according to Lookonchain monitoring, a Bitcoin OG (senior player) has once again transferred 4,000 Bitcoins (worth $4.6 billion) to purchase Ethereum. So far, he has bought 179,448 Ethereum at an average price of $4,490 (worth $8.06 billion), and still holds a long position of 135,265 ETH (about $5.81 billion).

On August 23rd, Aave founder Stani.eth responded on social media at 20:30 today to questions regarding "Is the WLFI protocol still valid with AAVE? Are they really building on Aave? There are many different rumors from the outside." He stated that the protocol is still valid.

Binance will start the DORA trading competition at 20:00 on August 23, 2025, and the event will last until 20:00 on September 6, 2025. Participants can share 2,500,000 DORA rewards by trading DORA (DORA) on Binance Wallet (non-private key) or Binance Alpha. The top 12,500 users will share the rewards equally, with each person receiving 200 DORA.

Uniswap Labs announced on X platform that as of now, 2 million "uni.eth" usernames have been claimed, and at this stage they can still be obtained for free in the Uniswap wallet.

according to @ai_9684xtpa data monitoring, according to the proposal of WLFI, Aave will receive 7% of the total supply of tokens as its lending ecosystem partner, this portion of coins is now worth $27.9 billion, while AAVEFDV currently only has $5.9 billion

ECB Governing Board Member Lane said that there is no need for a "precautionary rate cut" as the inflation rate has reached 2%. 

according to OnchainLens monitoring, in the past 6 hours, the whale bitcoin OG deposited 2,520 BTC worth $292 million into HyperLiquid and exchanged it for ETH. The elder currently holds 153,320 ETH, worth about $724 million.

according to 8market data, the market value of Ethereum surpassed Mastercard, reaching $568.06 billion, and its global asset market value ranking rose to 22nd place.

Binance announced that the Binance Alpha airdrop can be claimed today at 20:00 (UTC+8). Users holding at least 200 Binance Alpha points can claim the token airdrop. First come, first served. Until the airdrop pool is exhausted or the event ends. Specific details will be announced separately. Please pay attention to Binance's official channels for specific airdrop tokens and timely updates on the latest activities.

 according to on-chain analyst Yu Jing's monitoring, 111,456 ETH, worth $538 million, has exited staking from Eigenlayer in the past 20 hours, then transferred to Matrixport in the past 3 hours, and then in the last hour has been transferred from Matrixport to Binance and OKX.

according to Ember monitoring, 77,736 ETH, worth $3.68 billion, was transferred from address 0xfDFE to Bitfinex 10 minutes ago.

according to official sources, the DORA token has been listed on Binance Alpha. Users with at least 200 Binance Alpha points can receive 140 DORA tokens airdropped on a first-come, first-served basis. If the rewards are not fully distributed, the points threshold will automatically decrease by 15 points at regular intervals.

 according to lookonchain monitoring, in the past 3 hours, several wallets related to Matrixport have deposited 95,873 ETH (452 million US dollars) into Binance and OKX.

according to Lookonchain monitoring, Matrixport is suspected of selling ETH for BTC, and has withdrawn 2354.6 BTC from Binance and OKX in the past 2 hours, worth $272 million.

 according to @Cointelegraph's market news, ProCap CEO Anthony Pompliano stated that the pullback of Bitcoin indicates that the asset is maturing, and he believes this is a good sign for the long-term development of $BTC.

according to the market, pre-market cryptocurrency stocks in the US are generally rising, with Bitmine and SharpLink from Ethereum Finance Company leading the gains. Specifically: Bitmine (BMNR) rose by 4.44%; SharpLink Gaming (SBET) rose by 4.38%; Coinbase (COIN) rose by 0.52%; Circle (CRCL) rose by 1.46%; MicroStrategy (MSTR) rose by 0.67%; Bullish (BLSH) rose by 1.3%; BTCS (BTCS) rose by 0.7%; ETHZilla (ETHZ) plummeted by 9.56%.

according to the data of the Hong Kong stock market, as of the close of trading today, the turnover of 6 Hong Kong virtual asset ETFs was 22.3452 million Hong Kong dollars, including: Huaxia Bitcoin ETF (3042.HK) with a turnover of 8.63 million Hong Kong dollars, Huaxia Ethereum ETF (3046.HK) with a turnover of 7.49 million Hong Kong dollars, Jiashi Bitcoin ETF (3439.HK) with a turnover of 4.18 million Hong Kong dollars, Jiashi Ethereum ETF (3179.HK) with a turnover of 0.3171 million Hong Kong dollars, Boshi HashKey Bitcoin ETF (3008.HK) with a turnover of 0.7281 million Hong Kong dollars, and Boshi HashKey Ethereum ETF (3009.HK) with a turnover of 1 million Hong Kong dollars.

according to @tomwanhh, Arbitrum DAO received a $10,000 Orbit license fee in August, with 50% coming from @plumenetwork. Chains built on the Orbit Stack (not settled on Arbitrum One) are required to pay 10% of their protocol net revenue, with 80% of this fee going to the DAO.

all three major index futures have turned higher. Dow Jones index futures rose 0.20%, S&P 500 index futures rose 0.13%, and Nasdaq 100 index futures rose 0.07%.

according to PeckShieldAlert, address 0x1526…F32f suffered a phishing attack resulting in a loss of approximately $1 million, including 623,600 SPX tokens (approximately $804,000), 71,600 CULT tokens, 371.417 harrypotterobamasonic10in tokens, 0.165 ETH, and 570 million PORK tokens and NFTs.