Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to DWF Ventures' research report released recently, over the past three months, only 6.16% of 292,000 wallets analyzed on the Fomo social trading platform turned profitable, with just 25 wallets generating net profits exceeding $10,000. The report identifies a flywheel effect in social tra

According to StarkWare, Bitcoin completed an experimental quantum-safe transaction on August 26 using the Quantum Safe Bitcoin (QSB) scheme, designed by Avihu Mordechai Levy in collaboration with MARA Foundation and Tomer Giladi. The QSB scheme provides quantum-resistant security without modifying B

Ethereum rallied to $2,486 on August 28, its highest level since January, according to TradingView, driven by a $2.7 billion short squeeze across crypto and sustained ETF inflows. ETH climbed roughly 29% off its August low, recovering ground lost in the February crash. US spot Ether ETFs

According to ChainCatcher, citing a CoinDesk op-ed by Matter Labs' Vassilis Tziokas, the U.S. Senate has delayed the Clarity Act to September, with the market structure legislation failing to complete final voting before the August recess. Digital asset market regulatory rules will take several

According to Valor Economico, Brazil's Central Bank is deploying a real-time alert system in partnership with Hypernative to detect and prevent cryptocurrency-related cyber threats. The system will integrate with major exchanges including Mercado Bitcoin and Foxbit within the next two weeks. The in

The UK government announced a new secondary objective for the Bank of England to support innovation in stablecoins, tokenized finance, and digital payment infrastructure. Under the proposal, the central bank would receive a formal mandate to encourage emerging technologies including digital

According to Legiscan, the California Senate passed Assembly Bill 2409 in a 40-0 vote on Wednesday, with the Assembly subsequently voting 78-0 to concur. The bill prohibits digital asset service providers from offering California residents memecoins issued on or after Jan. 1, 2027, that are

Microstrategy (MSTR) shares traded near $137.40 on Thursday as Bitcoin remained above $80,000, extending recent gains. However, Bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff maintained his bearish stance, arguing that part of the stock rally may reflect short covering rather than fundamental improvement, and

According to Messari researcher anastasiia, Ethena's new fee switch mechanism will trigger at USDe 14-day average supply thresholds of $7.5B, $10B, $15B, and $20B on August 28, with each level progressively increasing revenue extraction ratios. Revenue previously allocated to sUSDe staking,

According to growthepie data, over the past 7 days, Ethereum mainnet generated $4.25 million in on-chain revenue, up 86% week-over-week. Base Chain ranked second with $1.25 million in revenue, up 78% in the same period. Robinhood Chain, Polygon PoS, and Arbitrum One completed the top five with reven

According to ENS, OpenZeppelin has integrated ENS into its UI Builder and Role Manager tools, enabling developers to access on-chain naming services by default. UI Builder helps developers quickly build interactive interfaces for smart contracts, while Role Manager allows teams to discover,

According to Foresight News, Circle will begin deprecating its USDC cross-chain protocol CCTP V1 on October 31, 2026, with full deprecation completed by December 1. Migration to CCTP V2 is mandatory for all applications routing USDC transfers through the V1 contracts. CCTP V2 introduces standard an

According to GMGN data, Marscoin's market cap fell below $1 million to $998,000 in the past 24 hours, down 28.39%. CZ publicly burned 4,444 MARSCOIN tokens and stated he would stop using his public address to prevent excessive community speculation about his

This week in crypto infrastructure, Mastercard expanded its 100+ partner program with BNB Chain joining alongside Solana, Polygon and Tron to build on-chain payments rails for cross-border remittances and B2B transfers. Meanwhile, Shinhan Financial Group, one of South Korea's largest financial

According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the agency filed civil lawsuits against 38 entities for making material false statements in Form ADV filings submitted between 2025 and 2026 to pose as legitimate U.S. investment advisors and attract retail investors. The defendants include C

According to ChainCatcher, Slow Mist security team recently discovered a malicious GitHub repository impersonating the "Qwen 3.8 27B local quantized model." The repository claimed model files exceeding 16GB, but the actual download size was only approximately 487KB, containing disguised files, a

According to OneKey founder Yishi Wang, the open-source wallet provider's security team successfully reproduced a transaction replacement attack against Ledger Ethereum app v1.22.1 in a test environment. The exploit leverages a previously patched vulnerability that allows attackers to overwrite tran

According to CoinDesk, on August 28, Ethena expanded the yield generation for its stablecoin USDe from BTC, ETH, and SOL perpetuals to stock perpetual contracts, leveraging higher and more stable funding rates. Stock perpetuals on Hyperliquid and Binance currently offer annualized funding rates of a

According to CoinGecko, Upbit's trading volume decreased 69.9% over the past 24 hours on August 28. XRP/KRW led the Korean won trading market with 15.74% of total volume, followed by TRUMP, USDT, BTC, and

According to Chris Johnson of Virtuals Protocol, Ethereum's ERC-8196 standard, titled "AI Agent Authenticated Wallet," reached final status on August 28, concluding its community review process. Co-authored by Leigh Cronian of Cybercentry and Chris Johnson, the standard introduces a policy-based