Coinbase will add support for World Liberty Financial USD (USD1) on the Ethereum network. If liquidity conditions are met, trading will begin later today.

 the blockchain storage protocol Walrus Protocol, built on Sui, has announced the distribution of the second phase airdrop to WAL stakers.

 US stock Ethereum strategic reserve company BTCS Inc. is partnering with Equity Stock Transfer (EST) to launch the blockchain dividend platform Bividend, paid in ETH.

 according to Yonhap News Agency, South Korean actress Hwang Jung-eum (phonetic) was sentenced to 3 years in prison for allegedly embezzling 4.2 billion Korean won (approximately 3.07 million US dollars) from her company and investing in virtual currency.

``` the cryptocurrency exchanges Gemini and Bullish recently submitted IPO filings, but the results were not good. Despite the unusually hot cryptocurrency IPO market following Circle's high-profile listing, these two filings revealed that even major companies in the industry have very low profitability.

according to @TheDailyHodl, billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya, known as the "King of SPACs," is once again returning to the SPAC market, launching a new SPAC called American Exceptionalism Acquisition Corp., planning to raise $250 million through an IPO, with a target acquisition direction of key industries such as artificial intelligence (AI), energy, decentralized finance (DeFi), and national defense.

 according to @ImCryptOpus, Anthony Scaramucci said that he maintains his Bitcoin price target between $180,000 and $200,000 by the end of the year.

according to @pete_rizzo_, Swiss parliamentarian KULLMANN called on his country to purchase and adopt Bitcoin before the "collapse" of the legal currency system.

 according to the chart released by @SentoraHQ, Ethena has recently become the largest single address providing USDC and USDT to Aave v3.

 according to Lookonchain monitoring, a certain whale bought another 200 BTC 5 hours ago, worth about $22.72 million. In the past month, the address has received a total of 1721 BTC from FalconX, worth approximately $196 million.

 CryptoQuant released a chart stating that this Bitcoin drop is similar to previous cycles. The pullback may last 2 to 4 weeks, after which it will rise to a new high.

 AJ Bell analyst Danni Hewson stated in a report that after a strong rise, stocks related to artificial intelligence are now undergoing what appears to be a mild and perhaps necessary adjustment. She pointed out that the broader sell-off of US tech giants stemmed from a report by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which showed that 95% of companies have not yet seen returns from investment in generative AI. "Investors will closely watch whether the AI sector's stock prices will stabilize at this point, or if the sell-off will continue." She added, "Nvidia's (NVDA.O) quarterly earnings report next week now looks more crucial than before."

 according to the stock market data in Hong Kong, as of the close of trading, the trading volume of 6 Hong Kong virtual asset ETFs today was 56.55 million Hong Kong dollars. Among them: the trading volume of Huaxia Bitcoin ETF (3042.HK) was 11.41 million Hong Kong dollars, the trading volume of Huaxia Ethereum ETF (3046.HK) was 36.91 million Hong Kong dollars, the trading volume of Jiashi Bitcoin ETF (3439.HK) was 1.15 million Hong Kong dollars, the trading volume of Jiashi Ethereum ETF (3179.HK) was 1.51 million Hong Kong dollars, the trading volume of Bosh HashKey Bitcoin ETF (3008.HK) was 1.60 million Hong Kong dollars, and the trading volume of Bosh HashKey Ethereum ETF (3009.HK) was 3.97 million Hong Kong dollars.

according to the official announcement, Binance Wallet will launch the AKEDO (AKE) Bonding Curve version TGE. Subscription time: from 4 pm to 6 pm on August 21, 2025 (UTC+8), Subscription qualification: eligible users must participate using Binance Alpha points.

 according to The Block, the Solana-based Memecoin issuance platform Pump.fun has accumulated revenue exceeding 800 million US dollars, mainly from a 1% transaction fee. The platform recently regained its lead in the number of graduated tokens, as the top Memecoin deployers of LetsBonk.fun migrated to Pump.fun. Pump.fun's daily revenue is stable at over 1 million US dollars, while LetsBonk.fun's daily revenue has dropped to below 30,000 US dollars. In addition, Pump.fun raised 6 billion US dollars in 12 minutes through its first token issuance last month, and is currently buying back tokens at a price higher than the market price to stabilize the price. Solana has recently been surpassed by the Base network, with Base launching 57,970 Memecoins in a single day compared to Solana's 32,760.

BDIC HK LTD (a subsidiary of a blockchain deposit insurance company) has launched StableCover Pro, providing risk protection for institutional stablecoin holders. With plans to collaborate with strategic wallet providers and exchange alliance partners, the company continues to expand its international coverage, planning to operate in the Caribbean region and collaborate with new sovereign fund partners on balance sheet assets and debt issuance planned for 2026.

Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, stated that despite the recent agreement with the United States reducing some uncertainty, economic growth in the euro area may slow down this quarter, and global trade still faces uncertainty. Lagarde stated in Geneva that the current 15% tariffs on most European goods are slightly higher than the level assumed by the European Central Bank in June, but "much lower than" the severe scenario that was planned. She said on Wednesday: "Recent trade agreements have eased some uncertainty, but have not completely eliminated it. Due to the unpredictable policy environment, uncertainty still exists." She added that tariffs on the pharmaceutical and semiconductor industries are still unclear.

according to @whale_alert monitoring, at 16:54, 500 bitcoins (worth $56,948,644) were transferred from an unknown wallet to Kraken.

 according to on-chain data analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, Radiant Capital hackers continued to buy 10 million DAI worth of ETH in the past hour. Today, the address spent a total of 18.64 million DAI to buy 4487.8 ETH at an average price of $4154.

David Duong, head of institutional research at Coinbase, tweeted that the Jackson Hole meeting and Producer Price Index (PPI) data are just excuses for market participants to reduce risks before the US Treasury Department withdraws a large amount of funds (about $400 billion) from the Treasury General Account (TGA) in the coming weeks. This also explains why Bitcoin, along with many stocks, has lost its upward momentum. However, we believe that the outlook for September looks more promising.