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NoOnes, this P2P crypto trading platform, announced that it would gradually shut down after operating for more than three years. The decision follows unsuccessful sanctions-related efforts that led to the loss of key partners, while blockchain monitoring will flag transactions associated with NoOnes as high risk, making continued operations difficult. The company said users with frozen accounts will be able to log in and withdraw their funds within one week once the specific plan is implemented; customer service response times may be delayed during the shutdown and withdrawal process.

According to CoinGlass, the global crypto futures market saw approximately $253 million in liquidations over the past 24 hours, with about 65,978 traders forcibly liquidated, of which short positions accounted for approximately 58%. The largest single liquidation occurred on Hyperliquid’s BTC-USD contract, at approximately $23.35 million. By exchange, Binance ranked first with approximately $97.55 million, followed by Hyperliquid with approximately $78.79 million, OKX with approximately $24.44 million, and Bybit with approximately $19.25 million, indicating concentrated liquidations on leading platforms.

Hyperliquid Policy Center and trade[XYZ] recommend that the SEC study Pre-IPO perpetual contracts, IPOP, under its IPO modernization framework, providing pre-listing price exposure with no equity ownership and settled in USDC; they are currently unavailable to U.S. users. IPOP has provided continuous public pricing for the IPOs of five companies planning to go public, with opening-price deviations of 0.44%–7.23%, highlighting underpricing and the issue of issuers raising too little money.

According to The Washington Post, eight people familiar with the matter said the Pentagon is assessing its military presence in the Middle East. Initial indications are that the war with Iran could reshape the U.S. deployment in the region, with one key question being whether to withdraw from the Persian Gulf. U.S. bases have recently been damaged, providing an opportunity to rethink the presence, and the Pentagon said it may not rebuild them according to the prewar configuration. Officials said there is no formal order for a posture review yet; the analysis is part of prudent planning and may help determine whether to rebuild the damaged bases.

a16z crypto said monthly spending on crypto payment cards in July was approximately $759 million, 2.5 times that of the same period last year, with an average transaction value of $86. Users can use custodial or self-custodial stablecoins to pay in person worldwide through networks such as Visa, while merchants settle in local fiat currency. Currently, USDC accounts for approximately 58% of settlements and USDT for approximately 26%, while EURe’s share has fallen from approximately 88% to approximately 2%. By chain, Optimism, Solana, and Base each account for over 20%, while Gnosis’s share has declined significantly.

PANews, August 18 — According to CoinDesk, World Liberty stated that it does not own or operate the AI platform WorldClaw, nor does it control the models offered by the platform, but declined to say whether it holds a stake, provides financing, or participates in revenue sharing. WorldClaw integrates more than 300 Chinese and U.S. AI models and accepts USD1 as one of its payment methods, but its terms of service prohibit users in the United States and China from using it.

Ripple Prime completed a $275 million private placement of senior unsecured notes, with KBRA assigning an investment-grade BBB rating and Piper Sandler serving as the lead placement agent. The proceeds will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes related to its U.S. business expansion, as well as to strengthen investments in its team and technology and advance its global presence in multi-asset clearing, prime brokerage, and financing services.

BofA analyst Vivek Arya used a free cash flow sum-of-the-parts valuation to estimate that Nvidia’s share price is approximately 34%-50% below its value, and said it remains a buying opportunity even after factoring in ecosystem financing risks. The company is investing approximately $300 billion in OpenAI, an Ohio data center campus, and ecosystem partners, including $70 billion in equity investments and $230 billion in guarantees or repurchases. Maintains a Buy rating with a $350 price target.

PANews, August 18 — According to Ai Yi, after BTC briefly broke above approximately $65k, a whale that had previously used approximately $125 million to heavily short $BTC was forced to reduce its position by another 200 BTC during the rise, incurring a loss of approximately $243k and bringing its cumulative realized losses to approximately $1.81 million. The address still holds a short position of 312 BTC (approximately $20.2 million), with an unrealized loss of approximately $368k and a liquidation price of $65,078. If BTC continues to rise, the remaining position faces the risk of forced liquidation.

Delphi Digital said that DeFi’s curated lending Vaults have a total value of approximately $9 billion. Steakhouse, Sentora, and Gauntlet collectively manage approximately $6.8 billion, providing yield products to multiple exchanges, brokers, and DeFi applications while determining capital allocation and risk exposure. Following losses, funds did not flow out on a large scale but instead moved toward leading curators and relatively safer collateral, revealing that the management entities behind them exhibit centralization characteristics similar to those of traditional asset management.

PANews reported on August 18 that MTS posted that the real yield on 30-year U.S. Treasury inflation-protected securities (the “real interest return” after accounting for inflation) had risen to 3%, its highest level since the Great Recession. In addition to fiscal deficits, inflation, and Federal Reserve policy, MTS believes AI infrastructure financing could push up long-term interest rates: As of July, hyperscale cloud providers, data centers, and AI infrastructure projects had issued $308 billion in debt, approximately 13 times the year-ago figure, competing for funds with long-term U.S. Treasuries.

PANews, August 18 — OKX market data shows that BTC has just broken above $65,000, currently trading at $65,000.80 per coin, up 1.24% today.

Atomic Canyon has launched NIVA, a virtual assistant for commercial nuclear power plants, with investment from Nvidia and Tim Buckley. Developed in collaboration with INPO, EPRI, and the Nuclear Energy Institute, NIVA has been deployed by operators including Constellation Energy. Trained on publicly available NRC data and industry operations and maintenance documents, NIVA serves as an assistant for accessing knowledge and operational experience. It plans to add troubleshooting capabilities to help employees retrieve operating records and technical materials more quickly, improving unit power generation and the efficiency of operations, maintenance, and approvals for new units.

PANews, August 18 — OKX market data shows that ETH has just broken above $1,900, currently trading at $1,900.04 per coin, down 0.69% on the day.

PANews August 18 news, according to Bybit data, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 5%; Marvell Technology (MRVL.O) fell more than 7%; Arm (ARM.O) and Intel (INTC.O) fell nearly 7%; Micron Technology (MU.O) fell 5.7%; and Nvidia (NVDA.O) fell more than 2%.

SemiAnalysis said that over 40% of Anthropic’s ARR in Q2 2026 came from indirect channels (Bedrock, Foundry, Gemini Agent Enterprise, etc.), with API and B2B contributing the most. Indirect revenue requires revenue sharing with cloud providers or payment of IaaS fees; the same token has different revenue and profit margins at the lab and cloud provider levels, with related costs recorded as sales and marketing expenses, weighing on EBIT. Meanwhile, cloud providers’ large cloud contracts covering the world’s top 2,000 enterprises help reduce the cost of building an in-house direct sales force.

PANews, August 18 — BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes announced his “comeback” as head of Flop Labs and launched the AI Agent-focused token $FLOP, positioning it as “fuel for AI agents.” Hayes said FLOP will be issued through a no-presale, no-venture-capital, 100% fair-launch model. The project team said a large-scale airdrop is expected in the fourth quarter of this year, with the genesis block set to launch in the first quarter of 2027.

作者：BruceBlue
> Risk warning: I am not a licensed financial advisor. This article is based on public information and risk disclosures and does not constitute a guarantee of returns or personalized investment advice. On-chain Minting, order placement, authorization, transactions, and tapeout may all have irreversible consequences. Please use only funds and wallet permissions that you can afford to lose in full for testing.
When most people enter Tapeout for the first time, they look at the price first, check the market first, and ask which “chip” is worth Minting.
I suggest doing the opposite.
First see whether it can actually do something, then decide whether you want to own its components. Tapeout is most easily misunderstood as a more complex-looking trading page; what truly sets it apart is that you can connect NAND and LATCH into logic, run it successfully in a browser, and then tape out the components into an on-chain circuit.
This article is not about which one to rush into.

PANews, August 18 — Visa is seeking new stablecoin settlement partners, CoinDesk reported. Mastercard’s acquisition of stablecoin settlement provider BVNK has caused Visa to once again meet licensing and compliance requirements in multiple regions, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Singapore.

Securitize and Neuberger have jointly launched the Neuberger Securitize High Income Tokenized Fund (HINC), with Neuberger serving as a sub-adviser to a tokenized fund for the first time. The fund primarily invests in high-yield bonds, including CLOs and leveraged loans, and seeks attractive risk-adjusted returns. HINC is open to qualified investors and is issued across Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana, and Sui; subscriptions require qualified investor verification and KYC/AML, with issuance, custody, and fund management handled by a Securitize-regulated entity.