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Wednesday, 08/26/2026

Data: A certain whale liquidated 301,900 HYPE, making a profit of over 5.3 million dollars

According to on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain, address 0x3527 sold all of its 301,937 HYPE tokens, with a total value of approximately 24.4 million USD, realizing a profit of over 5.3 million USD.This address accumulated HYPE from May to July of this year, with an average purchase price of about 63 USD; this complete exit indicates that it has completed profit-taking for this phase.

Data: Robinhood Meme Coin YOLO's market cap briefly surpassed 10 million dollars, with a daily increase of over 36%

According to GMGN market data, the market capitalization of the Robinhood ecosystem Meme coin YOLO briefly surpassed 10 million USD, currently reported at approximately 9.5 million USD, with an intraday increase of over 36%.Market news reminds that Meme coin prices are highly volatile and easily affected by market sentiment and trending events, please be aware of trading risks.

Uniswap founder: Tokenization will reshape the market-making landscape, and AMM is still in its early stages

Uniswap founder Hayden Adams stated that after nine years of DeFi practice, the path for AMM to become the core engine of the global financial market is becoming increasingly clear. He pointed out that tokenization is not only an infrastructure upgrade but also changes who provides liquidity and what is traded in the market. The SEC has approved Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange to trade tokenized stocks, and the DTCC also conducted live testing of tokenized trading in July.Adams believes that traditional market makers vertically integrate capital, strategy, execution, settlement, and distribution, which is costly; blockchain disassembles these components, making capital a scarce input. Liquidity providers who already hold relevant assets or are the issuers themselves can bear inventory exposure at zero cost, thereby weakening professional market makers with lower capital costs. An on-chain "related asset pair" model has naturally formed (such as the Ethereum ecosystem pairing with ETH and stablecoins), as correlation reduces inventory risk and deepens liquidity.He cited that there are already 10 tokenized stocks on the Robinhood Chain forming a Uniswap pool with SPY, which has traded approximately $33 million in 12 days, with some trades occurring directly between stocks without touching the dollar. Adams also stated that although Uniswap's cumulative trading volume has reached about $4.6 trillion, AMM is still in its early stages, and there is significant room for improvement in subsequent design and ecosystem.

Crypto Sectors Pull Back Broadly, Layer 2 Rises 1.13%, BTC at $78,834, ETH at $2,455.2

Odaily News: On Aug. 26, according to SoSoValue data, after a sharp rebound, the crypto market sectors broadly pulled back, with only the Layer 2 sector relatively resilient, rising 1.13% in 24 hours. Among them, Stacks (STX) rose 16.73%, and Polygon (POL) rose 6.29%. In addition, Bitcoin (BTC) fell 1.10%, breaking below $79,000; Ethereum (ETH) fell 1.61%, breaking below $2,500.

In other sectors, the DeFi sector fell 0.38% in 24 hours, with Ethena (ENA) down 7.78%, but Hyperliquid (HYPE) up 1.89%; the CeFi sector fell 1.65%, with OKB (OKB) down 3.12%; the Layer 1 sector fell 2.39%, with Zcash (ZEC) down 6.44%; the Meme sector fell 3.42%, with SPX6900 (SPX) bucking the trend to rise 13.33%; the PayFi sector fell 3.99%, with Dash (DASH) down 10.10%.

The crypto sector indices reflecting historical sector performance show that the ssiLayer2, ssiMeme, and ssiPayFi indices rose 1.10%, fell 4.66%, and fell 4.27%, respectively.

Data: Robinhood ecosystem token PONS market capitalization exceeds 80 million USD, setting a new historical high

According to GMGN market data, the market capitalization of the Robinhood ecosystem token PONS briefly surpassed $80 million, setting a new historical high, currently reported at approximately $79.4 million.Pons previously announced that 28.52% of the total token supply has been burned, and Pons Treasury continues to use 80% of the protocol fee revenue to increase its holdings of PONS.

Data: A suspected BitMine address has accumulated 20,000 ETH in the past 50 minutes, worth 48.89 million USD

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), the newly created address 0xAef...Dc00B has accumulated 20,000 ETH in the past 50 minutes, worth 48.89 million USD, which may be associated with BitMine.Currently, BitMine holds a total of 5,847,611 ETH, approximately 1.44 billion USD (not including this suspected operation), with a cost of about 3,359 USD, resulting in an unrealized loss of 5.27 billion USD.

Caixin: Trump Family's WLFI Top Buyer Zhou Guren Listed as Dishonest Debtor in Six Cases

Odaily News: UAE investment firm Aqua 1 Foundation previously spent $100 million to buy WLFI tokens issued by the Trump family's crypto project World Liberty Financial, surpassing Justin Sun's cumulative investment of $75 million to become the largest WLFI buyer. Reports say Zhou Guren, born in Shanghai in 1984, is the actual controller of Aqua 1.

According to reports, Zhou Guren is still listed as a dishonest debtor on China's Enforcement Information Disclosure Network, involved in six cases with total debts of tens of millions of yuan. In addition, an indictment recently provided by the UK Crown Prosecution Service shows Zhou Guren is also involved in a money laundering case in the UK. (Caixin)

Caixin: The biggest financier of the Trump family token, Zhou Guren, has been listed as a dishonest person

According to Caixin, the UAE investment firm Aqua 1 Foundation has invested $100 million to purchase WLFI tokens issued by World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency project of U.S. President Donald Trump's family, surpassing the total investment of $75 million by Sun Yuchen, becoming its largest buyer. The actual controller of Aqua1 was previously a mystery, but recently Zhou Guren, born in Shanghai, China in 1984, has come to light as the largest financier of WLFI tokens, with many questions surrounding the source of the funds.Zhou Guren is still listed as a dishonest person subject to enforcement on China's information disclosure website, with a total debt amounting to tens of millions across six cases. A recent indictment provided by the UK Crown Prosecution Service shows that Zhou Guren is also involved in a money laundering case that occurred in the UK. A Shanghai timber company for which he serves as the legal representative was also involved in a smuggling case in China.

BlackRock's IBIT Sees Over $5B in Private Wallet Bitcoin Inflows, Says ETF Store President

Odaily News: Nate Geraci, president of ETF Store, said BlackRock has lowered the minimum threshold for private in-kind subscriptions to its spot Bitcoin ETF IBIT to $1 million, and has facilitated over $5 billion in related transactions from private wallets.

Geraci said this means some Bitcoin holders are shifting from self-custody to holding Bitcoin exposure through IBIT. He believes risks such as kidnapping, extortion, and custody security incidents are prompting some holders to move all or part of their assets into ETFs.

Sampura, founded by a former Google researcher, aims to create an AI "referee" system and has raised $6.5 million

According to Bloomberg, former Google researchers Rishub Jain and Joshua Jacob founded the nonprofit organization Sampura Research, aiming to ensure continuous human involvement in AI safety oversight, creating a human-machine hybrid system called "Referee" to help companies identify vulnerabilities and prevent models from going out of control. The organization has raised $6.5 million in funding and secured an additional $4.2 million in committed investments.Jain believes that involving humans from the early stages of research and development helps prevent models from learning to circumvent safety measures. Previous incidents where OpenAI and Anthropic's models accessed other companies' systems without permission have heightened the urgency for safety oversight. This project contrasts with automated solutions that use AI to monitor AI—though faster, Sampura believes that humans should always be involved in oversight. Meanwhile, over 1,100 top laboratory researchers have signed a petition calling on the U.S. government to help slow down the pace of AI development.

US HYPE Spot ETFs See $7.51 Million in Net Inflows

Odaily News: According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Aug. 25, Eastern Time), HYPE spot ETFs saw total net inflows of $7.51 million.

The HYPE spot ETF with the largest net inflows yesterday was the 21Shares Hyperliquid ETF (THYP), with net inflows of $4.28 million, bringing its historical total net inflows to $55.18 million.

Next was the Grayscale Hyperliquid Staking ETF (HYPG), with net inflows of $2.31 million, bringing its historical total net inflows to $132 million.

As of press time, the total net asset value of HYPE spot ETFs is $409 million, with a HYPE net asset ratio of 2.34%, and historical cumulative net inflows have reached $301 million.

US SOL Spot ETFs See $32.25 Million Net Inflows in a Day

Odaily News: According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Aug. 25, Eastern Time), SOL spot ETFs saw total net inflows of $32.25 million.

The SOL spot ETF with the largest net inflows yesterday was the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL), with net inflows of $20.43 million, bringing its total historical net inflows to $968 million.

It was followed by the Grayscale Solana Trust (GSOL), with net inflows of $5.20 million, bringing its total historical net inflows to $121 million.

As of press time, the total net asset value of SOL spot ETFs was $1.271 billion, with a SOL net asset ratio of 2.25%, and cumulative historical net inflows had reached $1.252 billion.

US XRP Spot ETFs See $23.87 Million in Net Inflows

Odaily News: According to SoSoValue data, XRP spot ETFs recorded total daily net inflows of $23.8712 million yesterday (Aug. 25, Eastern Time).

The XRP spot ETF with the largest net inflow yesterday was the Bitwise XRP ETF (XRP), with daily net inflows of $11.0166 million, bringing its total historical net inflows to $562 million.

It was followed by the Franklin XRP ETF (XRPZ), with daily net inflows of $6.3925 million, bringing its total historical net inflows to $445 million.

As of press time, the total net assets of XRP spot ETFs stood at $1.460 billion, with an XRP net asset ratio of 1.61%, and cumulative historical net inflows reaching $1.590 billion.

Data: The total net inflow of the US XRP spot ETF in a single day is $23.8712 million

According to SoSoValue data, the total net inflow of XRP spot ETFs in a single day is $23.8712 million. The XRP spot ETF with the highest net inflow is the Bitwise XRP ETF (XRP), with a daily net inflow of $11.0166 million, and the historical total net inflow has reached $562 million.Following that is the Franklin XRP ETF (XRPZ), with a daily net inflow of $6.3925 million, and the historical total net inflow has reached $445 million. As of the time of publication, the total net asset value of XRP spot ETFs is $1.46 billion, with an XRP net asset ratio of 1.61%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $1.59 billion.

Whale Holding $147M BTC Long Adds $47.4M, Up $2.78M; ZEC Short Down $10.74M

Odaily News: On-chain analyst Yu Jin reported that the "Oct. 11 insider whale" Garrett Jin entity (0x92ea...50e9) added 600 BTC long positions at $79,000 each in the early morning, worth $47.4 million. The entity has held BTC long positions for 3 months, currently holding 1,868 BTC long positions worth $147 million at an average price of $77,090, with an unrealized profit of $2.78 million. It also holds a short position of 32,700 ZEC opened at an average price of $444, worth $25.28 million, with an unrealized loss of $10.74 million.