S&P Dow Jones Indices is in talks with trading platforms and DeFi protocols to launch a tokenized version of the benchmark index. The company emphasizes that it will ensure the tokenized products have transparency, security, and compliance to enhance the investor experience.

S&P Dow Jones Indices is collaborating with exchanges and DeFi protocols to launch tokenized index products, which may include tokenized versions of the S&P 500 and Dow Jones indices. The company has launched an on-chain index fund based on the S&P 500, with a total market capitalization of $370 million.

On August 16, Jin10 reported that on August 16 local time, European Parliament President Metsola posted on social media that Ukraine's future path must be a sustainable peace. Metsola stated that U.S. President Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Zelensky at the White House on the 18th, and the European Parliament welcomes Trump's efforts in this regard, as well as his communication with European leaders. Metsola emphasized that the goal is clear for both Ukraine and Europe: to establish a lasting peace based on strong and reliable security guarantees.

Jin10 data reported on August 16 that Sergey Leshchenko, advisor to the head of the Ukrainian President's Office, issued a statement on social media regarding the ways and means to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict on August 16. Sergey Leshchenko stated that Ukraine firmly believes that a ceasefire must be achieved first, and then the subsequent negotiation process can be advanced. Leshchenko clearly pointed out that Ukraine's position is very clear: ceasefire first, then discuss other matters. The reason for this is that if negotiations begin before a ceasefire, Ukraine will face a huge risk of extortion. Only by truly achieving a ceasefire can the necessary space for diplomatic activities be opened up.

Jin10 reported on August 16, European leaders issued a joint statement: Russia should not limit the Ukrainian armed forces or their cooperation with third countries, and Russia cannot exercise a veto over Ukraine's path to joining the EU and NATO. International borders should not be changed by force, and we will continue to support Ukraine. We will continue to strengthen sanctions and broader economic measures to exert pressure on the Russian economy until a just and lasting peace is achieved.

According to BlockBeats news on August 16, Alternative data shows that today's crypto Fear and Greed Index has dropped to 56 (yesterday it was 60), with a weekly average of 67, indicating that the market is still in a state of "Greed". Note: The Fear Index threshold ranges from 0 to 100 and includes indicators: Volatility (25%) + Market Volume (25%) + Social Media Heat (15%) + Market Surveys (15%) + Bitcoin's Proportion in the Whole Market (10%) + Google Trends Analysis (10%).

Jin10 reported on August 16 that the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations announced that an explosion at a munitions workshop in a factory in Ryazan region has resulted in 11 deaths and an additional 130 injuries. Among the deceased, two bodies were found during the debris clearance process. Psychological experts from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations are working at the scene. Multiple experts and various equipment are being deployed for the aftermath response.

BlockBeats news, on August 16, according to HyperInsight monitoring, in the past 30 minutes, "Brother Ma Ji" Huang Li Cheng's ETH long order holdings decreased by 944,600 USD, with current unrealized losses of about 4,992,900 USD, and a liquidation price of 2,938.097 USD; in addition, the Whale ETH short order holdings at the address starting with 0x20c2d9 decreased by 801,100 USD, with current unrealized losses of about 22,256,000 USD, and a liquidation price of 6,072.198 USD.

Odaily News Jupiter officially announced on X that it will soon stake up to $580 million of SOL from the native stake mechanism in the JLP fund pool. This move will enhance the overall yield of JLP and significantly increase the staking weight of Jupiter's verification nodes.

Yesterday, both Ethereum and Bitcoin spot ETFs experienced net outflows, with only BlackRock's product achieving net inflows; in addition, several large SOL treasury companies are about to raise funds, and a Bitcoin treasury is planned to be established in Asia by a mining company supported by the Trump family.

Jin10 reported on August 16 that despite being postponed for a day, the new round of global plastic pollution governance negotiations failed to reach a Consensus on the 15th local time. This round of UN negotiations was supposed to be the final round of discussions aimed at establishing the first legally binding international protocol for plastic pollution (including marine plastic pollution). However, like last year's meeting in South Korea, the negotiations once again did not yield results. It is reported that the talks have stalled on key issues such as whether to limit the exponential rise in plastic production and whether to implement global legal constraints on toxic chemicals used in plastic manufacturing.

Golden Finance reported that according to Farside Investors' monitoring, yesterday Fidelity's Ethereum Spot ETF experienced a net outflow of 272.2 million USD, marking the first net outflow since August 5.

Golden Finance reported that, according to Bloomberg, Strategy's Executive Chairman Michael Saylor is advancing a new financing experiment, planning to establish a Bitcoin credit business with a scale of up to $100 billion. As the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin in the world, Saylor has previously transformed a traditional software company into a major Bitcoin holding institution.

Golden Finance reports that Grayscale has submitted the S-1 filing for the DOGE ETF.

Jin10 Data reported on August 16 that on August 15 local time, Russian President Putin's special aircraft arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, USA, to attend the US-Russia summit scheduled for that day. Earlier, there were reports from Russian media stating that "Putin's special aircraft has arrived," but later Putin's accompanying journalist Zarubin stated through his personal social media account that the aircraft that arrived was only that of the advance team.

The core of the peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia lies in obtaining security guarantees from the United States and major global powers. Zelensky has always hoped that Trump could make a commitment to curb Russia's advances. Trump expressed his willingness to provide this commitment under conditions before the talks, which would relieve Ukraine and European allies if the matter could be discussed.

Odaily News TradingView data shows that ALT5 Sigma's intraday fall has expanded to 11.23%, reaching 6.4 dollars. Previously, ALT5 Sigma announced a 1.5 billion dollar financing to start the World Liberty Financial treasury strategy.

According to a report by Jinse Finance, on-chain analyst @ai9684xtpa monitored that Huang Licheng's long order of 22,298.53 ETH with 25x leverage encountered a fall tonight, currently experiencing unrealized losses of about 4.02 million USD, with an entry price of 4655.3 USD.

Jin10 data reported on August 15th, according to Russian media, that President Putin's private jet has taken off from Magadan in the Russian Far East, heading to Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska, USA.

Golden Finance reported that META rose nearly 2% during the trading session, setting a new historical high. Its market capitalization has surpassed $2 trillion for the first time, making it the 6th publicly traded company in the U.S. to reach a market capitalization of $2 trillion.

Jin10 data reported on August 15, the company announced that it has received the Shanghai Stock Exchange's review opinions, confirming that the company’s application for the issuance of A-shares to specific targets complies with the requirements for issuance, listing, and information disclosure; however, the final decision on whether it can obtain the CSRC's approval for registration and the timing of that decision remains uncertain.

Odaily News Ukrainian President Zelensky: It's time to end the war. (Jin10)

According to ChainCatcher news, Jin10 reported that Fed official Goolsbee stated that the inflation situation in the United States presents a mixed picture, reflecting the complexities in the economic recovery process.

According to ChainCatcher news and Jin10 reports, Fed's Goolsbee stated not to overreact to a month's PPI, CPI, and import prices, but these data are worth following.

According to a report by Golden Finance, Nasdaq-listed Web3 infrastructure and product solutions provider Nano Labs Ltd has released its unaudited financial performance report for the first half of 2025, disclosing that it has included BNB in the company's main reserve assets to promote its overall encryption asset strategic reserves, having accumulated over 128,000 BNB to date. Additionally, the company achieved a net income of 8.3 million RMB (approximately 1.2 million USD) in the first half of the year, with net losses narrowing to 11.8 million RMB (approximately 1.6 million USD).

Odaily News The Czech police arrested Tomas Jirikovsky, the founder of the dark web market Sheep Marketplace, who is suspected of bribing former Justice Minister Pavel Blazek with 468 BTC (worth 45 million USD at the time) to evade a prison sentence. The case directly led to Blazek's resignation in May this year. According to local media Deník

On August 15, Jin10 reported that the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) stated that enhanced Russian ballistic missiles with maneuverable trajectories and decoys are reducing the effectiveness of Ukraine's Patriot air defense system. Russian missiles can now change their trajectory and make maneuvering adjustments instead of following standard ballistic paths. Furthermore, some missiles are equipped with electronic countermeasures, making it more difficult for the Patriot system to track and intercept them, including the Iskander-M and KN-23 missiles, which are the most commonly used missiles by Russia in its strikes against Ukraine. On June 28, of the seven missiles launched by Russia, the Ukrainian Armed Forces only shot down one. The largest attack on July 9 involved 13 missiles, of which the Ukrainian military only shot down or suppressed seven.

According to ChainCatcher news and Jin10 reports, former economic advisor to Bush, Mark Summerlin, stated that the current federal funds interest rate of 4.3% is too high and believes there is room for a 50 basis point rate cut.

The United States is expected to roll out the red carpet for Putin's visit to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, where Trump will greet him. The details of the meeting are still being finalized, and Trump may not contact the Ukrainian president or European leaders before then.

BlockBeats news, on August 15, according to RockFlow market data, the pre-market rise of the US-listed company KULR Technology (KULR) has expanded to 24.29%. The US-listed company KULR Technology today released its Q2 2025 financial report, with quarterly revenue of $397 million, a year-on-year increase of 63%. The company's net profit is $814 million, with earnings per share of $0.22, primarily benefiting from the rise in the market capitalization of its Bitcoin holdings. As of now, KULR Technology's total Bitcoin holdings have reached 1,021 coins, and BlackRock holds 5.6% of KULR's shares.

ChainCatcher message, Ourbit has confirmed to be the title sponsor of Taiwan Blockchain Week 2025 (TBW2025). It is reported that the event will be held from September 4 to 6, 2025, at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Taipei. As one of the influential blockchain industry events in the Asia-Pacific region, Taipei Blockchain Week 2025 will have the theme "Onboard AI", focusing on the integration of artificial intelligence and decentralized technology. Ourbit stated that as the largest single sponsor of this conference, they will set up a booth on-site to showcase their product and technological advantages in trading speed, memecoin liquidity, and trend capture, as well as introduce the platform's investments in security and organize interesting and interactive activities on-site.

Odaily News Trader 0 xSun reviewed the "long ETH, short altcoins" hedging strategy he shared a month and a half ago, with an overall profit of about 3 million USD. He stated that during execution, he closed some long orders due to subjective judgment and then re-entered at a higher level, resulting in some profit loss; the allocation ratio of long and short targets is the core of the strategy. The closing position approach includes synchronously closing positions when ETH peaks and pulls back, or gradually taking profit as ETH rises and leaning towards shorting. He observed that the strategy's most profitable phases often occur during ETH's volatile declines and widespread altcoin falls, while profit retracement is more pronounced during the slight rebound phase after ETH's decline.

BlockBeats news, on August 15, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai9684xtpa), monitoring data from the Binance platform shows that the crypto venture capital firm Big Candle Capital experienced a daily asset drawdown of approximately 24.495 million USD yesterday. Previously, Big Candle Capital had a profit of 114 million USD on the Binance platform over 30 days. According to their analysis, this may be due to holding a losing position or partially reducing position during yesterday's big dump. The profit and loss curve over the past 7 days shows that profit peaked at 20.675 million USD on August 13, and yesterday the profit and loss suddenly turned negative (-3.82 million USD).

Odaily News According to encryption analyst Ai Yi @ai9684 xtpa monitoring, a suspected address of Sun Yuchen withdrew 125 million USDC from Binance half an hour ago, and deposited them into Morpho and Aave for financial management. Currently, the asset scale of this address has reached 2 billion USD, almost all of which are stablecoins, and are mainly used for Decentralized Finance management.

Honghe Technology announced that the company's stock price experienced a cumulative rise of over 20% during three consecutive trading days from August 12 to 14, 2025, which is considered an abnormal fluctuation. On August 15, the stock price hit the upper limit again, with a price-to-earnings ratio of 425.59 times, significantly higher than the industry average of 41.02 times. The company's operations are normal, and there has been no significant information disclosure.

Jin10 reported on August 15 that Kehua Holdings announced that its controlling shareholder and actual controller Chen Hongmin and his concert parties are planning to transfer company shares, which may lead to changes in the company's controlling shareholder and actual controller. To ensure fair information disclosure and protect the interests of investors, the company's stock will be suspended from trading starting from the morning of August 18, 2025, with the suspension expected to last no more than 2 trading days. During the suspension period, the company will fulfill its information disclosure obligations based on the progress of the matter.

StriveFunds announced that its Strategy achieved profitability in the second quarter, meeting the criteria for inclusion in the S&P 500, and is expected to be included in September. Its market capitalization exceeds $100 billion, with a net profit of $10 billion, providing indirect Bitcoin exposure for tens of millions of investors and promoting the integration of digital assets into the U.S. economy.

PANews, August 15 news, Hong Kong stock market data shows that as of the close, today's trading volume of all Hong Kong virtual asset ETFs was approximately 131.4 million HKD. Among them: China Asset Bitcoin ETF (3042.HK/9042.HK/83042.HK) trading volume was 32.2259 million HKD, and China Asset Ethereum ETF (03046.HK/09046.HK/83046.HK) trading volume was 32.1295 million HKD; The trading volume of the Harvest Bitcoin ETF (03439.HK/09439.HK) is HKD 863,700, and the trading volume of the Harvest Ethereum ETF (03179.HK/09179.HK) is HKD 54,932,300; The Bosera Bitcoin ETF (03008.HK/09008.HK) had a trading volume of 1.9763 million Hong Kong dollars, and the Bosera Ethereum ETF (03009.

BlockBeats news, on August 15, according to RockFlow market data, S&P 500 index futures rose by 0.2%, Nasdaq 100 index futures rose by 0.04%, and Dow Jones index futures rose by 0.7%. Intel continued its upward trend in pre-market trading, rising over 4%, with a closing increase of 7.38% yesterday, and a market capitalization of $104.4 billion. Previously, according to informed sources, the Trump administration is in negotiations with Intel (INTC.O) to seek government investment in the company.

Jin10 Data reported on August 15 that the Israeli military released the latest situation report on the 15th, stating that the Israel Defense Forces launched an attack in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza, killing Nasser Moussa, the head of Hamas's military control forces and a member of the Hamas Rafah Brigade. The military indicated that the attack occurred on August 9 and was carried out by aircraft targeting the objective. Moussa served as the head of Hamas's "control department," responsible for the readiness and drills of armed personnel, and also held positions in intelligence and surveillance within the Rafah Brigade.

ChainCatcher message, Glassnode published an analysis, Deribit data shows that the Bitcoin Volatility index DVOL has fallen to a historical low, with only 2.6% of trading days showing lower values. Analysis points out that the current market's demand for downside risk protection is at an extremely low level, and this extreme optimistic market sentiment may increase the risk of sudden fluctuations. Note: The DVOL index is an important indicator for measuring the expected volatility of the Bitcoin market.

The premium paid by investors for MicroStrategy's common stock has dropped to a 17-month low, currently at just 1.4 times the underlying net asset value. The mNAV calculated on an enterprise value basis has also performed poorly, indicating that the premium continues to be eroded, returning to its lowest level since February 2024.

Jin10 reports that SoftBank's PayPay has announced the submission of a draft secret registration statement on Form F-1 for its proposed public offering in the United States. The exact timeline, scale, and price for the public offering have not yet been determined.

Jin10 data reported on August 15th, according to two traders familiar with the trading situation, as the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's intervention tightened market liquidity, some investors have closed their shorting carry trades on the Hong Kong dollar since Thursday. They stated that the Close Position of long positions in USD/HKD led to a fall in the spot price of USD/HKD.

BlockBeats news, on August 15, the US July PPI increased by +0.9% month-on-month and +3.3% year-on-year, driven by service and trade profits pushing prices, with varying interpretations of the significant rate cut probability in September; Treasury Secretary Becerra's comments on "neutral interest rates" intensify policy uncertainty. Encryption risk appetite remains suppressed, and the trend shifts to a range-bound pattern. Bitunix analysts suggest: BTC daily chart previously broke through the descending trend line, surged to 124.5k and then retreated, currently priced above 119k, with 116,300 being a pivotal point for bullish and bearish sentiment on the daily chart; the heatmap shows 119,625, having a "magnetic" effect, with supply concentrated at 124,600–126,800. Range trading amid policy noise. In the short term, pay attention to whether the market accepts 119,625, which may test the liquidation zones of 120,800 and 124,600; if it reverses.

This week, crypto assets users lost over $1.6 million due to address poisoning attacks, surpassing the total for March. One user lost 140 Ether due to a copying error, while another user lost $880,000. Alerts indicate that the ongoing poisoning attacks put more users at risk.

According to the Gate News bot, on August 14, 2025, Gate will launch the 297th Launchpool project PublicAI (PUBLIC) Token Airdrop event. The airdrop event will take place from August 15, 2025, 16:00 to August 22, 16:00 ( UTC+8 ), with a total airdrop amount of 1,750,000 PUBLIC Tokens. Users can participate by staking ETH or PUBLIC, and the system will distribute rewards hourly based on the proportion of the user's staked assets. PublicAI is a project dedicated to building a human-level artificial intelligence layer, allowing users to train AI with real data to earn rewards. This project has received investment support from institutions such as the NEAR Foundation, Blockchain Builders Fund, and Solana Foundation.

Odaily News Bit Digital, a Nasdaq-listed company, announced its Q2 2024 financial report showing total revenue of $25.7 million, a year-on-year decrease of 11.7%, primarily due to a reduction in Bitcoin mining revenue (down 58.8% year-on-year to $6.6 million), reasons include rising network difficulty, the Halving in April 2024, and a decline in active Computing Power. The company is shifting its focus to Ethereum treasury and staking strategies, earning approximately 166.8 ETH in staking rewards in Q2, with a staking scale of 21,568 ETH as of June 30, yielding an annualized effective return of 3.1%; as of August 11, the staking scale increased to 105,015 ETH. CEO Sam Tabar stated that the company's goal is to establish the largest on-chain E in the public market.

BlockBeats news, on August 15, according to market information, UnicornX's latest UniCall signal project CYC FDV reached a new high of 149 million USD during trading, with a maximum rise of 294.47%. As of the time of writing, the price of CYC coin is currently reported at 0.1067 USD, with a 24-hour rise of 84.57%.

PANews August 15 news, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a Whale that chased the price and bought ETH at 1,802 USD in early May has taken profit and closed all positions on its 9,109.6 ETH holdings early this morning after the fall. The profit was 19.64 million USD, nearly doubling. This Whale spent a total of 21.52 million USD in January and May to purchase and hold these ETH at an average price of 2,363 USD. After last night's fall, it sold back for 41.16 million USD at a price of 4,519 USD early this morning.