Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to CFTC Chairman Michael Selig, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is considering new rules that would allow cryptocurrency exchanges to offer leveraged and margin trading to U.S. retail customers under a federal regulatory framework. Selig announced the initiative Thursday

According to ChainCatcher, Injective's institutional services division has received registration from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a securities transfer agent, making it the first Layer 1 blockchain to obtain such status. The registration enables Injective to provide regulated

The Cardano Foundation has published a Cardano Improvement Proposal draft called Dijkstra, outlining changes aimed at improving smart contract execution pathways and compute efficiency. The proposal targets how the network processes smart contracts and is designed to enhance developer experience

According to the Cardano Foundation, the network has published a draft Cardano Improvement Proposal called Dijkstra aimed at improving smart contract execution pathways and compute efficiency. The proposal remains in draft form and has not been activated on Cardano's mainnet. The initiative

According to on-chain data tracked by Odaily, trader Maji Dage currently maintains long positions totaling approximately $81.5 million across ETH, HYPE, BTC, and PUMP, with combined unrealized gains of roughly $4.1 million. His largest position is a 25x leveraged ETH long worth $43.65 million, with

According to The Block, Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley said on August 21 that AI agents will become "first-class economic actors" with the ability to freely operate across cash, bank cards, and crypto payment channels. The company has built an agent banking platform and implemented a

CME Group Chairman Terry Duffy and Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara clashed over prediction-market regulation during a Commodity Futures Trading Commission meeting on Thursday. The confrontation centered on manipulation vulnerabilities in prediction markets and questioned why Kalshi could offer ce

CME Group Chairman Terry Duffy and Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara clashed over prediction-market regulation during a Commodity Futures Trading Commission meeting on Thursday. Duffy raised concerns that some prediction-market contracts could be manipulated and questioned why Kalshi could offer a

South Korean lawmakers filed a bill on Thursday to expand the Financial Intelligence Unit's authority over unregistered cryptocurrency businesses. People Power Party lawmaker Eom Tae-young and nine other lawmakers introduced the proposal to amend the Act on Reporting and Using Specified Financial

According to SoSoValue data, Ethereum spot ETFs saw net inflows of $221 million yesterday (August 20), extending a four-day inflow streak. Blackrock's ETHA led with $173 million in daily inflows, bringing its historical total to $12.019 billion. Blackrock's Staked ETH ETF ETHB added $35.9 million, r

According to Coingecko data cited by BlockBeats, the cryptocurrency market capitalization surged to $2.6 trillion on August 21, up 5.8% in 24 hours, as Bitcoin broke above $75,000. Bitcoin's market dominance stands at 58%, while Ethereum accounts for 10.9% of the total crypto market cap.

According to People Power Party lawmaker Eom Tae-young and nine other lawmakers, on Thursday they filed a bill to amend South Korea's financial law and expand the Financial Intelligence Unit's (FIU) authority to investigate unregistered crypto businesses. The proposal would allow public reporting

According to Bitcoin.com, Hungary's parliament repealed crypto regulations on August 7, removing two criminal offenses from its national penal code. The offenses included "misuse of crypto assets" carrying up to 5 years imprisonment and "providing unauthorized crypto asset exchange services" with se