Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Huobi HTX's official announcement, on August 25, Huobi HTX launched JP225/USDT and ADI/USDT perpetual contracts with support for 1-20x long and short trading. The exchange is also running a perpetual contract trading competition from August 25 through September 1, 15:00 UTC+8, with a to

President Donald Trump stated on August 19 that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is developing a regulatory pathway for Hyperliquid to operate legally in the United States. Speaking at a White House gathering of cryptocurrency and financial-industry executives, Trump identified CFTC C

According to reports, President Trump said on August 19 that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is developing a regulatory pathway to allow Hyperliquid, a major decentralized perpetual-futures platform, to operate legally in the United States. Speaking at a White House gathering of

According to HTX market data, Solana (SOL) broke above $100 on August 25, trading at exactly $100.00 with a 24-hour gain of 6.27%.

According to Coinglass, an unknown wallet transferred 62.7 million USDT to Binance on Aug 25 at 15:46.

Gate News bot message: Gate market data shows that BTC has fallen below 80,000 USDT, with the current price at 79,985.6 USDT.

Pakistan opened its formal cryptocurrency licensing regime on August 21, requiring existing virtual-asset service providers to submit No Objection Certificate applications by September 5, 2026, or cease operations. The Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) notified its final licensing

According to the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA), on August 21, Pakistan opened its formal cryptocurrency licensing regime with a September 5, 2026 deadline for existing virtual-asset service

According to Stocktwits, Bitcoin broke past $80,000 for the first time in over three months on Tuesday, hitting $80,836 and climbing nearly 25% over the past week. Ethereum rose 32% in the same period, while cryptocurrency-linked stocks MicroStrategy (MSTR) and Coinbase (COIN) gained 31% and 20%

According to ChainCatcher, Shipyard will discontinue IPFS-related engineering, maintenance, and infrastructure operations on September 30, 2026, after Protocol Labs declined to renew funding. The engineering collective will cease active maintenance of core projects including Kubo, Helia, Boxo,

According to Coinglass data, whale positions on Hyperliquid currently total $7.146 billion, with a long-to-short ratio of 0.92. Long positions account for $3.423 billion (47.9% of total), while short positions stand at $3.723 billion (52.1%). Long traders hold unrealized gains of $476 million, while

According to BIT, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed new regulatory rules that would provide securities registration exemptions for qualifying crypto asset financing activities, potentially lowering compliance barriers for token issuance. The proposal creates two exempti

According to BlockBeats citing TradingBeats, on August 25, storage stocks on Hyperliquid showed a sharp divergence between price and open interest. Since July 30, SKHX, SNDK, and MU rose 29.9%, 52.6%, and 28.5% respectively, yet their combined open interest (OI) fell from $999

Ethereum traders have focused on the ETH/BTC trading pair this week after the pair broke a multi-month downtrend that had kept Ethereum underperforming Bitcoin. The ETH/BTC breakout pushed the price above the 0.03205 level and surpassed the previous lower high, a technical shift that ended a

According to Cryptonomist, Bitmine added 32,447 ETH last week (August 17), bringing its total holdings to 5,847,611 ETH valued at approximately $14.7 billion. The purchase was worth roughly $81.5 million at current prices. Bitmine's ETH position now represents 4.8% of Ethereum's circulating

According to ChainCatcher citing CoinGecko, Upbit's 24-hour trading volume surged to $1.446 billion in the past 24 hours, up 138.2% compared to the previous day. XRP/KRW led the trading pairs with a 20.16% share of total volume, followed by BTC/KRW (12.09%), USDT/KRW (11.57%), ETH/KRW (6.89%), and P

Gemini has enabled direct XRP Ledger deposits and withdrawals for users in Singapore, as announced by CEO Tyler Winklevoss on August 25, 2026. The update allows local traders to move XRP in and out of the platform natively rather than relying on wrapped versions or third-party rails. Winklevoss

According to CoinMarketCap, Bitcoin neared $79,000 on August 25 as U.S. regulatory clarity strengthened market sentiment. Kiwoom Securities attributed the rally to improved regulatory certainty around crypto assets and the SEC's August 18 announcement of its Regulation Crypto Assets framework,

According to CoinDesk, Monad today proposed a wallet upgrade that separates addresses from control credentials, allowing users to change lost or expired keys without replacing their address or moving assets. The design supports traditional private keys, passkeys on mobile and computer devices,

CleanCore Solutions sold substantially all of its remaining 463 million DOGE for approximately $33.4 million on July 20, according to securities filings disclosed August 24. The NYSE American-listed company is redirecting the capital toward an expansion into artificial-intelligence infrastructure. T