Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Bloomberg data, gold and bitcoin exchange-traded funds attracted a record $7 billion in net inflows over the past five trading days. Rather than choosing between the two assets as fiscal hedges, investors are now buying both, with some of the largest gold and bitcoin ETFs ranking

Chainalysis estimates potentially taxable onchain crypto activity reached at least $457 billion globally in 2025, while international reporting rules may capture only a fraction of it. The gap exists because the OECD's Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework covers just 14% of the onchain taxable activity

According to Chainalysis' new report released today, potentially taxable onchain crypto activity reached at least $457 billion globally in 2025, with the US accounting for $112.6 billion and North America leading at $134.6 billion, followed by the European Union at $125.1 billion. The estimates

According to HyperliquidNews monitoring, Bitwise received and staked a combined 39,218 HYPE tokens valued at $3.161 million over the past 24 hours, comprised of 7,843 Hyperliquid native tokens and 31,375 HYPE.

According to the company's announcement, DeFi Development Corp launched State of Solana on Wednesday, a free public dashboard that tracks Solana price, staking yields, validator distribution, network throughput, and other ecosystem metrics. The Boca Raton-based firm held 2,294,576 SOL worth

Uniswap founder Hayden Adams argued on 18 August that automated market makers are structurally suited to dominate tokenized equity trading, particularly when pairing correlated assets like individual stocks against broad index ETFs to reduce impermanent loss. Early data from Robinhood Chain

Bitcoin is struggling to hold above $80,000 on Wednesday after climbing roughly 22% since Aug. 20, marking its strongest weekly rally in more than three years. The cryptocurrency traded slightly above $78,000 at 1:24 p.m. ET after briefly topping $81,000 earlier in the session. The rebound

Judge Samuel Goozee rejected former Saitama CEO Manpreet Kohli's extradition challenge on August 19, sending the case to UK ministers for a decision on the US extradition request. Kohli faces charges including wire fraud, market manipulation, and operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business t

According to Reuters, on August 19, a British judge rejected Manpreet Kohli's attempt to block his extradition to the United States, sending the case to the U.K. government for a final decision. Kohli, former CEO of Ethereum-based token Saitama, remains free on £200,000 bail and can appeal the

KiiChain announced its integration of the TRON network on August 26, 2026 in Bogota, Colombia to expand its 24/7 foreign exchange infrastructure and stablecoin payment capabilities across global markets. The integration enables KiiChain to leverage TRON's high-throughput, low-cost stablecoin

According to KiiChain, the on-chain FX platform integrated the TRON network on August 26 to expand 24/7 foreign exchange and stablecoin payment capabilities globally. The KiiChain App will now support deposits, swaps, and yield vaults for TRON-based assets, including USDT (TRC20), leveraging TRON's

Binance listed a tokenized version of Trump Media & Technology Group stock as eligible margin collateral on 26 August 2026 at 12:00 UTC. The token, trading under the ticker DJTB against USDT, is the latest addition to the exchange's bStocks programme, which surpassed $1 billion in assets under

According to CoinDesk, Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin surpassed $2 billion in market capitalization on August 27. Approximately $963 million is deployed on XRP Ledger, while $1.1 billion is issued on Ethereum. The stablecoin is designed to integrate with Ripple's global payment network, providing

According to VanEck, all 12 quantitative signals currently indicate that the Bitcoin bear market has ended. The asset manager added that the recent Saylor Strategy selling appeared to be typical of a newspaper headline

Mastercard is sponsoring the XRPL Hackathon, scheduled for October 24-25 in New York, according to event organizers. The 36-hour event, hosted by XRPL Commons ahead of Ripple's Swell conference, brings developers together with investors and financial institutions. Developers will compete across

The Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633) remains in procedural limbo after the Senate recorded a cloture motion on the motion to proceed on August 8, 2026. The congressional record shows the House passed the bill on July 17, 2025, by a vote of 294-134, but no Senate passage has been

According to Congress.gov, the Senate took a cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the CLARITY Act on August 8, 2026, but passage remains uncertain. The House passed the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act on July 17, 2025, by a vote of 294-134. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs