Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Caixin, on August 26, Zhou Gu, who controls the United Arab Emirates-based Aqua 1 Foundation, has been listed as a defaulting debtor in China's public credit blacklist after investing $100 million in World Liberty Financial's WLFI token—making him the largest backer of the Trump

Korbit, operated by Mirae Asset Group affiliate Digital X, overtook Coinone to claim third place among Korean won-market cryptocurrency exchanges on the 24th and maintained the position on the 25th. The shift followed Korbit's launch of a zero-fee trading policy starting the 24th at 9 AM,

LayerZero announced ATLAS, a new global trading infrastructure, on August 25 (local time) via X. The announcement triggered a 9.65% increase in the company's native token ZRO, which traded at $1.18 (approximately 1,640 won) as of 8:40 AM on the announcement day according to CoinMarketCap. ATLAS is b

According to LayerZero's official announcement on August 25, the company unveiled ATLAS, a new global trading infrastructure built on its blockchain protocol Zero. ATLAS handles order matching, clearing, settlement, and risk management within a single technology stack and can support trading

According to BlockBeats, Artificial Inu (AI), a Robinhood-based meme token, surpassed $40 million in market capitalization on August 26, with 24-hour gains of 28.7%. The token is currently trading at $35 million and approached its all-time high of $43 million, with $4.5 million in 24-hour trading

According to Yonhap News Agency, Shinhan Financial Group signed a strategic partnership agreement with Visa on August 26 to collaborate on digital assets and future financial services. The two entities will work together to verify stablecoin issuance, transfer, and redemption functionalities using V

According to Bloomberg, between August 17 and 24, a wallet associated with the sanctioned exchange HTX (formerly Huobi) sent nearly 12k small crypto transfers to addresses associated with Kraken. The activity was characterized as a “dust attack,” allegedly intended to artificially trigger the platform’s compliance review system by distributing sanctioned funds and thereby activating Kraken’s anti-money-laundering and sanctions-screening procedures. HTX denied initiating the transfers and said it

World Liberty Financial (WLFI) announced on Aug. 26 that the USD1 stablecoin has been natively deployed on the Canton Network, allowing institutions to use USD1 directly to settle transactions involving tokenized real-world assets. Native issuance allows USD1 and tokenized assets to be settled in the same transaction. According to DeFiLlama data, USD1 has a market cap of approximately $4.05 billion, making it the sixth-largest stablecoin globally. Institutional Use Cases for USD1 on the Canton N

Bitcoin (BTC) pulled back to around $78,500 on Aug. 26, with its daily Relative Strength Index (RSI) at 82.44—above the commonly used overbought threshold of 70—triggering profit-taking among early buyers. On the macro front, Boston Fed President Susan Collins said that if inflation data did not continue to improve, the Fed would raise interest rates “as soon as possible.” Fed Chair Kevin Warsh is scheduled to deliver a keynote speech at the annual central banking symposium in Jackson Hole on Au

According to CoinDesk, Kylie Jenner's X account was hacked on August 26 to promote a Meme token called KYLIE. The token reached a market capitalization of $1.19 million before crashing 68%. The promotional posts have since been deleted, though Jenner has not yet issued a statement confirming the acc

According to SoSoValue, HYPE spot ETFs saw net inflows of $7.5131 million yesterday (August 25, Eastern Time). The 21Shares Hyperliquid ETF (THYP) led inflows with $4.2784 million on the day, bringing its cumulative historical inflows to $55.1759 million. The Grayscale Hyperliquid Staking ETF

According to Tokens on Solana data, Solana meme coins saw weekly spot trading volume reach $5.2 billion, marking a 2026 high.

According to SoSoValue, Solana spot ETFs recorded $32.25 million in net inflows yesterday (August 25, Eastern Time). Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL) led the inflows with $20.43 million, bringing its historical cumulative net inflows to $968 million. Grayscale Solana Trust (GSOL) followed with $5.2

According to ChainCatcher, citing SoSoValue data, XRP spot ETFs saw net inflows of $23.87 million overnight on August 25. Bitwise XRP ETF (XRP) led with single-day net inflows of $11.02 million, bringing its historical cumulative net inflows to $562 million. Franklin XRP ETF (XRPZ) followed with $6.

According to SoSoValue data, Hyperliquid spot ETFs recorded net inflows of $75.13 million yesterday (August 25), with 21Shares Hyperliquid ETF (THYP) accounting for $42.78 million and Grayscale Hyperliquid Staking ETF (HYPG) adding $23.13 million. Historical cumulative net inflows for THYP

According to Yonhap News, Bitcoin pulled back to $79,024 on August 26 morning (Korean time) after reaching $81,237 yesterday, marking its first break above $80,000 since mid-May. Despite the retreat, BTC remained up 0.35% in the past 24 hours and 23% over the past week. The rally was driven by

According to Nikkei, approximately 40 Japanese banks launched a digital currency interbank transfer trial on August 26. Led by GMO Aozora Net Bank in collaboration with Abeam Consulting and DCP, the project uses tokenized deposits on blockchain to enable 24-hour, year-round instant settlement

Arthur Hayes announced on X that Flop Labs' FLOP tokenomics infographic will be released this week. Hayes also plans to host an AMA on X Spaces and YouTube next week to discuss the tokenomics design and gather community

Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin crossed $2 billion in market capitalization last week, with the company announcing the milestone on Aug. 25. According to RWA.xyz data, RLUSD's market cap reached approximately $2.02 billion, representing a 31.45% increase over 30 days, with about $962.8 million issued on t