Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

CME Group Chairman Terry Duffy and Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara clashed over prediction-market regulation during a Commodity Futures Trading Commission meeting on Thursday. The confrontation centered on manipulation vulnerabilities in prediction markets and questioned why Kalshi could offer ce

CME Group Chairman Terry Duffy and Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara clashed over prediction-market regulation during a Commodity Futures Trading Commission meeting on Thursday. Duffy raised concerns that some prediction-market contracts could be manipulated and questioned why Kalshi could offer a

South Korean lawmakers filed a bill on Thursday to expand the Financial Intelligence Unit's authority over unregistered cryptocurrency businesses. People Power Party lawmaker Eom Tae-young and nine other lawmakers introduced the proposal to amend the Act on Reporting and Using Specified Financial

According to SoSoValue data, Ethereum spot ETFs saw net inflows of $221 million yesterday (August 20), extending a four-day inflow streak. Blackrock's ETHA led with $173 million in daily inflows, bringing its historical total to $12.019 billion. Blackrock's Staked ETH ETF ETHB added $35.9 million, r

According to Coingecko data cited by BlockBeats, the cryptocurrency market capitalization surged to $2.6 trillion on August 21, up 5.8% in 24 hours, as Bitcoin broke above $75,000. Bitcoin's market dominance stands at 58%, while Ethereum accounts for 10.9% of the total crypto market cap.

According to People Power Party lawmaker Eom Tae-young and nine other lawmakers, on Thursday they filed a bill to amend South Korea's financial law and expand the Financial Intelligence Unit's (FIU) authority to investigate unregistered crypto businesses. The proposal would allow public reporting

According to Bitcoin.com, Hungary's parliament repealed crypto regulations on August 7, removing two criminal offenses from its national penal code. The offenses included "misuse of crypto assets" carrying up to 5 years imprisonment and "providing unauthorized crypto asset exchange services" with se

According to ChainCatcher, WLFI co-founder Zach Witkoff disputed Sun Yuchen's account of the recent court proceedings, stating that multiple claims made by Sun Yuchen were false. While Sun Yuchen claimed the court supported his position and called the outcome a major victory, no ruling was

According to Danal, the South Korean payment service provider joined the Open Standard global payments consortium today (Aug 21) and became a core participant in the openUSD (OUSD) stablecoin ecosystem. Open Standard is a consortium comprising over 140 global enterprises including Visa,

According to Farside Investors, Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded net inflows of $606.3 million and Ethereum spot ETFs net inflows of $219.5 million yesterday (August 20).

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse cited a survey estimate showing 67 million Americans own cryptocurrency, representing roughly 25% of US adults. The figure comes from the National Cryptocurrency Association and The Harris Poll's 2026 State of Crypto Holders Report, based on a survey of 10,000

According to the National Cryptocurrency Association and The Harris Poll's 2026 State of Crypto Holders Report, roughly 67 million Americans own cryptocurrency, representing approximately 25% of US adults. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse cited the survey estimate to argue that the digital asset

According to Korean media outlet Yonhapnews, Shin Han Asset Management signed a four-party business cooperation agreement with Solana Foundation, tokenization platform Etherfuse, and on-chain liquidity infrastructure Orca on August 21 to jointly advance technical validation of Korean

According to BlockBeats, on August 21, Ripple is backing a new institutional credit fund that will partner with lending platform Clearpool and credit management firm Cicada Partners to provide operational funding loans in RLUSD, Ripple's stablecoin, to fintech and payment companies on the XRP

According to Onchain Lens, Bhutan's government transferred 490.87 BTC to a new wallet in the past 24 hours, equivalent to approximately $32.74 million. The largest single transaction involved 485 BTC, valued at around $32.31 million.

According to Klever Wallet, on August 21, the crypto wallet announced GasFree now accepts USDD (decentralized stablecoin) as payment for transaction fees on the TRON network. Users can send USDD without holding TRX, energy, or bandwidth; each transfer costs 0.5 USDD. The feature simplifies stablecoi