Rhythm Evening News｜A list of important information in the crypto industry on August 15

Harris will give a speech on economic policy this Friday, or talk about cryptocurrency

BlockBeats reported that on August 15, the New York Times quoted four people familiar with the matter as saying that Kamala Harris will deliver an economic-focused speech in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA on Friday, outlining the government's economic agenda restart plan.

People familiar with the matter said she will propose a plan with relatively few details. The plan will shift the focus from Biden's focus on job creation and U.S. manufacturing to efforts to control the cost of living. However, in terms of substantive content, the plan rarely disagrees with Mr. Biden.

The Harris campaign declined to comment on what she will propose this week.

Researcher: Curve's protocol-side revenue is greater than unlocked output for the first time after the production cut, and is expected to achieve positive cash flow

BlockBeats news, on August 15, crypto researcher 0xLoki published a post stating that Curve's production cuts this year are superimposed on the end of the founding team's unlocking period, and the actual inflation reduction is much lower than in the past, and the reduction in incentives has not had a significant impact on the scale of the business. After the production cuts, the protocol-side revenue is greater than the unlocked output for the first time, and is expected to achieve positive cash flow. Ranked by transaction volume, the 2nd, 4th, and 8th largest pools on Curve are USDe, and the 12th, 18th, and 19th pools are ETH's LST/LRD. In the future, there will likely be assets from the BTC ecosystem. Curve's gains from the three major asset liquidity layers are far greater than Uniswap, and the revenue contribution of Lending (Crvusd) has exceeded Swap.

Injective officially integrated with the TON ecosystem

BlockBeats news, on August 15, according to official news, Injective announced its official integration with the TON ecosystem. As a result, assets such as INJ can be cross-chain and used between TON, and TON can also be used between dApps in the Injective ecosystem.

This integration will not only provide new asset access for both communities, but will also introduce a range of new use cases that were previously unimaginable. This includes leveraging INJ and TON to enable new features such as trading, asset tokenization, and on-chain lending.

In the future, TON and Injective will continue to break through new areas of Web3 finance together.

If Bitcoin falls below $57,000, the cumulative long order liquidation strength of mainstream CEX will reach 607 million

BlockBeats news, on August 15, according to Coinglass data, if Bitcoin falls below $57,000, the cumulative long order liquidation strength of mainstream CEX will reach 607 million. Conversely, if Bitcoin breaks through $59,000, the cumulative short order liquidation strength of mainstream CEX will reach 217 million.

BlockBeats Note: The liquidation chart does not show the exact number of contracts to be liquidated, or the exact value of the contracts to be liquidated. The columns on the liquidation chart actually show the importance of each liquidation cluster relative to the adjacent liquidation clusters, that is, the strength.

Therefore, the liquidation chart shows the extent to which the underlying price will be affected when it reaches a certain position. A higher "liquidation column" means that the price will react more strongly to the liquidity wave after it arrives.

Two-thirds of institutional Bitcoin spot ETF holders continued to hold or increase their holdings in Q2

BlockBeats news, on August 15, according to Bitwise data, in the second quarter, approximately 66% of institutional investors held or increased their Bitcoin holdings through US Bitcoin spot ETFs.

According to 13F reports submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 44% of asset managers increased their Bitcoin ETF positions in the second quarter, while 22% remained unchanged.

Only 21% of institutions reduced their positions, and 13% liquidated them, which is "a pretty good result, comparable to other ETFs," said Matt Hougan, chief investment officer of Bitwise.

SEC Form 13F is a quarterly report that all institutional investment managers with at least $100 million in assets under management must submit. (Cointelegraph)

Open interest in Bitcoin contracts across the network dropped to $29.3 billion

BlockBeats reported that on August 15, according to Coinglass data, the open interest in Bitcoin futures contracts across the network was 499,540 BTC (about $29.3 billion).

Among them, the open interest of CME Bitcoin contracts was 141,380 BTC (about $8.27 billion), ranking first;

The open interest of Binance Bitcoin contracts was 113,680 BTC (about $6.66 billion), ranking second.

Harris' lead on Polymarket continues to expand, and the probability of winning has risen to 54%

BlockBeats reported that on August 15, according to relevant page information, Polymarket predicted that Kamala Harris's probability of winning the 2024 US presidential election has risen to 54%, and Trump's probability of winning the 2024 US presidential election has dropped to 45%.

The suspected Shenyu-related address deposited 200 WBTC to Binance 1 hour ago

BlockBeats news, on August 15, according to @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, Arkham marked as Shenyu-related address 0x3f3...1D4F0 deposited 200 WBTC to Binance one hour ago, worth $11.7 million.

The address currently still holds 724.46 WBTC, and the wallet asset value is as high as $45.53 million.

A Chinese man was kidnapped in Malaysia and his family paid a ransom of $1.2 million in virtual currency

BlockBeats reported that on August 15, according to Caixin.com, the Malaysian police recently cracked a kidnapping case involving Chinese citizens. The victims were a Chinese man and a local woman who were kidnapped after arriving in Malaysia in July. After their families paid a ransom of US$1.2 million (approximately RMB 8.62 million) through virtual currency, the two victims were released.

During the investigation, the police had a fierce gun battle with the kidnappers in the Skudai district of Johor, and eventually shot and killed four kidnappers. In addition, the police recovered approximately US$373,000 (approximately RMB 2.68 million) in cash, as well as vehicles, watches, jewelry and other items worth approximately US$700,000 (approximately RMB 5.02 million). The mastermind of the case was the victim's private driver.