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According to monitoring by Lookonchain, a trader used 50x leverage to go long on BNB and ASTER on Aster DEX, achieving multiple returns.Data shows that the trader went long on 230 BNB, with a position value of approximately $171,600, currently yielding about $13,000, with a return rate of 386.51%; at the same time, they went long on 275,674 ASTER, with a position value of approximately $217,600, yielding about $25,600, with a return rate of 589.60%.

Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee recently expressed the view that Ethereum (ETH) is more like "digital land" rather than cash. Lee believes that the core value of quality assets lies in their ability to store value, meaning that investors believe they can effectively hold and allocate capital over the long term.Lee pointed out that stocks can become store of value assets because investors expect companies to manage capital effectively when they buy stocks; real estate, on the other hand, has both store of value and cash flow properties, generating income through rentals. Within this framework, he believes Ethereum is closer to the stock market or land, with its long-term value primarily derived from the network itself as underlying infrastructure.Bitmine has been increasing its holdings for 65 consecutive weeks. As of August 30, 2026, its total Ethereum holdings reached 5,901,112, accounting for approximately 4.9% of the total Ethereum supply.

According to Apnews, a young cryptocurrency scam gang stole over 4,100 BTC in August 2024 through "social engineering" attacks, which was worth over $240 million at the time.After the theft, gang members quickly began extravagant spending, including purchasing sports cars, renting luxury homes, flying on private jets, and hiring security personnel. Among them, the alleged mastermind, a 22-year-old Singaporean named Malone Lam, reportedly spent over $569,000 in one night at a nightclub in Los Angeles.Investigations revealed that the suspects impersonated employees from Google and the cryptocurrency trading platform Gemini to trick victims into giving up their Google Drive access and security codes, allowing them to transfer the victims' bitcoins. They then moved the funds through multiple trading platforms and money laundering intermediaries. Their lavish lifestyle eventually drew the attention of law enforcement.One suspect was exposed when their IP address was revealed while hiding nearly $30 million in stolen cryptocurrency assets, leading police to trace it back to the luxury home they rented in California. Another suspect was found with $37 million worth of stolen cryptocurrency assets. Lam was accused of using the stolen funds to purchase a $2 million watch and over 30 vehicles including Porsches, Lamborghinis, and Ferraris.Currently, 18 defendants have been charged, and Lam is expected to attend a plea agreement hearing this Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Justice has already issued rulings against several accomplices, and related cases are still ongoing.

During the weekend market closure of traditional markets, perpetual contract types of stocks may have already priced in the stock market trends. According to RootData, most popular stocks are above the last after-hours levels:Semiconductor Triple Long ETF (SOXL) is currently at $125.65, up 7.59% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $116.79;SanDisk (SNDK) is currently at $1,785.09, up 3.07% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $1,731.88;Micron Technology (MU) is currently at $1,043.54, up 2.84% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $1,014.74;iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) is currently at $532.09, up 2.62% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $518.48;Intel (INTC) is currently at $98.16, up 2.46% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $95.80;SK Hynix (SKHY) is currently at $179.44, up 2.08% from the last trading day's closing reference price of $175.78;VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) is currently at $578.73, up 2.06% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $567.05;SpaceX (SPCX) is currently at $150.54, up 1.87% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $147.78;IREN (IREN) is currently at $43.96, down 1.59% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $44.67;AMD (AMD) is currently at $483.59, up 1.58% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $476.08;

According to TrendForce's latest research on the memory industry, in the second quarter of 2026, due to a significant increase in the contract price of Conventional DRAM, the overall revenue of the DRAM industry is expected to grow by 59.5% quarter-on-quarter, reaching nearly 154.73 billion USD.With the training of LLM models and AI inference stimulating the demand for AI Servers, shipments of HBM3e, LPDDR5X, and high-capacity RDIMMs are growing simultaneously, while Agentic AI applications are driving the demand for RDIMMs of various capacities. On the supply side, manufacturers' inventories are at a low point, and new supply is prioritized for Server applications, leading to a slight growth in overall DRAM bit shipments in the second quarter.

Samsung Electronics' wafer foundry division has recently surpassed 50% in the allocation of production capacity for the sixth-generation high bandwidth memory HBM4 substrate chips in the 4-nanometer process. The industry states that this division will invest more than half of its 4-nanometer wafers into HBM4 substrate chip manufacturing in the second half of this year to expand supply to companies like NVIDIA, Broadcom, and AMD.Samsung initiated mass production and shipment of HBM4 in February this year and plans to increase supply starting from the third quarter, significantly increasing the related wafer input since mid-year. This chip is based on Samsung's wafer foundry 4-nanometer (SF4) process. As of last month, over 50% of its total 4-nanometer capacity has been allocated to HBM4 substrate chips. According to insiders, Samsung's 4-nanometer process is currently at full capacity, with HBM4 substrate chips accounting for about 50% to 60%, and this high proportion will be maintained in the second half of the year.Samsung's wafer foundry production lines at Pyeongtaek Plant 2 and Plant 3 are mass-producing processes ranging from 4 to 7 nanometers, with a monthly capacity of about 30,000 wafers for the 4-nanometer process. Based on this, the wafer input related to HBM4 substrate chips is estimated to be about 15,000 wafers per month. During the second quarter earnings call, Samsung stated that it expects HBM4 revenue to increase more than threefold quarter-over-quarter in the third quarter, with HBM4 revenue in the second half expected to exceed 60% of the company's overall HBM revenue.

Galaxy Research published that the attackers in the Coldcard "Wave 3" attack are still continuously transferring the stolen funds. During this phase, the attackers created 293 2-of-2 multi-signature wallets for each victim's assets. The first batch of funds was transferred across chains to Ethereum via THORChain; the latest round of transfers has begun entering the CoinJoin mixing process.Currently, the Wave 3 attackers are processing the largest amounts of stolen funds in order of the stolen amount, having sequentially transferred the funds from wallets ranked 1 to 11. The next 10 wallets that have not yet been transferred hold a total of 30.81 BTC, while wallets ranked 61 to 293 hold a total of 33.77 BTC. So far, the attackers have transferred about 45% of the stolen assets from this exploit, with funds flowing to Ethereum (via THORChain) or entering CoinJoin mixing transactions. Additionally, this fund transfer has revealed a previously unknown wallet: 58 addresses jointly spent in a 2-of-2 multi-signature format identical to that of Wave 3, and these were further transferred by the Wave 3 attackers to a jump address that funds CoinJoin.The on-chain analysis team currently marks this wallet as "cause = open," but believes it likely also belongs to Coldcard victims, which means the number of wallets involved in Wave 3 may increase to 294, raising the previously reported total amount stolen from the Coldcard vulnerability to approximately 1806 BTC. Currently, about 82% of the stolen BTC remains in addresses initially controlled by the attackers, while about 18% has been transferred, with the flow of funds indicating that it may be undergoing laundering processes.

DeFi researcher Ignas posted on X that Bankless founder David Hoffman sold his ETH and reallocated to several coins with the largest gains, such as LIT and ZEC, with NEAR also performing well, while only VVV underperformed the market. Although the market was filled with panic at that time, and it was very close to the bottom of ETH, the goal of aggressive crypto investors has always been to outperform BTC and ETH.Previously, it was reported that Bankless co-founder David Hoffman announced in June this year that he had liquidated his ETH and bought VVV, NEAR, ZEC, HYPE, and LIT.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, Arthur Hayes (0x6cd...47e21) received 39,000 UNI from FalconX in the past hour, worth $282,000, increasing his UNI holdings to 284,100, with a total value of $2,007,000 and an average withdrawal price of $7.06.Arthur Hayes has made a large transaction of UNI again after about 9 months, and UNI has now become his third largest on-chain asset.

According to GMGN market data, the market capitalization of the BSC ecosystem token BREW has now rebounded to 12.5 million USD. This morning, the market capitalization of BREW briefly rose to about 28 million USD, and then quickly fell by about 80%, reaching a low of 2.2 million USD.On the news front, Flap is testing a new token pairing mechanism and has launched a new liquidity pool with BEN as the test token, which has attracted market attention to the narrative and capital flow related to BREW, possibly one of the reasons for its previous significant volatility. Please be aware of trading risks, as the prices of related tokens are highly volatile.

According to a report by the Economic Daily, with the rising demand for AI and high-performance computing applications, TSMC is expanding its capacity for advanced processes below 3 nanometers at the request of its customers.Industry insiders are optimistic that TSMC's contribution from 3 nanometers in the second half of the year is expected to surpass that of 5 nanometers for the first time, estimating that the single-quarter output value in the third quarter will exceed 400 billion New Taiwan dollars, setting a new record, accounting for more than 30% of revenue, and positively impacting gross margin performance.

Router Protocol, a cross-chain infrastructure project supported by Coinbase Ventures, announced that it will cease all operations by September 30 and plans to permanently destroy 303,333,198 ROUTE tokens held in its treasury, accounting for about 30% of the total supply of nearly 1 billion tokens. The team released a statement on X, stating that over the past year, they attempted commercialization, licensing, and acquisition negotiations, but failed to achieve sustainable operational results.Router identified the flow of funds from the cryptocurrency sector to artificial intelligence and the decline in cross-chain asset transfer fees as core challenges facing its operations. As activities concentrated on fewer networks and standardized infrastructure, the demand for its services has decreased. The team noted that bridging economic profits are thin, fees have been compressed, and costs have never stopped. As part of the closure, Router will negotiate with centralized exchanges to stop supporting ROUTE tokens, and the delisting arrangements and withdrawal processes may vary across exchanges.Router raised $4.1 million from investors including Coinbase Ventures and Polygon in 2021 and launched the proof-of-stake Layer 1 blockchain Router Chain in July 2024, but it was shut down in September 2025 due to infrastructure costs, validator expansion, and security risks. The team also disclosed two security incidents in 2025: in February, approximately 80% of the value was recovered through negotiations after a vulnerability incident, while losses from a chain-level vulnerability in July could not be recovered.

According to CoinDesk, the Bitcoin mortgage product jointly launched by Better Mortgage and Coinbase has been fully launched last week. Borrowers can pledge Bitcoin at a 250% collateral rate to pay for the down payment on a home. For example, to purchase a $500,000 property, one would need to pledge $250,000 in Bitcoin to support a $100,000 down payment. Since the full launch, the pre-application loan scale has reached $360 million, higher than the previous estimated $260 million from the waiting list users.At closing, borrowers will receive two loans: one is a conventional mortgage secured by the property that meets Fannie Mae standards, and the other is a down payment loan secured by pledged Bitcoin and a subordinate lien on the property. Better disclosed that it may re-pledge the Bitcoin pledged by borrowers, as long as an equivalent amount of assets is retained for return. Borrowers cannot retrieve their crypto assets early and must wait until the conventional mortgage is fully repaid or refinanced to recover them, meaning Bitcoin may be locked for up to 15 to 30 years.Unlike typical crypto loans, a drop in Bitcoin prices will not trigger a margin call or automatic liquidation; liquidation of pledged assets may only occur 60 days after the borrower defaults. Coinbase only acts as a custodian and technology provider and does not participate in credit decisions. Currently, the product only supports Bitcoin collateral; both parties mentioned USDC when announced in March but ultimately chose to launch with BTC first.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring on-chain data, there is a prediction of significant capital movement in the Polymarket market. A large whale invested $64,747.27 in the event "Counter-Strike: Spirit vs MOUZ - BLAST Open Porto Playoffs" on the "Match Winner" market. Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding winning probability for this target is 37%.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring on-chain data, it predicts significant capital movements in the Polymarket market. A large whale invested $100,712.65 in a single bet on "Everton FC vs. Manchester United FC," specifically targeting "Manchester United FC." Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding winning probability for this bet is 49%.

Whale Alert stated that the dormant transactions activated yesterday involved addresses that mined 50 BTC in Bitcoin blocks 43361, 43452, 43647, 43680, 43765, 43855, and 43871. Whale Alert indicated that, according to its research, the aforementioned blocks were not mined by Satoshi Nakamoto.

The Kobeissi Letter stated that the price trends of Bitcoin and gold are increasingly synchronized. The 90-day correlation between Bitcoin and gold prices has risen to +0.50, nearly matching the historical high reached during the pandemic in 2020, and this value has more than doubled since the beginning of the year.In contrast, after the recovery from the 2022 bear market, this 90-day correlation had risen to +0.30. The account noted that the recent acceleration in correlation occurred after the U.S. Treasury announced on August 19 that it would at least double the scale of long-term Treasury bond repurchases, increasing from $2 billion to $4 billion per transaction.Meanwhile, the 90-day correlation between Bitcoin and the Nasdaq 100 index has dropped to about 0.30, a one-year low. The account indicated that investors are increasingly viewing both gold and Bitcoin as tools to hedge against currency depreciation.

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost posted on platform X, pointing out that the profit ratio of short-term Bitcoin holders (STH SOPR) has recently shown noteworthy changes. This indicator measures the profit realization of short-term holders who have held for less than 6 months, and it has now risen above 1, reaching approximately 1.01, marking the first time in over a year that it has entered the profit zone.Darkfost noted that during the last bear market, short-term Bitcoin holders remained in an average loss state for about a year, while the current level is significantly higher than the brief reaction in May of this year, indicating that the optimism among short-term holders is improving. A healthy market should not avoid profit-taking but rather needs to realize profits continuously and moderately, especially for short-term holders, who are the most active and sensitive group in the market. If the 30-day moving average of STH SOPR can maintain its position in the current area, it will be a very positive signal, as historically, every bull market has been accompanied by continuous profit realization from short-term holders.