Strategist: US PCE Inflation Data Could Act as a Catalyst for Bitcoin Rebound

Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Political Deputy Commander Yadollah Javani stated: "Once the U.S. fulfills its commitments under the Islamabad Memorandum, the Strait of Hormuz will reopen." (CCTV News)

Official announcement: Binance will remove the following margin trading pairs at 14:00 (UTC+8) on August 21: Cross margin pairs include AUCTION/USDC, BEAMX/USDC, CETUS/USDC, HUMA/USDC, LAYER/USDC, NXPC/USDC, UMA/USDC, and VELODROME/USDC; Isolated margin pairs include HUMA/USDC, LAYER/USDC, and NXPC/USDC. Binance will suspend borrowing for the above isolated margin pairs starting at 14:00 (UTC+8) on August 18, and will close related positions, conduct automatic settlements, and cancel all pending orders at 14:00 (UTC+8) on August 21.

According to Bitget's market data, Brent crude oil has broken through the $88 per barrel mark, rising 0.93% on the day.

Harmony Protocol has unveiled a rollback plan for its abnormal ONE token minting incident, with Shard 0 set to roll back to block 92,730,034 and Shard 1 to block 94,978,278. Both blocks correspond to August 11, 2026, at 23:25:37 UTC. Validators will use replacement databases from these blocks, and subsequent blocks will be regenerated at heights 92,730,035 and 94,978,279 respectively. The first confirmed fraudulent mint occurred in Shard 0 at block 92,730,036, so the prior block was chosen as a safety buffer. After evaluating options including targeted burning, blacklisting, selective transaction replay, token migration, and direct database rollback, the team ruled these out as they could impact unrelated funds or cause chain state inconsistencies, leading to the final choice of a fixed rollback window. Harmony disclosed that one fraudulent mint wallet attempted 534 transfers of 5 billion ONE each within 106 seconds, with 477 successful transfers totaling 2.385 trillion ONE. The team noted that while fund flow tracking covers over 99.9% of fraudulent ONE paths, tracing to wallets or clusters does not confirm specific individual identities nor guarantee all related funds can be safely burned. Additionally, Harmony has completed full archiving of Shard 0 from blocks 92,730,035 to 92,871,662, covering 141,628 consecutive blocks, 109,126 regular transactions, and 315 staking transactions. All blocks and regular transactions after the rollback checkpoint will be discarded. The project is currently collaborating with exchanges, cross-chain bridges, and law enforcement to assess impacts and develop solutions. An independent third-party security firm has reviewed the incident, confirming the fraudulent mint and identifying main fund flows. Validators must execute rollback operations per the official recovery process.

According to EmberCN’s monitoring, based on associated addresses, AKE, which has posted a 52x rally over the past month, is suspected to be operated by the same market maker that previously manipulated SIREN. The market maker has been involved in pumping at least four tokens: SIREN, AKE, XPIN, and BTR, all of which saw controlled price surges of over 10x. AKE plunged roughly 60% in early July; after a massive exit of bullish funds, it rallied 52x in the subsequent month. The related addresses were previously used to manipulate SIREN, and were also utilized today to transfer XPIN to Binance Alpha.

According to disclosures filed with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), JPMorgan Chase increased its holdings of H shares of InnoLight on August 12, pushing its stake in the firm from 15.91% to 16.14% at an average purchase price of HK$1,084.91. In the same period, JPMorgan also raised its holdings of Luxshare Precision’s H shares, lifting its stake from 7.99% to 8.36% at an average transaction price of HK$63.67. (Source: Jinshi)