Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

Min Byeong-deok, a second-term lawmaker of South Korea's Democratic Party, was appointed Senior Vice Chair of the party's Policy Committee on the 21st, according to a party personnel announcement. The appointment places Min in the Economic Division leadership role, where he will assist the Policy Co

According to an announcement by South Korea's Democratic Party on Aug 21, two-term lawmaker Min Byung-deok was appointed as deputy chief of the party's policy committee for economic affairs. The position gives Min oversight of legislative planning and cryptocurrency-related policymaking. Min is

According to OKX, BOME surged over 30% today, breaking $0.0014 for the first time. The token is now trading at $0.00141.

Solana is preparing to reduce blockchain finality from approximately 12.8 seconds to around 150 milliseconds through Alpenglow, a consensus overhaul expected to reach mainnet with the Agave 4.3 validator release in October 2026. The upgrade would reduce transaction finality time by approximately 98.

According to CoinGecko, Upbit's trading volume surged 223.8% to $1.67 billion over the past 24 hours.

According to Anza, Solana's core development company, the network plans to deploy Alpenglow in October 2026 as part of the Agave 4.3 validator release, cutting blockchain finality from approximately 12.8 seconds to around 150 milliseconds. The upgrade represents a 98.8% reduction in time required

According to ChainCatcher, BitMEX co-founder and Maelstrom fund head Arthur Hayes said Ethereum is his largest holding after Bitcoin. Hayes noted that ETH, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap that has yet to break its 2021 all-time high, offers favorable risk-reward dynamics compared to

Gate News bot message: Gate market data shows GT has risen 10.05% over the past 24 hours, with a current price of 7.44 USDT.

According to CoinGecko data, over the past 24 hours, XRP, BTC, and USDT ranked as the top three tokens by trading volume on Upbit. XRP led with 22.93% of trading volume and approximately $416 million in trading amount, followed by BTC at 14.60% and $265 million, and USDT at 13.81% and $250 million.

According to Coinglass data cited by ChainCatcher, ETH global open interest grew 5.32% in the past 24 hours to a total of $317.18 billion. By exchange, Binance holds $85.36 billion, Gate holds $26.23 billion, Bybit holds $21.24 billion, and OKX holds $16.55 billion.

Six XRP Ledger amendments introduced with the xrpld 3.3.0 software release on August 6 have reached the end of their initial two-week validator voting window. The amendments — BatchV1_1, ConfidentialTransfer, DynamicMPT, PermissionDelegationV1_1, Sponsor and fixCleanup3_3_0 — target privacy,

From 07:15 to 07:30 (UTC) on August 21, 2026, BTC rose 0.58% over 15 minutes, trading within a range of 75,936.3–76,917.0 USDT, with an amplitude of 1.29%. Over the past 24 hours, BTC rebounded from a low of $69,231 to a high of $75,783, a gain of 7.91%, before falling 0.92% to around $74,435 in the most recent 1-hour candle. Volatility intensified significantly, and market attention increased rapidly. The primary drivers of this move were the dual shocks of a sharp escalation in the US-Iran con

Six major XRP Ledger amendments completed their initial two-week validator voting window on August 21, as privacy, payments and tokenization upgrades move closer to potential Mainnet activation. The amendments — BatchV1_1, ConfidentialTransfer, DynamicMPT, PermissionDelegationV1_1, Sponsor and

Injective announced on Aug. 19 that its institutional services business became an SEC-registered transfer agent for securities, marking what the Layer 1 blockchain network described as the first registration of its kind for a Layer 1 platform. The registration enables regulated recordkeeping for sec

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael Selig stated Thursday, August 20, that regulators are prepared to advance cryptocurrency market-structure rules even if Congress fails to pass the CLARITY Act, speaking at the inaugural meeting of the CFTC's Innovation Advisory Committee in

According to CFTC Chair Michael Selig, speaking Thursday, August 20, the agency will advance cryptocurrency market-structure rules regardless of whether Congress passes the CLARITY Act. Selig said the CFTC is already examining regulatory proposals that could provide a framework for digital-asset mar

According to HyperliquidNews monitoring, Hyperliquid's USDC supply increased by a combined $3.99 billion (comprising $2.49 billion and $1.51 billion in two separate transactions) on August 21. The platform's AQAv2 mechanism is set to launch on August 26, which will distribute 90% of all USDC yield g

According to Odaily, Kimmo Siren, Lens product lead and Orb co-founder, stated that Farcaster should not depend on finding a new administrator, but instead progress toward full decentralization where any client can directly read, write, replay and verify complete history without trusting a single te

According to BlockBeats, citing TradingBeats data, Hyperliquid's second-largest BTC long position (address 0x15) holds unrealized gains exceeding $20 million as of August 21. The position comprises $14.4 million from 40x leveraged BTC longs and $6.32 million from 20x leveraged ETH longs. The address

According to CoinGlass data via PANews, crypto markets saw $1.408 billion in contract liquidations over the past 24 hours on August 21, affecting 154,189 traders. Short positions accounted for the majority of losses at $1.227 billion, while long positions saw $181 million in liquidations. Bitcoin li