Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

Gen Z traders on Binance allocated 25% of their equity trading volume to exchange-traded funds in early August, according to Binance Research. ETFs accounted for 21.9% of Gen Z net equity inflows in July, up from 18.5% in June, while individual stock allocations fell to 74.2% from 77%. The

Kalshi removed all sports mention markets as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) opened a review of the category, according to NPR citing two people with direct knowledge who spoke anonymously. Trump markets account for 82% of the $1.16M in visible volume still listed on Kalshi.

According to NPR, Kalshi removed all sports mention markets on August 13 as the CFTC opened a formal review of the platform's prediction markets. Trump-related contracts account for 82% of the $1.16 million in visible trading volume remaining on Kalshi, NPR reported, citing two people with direct

President Donald Trump-backed World Liberty Financial secured conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Friday to become a national trust bank. The OCC granted World Liberty Trust Company, National Association preliminary approval after determining the proposal

According to FrenchBreaches, France's tax authority DGFiP suffered a data breach in June, exposing records of 678,437 people and businesses, including Bitcoin holders. The leaked database reportedly contains names, birth details, addresses, income figures, tax identifiers, family information, and

Ireland's government released its first National Anti-Money Laundering, Countering Financing of Terrorism and Countering Proliferation Financing Strategy in a Thursday notice. The comprehensive strategy details how the country will address digital assets potentially used for illicit purposes,

On Thursday (August 13), Ireland's government released its first National Anti-Money Laundering Strategy, introducing new compliance requirements for crypto-asset service providers to combat illicit fund flows and terrorism financing. The strategy mandates enhanced due diligence on transfers

Ethereum researchers have proposed EIP-8363, a mechanism that would burn an increasing share of validator rewards as more ETH enters staking. Roughly 41.9 million ETH is currently staked, representing approximately 34% to 35% of the network's supply according to August data from StakingRewards and v

As staking reached 34.76% of Ethereum's supply on August 14, researchers proposed EIP-8363 to cut validator rewards through tapered issuance burns. Roughly 41.9 million ETH is currently staked, with EIP-8363 aiming to reduce consensus-layer validator yield from approximately 2.6% to 1.2% after

FG Nexus (FGNX), a US-based digital asset treasury company, sold all of its Ethereum (ETH) and wrapped staked ETH (wstETH) holdings as of June 30, 2026, according to a recent SEC filing reported by The Block. The exit followed $41.167 million in losses from ETH investments during the first half of 2

According to The Block and SEC filings, Nasdaq-listed digital asset treasury company FG Nexus divested all of its Ethereum and staked ETH (wstETH) assets as of June 30, 2026, approximately one year after launching its ETH-focused treasury strategy. In its latest quarterly SEC report, FG Nexus

According to Binance spot data reported by ChainCatcher, HOME declined 15.27% in 24 hours on August 14, marking the largest decline among major assets. Meanwhile, GUN surged 12.5% in the same period and reached a new daily

HTX founder Justin Sun claimed late Friday that Binance's restrictions on his exchange apply only to users in the UK and the European Union, contradicting Binance's own notice which set no geographic limits. Sun made the statement hours after Binance announced it would blacklist HTX effective

On Friday, Justin Sun claimed that Binance's restrictions on HTX involve only UK and EU users, contradicting Binance's own announcement which sets no geographic limits. Sun stated he has communicated with Binance and that HTX is already in settlement negotiations with UK and EU regulatory

Bitcoin surged past $63,000 today, marking a 0.03% gain over the past 24 hours.

Bitcoin fell below $63,000 on Friday for the second consecutive day, reaching an intraday low of $62,470 before recovering to trade just above $63,000 as of 1:20 p.m. EST. The decline coincided with spot exchange-traded fund outflows topping $131 million on Thursday and $32 million in leveraged

Dunamu, operator of South Korea's largest crypto exchange Upbit, reported an 85% collapse in operating profit for the second quarter, according to its filing with the Financial Supervisory Service on August 14. Quarterly operating profit fell to 23.5 billion won (approximately $17 million)

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a net outflow of approximately $144.6 million on August 10, 2026, ending a five-session inflow streak that accumulated roughly $853.5 million between August 3 and August 7, according to Farside Investors data. The reversal marked a shift in demand patterns after

Mizuho analysts cut their price target for BitGo (BTGO) to $11 from $14 this week, while maintaining an Outperform rating on the crypto custodian's shares. The stock was trading at $5.61 as of the analysts' report, according to The Block's price data. Despite the lower target, Mizuho believes

According to Reuters, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission canceled its open meeting scheduled for August 14 at 10:00 AM due to an unforeseen scheduling issue. The meeting was intended to discuss the long-awaited "Regulation Crypto Assets" framework governing initial public offering