PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel and his investment team hold a 7.5% stake in ETHZilla (formerly 180 Life Sciences), a company focused on building an Ethereum treasury, which plans to raise funds to invest in Ethereum and the iGaming business. Its stock has recently risen significantly.

【币界】According to news, a cryptocurrency scam related to a certain DeFi platform has left more than 1,200 investors in Mexico and the United States with devastating losses. Official estimates suggest losses exceed $300 million, dealing a significant blow to families and businesses. The eyewash promised monthly returns of 7% to 15% through investments in USDC stablecoin. Investors accessed their accounts via mobile applications on the Apple App Store and Google Play to view the so-called profits.
Event on a certain platform: Over 1,200 victims in North America
The platform began promoting its profitable stablecoin investment program in 2019. It suddenly ceased operations in August 2021, citing an unexplained "technical shutdown" as the reason. Subsequently, the founder disappeared, and investors were unable to access their funds. Following a large protest outside the California District Attorney's office, the police intervened.

Musk questioned why Apple refused to include X and Grok in the essential apps, claiming it may involve political factors. He believes Apple's actions hinder the development of AI companies and stated that xAI will take legal action, accusing it of potential antitrust violations.

On July 24, law enforcement agencies from the United States and several other countries conducted a joint operation, seizing servers and domain names related to Russian Ransomware groups, freezing approximately 1 million USD in Bitcoin. The targets were BlackSuit and Royal, involving over 500 million USD in ransom. This action has dealt a significant blow to the operations of the groups, and the investigation is still ongoing.

[Golden Finance] According to monitoring, a certain Whale/institution has once again increased its holdings by 59,998 ETH, worth $253.62 million, sourced from multiple institutions. Currently, this Whale holds a total of 293,184 ETH, valued at $1.24 billion, distributed across 9 different Wallets.

[比推] According to reports, CME's "Fed Watch" shows that the probability of the Fed keeping interest rates unchanged in September is 14.1%, while the probability of a 25 basis point rate cut is 85.9%. Additionally, the probability of maintaining the interest rate in October is 5.2%, with a cumulative probability of a 25 basis point rate cut at 39.9% and a cumulative probability of a 50 basis point rate cut at 55.1%.

[Block Rhythm] On August 12, it was reported that Trump will extend the deadline for tariffs on China by 90 days.

According to reports, there are plans to allocate $16.5 million worth of UNI to settle past tax and legal defense budgets. The new entity does not change the DEX protocol, token, or governance structure, and the fee income cannot be directly distributed to UNI holders.

[Coin World] President Trump: 800 National Guard soldiers will be deployed to Washington, D.C. More National Guard troops will be deployed if necessary.

[Block Rhythm] On August 11, according to official news, a certain platform has launched the "Sidekick x Trends" TPS event in collaboration with Sidekick. This event starts on August 11 at 14:00 (UTC) and ends on August 22 at 14:00 (UTC). There are two ways to participate in the event:
· Sidekick Broadcaster: Use the "Trends" tag on Sidekick for relevant live broadcasts
· Tokenize social media posts containing the "Sidekick x Trends" keywords: Users are encouraged to cut UGC video clips from their favorite Sidekick live broadcasts (the live content does not necessarily have to be related to the relevant topic) and publish them on social media with the "Sidekick x Trends" keywords.

On August 11, according to monitoring by the data platform 【Block Rhythm】, a whale trader has just closed all PUMP long positions, taking profits at a high. In the past month, his total profits have exceeded 1.5 million USD, making him the most profitable PUMP trader on a certain platform's 30-day leaderboard.

【Coin World】Data source, Ethereum market news today, ETH latest price: $4300, 24-hour rise 3.18%, volume $34.098 billion

On August 11, Blue Origin, the space travel company owned by Jeff Bezos, will now accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, SOL, USDT, and USDC for space travel on its new Shepard rocket.

[Golden Finance] According to the official announcement, the RWA protocol Zoth has received a strategic token investment of $15 million from the private sale fund Bolts Capital. This funding will be used to accelerate Zoth's development in the on-chain physical asset field and prepare for the upcoming TGE.

[Coin World] SharpLink completed a $400 million private placement at a price of $21.76 per share, led by five global institutional investors. As of August 10 (Sunday), SharpLink holds approximately 598,800 ETH. Coupled with the undeployed ATM revenues (approximately $200 million), it is expected that after full deployment, SharpLink's ETH holdings will be worth over $3 billion.

[Chain News] On August 11, news came that, according to an analyst, Truth Social Bitcoin Spot ETF has submitted an S-1 registration statement amendment to the U.S. SEC, but has not yet disclosed the management fee rate and trading code. The ETF is initiated by Yorkville America Digital, LLC.
According to reports, Trump Media Technology Group ( DJT.O ): Bitcoin ETF will be launched later this year.

BitMine Immersion Technologies announced that its Ethereum holdings have surpassed $4.96 billion, making it the largest ETH reserve entity in the world. Since launching its reserve strategy on June 30, the company has increased its holdings to 1.15 million ETH within five weeks, ranking its total encryption assets as the third largest globally, behind only Microstrategy and Mara Blockchain.

According to data platforms, since ALT5 Sigma raised 1.5 billion USD to launch the WLFI treasury announcement, the stock price of ALT5 Sigma (ALTS) fell by 12.93% in pre-market trading, currently reported at 7.81 USD.
Previously, the company's stock had risen by about 50% over the 6 trading days since August 1.

The US July CPI data will be released on August 12, and if inflation cools, it may promote expectations for a Fed rate cut in September. If tariffs exacerbate price rises, the interest rate may remain unchanged. If core CPI meets expectations, it could provide room for a rate cut.

[Coin World] On August 11, according to statistical data, during the last week (from August 4 to 10), a total of 53 announcements related to Bitcoin strategic reserves were released. Among them, 6 institutions established Bitcoin reserves for the first time, totaling 1,039.79 Bitcoins; 8 institutions announced future reserve plans worth approximately 145 million USD; 24 institutions added Holdings of 3,923 Bitcoins; 7 institutions plan to further increase their Bitcoin holdings, involving amounts in the millions of USD.