Reuters survey: 86% of economists expect the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates to 1.25% by the end of the fourth quarter

According to Digital Asset, a South Korean court will make its first first instance judgment on the Bithumb case of mistakenly sending Bitcoin on August 27th. The involved user was accused of selling BTC received in error and holding approximately 194 million Korean won in cash. Bithumb has filed lawsuits against four users for unjust enrichment, with a maximum amount of approximately 500 million Korean won. In February of this year, Bithumb mistakenly recorded Korean won points as Bitcoin during the distribution of event rewards, and subsequently launched a recovery program, claiming that as of March 10th, 99% of the 1788 BTC that had not been recovered had been recovered.

The Bull&Bear Indicator of Bank of America reached 9.6, the highest level since December 2020 and the third highest level in 24 years. （Cointelegraph）

Since July 14th, Bitcoin ETF has achieved net inflows for 7 consecutive trading days, with Santiment tracking data showing a net inflow of 981.2 million US dollars. During this period, BTC prices reached a peak of 66300 US dollars. The last time such a continuous upward trend occurred was in October 2025, when BTC was hitting a historical high of 126000 US dollars. （Santiment）

The open interest contracts of Hyperliquid have risen to $11.5 billion, reaching a new high for 2026 and the highest level since the decline on October 10th.

According to CertiK monitoring, the Verus Ethereum cross chain bridge was attacked, with approximately 7.53 million US dollars being withdrawn to addresses starting with 0xCFd0. The cross chain bridge did not verify whether the amount entered by Verus was consistent with the payment amount.