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Wednesday, 08/26/2026

CRCL Long-Term Bull Opens First Short, Becomes Hyperliquid's Largest CRCL Position at $14.95M

Odaily News: On-chain analyst Ai Yi reported that mtaavebank.eth opened an 8x short position on CRCL early this morning, making it the largest CRCL position on Hyperliquid. The position currently holds 162,593.75 tokens worth approximately $14.95 million, with an entry price of $91.241 and an unrealized loss of $121,000. The address had previously traded CRCL 11 times, all long positions, accumulating profits exceeding $981,000.

At least 14 senior executives at OpenAI have left this year, with ongoing changes before the IPO

At least 14 senior and core executives have left their original positions at OpenAI this year. Business Insider counted 13 people as of August 21, and The Wall Street Journal subsequently reported that data center head Chris Malone had also departed. This group spans business, product, security, ethics, research, and infrastructure.Specifically, it includes Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser, former COO and head of special projects Brad Lightcap, CEO of application business Fidji Simo, former CPO and head of OpenAI for Science Kevin Weil, head of Sora Bill Peebles, CTO of enterprise applications Srinivas Narayanan, Chief Marketing Officer Kate Rouch, head of enterprise AI sales Barret Zoph, head of ethics Chloé Bakalar, head of security systems Johannes Heidecke, Chief Futurist Joshua Achiam, head of robotics and consumer hardware Caitlin Kalinowski, Vice President of Sales for the Americas Kaylin Voss, and data center head Chris Malone.These individuals did not leave for the same reason; some are starting their own businesses, some left due to health reasons, and others encountered team layoffs and management restructuring. OpenAI secretly submitted its U.S. IPO documents in June.

Data: A certain whale liquidated 301,900 HYPE, making a profit of over 5.3 million dollars

According to on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain, address 0x3527 sold all of its 301,937 HYPE tokens, with a total value of approximately 24.4 million USD, realizing a profit of over 5.3 million USD.This address accumulated HYPE from May to July of this year, with an average purchase price of about 63 USD; this complete exit indicates that it has completed profit-taking for this phase.

Data: The market value of Meme coin Jimothy briefly surpassed 20 million USD, with a 24-hour increase of 23.4%

According to GMGN monitoring, the market capitalization of the Solana ecosystem meme coin Jimothy has surpassed $20 million, currently reported at $16 million, with a 24-hour increase of 23.4% and a trading volume of $8.3 million.The prototype of Jimothy is a raccoon from Seattle, USA, whose body is abnormal due to a rare congenital issue. After a local resident posted a video of it on July 14, it went viral, with nearly 8 million views, and has inspired community creations such as memes, murals, and merchandise.ChainCatcher reminds users that meme coin prices are highly volatile, primarily relying on market sentiment, community enthusiasm, and narrative-driven factors, and investors should be aware of the risks.

NUVA uses Chainlink data services to support tokenized housing assets

According to Cryptonomist, Animoca Brands and the RWA platform NUVA supported by Nuva Labs announced the adoption of Chainlink as its exclusive data infrastructure to provide tamper-proof valuation data for tokenized housing-related assets. The related asset base is approximately $19 billion, with the underlying sourced from Figure Technologies' Provenance Blockchain.The report states that NUVA will launch on Ethereum in May 2026, positioning itself as a cross-chain vault market, providing institutional-grade real estate credit exposure to retail users. Its products include nvYLDS (yield-bearing vault tokens linked to short-term U.S. Treasury yields) and nvPRIME (tokenized private credit vaults tracking the performance of real estate-backed credit such as Home Equity Lines of Credit - HELOC). Chainlink will initially provide pricing support for nvPRIME, used for collateral valuation, lending parameter setting, and liquidation threshold calculations.

Data: Robinhood Meme Coin YOLO's market cap briefly surpassed 10 million dollars, with a daily increase of over 36%

According to GMGN market data, the market capitalization of the Robinhood ecosystem Meme coin YOLO briefly surpassed 10 million USD, currently reported at approximately 9.5 million USD, with an intraday increase of over 36%.Market news reminds that Meme coin prices are highly volatile and easily affected by market sentiment and trending events, please be aware of trading risks.

Uniswap founder: Tokenization will reshape the market-making landscape, and AMM is still in its early stages

Uniswap founder Hayden Adams stated that after nine years of DeFi practice, the path for AMM to become the core engine of the global financial market is becoming increasingly clear. He pointed out that tokenization is not only an infrastructure upgrade but also changes who provides liquidity and what is traded in the market. The SEC has approved Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange to trade tokenized stocks, and the DTCC also conducted live testing of tokenized trading in July.Adams believes that traditional market makers vertically integrate capital, strategy, execution, settlement, and distribution, which is costly; blockchain disassembles these components, making capital a scarce input. Liquidity providers who already hold relevant assets or are the issuers themselves can bear inventory exposure at zero cost, thereby weakening professional market makers with lower capital costs. An on-chain "related asset pair" model has naturally formed (such as the Ethereum ecosystem pairing with ETH and stablecoins), as correlation reduces inventory risk and deepens liquidity.He cited that there are already 10 tokenized stocks on the Robinhood Chain forming a Uniswap pool with SPY, which has traded approximately $33 million in 12 days, with some trades occurring directly between stocks without touching the dollar. Adams also stated that although Uniswap's cumulative trading volume has reached about $4.6 trillion, AMM is still in its early stages, and there is significant room for improvement in subsequent design and ecosystem.

Crypto Sectors Pull Back Broadly, Layer 2 Rises 1.13%, BTC at $78,834, ETH at $2,455.2

Odaily News: On Aug. 26, according to SoSoValue data, after a sharp rebound, the crypto market sectors broadly pulled back, with only the Layer 2 sector relatively resilient, rising 1.13% in 24 hours. Among them, Stacks (STX) rose 16.73%, and Polygon (POL) rose 6.29%. In addition, Bitcoin (BTC) fell 1.10%, breaking below $79,000; Ethereum (ETH) fell 1.61%, breaking below $2,500.

In other sectors, the DeFi sector fell 0.38% in 24 hours, with Ethena (ENA) down 7.78%, but Hyperliquid (HYPE) up 1.89%; the CeFi sector fell 1.65%, with OKB (OKB) down 3.12%; the Layer 1 sector fell 2.39%, with Zcash (ZEC) down 6.44%; the Meme sector fell 3.42%, with SPX6900 (SPX) bucking the trend to rise 13.33%; the PayFi sector fell 3.99%, with Dash (DASH) down 10.10%.

The crypto sector indices reflecting historical sector performance show that the ssiLayer2, ssiMeme, and ssiPayFi indices rose 1.10%, fell 4.66%, and fell 4.27%, respectively.

Data: The current whale position on the Hyperliquid platform is 6.627 billion USD, with a long-short position ratio of 0.92

According to Coinglass data, the current whale holdings on the Hyperliquid platform amount to $6.627 billion, with long positions of $3.175 billion, accounting for 47.9% of the total holdings, and short positions of $3.453 billion, accounting for 52.1%. The profit and loss for long positions is $379 million, while the profit and loss for short positions is -$414 million.Among them, the whale address 0x92ea..e9 has taken a 3x leveraged long position on BTC at a price of $77,089.9, currently showing an unrealized profit of $3.137 million.

Bitdeer and Soluna Form 28MW Joint Mining Partnership

Odaily News: Bitdeer subsidiary Dory Creek will deploy its own Sealminer A2 Pro Air miners at Soluna's Project Kati 1 wind-powered data center in Willacy County, Texas, starting September 2026, with an expected connection of 28MW of power and approximately 1.93 EH/s of Bitcoin mining hashrate. The two parties will use a revenue-sharing model, with Soluna responsible for the site, power, and daily operations, while Bitdeer provides and owns the miners, and the two parties share the Bitcoin revenue generated by these miners. Kati 1 has a total capacity of 83MW, of which Galaxy Digital currently uses 48MW for Bitcoin mining.

Lobster Meme Coin Market Cap Briefly Tops $48 Million, Up Over 62% in a Day

Odaily News: According to GMGN market data, the market cap of the meme coin "Lobster" briefly surpassed $48 million and is now around $42 million, with a daily gain of over 62%.

Odaily reminds that meme coin prices are highly volatile and easily influenced by market sentiment and hot events. Please be aware of trading risks.

KYLIE Coin Team Holds 40% Supply, Profits 2,425 SOL

Odaily News: According to moonsollx monitoring, when Kylie Jenner's X account promoted the meme coin KYLIE, the project team held about 40% of the supply. They had not profited before the promotional post was published, and after the post went live, they withdrew approximately 2,425 SOL through a group of coordinated wallets. There is currently no on-chain evidence linking the address to Jenner or her team, and Jenner has not responded after the promotional post was deleted.