NASDAQ-listed company Trident Digital plans to raise $500 million to establish a corporate XRP reserve

On August 31st, according to on-chain data, around 16.27 billion WLFI tokens have been transferred to the Lockbox contract, which makes up 16.27% of the total token supply. Given the current contract price of $0.297, the value is approximately $4.83 billion. BlockBeats reported previously that the WLFI token will officially start unlocking at 8:00 AM EST on September 1st, and the relevant functionality page (Lockbox) has been launched. Users needed to activate between August 25th and August 31st in order to be able to claim 20% of the unlocked tokens starting from September 1st.

On August 31st, based on GMGN data, James Wynn's previously promoted meme coin Goatcoin (GOAT) witnessed a surge of over 67.4% in the past 24 hours. It currently has a market capitalization of $12.5 million and a 24-hour trading volume of $7.2 million. On August 27th, James Wynn made a post on Platform X promoting the meme coin Goatcoin (GOAT) and stating that "its market capitalization is expected to reach several billion dollars." On that day, GOAT responded with a surge of over 200%, pushing its market capitalization beyond $10 million. BlockBeats reminds users that meme coins usually lack practical use cases and experience significant price fluctuations. Therefore, investment should be approached with caution.

On August 31st, the Ethereum Community Foundation announced the tokenization of the burned ETH into BETH, presenting a new Ethereum Burn Proof Token. Each BETH token symbolizes ETH that has been verified to have been removed from circulation, thereby establishing a transparent and auditable burn record. Ethereum co-founder and Consensys CEO Joseph Lubin retweeted, expressing his great appreciation for the team's efforts.

August 31st. As per an official announcement by Pudgy Penguins, their Web 3 mobile game, Pudgy Party, has been launched on both the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. BlockBeats had previously reported that on August 29th, the well-known NFT brand Pudgy Penguins announced the global launch of the Web3 mobile game Pudgy Party in collaboration with the developer of FIFA Rivals, Mythical Games. Pudgy Party is a casual and fun party battle royale game set in a fast-paced mini-game environment. The game features characters that are entirely based on the iconic Pudgy Penguins imagery, each with its own unique traits, abilities, and personalities. Each match is designed to be fresh and unpredictable, with constantly rotating challenge content and unexpected changes to ensure that no two parties are the same. Players can customize their penguin characters through clothing, emotes, and collectibles - some of which are non-fungible, while others are limited edition and tradable on Mythi

August 31st. According to CoinDesk, Web3 startups raised a combined total of $9.6 billion in funding during the second quarter of 2025, which represents the second-largest quarter in history. Capital is continuously flowing into infrastructure projects. The median funding sizes for validator liquidity, Rollups, and mining networks range from $70 million to $112 million. Meanwhile, Series A and seed round funding is showing an upward trend. Token private sales are performing favorably, while public offerings have witnessed a significant decrease.

On August 31st, as per on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa), the address '0x832...07F84' withdrew 2000 ETH from a centralized exchange (CEX) one hour ago. The withdrawal was made at a price of $4445 and has now been deposited into Lido.