● The US SEC may approve multiple Ethereum futures ETF applications at the same time
The Wall Street Journal quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may approve multiple Ethereum futures ETF applications at the same time.
Since July, the SEC has received crypto ETF applications from several investment companies and has not yet instructed these companies to withdraw their applications, which is different from the instructions to withdraw similar applications in 2021. People familiar with the matter said this shows that regulators will not block the launch of ETFs in the short term. As of now, at least 16 Ethereum-related ETF applications are awaiting approval from regulators.
● Bloomberg analyst: SEC may respond to BlackRock and Bitwise ETF on September 1
Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas said on X (original Twitter) that the US SEC must respond to BlackRock and Bitwise's Bitcoin spot ETF application on September 1, but the decision may be delayed.
● ETH pledge ratio continues to rise to 19.38% of total
TokenUnlocks data shows that the ETH staking ratio continues to rise. As of August 19, 23.61 million ETH have been staked, accounting for 19.38% of the total.
● Exactly Protocol: The protocol will soon lift the suspension and start a dialogue with hackers
According to the Daily Planet report, Exactly Protocol said on X (formerly Twitter) that the suspension of the agreement will be lifted at 11:51 pm UTC on August 19. In addition, Exactly Protocol said it had sent a message to the hacker to discuss further possible measures.
According to previous news, Exactly Protocol was attacked by a cross-chain bridge, resulting in a loss of 7,106 ETH, approximately $12.04 million. In order to ensure user safety, the team has suspended the protocol (users can still withdraw assets).
● Cosmos ecosystem cross-chain stablecoin protocol Harbor Protocol was attacked
According to Foresight News, the Cosmos ecosystem cross-chain stablecoin protocol Harbor Protocol said on X (formerly Twitter) that Harbor Protocol was attacked, and stablecoin minting and part of the funds in the stOSMO, LUNA and WMATIC vaults were stolen. Harbor Protocol said it is calculating the losses and tracking the stolen funds.
● Huang Licheng’s address bought 1.88 million APE from Binance in August
According to Lookonchain monitoring, after the market plummeted, the address of "Brother Maji" Huang Licheng once again bought 367,028 APE (US$583,000) from Binance. In August, he bought a total of 1.88 million APE (US$3 million) from Binance.
As previously reported, on August 14, Huang Licheng's address withdrew 1.14 million APE (worth approximately $2.3 million) from Binance and deposited most of it into the pledge contract. Currently, Huang Licheng's address has 1.15 million APE in the APE pledge contract.
● MicroStrategy's Bitcoin holdings currently have unrealized losses of over $620 million
X (formerly Twitter) user Maartunn posted that MicroStrategy currently holds 152,800 BTC, with an average purchase price of $29,672. The current price of Bitcoin is $25,830, and the unrealized loss is $620,876,000.