according to Lookonchain monitoring, Matrixport is suspected of selling ETH for BTC, and has withdrawn 2354.6 BTC from Binance and OKX in the past 2 hours, worth $272 million.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

 according to the official announcement, Binance will launch XPLUSDT perpetual contract pre-market trading.

 according to sources familiar with the matter cited by the Financial Times on Friday, the European Central Bank is considering running a digital euro on public chains such as Ethereum, rather than private chains. Unlike private chains where data is strictly limited to authorized entities, public chains like Ethereum or Solana are open to everyone. Given that the European Central Bank has not yet finalized the technical framework for this project, if confirmed, the EU's exploration of public chains will be an important milestone in the development of the digital euro. Another source said that a private form of digital euro "looks more like the approach of the Chinese central bank than that of American private companies." This source specifically mentioned China's central bank digital currency (CBDC), which is privately deployed, contrasting with public stablecoins developed by companies like Circle. The European Central Bank has not publicly confirmed whether it is considering Ethereum or Solana.

according to @ImCryptOpus, a whale alert was issued on Hyperliquid: a whale (0x0ccd) shorted Ethereum (ETH) with 25x leverage, entering at a price of $4340.23, with a position value of $3.09 million.

according to @cryptounfolded, Ripple is collaborating with Japan's SBI Group and plans to launch the stablecoin RLUSD in Japan in the first quarter of 2026.

 according to OnchainLens monitoring, in the past 2 hours, two new wallets withdrew 80,003 SOL from Binance, worth $14.7 million, and used it for staking.

Christoph Rieger, head of interest rates and credit research at Deutsche Bank, said in a report that the Fed chairman had previously used the Jackson Hole Symposium to convey important policy guidance changes, but this is unlikely to happen this year. Rieger said, "Although we expect that, compared to previous guidance, namely that the Fed is waiting for more data, Powell's statement this time will not show a major shift, but opening the door for a 25 basis point rate cut in September would be a reasonable move."

 according to Lookonchain security alert, Apple has fixed a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-43300) in the ImageIO framework, which has been widely exploited. Update to iOS 18.6.2 / iPadOS / macOS immediately, otherwise you will face the risk of being attacked through malicious images.

Binance Australia stated that it fully understands and respects the decision of the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) to appoint an external auditor to independently review our anti-money laundering related projects. This is one of its regulatory review measures, rather than an enforcement action. Over the past few months, we have maintained open and transparent communication with AUSTRAC and attached great importance to its professional guidance and supervision. Binance will always be committed to maintaining industry-leading compliance standards and continuously strengthening its own capabilities.

according to Coinmarketcap data, the Altcoin Season Index is currently at 43, up 1 point from yesterday's 42. The index shows that in the past 90 days, about 43 projects among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization have outperformed Bitcoin, indicating that the market is still in a season dominated by Bitcoin.

 according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), address 0x7C1...36FA7 withdrew 2216.79 ETH from Binance at a price of $2484 in early June, holding it for three months without any action, until three hours ago when it was all transferred back to Binance. If sold, the return rate would be 73%, earning a profit of $4 million in three months.

according to @whale_alert monitoring, at 14:58, 16,600 ETH ($71,284,616 USD) was transferred from Ceffu to an unknown wallet.

according to the official announcement, Binance Alpha is the first platform to list XPINNetwork (XPIN), and Alpha trading will start at 17:00 on August 22, 2025 (UTC+8). After the trading starts, users holding at least 200 Binance Alpha points can claim an airdrop of 80,000 XPIN tokens.

 according to an official announcement, the Japanese fashion brand ANAP Holdings disclosed that it has increased its holdings by about 6.26 BTC, currently holding about 1006.31 bitcoins in total.