Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Onchain Lens, LORACLE has recovered approximately $3 million in losses on its HYPE short position as the token declined from its all-time high. The position remains underwater by approximately $16 million.

According to Sandeep Nailwal on X, Polygon Foundation is drafting a staking and tokenomics reform proposal. The proposal includes introducing native staking similar to L1 protocols on Polygon PoS, allocating full priority fees from each transaction to POL stakers, and increasing staking rewards to n

Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki characterized expanded U.S. Treasury debt buybacks as quantitative easing in an Aug. 22 post on X, urging followers to favor bitcoin, gold, silver, and certain real estate. The statement followed Treasury's Aug. 19 announcement that doubled certain

According to Foresight News, Keeta Network CEO Ty issued a statement on August 23 following a recent security breach, stating that investigators have identified evidence to trace the attacker's identity, including IP addresses, VPN and VPS infrastructure details, email addresses, and software

According to trader Killa, Bitcoin has formed a bottom on August 23, with price reclaiming the short-term holder cost basis. The analyst previously stated that once BTC reclaimed $67,400 and traded in the mid-$75,000 range while holding the short-term holder cost line, the bottom would be

According to Coingacles data cited by ChainCatcher, Hyperliquid whales currently hold $7.024 billion in open positions as of August 23, with long positions at $3.427 billion (48.79% of total) and short positions at $3.597 billion (51.21%). Long positions show unrealized gains of $437 million,

According to Morgan Stanley's equity research team, a survey of over 500 North American summer interns published on August 23 found that more than 25% have used betting or prediction market applications over the past year, with Kalshi and Polymarket as the most common choices; 55% of users

According to ChainCatcher, TAC paused its blockchain operations after detecting a vulnerability attack on its Cosmos-based EVM sidechain that affected the TAC token supply. The team is investigating the incident with TAC validators and will provide updates on findings and recovery

According to Keeta Network CEO Ty, on Aug 23, the organization has collected substantial evidence identifying the attackers, including IP addresses, VPN and VPS infrastructure details, user agents, email addresses, and software service information. The CEO demanded the return of all stolen funds

According to Hyperbot data cited by ChainCatcher, trader Arthur Huang (known as "Machi Big Brother") currently holds three leveraged long positions on Hyperliquid with a total portfolio value of approximately $157.8 million as of August 23. His 40x leveraged BTC long consists of 1,195 BTC valued at

Standard Chartered analyst Geoffrey Kendrick stated on Aug. 21 that his $100,000 year-end bitcoin forecast may prove too conservative following record short liquidations. Bitcoin climbed to $79,500 on Aug. 21, its highest level since May, as short liquidations approached $1.44 billion during the Aug

According to Onchain Lens, Wintermute holds $146.19M in short positions on Hyperliquid as of August 23, with only $13.85M in long positions. The combined position totals $160.03M in open interest and is currently showing unrealized losses of $3.66M, though the trader has earned $2.14M in funding