Bitcoin (BTC) has set a new historical high, reaching a maximum of $124,474 on August 14. At the same time, altcoins are rising, and Bitcoin Dominance has fallen to a range of 59-61%. Google searches for altcoins have reached their highest level in five years. Google has stated that the new rules for the Google Play Store will not restrict the listing of unregistered hosted wallets. Standard Chartered Bank has raised its 2025 price forecast for Ethereum (ETH) from the previous $4,000 to $7,500.

Gate News Bot message, on August 14, according to CoinMarketCap, as of the time of writing, FARTCOIN is currently priced at $1.12, with a rise of 3.03% in the past 24 hours, reaching a high of $1.14 and a low of $0.84. The current market capitalization is approximately $1.12 billion, an increase of $33 million compared to yesterday. Currently, FARTCOIN ranks 77th in global Crypto Assets market capitalization.

Odaily News Vitalik Buterin posted on X platform stating: What disappoints me is that so far, no encryption (or artificial intelligence, network status, etc.) critic has used the slogan "Beware of Geeks with Scams"; now I propose it, waiting for the community to use it.

Odaily News CZ reposted WLFI co-founder Zach's comments on the X platform regarding the interview "Should CZ be granted clemency?" Zach stated: "We don't do clemency things. You know, we've said this several times. We're not a political organization. We're a business. You know, CZ is clearly an incredible entrepreneur. You know, I want to add that he is very charitable. He is now dedicated to education, working to repair the broken education system, and we have a lot of respect for him."

Golden Finance reports that Ethereum core developer Zak Cole stated in a post on the X platform on Tuesday that he became a victim of a malicious AI extension from Cursor AI, which allowed attackers to gain access to his Hot Wallet in three days and ultimately transfer funds. The developer installed a plugin called "contractshark.solidity-lang", which appeared to be legitimate - complete with a professional icon and descriptive text, and over 54,000 downloads - but secretly stole his private key. Cole stated that this plugin "read my .env file" and sent the private key to the attacker's server, allowing the attacker to access his Hot Wallet for three days before transferring funds on August 10.

Odaily News CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr posted on the X platform, indicating that the estimated leverage ratio (ELR) for Bitcoin futures 30-day change in August 2025 has risen to its highest in five years, breaking the +0.4 threshold, a level that historically often coincides with high leverage and periods of market fragility. This means that as prices approach historical highs, there could be a large influx of leveraged positions in the futures market, potentially leading to increased fluctuations and a heightened risk of getting liquidated.

The AI concept coin BUZZ on the Solana blockchain recently reached a market capitalization of $21.1 million, rising over 100% in a short time. Founder Jason Hedman has handed over ownership of the project to new leadership, reminding investors to exercise caution.

Bitcoin (BTC) has rebounded again, temporarily reporting around $119,930 during the Asian session on August 13. The U.S. consumer price index (CPI) for July rose by 0.2% month-on-month, while the annual inflation rate was slightly lower than expected, prompting U.S. President Trump to once again call for interest rate cuts. U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen stated that the Federal Reserve (FED) should consider a 50 basis point rate cut in September. Do Kwon acknowledged two charges related to his role at Terraform. Before the SEC's decision, leveraged Solana and Ripple (XRP) ETF gained $3 billion in growth momentum.

Odaily News LD Capital founder Yi Lihua stated in a post on the X platform: "The trade war has landed, interest rate cuts are expected to begin, a super bull run is coming. According to the rise rotation law, after BTC rises, ETH will rise. ETH has reached a new high around 4800, and next, mainstream tokens will rise in rotation, similar to LTC, ENA, UNI, etc. Make sure to hold all these mainstream tokens. Finally, the alt season will begin, especially for altcoins with fundamentals. Be sure to hold Spot and do not engage in shorting. For those outside the circle who ask daily if they can buy, I have a unified suggestion: allocate 10% of your assets to buy."

Odaily News odin.fun co-founder Bob Bodily stated in a post on the X platform that they are currently conducting a depth investigation into the platform's withdrawal situation, and therefore have temporarily halted trading to ensure the protection of user funds. They will update the community on the progress of the investigation.

Spark officially announced that the second season of the points activity has started and will continue until December 12. Ways to earn points include stake bonuses, holding sUSDC, delegating SPK, invitation rewards, and staking SPK. Meanwhile, Pendle will not participate in this season's activities.

Odaily News Morpho lending protocol announced that it has officially launched on the Arbitrum network via the X platform.

PANews August 12 news, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly asked Elon Musk to sign an affidavit proving that he has never instructed changes to the X platform Algorithm to target competitors or benefit his own business. Altman stated that if Musk signs the relevant documents, he will publicly apologize. Previously, Altman had questioned Musk's use of platform advantages to harm competitors' interests.

Golden Finance reports that Base founder @jessepollak posted on the X platform, stating that the volume on the Base chain exceeded 2 billion dollars yesterday.

Odaily News Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated on the X platform: "I only support Open Source" should be a more common opinion.

Odaily News dYdX Chief Marketing Officer Chris posted on the X platform that the Yapper leaderboard is under review, aiming to reward active members who contribute value to the community. Today's Snapshot will reflect relevant data, but the final snapshot results may not be displayed on yaps.kaito.ai/dydx page, but will be released through a blog.

Golden Finance reports that SlowMist has released a security alert, indicating that the XMR network is suspected of suffering a 51% computing power attack. According to a post on X and the blockchain reorganization chart it provided, XMR recently experienced a chain reorganization of 6 blocks deep conducted by an unknown mining pool. Currently, no mining pools on miningpoolstats have more than 50% of the computing power, so this could be a covert malicious computing power attack, or it could be an accidental mining competition. The SlowMist security team recommends: when using XMR for transactions, try to wait for more block confirmations to reduce risk.

Odaily News In response to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's comments about quoting old texts and implying that he is manipulating the X platform for profit, Elon Musk fired back, calling him a "fraud" and stating that the relevant post received 3 million views, far exceeding the performance of many of his own posts, even though his follower count is 50 times that of Altman. Previously, Altman had retweeted a 2023 media report claiming that Musk had pressured the Twitter team to increase the weight of his tweets and called for a counter-investigation.

Jin10 Data, August 12 – Ukrainian President Zelensky said on Tuesday that just days before the meeting between U.S. President Trump and Russian President Putin, Russia was preparing for new offensive actions. He wrote on the X platform: "We see that the Russian army is not prepared to end the war. On the contrary, their actions indicate that they are preparing for new offensive actions. In this situation, it is important that the unity of the world is not threatened."

Odaily News Ledger's Chief Technology Officer Charles Guillemet posted on X that Monero seems to be experiencing a successful 51% Attack. This privacy-focused Blockchain was born in 2014 and has long been targeted by governments and law enforcement agencies around the world, and it is now delisted from most mainstream Centralized Exchanges. The Qubic Mining Pool has been continuously accumulating Computing Power for months and now controls the majority of the network's Computing Power. A significant chain reorganization event was detected this morning, and with the current advantage, Qubic can rewrite this Blockchain at will, implement double spending, and review any transaction. Maintaining such an attack costs about $75 million daily. Although the potential profits are considerable, it would almost overnight destroy the entire network's trust foundation, and other Miners would lose the motivation to continue Mining—because Qubic can.

ChainCatcher news, Helius CEO mert stated in a post on X, "Crypto Assets privacy is facing consecutive blows, and this is currently the most important area alongside stablecoin; future development depends on how many smart people prioritize this issue today."

Odaily News CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr stated on the X platform that although the price of Bitcoin has reached a historic high, the actual profit and loss ratio remains at an average level, indicating that the current market is not overheated, and the risk of a sharp trend reversal in the short term is significantly lower than during previous profit and loss peak periods.

Odaily News James Wynn stated on the X platform that the real altcoin market will begin after Bitcoin rises to the range of 140,000 to 150,000 USD. Currently, most alts are in an overbought state, with ETH's short-term target price set at 3,700 to 3,900 USD. The BTC long positions may lag by several days to weeks, but once it breaks through, funds will flow back into Bitcoin and push alts to rise.

Ethereum developer Federico Carrone was released after being detained for 24 hours in Turkey on suspicion of being related to a privacy protocol. He stated that the matter is related to a research paper he published in 2022, emphasizing that the research did not involve any illegal activities.

ETH's supply on centralized exchanges has decreased by 6.7%, reaching a new low. This trend is expected to continue, and on-chain capital inflows may further improve prices and on-chain activity.

Elon Musk's chatbot Grok was temporarily banned on August 12, with the reasons for the ban being confusing, involving antisemitism and comments regarding Israel. Musk joked about the incident, calling it a "stupid mistake."

Odaily News Arkham published on the X platform revealing trading data showing that Whale address 0 x 235 has purchased $123.9 million worth of ETH through Galaxy Digital OTC in the past 24 hours.

Odaily News According to Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, it was reported on the X platform that Roundhill has applied for a meme exchange-traded fund "Roundhill Meme Stock ETF."

Odaily News DefiLlama founder 0 xngmi posted on the X platform stating that there is a website that is clearly impersonating DefiLlama to scam users. They have reported it to Cloudflare multiple times, but they keep responding that they cannot prove someone is impersonating, even though a large amount of evidence has been provided. Therefore, they hope to seek help from the community.

The four-year bull run and bear market cycle of the crypto assets market may be breaking down. Analysts say that many Bitcoin reserve companies hold large amounts of Bitcoin, which challenges traditional cycle patterns. Some experts believe that future price returns may appear in 2026, breaking the rising pattern seen after the last three halvings.

Gate News Bot news, on August 11, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, AVAXAI (AIvalanche DeFAI Agents) is currently priced at $0.00044439, having risen 137.08% in the past 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.00048967 and a low of $0.00019028. The current market capitalization is approximately $84,600, an increase of $48,900 compared to yesterday. AIvalanche DeFAI Agents is an AI and DeFAI agent platform based on the Avalanche blockchain, allowing anyone to easily create, trade, and interact with complex tokenized AI and DeFAI agents. The platform uses specialized LLM models to analyze market conditions, automate trading strategies, and maximize profits.

PANews August 11 news, according to BeInCrypto reports, an Ethereum developer known as "Fede's Intern" has been detained in Izmir, Turkey, on suspicion of helping others "abuse" Ethereum. The developer stated in a post on X that authorities accused him of assisting in this activity. "Fede's Intern" denied any wrongdoing and emphasized that he and his team are "just infrastructure builders" and are willing to cooperate with authorities. During his "detention," he intermittently posted updates, stating that he had been moved to a private room and provided with food. He also claimed that arrangements were being made for him to leave Turkey for Europe by private jet within a few hours. Upon arriving in Europe, he will continue to fight the charges with his legal team.

Odaily News The US listed company Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) stated on the X platform: Today marks the fifth anniversary of the company's adoption of the Bitcoin strategy.

Odaily News Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino posted on the X platform that the smart development platform QVAC is launching a health test and is set to be released soon. It is reported that QVAC (QuantumVerse Automatic Computer) is a smart development platform that enables highly scalable

Odaily News Boom Foundation announced on the X platform that the second phase snapshot of the BOOM Airdrop has been completed, and this phase will distribute 60% of the remaining airdrop allocation to eligible users, with airdrop claims starting tomorrow.

Odaily News According to on-chain analyst Yujin's monitoring, Whale AguilaTrades has started shorting ETH. He began shorting ETH with 25x leverage 20 minutes ago, and is currently executing the short with a TWAP (Time Weighted Average Price) order. The order shows he will complete the short of 10,000 ETH ($42 million) in 3 hours.

Bitwise's Head of Advanced Investment Strategies, Juan Leon, stated that Harvard University and Brown University disclosed their BTC ETF positions, indicating the Ivy League's emphasis on BTC, which may attract more capital inflows and encourage other universities to follow suit.

Polygon founder Sandeep Nailwal criticized OpenAI's OSS model on the X platform, arguing that it fails to provide a true open source experience, similar to the centralization phenomenon in the encryption industry. He expressed hope to Musk that he would open source the top models.

Stability DAO stated that approximately 20% to 30% of Metavault's funds were affected by the Credix attack and is working with Sonic Labs to draft a report, planning to implement compensation measures expected within two weeks. MetaVault will reopen next week and announce more details.

Jupiter co-founder meow stated on the X platform that 99.99% of his assets are in JUP, and the funds are locked until 2030. He admitted that he tried to reassure the community over the past year but did not receive any follow. In the future, he will focus on consolidating the product and discussing subsequent plans with the community.

Gamestop CEO Ryan Cohen has unfollowed all Bitcoin accounts on the X platform, attracting attention. Currently, the company holds 4,710 Bitcoins, which is only one-third of the planned purchase. Despite raising $1.48 billion for Bitcoin investment, Cohen's attitude has faced continuous criticism, being labeled as a "worthless supporter".

Since July 10, over 1.035 million ETH have been accumulated by multiple unknown Whales and institutions, with the ETH price rising from $2600 to $4000, an increase of 45%. Most of these ETH belong to reserves of institutions or US stock companies, with an average purchase price of about $3546.

According to a report by Jinse Finance, three informed sources revealed that the listing of the Solana treasury company Accelerate (originally planned name) led by Joe McCann through SPAC has been canceled. The specific situation is still unclear, and it is noted that they may try to find different paths forward. The reasons for the failure of this deal have not been immediately disclosed. Previous reports indicated that the company originally planned to go public and raise up to $1.5 billion by forming a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) with Gores Holdings X.

BlockBeats news, on August 8, Musk stated on the X platform that the Grok humanoid companions Valentine and Ani have completed a series of upgrades.

BlockBeats news, on August 8, insider @0xDylan revealed on the X platform that "we will soon see news of WLFI company's listing on the US stock market, (the company's listing) may even happen before the WLFI Token circulates." @0xDylan also stated that USD1 credits may be eligible for WLFI token Airdrop. Insider @0xDylan accurately predicted USD1 this Monday.

BlockBeats news, on August 8, according to PI Shield monitoring, the DeFi platform Credix has allegedly canceled its X account. BlockBeats previously reported that on August 4, the administrator account Address of Credix was attacked, with estimated losses of about 4.5 million dollars. The attack included forgery (without real asset support).

PANews August 8 news, according to PeckShield's warning, the official X account of the currency market protocol CrediX (@CrediXfi) has currently been deactivated. Previously, CrediX experienced a security incident that resulted in a loss of approximately 4.5 million dollars.

BlockBeats news, on August 8, the DeFi project Beets announced the launch of the Gyroscope dynamic liquidity pool (E-CLP) on the Sonic platform. This mechanism supports profit sharing and offers an Annual Percentage Rate of up to 190% in the current market environment, driving innovation and rise in the dynamic fund pool model.

Odaily News On August 7, Bitcoin dipped to $111,643 but quickly rebounded to $117,000, reaching the key breakout level retest target mentioned in previous reports, reigniting trading interest. The current market faces challenges such as volatility compression, seasonal weakness, and insufficient macro drivers. Trump's recent push for 401(k) investments in encryption and increased attention on gold may bring about a change in sentiment. The number of active Ethereum addresses has reached a new high, with prices rising, but it relies more on narrative-driven factors. Both are at critical technical junctures, and may face either a higher trade volumes breakout or a rapid pullback.

Golden Finance reported that David Marcus, the former head of Facebook's stablecoin project, stated on the X platform that Bitcoin is not only the best-performing neutral asset in history but is also becoming the settlement layer of the internet.