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According to BeInCrypto, a Bitcoin user paid a fee of 1.6 BTC (approximately $102,800) in block 962,142 due to an automated script going out of control, while the actual transfer amount was zero. The automated script run by the user enabled the Replace-by-Fee (RBF) feature, automatically increasing the fee bid every second, ultimately depleting the entire balance in the wallet.The mining pool SpiderPool mined this block and reaped this unexpected profit, with the fee accounting for 88% of the total fees for that block (approximately 1.82 BTC).

According to Bloomberg, citing informed sources, Lightspeed Venture Partners is seeking to extend its holding period for OpenAI and four other assets through a secondary transaction of approximately $600 million, along with a new investment commitment to Anthropic.The transaction, codenamed "Project Mercury," involves Lightspeed's Select V and Opportunity II funds, as well as an independently managed account, transferring the related investments into a continuation fund while returning cash to existing investors.In addition to OpenAI, the assets to be transferred include security technology company Verkada, workforce management company Rippling, AI startup Reflection AI, and enterprise search platform Glean. Coller Capital is acting as the lead buyer for the continuation fund, while UBS serves as the transaction advisor. Lightspeed has invested in Anthropic multiple times, including its latest financing round, which valued Anthropic at $96.5 billion.

According to Santiment data, Chainlink (LINK) whale activity has significantly increased, with 246 large transactions of over $100,000 in LINK occurring within 24 hours, marking the highest single-day level in five months. Meanwhile, wallets holding between 100,000 and 10 million LINK currently hold approximately 466.3 million LINK in total, accounting for 46.57% of the total supply, indicating that this round of whale activity is accompanied by a balance increase.Santiment points out that Chainlink is continuously expanding in areas such as CCIP, tokenized assets, stablecoins, institutional data, and new cross-chain channels, with official metrics still positioning the network as the core oracle infrastructure for on-chain finance.

According to The Block, the average daily trading volume on Robinhood Chain rose to 11.6 million last Sunday, setting a new historical high, an increase of about 30% compared to the previous week; the total value locked (TVL) on the chain increased to $473 million, a weekly increase of 32%.However, the number of daily active accounts grew only 3.3% week-on-week and is still 11% lower than the peak on July 16, indicating that the growth in trading and funds mainly comes from existing users rather than new users.

According to CoinDesk, the Pokémon trading card market is currently estimated to be between $10 billion and $15 billion, leading to queues at retailers like Costco. A Pikachu Illustrator card owned by Logan Paul once sold for $16.5 million.Sales at large chain stores like Target and Walmart, along with eBay's projected card sales of $26.2 billion in 2025, indicate that trading cards have become an important alternative asset class, recently outperforming the S&P 500 index and Bitcoin.The blockchain startup Deadstock, launched by ATH Labs, is attempting to tokenize high-grade cards and store them in a vault to address issues of market fragmentation and slow transaction speeds. The project still faces liquidity challenges and the network effect advantages created by existing platforms like eBay.

According to the latest stock spot exchange ranking released by RootData, Gate jumped from third to second place, with a score of 78.31, an increase of 3.06 points from yesterday's 75.25. Its 24h public order book transaction volume is approximately $57.3085 million, with a growth rate exceeding 621%, the largest increase among the top three exchanges, and a market share of 12.93%.It is reported that this ranking is based on public transaction and order book data, comparing the trading scale, liquidity, and active products of the stock spot market of exchanges, and showcasing the coverage of stock products and brokerage channels.

According to The Block, New York-listed fintech company Broadridge announced that its Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform processed over $8 trillion in transactions in July, averaging about $365 billion per day, a year-on-year increase of 28%.DLR allows companies to use distributed ledger technology to settle repo transactions in existing trading and post-trading environments, enabling real-time financing and tokenized collateral liquidity. In addition, Broadridge also offers on-chain proxy voting and governance services, as well as digital asset infrastructure management.

In response to rumors on social media about "Doubao recommending hotels for a fee," Liu Xing, the head of public affairs for Doubao at ByteDance, stated on the evening of August 10 that the related statements are inaccurate. He indicated that Doubao's life service business currently does not have paid promotions, and Doubao does not charge advertising fees for hotel recommendations; merchants cannot influence recommendations or rankings through payment, and only pay channel service fees after an order is completed.Liu Xing pointed out that some platforms adopt a "commission + advertising" charging model, while Doubao primarily charges based on completed transactions at this stage, making direct comparisons inappropriate. For merchants, the actual channel costs and the effects of new orders are more meaningful references. He also mentioned that Doubao's life service business is still in a very early exploratory stage.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring on-chain data, there is a prediction of significant capital movement in the Polymarket. A large whale sold $83,715.86 on the event "National Bank Open: Diana Schneider vs. Iga Swiatek." Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding winning probability for this subject is 26%.

According to GMGN data, the top 5 trending sector tokens in the past 24 hours are as follows:TOAD (A13o....ump): Currently priced at $0.011, market cap of $10.55 million, 24h change -22.7%, 24h trading volume $28.71 million, number of trades 175,485;Bark (3fqi....ump): Currently priced at $0.0005, market cap of $400,000, 24h change +16.3K%, 24h trading volume $13.92 million, number of trades 173,432;Remus (23e4....gme): Currently priced at $0.0007, market cap of $630,000, 24h change +21.7K%, 24h trading volume $13 million, number of trades 139,659;CATE (Ai66....ump): Currently priced at $0.0234, market cap of $22.45 million, 24h change +10.5%, 24h trading volume $7.95 million, number of trades 78,051;BOT (3zbV....d5D): Currently priced at $0.0002, market cap of $190,000, 24h change +6.53K%, 24h trading volume $4.91 million, number of trades 71,600;

The South African National Treasury and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) have released a draft regulation for cross-border transfers of crypto assets. Farzam Ehsani, co-founder and CEO of the crypto asset trading platform VALR, stated that unless key terms are significantly modified, the relevant framework could harm the domestic digital asset industry and drive funds overseas.The draft allows individual residents to transfer crypto assets abroad within the existing foreign exchange limits but restricts companies from engaging in cross-border crypto asset transactions and categorizes some deposits from private non-custodial wallets as unacceptable transfers for local crypto asset service providers (CASP). Ehsani believes this could prompt businesses and retail investors to turn to overseas platforms.Ehsani pointed out that prohibiting regulated entities from processing legitimate business transactions, especially cross-border stablecoin payments, could push transactions underground or abroad, thereby undermining the visibility and monitoring capabilities that regulators hope to achieve. The South African National Treasury and SARB have opened a public consultation, with the feedback deadline set for September 30.

Santiment Intelligence stated that Bitcoin has just experienced a week of surging on-chain transaction volume. The number of new wallets on the network reached 2.27 million, marking the highest level in the past year, while the number of active wallets also reached 751,000, setting a record high in 10 months. The biggest catalyst was the chaos triggered by the Coldcard wallet incident.The security crisis forced users to move funds, create new wallets, rotate custody settings, and recheck risk exposure, which naturally led to a significant increase in wallet creation and activity. Polarizing events often elicit the strongest on-chain reactions for Bitcoin and altcoins. Fear spread rapidly, followed closely by greed, and both emotions drive more people to trade, adjust positions, and closely monitor market dynamics, reigniting demand after a market downturn.When retail investors are impacted and trading volume surges, large holders of Bitcoin often take advantage of the chaos to accumulate more aggressively, and this combination of increased usage and accumulation by large holders has historically had a positive effect on prices in the following weeks or even months.

According to CNBC, a research report published in March by the academic journal "Accounting Research Review" estimates that only 32% to 56% of cryptocurrency holders in the United States have reported their transactions to the federal government. The IRS will require brokers to send investors Form 1099-DA, detailing their total gains from digital assets, starting from the 2025 tax year. Accountants say that determining the taxes involved in digital asset transactions has historically been an extremely complex task, often much more difficult than calculating taxes for traditional financial assets like stocks and bonds.

JUST released the GasFree July data report. As a tool to simplify the transfer experience in the TRON ecosystem, GasFree allows users to pay transaction fees directly with USDT in their wallets, enjoying smooth on-chain transfer services without any extra steps.In July, the platform completed 784,000 GasFree transactions, with a total monthly transfer amount reaching 13.42 billion USD, and the cumulative number of users has surpassed 399,000. The continuous growth in real usage scenarios confirms the value of GasFree in lowering the threshold for on-chain operations. In the future, GasFree will continue to focus on convenient transfer services, allowing more users to enjoy a seamless experience.

Bank of America and Wells Fargo plan to launch tokenized deposits for select corporate and commercial clients in the fall of 2026, initially supporting transactions in USD and GBP, with plans to expand to more clients and currencies in 2027. Tokenized deposits remain a liability of the bank but enable continuous transfers, programmable payments, faster settlements, and transaction visualization through blockchain.Wells Fargo is not the only bank positioning itself in this business. JPMorgan has expanded its blockchain payment services for institutional clients, and other large financial institutions are also developing similar products and shared networks. Meanwhile, the circulation and transaction volume of stablecoins like USDC continue to grow, being used for settlements in the crypto market, payment networks, and tokenized financial platforms.Tokenized deposits allow funds to remain within the regulated banking system while supporting cross-timeframe transfers and condition-triggered payments. Stablecoins have already covered transactions, remittances, cross-border payments, decentralized finance, and tokenized asset settlements. The adoption of these two types of products will also be influenced by accounting treatments, regulatory rules, and cross-network interoperability.

Robinhood announced on the X platform that it has lowered the gas fee subsidy threshold for Robinhood Wallet on the Robinhood Chain from $5 to $0.50, a reduction of 90%.Robinhood stated that after the adjustment, more users will be able to enjoy gas fee subsidies when conducting swap transactions, and this subsidy policy will last until September 29.Previously, Robinhood Wallet had already covered part of the on-chain transaction fees for users through the gas sponsorship mechanism. This reduction in the subsidy threshold aims to further lower the entry costs for users into the Robinhood Chain ecosystem and enhance the activity of on-chain transactions.

According to The Defiant, the DEX trading volume of Robinhood Chain peaked on July 11 and dropped by 72.5% by August 1, with daily trading volume decreasing from approximately $878 million to $241 million. During the same period, the number of transactions, total locked value, and stablecoin supply on the chain all reached historical highs. The global DEX trading volume share of the chain fell from a peak of 16.65% to 4.32% on August 2, while the overall DEX trading volume across the chain increased, indicating that this decline is a phenomenon specific to Robinhood Chain rather than a market-wide drop.The report states that on August 5, the number of transactions on the chain reached a historical high of 13.3 million, with total locked value reaching $433 million on August 6 and stablecoin supply reaching $597 million. However, the DEX trading volume per transaction dropped from $105.56 on July 13 to $27.82 on August 4, a decrease of 74%, indicating that while on-chain activity is more frequent, the value per transaction has significantly decreased. This divergence stems from the concentration of locked value in lending protocols like Morpho rather than DEX liquidity. Currently, there are 19 incentive activities on the chain that distribute approximately $58,000 daily, with 92% directed towards deposit users and only about $4,543 allocated for trading liquidity.

MetaMask launched the self-custody wallet Agent Wallet on Thursday, allowing AI agents to execute on-chain transactions within user-defined limits, aimed at traders and developers using AI agents to monitor the market, identify opportunities, and autonomously execute trades. Users can set spending limits, approve specific protocols, choose risk settings, and select different levels of automation between Guard Mode and Beast Mode.Agent Wallet supports Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw, Hermes, OpenCode, as well as Hyperliquid and Ethereum Virtual Machine compatible networks. Agent Wallet supports gas abstraction, allowing users to pay network fees with the assets being transferred, without needing to hold the corresponding native tokens of the network. MetaMask stated that supported transactions will undergo transaction simulation, threat scanning, and smart trading MEV protection, and if qualifying transactions incur losses after passing security checks, they can receive up to $10,000 in Transaction Protection coverage per month.

According to The Information, fintech company Stripe is in exclusive acquisition talks with AI model aggregation platform OpenRouter, with a deal valuation of approximately $10 billion. Sources reveal that OpenRouter had previously received acquisition interest from several large tech companies, but Stripe has now entered exclusive negotiation stages. The related deal has not yet been finalized, and specific terms may still change.OpenRouter was founded in 2023 and is positioned as an AI infrastructure platform that connects users with various large language models, allowing developers to call AI models from companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google through a unified interface, and choose different models based on performance, price, and availability. As enterprises accelerate the adoption of generative AI, the importance of AI model calling infrastructure and model routing services continues to rise. OpenRouter has become a key intermediary in the AI application development ecosystem by providing model aggregation, traffic allocation, and cost optimization capabilities.If the deal is completed, it will become one of Stripe's significant moves in the AI field in recent years. Stripe has primarily focused on payment infrastructure, financial services, and enterprise software, and acquiring OpenRouter may further drive its expansion into the AI developer infrastructure space. Market participants believe that as the number of AI models rapidly increases, infrastructure companies that connect different models, optimize calling costs, and manage AI workflows are gaining more attention, and OpenRouter's potential high valuation also reflects investors' optimism about growth opportunities in the AI application layer and infrastructure layer.