ankrFLOW as collateral to deplete approximately 15.5 million WFLOW reserves on the MORE Markets lending protocol, valued at about $410,000, and made a profit of about $246,000 after slippage. Some reports incorrectly stated that the impact was around $9.3 million. Ankr and MORE Markets have suspended the related contracts, and some exchanges have proactively suspended FLOW deposits.The Flow Foundation will work with Ankr to replenish the stolen WFLOW reserves and rebalance the liquidity pool. The Flow network is operating normally, and ankrFLOW staking and MORE Markets lending will be suspended until Ankr deploys a fix upgrade. User funds are safe, and no action is required.

According to Bloomberg, the decentralized perpetual contract trading platform Hyperliquid is in advanced negotiations with Kraken's parent company Payward, planning to offer some crypto perpetual contract products to U.S. traders through its U.S.-regulated digital asset exchange and clearinghouse Bitnomial. Representatives from Payward and Hyperliquid Labs declined to comment.If the deal is reached, it will mark Hyperliquid's first entry into the U.S. market, headquartered in Singapore. The platform has a daily trading volume exceeding $4 billion, but it cannot be opened to U.S. users due to its design without a centralized operator. Providing access through Bitnomial's regulated infrastructure can meet regulatory requirements for operators and regulatory frameworks. Any agreement still requires regulatory approval, and Payward has submitted a proposal outlining the basic structure to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.This negotiation comes as Trump stated earlier this month that his administration is working to bring the platform to the U.S., and CFTC Chairman Michael Selig is also seeking to pave the way for Hyperliquid. Meanwhile, the SEC and CFTC are pushing to bring offshore perpetual contract trading back to U.S. platforms.

Bitcoin mining company BitMine Immersion Technologies stated in its latest staking disclosure that as of August 30, it has staked 5,067,309 ETH, valued at approximately $12.7 billion based on a price of $2,511. The company's disclosed staking balance remained unchanged from August 9 to 30, while it added 53,501 ETH in the latest week, bringing its total holdings to 5,901,112 ETH.BitMine indicated that its Ethereum vault accounts for about 4.9% of the total Ethereum supply of 120.7 million coins, and the company had previously set a target to acquire 5% of the total Ethereum supply. The company has set the annualized yield for its staking operations over the past seven days at 2.63%, stating that the annualized staking income corresponding to the current holdings is approximately $335 million; if the entire ETH balance is staked through its self-built network and staking partners at the same yield, the annualized staking rewards could reach $390 million.BitMine officially launched its self-built "Made in America Validator Network" (MAVAN) in April this year. In its April disclosure, the company mentioned that some staked ETH had already been deployed on MAVAN, but did not specify the exact amount. BitMine's staking holdings were 4,879,157 ETH at the beginning of July, surpassed 5 million on August 9, and have remained stable in the subsequent four weekly disclosures. The company's chairman, Tom Lee, has stated that BitMine's staked ETH amount exceeds that of any other entity.

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 the latest ranking of stock derivatives exchanges released by RootData, Binance, Hyperliquid, Gate, Bitget, OKX, Bybit, MEXC, XT.COM, Bitunix, and WEEX are in the top ten.Among them, Binance ranks first with a score of 96.2, holding approximately $3.454 billion, a 24h trading volume of approximately $6.17 billion, and a market share of 41.83%. Hyperliquid ranks second with a score of 95.3, holding approximately $1.761 billion, a 24h trading volume of approximately $1.491 billion, and a market share of 10.11%. Gate ranks third with a score of 95.1, holding approximately $841 million, a 24h trading volume of approximately $990 million, and a market share of 6.71%.

According to CoinDesk, as Bitcoin surged from about $62,000 to over $77,000 last week, liquidating approximately $3 billion in leveraged short positions, major crypto market makers such as Abraxas Capital, Fasanara Capital, and Wintermute quietly established short positions in perpetual contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars on Hyperliquid.Lookonchain data shows that the three institutions collectively hold short positions of 138,569 ETH (approximately $338 million) and 3,425 BTC (approximately $265 million); meanwhile, Abraxas Capital withdrew 73,872 ETH (approximately $173 million) from Binance in the past four days.This strategy is known as cash arbitrage or basis trading: traders hold spot positions while shorting an equivalent amount of assets through perpetual contracts to hedge against price volatility risks, primarily earning the funding rates paid by longs to shorts. In previous months, funding rates were long suppressed or even turned negative, but this month's rebound has quickly turned funding rates positive, reopening the arbitrage window. Aegis data shows that the 30-day average funding rate for Bitcoin perpetual contracts on August 24 reached an annualized 6.7%, with a 7-day average of 8.7%; 21shares capital markets noted that basis trading for mainstream assets like Solana is also becoming lucrative.This trading has extended to regulated markets: Glassnode data shows that CME Bitcoin futures open interest has risen from about 87,000 BTC to 122,000 BTC.

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost stated that during the recent rise of Bitcoin to $80,000, the average unrealized profit margin for short-term holders (STH) is close to 15%. The estimated holding cost is currently around $70,100, and the profit level has reached the highest since July 2025. This range is often accompanied by significant profit growth, which also makes the holding mentality of short-term holders more unstable, and some investors may choose to take profits. Therefore, it is not surprising that Bitcoin is temporarily stagnating around $80,000.

New York state officials warn that AI-generated content and fake cryptocurrency projects are making investment scams more deceptive. Investment scam losses exceed $8 billion, a 38% increase from 2024, with 144,041 consumers reporting losses, and the median loss per incident is $10,560. AI can be used to clone voices, forge videos, impersonate financial professionals, and create social media advertisements.New York Attorney General Letitia James has warned that scammers attract investors through deepfake endorsements of celebrities, fake cryptocurrencies, pump-and-dump schemes, and fraudulent trading platforms. Some fake platforms display forged account balances, earnings, and transaction records, allowing victims to withdraw small amounts to build trust, and then request additional funds or fees. New York state officials advise consumers to verify the identity of promoters, companies, and investment projects, and confirm the destination of funds. According to the FBI, reported losses from cybercrime amount to $20.877 billion, with complaints involving cryptocurrency losses totaling $11.37 billion. Common signs of scams include promises of high returns, unsolicited investment opportunities, high-pressure sales tactics, and projects lacking clear documentation.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, over the past few months, four wallets have withdrawn a total of 675,000 HYPE (approximately 53.92 million USD) from Coinbase. These funds were then transferred to Hyperliquid and staked.