Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi accused Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu of being an obstacle to the Gaza ceasefire protocol, claiming that he is deliberately delaying responses to mediation proposals, prioritizing personal political interests over the lives of hostages and the future of the region.

BlockBeats news, on August 21, CryptoQuant analyst Cauê Oliveira stated that "over the past seven days, Bitcoin whale wallets have accumulated more than 16,000 BTC, indicating that whales are buying the dips as the Bitcoin price falls."

BlockBeats news, on August 21, vertical AI startup EliseAI completed a $250 million Series E funding round, led by A16z, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, and Navitas Capital. The company's valuation has doubled to over $2.2 billion. EliseAI was founded in 2017 by Minna Song (CEO) and Tony Stoyanov (CTO) and has been dedicated to building specialized AI systems for vertical fields that can operate call centers, manage patient appointments, and handle apartment rental requests without the repetitive tasks that typically drain employee energy and frustrate customers.

BlockBeats news, on August 21, Raydium tweeted that since the launch of LaunchLab and LetsBonk, Raydium has distributed over $13 million (approximately 4.1 million RAY) in rewards to traders and creators.

BlockBeats news, on August 21, according to the official page, Delphinus Lab (ZKWASM) has launched the UnicornX Unicall zone. As of the time of writing, ZKWASM has risen over 67% in 24 hours, priced at 0.091 USD.

Odaily News According to official news, Gate Launchpool has launched over 300 projects, with an average of 25 projects launched per month, and has distributed rewards worth over $95 million, with the highest individual cumulative earnings around $124,060. The total stake amount exceeds $43 billion. Since its launch, Gate Launchpool has provided millions of users with low-threshold opportunities to participate in the early development of potential projects.

Jin10 data reported on August 21, the Shanghai Composite Index continued to reach new highs, breaking a 10-year record, and equity wealth management products also performed well. Data shows that as of August 14, the average net value growth rate and maximum drawdown of equity public sale wealth management products from wealth management companies over the past year were 28.74% and 12.85%, respectively, with 35 sample products recording positive returns over the past year. It is worth noting that among the equity public sale wealth management products that are still in existence from wealth management companies, 37.5% are still in a state of loss.

On August 21, the Crypto Assets market continued its Rebound trend, with Bitcoin (BTC) returning above 114,000 USD, and Ethereum (ETH) rising over 5% in a single day, becoming the market focus. Mainstream capital continues to flow in, and institutional participation is increasing, but macroeconomic and policy variables still pose high risks to the market. The Gate analysis team will analyze the current market situation from both technical and strategic perspectives and provide short- to medium-term investment advice.

PANews, August 21 news, on-chain detective ZachXBT posted on platform X stating that since 2021, he has publicly released over 150 investigations, with actual cases exceeding 250, 95% of which were pro bono work. If calculated at $5,000-10,000 per case, the theoretical income could reach $750,000 to $1.5 million. Some successful cases have helped recover over $300 million in funds. ZachXBT stated that he will no longer conduct pro bono investigations in the future and hopes to receive fair compensation.

Gate News Bot消息，August 21, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, GTC (Gitcoin) is currently priced at $0.36, having risen 9.21% in the last 24 hours, with a high of $0.54 and a low of $0.31. The current market capitalization is approximately $34.9 million, an increase of $2.94 million compared to yesterday. Gitcoin is a funding support platform for the Ethereum ecosystem. Since 2017, Gitcoin has empowered communities to build, fund, and protect the things they care about through innovative funding tools and solutions. To date, Gitcoin has distributed over $67 million in funding, launched more than 270 rounds of funding, received 3.8 million donations, and provided funding support for over 5,000 projects. Gitcoin's mission is to empower communities to care for what they care about.

PANews August 21 - According to The Block, 69 institutional treasuries hold over 4.1 million ETH, worth approximately $17.6 billion, accounting for 3.39% of the total circulating supply of Ethereum. Among them, BitMine holds about 1.5 million ETH, valued at approximately $6.6 billion, ranking first. SharpLink Gaming holds about 740,800 ETH, Ether Machine holds about 345,400 ETH, and the Ethereum Foundation holds 231,600 ETH. Public companies' ETH treasuries total 2.6 million ETH, approximately $10.9 billion. The US Spot Ethereum ETF holds about 670,000 ETH, accounting for 5.5% of the total supply.

PANews August 21 news, according to X user bizzy, the YZY team collected approximately $9.164 million in fees within a few hours through a 1% dynamic fee pool. The team adopted a 100 bin step instead of a 50 bin step pool design, which resulted in the actual total fees for traders being around 10%, including 4-5% in hidden fees.

According to Jinse Finance, on-chain analyst @alicharts monitored that Binance Wallet occupies 95% of the exchange volume in crypto assets wallets. The reason behind this is that Binance Alpha has completed over 100 airdrops, distributing more than 140 million tokens in total, with an average token value of about 6696 USD per user.

Jinse Finance reports that Boyaa Interactive (00434.HK) resumed trading with a rise of over 6%, planning to raise up to 440 million yuan by issuing shares at a discount of 8.19% to promote business development in the Web3 field. (Jin10)

Odaily News AKE Spotlight subscription event ended on August 21, 2025, at 12:00 (UTC+8), with approximately 10,000 participants and raised over 25 million USD, with an oversubscription rate of up to 80 times. The AKE/USDT trading pair will be officially launched on KuCoin at 20:00 (UTC+8) on August 21, and participants have a chance to share a prize pool of 100,000,000 AKE.

PANews reported on August 21 that a suspected insider purchased 1.89 million YZY for 450,000 USDC through 2 wallets, and later sold 1.59 million YZY at a price of 2.12 USD, exchanging for 3.37 million USDC. They currently still hold 303,000 YZY (approximately 510,000 USD), with a total profit exceeding 3.4 million USD and a return rate of 760%. Among them, one wallet paid a transaction fee of 129 SOL (approximately 24,000 USD).

Jin10 Data, August 21 - According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung met with Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, at the Blue House on the 21st. The report states that this is Bill Gates' first visit to South Korea in three years since 2022. On that day, Lee Jae-myung expressed deep respect for the philanthropic work that Bill Gates has done for the Earth and humanity, and the South Korean government will also make every effort to find ways to participate together. Bill Gates stated that the foundation will allocate approximately $200 billion over the next 20 years, focusing on global health, "South Korea can play a central role in this." Yonhap News Agency mentioned that Bill Gates will also participate in the recording of a popular variety show in South Korea during this visit.

According to Foresight News, Coinbase director Conor Grogan tweeted, "I estimate that at least 94% of YZY Tokens are held by insiders; 87% of the Tokens are held by a single Multi-signature Wallet (which has now been diversified into multiple wallets); over 3% of the Tokens were purchased at market open by multiple (pre-prepared) wallets through a single large transaction; over 7% of the Tokens are in the liquidity pool."

Gate News bot news, according to the official announcement from Gate on July 10, 2025 Gate will launch Velvet on July 10, 2025, at 20:00 1928374656574839201 UTC+8 ( for spot trading, with the trading pair VELVET/USDT. Velvet is a DeFAI operating system that mainly provides on-chain research, trading, and portfolio management services. The project has been launched on multiple public chains including BNB Chain, Base, Solana, Ethereum, and Sonic, integrating the multi-agent AI Co-Pilot feature, and currently has over 100,000 users. The VELVET token contract address is 0x8b194370825E37b33373e74A41009161808C1488.

Kanye West launched the $YZY Token, with only $YZY injected into the liquidity pool, no $USDC. The internal Wallet was informed of the contract Address in advance, leading to a large purchase that profited over 1.5 million USD. Another investor lost 710,000 USD due to an incorrect purchase, but then bought the legitimate $YZY for 761,000 USD and has already profited over 710,000 USD, offsetting the loss.

Gate News bot message: American rapper KANYE WEST recently launched a meme coin called "YZY" on the Solana blockchain. This news was initially released through his social media Twitter account. The launch of this meme coin project in the Solana ecosystem brings new attention to the blockchain field. The release of YZY meme coin reflects another instance of artists crossing over into the cryptocurrency market.

Elon Musk's xAI platform Grok has been exposed for privacy issues, with over 370,000 AI chat records made public, as well as users' uploaded photos and documents. The sharing link can be accessed by search engines, and the chat content is open to the public.

Golden Finance reports that Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer of asset management company Bitwise, predicts that Bitcoin will achieve an average annual compound growth rate of approximately 28.3% over the next decade, rising from about $113,000 to $1.4 million in 2035, with a total market capitalization potentially reaching $28 trillion, surpassing the U.S. Treasury market and exceeding the market capitalization of gold.

Gate News bot message, according to a report by Decrypt, the LIBRA team has regained control over assets worth $57.6 million USDC after legal proceedings. The previously frozen assets have been restored to the LIBRA team following a judge's decision to unfreeze them.

Odaily News According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a Whale "rolled over 125,000 U to go long on ETH" tonight opened a position with 25x leverage for 3,694 ETH, worth 15.75 million USD, at an opening price of 4,272 USD and a liquidation price of 4,183 USD. This position was held for only 26 minutes, earning a profit of 100,000 USD before immediately closing the position, and then withdrew all funds from Hyperliquid to deposit into Aave.

According to a report by Jinse Finance and a chart released by @alicharts, during this market big dump, whales purchased over 400,000 Ether.

Jin10 data reported on August 20, this year, bets on emerging market currencies against the US dollar have brought one of the most attractive returns of the decade, and according to Citigroup's head of emerging market strategy, Luis Costa, this trade still has room to continue in the short term. Costa stated that the Fed's more aggressive dovish stance, coupled with the cautious attitude of emerging market Central Banks, will continue to support the strength of emerging market currencies against the US dollar. An index tracking the returns of eight emerging market arbitrage trades driven by shorting the dollar has risen over 10% this year, and is expected to record the largest annual rise since 2017. "The average stance of emerging market Central Banks is also very cautious, which still indicates the sustainability of the actual policy interest rates," Costa said. "Market expectations of the Fed potentially being more dovish in 2026 also need to be considered. Overall, this combination still supports the US dollar to maintain relative stability, although international investors are concerned about...

Jin10 data reported on August 20 that investors are pouring money into hedge funds at the fastest pace in a decade, betting that the turbulent market will yield excess returns. According to data from Hedge Fund Research, in the three months ending in June, hedge funds saw net inflows of about $25 billion, bringing the total net inflow for the first half of the year to over $37 billion, the highest level since 2015. After a prolonged slump, global investor interest in hedge fund strategies seems to be rebounding this year. According to Citco data, hedge funds have achieved positive returns for 11 consecutive quarters, and their resilience in market turmoil (such as the tariff shocks in April) is seen as a key factor in attracting new investors. Demand for large multi-strategy hedge funds like Millennium Management and Citadel remains strong, with many such firms closing their doors to new investors.

According to Foresight News, data from DefiLlama shows that over 80% of DEX fees are generated by the top ten protocols, with an even higher concentration among the leading protocols. Last week, most DEX fees were used for trading on the Uniswap or Hyperliquid Spot platform.

Jin10 data reported on August 20 that Evgeny Griva, Russia's deputy trade representative in India, stated that despite the possibility of higher U.S. tariffs, Russia still expects India to continue purchasing its oil. Griva said on Wednesday that India's imports of Russian oil may remain at current levels. This statement comes amid escalating tensions over U.S.-India tariffs. Trump has imposed a 25% tariff on Indian goods and threatened to raise it to 50% on August 27, with half of the penalties targeting India's purchase of Russian oil, which the U.S. believes helps fund Putin's war in Ukraine. India defends its right to procure from the cheapest sources, stating that the tariffs are "unreasonable." Griva noted that Russian oil is sold to India at about a 5% discount, leaving India with almost no alternative options. By mid-2025, India's imports of oil from Russia are expected to be around 1.7 million barrels per day, accounting for the total overseas procurement of the country.

Gate News Bot news, on August 20, according to CoinMarketCap, as of the time of writing, VELVET (Velvet) is currently priced at $0.07, having risen 19.13% in the past 24 hours, with a peak of $0.07 and a low of $0.05. The current market capitalization is approximately $16.9 million, an increase of $2.72 million compared to yesterday. Velvet is a DeFi trading and portfolio management operating system, driven by intent and AI. It offers a smart execution engine for professional trading, one-click access to top DeFi protocols, and allows for the exploration or creation of high-performance portfolios. Velvet simplifies DeFi trading, providing an intuitive dashboard that enables users to trade, earn, and manage DeFi positions within seconds. The platform already has over 25,000 users and a trading volume exceeding $100 million. V

Gate News Bot news, August 20, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, ULTIMA is currently priced at 4903.97 USD, with a 24-hour pump of 20.61%, reaching a high of 4914.44 USD and a low of 3551.94 USD. The current market capitalization is approximately 183 million USD, an increase of 31.4 million USD compared to yesterday. ULTIMA is a powerful cryptocurrency ecosystem centered around the ULTIMA token. This ecosystem integrates a range of innovative products: modern crypto wallets, unique crypto debit cards, crowdfunding platforms, proprietary markets, and more. The ULTIMA card is a breakthrough in the cryptocurrency debit card industry, offering limitless financial management possibilities. The ULTIMA card can be used in over 100 countries worldwide, from Europe to Latin America, from Asia to Africa. Deposit limit

PANews, August 20, reports from The Block that the revenue of the Memecoin issuance platform Pump.fun on the Solana blockchain has exceeded $800 million, primarily from a 1% transaction fee. The platform has recently regained its leading position in the number of graduated tokens, as the top Memecoin deployer of LetsBonk.fun migrated to Pump.fun. Pump.fun's daily revenue remains stable at over $1 million, while LetsBonk.fun's daily revenue has fallen below $30,000. Additionally, Pump.fun raised $600 million through an ICO within 12 minutes last month and is repurchasing tokens at prices above market value to stabilize prices. Recently, Solana has been surpassed by the Base network, with Base launching 57,970 Memecoins in a single day, compared to Solana's 32,760.

Jin10 data reported on August 20 that, according to an Israeli government official, despite being prepared to respond to the new ceasefire proposal, the Israeli military still plans to call up about 60,000 reservists to increase its offensive against Hamas in Gaza. The official stated that the call-up announcement could be issued as early as Wednesday. This move would nearly double the number of military personnel deployed in or around Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has recently approved ground forces to take over Gaza City—the de facto capital of Palestinian territories—with the aim of destroying the remaining strongholds of Hamas.

According to BlockBeats news on August 20, on-chain data analyst Murphy stated on social media that based on the "Options Premium Strike Price Heatmap" data, a large number of call options appeared in the strike price range of $123,708 to $129,685 on August 19; the cumulative premium size was approximately $43.32 million. At the same time, there was no net buying below the spot price, indicating that traders are more willing to spend money betting that BTC is likely to rise to this range, while the demand for put options is very light, with almost no one actively buying downside protection. In contrast, a relatively larger scale of sell options exists in the strike price range of $97,709 to $102,430; the cumulative premium size is approximately $13.14 million. This suggests that options sellers find it difficult for the price to fall to this level, choosing to sell volatility instead. Therefore, from the options market trading.

Golden Finance reports that Matrixport has released a daily icon analysis stating that over the past 18 months, our encryption concept stock index has significantly outperformed Bitcoin. However, with the recent pullback in stock prices of leaders like MicroStrategy, Coinbase, and Metaplanet, the index has begun to show signs of pullback. The cooling of buying interest after Circle's listing further confirms the insufficiency of momentum in the new stock market. Current institutional participation is insufficient, which may reflect the seasonal weakness of summer. In the absence of significant crypto IPO support, prices may further consolidate in the short term.

According to Foresight News, data from Google Trends shows that due to the continuous decline of Bitcoin and alts over the past six days, the global search volume for the term 'alt season' has dropped from 100 points on August 13 to the current 18 points.

Recently, the Crypto Assets market has continued to decline, and several Futures Trading Whales have suffered significant losses. Among them, "Brother Majie" Huang Licheng has lost more than 12.7 million dollars in the past week, and other well-known traders have also experienced varying degrees of losses.

Riot Platforms has recently significantly reduced its holdings in Bitfarms, selling a total of about 64.4 million shares, bringing its ownership stake down to below 5%. On August 18, it sold 11 million shares in a single day, generating approximately $71.3 million in revenue, but this represents a huge loss compared to the initial investment of $2.24 per share.

The 2025 Summer Trading Competition co-hosted by SignalPlus and Deribit has successfully concluded, attracting over 1,000 participants, with a total trading volume exceeding $10 billion and a prize pool of over $300,000. Jie Ge won the "TSL" grand prize, while Windrunner secured the individual championship, and the CyberOption team took first place in the team competition.

According to BlockBeats news on August 20, on-chain analyst AI Yi ai9684xtpa monitored that an institution has sold 4,000 ETH (worth 16.65 million USD) again in the past 12 hours, with an average price of 4,164 USD. Since August 18, this Address has cumulatively sold 12,575 ETH, with a total value of up to 53.68 million USD, and currently still holds 6,210 ETH.

Golden Finance reports that North Korean hackers used "hijacking multisignature" technology to steal over $1.75 billion in Crypto Assets within 18 months. Security researchers recommend adding "integrity checks" in the multisignature process as a protective measure for final approval.

Radiant Capital Hacker recently repurchased at a low price during the ETH pullback, selling 9631 ETH for DAI, and then used DAI to buy 2109.5 ETH. Currently, the total value of ETH and DAI held is approximately 94.63 million USD, an increase of about 41.63 million USD compared to the funds stolen last year.

Odaily News Over 280 early Bitcoin-related domain names will be auctioned, with these domains registered shortly after the release of Bitcoin, covering various categories including Wallet, exchange, payment, and education. (Cointelegraph)

Odaily News According to encryption analyst Yu Jin @EmberCN's monitoring, BitMine began increasing its holdings of ETH on July 9, and as of August 17, it has accumulated 1.5234 million ETH, with an average cost of about 3730 USD; SharpLink started increasing its holdings of ETH on June 13, and as of August 17, it has accumulated 740,800 ETH, with an average cost of about 3478 USD. The two companies together hold over 2.26 million ETH.

The Delta skew of Bitcoin 30-day Options has risen to 12%, the highest in four months, indicating market panic. Despite short-term fluctuations intensifying, analysts believe that the Bitcoin bull run is not over, and traders' fear may be irrational, potentially benefiting from capital outflows from the stock market.

Gate新闻机器人消息：在8月20日，$CVAULTCORE代币经历了一次显著的价格冲锋，达到了历史最高点$32,150。这代表着过去24小时内惊人的25%的增长，以及在过去30天内令人震惊的3,115%的收益。 与 Core Vault pro 关联的令牌

Gate News Bot news, on August 20, according to CoinMarketCap data, WFI (WeFi) is currently priced at 0.61 USD, having risen 16.07% in the last 24 hours, with a high of 0.62 USD and a low of 0.41 USD. The current market capitalization is approximately 22.8 million USD, an increase of 3.16 million USD compared to yesterday. WeFi is a decentralized crypto bank that offers global payments, earnings, ATM withdrawals, and non-custodial accounts. WeFi integrates cryptocurrency and fiat assets, allowing users to easily earn, transfer, and spend assets through a single application. The platform supports over 7,000 crypto assets and provides virtual and physical cards that can be used at over 1.4 million merchants worldwide. WeFi has also launched a decentralized loyalty program called "Energy" to reduce fees, increase APR, and unlock WeFi.

Gate News Bot news, on August 20, according to CoinMarketCap data, API3 (API3) is currently priced at $1.27, having risen 47.83% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of $1.83 and a low of $0.68. The current market capitalization is approximately $110 million, an increase of $35.6 million compared to yesterday. API3 is a project that provides decentralized APIs (dAPIs) aimed at providing reliable off-chain data sources for blockchain smart contracts. API3 seeks to address the issues brought by the intermediary layer of traditional oracles by obtaining data directly from API providers, offering safer and more efficient data services for applications such as DeFi. Currently, API3 has deployed over 200 data sources across more than 40 blockchain networks, supporting platforms including Compound and Yei Finance.

PANews August 20 news, according to Yujin's report, Rollover Brother rolled over with $125,000 to go long ETH to $6.99 million. During this period, the position peaked at $146 million, and due to continuous falls, he was liquidated multiple times, ultimately conceding and closing all positions. This time, the loss was $6.21 million, with remaining funds of $779,000.