DeFi Data
1. Total market value of DeFi tokens: $162.672 billion
Total market value of DeFi. Data source: Coingecko
2. Trading volume on decentralized exchanges over the past 24 hours: $10.495 billion
Trading volume on decentralized exchanges over the past 24 hours. Data source: Coingecko
3. Assets locked in DeFi: $149.583 billion
Top ten rankings of locked assets in DeFi projects and the amount locked. Data source: Defillama
NFT Data
1. Total market value of NFTs: $23.389 billion
Total market value of NFTs, top ten projects by market capitalization. Data source: Coinmarketcap
2. NFT trading volume in the last 24 hours: $3.903 billion
Total market value of NFTs, top ten projects by market capitalization. Data source: Coinmarketcap
3. Top NFTs in the last 24 hours
Top ten NFTs with the highest sales increase in the last 24 hours. Data source: NFTGO
Headline
Terraform co-founder Do Kwon may plead guilty.
Golden Finance reports that Terraform Labs co-founder and former CEO Do Kwon may plead guilty at a federal court in the Southern District of New York on Tuesday morning. Judge Paul Engelmayer stated that Kwon needs to prepare a detailed statement of the facts of the crime, and the plea hearing will take place on Tuesday. Previously, U.S. prosecutors charged Kwon in March 2023 with multiple counts including fraud, commodity fraud, telecommunications fraud, securities fraud, market manipulation, and money laundering, related to the collapse of the algorithmic stablecoin Terra USD (UST), resulting in billions of dollars in losses. Kwon denied all charges in January this year.
DeFi Hotspot
1. Data: 25% of staked Ethereum is controlled by Lido.
Golden Finance reports that 25% of staked Ethereum is controlled by Lido, while Binance and Coinbase each validate about 7.5%. This means the total share of these three major validators reaches about 40%.
2. Vitalik explains the balance between 'idea-driven' and 'data-driven' decision-making.
Golden Finance reports that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik explores the balance between 'idea-driven' and 'data-driven' decision-making models in his latest article. He points out that ideas not only influence individual cognition but also serve as a social construct for community coordination, aiding in division of labor and goal focus. However, excessive rigidity may deviate from the original intention. He suggests adopting a balanced approach of 'data-driven choice of ideas' and 'principles over ideology' to enhance decision-making efficiency for individuals and collectives, and to prevent extremism or over-reliance on elite leadership.
3. Blockchain identity verification platform 1Kosmos completes $57 million Series B financing.
Golden Finance reports that blockchain identity verification platform 1Kosmos has announced the completion of a $57 million Series B funding round, led by Forgepoint Capital and Oquirrh Ventures under Origami, with participation from Carahsoft founder and president Craig Abod, NextEra Energy Ventures, Gula Tech Adventures, and the 1Kosmos management team. 1Kosmos uses personal identifiable information (PII) to encrypt and store on a private, permissioned blockchain to help businesses transform identity verification into a business driver, advancing the future of identity verification and passwordless identity.
4. Circle to launch a Layer 1 blockchain ARC focused on stablecoins.
Golden Finance reports that, according to market news, Circle will launch a Layer 1 blockchain ARC specifically for stablecoins.
5. Monad hints at launching its mainnet this year.
On August 12, Monad tweeted 'Monad Mainnet', with an image showing '2025', hinting at a potential mainnet launch this year.
6. Data: The minting volume of native USDC on the Sei network has increased to $162 million over the past two weeks.
Golden Finance reports that, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin, over two weeks, the minting volume of native USDC on the Sei network increased to $162 million, surpassing more than half of the 24 public chains that issue native USDC, close to OP and Unichain, and exceeding Linea and zkSync. Additionally, previous IPO filing documents from USDC issuer Circle disclosed that $SEI was their fourth largest digital asset holding, and Grayscale's dynamic income fund (GDIF) also includes SEI.
7. Ethereum core developer 'safely released' after being detained in Turkey.
Golden Finance reports that Ethereum core developer Federico Carrone (X platform nickname 'Fede's Intern') confirmed he has been released after being detained in Turkey for 24 hours on suspicion of being related to a certain Ethereum privacy protocol. 'I am finally out, safe and free. For a little while, things looked very bad, but with the help of many people, I was able to be released,' Carrone stated on Monday on the X platform. According to Carrone, the Turkish Interior Minister accused him of 'helping others abuse Ethereum' and claimed it was related to a certain privacy protocol. Carrone stated he believes this matter is related to a research paper he published in January 2022, which assessed user privacy on Ethereum and Tornado Cash. 'We have never helped anyone engage in illegal activities; this is purely research about mixers and their characteristics,' Carrone said. Carrone also stated that he decided to donate $500,000 to the legal defense of Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm.
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