Paul Atkins, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), will participate in a fireside chat about Project Crypto at the SALT Wyoming Blockchain Conference today.

according to the market, the U.S. stock market continued to decline, with the Nasdaq index falling by 1.00%.

 large hedge fund Brevan Howard disclosed holding over $2 billion worth of the BlackRock Bitcoin spot ETF (IBIT).

Plasma mainnet test version will be launched on Aave, with a total locked USDT value (TVL) exceeding 1 billion US dollars at launch, becoming the second largest liquidity USDT market on all chains.

according to RIA Novosti: The Russian envoy said the atmosphere before the meeting between Putin and Trump was "tense". The meeting will cover the full range of Russian-American relations, not just the issue of Ukraine.

according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, Huang Licheng's 22,298.53 ETH added leverage long position encountered a decline tonight, with a current floating loss of approximately $4.02 million, with an opening price of $4655.3.

according to Lookonchain monitoring, BitMine increased its holdings by 28,650 ETH (approximately $130 million) in the past hour, currently holding 1.174 million ETH (approximately $5.26 billion).

 according to Lookonchain monitoring, in the past 30 minutes, ARK Invest deposited 1268 BTC to Coinbase, about 1.4888 billion dollars.

Trump talked about meeting with Putin: I don't know what will make the summit successful, there is no conclusion. Europe did not tell me what to do. I hope to see a ceasefire, if a ceasefire cannot be achieved today, I will be unhappy.

Arkham announced the addition of support for monitoring the BitMine holding address. The BitMine address currently holds 1.174 million ETH, worth approximately 5.26 billion US dollars.

 according to the validatorqueue data tracking website, the current number of Ethereum PoS network withdrawals in the queue is temporarily reported as 818,352 coins. Based on the current price, approximately 3.72 billion US dollars worth of ETH is currently being withdrawn from the PoS network, with a withdrawal delay currently reported as 14 days and 5 hours.

since the beginning of this year, the number of listed cryptocurrency reserve companies has doubled, but many of these companies have failed to attract a premium from Wall Street. According to data from multiple stock tracking platforms, the market value of more than ten listed companies is lower than the value of the cryptocurrency assets they hold.

according to analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a certain ETH whale bought 4,201 ETH with 20 million USDT again in the past half hour. He had sold ETH at a price of $3,835 a week ago and has now bought back 14,931 ETH with 70.596 million USDT today, at an average price of $4,728.

On August 1st, according to 4E observation, BTC briefly broke through $124,000, reaching a high of $124,474, setting a new historical record. At the same time as market sentiment is high, Google Trends data shows that global search volume for the keyword "altcoin" has reached a nearly five-year high, indicating that both retail investors and institutions are increasingly paying attention to the altcoin market.

examples compiled by BitMEX Research of the "most notable" advisors and asset management agreements of cryptocurrency holding companies show that Bitcoin holding companies, including Anthony Pompliano's BRR listed on Nasdaq, are well-known. This newly listed company announced a $750 million deal that will see shareholders pay 5% of its issued share capital during a 10-day trading process, plus a portion of the profits from the rise in Bitcoin.

Mecka has raised $8 million in seed funding led by Neo, with participation from SVAngel, A_StarVC, offlineventures, tangent_xyz, hiFramework, MechanismCap, and angel investors.

on August 14th, Ethan Harris, former chief economist at Bank of America Securities, said that the days of the Fed marching in lockstep are gone. Dissent from Bullard and Bowman, appointed by President Trump in July, who support rate cuts, has "shattered the harmony." This means that no matter what decision the Fed makes, there will be opposition.

two years ago, Estonian banker Rain Lõhmus told Estonian Public Broadcasting that he had lost access to a large amount of Ethereum purchased during the presale period in 2014. Lõhmus said at the time, "I have a wallet with 250,000 Ethereum, which is no longer a secret; anyone can calculate its value themselves."

according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale address deposited 8 million USDC into HyperLiquid and purchased 166,820 HYPE at an average price of $47.14. The whale address had previously made a profit of $7.85 million in HYPE transactions.