<ul><li>Top ApolloX Gainer: CHZUSDT (&#43;11.32%)</li><li>Top ApolloX Loser: UNIUSDT (-20.40%)</li></ul><h3 id="crypto-quicksnap">Crypto QuickSnap</h3><p>Social engagement fan token CHZ has risen 11.51% over the last 30 days, according to CoinMarketCap data, after the announcement of <a href="https://ambcrypto.com/chiliz-chz-sees-a-150-price-surge-in-four-weeks-and-thats-not-all/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">network upgrade Chiliz 2.0</a>. Meanwhile, Uniswap’s native token UNI has fallen 19% over the last 30 days, according to CoinMarketCap data, further catalyzed by the wider market downturn this week.</p><h2 id="header-0">Market Analysis</h2><p>Bitcoin plunged below $20k this week after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell dashed investors’ hopes of premature policy loosening or taming inflation. In the derivatives market, BTC open interest increased $300 million as compared to last week while funding rates stayed negative, indicating that short traders remain dominant. Close to $73 million short positions were liquidated this week, as compared to $146 million long positions. Over $93 million long positions were liquidated from August 26-27 alone, when BTC fell from $21.8k to $20k.</p><p>Source:<a href="https://www.coinglass.com/LiquidationData" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CoinGlass</a></p><h2 id="header-1">CryptoBites</h2><h3 id="investment-talk">Investment Talk</h3><ul><li>Hetzner, a cloud-networking provider that hosts roughly 10% of Ethereum nodes, says it does not allow mining or staking. Cloud service providers like Hetzner host over 60% of Ethereum nodes. (<a href="https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/08/26/ethereum-could-get-kicked-off-cloud-host-that-powers-10-of-crypto-network/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Learn more</a>)</li><li>Rumours of a sell-off by users of defunct exchange Mt. Gox added to BTC price pressures, causing the coin to fall below $20,000 support on August 27. (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/mt-gox-rumors-panic-bitcoin-twitter-as-btc-price-returns-below-20k" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Learn more</a>)</li><li>A DappRadar report found that slow transaction times or service disruptions across DeFi lending protocols during Ethereum’s Merge could plunge stablecoin values and shrink lending pools. (<a href="https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/08/26/the-merge-may-negatively-impact-defi-protocols-stablecoins-report/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Learn more</a>)</li><li>The Taliban government is cracking down on crypto holders and crypto businesses after the Afghan central bank declared crypto illegal last month. (<a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/taliban-targeting-afghan-crypto-users/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Learn more</a>)</li></ul><h3 id="projects">Projects</h3><ul><li>Zhu Su, co-founder of bankrupt crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital delivered an affidavit in Bangkok, claiming that the firm’s liquidators misled the High Court of Singapore. (<a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/su-zhu-hits-back-3acs-liquidators-from-bangkok-report/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Learn more</a>)</li><li>Arrested Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev allegedly worked for a Russian company with ties to state intelligence agencies. His wife has denied these allegations. (<a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/toranado-cash-dev-alexey-pertsev-may-have-ties-to-russian-fsb/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Learn more</a>)</li><li>Waves-backed algorithmic stablecoin USDN is struggling to maintain its dollar peg for the fourth time this year. This comes amid protocol updates. (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/waves-backed-stablecoin-usdn-breaks-peg-again-amid-protocol-upgrade" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Learn more</a>)</li></ul><h3 id="web3-0">Web3.0</h3><ul><li>Community-governed brewery barrelDAO has launched beer packs with cans featuring imagery from numerous Solana NFT projects. The packs are sold through redeemable NFTs. (<a href="https://decrypt.co/108376/solana-beer-degods-okay-bears-nfts-summer-shandy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Learn more</a>)</li></ul><h2 id="header-2">What’s New at ApolloX</h2><ul><li><strong>ApolloX Chat Room </strong>- Chat while you trade on ApolloX! Transcend geographical barriers with in-built translation and an emoji pack in chat. (<a href="https://apollox.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/9809121176473" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Learn more</a>)</li><li><strong>ApolloX Daily Rewards Program </strong>- Users can now unlock APX when they deposit and trade any amount on ApolloX DEX. (<a href="https://apollox.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/9534906914329" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Trade now</a>)</li><li><strong>DEX Engine Partnerships</strong> - ApolloX is pleased to announce 2 new partnerships with MX BOX and Meta DEX! (<a href="https://twitter.com/ApolloX_com/status/1563043565336465408" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Learn more</a>)</li><li><strong>25th Epoch Trading Rewards</strong> - Trade on ApolloX DEX and grab your share of a 9,000,000 APX Trading Rewards Pool and 100,000 APX Staking Rewards Pool. 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