Zilliqa will join Switcheo TradeHub network as a validator. SWTH holders could stake their tokens with Zilliqa via Switcheo TradeHub staking interface.

Kava Labs announced Kava filled the $USDX borrow limit increase from 8,250,000 to 11,500,000 USDX. A new USDX limit increase proposal will be issued soon.

AICoin PRO shows from 00:05 UTC to 03:42 on August 15, BTC spot whale orders on Huobi Global frequently appeared and traded. Among them, a total of 41 whale consignment orders appeared, totaling 3,410.7 BTC with a selling transaction of 1,063.95 BTC.

Balancer Labs tweeted that at 16:00 UTC on August 15, voting will be active on the proposal to update the token whitelist process for BAL liquidity mining. The voting will end 24 hours later on August 16.

Daniel Larimer (also known as BM) tweeted EOS is a better stack for building complex high-performance Defi, adding, "Defi on ETH is a hack and requires many ugly comprises to compensate for latency, gas attacks, reorganization, and lack of sorted databases."

Crypto trader Stacking claimed via Twitter someone hacked into his Ledger account and stole over 100k in ERC-20 tokens. His Ledger account is in a safe, and he reset it last week, so no one knows the recovery phrases.

Vitalik Buterin forwarded an article he wrote in 2017, which reads his idea of full nodes and verification being important, though the arguments are quite different than that of the BTC camp.
In this article, he said that the blockchain consensus mechanism and its client verification make it difficult to change the rules of assets on the chain, which brings strong security. The verification of this by the blockchain client means that for miners who want to do evil, the system removes malicious miners at the mechanism level, and the entire network is beneficial to users.

According to DeBank data, the total value of assets locked in the Ethereum DeFi protocol exceeds $7 billion.
Note: The total value locked (TVL) is the most important indicator to measure the scale of a DeFi project. It is calculated by the total value of all ETH and various ERC-20 tokens locked in the project's smart contract.

As of 03:00 (UTC) on August 15, the global price index of Bitcoin (BTC) has been trading above the $11,800 level. At present, the coin marks $11,889.78 with an increase of 1.06% in the past 24 hours.
The CoinNess.com Bullish vs. Bearish Indicator shows our four-hour technical bias on BTC is "Strong Buy" with two indicators sending out selling signals, two showing neutral signals, and 14 indicating buying signals.
The broad market experiences upward trading, with 72 out of Top 100 cryptos by market cap rising.
The global market cap reads $372.43 billion, and the 24-hour trading volume is $105.82 billion.
Major Coins
1. BTC quotes show 11,899.31 USDT on Binance, $11,911.01 on Bitfinex, $11,913.39 on Coinbase Pro and 11,886.11 USDT on Boboo.com;
2. CoinNess.com Market Index presents quotes for major cryptocurrencies besides BTC as following: ETH marks $439.84 (+3.05%); XRP marks $0.3011 (+1.42%); BCH marks $299.21 (+0.88%); LTC marks $57.80 (+1.40%); EOS marks $3.38 (+7.26%); ETC marks $6.94 (-0.06%).
Top 3 Gainers and Losers in Cryptocurrencies
1. Top 3 gainers among Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap: LRC (+22.30%), SNX (+18.12%), and ZRX (+16.76%);
2. Top 3 losers among Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap: ANT (-14.21%), SXP (-13.73%), and BAL (-13.32%).
Cap Flows of Coins/Exchanges
1. Top 3 capital inflows within the last 24 hours: ETH (+$245.16 mln), BTC (+$137.77 mln), and EOS (+$25.61 mln);
2. Top 3 capital outflows within the last 24 hours: SAND (-$16.99 mln), LINK (-$15.78 mln), and SXP (-$15.40 mln);
3. Net inflows/outflows of exchanges: Binance (-$76.95 mln), Bitfinex (+$9.89 mln), and Coinbase Pro (+$42.97 mln).

According to data from Defi Pulse, the current USD locked positions of Ethereum mutual insurance Nexus Mutual (NXM) reached $43.3 million, a record high, with an increase of nearly 14% in 24 hours. The amount of Ethereum locked positions reached 99,300, an increase of 9.7% in 24 hours. The amount of Bitcoin locked positions reached 3,700, an increase of nearly 12% in 24 hours.

Monitored by CoinNess.com, from 00:00 to 02:00 (UTC) on August 15, BTC registered a net inflow of $104.63 million in the past two hours.
1. The Top 3 net cap inflows in the crypto market are: BTC (+$104.63 mln), EOS (+$21.23 mln), and LTC (+$4.35 mln);
2. The Top 3 net cap outflows in the crypto market are: ETH (-$9.74 mln), LINK (-$2.79 mln), and TRX (-$1.81 mln).
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Citing data from Boboo.com, as of 01:00 UTC on August 15, 1) the BTC perpetual contract price is $11,935.1, meaning the premium of $17.7 compared with the BTC spot price ($11,917.40).
2) The ratio of longs to shorts increases to 2.43 from August 14's 2.33.
3) The carrying charge marks -0.0001%, marking a change into a negative status.

Monitored by CoinNess.com, as of 00:00, August 15 (UTC), 1) the number of Bitcoin active addresses is on a day-to-day increase of 15.41%, marking 934,900.
2) The number of Bitcoin on-chain transactions is 363,400 with a day-to-day increase of 12.82%.
3) The number of BTC whale transfers (over 100 BTC each) is 1,030 with a day-to-day increase of 12.81%.
4) Active addresses on Ethereum report 562,900 with a day-to-day decrease of 0.76%.
Note: On-chain transactions and active addresses of a cryptocurrency have a positive correlation with its price.

Per Whale Alert, 160,296.11 ETH ($70 million) were transferred from an unknown wallet to another unknown wallet at 00:58 UTC on August 15.
The hash is 0x8f548a6f2c8f2df61bd5b93407dd7ca0e9fb28177c0000c5260eb699f44a72f4.

Citing Whale Alert, 15,914,047 USDT ($15,918,645 USD) were transferred from an unknown address starting with 0x587d5f to Huobi at 00:50:18 UTC on August 15.
The hash is 0x9f56d55a174a30c30cd946ccadd3c781a7e934782e774319488c03d76b47812d.

Bitcoin has rapidly regained the 11,900 USDT level on Boboo.com. Now the king coin marks 11,947.35 USDT, increased by 1.91% in a 24h period.
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Visa debit card platform Swipe announced the integration of the decentralized oracle network Chainlink, and the SXP-USD real-time price oracle is released on the Ethereum mainnet.
After the integration of Chainlink, the key price data in the network can be fully decentralized and can be monitored on the blockchain, thus increasing the credibility and transparency of the payment process.
Swipe stated that in order to achieve further decentralization, besides the mainnet of Swipe Wallet and Swipe Card, it also plans to launch more decentralized applications in the near future and use SXP-USD price data in these applications.

Per an official announcement, Huobi Global has opened the deposits of TRB at 00:00 UTC on August 15. TRB/USDT, TRB/BTC and TRB/ETH trading will be opened at 02:00 and the withdrawals of TRB will be opened at 07:00 on August 15.

Galaxy Digital reported $38 million in comprehensive income for the second quarter of 2020 relative to $113 million in Q2 2019. The firm said it saw an uptick in trading in its OTC business, reporting $1 billion in volume. The firm has also begun exploring decentralized finance.

Anatoly Aksakov, the head of the parliamentary committee on financial markets, said in an interview with the Russian-language edition of state-controlled Russia, "Moscow had no plans to legalize digital money as a unit of accountancy," adding, "Cryptoassets can be used as a method of payment for goods elsewhere in the world, but not in Russia. The recognition of digital coins as an official means of payment on a par with the ruble would mean the destruction of the financial system, which ensures the stable operation of the entire economy. Our plans do not yet include the legalization of crypto assets as a payment alternative to the ruble."
ksakov suggested that Moscow has high hopes for its growing blockchain technology sector. He suggested that technology could help boost international trade – and even help Russia bypass the burden of international sanctions.

1. The blockchain social application Voice opened to users on July 4, but only registered users can post or participate in discussions. The registration will be kept until August 15.
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[Policy]
1. The digital RMB pilot projects will be carried out in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the pilot areas in the central and western regions where conditions permit.
[Cryptocurrency]
1. Tether surpassed a $12 billion market capitalization, increased 140% from $5 billion since March;
2. Block.one CEO Brendan Blumer revealed that EOS will unleash DeFi;
3. At 17:44:06 UTC on Aug 14, 120,000,000 USDT (119,956,575 USD) were minted at Tether Treasury;
4. Chainlink is going to launch the Chainlink Bug Bounty Program.
[Exchange & Wallet]
1. OKEx may delist ETC entirely, unless the community takes steps to improve the network's security and stability.

Citing data from BTC.com, up to 22:20 (UTC) on August 14, the BTC mining difficulty marks 16.95 T, estimated to increase by 3.11% to 17.47 T in nine days and four hours. The 24-hour transaction rate marks 3.63 txs/s, with the network hashrate reporting 126.53 EH/s.

Per Whale Alert, 1,950 BTC ($22,803,976 USD) were transferred from multiple Binance addresses to an unknown address starting with 3GqrFH at 21:18:32 UTC on August 14.
The hash is edb34e4d4502583471ed91802970bad515ec0d44f5cdddbbefc8f5fc23d2e86f.

The first Litecoin native Visa debit card is being launched by BlockCard. Charlie Lee said this is their second attempt at the endeavour as the previous one failed: "We previously worked with LitePay on a debit card but that failed when LitePay went out of business."

As of August 14, the total Grayscale asset under management reached $5.9 billion. The price of Bitcoin Trust Fund (GBTC) was $13.40 per share, up 2.21% from August 13. The price of Ethereum Trust Fund (ETHE) was $84 per share, down 0.88%.

Monitored by Whale Alert, 2,002 BTC (23,638,415 USD) were transferred from OKEx to an unknown wallet at 20:33:32 UTC on Aug 14.
The hash is 362e81598724c44b5b95d07d6075339cdc901e0368e1fc71778cdf62f8ba6725.

CoinNess.com now delivers a special report featuring the closing prices of the U.S. blockchain stocks at the end of the day.
NYSE Bundle:
Eastman Kodak Company (KODK): $8.43, -8.37%;
IBM Common Stock (IBM): $125.27, +0.19%;
Accenture Plc (ACN): $230.25, -0.64%;
Square Inc (SQ): $141.96, -0.86%;
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM): $102.41, +0.039%;
NASDAQ Bundle:
Overstock.com (OSTK): $93.36, -1.72%;
Marathon Patent Group Inc (MARA): $3.87, +9.01%;
RIOT Blockchain Inc (RIOT): $3.78, +14.71%.

Grayscale Investments had its best fundraising week in history following an ad blitz on a number of major television networks. According to the company's CEO Barry Silbert, Grayscale netted $217 million in investments in the days following the campaign.
The firm's Bitcoin Trust Fund was the biggest contributor to the success, adding 14,422.01411512 Bitcoin (BTC) at a value of $167,932,466, according to an SEC filing. The firm is currently holding 409,131 BTC, essentially removing it from circulation.
Meanwhile, Galaxy Digital took out a full page ad in the Financial Times last week.

ETC is facing delisting from OKEx in the wake of a 51% attack that cost the exchange $5.6 million.
According to a report recently released by OKEx, the perpetrators registered five accounts between June 26 and July 9, 2020, subsequently depositing 68,230.02 ZEC (worth more than $5 million) on their platform.
OKEx reimbursed its users in the aftermath of the attack, eating the entire $5.6 million loss. It has since temporarily suspended all ETC deposit and withdrawal activity, and plans to extend confirmation times for transactions on the troubled chain. The exchange has said that they may delist ETC entirely, unless the community takes steps to improve the network's security and stability.