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The French Minister of Finance confirmed that hackers breached the French Public Finance Directorate system at the end of June and stole personal and corporate taxpayer data. According to the platform FrenchBreaches, which tracks cyberattacks in France, this incident affected approximately 678,437 people, equivalent to about 1% of the French population, but the exact number is still under investigation and has not been finally confirmed.The leaked data reportedly includes sensitive information such as names, birth dates, home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, tax identification information, and income data. Among them, nearly 27,000 individuals had tax incomes of at least 100,000 euros, 386 exceeded 1 million euros, and another 8 exceeded 10 million euros. Reports indicate that the database has been sold on the dark web market for thousands of euros. The attackers, calling themselves ZeroBytes, claimed they extracted the relevant records using an internal search tool, which was only discovered later when access was cut off.This incident has raised concerns in the cryptocurrency industry, as there has been a noticeable increase in "wrench attack" violent robbery incidents targeting cryptocurrency holders in France in recent years. If high-income individuals' addresses and contact information are leaked, it could provide criminals with a more precise target list.

Fixed-rate lending and revolving strategy protocol TermMax announced that its governance and utility token TMX's Token Generation Event (TGE) is scheduled for August 25, 2026.According to the official introduction, TermMax currently has a TVL of over $90 million, more than 1.5 million registered wallets, and over 90,000 daily active users. It has been deployed on 10 EVM chains including Ethereum, BNB Chain, Arbitrum, Base, and Berachain, and has integrated with Morpho, Aave, Venus, Pendle, and others. The total supply of tokens is fixed at 1 billion, and rewards obtained through XP, AP, and MP will be claimable after the TGE, with specific allocation, lock-up, and staking details to be announced in advance.Previously, TermMax received support from Cumberland DRW, Decima Fund, HashKey Capital, Longling Capital, and MZ Web3 Fund.

According to the monitoring by the head of Galaxy Research, it has communicated with over 190 victims of Coldcard vulnerability attacks and has asked victims who have not yet contacted them to reach out via private message so that they can provide tracking information and assist in reporting losses to the relevant authorities.Since August 6, no new attack incidents have been confirmed, but this does not mean that new attacks will not occur, and vigilance is required.

According to Bloomberg, Kraken operator Payward disclosed that due to a slowdown in industry trading activity, the company's adjusted pre-tax profit for the second quarter of 2026 was $23 million, a 71% decrease from $79.7 million in the same period last year; during the same period, adjusted revenue increased by 17% year-on-year to $508 million.Payward stated that although revenue continues to grow, the overall trading volume in the cryptocurrency market is weak, putting pressure on profitability. Kraken has been continuously expanding its institutional business, derivatives trading, and on-chain services in recent years, but changes in the industry cycle still exert pressure on its core trading business.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the prediction market Polymarket for the event "Dota 2: LGD Gaming vs Nigma Galaxy - International Invitational Group Stage," the option "LGD Gaming" in the sub-market "Game 2 Winner" has experienced a drastic fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 49.5% an hour ago to the current 16% (a fluctuation of 33.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

On-chain analyst Murphy stated that currently, all chips bought in BTC in 2025 are basically in a state of loss. Therefore, apart from wallet migrations, the reduction in the scale of 2025 chips likely means that holders are cutting losses and selling. Data shows that as of now, approximately 4.77 million BTC chips bought in 2025 remain, a decrease of 41.5% from the peak in December last year.From the downward trend, this group has experienced two phases: a rapid decrease in chips before February this year, and a significant slowdown in the rate of decline after February, although it still maintains a certain slope. Murphy believes that the 2025 chips may be the largest potential supply side in the current market scale. In contrast, the BTC chips formed in 2024, 2023, and 2022 have basically completed the release of high-level locked positions due to still having unrealized gains, and the slope of the curve is gradually flattening, indicating that the selling pressure from long-term holders is weakening.Historical data shows that during the bottom phases of the past two bear markets, high-level chips have shown a significant decline: at the bottom of the bear market in 2022, the chips bought at high levels in 2021 decreased by about 51%; at the bottom of the bear market in 2018, the chips bought at high levels in 2017 decreased by about 62%. If we refer to historical cycles, Murphy believes that in this bear market bottom phase, the reduction of high-level chips in 2025 may be in the range of 50%-60%, and the current decline of 41.5% indicates that there is still some room for release. However, this judgment has not yet considered the BTC bought by institutional investors such as spot ETFs and MicroStrategy, as this portion of chips is mostly in a long-term locked state, which may reduce the actual market supply pressure.

According to Digital Asset, Park Soo-young, a member of the Korean National Power Party, criticized the government's plan to tax virtual asset gains, stating that it is "a threat of a tax bomb if one does not invest in the domestic stock market," and demanded an immediate withdrawal.Member Park Soo-young stated on her YouTube channel: "I hope this punitive tax plan that puts 13 million digital asset users in danger can be withdrawn immediately." She added, "This does not mean that people will invest in domestic stocks; on the contrary, it will only accelerate the outflow of national wealth." She cited that approximately 124 trillion won flowed into overseas digital asset exchanges from January to September last year.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale transferred 546.8 bitcoins to Galaxy Digital for over-the-counter sale, worth approximately 34.7 million dollars.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Hyperliquid has burned 19,750 HYPE in the past 24 hours, worth 1.13 million USD; during the same period, the protocol generated 1.6 million USD in fees.Hyperliquid has cumulatively burned 47.67 million HYPE, worth 2.75 billion USD, accounting for 4.77% of the maximum supply of 1 billion coins.

According to official news from Robinhood, Robinhood Ventures Fund II (RVII) announced the pricing of its initial public offering, issuing 8 million shares of common stock at a price of $25 per share. The total size of the fund is $225.5 million (before deducting sales expenses and issuance costs), and if the underwriters fully exercise the option to purchase an additional 1.2 million shares, the size could reach up to $255.5 million.Shares are expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on August 13, with the stock ticker RVII, and the issuance is expected to be completed on August 14. Goldman Sachs is serving as the lead bookrunner for this offering, with Citigroup, J.P. Morgan, UBS Investment Bank, and Wells Fargo Securities as co-bookrunners.

Bitget has launched the US stock bottom-fishing interest-earning product FCN (Fixed Coupon Note), allowing users to use USDT to subscribe to structured products linked to US stock rToken and set target purchase prices. According to the product rules, if the observation price at maturity is greater than or equal to the exercise price, users will receive the USDT principal and the agreed USDT interest; if the observation price at maturity is lower than the exercise price, the USDT principal will be converted into the corresponding number of US stock rToken at the exercise price, while also receiving the agreed USDT interest.At the same time, the platform has launched a first-time rebate activity. Users who successfully subscribe to FCN for the first time with a single amount of no less than 1,000 USDT can receive up to 20 USDT; if the cumulative subscription amount reaches the specified threshold, an individual can receive a maximum cashback reward of 10,000 USDT. For more details, please refer to the official Bitget platform.

Bitget launches a crypto & TradFi contract trading competition, running from August 12 to August 22, with a total prize pool of 50,000 USDT. During the event, users can trade designated crypto and TradFi contracts to earn chances to win in a blind box lottery. The prize pool includes rewards in popular tokens such as rSNDK, XAUT, HYPE, as well as experience vouchers worth up to 1,000 USDT.In addition, the event features a trading volume ranking competition. The top 1,000 users by trading volume who have a cumulative trading volume of at least 10,000 USDT can share a prize pool of 30,000 USDT, with the first place on the leaderboard receiving 3,000 USDT. For more details, please refer to the official Bitget platform.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale associated with Paxos sold 800 BTC (worth $50.72 million) again through Wintermute 8 hours ago.In the past two months, this whale has sold a total of 2500 BTC (worth $154 million).

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase will open over 170 derivative contracts to eligible professional investors in the UK, covering cryptocurrencies, commodities, stocks, and foreign exchange, with perpetual contracts supporting up to 50 times leverage. The services will be gradually rolled out over the coming weeks to months.The products include futures, perpetual contracts, and cryptocurrency options. Perpetual contracts have no expiration date and support long, short, and neutral strategies; fixed-term futures support up to 20 times leverage and have a fixed settlement date. Coinbase previously obtained authorization for investment services in the UK in July, and the related derivatives business will operate under the investment services license of CB Payments Ltd. The first phase is limited to eligible professional investors in the UK, and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will impose requirements on financial soundness, capital, stress testing, and market integrity.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Abraxas Capital (0x73f...32E) has transferred 10,100 XAUT (worth approximately $43.92 million) to another wallet.In the past 3 days, this entity has transferred 25,400 XAUT (worth approximately $110 million) between wallets, most of which was previously accumulated from Bitfinex. The associated wallet cluster holds 137,920 XAUT, worth approximately $600 million.

Bitwise CEO posted on the X platform that a large bank has allowed customers to borrow against the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL), with a maximum loan-to-value ratio of 25%. He expressed his pleasure in seeing cryptocurrency continue to integrate into the mainstream financial system.

According to Arkham monitoring, Galaxy Digital transferred 600 BTC to Binance, worth 38.4 million USD.

According to the official announcement, Binance Futures will launch the DOSUSDT perpetual contract on August 11, 2026, at 15:00 (UTC), supporting a maximum leverage of 20 times, with USDT as the settlement asset.

According to Bloomberg, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has launched the issuance of U.S. investment-grade bonds, just two weeks after the company announced its acquisition of the bond electronic trading platform MarketAxess for approximately $6 billion.Insiders revealed that ICE's bond issuance plan is divided into up to five parts, with maturities ranging from 3 to 10 years. The preliminary pricing guidance for the longest maturity bonds is about 1.15 percentage points above U.S. Treasury yields. ICE previously announced that it would acquire MarketAxess Holdings for approximately $6 billion to further expand its presence in the fixed income trading market. MarketAxess is one of the world's leading electronic bond trading platforms, primarily serving institutional investors and providing trading services for fixed income products such as corporate bonds and government bonds.This acquisition is seen as an important move by ICE to strengthen the infrastructure of the bond market. ICE currently owns the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), futures exchanges, clearinghouses, and data services, while MarketAxess's electronic bond trading network will help ICE further expand its ecosystem for trading fixed income assets.Market participants indicate that as bond trading gradually becomes electronic, traditional exchange operators are competing for institutional investment market share by acquiring trading platforms and data companies. This financing also reflects the trend of large financial infrastructure companies supporting strategic mergers and acquisitions through the debt market.

According to Websea news, the platform launched gold XAU and silver XAG CFD contracts on August 11, both supporting a maximum leverage of 500 times.Among them, XAU and XAG correspond to the international trading codes for gold and silver, respectively. Users can participate in precious metal price fluctuations through USDT-denominated CFD contracts without actually holding the underlying assets.Websea stated that in the future, it will continue to expand more CFD trading varieties based on market demand, liquidity, and risk assessment. Relevant contract parameters will be dynamically adjusted according to market risk conditions, subject to the platform's announcements.