Japanese clothing retailer Mac House has officially established a crypto reserve, making its first purchase of 17.51 BTC.

On August 21, as monitored by Onchain Lens, a certain Bitcoin ancient whale has transferred 22,344 ETH (approximately $95.6 million) into Aave V3. The whale still retains 8,023 ETH (about $34.49 million) in other wallets.

On August 21st, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States during the week ending August 16 was 235,000. The expected value was 225,000 and the previous value was 224,000. (FXStreet)

August 21st. According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), the address 0x7E4...00107 is reported to have accumulated 2004 ETH within the past 2 hours, which is worth 8.55 million US dollars. It withdrew 1802 ETH from Binance and repurchased 201.45 ETH on-chain using USDC with an average price of 4268.59 US dollars. Currently, 1000 ETH has been deposited into Aave.

August 21st - The former president of the St. Louis Fed and the front-runner for the next Federal Reserve Chair, Brad, advocated for a 100-basis-point rate cut this year and additional cuts in 2026. Brad stated in an interview on Thursday: "Current interest rates are a bit on the high side. I believe we can reduce them by approximately 100 basis points by 2026. I think this will commence with a cut at the September meeting and may be followed by further actions later this year." Brad mentioned that he has been in communication with Treasury Secretary Benson regarding his candidacy for the Federal Reserve Chair and plans to "possibly" arrange a meeting after Labor Day on September 1st. Regarding further rate cuts next year, Brad stated that it will depend on the data performance. He also highlighted the significance of maintaining the status of the US dollar as a reserve currency. (FXStreet)

On August 21st, Chainlink announced that it had obtained ISO 27001 certification and SOC 2 Type 1 certification. The scope of this assessment encompasses: Chainlink Data Feeds—specifically, Price Feeds and Smart Data (including Proof of Reserve and Net Asset Value (NAV)), all based on Chainlink Data Standards; Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP)—Chainlink's interoperability standard. All reviews were carried out by the independent accounting firm Deloitte & Touche LLP in accordance with the auditing standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

On August 21st, according to The Block, MetaMask has officially launched its native stablecoin, MetaMask USD (mUSD). MetaMask stated on Thursday that mUSD will be issued by Bridge, which is a stablecoin issuance platform owned by Stripe, and will be minted through M0's decentralized infrastructure. In addition, mUSD will be fully backed 1:1 by a "high-quality, highly liquid asset equivalent to the US dollar" and will achieve real-time transparency and cross-chain composability through M0's liquidity network.