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A report released by the blockchain intelligence company TRM Labs shows that most of the transaction volume on the x402 payment protocol launched by Coinbase does not come from AI agents. The report analyzed 198.9 million settlements processed by known x402 facilitators on Base, Solana, and Polygon since May 2025, involving an amount of approximately $52.7 million.After excluding self-payments and other anomalous fund flows, about $25.62 million was identified as potential commercial transactions, of which only 0.6% to 7.5% by amount came from AI agents. TRM pointed out that ordinary scripts, scheduled tasks, and self-trading can also generate the same on-chain records, so the total transaction volume of the protocol is insufficient to measure agent commerce; their model identifies addresses that repeatedly pay for the same service as scripts, which may underestimate the actual scale of single-use agents. During the reporting period, USDC accounted for 99.6% of the settlement value, approximately $52.47 million.Meanwhile, Binance's Agent OS launched in August has integrated the x402 payment layer, Coinbase's Base supports agents and payment startups through a $1 million accelerator, and Amazon also launched AgentCore Payments in May in collaboration with Coinbase and Stripe. TRM recommends improving the on-chain agent registration mechanism, establishing a verifiable counterparty reputation system for agents, and building a monitoring framework suitable for small, high-frequency payments, stating that "agent commerce requires agent compliance."

Token Terminal data shows that the daily trading volume of tokenized stocks on Base has surpassed 100 million USD for the first time, setting a historical high.The cumulative trading volume over the past 30 days is approximately 730.9 million USD, with Aerodrome contributing about 557.1 million USD, accounting for approximately 76%.

The main securities exchange in South Korea will trial evening trading next Monday, extending the trading hours for almost all local stocks until 8 PM, up from the regular closing time of 3:30 PM.This adjustment is the first of its kind among major exchanges in Asia and is a step towards the Korea Exchange's goal of achieving 24-hour trading by December 2027. The new trading period will test whether the market can maintain sufficient liquidity after the extended trading hours and whether there is actual demand from investors for additional trading periods.Lee Young-jae, a senior investment manager at London-based Baillie Gifford, stated that a longer trading window can enhance investor flexibility and may attract more trading-oriented investors with higher turnover rates, as well as hedge fund participation. Edward Kim, head of Korean equity sales at Bank of America, noted that this is another step in the continuous development of South Korea's capital markets and enhancing accessibility for global investors.

According to DefiLlama data, Solana's DEX trading volume in the past 24 hours reached 2.637 billion USD, ranking first across all chains. Robinhood Chain had a DEX trading volume of 1.566 billion USD during the same period, ranking second; BSC ranked third with a trading volume of 1.147 billion USD.

Well-known trader Bonk Guy posted that he does not pledge allegiance to PONS or any other holdings and communities. He stated that he has never been paid by the PONS project team and is not a member of the project team, so his holding and support of PONS should not be understood as loyalty to the project.Bonk Guy expressed that he is optimistic about PONS because of the fairness represented by the token and his belief that PONS provides on-chain traders with the opportunity to create intergenerational wealth. He views PONS as a transaction that has not yet been fully realized and expects that regardless of current market recognition, its future market value could still reach billions of dollars.He emphasized that this principle also applies to his other holdings: he is primarily a trader, does not pledge allegiance to any token or community, and will only choose trading opportunities that he believes have the most asymmetric risk-reward profile.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has previously secretly approved at least three insider trading investigations related to Polymarket trading, involving contracts related to Biden's pardons, the Iran war, and Google-related events. The relevant investigation documents were obtained by WIRED through the Freedom of Information Act.Among them, CFTC Chairman Michael Selig approved an investigation into contracts related to Biden's pardons in May, after a trader had profited over $300,000 in the relevant market; in the same month, the CFTC also approved an investigation into Iran war contracts, after a group of suspicious accounts was reported to have profited $2.4 million with a win rate of about 98%. In July, the CFTC further initiated an investigation into Google-related Polymarket contracts, focusing on individuals who may have traded using non-public information regarding Google's 2025 search rankings. The Southern District Attorney's Office in New York is also conducting a parallel investigation.It is currently unclear whether the aforementioned accounts are connected to previously investigated individuals. Polymarket stated that the company would refer the relevant matters to law enforcement and cooperate with the investigation. As the prediction market rapidly expands, U.S. regulators are clearly intensifying their scrutiny of insider trading and market manipulation.

The cryptocurrency exchange platform Binance's Bitcoin reserves have exceeded 693,000 coins, an increase of about 77,000 coins since late April, accounting for approximately 30% of the total Bitcoin reserves of major exchanges.Bitcoin is currently positioned below the long-term holder supply zone between $83,000 and $85,000, with new accumulation support forming around $75,000. If this support is lost, the next level of concern will be $75,000. Binance had previously announced plans to invest $1 billion to allocate approximately 15,000 Bitcoins, and factors related to the SAFU fund and the Coldcard incident may also influence some holders' custody choices.

CoinDesk released the "August 2026 Exchange Report," which shows that the trading volume of RWA perpetual contracts on centralized exchanges reached $602 billion in August. Among them, Gate's RWA perpetual contract trading volume reached $64.7 billion, with a market share of 12.6%, ranking third globally, only behind Binance's 60.9% and OKX's 21.5%. During the same period, Gate's RWA perpetual contract trading volume increased by 158% month-on-month, and its market share more than doubled from July's 5.32%.From the perspective of platform scale, the CoinDesk report disclosed that Gate's global user count has surpassed 60 million, with August spot trading volume reaching $40 billion and contract trading volume reaching $287 billion, ranking fourth globally in combined spot and derivatives trading volume, reflecting the platform's trading scale and user base in the global market.

According to Arkham monitoring, BlackRock ETHB purchased $13.9 million in ETH yesterday, with a total purchase of $251.4 million in ETH over the past 20 trading days, during which there were no single-day outflows.During the same period, ETHA and Fidelity FETH experienced outflows.

Robinhood Markets announced its operating data for August 2026: As of the end of August, the number of funded account customers was 28.6 million, an increase of approximately 120,000 from the end of July, and an increase of about 1.9 million year-on-year; the platform's total assets were $384 billion, with a month-on-month growth of 8% and a year-on-year growth of 26%.Net deposits in August were $4 billion, equivalent to an annualized growth rate of 14% relative to the platform's total assets in July.

According to CoinGecko data, in the past 24 hours, Upbit's trading volume was approximately 1.02 billion USD, a decrease of 18.27% compared to the previous 24 hours.The top five trading pairs by trading volume are: XRP/KRW (trading volume share 9.02%, transaction amount approximately 95.15 million USD); VTHO/KRW (trading volume share 6.42%, transaction amount approximately 67.68 million USD); BTC/KRW (trading volume share 6.3%, transaction amount approximately 66.45 million USD); BFC/KRW (trading volume share 6.08%, transaction amount approximately 64.09 million USD); USDT/KRW (trading volume share 6.05%, transaction amount approximately 63.77 million USD).

According to the official announcement, the Gate contract Robinhood section has launched real-time trading for FLYBRAIN, FRONG, and JUGGERNAUT perpetual contracts (settled in USDT), supporting 1-10x leverage.Gate has also synchronized the addition of FLYBRAIN, FRONG, and JUGGERNAUT trading bots and copy trading features.

U.S. Treasury yields rose during the Asian trading session, with yields across all maturities reaching multi-year highs. The 2-year U.S. Treasury yield reached 4.596%, the 10-year rose to 4.979%, and the 30-year hit 5.384%. Danske Bank stated that the 10-year yield is just a few basis points away from the 5% mark, due to U.S. Treasury buyback operations falling short of expectations.

According to DefiLlama data, Solana's DEX trading volume in the past 24 hours reached 2.948 billion USD, ranking first across all chains. Robinhood Chain's DEX trading volume during the same period was 1.917 billion USD, ranking second; Ethereum ranked third with a trading volume of 1.422 billion USD.

Bitget API now fully supports CFD trading, expanding programmatic trading capabilities from cryptocurrency assets to global markets such as gold, foreign exchange, stock indices, and crude oil. Institutional clients and professional traders can directly manage CFD accounts through the API, covering core functions such as order execution, account inquiries, fund transfers, real-time market data, and risk control parameters, extending strategies into the traditional financial derivatives market within the existing API framework.This upgrade enriches the programmatic trading scenarios. Traders can incorporate factors such as macroeconomic data, Federal Reserve policies, employment and inflation data, oil prices, and stock index fluctuations into their strategy models, and configure them with different account models like ECN, STP, and Pro, obtaining a more comprehensive programmatic trading capability in global markets through a unified API framework.

Bitget has now integrated the automated trading platform TV-Hub. Users can build trading strategies in TradingView and automatically send trading signals to their Bitget accounts for execution via TV-Hub. This integration supports Bitget USDT margin contract trading, covering both crypto and TradFi perpetual contract markets, and supports strategies such as stop-loss and take-profit, position management, dollar-cost averaging, and hedging.Previously, Bitget has connected with platforms like WunderTrading and Hummingbot. To support this launch, TV-Hub will provide free usage services for all Bitget API connections until October 31.