according to sources familiar with the matter cited by the Financial Times on Friday, the European Central Bank is considering running a digital euro on public chains such as Ethereum, rather than private chains. Unlike private chains where data is strictly limited to authorized entities, public chains like Ethereum or Solana are open to everyone. Given that the European Central Bank has not yet finalized the technical framework for this project, if confirmed, the EU's exploration of public chains will be an important milestone in the development of the digital euro. Another source said that a private form of digital euro "looks more like the approach of the Chinese central bank than that of American private companies." This source specifically mentioned China's central bank digital currency (CBDC), which is privately deployed, contrasting with public stablecoins developed by companies like Circle. The European Central Bank has not publicly confirmed whether it is considering Ethereum or Solana.

according to @ImCryptOpus, a whale alert was issued on Hyperliquid: a whale (0x0ccd) shorted Ethereum (ETH) with 25x leverage, entering at a price of $4340.23, with a position value of $3.09 million.

according to @cryptounfolded, Ripple is collaborating with Japan's SBI Group and plans to launch the stablecoin RLUSD in Japan in the first quarter of 2026.

 according to OnchainLens monitoring, in the past 2 hours, two new wallets withdrew 80,003 SOL from Binance, worth $14.7 million, and used it for staking.

Christoph Rieger, head of interest rates and credit research at Deutsche Bank, said in a report that the Fed chairman had previously used the Jackson Hole Symposium to convey important policy guidance changes, but this is unlikely to happen this year. Rieger said, "Although we expect that, compared to previous guidance, namely that the Fed is waiting for more data, Powell's statement this time will not show a major shift, but opening the door for a 25 basis point rate cut in September would be a reasonable move."

 according to Lookonchain security alert, Apple has fixed a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-43300) in the ImageIO framework, which has been widely exploited. Update to iOS 18.6.2 / iPadOS / macOS immediately, otherwise you will face the risk of being attacked through malicious images.

Binance Australia stated that it fully understands and respects the decision of the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) to appoint an external auditor to independently review our anti-money laundering related projects. This is one of its regulatory review measures, rather than an enforcement action. Over the past few months, we have maintained open and transparent communication with AUSTRAC and attached great importance to its professional guidance and supervision. Binance will always be committed to maintaining industry-leading compliance standards and continuously strengthening its own capabilities.

according to Coinmarketcap data, the Altcoin Season Index is currently at 43, up 1 point from yesterday's 42. The index shows that in the past 90 days, about 43 projects among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization have outperformed Bitcoin, indicating that the market is still in a season dominated by Bitcoin.

 according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), address 0x7C1...36FA7 withdrew 2216.79 ETH from Binance at a price of $2484 in early June, holding it for three months without any action, until three hours ago when it was all transferred back to Binance. If sold, the return rate would be 73%, earning a profit of $4 million in three months.

according to @whale_alert monitoring, at 14:58, 16,600 ETH ($71,284,616 USD) was transferred from Ceffu to an unknown wallet.

according to the official announcement, Binance Alpha is the first platform to list XPINNetwork (XPIN), and Alpha trading will start at 17:00 on August 22, 2025 (UTC+8). After the trading starts, users holding at least 200 Binance Alpha points can claim an airdrop of 80,000 XPIN tokens.

 according to an official announcement, the Japanese fashion brand ANAP Holdings disclosed that it has increased its holdings by about 6.26 BTC, currently holding about 1006.31 bitcoins in total.

Morgan Stanley expects the European Central Bank to cut interest rates in December and March next year, while the previous forecast was for rate cuts in September and December

according to official sources, the X Layer test network has officially launched, with OKB serving as the native Gas token. Users can receive test network tokens through the faucet and seamlessly cross-chain on Sepolia.

Federal Reserve Chairman Powell's speech at the Jackson Hole Global Central Bank Annual Meeting will start at 22:00 tonight Beijing time. Powell's speech may cause fluctuations in risk assets such as cryptocurrencies, and users are advised to closely monitor the conference developments.

 according to Bloomberg, Meta signed a $100 billion cloud computing service agreement with Google to enhance AI computing capabilities.

 more than seven years ago, many cryptocurrency exchanges, including Bitfinex and the top Canadian exchange QuadrigaCX, began to experience serious funding issues. Cryptocurrency exchanges were suddenly "choked" by their final payment processor - the Panamanian shadow bank Crypto Capital Corp - and no one in the bank answered the phone. As time went from hours to days, weeks, and months, things became clearer: Crypto Capital Corp's employees decided to close shop and quietly took away over $88 million.

SBI Holdings has announced that it has signed a share transfer agreement with some existing shareholders of CoinPost. CoinPost operates Web3-related media and event businesses. Through this transaction, SBI Holdings will acquire the majority of CoinPost's shares, making it a consolidated subsidiary of SBI Holdings. The merger is expected to be completed on October 1, 2025, but all necessary share transfer procedures must be completed.

Matrixport released a weekly report stating that Bitcoin has hit a new all-time high, but the overall momentum seems particularly fragile. Key indicators that had been continuously rising are now showing clear differentiation, casting doubt on the sustainability of this round of increase. Debt expansion, seasonal factors, and changes in on-chain structure are all acting on the market. Some data reflects a tendency in the market to take profits, while other indicators show that the core driving force of the bull market is still present. The gap between short-term enthusiasm and long-term confidence is quickly narrowing, and the next few weeks may be a critical juncture in determining the trend.

 according to Lookonchain monitoring, a newly created wallet address 0x2607 withdrew 11,950 ETH (worth $51.32 million) from Binance in about 10 minutes.