1. Total market value of DeFi tokens: $160.69 billion
DeFi total market value data source: coingecko
2. The trading volume of decentralized exchanges in the past 24 hours was US$69.29
Trading volume of decentralized exchanges in the past 24 hours. Data source: coingecko
3. Assets locked in DeFi: US$153.391 billion
Top ten rankings of DeFi projects with locked assets and locked-in amounts Data source: defillama
1. Total NFT market value: US$21.21 billion
NFT total market value, market value ranking of the top ten projects Data source: Coinmarketcap
2.24 hour NFT transaction volume: 2.034 billionUSD
1. Circle issued 4.75 billion USDC on the Solana network in August
Golden Finance reported that according to SolanaFloor data, Circle issued 4.75 billion USDC on the Solana network in August, and the total issuance in 2025 will reach 26.25 billion. 2. The dYdX community has voted to approve the v9 software upgrade. According to Golden Finance, the dYdX Foundation announced on the X platform that the dYdX community has voted to approve the v9 software upgrade. This version reportedly includes the following major changes: support for TWAP (time-weighted average price) orders, revenue sharing for order routers, and a reduced proposer set. 3. Proposal SIMD-0326 on Solana's new consensus protocol, Alpenglow, has been approved. According to Golden Finance, the proposal SIMD-0326 on Solana's new consensus protocol, Alpenglow, has reached a quorum and passed with 99.6% of votes in favor. The proposal aims to reduce block confirmation times from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds. 4. Bitcoin.org Maintainer Cøbra: Knots May Replace Core as the Reference Software for Bitcoin Network Nodes According to Golden Finance, Cøbra, a long-time maintainer of Bitcoin.org, stated that Knots may replace Core as the reference software for Bitcoin network nodes. Earlier this year, a majority of senior Bitcoin Core developers decided to make major changes to OP_RETURN (a widely used Bitcoin script tool for storing arbitrary data on the blockchain) in October 2025. If nodes upgrade their software from the current Bitcoin Core version 29 to version 30, the new default settings in the Core software will result in the acceptance and forwarding of large amounts of data unrelated to on-chain Bitcoin (BTC) transfers. Core developers believe that increasing the data carrier limit for OP_RETURN modernizes the mempool's data storage role and aligns it with the consensus rules of the Bitcoin ledger. Knots (a dissenting fork of the Core software) believes that nodes should filter out most arbitrary data by default to prevent this behavior from taking up valuable Bitcoin block space. 5. Ethereum gas fees are currently reported at 0.397 Gwei. Golden Finance reports that according to Etherscan data, Ethereum gas fees are currently at 0.397 Gwei. Disclaimer: As a blockchain information platform, Golden Finance publishes articles for informational purposes only and does not constitute actual investment advice. We encourage everyone to cultivate sound investment practices and maintain a high level of risk awareness.
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