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According to three informed sources, in mid-May, when U.S. negotiators attempted to reach an agreement to end the war with Iran, they encountered a problem: they could not determine whether the Iranian representatives across the negotiating table truly represented the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which holds significant influence in the country. The report stated that, as a result, officials from the Trump administration took an unusual approach—bypassing the Iranian negotiating representatives and directly contacting senior leaders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.The U.S. chose Nechirvan Barzani, the President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, to handle this secret communication channel. He possesses a rare advantage: he has gained the trust of both the U.S. and the leadership of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. This incident highlights that one of the significant reasons for the difficulties in U.S.-Iran negotiations is Washington's inability to determine who truly holds decision-making power in Iran. The U.S. and Iran did eventually reach a memorandum of understanding, but it quickly fell apart.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a cryptocurrency whale that had been dormant for nearly two years has recently become active again, borrowing 81,640 WETH from the decentralized lending protocols Morpho and Spark, worth approximately 153.6 million USD, to execute arbitrage trades.However, this large transaction did not yield significant profits. On-chain data shows that the arbitrage operation generated only 1.88 USD in revenue, paid 1.53 USD in fees, resulting in a final net profit of only 0.36 USD.

According to Crypto Briefing, Bits of Gold, Israel's largest compliant crypto broker, has suffered a data breach, with approximately 200,000 customers' personal information stolen by hackers, putting all users of the platform at risk.The company obtained Israel's first virtual asset service provider (VASP) license in September 2022 and was approved to issue the BILS stablecoin, pegged 1:1 to the shekel, in April 2026. The types of stolen data have not been disclosed, but crypto brokers typically collect sensitive information such as identification documents, proof of address, and financial information in accordance with KYC regulations. While cold wallets can protect digital assets, they cannot safeguard customer identity documents on servers. Historical cases show that similar data breaches are often used for phishing, SIM card swapping, and targeted social engineering attacks, with security risks extending beyond the platform itself.

Matthew Sigel, the Head of Digital Asset Research at VanEck, stated that if the U.S. CLARITY Act is passed, it will trigger "an enormous relief rally" in L1 tokens.Sigel's remarks focus on the potential impact of regulatory progress on native assets of public chains. The CLARITY Act aims to provide a clearer regulatory framework for digital assets, and the market generally views it as one of the important legislative variables affecting the risk appetite for crypto assets.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the event "Dota 2 LGD Gaming vs Team Yandex Elimination Match" on the prediction market Polymarket, the "LGD Gaming" option in the submarket "Match Winner" experienced a drastic fluctuation in win probability, dropping from 63.5% an hour ago to the current 37.5% (a fluctuation of 26%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

The CEO of the World Gold Council recently stated that he personally believes Bitcoin will ultimately "go to zero," saying, "My personal view on Bitcoin is that it will go to zero." In response, Binance co-founder CZ posted that many people have made incorrect judgments about cryptocurrencies in the past, but understanding this field takes time, and he stated, "I also can't be 100% sure that I'm right, after all, we are all human."Analysis suggests that the view of Bitcoin "going to zero" has long existed in recent years, with critics mainly arguing that it lacks the cash flow support of traditional assets and has excessive price volatility; while supporters believe that Bitcoin possesses decentralization, scarcity, and digital value storage attributes, and may become part of the global financial system in the future.

According to Arkham data, around 16:15 today, CZ's public donation address saw three consecutive token burn actions, specifically 4,444 Meme tokens "Bull Coming" (with a contract address starting with 0xD043B6, which is a market-hyped token with the same name starting with 0xbee), 4,444 Meme coins MarsCoin, and 4,444 "Binance Life".Upon verification of the three burn actions, the 4,444 Meme tokens "Bull Coming" were not actively burned by CZ. The initiator of the transaction was the token creator himself (0xcf86..383), who deployed the contract and set up privileged authorization to mint 1 billion tokens for his own address. Subsequently, he actively transferred about 800 million tokens to CZ's address and used transferFrom to forcibly transfer 4,444 tokens from CZ's address to a black hole address, simulating a burn by CZ. During this period, the CZ address had no authorization for this token or the initiator.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the event "Tottenham Hotspur vs Hoffenheim - More Markets" on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Over" option in the sub-market "First Half O/U 0.5" experienced a dramatic fluctuation in win probability, plummeting from 97.35% an hour ago to the current 76.15% (a fluctuation of 21.2%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to Binance spot data, the market has experienced significant fluctuations. VIC has dropped 34.22% in 24 hours, and PIVX has dropped 39.22%, showing a "high and then low" state.In addition, RARE, USTC, XAI, NIL, NXPC, and HUMA have also shown a "high and then low" state, with declines of 15.65%, 7.36%, 11.97%, 10.22%, and 9.46%, respectively.On the other hand, VANRY and EDEN have risen by 23.94% and 5.11%, respectively, showing a "bottoming out and rising" state.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "LoL T1 vs Gen.G LCK Third to Fourth Round Legendary Group," the "T1" option in the sub-market "Game 2 Winner" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, rising from 43.5% an hour ago to the current 60.5% (a fluctuation of 17%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to GoPlus monitoring, a Bitcoin holder just securely transferred assets from a Coldcard MK4 hardware wallet to a centralized exchange, avoiding the risk of the hardware wallet itself being stolen. However, within less than 12 hours after the transfer was completed, their Google account was hacked. Due to enabling Google verification cloud synchronization, the exchange account was logged into, and approximately $750,000 worth of Bitcoin was emptied.GoPlus pointed out that such attacks typically do not rely on brute force but are achieved through social engineering phishing and weak password cracking. Common methods include: phishing pages inducing the input of Google passwords, malicious browser plugins or cracking software stealing cookies and passwords, weak password reuse being cracked, and password resets after recovery email or phone number takeover.

According to token unlocking data from the Crypto asset data platform RootData, Spacecoin (SPACE) will unlock approximately 25.521 million tokens at 20:00 Beijing time on August 23, worth about 1.27 million USD.

According to GMGN data, the meme coin "Behemoth" on the BSC chain briefly surpassed a market cap of 2.7 million USD, currently reported at 1.04 million USD, with a 24H increase of 8251%. Meme coin prices are highly volatile, and investors should participate with caution.Previously, a developer announced the completion of the first real on-chain 4-bit processor (CPU) on the BNB Chain, which consists of 2251 logic gates, including NAND gates and flip-flops, and has been verified cycle by cycle. Its performance specifications are comparable to the 1971 Intel 4004 processor. This on-chain CPU is named "Behemoth" and has successfully run Fibonacci sequence calculations: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13. Due to the processor's operating rhythm being synchronized with the BNB Chain's block generation, it executes a cycle every 0.45 seconds, with a current operating frequency of about 2.22Hz, referred to by the developer as "possibly the slowest CPU in the universe."The developer stated that in the future, a complete protocol will be made public, allowing anyone to create their own on-chain processors based on this protocol, and supporting inter-calls between processors to build more complex on-chain computing systems in a "building block" manner. Regarding this project, Binance co-founder CZ responded to inquiries about its practical application scenarios: "What is the use case?" which sparked community discussions.

CZ publicly updated the donation address a few minutes ago, destroying 4444 Meme tokens "Bull is Coming".

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "Dota 2: Iron Wing vs. GamerLegion - The International Elimination Match," the sub-market "Ends During the Day" saw the "Yes" option's win rate fluctuate dramatically, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 90.5% (a fluctuation of 40.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale deposited 984,600 LINK into Coinbase two hours ago, worth approximately 9.23 million USD, suspected to be for sale.This whale has accumulated about 2.41 million LINK from Binance over the past month and currently holds 1.43 million LINK, worth approximately 13.43 million USD, with an expected unrealized profit of 1.42 million USD.

According to GMGN data, MarsCoin's market capitalization briefly exceeded 6 million USD, setting a new record, and is currently reported at 4.65 million USD, with a 24H increase of 6596.2%.The CZ wallet address previously showed unusual activity, destroying 4444 Meme coins of MarsCoin. Market news reminds users that the price of Meme coins is highly volatile, and investors should participate with caution.

According to on-chain data monitoring, CZ's public donation address has shown unusual activity. About five minutes ago, 4444 "Binance Life" coins were burned, worth approximately 2130 USD.In addition, the address also burned 4444 Meme coins MarsCoin, worth approximately 271 USD.

El Salvador has added a total of 8 bitcoins in the past 7 days and 31 bitcoins in the past 30 days. Currently, its bitcoin holdings amount to 7,745.37 bitcoins, with a total value of 448 million USD.