According to the world's largest prediction market, Polymarket, the pro-Bitcoin candidate for the upcoming presidential election, Donald Trump has taken a 13% lead over Kamala Harris.

OKX announced a grant to the Bitcoin developer fund 2140 Foundation. The specific amount of the grant has not been disclosed, and this funding is intended to promote the long-term security, resilience, and maintainability of the Bitcoin network. As part of its ongoing funding program, OKX has provided nearly $2 million in Bitcoin developer grants, with a focus on developing the developer ecosystem, as well as Bitcoin security and adoption.

Bitcoin is approaching its longest period of sideways market range since the April halving, currently at 285 days. Contributing factors include uncertainty surrounding the U.S. election, rising U.S. Treasury yields, and the extension of Mt. Gox's repayment deadline to October 2025. Despite historically bullish trends for Bitcoin in October, the lackluster price action has left bulls disappointed. If there is no bull market in the next two weeks, this will mark the longest post-halving sideways period in Bitcoin's history.

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A federal judge in Brazil has ordered the criminal charges against the late CEO of Mirror Trading International (MTI), Johann Steynberg, for his involvement in a Bitcoin Ponzi scheme to be dropped after police investigations confirmed his death. Steynberg's death certificate has been added to the case file. Following the disclosure of this news, some victims immediately made defamatory remarks about these claims. Some believe that Steynberg may have faked his death. At the time of his death, Steynberg's death certificate showed that he suffered from acute respiratory failure. (Bitcoin.com) In May, the South African National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) was investigating the accomplices of the Bitcoin Ponzi scheme, Mirror Trading International (MTI), which was orchestrated by the late Johann Steynberg. NPA media relations manager Isaac Dludlu said the prosecution is considering several charges against those involved, including fraud and forgery.

On August 17th, Turingbitchain (TBC), a Bitcoin smart contract layer, released the Turingcontract.com smart contract development platform based on the native Bitcoin UTXO model.

IntoTheBlock stated in an article on X that the US government recently seized $600 million worth of Bitcoin from the dark web Silk Road and transferred it to Coinbase Prime. Although depositing to an exchange usually means selling, this transfer may be for custody purposes. Wallets associated with the US government still hold nearly $1.2 billion worth of Bitcoin.

According to Coinglass data, the total Bitcoin futures open interest on the entire network has reached 28.57 billion US dollars, an increase of 1.23% in the past 24 hours.<br>In addition, the total Ethereum futures open interest on the entire network has reached 10.668 billion US dollars, an increase of 2.54% in the past 24 hours.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, 873 BTC (worth $53,228,550) was transferred from Antpool to an unknown wallet.

Glassnode data shows that Bitcoin's MVRV Z-Score indicates that it is closer to being undervalued, reflecting potential buying opportunities. In the past year, this indicator has fluctuated greatly, reflecting the price trend of Bitcoin volatility.