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According to the Bank of Korea, household loan disbursements per borrower fell to 34.14 million won in the second quarter of 2026, down 1.28 million won from the previous quarter and marking the lowest level since Q1 2023. The decline was driven by tightened lending management across financial institutions. Borrowers in their 40s saw the steepest drop at 5.83 million won, followed by those in their 30s at 2.74 million won, while those in their 20s were the only group to see an increase of 2.6 mi

According to on-chain analyst Ember Chen, Longling Capital transferred 65 million WLFI tokens to Binance earlier today, valued at approximately $3.79 million at the time of the transfer.

According to ChainCatcher citing Lookonchain, Bitcoin miner Metaplanet deposited 1,000 BTC valued at $79.77 million to Coinbase Prime 1 hour ago. The company purchased a total of 43,000 BTC at an average price of $96,191, investing $3.48 billion.

According to Jin10, domestic gold jewelry prices climbed above 1,400 yuan per gram today, up nearly 20 yuan from yesterday. Multiple brands including Chow Tai Fook, Xueruiyin, and Chow Sang Sang quoted their gold jewelry at 1,410 yuan per gram.

According to ChainCatcher, MEXC Ventures held Day 3 Helicopter Trip and Closing Gathering in Bali on August 21 during CoinFest 2026. The helicopter experience featured 32 KOLs and industry guests with a 50-minute aerial tour of Bali's southern coast and the conference venue. Later that evening, 100 participants including traders, partners, and industry figures attended the Closing Gathering. MEXC CEO Vugar and Product Director Vivien shared insights on structural opportunities in primary and sec

According to Arkham intelligence, Morgan Stanley increased its Bitcoin holdings through its spot Bitcoin ETF MSBT by approximately 100 BTC for $7.9 million. The move brings the firm's total Bitcoin holdings to 7,096 BTC, exceeding the 7,000-BTC milestone for the first time, with a total value surpassing $573 million.

China's overnight SHIBOR rose 1.6 basis points to 1.4350% on August 25, while the 7-day rate increased 2.15bp to 1.4535%. The 3-month SHIBOR remained flat at 1.4300%.

According to Chosun Biz, South Korea's KOSPI index recovered to the 6,550 level on August 25, narrowing intraday losses despite heavy foreign investor selling. As of 11:44 AM KST, the index was down 1.98% at 6,564.6, recovering from an early morning decline of 2.40% to 6,535.93. However, foreign investors net sold 2.27 trillion won worth of stocks, limiting the rebound. Samsung Electronics fell 2.72% to 250,000 won, and SK Hynix dropped 4.91%, as semiconductor weakness weighed on the market. A r

According to Korean Economic Daily TV, on August 18, Hanwha Defense USA (Hanwha Aerospace's U.S. subsidiary) won a $260 million contract from the U.S. Army to supply K9 self-propelled howitzer prototypes for the Modular Tactical Cannon (MTC) program. The contract includes initial supply of six units with options for an additional twelve. Analysts noted the selection opens pathways to potential follow-on orders of 498+ units worth approximately 10 trillion Korean won, plus NATO wheeled howitzer r

According to the National Energy Administration, China's cumulative installed power generation capacity reached 4.08 billion kilowatts as of end of July, up 11.0% year-over-year. Solar power capacity stood at 1.29 billion kW, growing 16.1% year-over-year, while wind power capacity reached 690 million kW, up 19.5% year-over-year.

According to Kpler, only one commodity vessel passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday (August 25), marking the lowest level since May 7. The vessel was an ultra-large liquefied natural gas carrier entering the strait from the Gulf of Oman, compared with six vessels that transited on Sunday.

According to Binance's official announcement, Binance Alpha will launch Teller (DEBIT) on August 26. Eligible users can claim airdrop allocations using Binance Alpha points through the Alpha event page once trading begins. Further details will be announced separately.

According to BlockBeats, on August 25, a large whale (address 0x6046...) on Hyperliquid is now positioned just 2.5% away from its liquidation price. The address holds a 559.4 BTC short position opened yesterday at an average price of $79,318.4, currently worth approximately $45.21 million with an unrealized loss of $851,000. The whale is using 20x leverage, and its liquidation price stands at $82,896.5. If Bitcoin rallies an additional 2.5% from its current price of around $80,840, it will trigg

According to RootData, a Web3 asset data platform, EigenCloud (EIGEN) will unlock approximately 38.35 million tokens valued at $8.59 million at 5:00 UTC on September 1. The unlock event represents a significant token release in the project's vesting schedule.

According to RootData data, ZetaChain (ZETA) will unlock 44.43 million tokens worth approximately $1.5 million on September 1 at 00:00 Beijing time.

According to ChainCatcher, citing RootData blockchain data platform, Audiera (BEAT) will unlock approximately 11.25 million tokens valued at around $1.41 million on September 1 at 9:00 AM Beijing time.

According to Coinglass, Binance experienced net outflows of $36.24 million USDT in the past hour.

According to Jin10, billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller on August 25 opposed the U.S. Treasury's planned multi-billion dollar debt buyback, calling it an error. Druckenmiller stated that governments attempting to manipulate prices against market fundamentals ultimately fail, and that long-term Treasury yields represent the market's aggregated information and serve as the sole fiscal constraint mechanism. He noted that the current 10-year yield stands near the economic nominal growth rate,

BitMine Immersion Technologies added 32,447 ETH over the past week, lifting its total Ethereum holdings to 5,847,611 tokens as of August 23, the company disclosed Monday. The position is now worth approximately $14.27 billion at BitMine's reference price of $2,440 per ETH. BitMine's holdings represent 4.8% of Ethereum's total supply, placing it approximately 187,000 ETH short of its 5% ownership target. Chairman Tom Lee has described the 5% threshold as BitMine's "Alchemy of 5%" objective, with

According to China Securities Journal, ByteDance officially launched Douyin Work, an Agent product for productivity scenarios, on August 25. Douyin Work supports generation and editing of documents, spreadsheets, presentations, images, videos, webpages, and third-party applications. The product inherits Feishu's existing permission system, allowing users to access data and tools only within their authorized scope, with full-chain security protection including device authentication, permission co