Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Guru Club, over 190,000 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours on August 22, with total contract liquidations reaching $15.75 billion across the crypto market. Long positions accounted for $3.1 billion in liquidations, while short positions accounted for $12.7 billion.

According to Coinglass data cited by ChainCatcher, crypto markets saw $1.33 billion in liquidations over the past 24 hours, with short positions accounting for $1.026 billion and long positions $307 million. A maximum single liquidation of $24.96 million occurred in Hyperliquid's BTC-USD pair,

According to BizWatch, Bitcoin rallied since August 15 and rose approximately 20% over the past week to reach the 100-million-won level, while Ethereum and XRP each gained over 30% in the same period. On August 20-21, trading volumes surged 3-5 times higher than recent daily averages, with BTC

According to the Associated Press, Cambodia's anti-narcotics police and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Friday dismantled a cryptocurrency laundering network linked to Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, seizing approximately $7 million in related crypto assets. The joint operation also resulted in

According to PeckShieldAlert, Bofur Capital's address suffered approximately $2 million in losses today (August 22) following an address poisoning attack after withdrawing from Compound. The attacker sent a dust transaction of 0.0002 USDC to create a spoofed address. The victim mistakenly copied

According to SoSoValue, SOL spot ETFs recorded net inflows of $10.07 million on August 21. Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL) led with single-day inflows of $8.73 million, bringing its cumulative total to $923 million. Fidelity Solana Fund (FSOL) followed with $1.35 million in daily inflows,

Gate News message, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have recorded positive net flows for five consecutive trading days, totaling approximately $1.61 billion. On August 20 alone, the inflows reached $606.3 million, with BlackRock's IBIT leading at $503 million. Data for August 21 remains incomplete, with

DeFi project Ethena's native token ENA surged 39% following the announcement of a $1 billion institutional lending facility with crypto prime broker FalconX. As of 10:15 AM Korean time on the 21st, ENA traded at $0.1192, up 39.13% from one week prior according to CoinMarketCap. FalconX announced on

According to FalconX, the crypto prime broker established a $1 billion collateral lending facility with Ethena on August 19. The facility uses assets backing Ethena's USDe stablecoin to provide overcollateralized loans to institutions for trading strategies and treasury management. As of August 21,

According to LayerZero on August 22, the protocol will gradually discontinue off-chain support for 15 low-activity networks over the next 30 days, including EDU Chain, Meter, Shimmer, Cyber, Silicon, Sophon, Bitlayer, DFK Chain, Arbitrum Nova, DOS Chain, Cronos zkEVM, Degen, Skale Europa,