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Zest Protocol 是最大的 BTC 專注借貸協議。 最大的催化劑尚未推出。 🔸 L1 上自託管 BTC 借貸，搭配 Bitcoin Collateralized Vaults 🔸 Stacks Dual Staking 作為 BTC 支持貸款的原生基礎利率 📊 Current Metrics: 💵 Price: ~$0.1622 ⏱ Market Cap: ~$23M ⚙️ Fully Diluted Valuation: ~$163M 📡 Total Supply: 1B $ZEST 🕹 Circulating Supply: 146M $ZEST 🔎 Track on CoinGecko: 🦎 https://www.coingecko.com/coins/zest-protocol ✅ Official Links: 🔗 https://zestprotocol.com 🐦 https://x.com/ZestProtocol ✈️ https://t.me/ZestProtocol_Community 🎮 https://discord.com/invite/zestprotocol

🔥 One of Ethereum’s biggest evangelists just sold all his ETH! David Hoffman — co-founder of Bankless and one of the most well-known public supporters of Ethereum for years — published a massive thread explaining why he exited his ETH position. His main point: This is not bearish on Ethereum the network. It’s bearish on ETH as the main value-capturing asset. Key arguments: ➥ Ethereum may win as infrastructure while ETH underperforms as an investment asset. ➥ The “ETH is money” thesis never fully materialized. Stablecoins, L2s, RWAs, DeFi apps, and TradFi integrations may capture most of the value instead. ➥ Unlike Bitcoin, which keeps BTC at the center of everything, Ethereum expanded into a huge ecosystem where value constantly leaks into applications, rollups, and external assets. ➥ Ethereum helped put dollars on-chain at massive scale… but that mainly strengthened the dollar, not ETH itself.

📞 SAYLOR: BITCOIN REACHES ITS FULL POTENTIAL THROUGH GLOBAL INTEGRATION “Bitcoin reaches its full potential by integrating with currencies, credit, securities, companies, banks, institutions, governments, families, and individuals. Bitcoin is an open monetary network for everyone.”

📞 Anthony Pompliano believes Bitcoin could be approaching a turning point Despite trading more than 50% below its all-time high, Pompliano argues that the current bear market remains one of the mildest in BTC's history. Previous cycles regularly saw drawdowns of 80% or more. Several on-chain indicators are already flashing levels that have historically coincided with market bottoms. Notably, the share of Bitcoin held at a loss has now exceeded the share held in profit — a condition that has often marked the late stages of bear markets. Pompliano also dismisses concerns about Strategy being forced to sell BTC, arguing the company has sufficient dollar reserves to meet its obligations. While high interest rates may continue to pressure crypto in the short term, he believes the long-term thesis remains unchanged: rising U.S. debt, persistent deficits, and fiat currency debasement continue to strengthen the case for scarce assets like Bitcoin and gold.

📞 The Trump family may soon get its own “crypto bank” in the U.S. According to reports, World Liberty Financial is highly likely to receive a national trust bank charter, potentially becoming one of the first major crypto firms directly integrated into the U.S. banking system. 📲 If approved, the company would be able to issue its USD1 stablecoin directly in the U.S. and process payments on its own platform—without relying on intermediaries. 📞 Critics argue this creates an unprecedented conflict of interest, as the president’s family reportedly benefits financially from the project. Meanwhile, regulators have been accelerating crypto banking approvals in recent months.

📲 Is Michael Saylor's STRC becoming the next LUNA? Not exactly — but investors are getting nervous. Strategy's preferred shares, STRC, have plunged to $76.2, trading about 25% below their $100 par value. The concern is simple: STRC pays an 11.5% dividend, meaning Strategy needs roughly $1.2 billion per year just to cover these payments. The company currently holds around $1.4 billion in cash reserves. 🔑The key difference from LUNA is that Strategy is not legally obligated to keep paying dividends at all costs. STRC holders can't force liquidations or trigger a death spiral. Still, the market is starting to question whether Strategy can continue funding both its dividend obligations and aggressive Bitcoin strategy. The biggest fear? If pressure keeps building, the company could eventually be forced to sell BTC to support its capital structure. For now, it's not a LUNA-style collapse — but the risks around Strategy are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.

Another dose of hopium for Bitcoin bulls Historically, Bitcoin has never closed both June and July in the red. If June finishes negative, July has always delivered at least some relief. Does that guarantee a rally this month? Maybe. The same pattern appeared in 2022, when BTC bounced in July—only to resume its decline and eventually print a lower low before the bear market finally ended..

📈 The forward PEG ratio for U.S. stocks has fallen to 0.80, a level that typically suggests the market may be undervalued relative to expected earnings growth There are two possible scenarios: 🟩 Bull case: AI-driven earnings forecasts prove accurate, making today's valuations an attractive entry point before another leg higher in the S&P 500. 🟥 Bear case: Expectations are too optimistic, similar to the dot-com era, and weaker growth forces earnings estimates lower. For now, corporate revenues continue to grow, and the U.S. economy has yet to show signs of a major slowdown. If equities continue higher, it could also become a positive catalyst for crypto. Crypto doesn't always need stocks to fall—but historically, it has had a much easier time rallying when the stock market is strong. Until then, patience remains key.

One thing crypto keeps teaching me… Narratives move first. Worldcoin’s recent rally proves the market is paying attention to digital identity again. Now I’m looking at what else sits in that narrative. That’s how I came across $CCD. Unlike most projects, Concordium combines: • Zero-Knowledge identity • AI Agent Registry • Protocol-level accountability • Privacy-preserving compliance …all while sitting around a ~$50M market cap. I’ve noticed more KOLs starting to talk about the Worldcoin vs Concordium comparison. Could be one worth watching before the broader market catches on. 👇 Token: https://tinyurl.com/CCDToken 💬 News: https://t.me/ConcordiumNews

🔥 TrendBTC Hits 150K Predictors! The first BTC prediction market on Solana just crossed 150,000 users. In the last 24 hours: +17,950 signups & 55,536 predictions. ⛏ They also shipped a major update: the prediction engine is now fully dynamic. Weight is determined by: • How early you call • How much you go against the crowd Timing + conviction = higher ranking. Infra is stabilized. Rounds are running clean. ✅ Official Links: 🌐 https://trendbtc.app 🐦 https://x.com/trend_btc_app

📞 U.S. institutions have been selling Bitcoin through Coinbase for nearly 900 consecutive hours, marking the longest stretch of sustained bearish sentiment in the past two years, according to CryptoQuant. Such persistent selling pressure reflects extremely cautious positioning from large investors. However, history suggests that similar sentiment extremes have often appeared near major market bottoms, just before Bitcoin reversed to the upside. While this doesn't guarantee an immediate rally, it does indicate that institutional pessimism has reached unusually high levels—a condition that contrarian investors will be watching closely.

📉 Bitcoin is approaching a potential Death Cross The Death Cross, where the 50-day moving average falls below the 200-day moving average, is traditionally viewed as a bearish signal. In previous Bitcoin cycles, it has often been followed by declines of around 30%. However, there's an interesting pattern: in past cycles, the Death Cross has frequently marked the final major drop before a new bullish trend began. If history repeats itself, some analysts believe $50K could become the ultimate bottom of this correction. As always, past performance doesn't guarantee future results—but it's a pattern worth watching. 📈

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📞 Most Crypto Tokens Don't Survive the Long Term A study of 1,539 projects that entered the crypto market's top 100 by market cap paints a brutal picture: 71.9% are now effectively dead, either delisted or generating less than $10K in daily trading volume. The median token lifespan is just 2 years and 4 months, while estimates suggest only around 15% of projects survive 10 years. Even reaching the top 100 is clearly no guarantee of long-term success. The takeaway for altcoin investors? Crypto projects can disappear remarkably fast. Instead of blindly holding through multiple cycles, it may make sense to take profits during strong rallies, reassess positions regularly, and avoid becoming emotionally attached to a project. Bitcoin remains a very different long-term bet—but even with BTC, risk management matters.

Many GameFi projects only make promises ❌ Fusionist is different ✅ They built a high-quality AAA sci-fi strategy game using Unity + HDRP (AAA-level visuals), with an anti-cheat real-time multiplayer system (server-side computation). What makes it huge:  - Game is already live on Steam & Epic Games Store. - Can be played in browser & mobile (WebGL). - Has its own blockchain: Endurance (EVM-compatible, low fee, high speed). - 3 main modes: Colonize • Conquer • Unite (mech combat + strategy). $ACE is the native token of Endurance used for:  • Gas fee  • In-game economy  • Staking  • Governance  • Trading NFT & assets Tokenomics:  • Max Supply: 147,000,000 ACE  • Circulating: ~107.6 million  • Community allocation is quite large (Incentive + Eco Fund + Airdrop) Backed by Binance Labs + FunPlus in the seed round.  Listed on Binance Launchpool since December 2023. Right now volume is exploding and the price action is very strong. DYOR first, but a project that actually delivers an AAA game + has its own chain is extremely rare in GameFi. ✅ Official Links:  🔗 https://fusionist.io 🐦 https://x.com/fusionistio ✈️ https://t.me/fusionistann 🎮 https://discord.gg/fusionistio 

📞 Illinois' 0.2% crypto tax heads straight to court The Blockchain Association and Crypto Council for Innovation filed suit on Aug. 21 in Sangamon County Circuit Court against the Illinois Department of Revenue, challenging a first-in-the-nation 0.2% tax on digital asset trades, transfers, and storage. The levy isn't due to bite until Jan. 1, 2027 — but the industry clearly isn't waiting around to see how judges feel about it closer to the deadline. If the tax survives, Illinois becomes a test case for state-level crypto taxation that every other statehouse will be watching.

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🏦 Trump's Crypto Bank Gets Federal Charter — With UAE's 'Spy Sheikh' on Board WLTC Holdings just secured a federal banking charter from the OCC — and its single largest shareholder, at 49%, is Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al Nahyan, the UAE's national security advisor and brother of its president, via StringZ Holding RSC. The Trump family holds 38%. The OCC granted the charter on August 14. A foreign intelligence chief owning the plurality of a federally chartered U.S. crypto bank is, to put it mildly, an unusual arrangement.

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Bitmine Holds 4.9% of All ETH — and Is Underwater by $5.1B Tom Lee's Bitmine added 28,086 ETH for $70 million, pushing its treasury to 5.93 million tokens — worth $14.8 billion and representing 4.9% of Ethereum's entire supply. The company is 97% of the way to its stated goal of controlling 5% of ETH. Most of the holdings are staked to generate yield. The catch: Bitmine is sitting on a $5.1 billion unrealized loss on its primary treasury asset. Accumulating nearly 5% of a network is an audacious bet — though the P&L suggests the timing could have been better.

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🟣 Polygon News Sandeep Nailwal has announced that Polygon will permit any user to execute a one-time burn of 100M POL following Security Council approval of the new contract. This breaking update is currently dominating discussions surrounding POL tokenomics.

🏛 Kraken's Parent Wants to Be Financial Infrastructure Payward, the parent company of Kraken, is repositioning itself as broad financial infrastructure rather than a standalone crypto exchange. Co-CEO Arjun Sethi says the company is unifying trading, payments, asset management and institutional services on shared rails — a significant strategic expansion beyond Kraken's exchange roots. Big ambitions, thin details so far — but the direction is clear: Kraken wants to be plumbing, not just a venue.

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South Korea officially unveils the rules to move stocks, bonds and funds onto the blockchain. Its financial regulator proposed the detailed rules, with tokenized securities set to launch on February 4, 2027. Retail investors would be able to buy up to ₩100 MILLION (about $70,000) a year on each approved trading platform. The first phase covers funds, bonds and unlisted stocks, with listed stocks and stablecoin settlement planned for later phases. Korean brokerage Hanwha has already built a tokenized securities platform that supports Avalanche.