Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Sosovalue data, U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $202 million in net outflows on August 28, snapping a nine-day inflow streak that had accumulated roughly $3.04 billion. The reversal marks the first outflow day after bitcoin ETF assets surpassed $100 billion in net assets on August 27.

According to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), former White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez was ordered on August 29 to pay $172,000 to settle charges that he used advance access to President Trump's speeches to profit from prediction markets on Kalshi. Perez was ordered to

According to Pons official on X, 29% of PONS total supply has been burned to date. The Robinhood Chain ecosystem token reached an all-time high market cap of $2.14 billion and currently trades at $2.08 billion, up 61.32% in 24 hours, according to

According to New York's Division of Consumer Protection, the state issued an investment scam alert on Aug. 26 after 144,041 consumers reported losing over $8 billion in 2025, representing a 38% increase from 2024. The median reported loss reached $10,560. Fraudsters increasingly use artificial

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has slashed his bitcoin price prediction within a year after BTC dropped approximately 30%. In August 2025, when bitcoin traded above $110,000, Armstrong predicted BTC could reach $1 million

According to Sosovalue data, U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs saw $202 million in net outflows on August 28, breaking a nine-day inflow streak that had accumulated $3.04 billion since August 17. The same day, spot ether ETFs bucked the trend, pulling in $102 million and extending their own buying run to ten c

According to Bitcoin.com News, Starkware executed the first quantum-safe bitcoin transaction on mainnet on Aug. 26 using researcher Avihu Levy's Quantum-Safe Bitcoin (QSB) construction. The transaction, which spent a 10,000-satoshi output, required no soft forks, hard forks, or core protocol

BitGo acquired NYDIG's institutional trading business on Wednesday in a two-step merger worth approximately $42.5 million, comprising $7 million in cash and roughly $35.5 million in BitGo stock, according to a regulatory filing. The deal brings in about 30 NYDIG employees and their institutional

According to Coinglass data cited by ChainCatcher, global cryptocurrency liquidations reached $380 million in the past 24 hours, with long positions accounting for $308 million and short positions $71.93 million. A total of 81,561 traders were liquidated during the period, with the largest single li

According to Grayscale on Aug. 27, bitcoin's 90-day correlation with the Nasdaq 100 has fallen from more than 60% to roughly 33%, while its correlation with gold climbed to above 50% over the same period, citing Bloomberg data through Aug. 24. The shift reflects investors increasingly treating bitco

According to ChainCatcher, Arthur Hayes advocates buying Bitcoin, predicting it will perform well in coming years if the U.S. continues monetary expansion, with prices potentially reaching $250,000. Bitcoin has surged approximately 20% since mid-August, boosting its market capitalization by $300

According to ChainCatcher, Afghanistan's Taliban government has banned Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading nationwide, threatening legal action against traders and related businesses. Over 20 crypto shops in Herat have been closed, and at least 13 traders have reportedly been arrested. Monthly crypt

According to blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain, a Solana-based token called GOLD, promoted by Real Trump Coins on Saturday, collapsed within hours of its launch. The brand, which Trump publicly promoted in 2024, touted GOLD on X before deleting the posts. Lookonchain flagged that the

According to Bitcoin.com News, Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau moved 500 BTC worth $38 million from a wallet that remained inactive for 10 years on Aug. 28, 2026. The transfer shifted funds from a legacy P2PKH wallet created in January 2016 to a newer address, representing

According to Binance futures data, altcoin volume share on the exchange collapsed from 63% to 47% in a single week in late June 2026, with the bulk of capital rotating into Bitcoin and Ethereum. On June 29, Binance futures trading volume hit $28.74 billion, up 18% week-over-week. BTC accounted

According to Ethena Foundation's governance proposal closing September 2, automated ENA buybacks will activate once the protocol's synthetic dollar USDe reaches $7.5 billion in circulation. At that threshold, 95% of Ethena's net revenue would fund open-market ENA purchases, with

According to DefiLlama data, on August 29, Robinhood's DeFi total value locked (TVL) reached $683 million, up 17.78% over the past week and ranking first among major blockchains in weekly growth rate. The network processed $890 million in decentralized exchange volume in the past 24 hours, ranking f

On August 28, Solana validators approved SGP 0002 to double the network's annual disinflation rate from 15% to 30%, accelerating the timeline to reach its long-term 1.5% inflation floor. The proposal passed

Trump Digital Gold (GOLD), a Solana-based memecoin promoted through a Trump-branded collectibles account, collapsed nearly 98% within hours of its launch Saturday. The token briefly reached a market capitalization above $60 million before plunging below $1 million, according to market-tracking

According to BlockBeats, on August 29, COPPERINU meme token on the Robinhood blockchain reached a $10 million market cap within 2 hours of launch before declining to $8.98 million, with trading volume exceeding $5.7 million, according to GMGN data. The token's developer transferred 40% of the