Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Foresight News, o1.exchange founder Jerry Pan announced today that the o1 Launchpad new contract has been deployed to production. The contract removes vested and unvested internal allocations and enables developers to mint and purchase tokens via a Pump.fun-like mechanism, ensuring

According to Meebits' announcement, the Nightshades on-chain survival game is set to launch in the second week of September, deployed on Robinhood Chain. The project is a collaboration between MeebCo Labs (the team operating Meebits) and Clutch Markets. Meebits also warned the community to remain v

According to regulatory filings and official statements, BitGo acquired NYDIG's institutional trading business on Wednesday in a two-step merger worth approximately $42.5 million in total consideration, comprising $7 million in cash and roughly $35.5 million in BitGo stock. The deal brings approxim

According to Token Terminal, on August 30, Uniswap processed $130 million in equity token trading volume on Robinhood Chain, setting a new single-day record. This marks a roughly 10-fold increase compared to the previous month. Trading volume is currently split almost evenly between Uniswap v3 and v

According to Messari, Uniswap burned UNI tokens worth over $300,000 in the past 10 days. The protocol's annualized burn rate currently stands at $160 million.

According to TASS, Sber, Russia's largest bank, plans to expand its crypto-backed lending to accept Tether's USDT stablecoin and Ether as collateral alongside Bitcoin, Deputy Chairman Anatoly Popov said on Friday (Aug. 29). The bank will add these assets as collateral after the Bank of Russia

According to HyperliquidNews, as of August 30, large positions on Hyperliquid have returned, with 6 positions exceeding $100 million, 18 exceeding $50 million, 55 exceeding $25 million, and 176 exceeding $10 million. In HIP-3, position sizes have decreased, with 1 position reaching $41.4 million, 7

According to DefiLlama, Pons' 24-hour protocol revenue reached $693,125, ranking eighth and surpassing Polymarket ($635,221) and fomo ($646,539). Only Hyperliquid ($758,325) outperformed Pons in the same

According to Ki Young Ju, founder and CEO of Cryptoquant, on Aug. 27, the peak of bitcoin's current bull cycle could be driven by institutional capital and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) outside the United States. Ju stated that "the peak of this bull cycle will likely be driven by institutional

Gate News reports, citing an official Gate announcement, that Gate has launched MARSCOIN futures trading, trading bots, and copy trading. Futures trading supports 1–20x leverage for both long and short positions, with leverage selectable when placing an order. MARSCOIN perpetual futures now support copy trading and trading bots. According to the Gate announcement, the platform will adjust trading parameters—including the funding rate, minimum price increment, maximum leverage, risk limit, and ma

According to Real Trump Coins, the official account did not authorize or launch the Solana-based GOLD token that briefly appeared on its social media and website on Saturday. The organization stated it was investigating the matter with authorities and blamed "third-party bad actors" for the

According to Tom Lee, chairman of Ethereum treasury company Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), in a podcast interview, the company has been continuously buying ETH for over 60 weeks since launching its ETH treasury strategy. Bitmine has recently slowed its purchase pace and is now

The Sandbox’s SAND token suffered a major cross-chain exploit on August 21-22, allowing an attacker to create roughly 329.24 trillion unbacked tokens over about five hours. Despite the staggering figure, the attacker extracted only about $675,000 in real economic value. The incident highlights the

According to PANews citing Token Unlocks data, multiple tokens will see significant unlocks next week: Hyperliquid (HYPE) will unlock approximately 433,000 tokens worth around $36.1 million on September 6 at 8 AM Beijing time; Sui (SUI) will unlock about 13.53 million tokens valued at roughly $10 mi