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According to Livecoins, the Joint Task Force Against Organized Crime in Rondônia, Brazil (FICCO/RO) executed arrest and search warrants against a gang suspected of electronic fraud and money laundering. The criminal organization is accused of using cryptocurrency exchanges to hide illegal funds transferred from the original victims' accounts.A case investigated in 2025 resulted in losses of approximately $5.74 million. The court has issued 8 preventive arrest warrants and 18 search warrants, and authorized the freezing of related assets such as cryptocurrency exchange and bank accounts. In addition to targeting securities accounts, the law also mandates the seizure of vehicles and boats belonging to the individuals under investigation.

Iran and Oman have reached an agreement on the shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, and both sides are gradually reaching an agreement on the management of this waterway.The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry stated that the finalized "shipping map" is part of a broader agreement that will ensure the safe passage of vessels.

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform that Block has updated its Bitcoin roadmap, launching several features in its products over the past year.Recently launched features include: Cash App supports purchasing Bitcoin via ACH, more readable Bitcoin addresses, paying in USD through the Lightning Network, Square merchants supporting Bitcoin payments and Tap to Pay, 5% Bitcoin cashback, increased withdrawal limits and reduced fees, and open-source mining management through Proto.Features currently under development include: automatic withdrawals to Bitkey, Coin Control, multi-account, and multi-beneficiary inheritance.

As the deadline for the United States to impose tariffs on Canada approaches, the U.S.-Canada tariff negotiations have stalled due to core interest differences.U.S. President Trump has signed a notice to impose a 50% tariff on Canadian imports starting August 19.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino, in an interview with The Block, responded to ongoing criticisms raised after KPMG U.S. completed its first full financial audit. He stated that some critics are unable to admit that their past judgments about Tether were wrong, and said, "Honestly, I don't care." Ardoino mentioned that Tether has repeatedly proven its resilience.He noted that in 2022, Tether processed $7 billion in redemptions within 48 hours, which was about 10% of its reserves at the time, and there was no pause in redemptions during that period. He believes that many traditional financial institutions would struggle to handle withdrawals of a similar scale in such a short time. He also stated that criticism itself is not a bad thing, as it makes Tether better and stronger. Even if some critics view it as a "villain," as long as Tether can continue to serve its claimed 650 million users who rely on USDT, especially in emerging markets, he does not mind.According to informed sources, Tether, as a private company, will not publicly share audited financial statements. The company plans to conduct a full audit once a year in the future while continuing to release quarterly attestation reports. Overall, the KPMG audit is an important step for Tether to enhance transparency, but controversies surrounding its reserves, disclosure levels, and systemic impact have not completely dissipated.

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform that since 2026, publicly listed Bitcoin mining companies have sold 28,000 Bitcoins, worth 1.78 billion dollars.

According to Gate market data, the three major U.S. stock indices have all turned down.

According to the monitoring by the head of Galaxy Research, it has communicated with over 190 victims of Coldcard vulnerability attacks and has asked victims who have not yet contacted them to reach out via private message so that they can provide tracking information and assist in reporting losses to the relevant authorities.Since August 6, no new attack incidents have been confirmed, but this does not mean that new attacks will not occur, and vigilance is required.

According to the latest stock derivatives exchange ranking released by RootData, the three exchanges with the largest spreads among the listed exchanges are OrangeX, BingX, and HTX, with spreads reaching 0.288%, 0.277%, and 0.25% respectively.It is worth noting that the above three exchanges have ranked in the top three for spreads for three consecutive days. On August 13, the top three rankings for the largest spreads were HTX, BingX, and OrangeX, with spreads reaching 0.582%, 0.292%, and 0.269% respectively; on August 12, the top three rankings for the largest spreads were OrangeX, BingX, and HTX, with spreads reaching 0.318%, 0.298%, and 0.292% respectively.It is reported that this spread is the 24h transaction volume weighted spread, and a higher value usually indicates higher trading costs, which investors need to pay attention to.

According to a Reuters report on August 13, court documents show that the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is in settlement negotiations with Huobi HTX regarding related allegations. The FCA filed a lawsuit against Huobi HTX in October 2025, and in March of this year, both parties began a three-month settlement negotiation, which was extended again on June 25; the High Court of London has suspended the litigation process, giving both parties two months until the end of August to reach a settlement.A spokesperson for Huobi HTX stated that the platform is committed to maintaining high standards of compliance, transparency, and user protection, and will continue to collaborate with regulators to support the sustainable development of the crypto ecosystem.

On-chain analyst Murphy stated that currently, all chips bought in BTC in 2025 are basically in a state of loss. Therefore, apart from wallet migrations, the reduction in the scale of 2025 chips likely means that holders are cutting losses and selling. Data shows that as of now, approximately 4.77 million BTC chips bought in 2025 remain, a decrease of 41.5% from the peak in December last year.From the downward trend, this group has experienced two phases: a rapid decrease in chips before February this year, and a significant slowdown in the rate of decline after February, although it still maintains a certain slope. Murphy believes that the 2025 chips may be the largest potential supply side in the current market scale. In contrast, the BTC chips formed in 2024, 2023, and 2022 have basically completed the release of high-level locked positions due to still having unrealized gains, and the slope of the curve is gradually flattening, indicating that the selling pressure from long-term holders is weakening.Historical data shows that during the bottom phases of the past two bear markets, high-level chips have shown a significant decline: at the bottom of the bear market in 2022, the chips bought at high levels in 2021 decreased by about 51%; at the bottom of the bear market in 2018, the chips bought at high levels in 2017 decreased by about 62%. If we refer to historical cycles, Murphy believes that in this bear market bottom phase, the reduction of high-level chips in 2025 may be in the range of 50%-60%, and the current decline of 41.5% indicates that there is still some room for release. However, this judgment has not yet considered the BTC bought by institutional investors such as spot ETFs and MicroStrategy, as this portion of chips is mostly in a long-term locked state, which may reduce the actual market supply pressure.

According to the official announcement, Bitget has launched the ANET (Arista Networks) stock perpetual contract. This contract is settled in USDT, supports up to 20 times leverage, and is available for trading 24/7. So far, Bitget supports a total of 272 stock perpetual contracts.

Apple (AAPL.O) has invested hundreds of millions in Houston, and the first batch of advanced AI servers has been successfully delivered.

OpenAI has appointed its second Chief Revenue Officer in less than a year, with Dali Rajic succeeding Dennis Dreiser. This move shows that the company is working to strengthen sales growth in preparation for a Wall Street listing.OpenAI President Greg Brockman stated that the revenue run rate in July increased by over 20% month-over-month, and the enterprise customer business grew by 32%.

Freddie Mac stated that the average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage in the United States decreased from 6.69% a week ago to 6.67%, ending five consecutive weeks of increases.The U.S. job market is cooling, with price increases in July slowing down, and core inflation indicators dropping to a five-year low. The market expects the probability of a 25 basis point rate hike in September to fall to 38%. Stalled negotiations in the Strait of Hormuz have raised concerns about high oil prices, and U.S. home sales in July decreased by 4.1% compared to June.

Neutrl announced on the X platform that it has temporarily suspended minting, redeeming, and other protocol functions due to circumstances affecting the protocol's reserves.The team stated that this measure was taken in the interest of users upon the advice of legal counsel, aiming to maintain an orderly process during the assessment of the impact. Users will receive clear follow-up arrangements at the appropriate time, and information regarding the timeline and next steps will be announced as soon as possible.

EtherFi announced that the existing lending infrastructure of EtherFi Cash can no longer meet development needs. A dedicated Aave V4 instance is currently being deployed on the Optimism chain to support the credit card backend.EtherFi Cash currently has an active loan amount of 22 million USD, and it is expected that the lending capacity will reach 500 million USD by 2027. There are already 70,000 cardholders using cryptocurrency for consumption without the need to sell their cryptocurrency.

According to the announcement from Yushu Technology, the company's application for the initial public offering of stocks and listing on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board has been approved for registration by the China Securities Regulatory Commission. The final issuance price is 150.8 yuan per share, with a total issuance of 40.4464 million shares.The subscription and payment work for this issuance ended on August 12, 2026. The final online issuance winning rate was 0.01809759%, with online investors giving up on subscribing for 8,734 shares, and offline investors giving up on subscribing for 0 shares. The number of shares given up was fully underwritten by the sponsor (lead underwriter), with an underwriting amount of 1.3171 million yuan, accounting for approximately 0.02% of the total scale of this issuance. The total issuance expenses amounted to 182 million yuan.

According to the latest market data from Gate, several stock tokens with high market attention on Gate gStocks performed actively today. Among them, Nebius (NBISG/USDT) rose 22.36% in 24 hours, currently priced at $254.31; SpaceX (SPCXG/USDT) rose 10.49% in 24 hours, currently priced at $147.41; SanDisk (SNDKG/USDT) rose 4.61% in 24 hours, currently priced at $1,363.86. The overall performance of related market targets remains strong, and investor attention continues to heat up.