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According to Bitcoin News, Boltzhq has shut down due to its five-person team being overwhelmed by increasingly complex AI-assisted attacks. A group of experienced Bitcoin users will take over the service with additional capital and engineering resources.The founder has stepped down. The service is currently still offline, and the new team is working to restart it.

AI Economic Settlement Agreement AEON announced the latest data showing that its transaction volume in July exceeded 39 million USD, with a cumulative processing amount surpassing 514 million USD, and the user base has exceeded 2.3 million;Among them, QR payments and cryptocurrency payments settled through AEON saw month-on-month growth of 83.5% and 55%, respectively. As the AI economy accelerates, the demand for instant, borderless payment infrastructure by AI Agents continues to rise. AEON's QR code and cryptocurrency payment network will become an important infrastructure for machine-to-machine payments and AI payment scenarios.AEON is improving payment infrastructure around scenarios such as collaboration between Agents and autonomous consumption by Agents, facilitating the flow of funds between AI and offline commerce.

Investment firm Neoclassic Capital announced on X that it will co-lead the seed round financing for the tokenized real-world asset (RWA) data platform RWA.xyz. RWA.xyz has not yet disclosed further details about this round of financing.RWA.xyz is building an industry-standard data platform and real data source for tokenized real-world assets. According to RootData, previous investors in RWA.xyz also include Nascent, Archetype, The Venture Dept., and others.

According to Gate market data, the Hang Seng Tech Index fell more than 1% at the beginning of the session, with tech stocks collectively weakening. JD.com (09618.HK) fell more than 8%, and Meituan (03690.HK) fell more than 3%.

Documents from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) show that as of June 30, Musk held 48.4% of SpaceX's passive shares.

The Supreme Joint Military Command of Iran stated that any vessel passing through the Strait of Hormuz must obtain permission from Iran.

The Bitcoin Treasury Company Strategy officially announced that it will hold a live investor Q&A on August 17 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time. The company's founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor and CEO Phong Le will be present.It is reported that this investor Q&A is expected to focus on market topics of interest, including the company's Bitcoin strategy, capital operations, financing plans, and future business directions.

In July, the US CPI rose by 0.1% month-on-month and 3.4% year-on-year, while the core CPI increased by 2.5% year-on-year, overall in line with market expectations. As the market continues to assess the Federal Reserve's subsequent policy path, the impact of macro changes on asset allocation and trading strategies is continuously strengthening, further enhancing institutions' focus on liquidity management and trading execution efficiency.Against this backdrop, Gate institutions are continuously improving professional trading infrastructure. According to the transparency report released by the platform in July, Gate CrossEx added one mainstream exchange and 23 trading pairs, launched RPI Orders, reduced the highest fees of multiple exchanges by 50%, and introduced new APIs for market data, funding rates, batch order cancellations, and several WebSocket features; by optimizing concurrent order placement and execution feedback delays, system performance improved by 50%, while the launch of Colo services further reduced trading latency.In addition, SuperLink continues to optimize Fireblocks Gas management and settlement processes, further enhancing institutions' cross-platform asset management and trading collaboration capabilities. In the future, Gate institutions will continue to advance infrastructure upgrades around core capabilities such as trading execution, liquidity, and cross-platform collaboration, providing professional investors with more efficient and stable institutional-level trading services.

Binance's tokenized stock product bStocks has been online for less than two months and has surpassed the tokenized stock value of the cryptocurrency trading platform Kraken's xStocks, becoming the second largest issuer. bStocks has a scale of approximately $624 million, xStocks about $579 million, and Ondo Finance about $927 million. As of Tuesday, bStocks' scale has decreased to $610.6 million, still ranking second, slightly above xStocks' $601.2 million.In the past year, the total value of the tokenized stock market, according to issuers, has increased from about $8 million to approximately $2.7 billion. Binance launched bStocks on June 11, allowing investors to gain exposure to U.S. stocks through blockchain tokens without directly holding the underlying stocks. Binance co-founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao stated that the rapid growth of bStocks is attributed to Binance's user base.

Glassnode published a market perspective stating that Bitcoin is currently caught between the median realized price (around $63,000) and the cost basis of short-term holders (around $68,700). Spot trading volume has hit its lowest level since 2019, and the market is in an extremely quiet compression state. Despite core inflation falling to 2.5% in July and the stock market reaching new highs, Bitcoin has shown almost no reaction and even weakened, indicating a clear lack of demand.On the other hand, selling pressure is easing: profit supply is approaching the past bear market bottom area, the seller exhaustion indicator has hit a cycle low, and the adjusted SOPR has been rejected near the breakeven line nine times. Meanwhile, buyers continue to be absent, with minimal net inflows into ETFs, and coins are still flowing into exchanges; however, derivatives leverage has already massively gone long, with open interest relative to trading volume being high, and the order book's buy side is also thinning. Glassnode believes that the key observation points are the upper level of $68,700 and the lower level of about $58,500: effectively standing above the former with accompanying volume and ETF inflows recovering may confirm improvement, while losing the latter could easily lead to accelerated declines under thin buy support and crowded longs. Glassnode remains cautious overall, believing this is the late-stage bear market compression phase, and real demand signals have yet to appear.

According to bits.media citing RBC, several Russian banks focused on providing services to import and export businesses have begun to request cryptocurrency transaction explanations from their clients, requiring corporate clients to disclose the economic purpose of purchasing USDT and confirm that the counterparties providing the crypto assets are listed in the central bank's digital asset exchange operator registry.However, this registry has not yet been established, and the relevant regulatory laws only took effect on September 1. The central bank is still formulating the details, making the banks' requests practically impossible to fulfill. Experts believe such requests do not comply with current laws, and lawyer Elizaveta Lobuteva stated that they should be regarded as routine compliance checks and preparations for future regulatory changes, rather than new mandatory obligations.

According to bits.media, the Central Bank of Russia has included Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT in the list of cryptocurrencies approved for trading in the Russian market. This list is included in the draft guidelines for public consultation published by the Central Bank. The Central Bank briefly attributes the list to the standards set forth in the new Russian law: high market capitalization, high average daily trading volume, and at least five years of pricing history on overseas platforms.Non-professional investors can only purchase these three cryptocurrencies. The guidelines also set an annual purchase limit for non-professional investors: a maximum investment of 300,000 rubles per year through a single intermediary. Professional investors face fewer restrictions and can purchase any cryptocurrency offered on exchanges and over-the-counter markets without any limits. However, all investors, regardless of their status, must undergo mandatory testing before trading. Previously, Russian President Putin signed the "Digital Currency and Digital Rights Law" on August 4, establishing a regulatory framework for the circulation of cryptocurrencies, with relevant rules taking effect on September 1.

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 the Wall Street Journal, Apple is seeking to reach new agreements with publishers to use their content to develop the artificial intelligence voice assistant Siri.

The Bitcoin wallet Electrum has released version 4.8.1, with the official statement claiming that this update includes "important security fixes" and urging users to upgrade as soon as possible.Developers involved in reproducible builds have provided independent signatures for the binary packages on the download page to verify the consistency between the release package and the source code.

Russia's oil production in July was nearly 1 million barrels per day below its OPEC+ quota, with an average daily output of 8.887 million barrels, significantly lower than the monthly target of 9.824 million barrels.Ukraine has been attacking Russian oil infrastructure almost daily, threatening crude oil processing and export volumes, while the global energy market is also under pressure due to the conflict in the Middle East.

According to Arkham monitoring, Alameda Research associated addresses transferred a total of 8.25 million USD in SOL to BitGo custody wallets through 24 transactions, presumably for distribution of compensation to FTX creditors.Arkham data shows that Alameda currently still holds over 200 million USD in SOL.

According to the official announcement, Bitget CFD has launched the Pro mode based on the existing ECN and STP models, providing independent quote depth for high-frequency and large-volume traders. This feature is now available on the web, and the app version is expected to be opened on August 21.The trading varieties in Pro mode uniformly use the .pro suffix, and the fee structure and rebate rules are consistent with the ECN model, with a fixed handling fee charged per lot based on the variety, and overnight fees charged normally. This mode is only open to qualified professional clients, who can contact their account manager or official customer service to apply for activation.Previously, Bitget CFD launched liquidity solutions for institutional traders, supporting multi-level depth aggregation and 100% STP execution. The launch of the Pro mode further enriches Bitget CFD's support for professional trading scenarios.

Marinade Finance posted on platform X that the Solana network nearly came to a halt this morning, with 28.83% of staked SOL going offline, approaching the 33.34% halt trigger threshold, involving 90 validator nodes, resulting in a loss of approximately 333 SOL rewards.The fault originated from a routing error by the service provider Teraswitch: the erroneous routing from the Miami node was broadcast to Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, causing 12 nodes (LON1, AMS1-3, DUB1-2, FRA2, SGP1-2, TYO1-3) to lose effective routing, while North America was unaffected, and the fault was resolved after 10 minutes.Marinade Finance pointed out that ASN AS20326 hosts more than a quarter of the total staking volume on the network, and during the fault, 94% of that staking volume was offline simultaneously, accounting for 27.34%, which has exceeded the 25% limit set by SFDP. The second-largest node on the network, Helius, was offline for 33 minutes, with only a few nodes achieving smooth failover. Marinade Finance stated that it will review the staking concentration limit and promote the disclosure of failover capability information by validator nodes.