Etherscan Launches Mobile Version of Web3 Secure Chat App: Blockscan Chat｜Cryptocurrency Trends

1. Mainstream Exchange Trends:

• HashKey Exchange to launch with BTCUSDT">BTC/USDT and ETH/USDT trading pairs.
• Mainstream Exchange Listings (CEX: Token — Time of Listing in UTC)

2. Cryptocurrency Trends:

• Coinbase adds Uniswap to its Layer-2 network Base.
• PayPal launches PYUSD, a USD stablecoin issued by Paxos and backed by U.S. dollars, t-bills, and cash equivalents. PYUSD will become progressively available to PayPal customers in the U.S.
• Etherscan launches Blockscan Chat, a secure Web3 chat application.
• MakerDAO's lending protocol, Spark Protocol, increases the interest rate on DAI deposits to 8%.
• Andrew Kang: Curve may launch an FX marketplace.
• YGG saw a deviation of over 40% from its spo t price on several exchange platforms on August 7, surging as high as US$0.95 at one point before plummeting by as much as 64%.

3. Financing Trends:

• LSD Protocol unshETH raises US$3.3 million in seed round funding with participation from MH Ventures and others.

4. Regulatory Trends:

• Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission: Some unlicensed virtual asset trading platforms (VATPs) are engaging in improper business practices. It is a "criminal offense" to provide unauthorized and unlicensed services in Hong Kong. At present, only two VATPs have been officially licensed by the SFC.