Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Foresight News, Cypherpunk Technologies (Nasdaq: CYPH), a Zcash treasury company, released its positions on five key issues in Zcash's NU7 upgrade voting on August 24. Cypherpunk holds 323,394.38 ZEC (approximately 1.91% of total ZEC supply) and controls 4.2 Gsol/s of Equihash mining po

According to Bitcoin News, Strive Asset Management purchased 1110 Bitcoin for approximately $81.5 million between August 17-21, bringing total holdings to 21356 BTC valued at approximately $1.7 billion at current prices. The purchase makes Strive the 7th largest Bitcoin holder among publicly

According to Bloomberg reporter Emily Nicolle, Bitcoin surged 23% this week, marking its largest weekly gain in over three years and ending a prolonged period of sideways trading since summer. U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent's proposal to expand long-term Treasury repurchase programs prompted

According to Lookonchain, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF recorded net inflows of 4,038 BTC today (Aug 26), with 27,403 BTC inflow over the past 7 days. Ethereum ETF saw net inflows of 75,150 ETH today, while 7-day inflows reached 352,893 ETH.

According to Aave Labs, the Aave App launched early access on August 26 with a Ghost Pass invite mechanism. Users who receive Ghost Pass can view their available invitations on the app's activity page and send invites to friends through the in-app process, allowing recipients to bypass the

Veteran investor Cathie Wood recently doubled down on Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) despite a sharp decline in its stock price over the last year. Circle is a crypto company known for its USDC stablecoin,

XRP surged 43.7% over the past seven days through Aug. 26, outperforming every other top-10 cryptocurrency. US spot XRP exchange-traded funds attracted $77.47 million of net inflows between Aug. 18 and Aug. 25, while Korean traders drove 16.3% of Upbit's total turnover early Aug. 26. The rally

According to Bernstein analysts, Circle (NYSE: CRCL) stock closed at $92.02 on Aug. 25, up 47% in a month. The brokerage reiterated a price target of $140, citing stablecoin payments, blockchain-based capital markets, and tokenized assets as key growth drivers. Analyst Gautam Chhugani argued Circle'

According to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, on Aug 26, GLD (gold ETF) and IBIT (BlackRock spot Bitcoin ETF) have returned to the top 10 most-traded ETFs, signaling a market shift away from AI enthusiasm toward inflation-hedge trades. Meanwhile, semiconductor ETFs that dominated trading

Nasdaq-listed DeFi Development Corp. announced Wednesday the launch of State of Solana, a public real-time data and research platform consolidating Solana market, network, staking, validator, yield and

According to The Block, DeFi Development Corp. today launched State of Solana, a real-time data and research platform for tracking Solana network metrics including market performance, staking, validators, yields, and ecosystem indicators. The company currently holds approximately 2.3 million SOL, va

Park Hyun-joo, Chairman of Mirae Asset Group, announced plans to expand digital assets to 150 trillion won at a May 26 event in Seoul. The expansion is driven by Mirae Asset's '3.0 strategy,' which merges traditional assets like Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix stocks with digital assets through

According to Bubblemaps, an attacker recently exploited a Cosmos EVM module vulnerability to steal $50 million in NES tokens from Nesa Chain but ultimately netted only $60,000 in profit due to severe slippage during token conversion. The attacker, operating from an address starting with 0x9AE7,

According to Seoul Economics on August 26, Mirae Asset Group Chairman Park Hyun-ju announced the company's new 'Mirae Asset 3.0' strategy, aimed at merging traditional and digital assets to expand the digital asset scale to 150 trillion won. The strategy focuses on diversifying investment products

According to Businesswire, Avalanche Treasury Company (AVAT, Nasdaq-listed) reported a net loss of $44.7 million in Q2 2026 as of June 30, with $35.7 million stemming from fair value adjustments, realized losses, and impairment of its 15.3 million AVAX tokens (roughly $100 million in book value).

According to BlockBeats, on August 26, Pump.fun announced its application now supports HyperEVM token trading. Users can trade any HyperEVM token directly using USDC while earning Callout rewards and paying near-zero transaction

According to Bitcoin.com News, U.S. M2—a measure of money supply including cash and highly liquid deposits—reached a record $23.16 trillion, while global M2 across major economies approached $103 trillion as of August 2026. Bitcoin, trading between $78,250 and $79,500 over the last 24 hours, has