Compound co-founder and chief technology officer Geoffrey Hayes has submitted Compound governance proposal 019, aiming to deploy open price feed.

Citing data from Etherscan.io, as of 05:00 UTC on August 13, the Ethereum network sees 168,661 pending transactions, meaning the network is congested.
CoinNess Market Index: ETH, $392.95.

Paxos's July Independent Accountant's Report showed that as of 09:00 UTC on July 31, 2020, the amount of PAX issued and circulating marks approximately 254 million, an increase of 15 million from June.

OKEx announced that Proton (XPR) is listed with the following go-live schedule:
1. XPR Deposit: 07:00 Aug 13, 2020 (UTC);
2. XPR Spot Trading (XPR/USDT and XPR/BTC): 07:00 Aug 14, 2020;
3. XPR Withdrawal: 09:00 Aug 17, 2020.

According to an official source, ETC will hold a core developer call at 15:00 UTC on August 13 to discuss proposals related to the Treasury system. They will collect community feedback on the proposal to determine if IOHK will move forward with making an ECIP for the ETC Treasury.

As of 03:00 (UTC) on August 13, the global price index of Bitcoin (BTC) has been trading above the $11,500 level. At present, the coin marks $11,574.61 with an increase of 2.15% in the past 24 hours.
The CoinNess.com Bullish vs. Bearish Indicator shows our four-hour technical bias on BTC is "Buy" with three indicators sending out selling signals, six showing neutral signals, and nine indicating buying signals.
The broad market experiences upward trading, with 89 out of Top 100 cryptos by market cap rising.
The global market cap reads $356.95 billion, and the 24-hour trading volume is $102.78 billion.
Major Coins
1. BTC quotes show 11,557.31 USDT on Binance, $11,548.01 on Bitfinex, $11,562.39 on Coinbase Pro and 11,554.71 USDT on Boboo.com;
2. CoinNess.com Market Index presents quotes for major cryptocurrencies besides BTC as following: ETH marks $392.37 (+4.26%); XRP marks $0.2822 (+0.98%); BCH marks $285.70 (+2.20%); LTC marks $54.46 (+1.30%); EOS marks $3.03 (+1.65%); ETC marks $6.79 (+1.71%).
Top 3 Gainers and Losers in Cryptocurrencies
1. Top 3 gainers among Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap: NMR (+143%), ANT (+106%), and BTS (+41.38%);
2. Top 3 losers among Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap: DIVI (-4.17%), LEND (-2.33%), and KSM (-2.05%).
Cap Flows of Coins/Exchanges
1. Top 3 capital inflows within the last 24 hours: ETH (+$238.18 mln), BTC (+$98.20 mln), and LINK (+$39.72 mln);
2. Top 3 capital outflows within the last 24 hours: SRM (-$6.08 mln), ADA (-$4.46 mln), and BUSD (-$2.63 mln);
3. Net inflows/outflows of exchanges: Binance (+$6.04 mln), Bitfinex (+$18.96 mln), and Coinbase Pro (+$65.83 mln).

Citing statistics from alternative.me, the Fear & Greed Index currently reads 75, the same with yesterday's, indicating the crypto market is still in "Greed."
Note: As per the index, a value of 0 means "Extreme Fear" while a value of 100 represents "Extreme Greed." The current index is for Bitcoin only and is measured based on volatility (25%), market momentum/volume (25%), social media (25%), surveys (15%), dominance (10%), and trends (10%).

Monitored by CoinNess.com, from 00:00 to 02:00 (UTC) on August 13, ETH registered a net inflow of $24.48 million in the past two hours.
1. The Top 3 net cap inflows in the crypto market are: ETH (+$24.48 mln), LTC (+$2.81 mln), and EOS (+$2.44 mln);
2. The Top 3 net cap outflows in the crypto market are: LINK (-$7.62 mln), BTC (-$2.23 mln), and XTZ (-$551.29 k).
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The average fee per transaction on Ethereum reached $6.04 on August 12, according to Blockchair, the highest fees since 2015. Median transaction fees, which have stayed just below historic highs of $3.03, currently sit at $3.00.

Although there was also a website downtime on August 12, NEAR Protocol tweeted on August 13 that the token sale has been completed. Due to regulatory considerations, the team was unable to discuss this transaction publicly. Coinlist is currently undergoing a final audit, and the total raised is estimated to be between $30 and $35 million.

Citing data from Boboo.com, as of 01:00 UTC on August 13, 1) the BTC perpetual contract price is $11,644.6, meaning the premium of $10.41 compared with the BTC spot price ($11,634.19).
2) The ratio of longs to shorts decreases to 2.74 from August 12's 3.04.
3) The carrying charge marks 0.0073%, marking a big change compared with August 12's 0.0025%.

Bitfinex announced via Twitter, "The Bitfinex platform will be returning in view-only mode with the option to cancel open orders at 1:30 UTC, while trading will open after 10 minutes."

Monitored by CoinNess.com, as of 00:00, August 13 (UTC), 1) the number of Bitcoin active addresses is on a day-to-day decrease of 1.81%, marking 886,500.
2) The number of Bitcoin on-chain transactions is 345,000 with a day-to-day increase of 0.41%.
3) The number of BTC whale transfers (over 100 BTC each) is 1,124 with a day-to-day increase of 47.51%.
4) Active addresses on Ethereum report 528,300 with a day-to-day decrease of 9.21%.
Note: On-chain transactions and active addresses of a cryptocurrency have a positive correlation with its price.

The IOHK team proposes to help address ETC's security issues, if the ETC community establishes a Treasury System in return. ETC Labs CEO Terry Culver posted a blog in response to "treasury proposals for Ethereum Classic," saying, "The Treasury proposal is contrary to ETC's core values."
"In practice, the Treasury doesn't address the problem of how best to increase network security, which is the critical priority at the moment. It may actually destabilize both the technical and social networks, leaving ETC more vulnerable," he continued. "ETC does not lack funding. ETC lacks, (1) developers and community, which is a problem that funding will not solve; and (2) diversity of funding sources."
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Bitfinex released through a tweet, "In 30 mins we will provide an ETA for re-opening trading-activities. Funds are safe."

CoinNess.com has observed that BTC just rose to 11,600 USDT. The coin marks 11,629.86 USDT on Boboo.com currently.
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JPMorgan is set to lead a $50M convertible note raise for Ethereum infrastructure firm ConsenSys, according to two people briefed on the deal. The bank is said to be making a strategic $20 million investment.

According to an official announcement, Huobi Global will open ANT (Aragon) deposit business at 00:00 UTC on August 13. ANT/USDT, ANT/BTC, ANT/ETH trading pairs will be opened at 03:00 on August 13. ANT withdrawal service will be opened at 03:00 on August 13.

1. OKEx will upgrade their spot trading system from 8:30 to 10:30 UTC;
2. OKEx will open the deposits of LEND at 09:00.
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[Policy]
1. The Bolivarian Council of Mayors in Venezuela signed the so-called "National Tax Harmonization Agreement" for 305 municipalities in the country, including the Petro (PTR) as a means to collect payments of taxes and sanctions;
2. Germany's Finance Ministry published a draft bill to place stocks issued on blockchain on the same footing as stocks issued through traditional means.
[Cryptocurrency]
1. ETC miners generated $143.8 million in revenue in July, representing a 23-month high;
2. BitShares members said they've developed patches to restore what had been changed privately by Abit;
3. Data from blockchain intelligence firm Flipside Crypto showed that 50% of DAI, Maker's decentralized stablecoin, is now on Compound (COMP);
4. ConsenSys tweeted: "Ethereum serves as the basis for 95% of digital asset issuance to date."
[Exchange & Wallet]
1. UPbit Thailand, an UPbit affiliate, has been approved for four provisional licenses to operate digital asset-related businesses in Thailand by the country's Securities and Exchange Commission.
[Others]
1. The spot gold price rose continuously to above $1,940 per ounce, rebounding by almost $80 from the intraday low;
2. Malaysia authorities raided 26 premises carrying out cryptocurrency activities on suspicion of stealing electricity through illegal installations.

According to an Aug. 12 tweet posted by the exchange, Bitfinex officially halted trading as of 20:25 UTC. The status page is still online, and states the exchange is investigating issues with reduced performance on the platform.
Bitfinex has been offline for at least two hours as of this writing, and the exchange has no confirmed time when it will be up and running again.

Coinbase will allow U.S. retail customers to borrow fiat loans against as much as 30% of their bitcoin holdings in the fall, the San Francisco-based exchange announced on August 12.
Coinbase is one of the largest and most regulated crypto exchanges to get into the lending business, and the exchange is setting conservative parameters on the product, capping credit lines at $20,000 per customer and offering an interest rate of 8% for Bitcoin-backed loans with terms that are a year or less.

According to an official announcement, Gate.io will extend YAM's suspension of trading, deposit and withdrawal. Users' YAM positions will be adjusted according to the actual official Rebase after the renewal.
The first execution of YAM's Rebase contract was originally scheduled at 20:00 UTC on August 12, 2020, but according to YAM's official disclosure that the first rebase had a bug, they need more time to fix it. YAM performs the Rebase operation twice a day, at approximately 08:00 and 20:00.

The Stacks Foundation plans to soon begin awarding grants to Blockstack blockchain projects with its fresh reserve of 100 million Stacks tokens.
Grants "will be awarded on a rolling basis," to developers and researchers iterating on Stacks blockchain 2.0, according to a foundation spokesperson, who said more info on the program will be coming soon.

Per Whale Alert, 22 million USDT were transferred from Tether Treasury to Binance at 20:59 UTC on August 12.
The hash is 3b6447f468c4212591efb28e182ffb8839df7041ab4915debe2a44fba308d417.

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): $9.72, -2.90%;
IBM Common Stock (IBM): $126.70, -0.039%;
Accenture Plc (ACN): $229.75, +0.52%;
Square Inc (SQ): $139.02, +0.56%;
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM): $102.94, -0.85%;
NASDAQ Bundle:
Overstock.com (OSTK): $88.93, -3.34%;
Marathon Patent Group Inc (MARA): $3.57, -7.51%;
RIOT Blockchain Inc (RIOT): $3.54, -2.21%.

In a recent Cointelegraph interview, Aparna Jue, a product director at IOHK, the Cardano (ADA) development company, opined that even at the current stage of its development, the platform is much more than just a wallet.
Cardano recently migrated from the Byron to the Shelly era, ushering in decentralization through the introduction of staking pools. However, the platform does not yet have smart contracts or a decentralized governance module. While Charles Hoskinson promised that smart contracts will be implemented before the end of 2020, Jue told Cointelegraph that even now, she considers Cardano a success. She noted that Cardano is already contributing to the gig economy as pool operators are creating businesses around staking pools.

Citing Whale Alert, 1,000 BTC (11,599,945 USD) were transferred from an unknown wallet to OKEx at 19:48:23 UTC on Aug 12.
The hash is 22d7ae53c181d44dfb5c57507283ada0c3478da37c92b9536dd6adc41e57cdea.