SHELL Buyback Address has once again withdrawn 1 million tokens from Binance, and the buyback progress has reached 81.2%.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), address 0x248…A6990 purchased 10.26 million units of the token "Niu Lai" at an average price of $0.02892 on August 17, with a total cost of roughly $296,700. After holding the position for 44 days, the address transferred all its tokens to Binance one hour ago; the holdings are now valued at approximately $1.181 million, indicating it may be preparing to sell. If sold at the current price, the address is expected to pocket a profit of around $885,000. The position previously posted an unrealized profit of about $1.365 million.

According to GMGN market data, the Ethereum-based meme coin ZC (Zipcoin) briefly surpassed a market cap of $17 million, surging over 20-fold intraday, and is currently at a $12.05 million market cap. ZC’s narrative is derived from the fictional currency in *Snowmoon*, a novel by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. Designed as an on-chain currency featuring "anonymous payments, burn-to-vote, and real-time taxation", it aims to translate the novel’s concepts into real-world blockchain applications. BlockBeats reminds users that most meme coins lack practical use cases, exhibit high price volatility, and investors should exercise caution.

Crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett wrote that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has updated its crypto-focused FAQ on token repurchases, adding a new rule stating that if no centralized entity stands behind a token repurchase, the arrangement is unlikely to qualify as an investment contract. The move follows comments last week from Miles Jennings, general counsel and head of policy at a16z crypto, who noted the prior wording could "enable issuers to announce repurchase plans that would not thereby qualify as investment contracts."

Aave founder Stani Kulechov has announced in a post that he is considering adding a token burn mechanism to Aavenomics 3.0. Aavenomics 3.0 is a new reform framework targeting AAVE token value capture, protocol revenue distribution, and security incentive mechanisms. Its core direction is to use protocol revenue to continuously repurchase AAVE, gradually turning these repurchases into an automated, on-chain regular mechanism to reduce reliance on ad-hoc committee decisions.

HIP-3 market deployer Entropy has launched an Anthropic Pre-IPO market on Hyperliquid. Following the release of Anthropic’s IPO prospectus, its market cap on the platform edged down to $2.07 trillion, marking a 1.92% drop in 24 hours. As of press time, open interest in Anthropic’s pre-IPO contracts stood at $37.26 million, with trading volume reaching $5.43 million. Anthropic’s IPO prospectus reveals that the company generated $45.9 billion in revenue in 2025, a roughly 12-fold year-over-year increase, though its operating loss widened from $2.98 billion in 2024 to $8.06 billion. The company’s total operating expenditure last year was $12.65 billion, and its committed spending on cloud services, computing power, and infrastructure over the next several years totals $518 billion.

World Foundation released a statement disclosing that World Assets, Ltd. has completed a series of over-the-counter (OTC) sales totaling $49 million. The sales were conducted over the past month, with all transactions subject to a one-year lock-up period. A portion of the sales has already been settled, and the remaining WLD tokens will be delivered and settled this week.