Deribit's approximately $1.907 billion Bitcoin and Ethereum options will expire today

Fu Peng, Chief Economist of Xinhuo Group, stated that the joint intervention of the United States and Japan in the exchange rate has dismantled the risk of Japan selling US bonds, lowered the yield and term premium of long-term US bonds, and provided valuation support for large technology and AI companies with strong cash flow.

The total market value of Bitcoin held by Strategy has risen to $58.24 billion, with an average holding cost of $75385. The floating loss has narrowed to $5.35 billion, with a loss margin of 8.42%. Based on the current Bitcoin price of approximately $69291, Strategy is about $6362 away from the breakeven point.

According to official announcements, Binance will cooperate with partner brokers for system upgrades. From 02:50 on August 23, 2026 to 07:00 on August 23, 2026 (UTC+8), Binance's US stock trading function will be temporarily suspended, and users will be unable to submit stock trading orders.

BBX News: Yesterday, global public market entities and asset management giants delivered a groundbreaking answer in the securitization and ecological restructuring of encrypted assets. Not limited to traditional spot purchases, capital is being injected back into listed companies through a massive amount of native tokens, mainstream exchanges for open redemption and listing of established encrypted trusts, and top tier custody of enterprise level stablecoins, carrying out comprehensive compliance penetration: ——Tianliang Token Funding: ZeroStack (NASDAQ: $ZSTK) has received a $1 billion injection of Memecore (M) tokens to issue warrants at a high premium of $25.19 to acquire assets. ——Mainstream exchange listing: Grayscale advances Zcash Trust to sprint towards Arca (code ZCSH) on the New York Stock Exchange, opening up continuous redemption applications. DCG plans to subscribe to 200000 ZECs. ——Institutional Custody Expansion: OSL Group (00863. HK)'s enterprise level stablecoin USDGO has officially joined the Ceffu Custody Matrix, opening up channels for institutional fund circulation. The market presents a clear dual evolutionary trend of "native token assets being injected into US stock entities on a large scale at high premium equity prices" and "traditional encrypted trusts accelerating their migration to mainstream exchanges through open and free redemption applications". Source: bbx.com

The ZK verification layer project Align native token ALIGN will be launched on August 21st at 7:00 am and open for airdrop applications. The total supply of tokens is 10 billion, and the initial circulation during TGE accounts for about 16% of the total supply. Users can check their eligibility through the official airdrop inspection portal. Align unlocks 44.36% of the total airdrop during TGE, equivalent to 3.88% of the total supply. The airdrop is divided into three parts: Airdrop 1 accounts for 6.54% of the total supply, Airdrop 2 accounts for 2.10%, and ZK Arcade accounts for 0.10%. Those who receive 10000 or fewer ALIGNs can claim them on the Base Chain, while those who receive over 10000 ALIGNs can claim them on the Ethereum mainnet.