Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

Gate News bot message: Gate market data indicates that GT has broken above 7.5 USDT, with the current price at 7.5 USDT.

Gate News bot message: Gate market data shows that BTC has broken above 77,000 USDT and is currently trading at 77,036.8 USDT.

Strategy, the business intelligence firm turned Bitcoin treasury company, has climbed back above its average purchase price of $75,385 per BTC as Bitcoin pushed above $75,000. With Bitcoin trading at $75,613, Strategy's holdings of 840,447 BTC now show approximately $192 million in unrealized

According to a New York Times report cited by Reuters, two Binance employees were detained at airports in the United Arab Emirates in recent weeks as authorities examined potential financial crimes involving activity on the cryptocurrency exchange. Binance confirmed that the employees were

According to blockchain analytics platform Onchain Lens, the Royal Government of Bhutan transferred 490.87 BTC worth approximately $32.74 million to new wallets in the past 24 hours. A single transaction of 485 BTC, valued at roughly $32.31 million, accounted for nearly the entire amount, with

ANZ, one of Australia's largest lenders, has launched one of the first bank-issued stablecoins in the country as part of the Reserve Bank of Australia's Project Acacia pilot program. The stablecoin is designed to enable real-time settlement of tokenized deposits using blockchain-based

Gate News bot message: Gate market data shows BTC up 8.44% in 24 hours, currently priced at 76715 USDT.

According to BlockBeats, MicroStrategy's Bitcoin holdings surged in value by approximately $100 billion this week as BTC rebounded over 20% since August 14. The company holds 840,447 BTC currently valued at $641.9 billion, with an average cost basis

According to Upbit on August 21, South Korea's largest crypto exchange suspended deposits and withdrawals for MANTRA and listed it as a trading caution asset. The exchange cited unresolved or unrepaired security incidents affecting MANTRA's virtual asset wallets and distributed ledgers. Upbit

Min Byeong-deok, a second-term lawmaker of South Korea's Democratic Party, was appointed Senior Vice Chair of the party's Policy Committee on the 21st, according to a party personnel announcement. The appointment places Min in the Economic Division leadership role, where he will assist the Policy Co

According to an announcement by South Korea's Democratic Party on Aug 21, two-term lawmaker Min Byung-deok was appointed as deputy chief of the party's policy committee for economic affairs. The position gives Min oversight of legislative planning and cryptocurrency-related policymaking. Min is

According to OKX, BOME surged over 30% today, breaking $0.0014 for the first time. The token is now trading at $0.00141.

Solana is preparing to reduce blockchain finality from approximately 12.8 seconds to around 150 milliseconds through Alpenglow, a consensus overhaul expected to reach mainnet with the Agave 4.3 validator release in October 2026. The upgrade would reduce transaction finality time by approximately 98.

According to CoinGecko, Upbit's trading volume surged 223.8% to $1.67 billion over the past 24 hours.

According to Anza, Solana's core development company, the network plans to deploy Alpenglow in October 2026 as part of the Agave 4.3 validator release, cutting blockchain finality from approximately 12.8 seconds to around 150 milliseconds. The upgrade represents a 98.8% reduction in time required

According to ChainCatcher, BitMEX co-founder and Maelstrom fund head Arthur Hayes said Ethereum is his largest holding after Bitcoin. Hayes noted that ETH, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap that has yet to break its 2021 all-time high, offers favorable risk-reward dynamics compared to

Gate News bot message: Gate market data shows GT has risen 10.05% over the past 24 hours, with a current price of 7.44 USDT.

According to CoinGecko data, over the past 24 hours, XRP, BTC, and USDT ranked as the top three tokens by trading volume on Upbit. XRP led with 22.93% of trading volume and approximately $416 million in trading amount, followed by BTC at 14.60% and $265 million, and USDT at 13.81% and $250 million.

According to Coinglass data cited by ChainCatcher, ETH global open interest grew 5.32% in the past 24 hours to a total of $317.18 billion. By exchange, Binance holds $85.36 billion, Gate holds $26.23 billion, Bybit holds $21.24 billion, and OKX holds $16.55 billion.

Six XRP Ledger amendments introduced with the xrpld 3.3.0 software release on August 6 have reached the end of their initial two-week validator voting window. The amendments — BatchV1_1, ConfidentialTransfer, DynamicMPT, PermissionDelegationV1_1, Sponsor and fixCleanup3_3_0 — target privacy,