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On Thursday, August 15th, JPMorgan Chase pointed out in a report that as Wall Street starts to issue a large number of stablecoins within the Ethereum ecosystem, the recent outperformance of ETH may continue. According to the bank's analysts, a series of USD-pegged tokens - following last month's "GENIUS Act" which provided a regulatory framework for stablecoins - are expected to have an impact on the price of Ethereum. Although these assets are issued on layer-two networks rather than directly on the Ethereum main chain. The analysts stated: "We believe that Ethereum is emerging as the pathway to directly access the high-growth opportunity of stablecoins. As the Ethereum network hosts most of these stablecoin assets, whether as L1 directly hosted or via L2 partially hosted."

On August 15th, the Greek.Live analyst Adam posted on social media, saying, "While BTC hit a new all-time high again and ETH was about to reach its all-time high, the market experienced a somewhat unanticipated pullback. The main trigger was the higher-than-expected PPI. There weren't many changes in the options market. The IVs of major expiries showed no significant fluctuations, and the fluctuation of Skew was relatively small." However, the trading volume indicates the market's enthusiasm. Today, Deribit traded $10.9 billion in options, setting a new single-day record with a volume of over $10 billion for the first time. The high trading activity indicates that the market remains confident about the future, and the bull market is likely to continue.

On August 15th, according to the monitoring of HyperInsight accessible through https://app.hyperliquid.xyz/join/NTOD, the "Big Brother Ma Ji" Huang Licheng's long position in ETH has risen to 22,000 ETH (equivalent to 100 million US dollars), and there is an unrealized loss of 2.4 million US dollars. The opening price was $4,664.57, and the liquidation price was $2,889.27.

On August 15th, according to Coinglass data, if Ethereum drops below $4400, the total liquidation strength of mainstream CEXs in terms of long positions will reach $1.191 billion. Conversely, if Ethereum surges above $4700, the total liquidation strength of mainstream CEXs in terms of short positions will reach $928 million. BlockBeats Note: The liquidation chart does not display the exact number of contracts to be liquidated or the precise value of the contracts to be liquidated. The bars on the liquidation chart actually represent the significance of each liquidation cluster in relation to neighboring liquidation clusters, that is, the strength. Therefore, the liquidation chart shows to what extent the target price will be influenced when it reaches a certain level. A higher "liquidation bar" indicates that the price will have a more intense reaction due to a surge in liquidity when it reaches that level.

August 14th. According to The Block, the largest banking association in the US is advising senators to fill what it deems as loopholes in the stablecoin legislation signed by President Trump last month. It is stated that these loopholes may pose a threat to the broader financial system. This week, the American Bankers Association (ABA) along with 52 other banking organizations sent a letter to the leadership of the Senate Banking Committee, suggesting revisions to the American Stablecoin Guidance and Establishment of a National Innovation in U.S. Act (GENIUS). The letter highlighted concerns in aspects such as interest payments, state-level regulations, and the issuance of stablecoins by non-financial companies. The dispute centers around the prohibition in the GENIUS Act on stablecoin issuers paying interest to holders, which is regarded as being too lenient. While these groups support the restrictive measures, they contend that the new legislation can be easily bypassed by e

On August 14th, as per CoinDesk, Dinari, a startup that offers blockchain-based U.S. stock trading services, is set to launch the L1 blockchain called Dinari Financial Network. The network is designed to serve as a coordination and settlement layer for securities issued on other networks such as Arbitrum and is custom-built using the Avalanche (AVAX) technology stack. The testnet is currently in operation, with the plan to go live publicly in the upcoming weeks. In June of this year, Dinari obtained a broker-dealer registration from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in the United States, enabling it to tokenize securities under the U.S. National Market System (NMS) and providing a compliant solution for issuing tokenized versions of U.S. publicly traded stocks.