Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

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Finance’s Strategy Vaults were attacked through a governance vulnerability on Aug. 24, with approximately $8.5 million withdrawn by an unknown attacker.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

XRP's circulating supply grew 5.5% year over year through monthly escrow releases, while XRPL revenue fell 81.6% year over year to $1.18 million, according to an Aug. 19 analysis from 21Shares. The supply expansion occurred because approximately 272 million XRP added monthly through escrow releases

According to an Aug. 19 analysis from 21Shares, XRP's circulating supply grew 5.5% year-over-year through monthly escrow releases of approximately 272 million XRP. Meanwhile, XRPL revenue declined sharply in the first half of 2026, falling 81.6% year-over-year to $1.18 million from $6.43 million,

Paymentscan tracking data shows that crypto card spending reached $1.04 billion in July 2026, surpassing the $1 billion threshold for the first time and more than doubling from $306 million during the same period last year. Approximately 70% of the more than 10 million tracked transactions were funded by dollar-pegged stablecoins, while the average transaction size rose from $59 a year ago to $86, reflecting a shift in spending from large withdrawals to everyday small purchases such as groceries

According to Blockworks Research analyst AJC, PONS ranked 13th by revenue in the crypto market over the past 30 days, but with a FDV/Revenue multiple of only 0.7x—the lowest among the top 15 revenue-generating tokens. By comparison, CARDS, PUMP, CAKE, AAVE, HYPE, and LINK have FDV/Revenue ratios of

According to Odaily Daily, TRON infrastructure provider CatFee.io recently launched Seamless Energy service for wallets, exchanges, payment platforms, and frequent TRC20-USDT transfers. The service automatically prepares required energy during transaction broadcast, eliminating the need to

According to Garrett Jin, the trader known as "Oct 11 insider whale," he would become more bullish if the market consolidates further this week and Bitcoin dominance continues to rise. Jin also cautioned investors to exercise restraint and avoid overlevering or rushing to add positions, noting this

According to Yonhapinfomax, Bitcoin surged past key resistance levels on Friday, August 22, hitting $79,200 before retreating to $77,500. On Wednesday, the largest cryptocurrency gained 7.1% within 24 hours, with more than half the gains occurring in a single hour on elevated trading

According to PANews and SoSoValue data on Aug 24, the NFT sector led market gains with a 24-hour rise of 4.93%, driven by Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) up 12.28% and SuperVerse (SUPER) up 10.12%, though ApeCoin (APE) fell 1.09%. Meanwhile, Bitcoin (BTC) declined 0.03% and broke below $78,000, while

From 02:00 to 02:15 (UTC) on August 24, 2026, BTC rose rapidly over the 15-minute period, gaining 0.59%. The price ranged from 76,868.1 to 77,411.5 USDT, representing a 0.71% fluctuation. Overall market activity was subdued, with trading volume of approximately 478.75 BTC. A bid-ask depth ratio of 0.57 indicated that sell orders outweighed buy orders, but a large buy wall at $77,123.5 on the order book provided short-term support. The primary driver of this move was the sharp escalation of the U