Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

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

According to Reuters, Bank for International Settlements General Manager Pablo Hernández de Cos on August 28 questioned whether stablecoins can credibly function as a means of payment at scale. He argued that tokenized bank deposits offer a more direct path to harness tokenization while preserving t

According to Binance futures data, on June 29, 2026, altcoin volume share on the exchange collapsed from 63% to 47% in a single week, with capital rotating into Bitcoin and Ethereum. Binance futures trading volume hit $28.74B that day, up 18% week-over-week. BTC accounted for 47.9% of total volume a

According to DefiLlama data cited by ChainCatcher, stablecoin market cap reached $304.564 billion over the past week, up 0.48% since late July. Among major stablecoins, USDC increased 0.76% and USD1 surged 3.71% over the period, while USDT maintained a 60.21% market

According to New York State Division of Consumer Protection, on Aug. 26, 144,041 consumers reported losing over $8 billion to investment scams in 2025, a 38% increase from 2024, with the median loss reaching $10,560. Investment scams became the costliest fraud category tracked by the Federal Trade C

According to Lookonchain, trader James Wynn has returned with a short position on 1.33 BTC (valued at approximately $103,000) using 20x leverage today (Aug 29). The liquidation price for this position is set at $80,483.47.

According to Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Bitcoin has a "good chance" of reaching $100,000 by the end of this year. At the time of writing, BTC was trading between $81,000 and $76,900 over the last day.

According to ChainCatcher, Starkware completed a quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction on mainnet recently, consuming 10,000 sats with no soft fork, hard fork, or consensus rule modification required. The transaction, based on researcher Avihu Levy's quantum-resistant Bitcoin (QSB) scheme, was

According to BlockBeats, Liquid Capital founder Li Lihua said on August 29 that Bitcoin's pullback is proceeding as expected, and if the price continues to retreat to around $75,500, it would present a strong buying opportunity. He remains bullish on a modest recovery following the

According to HTX trading data, BNB broke through $700, now trading at $704.72, down 0.5% over the past 24 hours.

According to blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain, Real Trump Coins' GOLD token on Solana collapsed on Saturday hours after its launch, with the developer controlling 82.45% of total supply. Lookonchain reported that 15 newly created wallets linked to the team sold 224.5 million GOLD tokens for

According to Arkham Intelligence and Bitcoin.com News, Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) moved 500 BTC worth $38 million on Aug. 28, 2026, from a wallet created on Jan. 23, 2016. The transfer to a newer address marked the first movement of these funds in over a decade, when the 500 BTC was wort

According to GoPlus security alert, a fraud ring controlling realtrumpcoins[.]com and @realtrumpcoins1 account issued the GOLD token, inflated its market cap to $60 million, then executed a rug pull, netting over $8.2 million. Investigation revealed the developer received initial funding from

According to BlockBeats, Microduck, a meme coin modeled after Hugging Face's open-source chatbot, broke $20 million in market capitalization on August 29, marking a new all-time high. The token surged 350% in 24 hours with trading volume reaching $10.8 million.

Ethena Foundation announced a conditional ENA buyback proposal on August 27, with governance voting closing September 2. The buyback mechanism activates once USDe synthetic stablecoin supply reaches $7.5 billion, at which point 95% of net protocol revenue would fund automated ENA purchases on the op

Solana validators approved proposal SGP 0002 to double the rate at which SOL inflation declines, with 67% of participating stake in favor. The measure received support from 176.29 million SOL, narrowly clearing the required 66.67% threshold. The proposal implements SIMD 550, increasing Solana's

According to BlockBeats and DefiLlama, Pons platform's token issuance fees surged to $2.21 million in 24 hours on August 29, reaching 6th highest fees across all networks and becoming the second-largest token issuance platform by fees. The platform's token deployment volume continues to lead

According to BlockBeats, Pons token on Robinhood Chain briefly hit a market cap of $200 million on August 29, reaching an all-time high and currently trading at $194 million, according to GMGN data.

According to Reuters, on Friday, Aug. 28, BIS General Manager Pablo Hernández de Cos questioned whether stablecoins can credibly function as a means of payment at scale. He argued that tokenized bank deposits offer a stronger alternative for harnessing tokenization while preserving the monetary