MetaEra Compiles Key Crypto and Market Updates for August 29

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MetaEra tracks key crypto market movements for August 29. Fed Chair Waller’s hawkish remarks at Jackson Hole increased the probability of a September rate hike to 45.7%. BTC fell below $78,000 and ETH below $2,500, with $369 million in liquidations as the Fear & Greed Index shifted toward fear. Trump’s oil deal with Venezuela could unlock 6.5 billion barrels. AVICI lost $1.02 million following an attack. Solana’s governance approved a plan to reduce inflation, decreasing the SOL supply by 18.9 million over six years. BTC and ETH ETFs recorded net inflows of $238 million and $223 million, respectively. A bitcoin-linked entity added $72 million in ETH long positions. Blue Owl secured $2.4 billion for Iren’s data centers. a16z launched an $11 billion fund for AI hardware. Meta and the University of Illinois improved model performance using the EvoHarness-RL framework.
ME AI Update: 1⃣ Fed Chair Powell’s debut at Jackson Hole signaled a hawkish tone, noting that underlying inflation trends have not shown meaningful improvement; CME data shows the probability of a September rate hike rising to 45.7%. 2⃣ Risk assets declined after Powell’s speech, with BTC briefly falling below $78,000 and ETH dropping below $2,500; total liquidations across the network reached approximately $369 million in 24 hours. 3⃣ Trump announced that the U.S. has reached a historic oil agreement with Venezuela, gaining control over its 65 billion barrel reserves; markets are monitoring the potential impact on global supply and oil prices. 4⃣ Rumors of improved passage through the Strait of Hormuz, combined with Fed policy signals, helped Brent crude close at $89.31 and WTI at $83.40, down over 5% and 4% respectively this week. 5⃣ AVICI suffered an attack resulting in losses of approximately $1.02 million; the attacker exchanged 10,000 SOL for ~1.02 million USDC, then cross-chain converted it into ~418 ETH. 6⃣ The Solana governance community narrowly passed a proposal to “double the inflation reduction,” expected to reduce new SOL supply by ~18.9 million over the next six years, equivalent to ~$1.36 billion. 7⃣ On August 28, BTC and ETH ETFs continued net inflows: BTC inflow of ~3,006 BTC (~$238 million) and ETH inflow of ~88,938 ETH (~$223 million). 8⃣ A bit-linked entity that previously profited $55.095 million added long positions during ETH’s decline, now holding a total of 29,500 ETH longs valued at ~$720 million. 9⃣ Blue Owl’s fund led a $2.4 billion debt financing round for cloud provider Iren to purchase NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs and expand its Canadian data center. 🔟 a16z launched a $1.1 billion Machine Age Fund focused on AI hardware infrastructure, including chips, memory, networking, storage, data centers, robotics, and consumer AI devices. 1⃣1⃣ Meta and the University of Illinois developed the EvoHarness-RL framework, boosting large model agent success rates on the ALFWorld benchmark from 47.9% to 96.9%. (Source: Followin Flash News)
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