Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to ChainCatcher, Japan Bitcoin Industry Co., Ltd. launched Aurora, a self-custodial Bitcoin payment platform, at the Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong. The platform enables international customers to purchase anime, manga, and gaming content using Bitcoin Lightning Network, while

About 81,700 Bitcoin options contracts worth $6.44 billion are set to expire on Deribit at 08:00 UTC Friday, split between 44,639 calls and 37,061 puts for a put-to-call ratio of 0.83. The expiry occurs as Bitcoin trades near $79,000, with Deribit's max pain level sitting between $68,000 and $70,000

According to TheStreet, 81,700 Bitcoin options worth $6.44 billion expire on Deribit at 08:00 UTC Friday (August 28). The expiry includes 44,639 calls and 37,061 puts, for a put-to-call ratio of 0.83, which leans bullish. Deribit's max pain level sits between $68,000 and $70,000,

Public Citizen reported that US President Donald Trump left investors with an estimated $4.7 billion in losses since 2022 through his family's digital asset ventures. The nonprofit consumer advocacy organization attributed the losses to the Trump family World Liberty Financial governance token,

According to Public Citizen, Trump's crypto ventures left investors at least $4.7 billion underwater since 2022. The nonprofit consumer advocacy organization cited losses across multiple projects: $3.2 billion from the TRUMP memecoin, World Liberty Financial governance token, NFT trading cards

21Shares changed the pricing benchmark for its U.S. XRP exchange-traded fund TOXR to the FTSE XRP Index, effective from Aug. 27. The fund, which held approximately $149.7 million in assets as of Aug. 26, will calculate net asset value using the FTSE benchmark instead of the CME CF XRP-Dollar

According to HyperliquidNews monitoring, asset management firm Bitwise deposited and staked 82,584 HYPE tokens valued at $7.13 million.

South Korean financial group Mirae Asset plans to build a 150 trillion won ($109 billion) digital asset business around Digital X, the crypto exchange formerly known as Korbit, according to The Korea Times. The expansion follows Mirae Asset Consulting's acquisition of a 97.15% stake in Korbit in

According to The Korea Times, Mirae Asset announced on Wednesday a 150 trillion won ($109 billion) digital asset business plan centered on Digital X, the exchange formerly known as Korbit. The initiative will focus on cryptocurrency, stablecoins, real-world assets and security token offerings,

Gate News bot message: Gate market data shows ETH breaking above 2,500 USDT, with the current price at 2,500.89 USDT.

Bitcoin reclaimed $80,000 on Thursday (Aug. 28), breaking through a key $79,000 resistance level. The price climbed from under $77,900 on Wednesday night to an intraday peak of $80,808, reflecting a 24-hour gain of roughly 3%. As of 12:12 p.m. EST, BTC traded above $80,400, lifting its market

Polish Olympic Committee President Radosław Piesiewicz was detained Thursday as part of an investigation into digital asset platform Zondacrypto, according to the country's attorney general. Piesiewicz was accused of accepting bribes in exchange for sponsorship deals, with reports indicating Zondacr

From 18:00 to 18:15 on August 27, 2026 (UTC), ETH fell rapidly by 0.72% over 15 minutes, trading within a range of 2,494.51–2,518.31 USDT and recording an amplitude of 0.95%. ETH had previously rebounded after briefly touching the intraday low of $2,436.86. Its current price of $2,520.57 remains approximately 3.16% higher than 24 hours ago, indicating that buyers are actively absorbing selling pressure near key support levels. The main driver of this volatility was U.S. PCE inflation data that c

Cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger disputed claims of a security breach after rival wallet maker OneKey reproduced a transaction-replacement vulnerability using an outdated version of Ledger's Ethereum app. On Thursday, OneKey founder and CEO Yishi Wang stated that the company's

According to Ledger's CTO Charles Guillemet, the company patched a transaction-replacement vulnerability in its Ethereum app version 1.22.2 on August 13, before rival wallet maker OneKey published a lab test reproducing the flaw in the outdated version 1.22.1 on Thursday. The vulnerability, a

Oxialink has released a full line of crypto payment gateway plugins enabling merchants to accept USDT, Bitcoin, Ethereum, TON and ten additional digital assets across seven major e-commerce platforms without writing code. The plugins support WooCommerce, Magento 2, OpenCart, PrestaShop, WHMCS,

According to blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis, the OECD's Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), set to take effect next year, captures only 14% of estimated global taxable onchain crypto activity, which reached $457 billion in 2025. The remaining 86% of activity—encompassing

Ethena Foundation, which supports the synthetic dollar protocol behind USDe, announced four ecosystem changes aimed at addressing concerns over investor token unlocks and protocol value allocation. The updates include buying out certain early investors, ending monthly investor unlocks, assigning pro

Bitcoin trades at $80,526, up 1.9% on the day, as it approaches the $82,538 resistance level where a previous breakout attempt was capped. Technical indicators show an overbought setup, with the Relative Strength Index at 82.4, signaling potential profit-taking before a further advance. The

According to ChainCatcher, Ethena announced major tokenomics reforms on August 27, with ENA surging 23% in 24 hours to $0.17. The reforms include canceling monthly VC unlock schedules and proposing protocol revenue buybacks for ENA. ENA holders are voting on a "fee switch" mechanism: when USDe