Golden Finance reports that ZachXBT has stated that he has obtained evidence proving that many influencers in the Crypto Assets field did not label "paid advertisement" when posting paid promotional content on their social media accounts. This Monday, a researcher in the Web3 field released a spreadsheet listing the promotional pricing and wallet addresses of over 200 Crypto Assets influencers—each of whom had been contacted and invited to participate in the promotional activities of a certain token project. He claimed that among the approximately 160 people who accepted the promotional collaboration, only fewer than 5 marked the relevant posts as advertisements. The document published on the X platform (formerly Twitter) shows that the promotional quotes for relevant influencers range from hundreds of dollars to five figures. The document also includes the Solana wallet address for receiving payments and a link to the on-chain payment receipt.

Jin10 data reported on September 1st that the Hong Kong exchange announced it will optimize the collateral arrangements for deposits at its securities and derivatives settlement institutions to drop the costs for market participants. The settlement institution will adjust the calculation method for the cash collateral interest paid to its participants and reduce the financing fees for non-cash collateral.

Odaily News Nasdaq-listed company AirNet Technology announced that it has completed a stock placement fundraising, raising approximately $180 million by trading 80,826,225 shares of common stock and accompanying warrants, with all proceeds paid in digital assets, including about 819.07 Bitcoin and 19,928.91 Ether. (PRNewswire)

On August 27, according to the official announcement, OKX has officially launched a new "Frozen Compensation" system. Users trading with merchants marked with the "Frozen Compensation" label can enjoy up to a 100% compensation ratio and a single transaction compensation cap of up to 30,000 USDT if their receiving account is frozen due to the other party's payment, while also receiving platform financial support, enhancing both safety and security. It is reported that only high-quality merchants who have passed strict reviews can obtain the "Frozen Compensation" qualification, covering bulk merchants and certified merchants. Among them, bulk merchants have paid a high deposit, making them safe and reliable with strong compensation capabilities; certified merchants are certified by the platform and provide stable compensation according to the rules. Users can quickly identify such merchants through the order delegation or filtering function. The launch of the "Frozen Compensation" system will create a more secure and trustworthy trading environment for C2C users.

According to BlockBeats news on August 25, as reported by businessinsider, BONK treasury company Safety Shot announced the completion of a $30 million financing round, led by FalconX and others. The transaction includes a direct issuance of approximately $5 million in cash and a concurrent private sale of $25 million, paid for by BONK founding members with BONK Tokens.

According to a report by Jinse Finance, the total amount of ETH staked on the liquid staking platform Lido is 8,762,831 ETH, approximately 42,209,731,080 USD. In addition, as of now, Lido has paid out staking rewards of 991,635 ETH, approximately 4,776,613,319 US dollars.

According to Foresight News, as reported by Zhitong Finance, Zhonglian Development Holdings (00264.HK) announced that on August 21, 2025, the company intends to acquire 20% of the total issued share capital of NVTH Limited from the RWA tokenization-related business company NVTSH Limited for a price of HKD 100 million (subject to adjustment), of which HKD 40 million will be paid in cash; and HKD 60 million will be paid through the allotment and issuance of 42.253 million consideration shares, with an issue price of HKD 1.42 per consideration share.

PANews reported on August 21 that a suspected insider purchased 1.89 million YZY for 450,000 USDC through 2 wallets, and later sold 1.59 million YZY at a price of 2.12 USD, exchanging for 3.37 million USDC. They currently still hold 303,000 YZY (approximately 510,000 USD), with a total profit exceeding 3.4 million USD and a return rate of 760%. Among them, one wallet paid a transaction fee of 129 SOL (approximately 24,000 USD).

The founder of Liquid Capital, Yi Lihua, pointed out that in August, due to the US financial holiday trading off-season, the crypto market performed poorly, but ETH performed excellently, providing a buy the dip opportunity. The future trend is upward, and attention should be paid to the risks of the US stock market and crypto policies.

Jin10 data reported on August 20, the Torch Electronics announced that on August 20, 2025, the company repurchased 161,100 shares of the company through centralized bidding, accounting for 0.03% of the total share capital of the company. The highest purchase price was 37.26 yuan/share, the lowest price was 37.18 yuan/share, and the total amount of funds paid was 5,996,300 yuan (excluding transaction fees). This repurchase is based on the company's share repurchase plan, with a total repurchase amount not less than 30 million yuan and not exceeding 50 million yuan, the repurchase price not exceeding 47 yuan/share, and the repurchase period from August 15, 2025, to August 14, 2026.

According to Jin10 data on August 20, the Associated Press reported that a knowledgeable source revealed that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether the Washington D.C. police fabricated crime data. As the investigation unfolds, the Trump administration and New York City are engaged in an escalating political confrontation over control of the police department. It is still unclear which federal laws may have been violated by the alleged manipulation of crime data. Additionally, earlier reports indicated that a commander of the Metropolitan Police Department, suspected of manipulating crime data, has been placed on paid administrative leave.

Jin10 Data reported on August 19 that on the 19th local time, marking "World Humanitarian Day," Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, stated on his personal social media platform that since the outbreak of the current Israel-Palestine conflict, the staff of the Near East Relief and Works Agency have paid a heavy price, with nearly 360 staff members having lost their lives, many of whom died while fulfilling their duties. In addition, hundreds of staff members have been injured, and nearly 50 staff members have been arrested or detained, some of whom suffered torture before their release.

PANews August 18 news, according to BTCS Inc. (NASDAQ: BTCS), the company will pay a one-time Blockchain dividend (Bividend) to shareholders, rewarding $0.05 worth of ETH per share. In addition, shareholders who transfer their shares to the company's registration agent and hold them until January 26, 2026, can receive an additional ETH loyalty reward of $0.35 per share. The total rewards amount to $0.40 per share in ETH.

Jin10 data on August 18 reported that as of the midday close on the 18th, the Shanghai Composite Index rose over 1% in half a day, reaching a new high in nearly 10 years, while the ChiNext Index rose over 3%. Experts state that today, the A-share market experienced higher trade volumes with a broad rise, and the market is still expected to maintain a strong pattern. However, attention must be paid to the pullback pressure from high-level profitable positions. Yang Delong, chief economist of Qianhai Open Source Fund, stated that with the implementation of a series of counter-cyclical adjustment policies, the A-share market has gradually found its bottom and is showing medium to long-term investment opportunities. Although the overall market sentiment is optimistic, investors should avoid momentum investing in individual stocks and are advised to focus more on industries and companies with good fundamentals.

PANews August 17 news, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, the "Ma Ji Da Ge" has a 25x leveraged ETH long order with unrealized losses of 2.08 million USD, while the 40x leveraged BTC long order has unrealized gains of 78,000 USD. The overall position value is 11 million USD, but a considerable amount has also been paid out as funding fees, totaling 133,000 USD.

The premium paid by investors for MicroStrategy's common stock has dropped to a 17-month low, currently at just 1.4 times the underlying net asset value. The mNAV calculated on an enterprise value basis has also performed poorly, indicating that the premium continues to be eroded, returning to its lowest level since February 2024.

BlockBeats news, on August 15, Yi Lihua, founder of Liquid Capital (formerly LD Capital), posted on the X platform stating: "The past decade has been the greatest opportunity for ordinary people in the encryption industry, and the next decade will still be the same. Do not mislead long-term trends with short-term thinking. I come from a rural background, and both my parents are illiterate. After making my first pot of gold in entrepreneurship, I invested in tech companies while going all in on the encryption industry. Looking back in 2015, those were not reliable decisions, but now they have proven to be correct (along the way, I also paid huge tuition fees for investments/trading/management). Only by being bullish in the long term can one achieve exponential growth and reap rewards."

According to Jinse Finance, police in Recife, Brazil, arrested four suspects involved in the kidnapping of a retired female professor. The incident occurred in March of this year, when the victim's son (who works in the crypto assets sector in Portugal) paid a ransom of 5 Bitcoins, worth approximately 3.3 million reais (around 600,000 USD at the time). Police stated that the suspects included two men and two women, who tracked the victim's son through social media before the kidnapping. This incident reflects that kidnappings and crypto assets extortion cases are not isolated incidents globally.

Jin10 data reported on August 14, that Ribo Fashion announced that on August 14, 2025, Ribo Holdings paid the remaining transfer price of a total of 67.865 million yuan to the company in advance. As of now, all matters related to the equity Delivery and payment for this transaction have been completed, and the company has received the full equity transfer payment of 139 million yuan for this transaction.

Gate News Bot news, on August 14, according to CoinMarketCap, as of the time of writing, EIGEN (EigenLayer) is currently priced at 1.62 USD, having risen 16.51% in the last 24 hours, with a high of 1.67 USD and a low of 1.13 USD. The 24-hour volume reached 227 million USD. The current market capitalization is approximately 516 million USD, an increase of 73.31 million USD compared to yesterday. EigenLayer is a decentralized cloud computing platform that provides verifiable application development, AVS infrastructure operation, multi-asset staking, and high-throughput and reliable data access services. Currently, the platform has paid out $117 million in rewards, with a total locked value of $13.01 billion, and there are 161 AVS under development. Important news about EIGEN recently: 1️⃣ *

Bitmine plans to increase its holdings of Ethereum to 5%, which has sparked a rise in market sentiment, with the ETH price approaching historical supply levels. Analysts point out that this is a long-term commitment that will have a positive impact on supply and demand, but in the short term, attention should be paid to the risk of a price pullback.

Sam Altman released an update for ChatGPT, introducing three modes for GPT-5: Auto, Fast, and Thinking. The Thinking mode has a limit of 3,000 messages per week, and after exceeding the limit, Thinking mini can be used, supporting 196,000 tokens. Paid users can add more models, and a gentler personality version of GPT-5 with user customization options is in development.

Odaily News The President of the United States, Trump, stated that tariffs have not caused Inflation, and consumers have not even paid these tariffs; Goldman Sachs CEO Solomon made an incorrect judgment about the impact of tariffs on the market. (Jin10)

Jin10 data reported on August 12th, Tencent Music (01698.HK) announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that its total revenue for the second quarter was 8.44 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 17.9%, and the adjusted net profit was 2.64 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 33.0%. Among them, online music service revenue rose by 26.4% year-on-year to 6.85 billion yuan, the number of paid online music users increased by 6.3% year-on-year to 124.4 million, and the average monthly revenue per paid user increased from 10.7 yuan in the same period of 2024 to 11.7 yuan.

Meta Platforms' TBD Lab is developing a new version of the large language model Llama, with a team composed of highly paid researchers recruited from competitors. The lab will undertake multiple projects in collaboration with Meta's artificial intelligence team to enhance the model's reasoning capabilities.

Odaily News OpenAI announced on Monday that the weekly active user count of its ChatGPT will reach 700 million this week, up from 500 million in March, marking a year-on-year surge of over 4 times. The company stated that this figure encompasses all AI products from ChatGPT, including the free version, Plus Pro version, enterprise version, team version, and educational version, while the daily message volume from users has exceeded 3 billion. Compared to last year's year-on-year growth rate of 2.5 times, the current growth rate is accelerating. As more enterprises and educational institutions integrate AI tools, the number of paid commercial users of ChatGPT has increased from 3 million in June to 5 million. OpenAI's annual recurring revenue has now risen from 10 billion dollars in June to

Jin10 reported on August 4th that U.S. President Trump recently posted on social media: "India is not only buying a large amount of Russian oil, but is also reselling a significant portion of it on the open market for huge profits. Because of this, I will significantly increase the tariffs that India pays to the U.S."

Jinse Finance reported that the tokenized asset issuer Securitize announced on platform X that the BlackRock BUIDL fund has paid over $62.5 million in dividends to date, with the dividend payout in July reaching $9.3 million. It is currently available on seven blockchains: Aptos, Arbitrum, Avax, Ethereum, Optimism, Polygon, and Solana, among which the average daily dividend distribution on the Aptos blockchain has reached $157,170.

Lido released a security disclosure on the X platform, reporting and fixing vulnerabilities related to CSM and validator withdrawal contracts. The vulnerability was not exploited, and CSM nodes and stETH holders were not affected. The fix was implemented by disabling the bond destruction feature and through a DAO voting proposal, and a bounty was paid to the white hat hacker who reported the issue.

PANews, August 1st news, according to the announcement from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Hong Kong listed company Delin Holdings announced the signing of a share subscription agreement with RWA tokenization fintech company Asseto, conditionally agreeing to subscribe for 77,352 Class A common shares issued by Asseto, with a total subscription price of $1,290,335 (approximately 10.13 million HKD), to be paid in cash. It is reported that the subscribed shares account for approximately 3.23% of the expanded issued share capital of Asseto after the subscription.

Longguang Group will pay a 0.2% "consent fee" to domestic creditors on July 29, limited to bondholders who vote "consent" in the debt restructuring. The payment will be calculated based on the consent accounts and related bond quantities registered on the creditor registration date, and the corresponding bonds will be simultaneously cancelled.

Golden Finance reported that the Nasdaq-listed technology platform Bakkt announced the sale of its loyalty business for $11 million, driving its transformation into a pure encryption infrastructure company, with the transaction expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2025. At the same time, Bakkt plans to publicly issue Class A shares and pre-paid warrants to raise funds for purchasing Bitcoin, supplementing working capital, and meeting the company's daily needs. The company's disclosed second-quarter encryption revenue is expected to be between $568 million and $569 million. The timing and terms of the public offering will depend on market conditions.

Jin10 data reported on July 28, Galaxy Securities stated that in an environment where profit signals have not yet been established, this round of market trends is significantly driven by liquidity and market expectations. The financing balance has continued to rise since the end of June, returning above 1.9 trillion yuan. Meanwhile, the stock market's rise has led to the spread of the Money Effect in the market, further boosting opportunities for a pump and creating positive feedback. Going forward, attention should be paid to the support strength of the market near key points, and it is expected that the market will maintain a fluctuating operation around a high center.

Jin10 data reported on July 20 that Bulgaria is one of the world's major lavender producers, and the United States is one of its main importers of lavender essential oil. As the lavender harvest season approaches, essential oil production companies state that the U.S. tariffs on other countries will be borne by American consumers. Georgiev, the head of an essential oil production company in Bulgaria, stated that currently our exports to Europe account for about 40% to 45%, while exports to the U.S. and Canada account for 30% to 35%. The tariffs are paid by the users rather than the exporters, and we provide products to merchants willing to buy. If the buyer needs to pay additional tariffs, that cost will be borne by them and their customers; we will not sacrifice our profits.

Odaily News According to Whale Alert monitoring, a transaction on the Cardano network paid a fee of 3,700,001 ADA (3.03 million USD).

PANews, July 18 news, according to Whale Alert monitoring, a single transaction on the Ethereum network just paid a fee of 31 ETH (worth $112,745).

The crypto market has seen a strong rise in the last 24 hours, with a total market capitalization increase of $170 billion, reaching $3.59 trillion. Bitcoin set a new all-time high of $117,393.7, while Pudgy Penguins(PENGU) led the alts with a rise of nearly 20%. Meanwhile, the appointment of the new OCC chairman and the controversy surrounding Elon Musk's Grok AI have become hot topics of market interest. Market sentiment is positive, but attention needs to be paid to the pullback risk of Bitcoin prices and whether the alts can sustain their upward momentum.

Gate News bot message, July 10th, Gate platform announced the launch of the Solana ecological project Pump Fun (PUMP) Token subscription, and offers a 2.5% USDT cashback incentive. The subscription event will take place from July 12, 2025, 22:00 to July 15, 22:00 (UTC+8), with a total support sales limit of 25 million USDT and a total cashback limit of 625,000 USDT. Users participating in the subscription can receive a 2.5% cashback in USDT based on the actual amount paid, which will be automatically calculated and distributed by the system. If the number of participants is large, the cashback will be distributed in order of subscription time until the prize pool is exhausted. At the same time, the Gate platform has launched the "Invite Friends to Grab PUMP" event, where users can receive up to 500 USDT in additional rewards. According to official disclosures, this sale is initiated by the Pump fun team and plans to be publicly sold.

NextGen Digital Platforms has signed a financing protocol with an independent buyer, planning to privately sell up to 2,000 special warrants through a non-brokerage method, raising a maximum of 200 CAD. The financing will be paid in BTC and ETH, with funds held in custody by a designated third party, and the asset price will be determined based on the Closing Price discovered before the end of the private sale.

Gate News bot message, Bloomberg reported that the U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into a former employee of the cryptocurrency payment company DigitalMint. This former employee allegedly made a private agreement with hackers during the handling of a ransomware incident, illegally profiting from the ransom paid by victims. DigitalMi, a well-known Bitcoin ATM operator in the United States

According to Gate News bot, it is reported by Wu that the Hong Kong listed company Pioneer Pharma (00399) has officially signed a memorandum of understanding and plans to acquire all equity of a company to obtain Conflux Blockchain related assets. The transaction price is planned to be paid in cash, shares, or convertible bonds, and the specific amount will be detailed in the formal agreement.

Gate News bot news, according to Bitcoinist, the market intelligence platform Alphractal pointed out that the low on-chain activity in this cycle is one of the reasons for the significant decline in miner income. Due to the decrease in activity, the total transaction fees paid on the Bitcoin network have dropped to their lowest level since 2012.

Gate News bot Message: U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen announced on Wednesday that the Treasury will continue to take extraordinary cash management measures to prevent breaching the federal debt ceiling, extending the authorization by nearly a month to July 24. In a letter to congressional leaders, Yellen stated that she has determined that it is necessary to continue the "pause in debt issuance" originally set to expire on Friday. This statement allows the Treasury to suspend withdrawals from government pension and retiree medical funds for benefits that do not need to be paid immediately.