Singapore's largest money laundering case suspect Wang Shuiming may be extradited to China, with his accomplice being the mastermind behind the Hong Kong crypto platform scam AAX.

According to GMGN market data, Base chain-based meme token Basecat broke through a $20 million market cap early this morning, hitting an all-time high. Its current market cap stands at $13.6 million, with a 24-hour trading volume of $27.7 million and a 24-hour price increase of over 18 times. Recently, the official account of Base App has been frequently posting cat-related content with a highly meme-oriented style. The community attributes this shift to the change in direction after Base App was taken over by personnel associated with Cobie, so users quickly deployed Basecat on the Base chain to capitalize on the "official cat narrative". It should be noted that this token is not issued by the official team and has no official endorsement; it is a community-launched token only. BlockBeats reminds users that meme coins usually have no practical use cases, experience significant price volatility, and require caution when investing.

Binance Futures will launch six U.S. dollar-margined TradFi perpetual contracts between August 17 and 18, with a maximum leverage of 20x. The specific launch times (UTC+8) are as follows: GDXUSDT (VanEck Gold Miners ETF) – August 17, 21:30 NETUSDT (Cloudflare Class A Common Stock) – August 17, 21:35 VSTUSDT (Vistra Corp Common Stock) – August 17, 21:40 SHOPUSDT (Shopify Class A Common Stock) – August 17, 21:45 LYTEUSDT (Roundhill Photonics & Optical ETF) – August 17, 21:50 CXMTUSDT (Changxin Technology) – August 18, 13:00

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a crypto whale has recently generated profits through consecutive trades on ASTEROID and the token "Niu Lai": Four months ago, the whale spent 1.25 ETH (around $3,000) to buy 10.05 billion ASTEROID via five wallets, then sold 6.85 billion ASTEROID for 90.95 ETH (approximately $220,000). The whale currently holds 3.2 billion ASTEROID, valued at roughly $206,000, with a total profit of $423,000 and a 140x return. Over the past two days, the whale spent $16,552 to purchase 22.1 million Niu Lai tokens, which are now worth $663,000, delivering an unrealized profit of $646,000 and a 39x return.

A crypto whale has recently generated profits from consecutive trades of ASTEROID and the token Niu Lai, according to monitoring by on-chain analytics firm Lookonchain. Four months ago, the whale spent 1.25 ETH (approximately $3,000) to purchase 10.05 billion ASTEROID across five wallets, then sold 6.85 billion ASTEROID for 90.95 ETH (around $220,000). The whale currently holds 3.2 billion ASTEROID valued at roughly $206,000, bringing its total profit to $423,000 for a 140x return. Over the past two days, the whale spent $16,552 to acquire 22.1 million Niu Lai, which is now worth $663,000, translating to an unrealized profit of $646,000 and a 39x return.

Meet a smart trader 0x0121. 4 months ago, he bought $ASTEROID at $126K MC and is now up 140x. Recently, he bought $牛来 below $750K MC and is now up 39x. 4 months ago, he spent 1.25 $ETH ($3K) to buy 10.05B $ASTEROID using 5 wallets, then sold 6.85B $ASTEROID for 90.95 $ETH($220K). He still holds 3.2B $ASTEROID($206K), with a total profit of $423K(140x). Over the past 2 days, he spent $16,552 to buy 22.1M $牛来, now worth $663K, with an unrealized profit of $646K — a 39x return. Wallet: 0x0121525...

Swiss banking giant UBS significantly boosted its bullish option exposure to BlackRock’s Bitcoin spot ETF IBIT in Q2 2026, jumping from 80,000 underlying shares at the end of March to 1.95 million shares as of June 30, a surge of over 24 times. Meanwhile, UBS’ direct holdings of IBIT shares rose 12% to 407,890 units, valued at roughly $13.6 million. Its bearish option exposure dropped around 53% to 143,300 shares.