Ethereum Is About 15% Away from Breaking Its All-Time High

On August 31st, the ApeCoin team officially declared the commencement of the R.A.I.D (Rapid ApeCoin Integration Deployment) strategy. The intention is to transform ApeCoin from a governance token into a "cultural token" and stimulate the growth of its ecosystem. The APE project initially intends to expand to the Solana blockchain and undergo DeFi integration.

August 31st. During this month, the data of Bitcoin and Gold ETF shows that the recent fund flows have deviated from historical trends. Usually, the flows of funds in both assets are opposite, but this time both experienced outflows simultaneously. This rare phenomenon reflects the current macroeconomic environment and investor sentiment. The outflows of Bitcoin have not had an impact on Gold. And until the policy path of the Fed becomes clear, both will continue to face pressure. Bitcoin ETF witnessed outflows for six consecutive days and lost nearly $2 billion alone in August. At the same time, major Gold ETFs such as GLDM also experienced outflows of $449 million in a week. Bitcoin ETF finally rebounded at the end of August, with four consecutive days of inflows. Gold ETF also showed net inflows in the last few days of August 2025, similar to the rebound trend of Bitcoin ETF. The uncertainties of the Fed's monetary policy, persistent inflationary pressures, and signs of a weak lab

On August 31st, according to on-chain data, around 16.27 billion WLFI tokens have been transferred to the Lockbox contract, which makes up 16.27% of the total token supply. Given the current contract price of $0.297, the value is approximately $4.83 billion. BlockBeats reported previously that the WLFI token will officially start unlocking at 8:00 AM EST on September 1st, and the relevant functionality page (Lockbox) has been launched. Users needed to activate between August 25th and August 31st in order to be able to claim 20% of the unlocked tokens starting from September 1st.

On August 31st, based on GMGN data, James Wynn's previously promoted meme coin Goatcoin (GOAT) witnessed a surge of over 67.4% in the past 24 hours. It currently has a market capitalization of $12.5 million and a 24-hour trading volume of $7.2 million. On August 27th, James Wynn made a post on Platform X promoting the meme coin Goatcoin (GOAT) and stating that "its market capitalization is expected to reach several billion dollars." On that day, GOAT responded with a surge of over 200%, pushing its market capitalization beyond $10 million. BlockBeats reminds users that meme coins usually lack practical use cases and experience significant price fluctuations. Therefore, investment should be approached with caution.

On August 31st, the Ethereum Community Foundation announced the tokenization of the burned ETH into BETH, presenting a new Ethereum Burn Proof Token. Each BETH token symbolizes ETH that has been verified to have been removed from circulation, thereby establishing a transparent and auditable burn record. Ethereum co-founder and Consensys CEO Joseph Lubin retweeted, expressing his great appreciation for the team's efforts.