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According to Grayscale's latest SEC filing on August 21, Zcash (ZEC) surged to its highest level in roughly eight years on Saturday as investors reacted to the company's fifth amended registration statement advancing its effort to convert the Grayscale Zcash Trust into a US exchange-traded fund. The proposed ETF would trade under ticker ZCSH on NYSE Arca with a sponsor fee of 2.5% annually. ZEC moved above $800 on Saturday, with the token gaining over 60% in the past seven days.

Commentary indicates that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's signature "3-3-3 plan" has significantly underperformed on key targets, eroding his credibility with debt markets. The plan aimed to boost U.S. GDP growth to 3%, reduce the fiscal deficit to 3% of GDP, and increase daily oil production by 3 million barrels, while pushing the 10-year Treasury yield down to 3%. Actual results remain far below these goals: GDP growth stands at 1.5%, the fiscal deficit has widened to 5.8% of GDP, oil produ

According to CME FedWatch data as of August 23, the Federal Reserve has a 60.1% probability of holding interest rates unchanged in September and a 39.9% probability of raising rates by 25 basis points.

According to The Block, Solana (SOL) completed a successful mainnet upgrade on Friday morning, reducing the network's target slot time to 350 milliseconds (ms), down 50 ms from its previous 400 ms target. A slot is the time period in which a designated validator produces a block of transactions. The change, under upgrade proposal SIMD-0525 merged on May 14, represents the first step toward the final goal of cutting slot times to 200 ms. The network plans three additional 50 ms reductions, with t

According to Watcher.Guru, Bitcoin was priced at $586 ten years ago today, on August 22, 2016.

According to CNBC, Wall Street has set a 12-month gold price target of $5,400 per ounce on August 22, citing structural support from rising global debt levels and a weakening U.S. dollar. UBS commodity analyst Giovanni Staunovo noted that factors driving gold's gains last year—including elevated government debt and dollar weakness—have resurfaced. The U.S. Treasury's decision to expand long-term debt buyback programs has pushed yields lower and pressured the dollar, supporting gold prices. Howev

According to BlockBeats citing Axios, over a dozen civil society organizations urged the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on August 22 to investigate AI companies' practice of purchasing, scanning, and destroying books to obtain training data. The organizations called on the FTC to review what they termed "destructive data acquisition methods" by major AI firms. Court documents previously revealed that Anthropic spent millions purchasing books, removing their spines, and scanning pages to train Cla

According to Bloomberg, Anthropic recruited Amir Salek, who led Google's tensor processing unit (TPU) program until 2022, to join its compute team on Friday as the AI lab pursues building custom semiconductors. Salek oversaw the development of Google's first seven generations of AI accelerators and previously worked at Nvidia before joining Cerberus Capital Management. His hire underscores Anthropic's plan to gain greater control over computing infrastructure by developing in-house chips tailore

According to CCTV Finance, on August 22, China's panda bond issuance reached 209.975 billion yuan cumulatively by August 21, 2026, up over 73% year-over-year and marking a record high for the same period. The issuance surge comes as global major economies face elevated long-term sovereign bond yields, yet China's bond market and exchange rate remain relatively stable with international institutions increasing offshore renminbi financing amid global debt market volatility.

According to Canadian Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, the United States has taken measures to limit Canada's ability to negotiate other trade agreements, Freeland stated on August 22.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently stated that the United States intends to maintain high tariffs on Chinese heavy trucks. The remark reflects ongoing discussions between Canada and the U.S. regarding trade policy toward China.

According to Bitcoin Red Team member Calle in an interview with Decrypt, the group—formed as an emergency effort in response to AI-assisted security threats—has proactively scanned much of Bitcoin's significant open-source ecosystem and works directly with projects to identify and fix vulnerabilities. The Bitcoin Red Team consists of approximately 20 to 25 volunteers and has spent around $20,000 on security scans as of August 4, 2026. Calle warned that AI is eroding the technical barrier to expl

UBS Global Wealth Management raised its S&P 500 index target for year-end 2026 to 8,100 on Thursday, compared to the index's closing price of 7,641.16 earlier in the week. The 6% upside reflects stronger corporate profit prospects and expected continued earnings growth in 2027. UBS also lifted its mid-2027 target from 8,200 to 8,400 points, citing resilient economic growth, supportive monetary policy, and accelerating AI adoption. The bank raised its 2026 S&P 500 EPS estimate to $350 from $335,

Canadian Prime Minister Carney announced on August 22 that Canada's countermeasures against the U.S. will primarily focus on steel, dairy, and other sectors.

According to CoinGlass, the crypto market saw total liquidations of $1.244 billion over the past 24 hours, with long positions accounting for $744 million and short positions $500 million. A total of 246,203 traders were liquidated. BTC liquidations reached $194 million, followed by ETH at $277 million, XRP at $123 million, SOL at $104 million, and ZEC at $66.77 million. Other assets accounted for $479 million in liquidations.

According to an interview with All-Russia State Television today (August 22), Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Ukraine's armed forces have conducted continuous attacks using missiles and drones over the past 40 days in an attempt to defeat Russia, but described the campaign as "nothing more than an adventure" that did not achieve any substantial shift in the situation. Putin added that in response to Ukrainian strikes on Russian civilian infrastructure, Russian forces have intensifie

According to Bitcoin News, the SPAC merger plan for BSTR Holdings to become a Bitcoin reserve company through Cantor Equity Partners I has been terminated. The company must pay Cantor Equity Partners I $10 million by September 19 and $5 million by December 1, or Blockstream Capital Partners may be required to cover the payments.

According to Odaily, BSC Meme coin Bicat surged intraday on August 22, briefly reaching a market capitalization of approximately $7 million, according to GMGN data, before settling around $6.27 million. The token has gained narrative traction following Binance's December 2025 post featuring a black-and-yellow cat image where Binance asked the community to name the cat. Flap's official account subsequently replied with the name "Bicat."

According to SoSoValue data, US spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in roughly $1.92 billion this week, their strongest inflow week since October's flash crash, as macro investor Jordi Visser argued that wealthy investors should hold Bitcoin as an "anti-decay" hedge against AI-driven compression of returns across traditional assets. Over the past decade, Bitcoin surged 13,200%, trailing only Nvidia at 13,967% among major assets, according to data shared by Charlie Bilello, Chief Market Strategist at Creati

According to Canadian PM Carney, Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs on approximately $20 billion in U.S. goods effective September 8, with measures targeting steel, dairy, aluminum, and automotive sectors. Carney stated the details of the new tariff measures will be disclosed in the coming days.