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According to Darkfost monitoring, the activity of the OG group holding Bitcoin for over 5 years has significantly increased recently, with the 90-day moving average of their spent UTXOs rising to 1500 BTC, doubling from the levels in May. The consolidation period seems to have raised concerns among almost all types of investors, including the most experienced OG group. However, these transfers may not necessarily indicate selling; some could be due to reasons such as the Coldcard incident, transferring Bitcoin to safer storage methods.

According to the Dune data panel, the trading volume on the Robinhood chain DEX has reached a new high, totaling $1.89 billion in the past 24 hours. In terms of token issuance platforms, Pons continues to hold the top position with an absolute advantage, issuing 24,010 tokens yesterday, while long.xyz issued 2,740 tokens, ranking second.In addition, the Pons platform generated fee revenue of $5.95 million in the past 24 hours, ranking fourth across the network, while Uniswap also benefited from the surge in trading on the Robinhood chain, with protocol revenue increasing to $10.33 million in a single day, ranking second.

The U.S. primary election season is nearing its end, and the cryptocurrency industry's super political action committee (PAC) has achieved victories in several key districts. Supported by major contributors such as Coinbase, Ripple, and a16z, Fairshake has helped approximately 50 candidates win nominations, including Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Jake Auchincloss, as well as Republican Senate candidates Barry Moore from Alabama, Andy Barr from Kentucky, Kevin Hern from Oklahoma, and Harriet Hageman from Wyoming. Prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi indicate that these candidates have a winning probability of over 94% in the general election.Fairshake spokesperson Geoff Vetter stated that the organization has reserved $122 million for the fall elections. However, Fairshake also faced its biggest setback in Illinois, spending over $10 million in an attempt to prevent Democrat Juliana Stratton from securing the nomination but was unsuccessful. Additionally, the Fellowship PAC, supported by Cantor Fitzgerald and Anchorage Digital, has actually spent about $11 million, far less than the previously claimed $100 million; the Digital Freedom Fund, funded by the Winklevoss brothers with $21 million, has yet to engage in support for specific candidates.

The research institution Sigmaintell has released a storage price indicator showing that in the third quarter of 2026, the overall supply and demand in the global storage market remains tight. Prices for all categories of DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) and NAND Flash (flash memory) continue to rise month-on-month, but the rate of increase has significantly slowed compared to the second quarter, with the month-on-month increase for some storage chips narrowing to within 10%.

The DeFi lending protocol Venus Protocol has launched the Liquidity Hub, aimed at establishing a unified capital allocation layer for the Venus ecosystem. Users only need to deposit one type of asset to receive the corresponding Hub Token. The Liquidity Hub will automatically seek better APY combinations based on different market yield opportunities and allocate funds to products such as Core, Flux, and Fixed-Rate Vaults, without requiring users to manually manage positions across multiple products.The Liquidity Hub is not a new lending market but a unified liquidity entry built on top of Venus's existing products. Capital allocation, rebalancing, and the flow of underlying assets are all recorded on-chain, maintaining openness, transparency, and verifiability. Currently, Liquidity Hub v1 has been deployed on the BNB Chain, and in the future, it will connect to more lending markets, institutional yield products, and new sources of yield.

According to Gate market data, since Federal Reserve Chairman Waller's speech, spot gold and silver have significantly retreated in the short term. Gold rebounded slightly after falling about 100 dollars from its high, reaching a low of 4530 dollars/ounce and currently reported at 4560 dollars/ounce; silver plummeted over 1 dollar during the day, hitting a low of 68.1 dollars/ounce and currently reported at 69.0 dollars/ounce.

Fox Business crypto reporters posted on the X platform that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are advancing the finalization of a rule to define "unsafe or unsound practices" in bank regulation. This term has not been clearly defined for years, primarily relying on the broad discretion of bank examiners.Under this rule, when regulators determine that a practice is "unsafe or unsound," they must link it to actual illegal conduct or significant financial risk, thereby reducing the likelihood of pressuring banks serving legitimate clients, including crypto companies, based on vague reputational or procedural issues. This rule marks another important step towards further dismantling "Operation Chokepoint 2."

The CFO of Nvidia stated that the growth of non-hyperscale cloud service provider customers is expected to account for about half of the data center business.

At the 2026 Wyoming Blockchain Conference, Zhao Changpeng stated that Trump mentioned Hyperliquid and that Mike Selig, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), will seek a path for the platform to enter the U.S. market.Zhao Changpeng believes that if this progress can be realized, it will be a significant boon for the entire cryptocurrency industry. Zhao stated that the outside world tends to view him as a supporter of centralized trading platforms due to his holdings in Binance, but the fundamental reason he entered the cryptocurrency industry is his belief in decentralization.He pointed out that some users choose Hyperliquid because the platform can be used through wallets without the need for traditional accounts and KYC processes; if Hyperliquid can operate in the U.S. in a compliant manner, it will open up space for perpetual contracts and more decentralized services to enter the U.S. market.He believes this is not only related to Hyperliquid itself. "Hyperliquid is just the tip of the iceberg; once this tip enters, other projects can follow suit." Related developments will benefit more decentralized products and their portfolio companies, and will also bring more liquidity to international centralized trading platforms, allowing U.S. users to obtain more competitive prices when buying and selling crypto assets.Zhao Changpeng stated that the current cryptocurrency market is far from saturated, so competition between platforms is not the main issue. Hyperliquid's entry into the U.S. will not only benefit itself but will also expand the market size of the entire industry, "what is beneficial for them will also be beneficial for us."

Bitcoin has risen about 24% in the past week, approaching $79,000, marking its best performance of 2023. Ethereum has increased about 30% during the same period, surpassing $2,500, but the Total3 index, excluding Bitcoin and Ethereum, fell back after a morning surge, currently around $753 billion, recording a decline over the week.Bitcoin's dominance briefly rose to about 61% this week before falling back to around 59%, close to its yearly high. The CoinMarketCap altcoin season index is at 46, far below the 75 threshold that defines altcoin season, indicating that most altcoins have underperformed Bitcoin over the past 90 days.This round of market activity is mainly driven by the U.S. Treasury's announcement to double the long-term bond repurchase scale from $2 billion to $4 billion, with a weaker dollar prompting funds to flow into Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation. Trump subsequently met with crypto executives at the White House and pushed Congress to pass the Clarity Act. After Bitcoin broke through $70,000, it triggered a short squeeze, with Bitget Wallet research analysts estimating that over $4 billion in crypto shorts were liquidated within two to three days. If it continues to break through $80,000, it may open the way to $82,000 to $87,000.

Vaults.fyi released the report "2026 DeFi Custody Market Status," covering 856 vaults, 131 custodians, and 18 protocols, with a total locked value of approximately $11.29 billion. Over the past year, the TVL on the supply side of DeFi decreased by 41.8%, while the TVL of custody vaults grew by 39%, increasing market share from 5.24% to 12.51%. The top 5 custodians manage 69% of the funds, and the top 10 account for 79.1%. The leading landscape has changed dramatically, with Sentora and Concrete not making the list a year ago, now ranking second and fourth, respectively, while Usual dropped from fourth to thirty-fourth.Morpho ranks first among protocols with a custody TVL of 46.2%, with the remaining 53.8% distributed across the other 17 protocols. Bitcoin collateral accounts for 54.1% of Morpho's top 25 stablecoin vaults (approximately $3.71 billion). In terms of address concentration, weighted by TVL, a single address holds an average of 47% of vault shares, with the top ten addresses collectively controlling 74%. About 33% of the custody funds require a multi-step redemption process, with a 7-day annualized yield median of 4.82%, which is 98 basis points higher than instant redemption vaults.The report also points out that traditional financial institutions such as Société Générale, Apollo, and JPMorgan have begun to deploy custody vault strategies.

Strive Chairman and CEO Matt Cole stated that February 19 was the bear market bottom for the company's stock $ASST, when the company's CFO, CLO, and several executives and directors bought shares in the open market, and three independent directors transitioned to full-time within six months. There is high confidence internally regarding the Bitcoin exposure held, the amplification structure, and team chemistry.Cole mentioned that despite the external sentiment being low at that time, the internal morale was high, and the execution capability was validated in the following six months. Now, $ASST has surged, and market sentiment has improved, but the team's focus remains unchanged: the Bitcoin bull market has just begun, and Strive has built the corresponding amplification structure and will push forward with full force.Market data shows that $ASST has risen over 50% in the last four trading days, with a current market capitalization of approximately $1.686 billion.

AI market prediction project Fortune Protocol officially announces the integration of liquidity from Polymarket and, together with the previously integrated Predict.fun, provides more prediction markets and liquidity for Fortune Markets.After this update, users can directly explore markets from different liquidity sources within Fortune Markets and discover and compare the liquidity, trading volume, and probabilities of different markets more quickly through a brand new market interface. Fortune Protocol has optimized the trading and asset management experience, adding a streamlined trading process that supports result selection and position browsing; the Portfolio feature is unified, allowing users to view their current positions, settled markets, and complete trading history in one place.Fortune Protocol states that by continuously integrating liquidity from various mainstream prediction markets, Fortune Markets will further build a unified market layer, providing users with a more open, efficient, and integrated prediction market trading experience.

According to BBX data, yesterday and in recent days, globally listed companies in the U.S. stock market disclosed their latest official ledgers regarding digital asset treasury allocation, computing power network expansion, and business transformation. The core updates are as follows:Strive (NASDAQ: $ASST) invested in an additional 1,110 BTC, total holdings surpassed 21,000: According to the 8-K filing submitted by Strive to the U.S. SEC, the company purchased 1,110 bitcoins at an average price of approximately $73,409 between August 17 and 21, 2026, significantly increasing its purchase scale compared to previous weeks. As of August 21, Strive held a total of 21,356 BTC, along with 505,000 shares of Strategy STRC preferred stock (fair value approximately $48.57 million) and about $171.9 million in cash.BitMine made a massive purchase of 32,000 ETH last week, with annualized staking yields reaching $330 million: Nasdaq-listed mining company Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: $BMNR) disclosed a significant increase in its holdings of 32,447 Ethereum last week. As of August 23, 2026, its total ETH holdings reached 5,847,611 (approximately 4.8% of the total supply on the network). The total value of the company's held crypto assets, cash, and equity is approximately $14.9 billion. Currently, the staked Ethereum remains at 5,067,309 (87% of total holdings), valued at approximately $12.4 billion, with current annualized staking yields of about $330 million.Aethir launched an AI computing power acceleration plan, introducing an ATH token burn mechanism: The decentralized computing power network Aethir announced the launch of the ACCELERATE plan to accelerate the deployment of AI data center GPU computing power in Europe and the U.S. The plan has locked in 10 sites (total capacity of 20 megawatts), expected to generate up to $700 million in contracts by the end of 2026, with a total contract value expected to reach $2 billion. At the same time, Aethir will update the token economics for IDC computing power providers, introducing a burn mechanism and variable platform fee rates, allowing ATH token holders to benefit from the growth of on-chain revenue.CleanCore liquidated 460 million Dogecoin, raising $100 million for AI infrastructure transformation: Cleaning products company CleanCore announced it raised approximately $100 million through a stock issuance and sold all of the approximately 463 million Dogecoin (DOGE) previously held on its balance sheet (returning about $33.4 million in cash). The funds will be used to support its comprehensive transformation into AI infrastructure business in Minnesota.

SemiAnalysis reported that the Nvidia Rubin Ultra will feature 192GB of HBM4 8-hi memory. This is not only a significant reduction from the initially previewed 1TB HBM but is even lower than the 288GB capacity of the standard Rubin.The reasons for the HBM configuration being cut down to about one-fifth of the original include: the cancellation of the four-die Rubin Ultra scheme, reducing the number of cubes to 8; the stacking height being lowered from 16-hi to 8-hi; and the use of HBM4 with 24Gb dies instead of HBM4E with 32Gb dies. An upgraded version with 8-hi HBM4E may be released later.

Tom Lee posted on platform X that ETH's weekly increase reached 30%.He stated that, based on historical performance, such a significant single-week increase in ETH often indicates that there may be even larger upward movements in the coming weeks.

According to Cointelegraph, the European Commission is assessing whether to include crypto lending (including DeFi vaults) in the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). The relevant targeted consultation was launched on May 20, 2026, with a feedback deadline of September 30. MiCA originally excluded crypto lending and completely decentralized activities, but Brussels is currently reviewing these gaps.EU digital asset lawyer Yuriy Brisov stated that there is no category of "vault" in EU law, and lawyers need to define by function rather than label. Vaults decentralize economic functions such as lending across smart contracts and multiple participants (such as owners, curators, distributors, and sentinels in Morpho Vault V2), making it difficult to correspond to a single regulated entity. Cahill partner Jonathan Galea cautioned against treating "DeFi lending" as a single label, as products with different structures may be subject to a one-size-fits-all approach. Curve founder Michael Egorov noted that if included in regulation, they should be treated differently, as DeFi does not require all the protections of traditional lending and may need different rules.

Trader Murphy (@Murphychen888) posted on the X platform, stating that despite multiple negative influences such as the pullback in U.S. stocks, Strategy selling BTC, and the rebound in oil prices, BTC has not shown a significant decline, which may be related to its chip structure. Data shows that over 2 million BTC have been concentrated in the trading range of $62,000 to $64,000, causing the cost for many holders to converge, resulting in a low willingness to sell in the short term.He indicated that BTC experienced nearly two months of low volatility sideways movement, and within three days, it quickly rose from $64,000 to $75,000. However, the chips around $63,000 have not significantly decreased, while the chips in the range of $68,000 to $74,000 remain relatively sparse, indicating that holders in the previously concentrated area have not taken large-scale profits. He expects that as the price continues to rise, the chips may gradually loosen and form a new chip concentration area; if a new effective support is not formed, BTC may test the support strength of the chip concentration area around $62,000 to $63,000 again.