Aug 31 Monday
Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, plans to accept Ether and USDT as loan collateral alongside Bitcoin. The move will take effect after the central bank permits public trading under new cryptocurrency regulations.
The suite covers more than 60 EVM-compatible chains and offers structured, authenticated real-time data through MCP, CLI, and Skills. Etherscan MCP supports natural-language queries from Claude and Codex, the CLI outputs JSON, tables, or CSV, and Skills include Orchestrator, contract review, transaction debugging, and workflow orchestration; Etherscan said the tools aim to lower the barrier for AI-blockchain data interaction and invited developer feedback.
Websea will list HEMI perpetual contracts on August 31, 2026, at 10:00 UTC. The exchange will support long and short positions with flexible leverage.
Strategy disclosed in an SEC 8-K filing that it bought 4,603 Bitcoin between Aug. 24 and Aug. 30 at an average price of $80,318, totaling about $369.7 million. The purchase was funded by proceeds from its MSTR stock ATM program; Strategy now holds 845,050 Bitcoin with an average cost of $75,412.
The Ontology team has temporarily suspended the mainnet to conduct a security review. No confirmed security incident or loss of user assets has been reported, and the team is monitoring the situation and will provide further updates.
The contracts will go live at 09:00 UTC. Traders will be able to open long and short positions with flexible leverage.
The Million Club campaign runs from August 31 to September 30, requiring eligible users to reach 1,000,000 USDT in cumulative net deposits. New VIP members receive one month of 10% APR on USDT demand deposits, BTC/ETH exclusive returns, and VIP 6 access, while existing VIP users can earn 15 days of 10% APR and a one-level VIP upgrade, with an extra month of 10% APR for successful referrals.
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Simon Harris unveiled the framework on Instagram, allowing stocks, bonds, funds, ETFs, and insurance products while excluding derivatives and interest-bearing cash. Eligible Irish tax residents aged 18 and older can open one account with tax-free contributions up to an annual cap, no minimum or lock-in, and details due on October 6.
On-chain analyst Willy Woo said about 4% of the global population holds S&P 500 assets, 4.5% holds gold, and 5% holds Bitcoin. He said Bitcoin's future penetration rate will determine its role, with around 5% adoption meaning it is mainly seen as a financial asset and around 50% potentially signaling a separation of currency and state.
On August 31 at 18:52, Coinglass data detected that 50 million USDT was transferred from an unknown wallet to Binance. ChainCatcher reported the transfer.
Strategy resumed weekly bitcoin purchases, adding $370 million worth of BTC last week. The purchase marked the company's first weekly bitcoin acquisition in about two months.
According to SlowMist, the attacker used a flash loan to manipulate the Uniswap V3 spot price (slot0), causing incorrect LP share pricing in the Hypervisor contract. The exploit involved large trades that distorted currentTick() and getTotalAmounts(), followed by repeated deposits and withdrawals of inflated share values; the affected functions lacked TWAP/oracle validation and slippage protection.
Coinglass data shows that if Bitcoin rises above $82,221, cumulative short liquidation intensity on major centralized exchanges could reach $1.303 billion. If Bitcoin falls below $74,502, cumulative long liquidation intensity could reach $1.082 billion.
Polymarket's global head of investigations and intelligence, Shana Bautista, said the platform has systems to detect abnormal trading activity ahead of the U.S. midterm elections and will continue blocking U.S. users from its international platform under a 2022 settlement with U.S. regulators. The company plans to launch a webpage detailing its market integrity review mechanisms, including machine learning, blockchain analysis, and transaction monitoring, and has referred more than 100 cases to law enforcement.
According to a report, Sberbank plans to accept ether and USDT as collateral for crypto-backed loans. The Bank of Russia has included both tokens in a draft list of cryptocurrencies approved for public trading on Russian exchanges.
Polymarket's website experienced an outage, preventing users from placing orders. The platform said it is working to fix the issue and expects trading to resume by 18:00 Beijing time today.
Bitget's PoolX campaign will list DGrid AI (DGAI), with 83,000 DGAI tokens distributed to users who lock XAUT. Individual lockups are capped at 300 XAUT from Aug. 31, 19:00 to Sep. 5, 19:00 (UTC+8), and long-term holders can receive extra credit based on their lowest XAUT balance over the past 15 days; users with positive net XAUT deposits can receive 3% or 12% XAUT interest coupons.
Crypto projects have spent a record $638 million on token buybacks so far in 2026. Hyperliquid and Pump.fun account for nearly 90% of the total, as more protocols turn revenue into buybacks to return value to token holders.
Bitcoin is approaching the August monthly close below key resistance. Markets have again priced in a Federal Reserve interest-rate hike in September.
Bitcoin held steady despite a broader risk-off move after the first U.S. strikes against Iran in weeks pushed oil prices higher and stocks lower. The cryptocurrency has gained 24% this month.
According to Gate market data, the ETH/USDT pair is trading at $2,450.46. The price has fallen 0.28% over the past 24 hours.
ChainCatcher data shows that among the top 10 exchanges by BTC wallet balance over the past seven days, OKX recorded the largest increase at 0.86%, while Bybit saw the largest decrease at 3.07%. In reserve asset transparency data, Binance recorded the largest net inflow at $8.85 billion, followed by OKX and Deribit, while Bybit, Bitget, and Bitfinex recorded the largest net outflows.
The film 'Niu Lai' has extended its screening period across all versions until 23:59 on October 4, 2026. Its cumulative box office, including presales, is 59.672 million yuan, with an AI forecast above 69 million yuan, while the film-derived meme coin Niu Lai is now at a $114 million market cap after peaking at $144 million, with $72.6 million in 24-hour trading volume.
UXUY said Xu Zhihong played a key role in the company's founding and growth, leaving a deep impact on its brand, team, and ecosystem development. His farewell ceremony will be held on Sept 12, 2026, at OneX AI Entrepreneur Space in Chaoyang, Beijing.
Ontology's core development team paused mainnet block production after a routine security check identified a potential security risk, launching a full review with validators. The project said no security incident has been confirmed and no user assets have been lost or stolen, with ONT, ONG and other on-chain assets currently assessed as unaffected.
Bitcoin traded near $78,000, down 0.04% in 24 hours and up about 1% for the week; Solana and Dogecoin led losses of about 2%, with Hyperliquid and XRP following, while Ethereum, BNB, Zcash and TRON were roughly flat. After Federal Reserve Chair Warsh spoke at Jackson Hole, bond investors priced in a possible US rate hike, boosting the dollar and prompting institutional outflows from bitcoin ETFs; strategists said yen weakness toward 161 could trigger intervention, with stronger pressure expected at 162-163, and markets are now focused on monthly bitcoin ETF flows.
Blockchain security firm Blockaid detected the exploit on Flow EVM, saying attackers used Ankr's liquid staking token and the E-Mode mechanism to drain More Markets' WFLOW lending reserves. About 15.5 million WFLOW, worth roughly $9.3 million, were transferred from the mFlowWFLOW reserve, and the exploit transaction cluster included post-exploit fund transfers.
Users deposit one asset to receive a Hub Token, and Liquidity Hub automatically allocates funds across Core, Flux, Fixed-Rate Vaults and other opportunities to seek better APY combinations. It is not a new lending market but a unified liquidity entry built on Venus's existing products, with on-chain rebalancing and asset flows; v1 is live on BNB Chain, with more markets and yield sources planned.
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said stablecoins are a more credible form of money than tokenized bank deposits, with USDT nearly fully backed by US Treasuries, while BIS General Manager Pablo Hernandez de Cos argued tokenized deposits better preserve the monetary system and cited stablecoin risks including redemption, supply, interoperability, and crime. Ardoino noted USDT's market capitalization has surpassed $183 billion and that it is used in some emerging markets for domestic and cross-border commerce, as banks debate whether the CLARITY Act's stablecoin rewards would trigger deposit outflows.
Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee said asset tokenization and AI agent finance will be the core crypto narratives over the next five years, with Ethereum positioned as a settlement layer for global finance. He cited four catalysts for ETH, including the Clarity Act, and projected ETH/BTC could recover to 0.04, putting Ether at $6,000 if Bitcoin reaches $150,000.
The promotion runs from August 30 to September 4 for VIP users who participated in TMX PoolX between August 25 at 20:00 and August 30 at 20:00 (UTC+8). Eligible users can access the specified ETH product under Simple Earn, receiving an extra 2% APR on top of base yield; no registration is required and eligibility is automatically verified.
Venus Protocol has launched Liquidity Hub on BNB Chain, enabling users to deposit a single asset and automatically allocate capital across Venus markets. The new feature is built on the ERC-4626 token standard.
The event will take place at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Tickets cost $149 until Aug 31 and $229 afterward.
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded $201.9 million in net outflows on Aug 28, ending nine consecutive days of net inflows. Bitcoin traded near $78,000, down about 0.1% over the past seven days.
BLUECHIP/USDT trading is now available on Hibt. The trading pair operates on Binance Smart Chain.
Wintermute's predominantly short positions on Hyperliquid returned to profit as crypto markets declined, with unrealized gains reaching approximately $1.73 million. The trading firm holds about $149.2 million in short positions and $5.01 million in long positions, including ETH, SOL, and BTC shorts of roughly $58.36 million, $26.11 million, and $19.16 million respectively.
Bitcoin is trading just under $78,000 as August comes to a close. Bets on further rate hikes are supporting the dollar, which has pushed the yen past 160 and is also limiting cryptocurrency gains.
The split was mutual, with both parties citing differing views on Bitcoin mining's future and recent protocol developments. The two sides agreed to part ways over the disagreement.
According to FT, crypto projects have spent about $638 million on token buybacks this year, up from $545 million in the same period last year. Hyperliquid and pump.fun account for nearly 90% of the total, as projects seek to support token prices during a prolonged market downturn.
SK Hynix (000660) fell 2.11% to $1,175.12 and Samsung Electronics (005930) fell 1.94% to $183.02 over 24 hours. CoinGlass data showed SKHYNIX contract open interest rose 4.03% and turnover rose 451.63%, while SAMSUNG contract open interest rose 7.30% and turnover rose 1,069.65%; on Gate, SKHX open interest reached $180 million and SAMSUNG open interest reached $8.14 million, both ranking second globally.
Blockchain tracker Onchain Lens detected that Metaplanet transferred 1,600 Bitcoin, worth about $124.36 million, to two newly created wallets. The movement was identified through on-chain monitoring data.
Catcher Predict data shows the Polymarket submarket for Bitcoin closing above $78,000 on August 31 saw its yes odds rise from 32.5% to 48.5% within an hour. The monitoring platform noted that related breaking news could affect the prediction market.
Metaplanet bought the bitcoin at an average price of $96,191. It deposited 2,400 bitcoin worth $186 million into Coinbase Prime over the last three days.
Onchain Lens monitoring shows that the Fireblocks Custody wallet 9Ryc...fCxk completed the transfer within the past 15 hours. The move marks the latest USD1 deposit to Binance.
At the China Payment Clearing Forum, Han Xinyi, CEO of Ant Group and chairman of Alipay, outlined four global paths for AI payments. The paths include payment technology platforms such as Stripe, cryptocurrency firms such as Circle and Coinbase using stablecoins and wallets as payment media for machine-to-machine automated payments, traditional networks such as Visa and Mastercard, and AI platforms such as Google and OpenAI.
Sberbank Executive Board Deputy Chairman Anatoly Popov said the bank expects compliant crypto trading volume to rise to about 7.5 trillion rubles ($87.06 billion) by 2029 as investors shift to official channels. The framework, which takes effect Sept. 1, allows purchases through brokers with annual caps of 300,000 rubles for non-qualified investors and 3 million rubles for qualified investors, and initially limits official exchanges to Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT.
According to SoSoValue data, Solana spot ETFs saw $154 million in net inflows last week. Bitwise's BSOL led with $99.47 million in weekly inflows and $1.02 billion in cumulative inflows, followed by Grayscale's GSOL with $18.6 million and $131 million in cumulative inflows; total ETF net assets reached $1.43 billion, or 2.35% of Solana's market capitalization, and cumulative inflows reached $1.34 billion.
Coinglass data showed $399 million in crypto liquidations over the past 24 hours, with long positions accounting for $276 million and short positions $123 million. Bitcoin and Ethereum led the losses, and the largest single liquidation occurred on Aster's ETHUSDT pair at $6.13 million.
Long positions total $3.386 billion, accounting for 47.95% of open interest, while short positions total $3.674 billion, accounting for 52.05%. Long positions show $295 million in profit and short positions show a $322 million loss, and whale address 0x92ea..e9 holds a 3x full-margin long BTC position opened at $77,089.9 with unrealized profit of $1.0762 million.
ChainCatcher reported the mint, citing on-chain data. The transaction was recorded at 9:45 Beijing time.
CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost said spot trading volume on major exchanges remained weak in August, continuing a decline that began in July and leaving volumes at their lowest since September 2023. Bitcoin spot volume fell about 70% from October 2025 market highs, with Binance dropping from $198 billion to $44 billion, Gate from $53.4 billion to $14 billion, and Bybit from $41.2 billion to $17.4 billion.
Lookonchain monitoring shows that address 0x2Ea2, described as a whale or institutional address, is selling 51,387 ETH worth about $125.9 million. Over the past two days, it deposited 40,881 ETH, roughly $100.7 million, into exchanges and still holds 10,506 ETH, about $25.52 million.
Blockstream said Jade is not affected by the Coldcard random number generator vulnerability and released firmware 1.41 after dozens of automated AI scans and manual security reviews. The update strengthens stack protection, refreshes dependencies, audits sensitive memory cleanup, and upgrades the Jade runtime, while remaining lower-severity findings are expected to be addressed in firmware 1.42.
According to on-chain analyst Ember, a whale opened a long position of 32,000 ETH at $2,487 two days ago, then added 13,000 ETH, bringing total holdings to 45,000 ETH at an average entry price of $2,486. The position is worth about $109 million and is showing an unrealized loss of $3.35 million, with a liquidation price of $2,251 per ETH.
BingX reported $7.03 billion in trading volume and an 11.2% turnover rate. The exchange cited planned U.S. brokerage access as a driver of the move.
Basecat is a B20-standard meme coin launched through o1 Launchpad. Its blue hard-hat cat mascot is intended to represent Base ecosystem builder culture, and its market cap later stood at about $33.9 million.
Bitcoin futures open interest totals 695,020 BTC, with Binance holding 142,500 BTC, or 20.5% of the market. Deribit options data shows call open interest at 60.89% and put volume at 54.49% over the past 24 hours, while Bitcoin spot trades at $78,425.
ChainCatcher reported that StarkWare successfully tested quantum-resistant transactions on the Bitcoin network. This milestone further strengthens Bitcoin's technical defenses against threats from quantum computing.
White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez agreed to pay $172,000 to settle CFTC charges that he used advance access to presidential speeches to bet on prediction markets. He earned more than $107,500 between December 2025 and February 2026, and will disgorge $107,539.02, pay a $65,000 civil penalty, and face a three-year trading ban.
According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the 'Bitcoin August price prediction' event on Polymarket includes a submarket for 'breaking $80,000.' The 'Yes' option's probability fell from 38% to 20.5% within one hour, a drop of 17.5 percentage points.
According to Gate market data, ETH/USDT was last quoted at $2,447.53. The cryptocurrency fell 0.3% over the past 24 hours.
Binance's Bitcoin reserves rose from about 617,000 BTC in late April to roughly 687,000 BTC as Bitcoin approached $80,000. CryptoQuant data suggests the increase may signal potential sell-side pressure.
HMRC's first official crypto tax statistics show 17,600 people reported 13.8 billion pounds in crypto asset disposal proceeds and 1.38 billion pounds in taxable gains for 2024-25, with 240 people each declaring over 1 million pounds in capital gains totaling 717 million pounds. HMRC sent 81,000 crypto tax letters in the past 12 months, up 25% from about 65,000, and estimates its compliance and education work generated an extra 168 million pounds in capital gains tax; Treasury financial secretary James Murray said crypto asset gains must be taxed, and the UK plans to adjust some DeFi tax treatment from April 6, 2027, affecting about 700,000 people.
Coinglass data shows that if Bitcoin falls below $75,106, cumulative long liquidation intensity across major centralized exchanges could reach $919 million. If Bitcoin rises above $82,576, cumulative short liquidation intensity could reach $667 million.
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims over a $94.6 million contract that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement awarded exclusively to TRM Labs. Chainalysis said the procurement process relied on requirements that matched TRM's proprietary capabilities and excluded its bid despite it being the only company to submit a capability statement.
Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor posted “We’re Back” on social media. The company had paused Bitcoin purchases for two months as part of balance-sheet management.
The platform will provide access to Caturnus' market insights. MWX token holders will receive a permanent 20 percent discount, while non-holders will pay the full price.
Z.ai has released GLM-5.3-Flash, previously known as Ox Alpha, on the NetMind API. The model was updated after serving configuration changes and is now available to testers.
Monaco and Marseille will meet in Ligue 1 Matchday 2 on Aug 31. Kickoff is set for 02:45 UTC+8 on Monday, while ForeGate also highlights Top 5 League matches and AI predictions.
Dual-licensed under MIT and Apache 2.0, the library requires no network upgrade; benchmarks show Sinsemilla hashing over 21x faster, trial decryption over 1.5x faster, and zk-SNARK verification 4-8x faster, with wallet transaction waits often falling from over 3 seconds to under 200 milliseconds. Zakura 1.3.0 will switch to the new stack.
Bitcoin rebounded from Friday's low. Strategy's valuation expanded and bitcoin dominance climbed above 60%.
According to Hyperbot data, entrepreneur Huang Licheng's $100 million Ethereum long position has swung from a loss to a profit, with unrealized gains of about $510,000. His total position is now worth over $118 million, including a $9.9 million 10x-leveraged HYPE long, a $4.336 million 40x-leveraged Bitcoin long, and a $4.197 million 10x-leveraged PUMP long.
Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao appeared on the Meanders podcast and said he generally avoids setting goals, choosing instead to do his best even when company performance declines. He said blockchain performance improvements remain slow, Bitcoin's slower upgrades contribute to stability, and RWA and stablecoin progress has exceeded expectations.
According to on-chain analyst Ember, HyperLabs address 0x43e9...a251 requested redemption of 433,000 HYPE worth $36.14 million from staking about 10 minutes ago. The unstaking will complete on September 6, and based on prior records, the HYPE will then be transferred to a centralized exchange through market maker Flowdesk.
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GalaSwap has added trading for BOME, BSB, ENA, and GUN on GalaChain. The four tokens are now available for swapping, expanding the platform's trading pairs.
