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Cosmos ecosystem wallet Cosmostation announced that it will officially cease wallet services. Starting from September 1, 2026, the iOS, Android, and Chrome extension versions will only retain the "Export Mnemonic" and "Export Private Key" functions, while other features will gradually be taken offline.Since this wallet is a non-custodial wallet, user assets are still stored on their respective blockchains. Holding the mnemonic or private key allows users to import the wallet into other compatible wallets for continued use. The official strongly recommends that users complete a secure backup of their private keys or mnemonics before September 1.

According to Coinpedia, JPMorgan, with an asset management scale of approximately $5.1 trillion, submitted its Q2 13F filing to the SEC, showing significant adjustments in its crypto-related ETF holdings. In terms of Bitcoin, the bank held approximately 10.4 million shares of BlackRock's IBIT as of June 30, valued at about $355.7 million, up from about 8.3 million shares and nearly $162 million in Q1; the number of IBIT call options increased to about 3.94 million, while put options decreased from about 4.75 million to about 3.5 million.Regarding Ethereum, JPMorgan held nearly 1.17 million shares of BlackRock's ETHA, valued at approximately $14.3 million, a significant increase of 338% compared to the previous quarter, but the value of Bitcoin positions still exceeds that of ETHA by more than twenty times. For XRP, after the related positions were reduced to zero in Q1, the bank re-established its holdings, holding small shares of Bitwise XRP ETF and Grayscale XRP Trust ETF, as well as approximately 19,900 shares of Armada Acquisition Corp II related to Ripple-supported trading, valued at about $207,000.In addition, the filing also showed that JPMorgan established a new position in Bitwise Solana Staking ETF, holding about 47,500 shares. The article also mentioned that there has been a recent net outflow from the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF, with the next 13F covering Q3 expected to be disclosed in November.

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform that the 256 Foundation has launched the 256 Red Team security project, which audits ASIC miner firmware through reverse engineering, real-time traffic capture, and reconciliation by share level. The team stated that 41 issue reports have been submitted regarding the original Bitmain firmware as well as third-party firmware such as LuxOS, VNISH, and Braiins OS.Identified issues include unauthenticated factory APIs, paths that allow root access, default credentials, built-in vendor SSH keys, and updaters that cannot verify installed content. After reverse engineering the Bitmain miner daemon and checking real-time connections, researchers reported that no evidence of hash power hijacking, remote kill switches, or hidden beacons was found in the original Bitmain firmware; the related risks are mainly concentrated in third-party "optimized" firmware.Researchers have submitted 3 responsible disclosures to VNISH, Luxor, and Braiins, granting each party 30 days to respond before public disclosure. MicroBT, Canaan, Auradine, Bitdeer, and ePIC will undergo follow-up audits.

According to Coinglass data, if ETH breaks through $1,961, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $770 million. Conversely, if ETH falls below $1,789, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $720 million.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC breaks through $65,757, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.758 billion. Conversely, if BTC falls below $60,037, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.482 billion.

According to Pulse2, the AI agent platform Moss announced its entry into the "unicorn club" after completing a €30 million Series C funding round, led by Portage and Cherry Ventures.The new funding will support its expansion into a broader Finance AI product system, creating AI agent workflows aimed at corporate finance departments. Users can configure AI agents based on different financial functions, retaining visibility and control over the agent's operational steps and decision-making processes while automating tasks.

According to Coinglass data, Binance had a net inflow of 249 million USDT in the past 24 hours.

Grayscale Research Director Zach Pandl stated that the two major blockchain networks, Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL), are considering adjusting their token economic models to enhance asset scarcity by reducing future token supply growth through lowering annual inflation rates. As important native assets supporting stablecoins and tokenized asset ecosystems, the prices of ETH and SOL are primarily determined by supply and demand dynamics. If the relevant code upgrade proposals are approved, under unchanged conditions, lower supply growth may provide support for token prices.According to Grayscale's analysis, if the relevant adjustments are implemented, the supply inflation rates of BTC, ETH, and SOL will continue to decline over the next five years. By the end of 2031, the annual inflation rates for Bitcoin and Ethereum are expected to be around 0.4%, and Solana around 1.1%, which is lower than gold's annual supply growth rate of about 1.8% and the U.S. CPI inflation level of about 3.3%. Currently, these token economic adjustments are still in the community discussion phase. Among them, the Solana-related proposal has gained broader support and has a higher likelihood of implementation; the Ethereum proposal still requires further discussion.If the adjustments are implemented, staking users may face reduced token rewards, as part of the staking income comes from the issuance of new tokens. However, due to the decline in the growth rate of circulating supply, the scarcity value of the tokens may increase, potentially providing price support. For ETH and SOL holders who do not participate in staking, they may benefit directly; the final returns for stakers will depend on the balance between the decrease in rewards and the increase in prices. Zach Pandl concluded that ETH and SOL are becoming important digital commodities supporting stablecoins and the tokenization of real assets, and the economic model adjustments aimed at reducing inflation may further strengthen their scarcity attributes.

According to Bloomberg, EdgeConneX Inc., a data center operator supported by EQT, is seeking banks to provide a power cost guarantee of up to $2.5 billion to support its global data center expansion plans.EdgeConneX is negotiating a letter of credit financing arrangement with several banks, including France's Natixis and Spain's BBVA. This arrangement will help the company lock in power supply costs for its data center projects.With the rapid growth in demand for artificial intelligence training and inference, global data center construction has entered an accelerated phase, and operators are exploring new financing tools to cope with rising power procurement costs and infrastructure investment needs. EdgeConneX's request for bank support reflects that AI infrastructure companies are shifting from traditional real estate and equipment financing models to establishing new financing structures around energy supply, long-term power contracts, and other assets.In recent years, major cloud computing companies and AI infrastructure firms have increased their investments in data centers, while power supply has become a significant bottleneck constraining the expansion of AI computing power. Securing future power costs through bank credit support is becoming a new way for data center operators to obtain expansion funding.

According to Coinglass data, the current whale holdings on the Hyperliquid platform amount to $5.165 billion, with long positions of $2.536 billion, accounting for 49.1% of the total holdings, and short positions of $2.629 billion, accounting for 50.9%. The profit and loss for long positions is -$124 million, while the profit and loss for short positions is $51.412 million.Among them, the whale address 0xff84..1d has shorted BTC with a 40x leverage at a price of $63,581.5, currently showing an unrealized profit and loss of $1.7325 million.

AI Economic Settlement Agreement AEON announced the latest data showing that its transaction volume in July exceeded 39 million USD, with a cumulative processing amount surpassing 514 million USD, and the user base has exceeded 2.3 million;Among them, QR payments and cryptocurrency payments settled through AEON saw month-on-month growth of 83.5% and 55%, respectively. As the AI economy accelerates, the demand for instant, borderless payment infrastructure by AI Agents continues to rise. AEON's QR code and cryptocurrency payment network will become an important infrastructure for machine-to-machine payments and AI payment scenarios.AEON is improving payment infrastructure around scenarios such as collaboration between Agents and autonomous consumption by Agents, facilitating the flow of funds between AI and offline commerce.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the market prediction event "Dota 2 Aurora vs Team Yandex International Invitational Group Stage" on Polymarket, the "Aurora" option in the sub-market "Game 2 Winner" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in win rate, soaring from 42.5% an hour ago to the current 91.5% (a fluctuation of 49%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Venture capital fund Team8 announced the completion of a new fundraise of $365 million. This round of fundraising includes $265 million for Team8 Capital's third fund, as well as over $100 million for follow-on investments in existing portfolio companies.The new fund will focus on investing in seed and Series A stage AI-native companies, covering areas such as cybersecurity, AI infrastructure, and fintech, with a particular emphasis on infrastructure projects that help businesses deploy AI while ensuring security, governance, and control capabilities. Team8 currently manages assets close to $2 billion.Previously, Team8 has co-invested in several cryptocurrency and AI companies, including cryptocurrency institutional wallet developer Curv, AI compliance platform IVIX, and AI data leak prevention company Jazz.

According to monitoring by The Data Nerd, the whale address starting with 0x90B38 transferred approximately 924,000 HYPE to exchanges in the last 11 hours.Among them, 692,807 coins (approximately $39.77 million) were transferred to Coinbase Prime, and 230,936 coins (approximately $13.26 million) were transferred to FalconX, accounting for about two-thirds of its original holdings. It currently still holds 969,595 HYPE (approximately $55.5 million), and the transfer process was smooth, showing no signs of concentrated selling.

Binance has launched a special trading competition for new users. Complete your first trade on Binance Spot or Instant Exchange to win up to 1,000 USDT vouchers. The event runs from August 14, 2026, 20:00 to August 29, 07:59.Eligibility to participate is for new users who register a Binance account and complete identity verification during the event period. Rewards will be distributed based on the total qualified trading volume of spot or instant exchange trades during the event.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, in the last 23 hours, 3.72 million UNI (worth 12.63 million USD) were transferred to exchanges such as Binance, Coinbase, OKX, and Bybit via the market maker Cumberland.The price of UNI dropped from 3.59 USD to 3.22 USD, a decrease of 10%.

According to Bloomberg, Kraken operator Payward disclosed that due to a slowdown in industry trading activity, the company's adjusted pre-tax profit for the second quarter of 2026 was $23 million, a 71% decrease from $79.7 million in the same period last year; during the same period, adjusted revenue increased by 17% year-on-year to $508 million.Payward stated that although revenue continues to grow, the overall trading volume in the cryptocurrency market is weak, putting pressure on profitability. Kraken has been continuously expanding its institutional business, derivatives trading, and on-chain services in recent years, but changes in the industry cycle still exert pressure on its core trading business.

According to reports from South Korean media, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won received a salary of 1.75 billion won in the first half of this year.According to the Financial Supervisory Service, SK Corporation disclosed this information in its semi-annual report released that day. The chairman's salary level in the first half of this year is the same as the same period last year, and he did not receive any bonuses apart from his salary. The chairman's younger brother, SK Group Vice Chairman Chey Jae-won, received a salary of 1.5 billion won during the same period. SK Corporation President Chang Yong-ho received a total of 1.8 billion won, including 1 billion won in salary and 800 million won in bonuses.In addition, SK Supex Pursuit Council Chairman Yoon Bong-yong was disclosed to have received a total of 7.715 billion won, which includes 500 million won in salary, 800 million won in bonuses, and 6.415 billion won in compensation from 12,103 performance stock units (PSUs) granted three years ago. SK Hynix's sales from Nvidia in the first half of this year exceeded 17 trillion won, accounting for about 13% of the company's total sales.The average salary of SK Hynix employees reached 144 million won (approximately $104,000) in the first half of this year, an increase of 23% year-on-year. SK Hynix significantly increased its capital expenditures and research and development (R&D) investments in the first half of this year. Cash expenditures for acquiring tangible assets exceeded 18 trillion won, an increase of over 70% year-on-year. The number of small shareholders of SK Hynix has grown more than fivefold in a year, surpassing 3.46 million.

A giant whale placed a limit short sale order of approximately $203 million on the tokenized aerospace company SpaceX stock SPCX, with a price range of $141.93 to $142.9, betting on a price decline of the token.At the beginning of August, the two-day trading volume of SPCX on the tokenized trading platform Gate reached about $700 million, with a single-day transaction of $332 million on August 4, as the market traded around the 911.5 million shares that were unlocked on August 6. After the unlocking, SPCX rose by 6.1%, closing at $114.92.Documents from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) show that Elon Musk holds a 48.4% beneficial interest in SpaceX, corresponding to over 6.4 billion shares, valued at over $900 billion at current prices; the related Class B shares give him over 82% of the total voting rights in SpaceX.

According to Coinglass data, on August 14 at 18:23, 39.8 million USDT was detected transferring from an unknown wallet to Binance.