Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to BitMart's official announcement, on August 26, the cryptocurrency exchange's trading services continued to operate past the scheduled 10 a.m. (Korea time) shutdown announced in July. As of 4:40 p.m. on August 26, trading screens for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana remained accessible. Bi

According to CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr., Bitcoin's on-chain inflows turned positive for the first time since late May on August 26, with realized value increasing to +0.21% as BTC recovered to $79,100. The 30-day apparent demand exceeded new issuance for six

According to BlockBeats, approximately 81,700 Bitcoin options contracts valued at $6.44 billion will expire on Deribit on Friday (August 26) at 16:00 Beijing time. The options are heavily skewed toward call positions, with a Put/Call ratio of 0.83. The most concentrated strike prices are $75,000

Roman Storm, co-founder of crypto mixing service Tornado Cash, will face a retrial on April 26, 2027, as ordered by U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla on Tuesday. The retrial was postponed in light of Storm's pending motion for acquittal filed in September 2025. Storm was convicted on a

According to The Block, U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla ordered on Tuesday (August 26) that Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm's retrial will begin on April 26, 2027, in New York. Storm, co-founder of the crypto mixing service, was convicted in August 2025 on a money transmitting count

According to BlockBeats, citing TradingBeats monitoring, NVIDIA futures contracts on Hyperliquid saw open interest plummet 37.2% to $97.9 million on August 26 ahead of earnings. The contract was trading at $213.72, up 1.4% in 24 hours. Among mega-sized addresses, the largest long position (0xbbf) h

On August 26, Hyperliquid activated AQAv2 for USDC, redirecting approximately 90% of stablecoin reserve yield revenue to its Assistance Fund, which will use the income to conduct open-market purchases of HYPE tokens. With approximately $5 billion in USDC circulating on Hyperliquid, market analysts e

According to infiniFi, the DeFi protocol announced its token generation event (TGE) will take place in Q4 2026. Starting from tomorrow (August 26, 11:00 AM ET) until TGE, infiniFi Points rewards will increase significantly with a new fixed allocation mechanism that prevents dilution from new

According to Cryptopolitan, Robinhood Chain recorded $85.1 million in real-world asset trading volume yesterday (Aug 25), marking a new all-time high. Tokenized stock trading accounted for $66.6 million, representing 78% of total volume, while ETF and U.S. Treasury-related trades contributed $4.8 mi

Kinetiq unveiled Elysium on August 24, an upcoming Layer 2 network for the Hyperliquid ecosystem that will use HYPE as its native gas asset. The L2 is designed to address performance constraints encountered by applications operating through HyperEVM while targeting higher-performance execution for s

On August 24, Kinetiq unveiled Elysium, an upcoming Layer 2 network built for the Hyperliquid ecosystem that will use HYPE as its native gas asset. Elysium is designed to provide higher-performance execution for spot trading, token launches and decentralized finance applications while maintaining co

X is preparing to add trading buttons alongside cryptocurrency and stock market data displayed within its social-media feed, former product chief Nikita Bier said on August 25. Bier stated that 'trade buttons' are coming soon to X's Cashtags feature, which already allows users to embed and view cryp

According to Bloomberg, Bitcoin held in self-custody wallets declined for the first time in approximately 15 years as large holders increasingly migrate to tax-efficient alternatives. BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) has absorbed more than $3 billion in Bitcoin through in-kind ETF creation b