Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Circle's Friday announcement, the USDC stablecoin issuer will become Chelsea FC's sponsor, with its name and USDC brand appearing on players' jerseys starting the 2026/2027 season. The partnership deal comes approximately three months after the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

Bitcoin ETFs crossed $100 billion in assets on Thursday with $242.24 million in net inflows led by Blackrock's IBIT. The late-August rally continued drawing institutional capital across crypto ETF categories, with ether funds adding $234.51 million and solana ETFs receiving $60.91 million.

According to Bitcoin.com News, bitcoin ETFs crossed the $100 billion asset mark on Thursday with $242.24 million in inflows, led by Blackrock's IBIT which attracted $277.61 million. The inflow extended a 9-day buying streak, with combined ETF inflows surpassing $3 billion over the period. Bitcoin ET

The United States lost 0.823% of its Bitcoin mining hashrate share between Q1 and Q3 2026, dropping from 37.523% to 36.7% and losing roughly 55 EH/s, according to hashrateindex.com data as of Aug. 27, 2026. Russia and China gained mining share during the same period, with Russia increasing from 16.4

Solana network validators passed SGP-0002 on Aug. 28, doubling the network's disinflation rate from 15% to 30% in the blockchain's first binding on-chain governance vote. The proposal passed narrowly with 67.0% approval against the 66.67% threshold required, with 176.29 million SOL voting in favor a

Solana validators approved SGP-0002 today (August 28), narrowly passing a proposal to double the network's disinflation rate from 15% to 30%, accelerating the timeline to reach the 1.5% issuance floor from 2032 to 2029. The vote passed at 67.0% support against a required 66.67% threshold on 176.29 m

According to RedStone's latest report, Stellar's tokenized real-world assets (RWA) surpassed $3 billion in July, while the network's DeFi total value locked (TVL) stood at only $213.2 million, highlighting a significant gap between RWA supply and on-chain lending demand. DefiLlama data shows Stella

According to Bitcoin.com News citing Public Citizen, Donald Trump's TRUMP memecoin surged over 20% on Friday to reach a $705 million market cap, briefly approaching $2.93. The jump coincided with the nonprofit organization's release of a report estimating investor losses in Trump-linked crypto

California lawmakers passed Assembly Bill 2409 restricting public officials' involvement with memecoins, with the California Senate voting 40-0 on Wednesday according to Legiscan data and the Assembly subsequently voting 78-0 to concur in the Senate's amendments. The bill, which now awaits the

U.S. President Donald Trump's TRUMP memecoin surged over 20% on Friday, reaching a $705 million market cap as the digital asset rebounded from recent losses. The rally occurred as nonprofit Public Citizen released a report estimating investor losses in Trump-linked crypto ventures at $4.7 billion. C

According to HTX, Bitcoin breaks $78,000, currently trading at $78,000.00, down 3.29% over the past 24 hours.

According to trade.xyz, the company and Hyperliquid jointly submitted comments to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, urging the establishment of a regulated U.S. market pathway for energy perpetual contracts and 24/7 trading. The companies noted that during recent crude oil market

According to Wall Street Journal reporting on recent regulatory filings, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan's investment group holds 49% of WLTC Holdings, the parent company behind World Liberty Financial's proposed US trust bank. An entity affiliated with US President Donald Trump's family owns a f

According to the Wall Street Journal, World Liberty Trust Company received preliminary conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Aug. 14. Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan's group, through StringZ Holding RSC, owns 49% of WLTC Holdings, while an entity affiliated

Bitcoin gained $14,264, or 22.7%, in the week ending Aug. 23, closing at $77,387 in its largest weekly dollar gain on record. Galaxy Research identified Bitcoin's 50-week moving average near $82,470 as the next bottom-confirmation signal, based on a historical pattern where 11 of 13 bear markets sin

According to Poland's Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek, prosecutors charged Radosław Piesiewicz, president of the Polish Olympic Committee, on Thursday in connection with the Zondacrypto investigation. Piesiewicz faces two charges under Poland's Penal Code involving allegations of influence

According to Galaxy Research, in the week ending Aug. 23, Bitcoin gained $14,264 to close at $77,387, marking a 22.7% weekly gain and its largest-ever weekly dollar move. Bitcoin subsequently rallied to $81,000, a three-month high, before easing back to the $79,000 region. Galaxy Digital's

According to Valor Economico, on August 25, the Central Bank of Brazil partnered with Hypernative to deploy a real-time alert system designed to detect and prevent cryptocurrency cyberattacks. The system was developed in response to a July 2025 incident in which cybercriminals exploited a

Gate News bot message: Gate market data shows that BTC has broken above 78,000 USDT, with the current price at 78,008.6 USDT.

From 16:00 to 17:00 (UTC) on August 28, 2026, ETH plunged rapidly over the course of one hour, with a Return % of -1.07%, a price range of 2,444.77 to 2,474.09 USDT, and an amplitude of 1.19%. ETH fell from its 24-hour high of 2,534.71 USDT to 2,431.71 USDT, representing a 24-hour decline of approximately 3.51%. Market attention surged, and volatility intensified noticeably. The primary driver of this move was a technical correction following overbought conditions. ETH’s daily RSI remained in th