Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Coinglass data, Binance recorded net outflows of $41.08 million USDT over the past hour.

According to an order entered Tuesday, Judge Katherine Polk Failla of the Southern District of New York postponed Roman Storm's retrial to April 26, 2027, as Storm's motion for acquittal remains undecided. A Manhattan jury convicted the Tornado Cash developer in August 2025 of conspiring to

According to RootData's latest data, HTX, BingX, and OrangeX recorded the highest 24-hour volume-weighted bid-ask spreads among major stock derivatives exchanges, at 0.856%, 0.332%, and 0.258% respectively. Higher spreads typically indicate increased trading costs for

According to BlockBeats citing HTX data, HYPE broke through $83.6 on August 26, marking a new all-time high. The token gained 2.97% over the previous 24 hours.

BlackRock slashed the minimum Bitcoin holding required to swap coins directly for shares of its spot Bitcoin ETF from $25 million worth of Bitcoin to $1 million, according to Bloomberg. The 96% reduction opens direct conversion access to a wider pool of wealthy individuals and mid-sized

According to Bloomberg, BlackRock reduced the minimum Bitcoin holding required for direct conversion into IBIT shares from $25 million to $1 million on August 25, a 96% cut that expands access beyond the largest institutional players. The new threshold opens in-kind conversion eligibility to

According to the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) quarterly report released as of end-June, Hong Kong's 15 tokenized retail products saw combined assets under management reach HK$10.3 billion, a 280% increase year-over-year. The 11 spot virtual asset ETFs grew 55% since launch to $451

According to Lookonchain data, a Solana trader has opened a new 3x leveraged long position, purchasing 143,890 SOL tokens valued at approximately $14 million. The trader previously achieved three consecutive profitable trades, accumulating gains of $1.23 million before taking this latest position.

According to Trail of Bits, the Provenance blockchain maintained by Figure Technology Solutions was found in March to contain an authorization vulnerability affecting 82 mainnet accounts with approximately $500,000 in custodial assets at risk. The bug allowed zero-balance accounts to potentially

Japan's Financial Services Agency is supporting a blockchain-based demonstration experiment for securities settlement, working with the country's largest banks and brokerages to test infrastructure that records and manages transfers of Japanese government bonds, corporate bonds, investment trusts, a

Japan's Financial Services Agency is supporting a demonstration experiment to test blockchain-based settlement for stocks, bonds and investment trusts using atomic delivery-versus-payment mechanisms with stablecoin payments. The initiative, part of the FSA's Payment Innovation Project, aims to

According to a Form D filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, prediction market operator Kalshi disclosed that $1.12 billion has been sold under a $1.5 billion equity offering that began on April 3. The filing lists 71 investors, with approximately $380 million remaining to

Bernstein predicts Bitcoin will reach $150,000 by mid-2027 and peak near $300,000 by 2029, according to the research firm's latest forecast. The analyst also downgraded MicroStrategy's target price from $450 to $350, citing updated Bitcoin cycle outlook and accelerated equity dilution at the

Circle minted about 5 billion USDC over the last seven days, according to onchain analytics platform Solscan. USDC's circulating supply stands near $74 billion, versus Tether's $183 billion. The mint comes the same week Circle became technical deployer for Hyperliquid's $5 billion USDC reserve, as t

According to Solscan, Circle minted 5 billion USDC over the past seven days as of today (August 26). The issuance comes as USDC's circulating supply stands at approximately $74 billion, still less than Tether's $183 billion market cap. The timing aligns with Circle's newly announced role as

Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission opened two public consultations on August 24 covering draft regulations for domestically listed spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds and revised requirements for foreign digital-asset custodians used by mutual and private funds. The consultati

Kraken was targeted by a large-scale cryptocurrency dust attack involving nearly 12,000 small transfers from wallets associated with HTX between August 17 and August 24, forcing the exchange to conduct compliance reviews and temporarily restrict some customer accounts. The transactions, generally

Bitcoin trades near $79,000 on August 25, up roughly 24% from $64,146 just one week ago, marking its largest weekly gain in more than three years. US spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in about $1.918 billion over five sessions through August 21, their strongest weekly inflow of 2026 and the best stretch

According to Bloomberg and Arkham Intelligence, Kraken was targeted by a "dust attack" involving nearly 12,000 small transfers from HTX-linked wallets between August 17 and 24, forcing the exchange to conduct compliance reviews and temporarily restrict some customer accounts. The transactions were g

According to BlockBeats, on August 26, approximately 954,400 HYPE tokens will conclude their 7-day unstaking period and transfer to spot accounts over the next 24 hours, valued at approximately $78.09 million at current prices. The three largest recipient addresses will collectively receive approxim