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As the Federal Reserve begins its interest rate cut cycle, the cryptocurrency market is experiencing a broad recovery. Alongside mainstream assets like BTC and ETH, the AI sector has also rebounded rapidly. The convergence of AI and crypto has emerged as a compelling narrative in this market cycle, attracting numerous tech teams and venture capital firms. Leading projects in the space have shown significant growth. Recommended projects to watch closely include Bittensor (TAO), Near Protocol (NEAR), and Arkham (ARKM).

Liquid staking emerged after Ethereum transitioned from a proof-of-work to a proof-of-stake mechanism. Its primary goal is to enhance asset utility by allowing users to earn staking rewards while maintaining the liquidity of their staked positions. Currently, mainstream liquid staking protocols allow users to stake their assets in exchange for liquid staking tokens (LSTs). For instance, by staking ETH on platforms such as Lido, users receive stETH tokens. This approach is commonly referred to as "liquid staking derivatives" (LSDs). Since Binance hinted at collaborating with Sanctum to launch the Solana liquid staking token BNSOL, Sanctum's governance token CLOUD has gained significant attention, rising despite unfavorable market trends. On September 5, Bybit announced its partnership with Solayer to launch bbSOL. Additionally, major exchanges have unveiled plans to introduce Solana LST tokens. EigenLayer also began its second season of airdrop claims this week, with its governance token EIGEN potentially circulating by the end of September. The LSD and restaking sectors are gaining quiet momentum, potentially setting the stage for a new wave of hype around restaking within the SOL ecosystem.

US initial claims for unemployment insurance and the unemployment rate are being released this week, key factors influencing the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rate cuts in September. The market has been sluggish recently, with noticeable risk-averse sentiment. Bearish sentiment among community users and the arrest of Telecom's CEO, a black swan event, have further dampened the mood, resulting in average performance for blue-chip coins and altcoins. The market tends to fluctuate significantly when macroeconomic data is about to be released. It is reasonable to reduce leverage, maintain reasonable position sizes, and preserve funds to buy the dip. We will introduce upcoming token launches on Bitget, on-chain earning opportunities with USDT/USDC and SOL, and speculative targets in the Solana Liquid Staking (LSD) sector.

On August 12, the TRON ecosystem DEX, SUN.io, launched Sun Pump, the ecosystem's first memecoin issuance platform. Its goal is to provide creators with a convenient and cost-effective token issuance solution. As of August 21, Sun Pump has surpassed pump.fun in revenue and the number of new tokens issued. Some Meme coins issued on Sun Pump have shown astonishing performance. For example, SUNDOG increased by 10,156 times within 5 days and 8 hours of its creation, and FOFAR increased by 6176 times in 4 days and 6 hours. These skyrocketing memecoins have attracted significant attention from investors.

Since Q2 2024, despite the overall decline in the cryptocurrency market, one ecosystem has bucked the trend and delivered exceptional returns—the TON ecosystem. The price of TON has surged by over 3.5x since the beginning of the year and is currently fluctuating around $7, near its all-time high. Backed by Telegram's nearly 1 billion users, the TON ecosystem has developed a range of unique applications that have recently become a focal point within the community.

The uncertainty surrounding macroeconomic conditions and market reactions makes it challenging to predict short-term and mid-term market trends, with both black-swan and white-swan events possible at any time. Therefore, a rational approach would be to maintain a balanced position and reserve funds for potential dip-buying opportunities. In our last issue, we recommended several passive income products on Bitget. Now, we will introduce additional products based on USDT/USDC, BTC, and SOL, available both on Bitget and their respective blockchains. (While ETH-related LST and restaking projects have shown the highest potential returns lately, they are not included in our recommendations this time due to the high uncertainty of LST projects and their lack of flexibility in unstaking.)

As global market risks intensified this week, crypto assets across sectors experienced significant corrections and poor performance. Passive income products from centralized exchanges can offer low-risk returns despite market volatility by utilizing diversified portfolios to mitigate downside risks. This week, we recommend Bitget Earn's passive income products for our key clients.

On July 27 (local time), the current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attended the Bitcoin Conference. Essentially, the purpose of his appearance was to rally the mining community in the United States. The conference announced positive news for the mining industry, with a 12% increase in KAS over the past seven days and a noticeable net inflow of funds and traffic, indicating a certain wealth effect.

In the past three weeks, SOL's price has rebounded strongly from a low of $120 to a high of $185 on July 21. This represents a robust recovery of over 50%, surpassing the rebound seen in BTC, ETH, and most other high-cap altcoins, becoming a strength eco-project worth focusing on.

- 14:04The cumulative trading volume of the decentralized contract exchange Sun Wukong has exceeded 7.6 billion USDT.According to ChainCatcher, citing official social media sources, the Chinese decentralized contract exchange Sun Wukong recorded a single-day trading volume of over 550 million USDT yesterday, a 17% increase compared to the previous day. The cumulative trading volume has now surpassed 7.6 billion USDT. Currently, Sun Wukong is conducting a USDT staking yield activity. Users' USDT assets in their platform accounts will automatically participate in yield generation, with an annualized rate of up to 10%. No additional operations are required, and it does not affect trading, deposits, withdrawals, or transfers. There is no lock-up period, and users can deposit and withdraw at any time. Risk Warning
- 14:04TRON on-chain contract trading volume increased by 166% this week; Sun Wukong launches new STRK and expands popular asset derivatives coverage for ORDI.According to ChainCatcher, the Chinese decentralized contract exchange Sun Wukong has recently added STRK and ORDI USDT-margined contract trading, supporting up to 20x leverage, further expanding the platform's derivatives coverage of popular assets. On-chain analytics platform Lookonchain data shows that in the past week, decentralized contract trading volume on the TRON chain exceeded $2.59 billions, a week-on-week surge of 166.69%, setting a new stage high. Analysts believe that the recent rapid shifts in crypto market sentiment and sharp price fluctuations have driven a simultaneous increase in hedging and arbitrage demand among traders, fueling a rapid rise in the decentralized derivatives market. Risk Warning
- 14:04An address sold about 99 WBTC on-chain in the past 10 hours, earning a profit of $7.32 million.According to ChainCatcher, on-chain analyst Ai Yi has monitored that address 0x3A2...bED2a previously bought 577.17 WBTC at a low price of $16,933.54 each, spending $9.77 million. In the past 10 hours, this address sold 99.2938 WBTC on-chain (for $8.995 million), making a profit of $7.32 million. Currently, there are still 350.7 WBTC on-chain (worth $32.12 million).