Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to BlockBeats, Hyperliquid Policy Center submitted a statement on August 27 to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), recommending that perpetual contracts become central to the agency's innovation agenda. The policy center noted that perpetual contracts are expanding

A vulnerability in the Cosmos EVM stack was exploited on Nesa Chain, allowing an attacker using wallet 0x9AE7 to mint and bridge roughly $50 million worth of NES tokens to Ethereum. The attacker acquired approximately $250,000 of NES, exploited the vulnerability to inflate the balance around 200

According to Crowfundinsider, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong filed a lawsuit against prediction market platform Kalshi on August 26, seeking an injunction to prevent the platform from offering or promoting sports-related

1inch Network unveiled a biannual bug bounty transparency report initiative developed in partnership with HackenProof, with the inaugural publication examining the Aqua program and first-half 2026 bounty activities. The initiative responds to trust challenges in institutional-grade decentralized

According to Bubblemaps and multiple blockchain networks, a vulnerability in the Cosmos EVM framework was recently exploited across several chains. On Nesa Chain, an attacker created and bridged approximately $50 million worth of NES tokens to Ethereum before attempting to sell them through

Today, 1inch Network unveiled its inaugural biannual bug bounty transparency report in partnership with HackenProof, examining security activities in the first half of 2026. The initiative covers six primary HackenProof bug bounty programs that collectively received 1,055 submissions from security r

According to ChainCatcher, Bitcoin's Realized Cap Impulse indicator turned positive on August 20 after 93 consecutive days of negative values, the longest capital contraction cycle since the 2022 bear market. The indicator, which tracks changes in realized capitalization momentum combined with

According to CoinDesk, Core Lightning developers issued an emergency warning on August 27 after discovering multiple real vulnerabilities in AI-generated security reports. The team recommended operators restart the software in "--offline" mode, which halts communication with other Lightning

According to SolanaFloor, Solana's double-deflationary proposal reached quorum 27 hours before the end of voting, with a current participation rate of 33.84%, of which 25% voted in favor. If approved, Solana's deflationary rate will double to 30%, reducing SOL issuance by approximately 18.9

According to The Information, Polymarket has partnered with Nasdaq-listed sports data provider Sportradar to gain access to official data and livestream content from over 20 sports associations. The expanded collaboration will bring real-time official sports information to prediction markets on

According to Chainalysis, global on-chain taxable crypto activity reached at least $457 billion in 2025, spanning centralized and decentralized exchange transactions, mining, staking, lending, gambling income, and crypto payments. However, internal platform activities remain unobservable on-chain, s

Kalshi and The Athletic are in advanced talks over a sponsorship deal, Front Office Sports reported on Aug. 24, citing multiple sources. The discussions aim to fill a partnership slot left vacant after The Athletic's exclusive agreement with Betmgm expired earlier this year. Kalshi operates as a

According to Front Office Sports reporting on Aug. 24, Kalshi and The Athletic are in advanced talks over a sponsorship agreement. The Athletic's exclusive Betmgm partnership, announced in January 2021, reportedly lapsed earlier this year. No deal has been finalized. The two companies previously

In the early hours of Aug. 28, 2026, Camp Nou will host a special La Liga clash: defending champions Barcelona will face the Basque Lions, Athletic Bilbao, at home. Originally scheduled for the opening round, the match was postponed until after the second round because Spain reached the World Cup final. Before kickoff, Gate's event market data showed that the market was pricing Barcelona's win probability at 80%, a draw at 13%, and an Athletic Bilbao win at 8%. With Barcelona's win probability p

According to Foresight News, TRON network super representatives initiated mainnet proposal 107 on August 27, with voting to conclude on August 28 at 2 p.m. UTC. The proposal seeks to enable TVM compatibility features from GreatVoyage-v4.8.2 for Ethereum's Prague and Osaka upgrades, including

According to BlockBeats, Revolut launched its first euro stablecoin EURR on August 26, with initial availability to select customers in Denmark, Poland, and Portugal, with plans to expand to other European Economic Area countries later this year. EURR is legally

Robinhood Chain posted its strongest day since mid-July on Wednesday, with DEX volume reaching $443 million, over 3 million transactions, and active wallets exceeding 115,000—a 3x increase from the early August bottom of $140 million, according to Decrypt. Onchain real-world asset (RWA) value on th

According to PANews, Moonwell detected an anomaly in the MAMO Core market on Base on August 27 and is actively investigating. The protocol has reduced borrowing limits across all Core markets on Base to 1wei to prevent new loans and limit further impact. Supply caps for MAMO and WELL tokens have

According to Lido's official announcement on August 27, the EarnETH Vault fee structure has been adjusted, with the fixed management fee reduced from 1% to 0.2% and the performance fee increased from 10% to 15%. Future fee rates will reach a maximum of 0.5% management fee plus 20% performance fee, w