Cointel, an AI-driven Crypto Assets education and trading support platform, today announced the completion of a strategic financing round of 7.4 million dollars, led by a certain Blockchain and a well-known Japanese Web 3 innovation company.

[Coin World] According to reports, the decentralized AI agent platform HolmesAI, based on Persona, announced the completion of Seed+ financing, raising a total of 3 million USD. Bitrise Capital, Waterdrip Capital, and CGV Fund participated in the investment. It is reported that the company supports the conversion of AI agents into tradable digital assets and uses blockchain technology to ensure data sovereignty, allowing roles to be deployed across multiple agents.

According to reports from 【币界】, Goldman Sachs stated that the potential market size of encryption stablecoins could reach several trillion dollars.

On August 20, Jane Foley, a forex strategist at Rabobank, stated in a report that if Fed Chairman Powell remains cautious about interest rate cuts in his upcoming speech, speculators may close out their previous short positions on the dollar in the short term. Both the market and Rabobank expect the Fed to cut rates in September, reflecting a weakening labor market. However, Foley pointed out that Powell may still adopt a cautious stance on policy easing when he speaks at the Jackson Hole Central Bank annual meeting this Friday. This position could provide support for the dollar in the short term. Nevertheless, Rabobank still expects the EUR/USD to rise to 1.20 by next spring, as the market anticipates further interest rate cuts in the future.

According to reports, the US dollar index DXY has fallen 12 points in the short-term, and this time Trump stated that The Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Cook must resign.

[Coin World] Reports indicate that several well-known crypto assets companies have signed on to become the first users of the Beacon Network, a new crime-fighting initiative led by the analytics platform TRM Labs. According to a statement on Wednesday, the organization, in collaboration with major federal law enforcement agencies, aims to combat crypto assets crime by real-time tagging of addresses and key threats, hoping to issue alerts early to prevent bad actors from cashing out. CJ Rinaldi, Chief Compliance Officer of a trading platform, stated in a release: "Protecting consumers and maintaining the integrity of the crypto assets ecosystem requires seamless collaboration between the industry and law enforcement."
The so-called Beacon Network aims to eliminate barriers between potential competitors to enhance the overall awareness of the crypto assets ecosystem. This monitoring device has four main services, including "marking and spreading" suspicious activities.

On August 20, according to monitoring, Tether Treasury has newly minted 1 billion USDT on the Ethereum blockchain.

[Golden Finance] The TON Foundation announced that its board chairman Manuel Stotz is stepping down to focus on TON Strategy and will serve as the executive chairman of the latter. It also announced the appointment of Max Crown as the president and CEO of the TON Foundation. Max Crown was previously a co-founder of a trading platform, and he will be responsible for the TON Foundation's strategic partnerships, grants, and technical resources to support developers, creators, and related work.

[Golden Finance] According to reports, Ethereum has liquidated billions of dollars in positions in the range of $4,000 to $4,150.

According to official news from [比推], a distributed storage network under a certain ecosystem, BTFS has officially released the BTIP-105 technical proposal today, innovatively introducing a file upload model based on proxy Nodes and a dedicated routing mechanism.
The scheme effectively addresses the upload challenges in network-restricted environments through a three-level transmission architecture of "Client → Proxy Node → Storage Provider ( SP )", significantly enhancing the accessibility and reliability of file transfers.
This technology upgrade will particularly improve the user experience in complex network environments such as NAT, bringing stronger adaptability to the BTFS network and significantly enhancing the reliability of file storage in this ecosystem. The proposal has now entered the technical verification stage, and we sincerely invite global developers to participate in discussions through relevant platforms to jointly refine this innovative solution.

[Chain News] On August 20, according to monitoring, the whale address bc1qgf purchased 200 Bitcoins (BTC) again 5 hours ago, with a transaction amount of 22.72 million USD. In the past month, this address has received a total of 1721 BTC, with a total value of approximately 196 million USD.

[Block Rhythm] On August 20, according to official news, the AI-driven DeFi platform INFINIT announced the launch of its V2 public beta. This update allows users to execute complex strategies that previously required more than 10 steps to complete in a single workflow with one click. Highlights of INFINIT V2 include:
· AI Strategy Generation: Initiated by the user and automatically created by INFINIT's AI Agents.
· Cutting-edge technology support: Adopts EIP-7702 and ERC-4337 standards, ensuring users can complete operations with one click in a non-custodial manner.
· Four major AI-driven strategies: Delta-Neutral yield farming, leveraged cycle yields, multi-protocol airdrop farming, pair trading
This also marks INFI

[Chain News] On August 20, it was reported that Swiss Syz Capital announced it will restart the BTC Alpha Fund on October 1, aiming to raise 2,000 Bitcoins (approximately $200 million). The fund has already secured subscriptions for 1,800 BTC, attracting family offices, high-net-worth individuals, and corporate funds. The fund adopts a market-neutral strategy and only charges performance fees, with custody and prime brokerage provided by a certain platform, and liquidity is open quarterly.

[Chain News] PANews August 20 report, according to a data platform, Hyperliquid has an average annual revenue of $102.4 million per employee, making it the highest revenue-generating company per capita in the world. The data shows that the Hyperliquid team consists of 11 core members, with an estimated annual income of $1.127 billion, and per capita annual revenue surpassing companies like Tether, OnlyFans, Nvidia, and Apple.

MainSky Asset Management Company stated that Fed Chairman Powell will pave the way for a rate cut in September at the Jackson Hole seminar, with an expected reduction of 25 basis points. Unlike last year, the current monetary policy is close to the neutral interest rate, and there may be further rate cuts in the fourth quarter.

In the past 24 hours, centralized exchange platforms have seen a net inflow of 2364.99 BTC, with the majority of the inflow concentrated in the top three platforms. At the same time, a certain platform had a net outflow equal to its net inflow, reaching 2364.99 BTC. Additionally, the momentum for Ethereum withdrawals has weakened, with a net inflow of 73,000 coins.

[Chain News] On August 20, according to data from the data platform, as of now, the number of ETH in the exit queue of the Ethereum PoS network has increased to 910,576, with a waiting time of approximately 15 days and 19 hours. At the same time, the ETH waiting to enter the market is 244,481, with an estimated activation latency of about 4 days and 6 hours.

Analysts expect Ethereum to continue consolidating in the range of $4075 to $4150 for 1-2 days before having a pump opportunity, targeting close to $5100. Bitcoin, on the other hand, should not fall below $111,900, and will rebound to the range of $130,000 to $140,000. The pullback is seen as a healthy phenomenon in the market.

Josh Mandell, the opinion leader of Strategy, criticized founder Michael Saylor as a fraud, claiming that company executives violated their promises, were suspected of altering financial reports, and changed guidelines on shareholder dilution, disappointing holders.

The opinion leader of Strategy company, Josh Mandell, has closed all positions and accused the company's founder, Michael Saylor, of being a fraud, believing that the executives have violated their commitments, especially by changing the shareholder dilution policy in the financial report, which has attracted widespread attention.