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According to Decrypt, the Irish government has released its first national anti-money laundering (AML) strategy, which plans to strengthen the review of digital asset transfers involving self-hosted wallets and increase due diligence requirements for crypto companies when cooperating with overseas institutions.According to the announcement from the Irish Department of Finance, this strategy implements the remaining requirements of the EU's Transfer of Funds Regulation, which will require crypto asset service providers (CASP) to perform "enhanced checks" on transfers involving private wallets, while implementing stricter customer due diligence when conducting business with overseas crypto companies.The related measures are based on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Travel Rule, which requires the inclusion of sender and receiver information in digital asset transactions to enhance the transparency of fund flows. Ireland stated that the new regulations will be advanced in parallel with the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA).MiCA establishes a unified regulatory framework for crypto asset service providers, while Ireland previously granted a 12-month transition period for its domestic crypto companies, which is shorter than the maximum 18 months allowed by the EU. The transition period is set to end at the end of December 2025, so the new requirements will directly apply to companies that have obtained formal authorization.

According to the official announcement, Bitget CFD will adjust the leverage and margin tier rules for XAUUSD (gold against the US dollar) and USDCNH (US dollar/offshore RMB) starting from August 15.Among them, when the nominal value of the XAUUSD contract is below $100,000, a maximum leverage of 800 times can be supported; when the nominal value of the USDCNH contract is below $1,000,000, a maximum leverage of 100 times can be supported. For positions exceeding the corresponding range, the platform will adopt a tiered margin calculation method, and the margin rate will be adjusted as the nominal value of the position increases. Users can reasonably allocate their positions according to their asset needs.

According to PR Newswire, Bank Leumi of Israel announced a partnership with Galaxy Digital to provide customers with trading services for digital assets such as Bitcoin starting in 2027, initially supporting Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. Bank Leumi will also become the first bank in Israel to offer digital asset trading services to its customers.At the same time, Leumi will integrate with Galaxy's digital asset custody infrastructure platform to provide underlying security architecture support for the bank's digital asset services.

The Ethereum staking protocol Lido DAO officially interprets the NEST (Network Economic Support Tokenomics) mechanism, which binds the protocol's revenue to the value of LDO tokens through an on-chain automated method, achieving continuous LDO buybacks. The aim is to allow LDO holders to more directly share in the protocol's growth profits. This mechanism is supported by the surplus funds of the DAO treasury. When Lido's staking business revenue exceeds the set benchmark, a portion of the excess revenue will be automatically exchanged for LDO through CoW Swap.According to the initial parameters set by Lido DAO, the NEST revenue benchmark is an annualized $40 million (approximately $109,000 daily), with 50% of the excess allocated for LDO buybacks, a daily buyback limit of $50,000, and a cumulative limit of $10 million over 365 days. Buybacks are executed daily using a permissionless on-chain process.In the initial phase of NEST, a "Treasury-only mode" will be adopted, where purchased LDO will go directly into the DAO treasury. In the future, when market conditions are favorable, the DAO can switch to LP mode through on-chain voting, using half of the funds to purchase LDO and converting the other half into wstETH to provide Curve liquidity.

Binance Alpha announced that it will be the first platform to launch KiiChain (KII) on August 14. Eligible users can go to the Alpha event page to use Binance Alpha points to claim airdrops after the Alpha trading opens. Specific rules and details regarding the quota will be announced separately.

BNB Smart Chain (BSC) announced that the Pasteur hard fork will officially launch on the mainnet at 10:30 AM Beijing time on August 25 (02:30 UTC on August 25). Node operators need to upgrade to client version v1.7.7 in advance. This upgrade includes three improvements: BEP-682, BEP-695, and BEP-675, focusing on enhancing cross-chain security, validator governance mechanisms, and network throughput capacity.Among them, BEP-682 will strengthen the cross-chain bridge validation mechanism of the BNB Chain, preventing the risk of permission bypass caused by duplicate calculations of validator signatures, thus improving the security of cross-chain asset transfers. BEP-695 optimizes the validator key rotation mechanism, ensuring that old keys no longer retain management permissions after exiting, while also fixing potential vulnerabilities related to penalties and governance voting. In terms of performance, BEP-675 reduces the time consumption caused by validators repeatedly executing transactions by optimizing the block construction process.In the internal QANet testing environment of the BNB Chain, this solution increased throughput from 1237 TPS to 2324 TPS, while maintaining a block time of 450 milliseconds and a block limit of 100 million Gas, with the average Gas usage per block rising from 46.35 million to 84.15 million.BNB Chain stated that this upgrade is primarily aimed at validators and block builders, intending to provide greater capacity during network peak periods and to promote the throughput expansion goals outlined in the BNB Chain roadmap for the second half of 2026.

Binance announced that, in response to recent regulatory changes, to continuously comply with relevant regulations and ensure the safety of user assets, Binance will no longer process transactions involving certain cryptocurrency service providers/platforms starting from the following dates: effective August 7, including Shelbit, Aban Tether Exchange; effective August 13, including A7 Nigeria, A7 Africa, PilotFinance; effective August 23, including Rapira, Aifory Pro, ABCeX, WhiteBird, NoOnecrypto, Tradex, Monease, BitPapa, Exnode, Exnode Pay, HTX (Huobi Global SA), EXMO, and other platforms.Binance reminds users to avoid transferring or receiving assets directly or indirectly to the above entities, or engaging in other transactions with them, as related transactions may require additional compliance review, during which wallets may be restricted, and related activities may also involve violations of Binance's Terms of Use.A spokesperson for Huobi HTX responded that Huobi HTX has always strictly complied with the relevant laws and regulations of its operating location. Regarding recent sanctions related to the EU and the UK, the platform is actively communicating and has made good progress.The spokesperson for Huobi HTX also stated that Huobi HTX is currently not operating in the EU region and does not have EU region customers, so users need not worry excessively. The platform will continue to prioritize compliance and actively and responsibly advance related matters, and also appreciates the community's understanding and support.

Tonight at 20:30, we will once again welcome the U.S. July retail sales data, known for its "terrifying data" reputation. This data will directly reflect the consumption willingness and purchasing power of American residents, serving as a key barometer for determining whether the economy is experiencing a soft landing or a stall.If the data is significantly stronger than expected, it may reinforce the narrative that "the economy still has resilience," boosting the dollar and dampening interest rate cut expectations; if it is significantly weaker than expected, it may exacerbate recession concerns and further boost precious metals and risk-averse sentiment.

He Yi posted on the X platform stating that he will not contact users via email, Instagram, or LinkedIn. Although he serves as an official administrator for Binance in some Telegram groups, he will not send private messages to any Telegram accounts. For public communication, please contact through this X account or the Binance Square account, and be wary of scams impersonating Binance staff.

According to the token unlock data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, ETHGAS (GWEI) will unlock approximately 23.792 million tokens at 0:00 Beijing time on August 21, worth about 6.17 million USD.

According to token unlocking data from the Crypto asset data platform RootData, AKEDO (AKE) will unlock approximately 21,307,900 tokens at 00:00 Beijing time on August 21, worth about 16.32 million USD.

UPBIT will stop supporting the trading pairs STORJ/KRW and STORJ/BTC for Storj (STORJ) on September 14, 2026, at 15:00. After the trading support ends, any uncompleted orders will be canceled.Users must complete the withdrawal of STORJ before October 14, 2026.

Z.ai released GLM-5.3, which is based on the same foundational model as GLM-5.2, achieving capability improvements through expanded post-training. The official statement claims that GLM-5.3 has improved by 50% on the internal Z.ai Code Bench coding benchmark compared to GLM-5.2, and has reached leading levels among open models in public benchmarks such as Terminal Bench 3 and Agents' Last Exam.In terms of cybersecurity, GLM-5.3 achieved a score of 84.5% in the CyberGym vulnerability discovery test, and showed significant improvements in exploitation chain-related tests such as ExploitBench and ExploitGym compared to its predecessor.

According to token unlock data from the Crypto asset data platform RootData, Capybobo (PYBOBO) will unlock approximately 6,605,560 tokens at 00:00 Beijing time on August 21, worth about 5.14 million USD.

According to token unlock data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, Trusta Labs (TA) will unlock approximately 24.1 million tokens at 0:00 Beijing time on August 21, worth about 1.46 million USD.

Market news says that LG will release the next generation humanoid robot based on the NVIDIA ISAAC GR00T platform.

Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser stated that although she remains concerned about how the CLARITY Act handles the rewards mechanism for stablecoins, overall, she hopes the bill will pass and believes it will benefit the financial system. Fraser indicated that Citigroup is still pushing for improvements to the bill.Fraser pointed out that if stablecoin platforms can offer rewards for user deposits, it may lead to a loss of deposits in traditional banks, thereby weakening banks' ability to provide loans and credit services in certain regions of the United States. Currently, the bill stipulates that platforms cannot offer rewards solely for users holding stablecoins, but they can provide rewards for trading and payment activities. This issue remains at the core of the controversy between the banking industry and the cryptocurrency sector as the bill progresses.

According to Coinglass data, if ETH breaks through $1,975, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $788 million. Conversely, if ETH falls below $1,791, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $697 million.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC breaks through $66,499, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on major CEXs will reach $1.273 billion. Conversely, if BTC falls below $60,389, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on major CEXs will reach $1.033 billion.

Reddit (RDDT.N) will be included in the S&P 500 index.