On August 27th, Bitlayer announced that the BTR airdrop will go live today. Airdrop inquiries have been open since 14:00, and the airdrop collection website will open at 18:00.

the cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin announced that it will be the first global cryptocurrency exchange to support Thailand's new digital investment token G-Token plan. G-Token is the world's first publicly issued tokenized government bond program issued by the Thai Ministry of Finance, marking Thailand's first government bond listed on a digital asset exchange. Thailand's KuCoin is a licensed digital asset exchange operator regulated by the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission and will be one of the first digital asset exchanges to support G-Token subscription, redemption, and listing. With regulatory approval, G-Token will also be listed on KuCoin's global platform.

according to WhaleAlert monitoring, at 15:42, 500 bitcoins (worth $55,367,855) were transferred from an unknown wallet to Binance.

Pan Sen Macro believes that September seems to be the last chance for the European Central Bank to lower interest rates in the eurozone. The European Central Bank kept its key interest rate at 2.00% at the last meeting held in July, and most investors now expect that the European Central Bank will not cut interest rates next month. Pan Sen Macro believes that this situation may change if consumer price inflation is lower than expected in August. Eurozone CPI data will be released next week. Meanwhile, with the rise in energy and commodity prices, inflation may further soar. With inflation rebounding from September, the window for further easing this year will close. 

according to the official announcement, the Binance wallet will launch the TGE of the Mitosis (MITO) token from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. on August 28, 2025. Users need to use Binance Alpha points to participate in the subscription. Token contract trading will open at 10:30 p.m. on the same day. TGE details and activity pages will be released soon.

On August 27th, Tokyo-listed financial services company Monex Group announced that it is considering launching a stablecoin pegged to the Japanese Yen. According to Monex Group, this proposed stablecoin pegged to the Japanese Yen will be backed by assets such as Japanese government bonds, and can be exchanged for Yen at a 1:1 ratio. Potential use cases for this stablecoin include cross-border remittances and corporate settlements. Monex Group owns the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck and operates a domestic brokerage business. The group plans to leverage these two major business segments to advance the stablecoin project.

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according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa) monitoring, there are already 13.35 billion tokens in the WLFI Lockbox contract, worth $3.5 billion. Although WLFI has fallen 52.5% from its high point, based on the current contract price of $0.2615, the book return rate of the first round of public offering investors is still 16.43 times, and the second round is still 4.23 times.

the Financial Services Agency of Japan has proposed a series of tax reform plans for 2026, aimed at comprehensively adjusting the current cryptocurrency tax framework. The core content of the reform includes two aspects: first, changing the current comprehensive tax system (when cryptocurrency income is combined with salary income for taxation, the highest tax rate can reach 55%) to a separate fixed tax rate system, with a tax rate of about 20%; second, introducing a "three-year loss carryforward" mechanism similar to stock market rules (i.e. losses can be offset against taxable income in the next three years).

On August 27th, Hong Kong Web3 media Techub News reached a strategic cooperation with South Korean blockchain media TOKENPOST. TOKENPOST will open a Hong Kong content section, providing localized industry information by Techub News; at the same time, Techub News will launch a South Korean content column, with content supported by TOKENPOST. This cooperation aims to break information barriers and provide more comprehensive and timely blockchain industry dynamics and market insights for readers in both regions. In the future, the two parties will engage in more in-depth cooperation discussions in industry conferences, investments, content, and other aspects.

On August 27th, Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) Solayer announced the launch of a cross-chain bridge sBridge with a dedicated SVM semantics. SOON and Sonic both support sBridge. sBridge directly connects Solana to InfiniSVM and other SVM chains, enabling seamless real-time liquidity and asset transfers without the need for EVM detours.

 according to Cointelegraph, U.S. prosecutors have appealed the sentence of the co-founders of the cryptocurrency mining service company HashFlare. Prosecutors believe that HashFlare co-founders Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin should be sentenced to 10 years in prison, and have appealed the decision.

according to Ark Invest Tracker, ArkInvest reduced its holdings of 1952 shares of Coinbase stock yesterday, calculated at a closing price of $308.48 per COIN, worth approximately $602,000.

the 30-year Japanese government bond yield rose to a historical high of 3.22%. 

according to on-chain analyst OnchainLens (@OnchainLens), a certain whale address once again withdrew 20 million DOGE from Binance, worth about $4.43 million. Currently, this whale holds 52.9 million DOGE, worth about $11.71 million.

a survey conducted by the UK insurance company Aviva showed that 27% of UK adults are willing to include cryptocurrency in their personal retirement plans. The survey shows that among those interested, over 40% are driven by the prospect of high returns, and another 23% would consider withdrawing part of their pension for cryptocurrency investments.

 Martin, Deputy Governor of the Swiss National Bank, stated that the Swiss National Bank does not manipulate the Swiss franc. Maintaining independence is crucial. Bitcoin does not meet our standards for assets. (Jinshi)

since the launch of XRP futures by CME Group, it took only a little over three months for the open interest to exceed $1 billion, surpassing the speed of Solana futures. Currently, the total nominal open interest of CME Group's cryptocurrency futures product portfolio has exceeded $30 billion.

according to Lookonchain monitoring, two whales bought 358,279 HYPE (18.23 million US dollars) in the past 12 hours.

 according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a newly created wallet deposited 2.59 million USDC into HyperLiquid and opened a long position for XPL with 1x leverage.