According to CCTV News, on August 19 local time, U.S. government officials and an informed source revealed that the White House is planning a trilateral meeting between the presidents of the United States, Russia, and Ukraine in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The White House has not yet commented.

[Coin World] Fed Governor Bowman stated that restrictions on investment activities for Fed staff may hinder the recruitment and retention of expert reviewers.

[Coin World] Former Barclays CEO and current chairman of Hyperliquid, Bob Diamond, warned that large banks must embrace Blockchain technology, or they will "fall behind."

[Golden Finance] According to monitoring by a data platform, despite the market downturn, institutions continue to buy ETH. Two wallet addresses associated with institutions, 0x50A5 and 0x9bdB, received 9,044 ETH from a trading platform about 25 minutes ago, worth approximately 38 million dollars.

[Coin World] A certain investment company announced plans to tokenize approximately $300 million in assets and deploy them on a certain blockchain. This accounts for about 10% of the assets managed by the company, which includes funds focused on non-security crypto assets such as Bitcoin and other portfolio funds. The tokenization will be completed through its partners. The company's move follows a trend where some financial giants have recently tokenized their assets on blockchain. A certain blockchain network currently holds nearly $2 billion in assets. The investment company hopes to promote the integration of TradFi and blockchain technology through this tokenization, while demonstrating the cost-saving advantages of blockchain.

[Coin World] On August 19, according to the latest news from a certain trading platform's official website, the platform has recently been approved to operate in the states of Tennessee and Delaware in the United States. So far, the platform has obtained a total of 28 licenses, covering compliant operations in 38 states, including Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, and Arizona.

The tokenization scale of real-world assets in non-financial sectors is expected to rise by 240% in 2024, primarily focused on domains, intellectual property, and carbon credits. A certain platform reduces the risk of equity confirmation in intellectual property through a blockchain IP proof system and provides solutions for game development.

[Block Rhythm] On August 19, it was reported that VCI Global Limited (NASDAQ: VCIG) today announced a partnership with a digital asset holder to jointly establish a sovereign-grade infrastructure joint venture (JV) backed by 18,000 Bitcoins, valued at over $2.16 billion at current market prices.
According to the joint venture agreement, VCI Global will hold 70% of the equity and will lead commercialization and infrastructure management, while its digital asset partner will retain full custody and control of the Bitcoin reserves.

On August 19, according to official news from 【区块律动】, Grant Cardone, CEO of real estate investment company Cardone Capital, stated that he has once again increased his holdings by 130 BTC (approximately 15 million USD).

LYS Labs focuses on a machine intelligence platform on the Solana Blockchain, successfully completing a $4 million financing, and plans to build a machine intelligence layer to provide actionable insights and support AI agents. A developer portal has been launched, and the Solexys AI assistant has attracted over 200 users.

On August 19, according to reports, Wyoming officially launched the Frontier Stable Token (FRNT), becoming the first state in the US to issue its own stablecoin.
FRNT is backed by US dollars and short-term government bonds, and is currently available on Ethereum, Solana, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Polygon, and Optimism.

On August 19, according to monitoring by 【区块律动】, in the past 20 hours, a Whale withdrew 2318 ETH from a certain platform after 6 months, worth 9.94 million USD.
The whale currently holds 5191 ETH, worth 22.31 million dollars, with a current profit of 4.45 million dollars.

[Coin World] US Treasury yields dipped slightly during the European session. However, a financial market strategist at a certain trading platform, Inki Cho, stated in a report that yields may rise again before the Jackson Hole Annual Meeting. Fed Chairman Powell is scheduled to speak on Friday. Cho noted that if investors' recent bets on a Fed rate cut wane, yields may rise. "If Powell's tone suggests a slowdown in the pace of rate cuts, yields may climb further."

[Chain News] On August 19, according to monitoring, a user "0x0a07" from a certain platform deposited 1 million USDC into a certain platform today and opened a long positions with maximum leverage, involving assets such as ETH, BTC, and PUMP.

The BTFS under TRON officially launched the BTIP-104 proposal, adding automatic and manual renewal file storage functions to enhance user experience and drop bandwidth consumption. Community members are welcome to participate in discussions and improvements.

[Coin World] On August 19, according to monitoring, the divergence in the market has intensified recently for whales on a certain trading platform. 1. Whale "0x0a0" used 1.35 million USDC to go long on ETH (25x), BTC (40x), and PUMP (5x), currently incurring a loss of 423,000 USD. 2. Whale "0x3D4" used 2 million USDC to short ETH (7x) and BTC (10x), currently having unrealized gains of 196,700 USD.

[Coin World] The recent 4-hour Candlestick shows a significant fall in price compared to 2025-08-18 20:00:00, a recovery from 2025-08-18 04:00:00, and a decline from 2025-08-17 12:00:00. There is a large bearish candle, the last Candlestick is a Bearish line, and the Closing Price is less than the Opening Price. The recent Candlestick indicates a decrease in volume: the recent volume has decreased, and the volume has reduced compared to the previous hours. Both price and volume are declining: the market is quiet, and trading is inactive. Current technical indicators are as follows: based on MACD analysis, there is no obvious trend in the current market. MACD histogram: the histogram remains negative and is gradually lengthening: bearish traders are strong. KDJ indicator: no KDJ golden cross pattern or death cross, based on KDJ assessment: Oversold. KDJ value is: 18, testing the bottom, falling, breaking down. Based on the latest data, it can be inferred: Buy point one: price 0.21638, Buy point two.

[Coin World] Scholars such as Hans Gersbach from the KOF Economic Research Institute at ETH Zurich stated during their presentation titled "Contagious Stablecoins?" at the World Economists Conference (ESWC) that opened on the 18th: "In an environment with multiple issuers competing, if one issuer starts to pay interest, then others cannot refrain from following suit. This will lead to overall inefficiency and instability in the stablecoin system." They added: "The interest payment mechanism of such stablecoins is contagious and may ultimately trigger a series of problems. Therefore, prohibiting interest payments through regulation is a core measure to maintain an efficient stablecoin market." The scholars also pointed out that in the so-called "Secondary Market for stablecoins," if investors do not redeem directly from the issuer but circulate through market transactions, a failure in adjustment may also trigger panic, thus requiring regulation as well.

[Block Rhythm] On August 19, according to data from the data platform, today's encryption fear and greed index has dropped to 56 (yesterday it was 60), and the average for last week was 68. The market is still in a "greed" sentiment.
Note: The panic index threshold is 0-100 and includes the following indicators: Volatility (25%) + Market Trading Volume (25%) + Social Media Popularity (15%) + Market Surveys (15%) + Bitcoin's Proportion in the Overall Market (10%) + Google Trends Analysis (10%).