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Binance Alpha will list TermMax (TMX) on August 25. After trading opens, eligible users may visit the Alpha events page to claim the airdrop using their Binance Alpha points. Further details will be announced separately.
According to Cryptoslate, Pakistan’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (PVARA) has required cryptocurrency exchanges and related service providers already operating locally to enter a new licensing process by September 5, or otherwise cease related business operations. PVARA had previously opened the virtual asset service provider licensing application portal and issued the Virtual Asset Service Regulatory Rules on August 22. Under the regulations, service providers already conducting cryptocurrency business in Pakistan must submit an application for a "No Objection Certificate" (NOC). During the review period, they may continue to provide existing services as long as a complete application is submitted on time. Companies that fail to submit an application by September 5 must halt all regulated services; continuing operations will be considered non-compliant. PVARA clarified that this policy does not constitute a blanket ban on cryptocurrencies, but rather establishes a "comply or exit" regulatory framework applicable to exchanges, custodians, and other entities providing virtual asset services to users in Pakistan.
Odaily News: Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, stated that the US debt could reach $55 trillion to $60 trillion over the next 10 years. If the fiscal path remains unchanged, a full-blown debt crisis could occur within about 3 years, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2 years.Ray Dalio recommends investors allocate 10% to 15% of their funds to gold, along with a small allocation to Bitcoin, while reducing exposure to debt assets such as bonds. He noted that non-government-issued currencies like gold and Bitcoin may perform relatively well.According to data from the US Treasury Department, as of the end of the business day on August 18, the total public debt balance stood at $40.05 trillion, surpassing $40 trillion for the first time.On August 19, the US Treasury announced an expansion of its long-term liquidity support repurchase program, increasing the maximum single repurchase size for certain 10-year to 30-year securities from $2 billion to at least $4 billion. The measures take effect from September 9 to November 4. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News, according to the official announcement, Gate will list DGrid AI (DGAI) for spot trading at 16:00 (UTC+8) on August 24, and will list DGrid AI (DGAI) on its instant swap platform at 17:00 (UTC+8).
Odaily News - CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost stated on the X platform that the altcoin market has recently shown clear signs of recovery, with market structure undergoing changes, and "Altseason" may have entered its early stages. Data shows that from August 19 to 22, the total market cap of altcoins increased by approximately $215 billion, surging over 24% in just 3 days, pushing the total altcoin market cap back above $1 trillion.Darkfost pointed out that mid- and small-cap altcoins have performed the strongest in this rally. Due to their lower circulating market caps, these assets are more sensitive to capital inflows, while also carrying higher two-way volatility risks.Data from the Binance platform further reinforces the signals of an altcoin market recovery. Since last November, approximately 80% to 85% of altcoins have remained below the 200-day moving average (200-DMA), but currently 56% of Binance-listed altcoins have climbed back above this key technical indicator, suggesting the market may be entering a new cyclical phase.Darkfost believes this trend reversal is linked to a series of positive cryptocurrency signals recently released by Trump. On August 19, Trump stated that the U.S. would "massively purchase Bitcoin" and urged Congress to push through the CLARITY Act, while claiming his administration had ended previous unfriendly policies toward the crypto industry. These remarks boosted market sentiment, and against a backdrop of low trading volume and reduced selling pressure, substantial capital began flowing into the altcoin market, driving gains across multiple sectors simultaneously.Darkfost noted that from a historical perspective, the current broad-based altcoin rally is typically viewed as an important signal of the early stage of altseason. However, he also cautioned that the market has entered overbought territory in the short term, and investors should be wary of periodic pullbacks. If the overall upward momentum continues, new investment opportunities may still emerge down the road.
Monitoring by PPP Prediction Market Tool shows that on Polymarket, the probability of "Trump picking Margo Martin as the next White House press secretary" briefly rose to 15% before falling back to 9%, up 5% over 24 hours.When asked this week at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland about who would succeed White House press secretary Leavitt, Trump suddenly asked reporters: "What about Margo, what do you all think of her?" He also jokingly turned the question back to the reporters on site, saying, "I don't know (who it will be), maybe it's you."Karoline Leavitt will leave office at the end of August, making "who will succeed Leavitt" a recent focus of U.S. media attention. Margo Martin currently serves as Special Assistant to the President and Communications Advisor, primarily responsible for sharing information about presidential activities via social media.Join the PPP Signal Push Community to stay one step ahead and seize the initiative.
According to the Upbit announcement, Upbit will add trading support for Interfold (FOLD), opening KRW, BTC, and USDT markets, and support deposits and withdrawals on the Ethereum network. FOLD deposit and withdrawal services are expected to open within 2 hours after the announcement, with trading expected to begin on August 23 at 12:30.
Odaily News According to the official announcement, Gate will launch Bitway (BTW) spot trading on August 24 at 15:00 (UTC+8), and will list Bitway (BTW) on the FlashSwap platform at 16:00 (UTC+8). The 342nd Bitway (BTW) HODLer Airdrop event is now open and will end on August 24 at 14:00 (UTC+8). Users holding 1 GT can participate for free to claim the airdrop and share 62,743 BTW. The HODLer Airdrop VIP user benefits have been fully upgraded, with participation limits lifted to an unlimited amount for top-tier users.
Odaily News: Upbit stated that on August 22, it detected a suspected security issue on the SAND network, which could lead to wider price fluctuations, and reminded users to trade with caution. Bithumb has also issued a similar risk alert. Currently, SAND spot trading on both exchanges remains operational.
Odaily News: Solana Company (HSDT) has announced its voting stance on the first three Solana Governance Proposals (SGP): supporting the passage of SGP-0001 "Solana Constitution," opposing SGP-0002, which would double the rate of inflation reduction, and opposing SGP-0003, which would change transaction fees from fixed to floating. On-chain voting is expected to begin on August 22.Solana Company stated that it supports the Solana Constitution because the new governance system allows every staker to vote directly, and token holders can always override the votes of the operators they delegate to, which helps institutions participate in network decision-making. Regarding the other two proposals, the company noted that it opposes their current timing, not the direction of the adjustments. The company stated that at a time when institutions are considering entering Solana, they place greater importance on rule stability and predictability. Adjusting core economic parameters such as inflation rates and fees at this stage could make institutions still on the sidelines more hesitant. The company said it would support revisiting discussions on reducing inflation once SOL sees sustained net capital inflows, and would also be willing to reconsider switching to floating fees once the ecosystem has fully adapted. (WSJ)
Odaily News, Blockworks analyst Shaunda Devens stated on the X platform that Kraken may be testing Hyperliquid's HIP-3 (Builder-Deployed Perpetuals) new compliant deployment feature, potentially becoming one of the first centralized exchanges to explore this mechanism. BlockworksData shows that a deployer named "Kraken HIP-3 test DEX" has enabled permission management functionality (Star gating) on the Hyperliquid testnet and went live for testing on August 19. Currently, this test DEX has completed whitelist settings for 10 wallets, tested 3 of the 5 compliance control features, and registered a "Kraken Exchange Validator."Shaunda Devens noted that Hyperliquid has been continuously adding testnet features to support regulatory-compliant HIP-3 deployments, including whitelist management, canceling user orders, closing positions via reduce-only orders, and moving collateral. These capabilities are similar to the risk control mechanisms required by traditional financial institutions' compliant trading platforms.Although this is still in the testing phase, and any user could deploy a test DEX with a similar name, making it impossible to confirm it definitively belongs to Kraken, combined with Hyperliquid's recent expansion of xStocks functionality and Kraken's parent company Payward's involvement in related business initiatives, analysts believe Kraken may be testing HyperCore's new infrastructure targeting institutional and compliant markets.HIP-3 is a third-party deployed perpetual contract market framework introduced by Hyperliquid, allowing eligible developers to create independent perpetual trading markets on HyperCore's order book infrastructure. It is considered a key upgrade direction for Hyperliquid to expand into traditional assets and institutional trading scenarios. If large compliant exchanges like Kraken enter the HIP-3 ecosystem, it could further drive the integration of on-chain derivatives markets with traditional financial trading systems.
: Galaxy's Head of Research posted on X, stating that on August 18, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed the "Regulation Crypto Assets," abbreviated as Reg Crypto. The proposal aims to establish a legal pathway for certain tokens to be offered to the U.S. public and to set up a mechanism for terminating investment contracts. Its applicability is limited to crypto assets that are not themselves securities but were previously issued or sold as part of an investment contract; tokenized stocks, bonds, and arrangements bundling tokens with equity or other securities are not covered by the framework.The proposal sets out four stages: offering, disclosure, build-out, and exit. A one-time startup exemption allows issuers to raise up to $5 million over a maximum of four years; a higher-threshold exemption modeled on Regulation A permits raising $20 million or $75 million within 12 months. Such offerings must pass SEC qualification review and involve ongoing disclosure, with non-accredited investors capped at 10% of the higher of their annual income or net worth. Issuers are also required to disclose token supply and unlock schedules, minting and burning mechanisms, governance and smart contract permissions, source code, as well as project construction commitments and progress.Once an issuer completes or permanently ceases the relevant build-out obligations, makes no new construction commitments, and submits a transition report, the related investment contract will be deemed terminated, and the crypto asset will no longer be subject to securities laws under that investment contract. Issuers that did not use the above offering exemptions may also use this safe harbor. The SEC estimates that approximately 475 issuers per year would use the investment contract safe harbor, and about 130 issuers would use the two new exemptions. Offerings that qualify would not be considered restricted securities and could be resold immediately without contractual restrictions.The proposal also excludes covered initial offerings and certain secondary transactions from state registration and qualification requirements, but it does not address exchanges, brokers, dealers, or custody, nor is it a standalone innovative exemption for tokenized securities and on-chain transactions. The comment period is 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins and Commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda all issued statements of support. The article was written by Alex Thorn.
Odaily News – Hyperliquid's native token HYPE is approaching $73. Crypto trader Pentosh1 noted that its fee burn mechanism will expand after the AQAv2 upgrade, potentially supporting continued outperformance in the next bull cycle.Since November 2024, Hyperliquid has repurchased and burned 462 million HYPE, worth approximately $1.27 billion, with about 99% of protocol fees allocated to buybacks. The platform's annualized protocol revenue currently stands at roughly $600 million to $950 million.AQAv2, or Aligned Quote Asset v2, is scheduled to begin on August 26, channeling approximately 90% of the yield generated from the platform's over $5 billion in USDC reserves into the Assistance Fund, with the first payment expected to arrive on October 3.Market observers estimate that AQAv2 could add an additional $135 million to $160 million in annual buyback volume. Coinbase and Circle—designated as Hyperliquid's official USDC fund deployment partners in May—have both committed to staking a significant amount of HYPE to help launch the mechanism. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to an official announcement, Huobi HTX has listed perpetual contracts for ANET/USDT, PURR/USDT, and BOME/USDT on August 21, supporting 1x to 20x leverage for long and short positions. Additionally, from today until 15:00 (UTC+8) on August 25, Huobi HTX is launching a New Coin Futures Trading Contest. Users who complete registration, trade futures for the participating coins, and meet the specified thresholds will have the opportunity to share a total prize pool of 1 billion $HTX tokens.
QCP reported that Bitcoin's rise is linked to declining US long-term Treasury yields and a weakening US dollar, following the US Treasury's announcement to expand the scale of its long-term Treasury liquidity support repurchase agreements starting September 9. Markets will now focus on the US July PCE data on August 26, the Jackson Hole Global Central Bank Symposium from August 27 to 29, and the Federal Reserve's policy meeting on September 15–16. QCP believes that the key factor for the current cryptocurrency market is whether spot demand can sustain itself following initial position adjustments, particularly amid the backdrop of rising leverage.
HertzFlow officially announced that its $4.4 million USD1 Genesis Pre-deposit Vault has reached 100% capacity, with all allocations fully subscribed. The official team stated that this progress marks an important milestone ahead of the mainnet launch. The team is currently making final preparations for mainnet trading open access and expects to officially begin mainnet trading on August 24.
Odaily News: RWA trading platform MSX Maitong has announced that it will open subscription for the third round of MSX Pre-IPO projects at 18:00 (UTC+8) on August 31, 2026. This round will exclusively feature two globally high-profile AI unicorns—Neuralink, the brain-computer interface leader under Elon Musk, and Anduril Industries, a top-tier AI defense technology unicorn in the United States.Previously, the second round of MSX Maitong Pre-IPO projects, featuring Polymarket, has opened for redemption, with subscription yields reaching 33.3%. The introduction of Neuralink and Anduril in this third round further expands the platform's Pre-IPO portfolio into cutting-edge technology assets.Users participating in this round of subscription are required to hold $MSX. Subscription quotas will be allocated based on users' effective holdings, with specific allocation tiers and participation rules subject to the information published on MSX's official platform.
Odaily News, August 20 — JustLend DAO announced the launch of "Buy Energy," a one-stop energy direct purchase service, offering TRON ecosystem users a more efficient and cost-effective new option for resource acquisition. This feature precisely targets short-term energy demand scenarios, with users receiving their energy within 10 seconds of placing an order, completely eliminating the 14-day lock-up and redemption waiting period required by traditional staking models, truly achieving "buy and use instantly." Additionally, a single order supports batch energy purchases for up to 50 addresses, greatly enhancing convenience for multi-account operations.According to estimates, compared to directly burning TRX to obtain energy, the Buy Energy feature can help users save approximately 63% in costs, combining both efficiency and cost-effectiveness advantages, further lowering the barrier to entry for interactions on the TRON blockchain.
According to TechFlow research, Morgan Stanley's August 20 report noted that the U.S. Treasury will increase the size of its liquidity-supporting repo operations for the 10-to-20-year and 20-to-30-year tenors from $2 billion per transaction to at least $4 billion, effective September 9. This marks the first adjustment to the repurchase volume outside of the quarterly refinancing window since the repo program launched in May 2024. The two tenors combined add $1.6 billion in notional amount, corresponding to approximately $19.3 million in DV01 (price change per one-basis-point move in rates), with a risk impact roughly double that of the November 2023 "supply surprise." Morgan Stanley stated that the Treasury's decision to expand repurchases ahead of schedule outside the quarterly refinancing window aims to signal close monitoring of long-end interest rate dynamics to the market, thereby buying time for the November refinancing window. The recent rise in the 10-year Treasury yield and curve steepening primarily reflect the market's repricing of energy prices and central bank policy trajectories, rather than concerns over deficits or supply. Morgan Stanley maintains its recommendation for a 7-year versus 30-year Treasury curve steepening trade, targeting a spread of 100 basis points (currently around 71 basis points). On the FX front, coordinated volatility in gold and the Swiss franc hit an annual peak on August 19; should the U.S. dollar policy narrative reassert itself, EUR/USD is likely to approach 1.2150.
According to The Defiant, Arbitrum officially activated the ArbOS 61 Elara upgrade on August 20, which was approved for deployment via an ArbitrumDAO governance vote. The core features of this upgrade include: introducing an optional protocol-level transaction filtering mechanism for Dedicated Chains, allowing chain owners to independently select external compliance service providers such as TRM Labs and Chainalysis to configure restricted address rules; the filter is disabled by default and does not affect existing Arbitrum One users; adding Priority Fee support, also disabled by default, with its activation on Arbitrum One still requiring a separate DAO constitutional vote; introducing the BaseFeeManager contract, which authorizes Offchain Labs to adjust the L2 minimum Gas fee within a DAO-approved range of 0.01 to 0.10 gwei over a two-year authorization period; additionally, the maximum code size limit for Stylus contracts has been increased from 24 KB to 96 KB, though this does not apply to Solidity contracts.