[Coin World] On August 18, according to a disclosure by the founder of a certain data platform, although Bitcoin has only fallen by 1%, the market liquidation scale in the past 24 hours has exceeded 360 million USD, with the liquidation amount in the last 60 minutes exceeding 100 million USD. The founder stated, "This phenomenon highlights the excessively high market leverage during periods close to historical peaks. When investors rush to exit at the same time, the market may face an inevitable significant collapse risk."

The BenFen stablecoin public chain has released version v1.24.1, optimizing the Virtual Machine and network, introducing multiple core features such as stablecoin payment for Gas, transaction sponsorship, and zkLogin, enhancing performance and supporting multi-chain asset circulation. Its ecological application BenPay will integrate more Financial Services to enhance user experience.

The North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group is suspected of stealing funds from the UK-registered crypto assets platform Lykke, potentially becoming the largest cryptocurrency theft case in the country. Lykke suspended operations this year due to a loss of $22.8 million, and the UK Treasury has listed North Korea as a potential attacker. Although research firms have identified the organization, the identity of the attackers remains controversial.

[Coin World] On this day in 2021, the DOGE Foundation, established in 2014, completed its reconstruction, with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik serving as the Foundation's "Blockchain and Crypto Assets Advisor".

The CITIC Securities research report pointed out that the release of the US July CPI and PPI triggered a style switch in the US stock market, leading to market expectations for interest rate cuts. If Powell adopts a dovish tone at the global Central Bank annual meeting, the interest rate cut trade may restart, potentially driving specific zones such as real estate and biotechnology to rise.

[Coin World] The LayerZero Foundation's proposal for the acquisition of StarGate has started voting, with a current support rate of 97.07%. Voting will end on August 24.

The Nikkei 225 index and the Topix index rose to historic highs at the beginning of trading.

[Golden Finance] According to reports, Adam Livingston, the author of the book "The Bitcoin Era and the Great Harvest," stated that the U.S. government could purchase more Bitcoin for its strategic reserves by using part of the tariff surplus. He suggested that a portion of the surplus generated from trade tariffs be withdrawn monthly and converted into secure cold storage Bitcoin, which would not be traded, staked, sold, re-mortgaged, used to fund projects, guaranteed loans, or lent out for profit.

[Chain News] On August 17, Fractal Bitcoin announced that the Single-Step transfer function is currently being deployed to the Fractal Mainnet and has been first integrated into a certain extension Wallet. This function will further support Bitcoin's native scaling solutions while ensuring network integrity.

According to on-chain data, the reserves of Ethereum in centralized exchanges continue to decrease, with only 18.39 million ETH remaining, which is also the lowest level since October 2022.
The same trend is also reflected in Bitcoin, with the current Bitcoin reserves in centralized exchanges being approximately 2.52 million, which is also the lowest level since October 2022.

Asseto CEO Bridget Li confirmed her attendance at the "Encryption Finance Forum 2025 - HKU Special Session" to be held on August 27, 2025, at the University of Hong Kong, participating in a roundtable discussion focusing on the integration of encryption finance and academia, exploring cutting-edge topics.

[Coin World] Recently, a certain company, as a joint initiator, co-founded the Hong Kong RWA Global Industry Alliance, which will actively participate in the RWA (Real World Asset Tokenization) business zone and promote the digitalization and global compliance development of real-world assets. The alliance focuses on integrating Blockchain and AI technology, concentrating on areas such as green finance and cross-border transactions, to accelerate RWA innovative applications and help Hong Kong become a global leader in RWA standards.

On August 17, according to monitoring, a certain Whale Address withdrew 7866 ETH from a certain platform 2 hours ago, worth approximately 34.99 million USD.
Currently, the whale address holds a total of 16,872 ETH, valued at 75.35 million USD.

According to data from the data platform, the venture capital firm a16z achieved a profit of 12.06 million dollars through 9 Wallet Addresses in the past week, standing out among investment firms. During the same period, Master Ventures and Defiance Capital also performed well, achieving profits of 2.59 million dollars and 942,800 dollars, respectively.

[Coin World] On August 17, Charles Allen, CEO of BTCS, a company listed on Nasdaq that focuses on Ethereum treasury, stated: Although Crypto Assets emphasize real-time transparency, publicly traded companies usually follow a quarterly rhythm and are required to disclose significant events within four days, according to current regulations. Of course, public companies can choose to disclose information more frequently, as long as they avoid using GAAP metrics that require audit review; however, more frequent data disclosure may not be in the best interest of shareholders, as the board has a fiduciary duty. After all, revealing all cards while playing poker is not a secret to winning.

Faraday Future has launched its "EAI + Crypto" strategy in California, USA, introducing the "C10 Index" and "C10 Treasury" products, planning to acquire $500 million to $1 billion in encryption assets, which will be operated by a wholly-owned subsidiary to achieve financial independence and risk isolation. Founder Jia Yueting emphasized the company's determination to build in the Web3 era.

[Coin World] According to reports, the IBIT institutional holdings in the second quarter of 2025 are as follows: The number of institutional holders increased by 18%, and the institutional holding ratio rose to 28%. The holdings of investment advisors and brokerages (by volume) exceeded those of hedge funds. Interestingly, 8% of the holders are from Jersey.

[Golden Finance] According to reports, the cross-chain DeFi protocol MaiaDAO, which supports automatic management of liquidity and intent/OFT full-chain exchange, has announced the launch of an Ethereum reserve, with the current ETH open interest reaching 169, ranking 64th among Ethereum reserve institutions.

[Golden Finance] According to reports, Nate Geraci, president of The ETF Store, stated, "Put aside that noise, if you really believe in Bitcoin or Ethereum, just buy directly, or buy a spot ETF. You don't need financial engineering like 'treasury companies.'"

[Coin World] According to data platforms, the BASE network's TVL is currently $4.782 billion, with a 24-hour fall of 1.46%. The top three ecological protocol TVLs are as follows: Morpho TVL reached $1.689 billion, with a 7-day rise of 4.29%; Aave V3 TVL reached $936 million, with a 7-day rise of 14.20%; Aerodrome TVL reached $607 million, with a 7-day fall of 3.10%.