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According to official social media news, Huobi HTX asset research analyst YT will be a guest at the sixth session of the Huobi Celebrity Lecture "Beyond Crypto: New Opportunities in TradFi Trading" today at 19:00 (UTC+8). At that time, YT will present on the topic "TradFi Perpetual Contracts: From Trading Entry to Macro-Driven Asset Allocation," sharing insights on the trading logic of TradFi perpetual contracts, core assets, and macro driving factors, analyzing how crypto traders can understand the TradFi market, and further exploring asset allocation and trading opportunities.YT has been deeply involved in the digital asset industry for many years, possessing a composite experience in industry research, project due diligence, on-chain data analysis, asset evaluation, risk control, and macro research. YT has participated in the rating and risk review of hundreds of projects, covering team backgrounds, token economics, holding structures, market value management, and compliance risks. Currently, YT focuses on the linkage between macroeconomics and the crypto market, identifying market trends and potential risks by combining global liquidity, on-chain capital flows, and derivative structures, and providing research support for TradFi decision-making.

PPP prediction market tool monitoring shows that the probability of "ETH reaching $1900 in August" on Polymarket has dropped to 7%, a 43% decrease in 24 hours. Additionally, the probability of rising to $2400 has increased to 42%, a 40% increase in 24 hours. This market is based on the Binance ETH/USDT trading pair.During the specified month in the title (from 00:00 on the 1st of the month to 23:59 on the last day, Eastern Time), if the highest price of any 1-minute candlestick is equal to or higher than the specified price in the title, it will be settled as Yes; otherwise, it will be No. Only the 1-minute candlestick High price of Binance ETH/USDT will be used; prices from other exchanges or trading pairs will not be counted.

Market operator Kalshi has submitted an application to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to launch a copper perpetual contract COPPERPERP. This contract will track the spot price of copper priced in U.S. dollars and will use price data from blockchain market data provider Pyth Network.The contract will be cash-settled and will not involve physical copper delivery; periodic payments between long and short traders will help keep the contract price aligned with the copper price. Perpetual contracts have no expiration date, allowing traders to hold positions indefinitely without needing to roll over to a new contract. Kalshi was previously approved in May to offer Bitcoin perpetual contracts and has submitted an application for index perpetual contracts. Less than a week before the copper perpetual contract application was submitted, a judge in Washington state had ordered the company to cease offering bets related to sports, elections, politics, and other events in the area.

According to a report by Token Terminal, the DeFi protocol Fluid, developed by the Instadapp team, released data for the second quarter of 2026. The average TVL for the quarter was $3.4 billion, a decrease of 21.1% quarter-on-quarter, but an increase of 84.9% year-on-year; active loans were $1.5 billion, down 15.1% quarter-on-quarter, but up 92.9% year-on-year; trading volume was $18.1 billion, down 37.3% quarter-on-quarter; fees were $9.5 million, down 21.5% quarter-on-quarter; protocol revenue was $1.8 million, down 29.3% quarter-on-quarter, but up 9.8% year-on-year; monthly active users were 70.7 thousand, down 43.8% quarter-on-quarter.The capital structure continues to lean towards Jupiter Lend, which collaborates with Solana, with an average TVL of about $1.7 billion, accounting for nearly half and achieving quarter-on-quarter growth, becoming the largest lending deployment. At the beginning of the quarter, there was an outflow influenced by third-party events such as Resolv, but the Fluid contract was not attacked, and related bad debts were covered by the treasury and others, with no loss of user funds. During this period, Bitwise began managing the USDe market on Jupiter Lend, Liquidity-as-a-Service was launched with approximately $100 million in sUSDai liquidity facilities, and RWA-related assets such as Huma PST were also integrated into Fluid.The team stated that they will continue to promote institutional-level deployments, Jupiter DEX, and Sui expansion, introducing incremental capital and improving revenue efficiency through vertical products and institutional collaborations.

According to Binance spot data, the market has experienced significant volatility. GNO has dropped by 21.97% in 24 hours, and ALPINE has dropped by 22.18%, showing a "high and then low" state.In addition, JUV, ACE, and EUL have also shown a "high and then low" state, with declines of 5.22%, 10.86%, and 5.08%, respectively. On the other hand, EDEN, OPN, and KORUB have demonstrated a "bottoming out and rising" state, with increases of 8.08%, 5.83%, and 19.49%, respectively. Meanwhile, CITY reached its 24H highest price, with an increase of 7.05%.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the U.S. has sent a letter to the signatories of the "Joint Statement on the Opportunities of Artificial Intelligence Partnership," requesting that all parties refrain from simultaneously joining U.S.-related initiatives and other mechanisms that conflict with U.S. initiatives. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian stated at a regular press conference on the 19th that countries have the right to choose their partners based on their own national conditions and development needs. China firmly opposes taking sides and creating confrontations on artificial intelligence issues, and hopes that all parties will abandon zero-sum thinking, adhere to mutual cooperation, respect the digital sovereignty of all countries, and work together to build a fair and reasonable global governance system for artificial intelligence, making artificial intelligence an important driving force for promoting common prosperity and maintaining common security.

According to Gate market data, the Shanghai Composite Index closed down 95.88 points on August 19, a decrease of 2.4%, reporting at 3,894.42 points; the Shenzhen Component Index fell 732.34 points, a decrease of 5.01%, reporting at 13,890.15 points; the CSI 300 Index dropped 137.12 points, a decrease of 2.9%, reporting at 4,588.7 points; the ChiNext Index decreased by 232.07 points, a decrease of 6.26%, reporting at 3,473.49 points; the STAR 50 Index fell 123.35 points, a decrease of 6.89%, reporting at 1,667.52 points.

According to GMGN market data, last night and this morning, mainstream meme coins across various public chains experienced a general decline. Among them: the leading Solana ecosystem meme coin ANSEM dropped over 30% from yesterday's high, currently reported at $227 million; the previously leading meme coin MarsCoin in the BSC ecosystem fell below the platform consolidation level it had maintained for several days, currently reported at $32.83 million, with a 24-hour decline of 12%; the meme coin CASHCAT on the Robinhood chain once again fell below the $100 million mark, currently reported at $89.37 million, with a 24-hour decline of 14.61%.

Trader 0x4B1 purchased tokens accounting for approximately 0.85% of the total supply for about $1.29 million when CASHCAT was listed on Robinhood, with an average market cap of about $150 million at the time of purchase.After CASHCAT was listed on Robinhood, the price dropped by about 30%. The trader is currently facing an unrealized loss of approximately $412,000, but on-chain data shows that they have not sold any tokens to date.

According to The Block, South Korea's two major cryptocurrency exchanges, Upbit and Bithumb, released their financial reports for the first half of 2026. Affected by the sluggish cryptocurrency market, both exchanges experienced a significant decline in revenue and profit.Upbit's parent company, Dunamu, reported a revenue of 408.1 billion won (approximately 289 million USD) in the first half of the year, a year-on-year decrease of 49.1%; operating profit was 111.5 billion won, a year-on-year decrease of 79.7%; and net profit was 108.4 billion won, a year-on-year decrease of 74.1%. Bithumb reported a revenue of 168.8 billion won in the first half of the year, a year-on-year decrease of 48.7%; operating profit was 14.9 billion won, a year-on-year decrease of 83.4%, and a net loss of 108.7 billion won, compared to a net profit of 55 billion won in the same period last year.During the reporting period, Bitcoin fell from about 90,000 USD to 60,000 USD, and Ethereum dropped from 3,000 USD to about 1,600 USD. The strong rise in the semiconductor sector of the domestic stock market in South Korea attracted a large amount of capital out of the cryptocurrency market. The total trading volume of the five licensed exchanges in the second quarter decreased by 49.5% year-on-year to 146.43 billion USD.Despite the pressure on performance, both exchanges are still advancing capital operations: Dunamu is conducting a share swap with Naver Financial and plans to go public on NASDAQ within five years after completion; Bithumb plans to improve its internal control system in 2026 and submit a pre-listing application in 2027, aiming to complete its IPO in 2028.

According to Ember Monitoring, addresses related to the significant drop of SIREN in June have transferred 1.324 billion XPIN, worth approximately $1.71 million, to Binance Alpha in the past two hours.Subsequently, the price of XPIN fell from $0.0017 to $0.0012, a decrease of about 29%.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a certain whale stopped loss 300 BTC 40 minutes ago, incurring a loss of $9,065. This is the fourth stop loss since opening the position on August 5, with a total realized loss of $988,000.Currently, this whale has 1,700 BTC in short positions remaining, valued at $108 million, with an unrealized profit of $96,000, and a liquidation price of $63,710.5.

According to analysis by BIT official Chinese (@BITofficial_CN), the 7-day implied volatility of Bitcoin has fallen below the 30% mark to 25%, similar to the low volatility period in the summer of 2023.In the context of relatively low option prices, analysts suggest that investors consider a "spot replacement strategy" ------ selling part of their Bitcoin spot holdings, replacing it with a bullish call spread or directly buying call options, which can retain upside exposure. If the price continues to decline, the maximum loss is limited to the option premium, and the released funds can also earn interest elsewhere.

"White-haired stock god" Serenity stated that AI investment may be simpler than the market imagines, as Nvidia and its CEO Jensen Huang have actually been releasing signals of future industry trends in advance, but the market often chooses to ignore these trends before they truly explode. Serenity noted that when Nvidia heavily locked in EML (Electrically Modulated Laser) and laser production capacity in 2025, the market questioned the photonics sector, believing that related companies had issues with speculation or even management. However, a year later, the stock prices of related optical communication companies surged significantly. Among them, LITE rose by 678%, and AAOI rose by 475.12%.Serenity believes that the market is currently repeating a similar pattern. In 2026, Nvidia locked in continuous wave (CW) laser and EML production capacity through long-term agreements, while clearly promoting the transition to an 800V power architecture and repeatedly emphasizing that co-packaged optics (CPO) and "Physical AI" will become important trends in the next phase. The market may once again underestimate the industry signals released by Nvidia, but Nvidia and Jensen Huang's judgments often serve as leading indicators of AI industry trends.

According to Binance spot data, the market has experienced significant fluctuations. VIC has dropped 34.22% in 24 hours, and PIVX has dropped 39.22%, showing a "high and then low" state.In addition, RARE, USTC, XAI, NIL, NXPC, and HUMA have also shown a "high and then low" state, with declines of 15.65%, 7.36%, 11.97%, 10.22%, and 9.46%, respectively.On the other hand, VANRY and EDEN have risen by 23.94% and 5.11%, respectively, showing a "bottoming out and rising" state.

As of August 15, Bitcoin miners' holdings have dropped to approximately 1.1919 million BTC, a decrease of 885 coins from a week ago, marking a new low since May 31.During the same period, the overall network hash rate has declined, and the Puell Multiple remains at 0.75.

According to Binance spot data, the market has experienced significant volatility. ALICE has dropped 15.62% in the last 24 hours, while HEMI has risen 59.63% in the last 24 hours, reaching a new high for today.At the same time, ONG, BANANA, BERA, BIGTIME, and YB have also shown a "pullback after a surge" status, with declines of 7.07%, 7.2%, 9.65%, 8.82%, and 8.49%, respectively. Additionally, TUT has shown a "bottoming out and rebound" status, with an increase of 6.04%, and HEMI has slightly risen by 6.86% within 5 minutes.Finally, ID has reached a new low for today, with a decline of 5.04%.

According to Binance spot market data, the market has experienced significant fluctuations. ALICE has dropped by 31.56% in the last 24 hours, and KAITO has decreased by 47.91% this week.At the same time, RED and YB have both reached new highs today, with increases of 5.76% and 6.51%, respectively. Additionally, BICO has hit a new low today, falling by 18.62%, while KAIA and ACE have also reached new lows for the week, with declines of 9.2% and 55.4%, respectively.Other tokens like LISTA and THETA have also shown a "sharp rise and fall" state, with decreases of 6.95% and 6.5%, respectively.