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According to official news, OKX has officially launched "OKX Prophet Season 2." Users can use free XP to make judgments on real events such as football, esports, macroeconomics, and F1, participate in the weekly PnL leaderboard and the season total points leaderboard, and share a total prize pool of $600,000. Open the OKX App and go to "Trading - On-chain - Outcomes" to participate in the event.This season continues the practices from the first season during the World Cup, with event settlement operating on the X Layer, and relevant settlement records can be queried. Free XP is the event's points and has no real monetary value. Specific events, prize pool distribution, participation scope, and event rules are subject to the official page.

AI company Higgsfield completed a $400 million financing round with a valuation of $5.4 billion, supported jointly by Goldman Sachs and Intel.

Goldman Sachs stated that as U.S. inflation is cooling, market expectations for the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes remain overly aggressive. Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Jan Hatzius pointed out that weak retail sales data, disappointing employment data, and continuously slowing inflation data make the likelihood of an interest rate hike at the Fed's September meeting extremely low.The market has pushed back expectations for the next 25 basis point rate hike to January of next year.

According to SoSoValue data, during the last trading week (Eastern Time from August 10 to August 14), the net inflow of the SOL spot ETF was $10.26 million.The SOL spot ETF with the highest net inflow last week was the Bitwise ETF BSOL, with a weekly net inflow of $8.8301 million, and the total historical net inflow of BSOL has reached $900 million; followed by Morgan Stanley MSOL, with a weekly net inflow of $1.4292 million, and the total historical net inflow of MSOL has reached $22.291 million. As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of the SOL spot ETF is $894 million, and the ETF net asset ratio (market value compared to the total market value of SOL) is 2.04%, with a historical cumulative net inflow of $1.16 billion.

Duquesne's 13F holdings report for the second quarter of 2026 submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shows that as of June 30, Duquesne disclosed for the first time holding shares of HYPE Treasury Company Hyperliquid Strategies Inc (NASDAQ: PURR) valued at $23 million.Previous information indicated that Federal Reserve Chairman Waller had served at the Duquesne family office; prior to his appointment, the main asset size exceeded $100 million, which included two investments related to the Duquesne Family Office exceeding $50 million each, or related to his consulting work for that family office.

According to the official announcement, the Gate event market has recently launched a leaderboard incentive system and simultaneously launched an esports section and the "Five Major Leagues Opening Celebration" event, further expanding diverse interactive scenarios in sports and esports. The first phase of the points activity will officially start on August 17 at 18:00 (UTC+8). Users can participate after upgrading the Gate App to version v8.32 or above. The activity adopts the mechanism of "Earn Cards through Trading --- Scratch Cards for Rewards --- Climb the Leaderboard --- Weekly Settlement," where users can obtain scratch cards by completing valid event contract trades and have the chance to receive rewards such as USDT, event points, and experience vouchers; the top 100 users on the weekly leaderboard can also share the points prize pool based on their rankings.At the same time, the Gate esports section aggregates popular events such as Dota 2, League of Legends, CS2, and Valorant, providing match pairings, real-time scores, prediction probabilities, and trading information, and supports event subscriptions and match start reminders, helping users conveniently browse and participate in event interactions.In addition, from August 12 at 16:00 to August 31 at 16:00 (UTC+8), Gate is launching the "Five Major Leagues Kickoff Carnival" event, with a total prize pool of 200,000 USDT. Users participating in designated football event contracts can receive kickoff gifts, loss compensation, and leaderboard rewards, further enhancing the interactive experience of football events and event contracts.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the World Liberty Financial team wallet supported by Trump (0xE853...D5743) transferred 39 million WLFI to Bybit after being inactive for 30 days, worth 2.33 million USD.The wallet received an equivalent amount of WLFI from the WLFI treasury two days ago.

According to token unlocking data from the Crypto asset data platform RootData, SoSoValue (SOSO) will unlock approximately 25.96 million tokens at 10:00 AM Beijing time on August 24, worth about 8.46 million USD.

According to analysis by BIT official Chinese (@BITofficial_CN), the 7-day implied volatility of Bitcoin has fallen below the 30% mark to 25%, similar to the low volatility period in the summer of 2023.In the context of relatively low option prices, analysts suggest that investors consider a "spot replacement strategy" ------ selling part of their Bitcoin spot holdings, replacing it with a bullish call spread or directly buying call options, which can retain upside exposure. If the price continues to decline, the maximum loss is limited to the option premium, and the released funds can also earn interest elsewhere.

According to BBX data, last weekend, publicly listed companies in the U.S. stock market disclosed the latest real accounts regarding digital asset treasury adjustments, staking yields, and computing power infrastructure financial data. The core dynamics are as follows:Hyperscale Data ( NYSE : $ GPUS ) sold 685 BTC for $43 million: AI data center company Hyperscale Data officially announced that it has sold approximately 685 bitcoins in the open market, obtaining about $43 million in cash. After this reduction, the company still holds approximately 275 BTC. The funds will mainly be used for the ongoing development and expansion of its Michigan data center, as well as to optimize its debt and equity capital structure to support its computing power transformation strategy.Solana concept stock HSDT ( NASDAQ : $ HSDT ) recorded 31,200 SOL staking yields in Q2: Nasdaq-listed Solana treasury and ecosystem company HSDT disclosed its performance for the second quarter of 2026. The company's total revenue for the quarter was $2.5 million, mainly contributed by the 31,200 SOL staking rewards obtained during the quarter; the net loss for the quarter was $30.3 million. As of June 30, HSDT's total assets reached $176.1 million, including $147.3 million in long-term digital assets, related positions, and fund investments.Soluna ( NASDAQ : $ SLNH ) Q2 revenue increased by 145% year-on-year, repaid $19.1 million loan early: Green data center listed company Soluna released its Q2 financial report, with total revenue reaching $15.1 million (a year-on-year increase of 145%). Among them, data hosting revenue surged to $12.65 million, while cryptocurrency mining revenue decreased to $1.72 million; the net loss was $22.6 million, with an adjusted EBITDA loss of $1.6 million. As of the end of the quarter, the company held unrestricted cash of $113.4 million. The financial report disclosed that the company fully repaid approximately $19.1 million of Generate debt early on August 10.

According to CryptoSlate, Nasdaq-listed GD Culture Group disclosed in its financial report for the first half of 2026 that the fair value of its 7,500 BTC (original cost of $842 million) had decreased to $451.2 million as of June 30, resulting in a non-cash unrealized loss of $211.8 million, accounting for 97.9% of the company's net loss of $216.2 million for the first half of the year.It is worth noting that the company did not sell its core BTC reserves but maintained liquidity through large-scale equity financing—after a 1:250 reverse stock split adjustment, the number of shares outstanding surged from 229,000 at the beginning of the year to 4.1625 million, an increase of 18 times, of which 99.65% was cash issuance. The company raised approximately $47.5 million through ATM placements and targeted placements, and as of June 30, the book operating capital was $36.6 million. Management stated that the existing liquidity is sufficient to cover operational obligations for at least the next 12 months.

Chainalysis Government Solutions has sued the U.S. government in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims over an exclusive contract. Chainalysis claims that the Department of Homeland Security/Immigration and Customs Enforcement (DHS/ICE) bypassed the normal competitive process and directly awarded the work to TRM Labs. They are requesting the court to stop this action.TRM Labs has joined the lawsuit as an intervenor, defending the award of the contract, with oral arguments scheduled for September 2. The U.S. Court of Federal Claims is responsible for hearing nationwide claims against the U.S. government, typically involving contract disputes and bid protests. Both Chainalysis and TRM Labs sell blockchain analysis tools for government agencies to track cryptocurrency transactions, and they are now competing for government business in court.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "LoL: LYON vs Sentinels - LCS Regular Season," the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Both teams kill a dragon" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 50.5% an hour ago to the current 90% (a fluctuation of 39.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

The latest report from 10x Research indicates that Bitcoin trading volume has dropped to a small fraction of the peak levels seen after the U.S. presidential inauguration and during the flash crash last October, while the price has entered one of the narrowest volatility ranges in months. Historically, similar low-volatility states are often difficult to sustain in the long term.Additionally, options flow shows that traders' market confidence is changing, and positions have begun to adjust. Bitcoin's implied volatility has also fallen to a low level rarely seen outside of the summer off-season, while ETF inflows remain weak, and stablecoins continue to flow out of the crypto market. Strategy, which was once one of the most stable buyers in the market, has become a seller for four consecutive weeks.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain address withdrew 5,300 ETH from Kraken, worth 9.98 million USD, suspected to be staked.Last month, the address withdrew 357.1 ETH from Kraken, worth 566,000 USD, and staked 224 ETH, worth 351,000 USD. Currently, the address holds 5,430 ETH, worth 10.25 million USD, with an additional 224 ETH already staked.