Houthi militants attack three Saudi oil tankers, causing vessel traffic in the Mandeb Strait to drop to a months low

According to CCTV News, Iran's Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Reza Reza, stated that Iran has prepared a list of conditions to be presented to the United States. Currently, ships are allowed to temporarily pass through a specific channel in the middle of the Strait of Hormuz, and future passage through the strait will be subject to a memorandum of understanding signed with the United States.

Fox News reported that US President Trump may take executive action to purchase Bitcoin and establish reserves. （The Bitcoin Historian）

The trading volume of traditional financial perpetual contracts in the past month is twice that of Binance BTCUDT perpetual contracts. （Cointelegraph）

According to Bitcoin.com News, Polymarket US withdrew two NFL player participation contract documents on August 26th. The platform completed certification with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) the day before and plans to launch related products no earlier than August 27th. On the same day, Polymarket US certified price contracts for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, all of which were submitted in pairs and classified as swap contracts under the binary options subcategory. Both NFL contracts and cryptocurrency contracts involve related classifications. The NFL compliance analysis document will be submitted separately for confidentiality, and Polymarket US requests that it be permanently withheld from disclosure. As of the time of recording, another NFL American football starting qualification contract is still in a certified state.

BitGo announced the acquisition of NYDIG's institutional trading business and related assets, and approximately 30 NYDIG employees will join BitGo, transferring NYDIG's institutional trading customer relationships. BitGo will integrate its related businesses with its hosting, trading, settlement, and wallet infrastructure. NYDIG focuses its resources on power generation, Bitcoin mining, and high-performance computing data center businesses. Its computing infrastructure development reserves currently exceed 3 gigawatts, with over 1 gigawatt expected to be ready for delivery in 2027 and 2028.