[Golden Finance] According to reports, a data platform has announced the addition of support for monitoring BitMine Holdings Address. The BitMine address currently holds 1.174 million ETH, worth approximately 5.26 billion USD.

[Coin World] Data source, Bitcoin bitcoin today's market news, BTC Bitcoin latest price: $116964.94, 24-hour fall -1.09%, volume $911.6 billion

[Coin World] According to official news, the Plasma Mainnet test version will launch on Aave, with a total USDT Lock-up Position (TVL) exceeding 1 billion USD at the start, making it the second largest on-chain Liquidity USDT market.

On August 15, according to market information, the market capitalization of the Solana ecosystem Meme coin HODL has surpassed 60 million USD, currently reaching 60.57 million USD, with a trading volume of 15.07 million USD in the first 22 hours after launch.
Remind users that Meme coins have no actual use case, are subject to large price fluctuations, and investment should be cautious.

Cycle Network officially launched in the UniCall zone, with an intraday rise of 294.47%. At the same time, it received a strategic investment from diamond hand capital, focusing on building an efficient settlement and trading experience in the Crypto Assets field, and strengthening multi-chain settlement capabilities.

[Coin World] According to data from the data platform, the Crypto Assets zone index ssiCeFi has risen by 3.29% in the past 24 hours. Key component coin performance: MNT rose by 8.31%, HYPE rose by 7.66%, LEO rose by 4.02%.

The Fed official Goolsbee stated that the inflation situation in the United States presents a mixed picture, reflecting the complexity of the economic recovery process.

On August 15, traders reduced their bets on a Fed rate cut, still expecting a rate cut in September and another cut in 2025.

[Coin World] On August 15, Mark Summerlin, an economic advisor during the George W. Bush administration, stated that the 4.3% federal funds Intrerest Rate is too high and there is room for a 50 basis point rate cut.

The EU plans to vote on the "chat control" bill on October 14, which requires online communication platforms to scan users' private messages, even if they are end-to-end encrypted content. Despite being aimed at combating child sexual abuse, it still raises concerns about privacy rights. Currently, 19 member states support this proposal.

According to reports, illegal Bitcoin Mining activities in Tajikistan and Kazakhstan are on the rise. The Attorney General of Tajikistan stated that in the first half of 2025, the losses caused by illegal Crypto Assets miners in the country reached $3.52 million. Recent actions by the Kazakh authorities against Crypto Assets miners using illegal energy indicate that this issue is becoming increasingly severe in the Central Asian region.

[Coin World] According to monitoring, a suspected address belonging to Sun Yuchen withdrew 125 million USDC from a certain trading platform half an hour ago, depositing them into Morpho and Aave for financial management. Currently, the asset scale of this address has reached 2 billion USD, almost entirely in stablecoins, and is primarily used for Decentralized Finance investment.

[Chain News] On August 15, an AI-driven encryption financial research startup announced the launch of the third researcher competition, offering a prize pool of over 100,000 USD, the highest in previous years. According to the introduction, this researcher competition will set up submissions on a certain social platform to simplify the submission process. Users only need to publish their competition articles on the company's platform and post the link on a certain social platform, along with specified tags and other simple processes to participate. The event will officially start accepting submissions on August 15 and will close for submissions in mid-November. The final list of winners will then be announced, and an offline award ceremony will be held.
According to the introduction, the company has held 2 sessions of the researcher competition, with a total funding amount exceeding 50,000 US dollars to support hundreds of high-quality researchers from around the world. The event aims to enhance and establish a strong global community of researchers by seeking high-quality, in-depth research content. At the same time, it encourages cryptocurrency research from researchers of different countries and backgrounds.

On August 15, Musk posted, "Grok will soon have voice output capabilities."

[Coin World] A certain blockchain explorer has announced the launch of a points activity, where users can earn OG points through daily check-ins, answering questions, and sharing platform moments, and redeem them for a limited edition 10th anniversary badge. Participation in the activity requires holding an active account created before August 12, 2025. The official emphasizes that this activity is not a Token Airdrop, but a 10th anniversary reward.

Gate will launch Ani Grok Companion ( spot trading at 18:00 on August 15, and will hold the 67th CandyDrop, where users can participate in sharing a prize pool of 1,155,402 ANI through deposit tasks.

BoostARA will officially launch and open sign up on August 15, marking the beginning of its global layout. The platform combines real sports data with on-chain Computing Power economy to construct a new SportFi ecosystem, employing a triple Computing Power model and deflationary mechanism to incentivize participants and enhance long-term value.

[Coin World] On August 15, according to the official announcement, the decentralized AI development protocol RICE AI has completed its Series A financing, led by a certain Token project, with participation from DWF Labs, TokenFi (community presale), Vibe Labs, and others.

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission issued a circular to virtual asset trading platforms, clarifying the requirements for customer virtual asset custody and providing good operating examples and minimum standards, aiming to establish a robust virtual asset custody framework and promote technological advancement in the industry.

[Block Rhythm] On August 15, according to statistics, in the past 30 days:
ETH net issuance: 74,000 coins;
ETH purchased by the fund company: 1.8 million pieces;
Number of ETH purchased for ETF: 1.7 million pieces;
This means that the amount of ETH purchased by these entities in the past 30 days is 47 times the net issuance of the network.