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According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket prediction market for the event "Monterrey Open: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Clara Tauson," the sub-market "Monterrey Open: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Clara Tauson Total Number: Over/Under 2.5" has seen a dramatic fluctuation in the winning probability of the "Over 2.5" option, soaring from 42.5% an hour ago to the current 90% (a fluctuation of 47.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

On August 24, recent news reported that some banks in Hong Kong have initiated a source of funds declaration procedure for certain existing mainland investment clients, setting deadlines of August 20 (services may be suspended if not submitted) and September 12 (services may be terminated if not submitted).Previously, in response to requirements from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, some banks have begun to require new mainland account investors to confirm that their source of funds comes from legitimate overseas channels. This source of funds confirmation procedure targets existing mainland investor accounts, primarily focusing on long-term "inactive accounts." It is understood that some licensed institutions in Hong Kong, including HSBC Hong Kong and branches of Chinese banks in Hong Kong, have indeed implemented such measures recently.

On August 21, China Merchants Yonglong Bank issued a notice to customers, stating that it is cooperating with the latest risk management and account compliance guidelines from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Securities and Futures Commission to conduct a comprehensive optimization and review of investment accounts for mainland investors. Upon verification, all investment accounts held by relevant customers (including wealth management, securities, and/or paper gold passbook accounts) as of May 22, 2026, have no asset balance, and there have been no investment transaction records in the past 12 months, which have been classified as "zero balance non-active investment accounts."To maintain normal account operations, the bank requires customers to submit the "Non-Active Investment Account Declaration" as soon as possible. Customers can complete the submission through the pop-up in the personal account section of the China Merchants Yonglong Bank mobile app; joint account holders or those who have not registered for the mobile app can call the customer service hotline for guidance, and each joint account holder must submit separately. The main content of the declaration includes confirming the accuracy of personal information, the legality of the source of funds, that the account has not been closed or suspended due to suspicious documents, and timely notification of any changes in information.The bank reminds that if customers fail to complete the submission in a timely manner, new investment transactions (including buying stocks, subscribing to wealth management products, etc.) will be suspended accordingly; if the submission continues to be delayed, it is expected that starting from November 2026, relevant "non-active investment accounts" may be closed. Once an account is suspended or closed, no new securities or wealth management product investment transactions can be conducted.

According to The Defiant, Arbitrum activated the ArbOS 61 Elara upgrade on August 20, adding optional protocol-level transaction filtering, priority fee support, and alternative data availability interfaces for dedicated chains, while adjusting the base fee management and expanding the Stylus contract capacity of Arbitrum One. The compliance filtering feature is turned off by default and requires the chain owner to actively configure external compliance service providers (such as TRM Labs or Chainalysis) and set rules, executing through a dual mechanism of simulated transactions and on-chain guardians.The priority fee feature is also turned off by default and requires the chain owner to enable it through pre-compilation. The collection of priority fees on Arbitrum One still requires a separate DAO vote. Elara also introduced the BaseFeeManager contract, allowing Offchain Labs to adjust the base fee within the DAO-approved range of 0.01 to 0.1 gwei, with a validity period of two years. The code size limit for Stylus contracts has been increased from 24KB to 96KB, which does not apply to Solidity contracts.

According to the Daily Economic News, following the requirement to confirm that the source of funds for new account openings comes from legal overseas channels, some banks in Hong Kong have begun to initiate a source of funds declaration process for certain existing mainland investment clients. HSBC Hong Kong has recently started notifying some existing mainland investment clients, requiring them to submit the "Declaration for Opening/Maintaining Accounts" through the HSBC Hong Kong App by September 12 and to update their contact information.The declaration includes confirming that the funds for investment activities come from legal sources outside mainland China, and that the bank may disclose personal information at the request of law enforcement or regulatory agencies. The notice also mentioned that if the declaration is not submitted by August 20, investment-related services may be suspended; if it is still not submitted by September 12, investment-related services may be terminated.An HSBC spokesperson responded that they will follow relevant regulatory requirements when managing investment client relationships, thus inviting relevant mainland Chinese investors to provide self-declarations and confirm that the information provided in their "Know Your Customer" and "Customer Due Diligence" processes is current and valid, which helps to continuously provide uninterrupted services to clients. HSBC emphasized that this latest declaration requirement applies only to investment service clients.

According to The Nation Online, the Nigerian Tax Authority has released the "Virtual Asset Taxation Guidelines," officially incorporating cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, NFTs, and other blockchain digital assets into the country's tax system. The guidelines were published on July 31 and provide the first detailed framework for taxing the income from assets such as cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, governance tokens, and NFTs.The guidelines stipulate that income generated from the disposal, exchange, or transfer of virtual assets must be taxed according to Nigerian tax law, and income from blockchain activities such as mining, staking, validating, airdrops, and token rewards is also subject to taxation. Virtual assets must be valued at the market price of exchange platforms recognized by the tax authority. Individuals and businesses must maintain complete transaction records, and virtual asset service providers must register for taxation and report large or suspicious transactions. The SEC continues to regulate securities-type virtual assets, while the tax authority is responsible for tax management. The guidelines do not set a separate tax rate for cryptocurrencies but apply existing tax law provisions. The guidelines follow President Bola Tinubu's executive order on establishing a coordinated regulatory framework for virtual assets.

It has been reported that the mayoral candidate of Incheon, South Korea, is accused of falsely reporting assets, suspected of failing to declare the spouse's cryptocurrency assets.

According to Hong Kong media Ming Pao, Hong Kong Legislative Council member Jan Wai-man revealed that the "2026 Taxation (Amendment) (Automatic Exchange of Information) Bill" was passed by the Legislative Council last week, and the Crypto Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) Bill has entered the review stage. Jan Wai-man stated that the tax and fines recovered by the Hong Kong government from 2018 to 2025 have exceeded 100 million Hong Kong dollars, and it is expected that an additional approximately 8,000 financial institutions will be required to register compulsorily in the future.

The Deputy Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of Hong Kong, Chan Ho Lam, stated at the 2026 Annual Tax Seminar of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Hong Kong Branch that the OECD has revised the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) to include new digital financial products such as central bank digital currencies and has optimized the reporting and due diligence requirements for financial institutions.In addition, the OECD has released the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) so that tax jurisdictions can automatically exchange crypto-asset transaction information to enhance transaction transparency. The Hong Kong Legislative Council has expressed support, with the goal of completing legislation by 2026.

According to Jinshi News, Damian Boey, portfolio strategist at Wilson Asset Management, stated that Waller tends to favor lowering interest rates but hopes the Federal Reserve will reduce the size of its balance sheet to achieve rate cuts.The market is reacting by contemplating what the world will look like if the Federal Reserve's balance sheet shrinks. Once discussions about withdrawing support begin, assets such as gold, cryptocurrencies, and bonds will be sold off.

The Hong Kong Legislative Council's Financial Affairs Committee announced that a briefing will be held on January 30, with the Hong Kong Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau presenting policy measures. Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Christopher Hui, and Deputy Secretary, Chan Ho-lam, will attend.Relevant documents state: In order to promote the sustainable and healthy development of the digital asset industry in Hong Kong and further consolidate Hong Kong's position as an international financial center, legislative proposals will be submitted to the Legislative Council this year to implement revisions related to the crypto asset reporting framework and common reporting standards established by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The goal is to automatically exchange tax information related to crypto asset transactions with other tax jurisdictions starting in 2028, in order to combat cross-border tax evasion and enhance international tax transparency. Public opinions are currently being collected on the legislative proposals.

According to Forbes, 29-year-old Lopes Lara has just become the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world, surpassing 31-year-old Lucy Guo, co-founder of Scale AI, who held the title after taking it from Taylor Swift in April this year.The report states that Lopes Lara and Kalshi co-founder Mansour both grew up in Lebanon and met at MIT. They belong to the same international student circle, and their elective courses were quite similar, both majoring in computer science. In 2018, they both interned at Five Rings Capital in New York, which brought them closer together. One night, while returning to their internship apartment in the Financial District, they suddenly came up with the idea of starting a prediction market. Thus, Kalshi was born.Previously, it was reported that Kalshi completed a $1 billion funding round at a valuation of $11 billion. This round was led by Paradigm, with other investors including Sequoia Capital, a16z, and Y Combinator.

The Ethereum Foundation posted on the X platform, stating that the account abstraction team, along with Vitalik Buterin, has released the "Trustless Manifesto" and placed it on-chain. The original intention of Ethereum was not to enhance financial efficiency, but to enable people to collaborate without the need for trusted intermediaries. This manifesto clearly articulates a series of related values, including trustless neutrality, self-custody, verifiability, and a resistance to "convenient" centralized models.The manifesto is fully stored on-chain in the form of a smart contract and provides a single operation: pledge(). This contract has no owner, no administrator, and the text is immutable, with all operations relying on the Ethereum network. When the pledge() operation is called, the system will record the caller's address and the timestamp of the first pledge, and emit a public Pledged(address, timestamp) event. This operation only consumes gas fees and does not provide any form of incentives such as airdrops, points, or early access. If relevant parties make a pledge, it indicates their concern for the importance of user self-authorized operations, their desire for their protocols not to rely on private servers and opaque relayers, and their willingness to bear the actual costs to maintain Ethereum's trustless characteristics.

ChainCatcher news, Solara goes live on Bybit Alpha. According to current data from Bybit Alpha, the meme token officially released by Solana with the Chinese name "索拉拉" has surged by up to 44% after going live on Bybit Alpha, with a current price of $0.014.It is reported that Bybit users can quickly trade on Alpha just by logging in, without the need to set up another wallet, and can track the market trends of popular tokens in real-time.

ChainCatcher message, Solana co-founder toly (Anatoly Yakovenko) forwarded a tweet from SNS.sol and commented: "solara.sol"

ChainCatcher message, GMGN market shows that the Solana ecosystem meme coin "Solara" has surged past 10 million dollars, with a 1H increase of 105%, currently priced at 0.0098 USDT.