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According to Onchain Lens, Wintermute holds $146.19M in short positions on Hyperliquid as of August 23, with only $13.85M in long positions. The combined position totals $160.03M in open interest and is currently showing unrealized losses of $3.66M, though the trader has earned $2.14M in funding fees.

According to CoinDesk, BitMart is considering a restructuring combining creditor distributions with a phased restart of operations, less than four weeks after announcing its closure. The exchange has appointed White & Case as restructuring counsel and expects to share a roadmap by September 9. This marks a shift from BitMart's July 26 closure notice, which set August 26 as the trading end date and January 31, 2027, for full platform operations shutdown.

According to Dailian, on August 22, Coinone launched a two-tier branded experience booth as a major sponsor of Waterbomb 2026 music festival in Sokcho, South Korea. The activation featured interactive games, including a water gun shooting game and coin gacha machine offering Bitcoin vouchers worth up to 1 million won. Ahead of the event, Coinone's July new user registrations surged 30% month-over-month, while referral-based new signups jumped approximately 50%.

According to BlockBeats and GMGN data, Solana-based meme coin CATE reached a market cap of $80.26 million on August 23, surging 48% in the past 24 hours.

SK Hynix announced a significant shareholder return program this month, spearheading a broader wave of dividend initiatives among South Korean listed companies. Samsung Electronics is widely expected to unveil its own shareholder return plan, including special dividends, later this month, with Samsung-affiliated subsidiaries gaining in stock trading.

According to Alternative data, the Crypto Fear and Greed Index dropped to 66 on August 23 (down from 71 the previous day), with market sentiment remaining in the "greedy" zone on the 0-100 scale.

According to Chile's Foreign Ministry, the country will close its embassy in Iran on August 31. The ministry clarified that this decision does not mean severing diplomatic relations between the two countries, noting the measure is precautionary amid security concerns in the Middle East region.

Gate News message, seven wallets experienced large-scale FARTCOIN liquidations within a five-minute window. A total of 65.05 million FARTCOIN tokens valued at $12.93 million were liquidated. The affected wallets include addresses 0xc4dc85e76f2b12e106315d18300e0c98b43bdd55, 0x686706694213cc9c6fae44565d9dbefc6a39f0a9, and 0x7971e1fe68e4f6761a64dfaead619715bb5f7d31.

According to HTX market data, BNB broke above $700 today, trading at $700.02 with a 24-hour gain of 1.99%.

According to Bloomberg, server manufacturers supplying major data center operators including Microsoft, Google, and Oracle have notified customers of price increases of over 15% for systems equipped with Nvidia AI chips starting in early 2027. The hikes are driven by rising memory chip costs, with exact increases varying by chip generation and memory configuration. The products affected include Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell.

According to a U.S. SEC filing, Peter Thiel's Thiel Macro LLC held 8 stocks worth approximately $418.7 million as of June 30. Amazon was the largest position at $118 million, representing 28.2% of the portfolio. Other holdings included Vista Energy ($75.9 million) and Vistra ($59.1 million), alongside positions in American Electric Power, DTE Energy, FirstEnergy, CMS Energy, and X-Energy. Energy, power, and nuclear-related holdings outside Amazon accounted for $301 million, or 71.8% of the portf

According to Coinglass data cited by BlockBeats, the crypto market recorded liquidations of approximately $995 million over the past 24 hours on August 23, with over 214,000 traders affected. Long positions accounted for $721 million of the liquidations, while short positions totaled $274 million.

According to ET Daily and South Korea's stock exchange, the KOSPI's average daily stock turnover rate dropped to 0.56% as of August 21, marking the lowest level this year. The metric indicates only about 5.6 shares out of every 1,000 listed shares were traded daily, down significantly from 1.74% in March. Despite gains from semiconductor leaders Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, trading volumes declined 20-30% compared to the previous month. Analysts attribute the sluggish activity to accumulate

According to TechCrunch, Inherent, founded by former Google DeepMind members, has launched Faraday, an AI research agent. The company claims Faraday outperforms Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 and OpenAI's GPT-5.5 in tasks involving independent reproduction of published scientific research results.

According to HTX, Solana broke through $95 on August 23, currently trading at $95.00 with a 24-hour gain of 1.52%.

According to BlockBeats, the TRUMP team address deposited 3.837 million TRUMP tokens (worth $9.33 million) to OKX on August 23, routing the transfer through BitGo.

According to ChainCatcher, US Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs combined saw net inflows of $2.6 billion last week, marking the highest single-week inflow since October 2025. This contrasts with the previous week, which saw combined net outflows of $392 million.

According to testimony during a May 2026 lawsuit filed by Elon Musk against Sam Altman and OpenAI, co-founder Greg Brockman disclosed that his personal stake in the restructured OpenAI was valued at approximately $30 billion. Brockman defended the company's transition from its original 2015 nonprofit model to a capped-profit structure in 2019, and subsequently to a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation in December 2024, arguing the restructuring was essential for developing artificial general inte

Aave founder and CEO Stani Kulechov announced on August 22 that total deposits on the Aave protocol have crossed $30 billion, marking a 30% increase in deposits for the third quarter. Kulechov accompanied the announcement with the statement "liquidity is back," signaling the protocol's recovery of capital flows.

According to Iran's state television, security official Mohsen Rezaei announced that the Islamic Republic plans to target the assets of nations supporting U.S. economic sanctions. The declaration, made on state TV, represents a potential escalation in Iran's response to international participation in U.S. sanctions enforcement, extending retaliatory measures beyond direct U.S.-Iran dynamics to involve third-party nations perceived as aiding Washington's efforts.