Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Bitcoin.com News, Ripple Prime launched Delta One on August 27, expanding its institutional brokerage platform to cover equity derivatives. The new offering allows institutional clients including hedge funds and asset managers to execute total return swaps on U.S. equities, indices, and

According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), former White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez was ordered to pay $172,539 on Aug. 29 for illegal trading on prediction market platform Kalshi using advance information from Trump speeches. Under a settlement agreement, Perez

According to Circle, the company signed a principal partnership with Chelsea FC starting from the 2026/27 season, placing USDC branding on the front of the club's men's, women's and academy team shirts. Circle and USDC will debut on Chelsea's men's Premier League jersey at the club's first home

According to Ai 姨, a BIT-affiliated entity opened 8,000 ETH long positions through address 0x6c9…259a4 overnight (Aug 29) at an entry price of $2,440.49. The entity's total ETH long positions have increased to 29,500 contracts, worth approximately $72 million in notional value. The position has

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, AVICI was attacked today, resulting in losses of approximately $1.02 million. An attacker transferred 10,000 SOL to another wallet and converted it to approximately $1.02 million in USDC. The funds were then bridged across chains and swapped for approximately 41

On Friday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called for a re-vote on the vetoed Crypto-Asset Market Act during a council of ministers meeting, citing the $94 million Zondacrypto bankruptcy scandal. Tusk accused politicians of receiving bribes from the failed exchange and emphasized the need for

According to Circle, the stablecoin issuer has signed a principal partnership with Chelsea FC to place USDC branding on the front of the club's shirts from the 2026/27 season. The deal covers Chelsea's men's, women's and academy teams, with USDC branding set to debut at the men's team's first

According to Interchain Foundation, the organization has established a discretionary grant program to support blockchain networks impacted by the recent Cosmos EVM incident, as reported by ChainCatcher. The initiative aims to assist teams relying on Cosmos technology with remediation efforts. As pa

According to Onchain Lens, a wallet associated with Bitwise's BHYP Hyperliquid ETF staked an additional 188,790 HYPE tokens (valued at approximately $15.19 million) today (August 29). The wallet now holds a cumulative stake of approximately $74.89 million in HYPE tokens.

According to Fidelity Global Macro Research Director Jurrien Timmer, Bitcoin has held its power law trend line bottom and has adjusted for a sufficient length of time, meeting the time requirements of the four-year

According to Public Citizen, on Friday, the nonprofit released a report estimating investor losses in Trump-linked crypto ventures at $4.7 billion. Trump's TRUMP memecoin surged over 20% on the day, climbing to $2.93 before settling at $2.82, pushing the digital asset's market cap to $705 million. T

According to Bitcoin.com News, Dunamu and Visa signed a stablecoin and AI payments partnership on Aug. 27 in San Francisco. The collaboration will explore Open USD (OUSD), a dollar-pegged stablecoin backed by Visa, Mastercard and more than 140 companies, alongside AI-integrated payment

According to Coingecko, bitcoin consolidated around $80,000 this week (August 24-28) as spot ETF inflows of $2.8 billion provided support while short-term whale profit-taking limited further gains. The asset surged to $80,970 on August 25 but retreated to $77,800-$78,700 as holders locked in gains.

According to Circle, the stablecoin issuer has signed a principal partnership with Chelsea FC that will place the USDC brand on the front of the club's men's, women's and academy team shirts starting the 2026/27 season. USDC branding will debut at Chelsea men's first Premier League home match of the

According to Hyperliquid News, Abraxas Capital achieved the largest 24-hour perpetual contract gains, with short positions totaling $472 million across Bitcoin ($126 million), Ethereum ($120 million), Solana ($73 million), and Hyperliquid native contracts ($72 million). The wallet generated $21 mill