Updated: August 26, 2026, 09:30 (UTC+8) | Author: MEXC
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According to CNBC, World Liberty Financial CEO Zach Witkoff responded to conflict-of-interest concerns by noting that USD1’s circulating supply has exceeded $4 billion, with more than $1 billion in trading volume over the past 24 hours. He said actual usage and liquidity demonstrate genuine market demand. Witkoff argued that concerns over WLF using USD1 to channel funds to the Trump family have been exaggerated, adding that he has never discussed—and will not discuss—business matters with President Trump. U.S. political figures continue to scrutinize the project’s overseas investments, political ties and commercial arrangements.
According to
Bitcoin.com News, stablecoin supply on the Sui network currently stands at approximately $478 million, about 69% below its May 2025 peak of $1.6 billion, and has remained near this level for several months. Mysten Labs introduced a protocol-level adjustment in May that reduced transfer fees to zero for seven supported stablecoins and removed the requirement to hold SUI when transferring them. Since June 10, Sui has processed more than $65 billion in zero-fee stablecoin transfers. Cumulative stablecoin volume since early 2024 has exceeded $2.27 trillion across 16 billion transactions.
According to Odaily, South Korean trading company POSCO International has completed a trade receivables tokenization transaction on Avalanche, following a similar pilot on Injective one month earlier. POSCO’s U.S. subsidiary partnered with trade finance platform Olea and asset-backed fintech company Intain. Intain used AI to verify invoices, purchase orders and shipping documents before validating and recording the receivables on its Avalanche-based Layer 1 network. POSCO International generates $22.2 billion in annual revenue and operates more than 80 overseas branches.
According to Odaily, Galaxy Digital’s retail platform GalaxyOne has launched a crypto portfolio line of credit that allows eligible customers to borrow cash against Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and staked SOL without selling their assets. The product combines multiple crypto assets as collateral under a single revolving credit facility and provides loans in U.S. dollars or USDC. It carries no fees, charges an annual interest rate of 8.99% and does not rehypothecate collateral. The service initially covers 40 U.S. states and is supported by Galaxy’s institutional-grade trading, risk management and asset management infrastructure.
According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, prediction market platform Kalshi has raised approximately $1.12 billion through equity financing, against a planned total offering of $1.5 billion. The financing reflects continued investor interest in the prediction market business model and its growth potential. Kalshi currently offers event contracts covering politics, economics, sports and other outcomes. However, prediction markets in the United States continue to face disputes over federal and state regulatory authority, the legal classification of sports contracts and consumer protection requirements.
According to Odaily, the first proceeds generated by Hyperliquid’s AQAv2 mechanism are expected to enter the Assistance Fund on October 3. The initial amount could reach approximately $20 million and will be used to repurchase HYPE. AQAv2 allows stablecoins such as USDC that are not exclusively issued by Hyperliquid to receive “Aligned” status. The mechanism returns most stablecoin revenue to the ecosystem, with 90% allocated to a structure that ultimately repurchases and burns HYPE. Coinbase has been designated as the fund deployment party, while Circle will manage technical deployment. Analysts estimate the mechanism could create $135 million to $160 million in annual HYPE buyback pressure.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Anthropic is expected to tell investors in its IPO documents that its total addressable market exceeds $30 trillion, surpassing SpaceX’s previous estimate of $28.5 trillion. Anthropic is using total addressable market projections to illustrate the scale of work that artificial intelligence models could perform in the future. The company’s second-quarter revenue exceeded $11.6 billion, more than doubling from its previous level. The proposed IPO could raise as much as $100 billion at a targeted valuation of approximately $2 trillion, above SpaceX’s $1.77 trillion valuation at listing. The plans remain under discussion, with a potential launch as early as September or October.
According to Cointelegraph, DGrid AI’s native token DGAI rose nearly 93% on its first day of trading, reaching approximately $0.73 with a market capitalization of around $110 million and more than $165 million in 24-hour trading volume. DGrid AI is expanding a decentralized AI inference network that connects users, developers and distributed nodes to process AI inference requests. DGAI is used for payments, staking and node rewards, while a “Proof of Quality” mechanism evaluates results. The project also sold more than 140 DClaw Boxes within hours at 1,580 USDT each, generating over 221,000 USDT in sales.
According to World Liberty Financial, USD1 has launched natively on Canton Network, providing institutional users with a fully reserved U.S. dollar settlement asset. Canton Network said USD1 can settle atomically against other on-chain assets under the same privacy and compliance controls, reducing the time gap between transactions and cash settlement. World Liberty Financial described Canton Network as a privacy-enabled blockchain designed for institutional finance and said additional announcements related to the integration would be released this week.
Data Note: Based on real-time MEXC market data recorded before 09:30 (UTC+8). Figures may subsequently change with market fluctuations.
High-Risk Token Unlocks
XPL/USDT [08-26 04:00] — 6.66M USDT unlock, representing 3.3% of circulating supply; moderate short-term selling pressure
ALT/USDT [08-26 21:00] — 1.43M USDT unlock, representing 3.48% of circulating supply; moderate short-term selling pressure
Key Macro Events
Aug 26, 01:00 — United States | Statistics Authority | Money supply data [Liquidity changes affect U.S. dollar funding conditions and risk-asset allocation]
Aug 26, 04:00 — United States | Federal Reserve | Barkin speech [Policy signals affect interest-rate expectations and U.S. dollar asset pricing]
Aug 26, 09:30 — Australia | Statistics Authority | CPI and inflation data [Inflation changes affect Australian rate expectations and risk appetite]
Aug 26, 18:10 — Eurozone | European Central Bank | Executive Board member Cipollone speech [Policy signals affect euro rate expectations and capital flows]
Aug 26, 19:30 — India | Statistics Authority | M3 money supply data [Liquidity changes affect emerging-market capital allocation]
Aug 26, 20:00 — Brazil | Statistics Authority | Mid-month IPCA inflation data [Inflation affects Brazilian rate expectations and cross-border capital flows]
Aug 26, 20:30 — United States | Bureau of Economic Analysis | PCE and GDP price indexes [Inflation data affect Federal Reserve expectations and risk assets]
Aug 26, 23:45 — United States | Federal Reserve | Barkin speech [Policy remarks affect the rate path and U.S. dollar liquidity expectations]
Researchers have recently identified “transaction simulation phishing,” an attack that exploits wallet transaction preview features. Malicious contracts can display normal or favorable balance changes during simulation while redirecting funds to attacker-controlled addresses when the transaction is executed on-chain. Researchers found more than 4,000 such phishing contracts across Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Avalanche and Polygon, affecting over 5,700 victims and causing approximately $3.48 million in losses. Users should not rely solely on wallet simulation results when assessing transaction safety. Before connecting to an unfamiliar DApp, verify its domain and contract address, inspect the authorization recipient and allowance, avoid unlimited approvals and regularly revoke permissions that are no longer needed.
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