Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to ChainCatcher, Monad announced a new MIP (Monad Improvement Proposal) today enabling accounts to rotate authentication keys while maintaining their addresses. The proposal allows smooth upgrades to quantum-resistant cryptographic schemes to address potential future threats from quantum c

According to Coinbase Markets, the exchange will halt trading in IoTeX (IOTX) on September 23 at 2 PM ET. The move follows a periodic review of assets on the platform to ensure compliance with listing standards.

According to Cosmos Labs, an ongoing security incident has affected users of the Cosmos EVM module. The security and engineering teams are actively responding to the incident and have recommended that Cosmos EVM chains halt validator operations. Cosmos Labs committed to publishing a full incident re

According to ChainCatcher, Towns co-founders Ben and Pat announced today that protocol operations have been transferred to the Switzerland-based Towns Foundation after five years of development. The new leadership team will oversee the protocol and drive its next growth phase. Towns has

Gate News message, a mysterious trader generated $3.94 million in profit from a single Bitcoin trade. The trader maintained a $27.83 million BTC long position for 60 days on HyperliquidX, entering at $59,253 and exiting at $79,883. The net profit and loss totaled +$3.94 million. The trader's

Ceffu, Binance's institutional custody partner, withdrew $263.8 million in bitcoin and ethereum from Binance on Aug. 24 within 30 minutes after depositing 136.54 million USDC onto the exchange. The withdrawal consisted of 1,524 BTC worth $117.89 million and 59,484 ETH valued at

According to Bernstein, on August 24, analysts led by Gautam Chhugani reiterated an Outperform rating and $140 price target on Circle Internet Group, arguing that USDC can continue its growth cycle even if Congress fails to pass the CLARITY Act. The target represented approximately 59% upside from C

According to onchain data tracked by market analysts, Ceffu withdrew 1,524 BTC (worth $117.89 million) and 59,484 ETH (approximately $145.92 million) from Binance on Aug. 24, completing the $263.8 million transaction within 30 minutes after depositing 136.54 million USDC to the exchange. Ceffu, Bina

Bitmine Immersion Technologies purchased 32,447 ETH last week as of Aug. 23, extending a buying streak that began when the company launched its ethereum treasury strategy on June 30, 2025. The acquisition occurred as ether surged 30% in its largest weekly advance in more than a year. Bitmine now

According to Bitmine's statement via PR Newswire, the company bought 32,447 ETH last week as of August 23, lifting its total holdings to 5.85 million ETH, worth approximately $14.3 billion at current prices. This represents roughly 4.8% of Ethereum's estimated 120.7 million-token supply, bringing Bi

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a US soldier accused of making more than $400,000 through allegedly illegal trades on prediction market platform Polymarket, opposed the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission's attempt to file an amicus brief in his criminal case through a Monday filing in the US District

According to ChainCatcher, U.S. soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke was charged in April with fraud for allegedly using non-public information to trade on Polymarket event contracts related to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's removal and profit over $400,000. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (C

According to Bitget, Bitcoin fell below 79,000 USDT to 78,975.01 USDT today, down 1.60% intraday.

According to Foresight News, cross-chain protocol warp.green has confirmed a vulnerability in its ERC-20 bridge located in the Chia-side module, which has been exploited. The breach resulted in the loss of 93,000 USDC (comprising 85,000 wUSDC.b and 8,000 wUSDC). The attacker has converted the

According to Morpho, the Lend Callbacks feature is now live, allowing unfilled fixed-rate limit orders in the lending market to earn floating-rate yields while awaiting execution. Users can now submit higher fixed-rate offers while maintaining floating-rate income as a yield

Solana processed roughly 1.32 billion non-vote transactions between Aug. 17 and 23, 2026, setting an all-time record for weekly network activity, according to data from analytics firm Blockworks. The exact figure came in at 1,318,488,650 transactions for the seven-day span. The surge was driven by a

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland released a working paper this month examining cryptocurrency investment behavior among U.S. households. On July 14, researchers Bernardo Candia, Michael Weber, Olivier Coibion, and Yuriy Gorodnichenko published findings from repeated large-scale surveys of

According to Blockworks, Solana processed 1.32 billion non-vote transactions in the week of Aug. 17-23, 2026, setting an all-time record for weekly network activity. The figure exceeds Solana's previous peaks from earlier in 2026, when weekly activity had approached but not surpassed the 1 billion m

According to a working paper released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland on July 14, a study based on surveys of approximately 25,000 U.S. households found that cryptocurrency investors have distinctly different risk perceptions compared to non-crypto holders. Crypto investors expected an

According to an August 24 SEC filing, Strive purchased 1,110 Bitcoin worth approximately $81.5 million at an average price of $73,409 per BTC during the week ending August 21. The purchases increased the asset manager's total Bitcoin holdings from 20,246 BTC to 21,356 BTC, worth around $1.7