Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Cryptoslate, Pakistan's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) has mandated all cryptocurrency exchanges and virtual asset service providers currently operating in the country to apply for a regulatory license by September 5, 2026, or cease operations. The PVARA opened the

According to Lookonchain, three market-making firms—Abraxas Capital, Fasanara Capital, and Wintermute—currently hold the largest on-chain short positions. Combined, they hold 138,569 ETH short positions valued at $338

According to BlockBeats, trader xm39 expanded long crude oil and short Nasdaq positions on Hyperliquid on August 24, raising combined exposure from $17.6 million to $48.2 million, a 173.8% increase. WTI long positions grew from $7.3 million to $12.8 million, with an average entry price of $81.80 an

Gate News reports that, according to an official announcement from Gate, Gate Alpha has added trading support for four tokens: Morty (full name: Gucci Morty; SOL network; contract address: GUmbtfjSZkybSFgPibBcvwExEBdXwewJHR5PkTjzpump), DOPAMEME (SOL network; contract address: Ab1sTFNv2tV5DX1XpriwNehXgiJhdq2RQ5LtD5BXpump), Fei Dudu (full name: “Your courage is really chubby”; BSC network; contract address: 0x03c59BBf8Ba49CE79831403B86aCBc40d3167777), and b-money (BSC network; contract address: 0x

Gate News reports that on Aug. 24, according to Gate market data, URANUS (Uranus) was trading at $0.0104 as of press time, up 25.07% over the past 24 hours. The token reached a high of $0.01424 and a low of $0.006635, while 24-hour trading volume totaled $48.9k. Its current market capitalization is approximately $1.04 million. Uranus is the largest meme project on the Jupiter launchpad and is supported by Jupiter’s founder. It is a true community takeover (CTO) project and an eternal meme that h

According to Strategy's official X account, on August 14, MSCI proposed removing non-operating companies from its Global Investable Market Indexes, affecting Bitcoin treasury firms like Strategy and Japanese rival Metaplanet. Strategy fired back, stating on X Friday: "Digital assets are assets. Inde

Ray Dalio, founder of hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, warned on the 22nd (local time) about fiscal and debt problems across major economies, forecasting relative strength for assets not issued by governments such as gold and Bitcoin. Dalio posted on X an article titled 'How Countries Go Broke:

DB Securities will participate as title sponsor of the 'Ethereum Korea One: Genesis' conference scheduled for September 28-29 in Seoul. The Ethereum Korea Consortium announced on the 24th that the two-day event will feature DB Securities alongside sponsors including Altus, Optimum, DSRV,

US Bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded a net inflow of $1.92 billion for the week ending May 21, marking the largest weekly inflow in approximately 10 months, according to digital asset data platform SoSoValue.

South Korea's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is preparing guidelines to restrict prepaid installment companies, including funeral service providers, from excessively investing consumer advance payments in high-risk assets such as virtual assets (digital assets). The FTC announced on the 24th that it

Traders on prediction market platform Kalshi predict Bitcoin will trade around $75,000 by the end of 2026, according to Guru Club, implying a modest decline from current levels.

According to SoSoValue, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded net inflows of $1.92 billion in the week ended August 21, marking the largest weekly inflow since October 2025. The surge reversed the prior week's outflow of $389.71 million, while trading volume jumped to $22.15 billion, more than triple the

South Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC) issued a legal interpretation on the 18th stating that offshore institutional investors may convert domestic money market funds (MMF) into token securities without violating Korean law, provided the tokens are sold privately offshore and domestic

According to the Ethereum Korea Consortium, DB Securities will serve as title sponsor of the Ethereum Korea One: Genesis conference, scheduled for September 28-29 in Seoul. The event, co-hosted with Korea Economic TV, will feature keynote speakers including Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin,

According to the Korea Fair Trade Commission, on August 24, it issued revised guidelines requiring credit union and installment payment service providers to refrain from excessive investment of advance payments in high-risk digital assets, including cryptocurrency and leveraged financial products. T

According to Re, the decentralized reinsurance protocol stated that it was not affected by Term Finance's governance vulnerability exploit. The markets for reUSD and PT-reUSD on Term Finance also remained unaffected. Users can independently verify reserves and backing through the official

According to Foresight News, Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet confirmed on August 24 that an Ethereum app bug has been fixed. The vulnerability, which involved a specific signing process, was discovered by Ledger's Donjon security team using an AI vulnerability research tool and was patched two weeks

Ethereum fixed-rate lending protocol Term Finance’s Strategy Vaults were attacked through a governance vulnerability on Aug. 24, with approximately $8.5 million withdrawn by an unknown attacker. Term Labs posted on X that it had identified a governance vulnerability affecting the Term vaults, but so far has not disclosed which governance role the attacker exploited or explained why the timelock and LP veto failed to prevent the transaction. Design Architecture of the Seven-Day Timelock and LP Ve