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Galaxy Research tweeted that its running Bitcoin Core v29 node observed an orphan block at block height 963,853. Relevant monitoring screenshots have been released.An orphan block typically refers to a valid block that was not adopted by the longest chain due to reasons such as network propagation delays or miners producing blocks almost simultaneously. This event was captured in real-time by the node of Galaxy Research and disclosed to the public.

According to analysis by Glassnode, the current altcoin market has entered an optimistic state, with approximately 85% of altcoin funding rates rising above their respective averages, marking the highest level for this metric since BTC was at historical highs.During the altcoin season, a similar funding rate environment may persist for several weeks.

The research director of Galaxy posted on the X platform stating that even with a high probability of witch nodes, the peak proportion of BIP-110 nodes is only about 20% of the entire network.He mentioned that it is quite ridiculous to see Mechanic and others so shocked by the failure of BIP-110; even accounting for this approximately 20%, its hash power proportion is still far from sufficient, the scale of hash power is very small, and the node proportion is only about one-fifth, still a long way from the target.

Glassnode stated that high-conviction buyers have been continuously accumulating BTC since January of this year, a similar accumulation behavior was observed in 2022. It is worth noting that in this cycle, the proportion of BTC purchased by these buyers has already surpassed that of the previous cycle.

Glassnode stated that the last time Bitcoin saw such a significant daily closing price increase was in February of this year, primarily as a rebound from the previous day's 14% drop.This increase is not due to a technical rebound after a crash; relative to its 30-day volatility, this increase reached 5.8 standard deviations, marking the largest upward volatility since October 2023.

Glassnode stated that the spot price of Bitcoin has fallen below the comprehensive cost basis of publicly disclosed Bitcoin reserve companies, with the proportion of companies in a loss state rising to about 80%.

The decentralized AI infrastructure network DGrid AI announced the $DGAI token economic model, with a total supply of 1 billion $DGAI tokens. Of this, 50% will be allocated to node network operations and node incentives, 15% will be allocated to community growth and ecological participation, 10% will be allocated to team incentives and long-term development, 10% will be allocated to early investors, 8% will be allocated to airdrop rewards, and 7% will be allocated to initial liquidity and secondary market support.According to previous news, DGrid AI opened the $DGAI airdrop eligibility inquiry and application channel on August 17, and the window will remain open until 16:00 Beijing time on August 22.

Glassnode co-founder Rafael Schultze-Kraft stated that the current low volatility environment of Bitcoin (BTC) does not necessarily indicate an investment opportunity, and the market may be forming a "volatility trap."Schultze-Kraft pointed out that the implied volatility of BTC is currently in the lowest 2% range of historical distribution, but the volatility level priced in the options market is still about 1.5 times that of the actual market volatility performance.He noted that the "volatility trap score" constructed by Glassnode has currently reached 91/100, the highest level in over 3.5 years. Schultze-Kraft believes that although the current market appears to be in an extremely low volatility state, the options prices do not fully reflect the actual trends, and the volatility premium paid by investors may be relatively high.This indicator shows that the market is experiencing a rare phase of volatility compression. Historically, similar extreme low volatility environments often create conditions for subsequent volatility expansion, but the specific direction still depends on capital flows, the macro environment, and market catalysts.

On-chain analysis firm Glassnode stated that the native support for Bitcoin has begun to disappear. The large buy walls accumulated below the price in June have started to withdraw, and the remaining support is clearly thinning, forming a weaker bottom structure.Glassnode indicated that it continues to closely monitor this indicator in its weekly updates, showing that the liquidity and buy thickness below the market are weakening, and attention should be paid to the subsequent price volatility risks.

On August 12, the enterprise blockchain infrastructure provider Aventus announced the official launch of Aventus Cloud node sales. The program aims to allow individuals and institutions to run nodes using available computing resources, expanding participation in the Aventus network infrastructure.Founded in 2017, Aventus has provided blockchain infrastructure for enterprise applications in industries such as aviation, energy, and telecommunications, and has become a Polkadot parachain. Aventus Cloud will go live on the mainnet in April 2026, with nodes capable of processing network activity verification, and eligible operators can earn network rewards. The current price for Genesis Tranche node licenses is $1,755, with a final network plan of up to 40,000 nodes, and over 2,500 nodes are currently active.

ChainCatcher has now reached a strategic cooperation with the high-performance modular enterprise-level Layer1 ENI and has joined the ENI Top 100 Institutions program, serving as an ecological super node.The two parties will subsequently cooperate in areas such as global community expansion, on-chain ecological construction, Web3 infrastructure, industrial resource synergy, and global market expansion, exploring more opportunities for ecological co-construction and application implementation.It is reported that ENI is a modular Layer1 designed for large-scale commercial scenarios. The ENI Top 100 Institutions program mainly targets global institutions, trading platforms, and ecological partners, promoting infrastructure construction, ecological resource connection, and application scenario expansion through the establishment of a super node cooperation network. Through the global super node network, ENI is continuously strengthening infrastructure, expanding commercial landing scenarios, and creating sustainable long-term value for the entire ecosystem.

F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun stated that they currently do not support the BIP-54 proposal, but if the proposal is strictly advanced according to BIP-9 (Bitcoin Improvement Proposal activation mechanism) and reaches the required absolute majority signal threshold, their team will update the mining pool nodes. Chun indicated that they will not participate in the signal voting for BIP-54 until the formal activation conditions are met.BIP-54 is one of the protocol upgrade proposals recently discussed in the Bitcoin community, involving adjustments to Bitcoin's consensus rules. Wang Chun's statement reflects that some miners remain cautious about the proposal and prefer to promote the upgrade through the standardized BIP-9 process and community consensus.

Coinbase released its Solana validator node operation report for the second quarter of 2026, stating that its operated Solana validator nodes outperform the network average in terms of yield, stability, and infrastructure distribution.Data shows that Coinbase currently stakes approximately 41.63 million SOL through 23 validator nodes, accounting for 9.72% of the total staked amount on Solana, with nodes distributed across 7 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Singapore, and others.Key operational data is as follows: Staking scale: 41.63 million SOL, accounting for 9.72% of the total staked amount; staking yield: Q2 2026 APY is 6.52%, higher than the network average of 6.38%, leading by 14 basis points; block skip rate: 0.035%, lower than the network average of 0.136%, about one-fourth of the network average.Coinbase stated that its validator nodes adopt a multi-client architecture, currently running 4 clients including Harmonic, Jito, JitoBAM, and Firedancer. All solutions have been reviewed by the Solana Foundation, and aggressive MEV time strategies that may affect user experience are not used.In terms of infrastructure, Coinbase has deployed its validator nodes on two independent bare-metal service providers and configured off-site backups for each node to reduce single points of failure risk. At the same time, the company stated that it has migrated the entire validator node cluster to the DoubleZero network, achieving approximately 99.9% session availability.Coinbase also revealed that it is preparing for the Alpenglow consensus upgrade expected to be advanced by Solana later in 2026, including running community test nodes, developing new consensus health monitoring tools, and completing related voting account upgrade verification.

Glassnode released the report "BTC Market Pulse: Week 32," stating that Bitcoin has recently fallen to around $62,600, with weak spot demand and rising defensive sentiment in the derivatives market. However, increased on-chain activity, confidence among long-term holders, and ETF capital inflows continue to support the market.The report pointed out that Bitcoin previously failed to maintain the rebound after breaking through $66,000 and has now retreated from the $65,000 range. The current price trend reflects a weakening of spot momentum, with sustained net selling pressure and low trading activity keeping the market in a consolidation phase lacking clear breakthrough momentum.In the derivatives market, the overall open interest has decreased, but the funding rate for perpetual contracts has rebounded, and active selling volume has eased. The options market remains defensive, with the 25 Delta skew widening, indicating increased demand for downside protection among investors, while speculative open interest continues to decline. The ETF market has shown improvement, with net inflows and trading volume both rebounding in the past week, indicating that institutional investors are reallocating funds through regulated channels.Regarding on-chain data, Glassnode noted that Bitcoin network activity has significantly increased, with the number of daily active addresses and adjusted transfer volume both breaking through the upper limit of the statistical range, indicating an increase in network usage and economic activity. At the same time, new capital inflows have slightly increased, and capital outflow pressure has eased. In terms of holding structure, the supply ratio of short-term holders to long-term holders remains close to historical lows, showing that long-term investors still maintain strong confidence.However, the overall profitability of the market continues to decline, with the proportion of profitable supply nearing a cyclical low, and investor spending behavior is more defensive, reflecting stop-loss strategies. Glassnode concluded that the current Bitcoin market is in a transitional phase, with stability among long-term holders, increased on-chain activity, and a rebound in ETF demand providing structural support. However, valuation pressure, insufficient spot momentum, and defensive positions in derivatives still limit market risk appetite.

Cryptocurrency analysis firm Glassnode stated that since February of this year, the 3-month Bitcoin futures basis yield has been below the 2-year U.S. Treasury yield. Historically, there has only been one similar prolonged period: from August 2022 to January 2023, which ultimately marked the cycle bottom.

According to news from Alibaba Cloud, the Alibaba Cloud Zhenwu M890 super node instance has been Day0 adapted to Kimi K3. Both parties will further develop domestic computing power cooperation, and the Qianwen AI platform and Alibaba Cloud Bailian will also provide the model API for Kimi K3.

The reporter learned that the Alibaba Zhenwu M890 super node has successfully adapted to Qwen3.8 and has launched on the Alibaba Cloud Bailian platform to provide model inference services.Alibaba Cloud claims that this is the first super node in the country to successfully run a large model with over 20 trillion parameters.Qwen3.8 is Alibaba's latest flagship model, with a parameter scale of up to 24 trillion. The Zhenwu M890 is the new generation training and inference integrated AI chip from PingTouGe. The Zhenwu super node instance connects 64 Zhenwu M890 chips through the ICN Switch 1.0 interconnection chip, achieving high-speed interconnection of 800GB/s, with a video memory scale reaching 9TB, allowing a single instance to support the expert parallel requirements of a large-scale 20 trillion parameter MoE model.

In a leaked internal conversation from the DeepSeek investor conference, DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng elaborated on his core views regarding the development of the domestic AI computing power industry and ecosystem. He stated that the current domestic AI chip replacement is facing a historic opportunity, with no compatibility barriers in hardware and ecosystem, and that NVIDIA cannot block the replacement process. The only current issue is insufficient production capacity, and it is expected that within a year, the market's perception of domestic chips as "unusable and poor-performing" can be reversed.He pointed out that NVIDIA's CUDA ecosystem moat is rapidly collapsing, and multiple industry transformations combined with export controls have opened a development window for domestic AI chips. He revealed that DeepSeek has partnered with Huawei to obtain 16,000 950 cards to run the ecosystem, and Huawei's 950 super nodes can completely replace NVIDIA's GB200 and GB300 in terms of performance and price, showing an optimistic attitude towards the development of the domestic computing power industry.