The final value of the one-year inflation rate expectation in the U.S. in August was 4.8%, with an expected value of 5%.

On August 30th, the Vice President of the United States, Pence, stated that in the event of a "serious tragedy" befalling Trump, he is prepared to assume the presidency. In an interview with USA Today, Pence addressed Trump's health, saying, "If, God forbid, there is a serious tragedy, I can't think of more beneficial on-the-job training than the past 200 days." However, he also stated that the 79-year-old Trump is in good health. Despite recent concerns about his health, he still retains "amazing energy." (FX168)

On August 30th, UnicornX made an announcement. Due to the AFT token no longer fulfilling the UniCall standard, the token will be removed from the UniCall section. All users who purchased and still hold AFT on UnicornX will receive full compensation at the purchase price along with an additional Diamond Hand bonus. The airdrop funding is entirely provided by the investment institution Unicorn Verse. The UnicornX team took a snapshot of eligible users at 22:30 (GMT+8) / 14:30 (UTC) on August 29th. User Eligibility: As of the snapshot time on August 29th at 22:30 (GMT+8) / 14:30 (UTC), all users holding AFT on UnicornX. Only AFT purchased on the UnicornX platform is eligible. Airdrop Plan Eligible users will receive a USDT airdrop and an additional Diamond Hand bonus within 72 hours, and the airdrop will be directly sent to the user's UnicornX BSC wallet.

August 30th, Market News: The judge did not issue a ruling on the removal of Fed Governor Cook on this day. Instead, both parties were asked to submit additional court documents next Tuesday. (FXStreet) Earlier, Politico reporters indicated that the Fed did not adopt a stance on Trump's attempt to dismiss Liza Cook. It only requested the judge to make a prompt decision and pledged to abide by it.

On August 29th, the founder of Binance, CZ, shared a post which said, "In cryptocurrency, things to avoid are selling at the bottom." When this post was made, the cryptocurrency market continued to decline. Bitcoin dropped to $109,000, Ethereum fell to $4,320, and a total of $179 million in liquidations occurred across the entire network in the past 4 hours. This included $133 million in long liquidations and $45.899 million in short liquidations. At the BITCOIN ASIA 2025 conference, CZ stated that "Bitcoin will become the global reserve currency."

On August 29th, according to Coinglass data, within the past 4 hours, a combined total of $179 million has been liquidated across the entire network. Specifically, there were $133 million in long liquidations and $458.989 million in short liquidations. During the past 24 hours, a total of 143,438 people worldwide have been liquidated, with a total liquidation amount of $546 million. The largest single liquidation took place on OKX - BTC-USDT-SWAP, amounting to $4.3838 million.

On August 29th, Tom Lee, the chairman of BitMine, reiterated that Ethereum is one of the largest macro trades of the next decade. This is based on the following considerations: - Wall Street is rebuilding on the blockchain (a key moment similar to 1971). - Stablecoins serve as the starting point for asset tokenization on the blockchain. - Proxy AI has generated demand for the token economy. This will bring about profound changes to the U.S. financial industry and provide significant tailwinds for Ethereum. Meanwhile, Bitcoin still remains the optimal store of value.