On August 22, The Sandbox stated that a vulnerability was discovered in its SAND cross-chain bridge on Base and BNB Smart Chain. Attackers were able to mint tokens without the corresponding Ethereum SAND locking support. The team subsequently suspended the related cross-chain functionality and claimed that the vulnerability had been contained. The core issue of this incident is not merely the simple "minting" of additional tokens, but rather the disruption of the most fundamental accounting relationships between cross-chain assets: the mapped tokens on the target chain should correspond one-to-one with the assets locked or destroyed on the source chain; once unsecured minting occurs, the market can no longer assume equivalence between SAND on different chains.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) of the UK announced on August 21 that retail sales in July fell by 0.5% month-on-month, marking the first monthly decline in three months; however, sales were still 1.6% higher than in July 2025. Over the three months to July, there was a 1.1% increase compared to the previous three months, and year-on-year, there was a 3.0% growth. These figures reflect both a short-term weakening and an improvement over a longer period. It is not appropriate to conclude that consumer spending has deteriorated based solely on the -0.5% figure, nor can one claim that household demand has strongly recovered just because of the year-on-year positive growth.

Metaplanet CEO expresses opinions on Bitcoin's recent trend, stating that its price has been influenced by the traditional financial system.

According to Maxio CEO, after enterprises deploy AI proxies, the real more difficult issue to handle is employee unrest, rather than single instances of token overspending.

Foreign media reports that after Bitcoin mining companies shifted to AI data centers, the correlation between stocks and BTC is weakening, with Strategy still being more closely aligned with Bitcoin as a benchmark.