August 17: DeepSeek API price adjustment takes effect, adopting peak and off-peak pricing. Peak hours are 9:00-12:00 and 14:00-18:00 Beijing time. The maximum output for deepseek-v4-pro is approximately 27 CNY per million tokens. Binance delists ACX, HFT, PIVX, PYR, VANRY, and VIC. Coinbase undergoes system maintenance and launches US500 stock index perpetual futures. Solana Name Service (.sol) halts new registrations, resuming mid-September. August 18: Bithumb delists GRACY, SPAmerica, ZTX, WIKEN, and FITFI. Upbit also delists SPAmerica. August 19: South Korea implements new regulations for single-stock leveraged ETFs/ETNs, raising investor thresholds and tightening deviation rate management. The White House plans to meet with executives from the crypto and prediction market industries. A Washington state court orders Kalshi to suspend multiple operations and enforce geoblocking. August 20: The Federal Reserve releases minutes from its monetary policy meeting. The CFTC's Innovation Advisory Committee holds its first meeting, focusing on crypto assets, AI, and prediction markets. LayerZero (ZRO) unlocks approximately 25.71 million tokens (~$19.9M), and KAITO unlocks approximately 32.6 million tokens (~$11.5M). August 21: Binance halts deposits and withdrawals of SOPH via BNB Smart Chain. Step App announces closure and cessation of services. August 22: MBG unlocks approximately 27.15 million tokens (~$2.8M). August 23: Binance stops processing transactions involving EXMO and 11 other platforms. Manus resumes independent operations. Some users must back up their data by August 23.