Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Semafor, Donald Trump is expected to meet with Paradigm, a leading crypto venture capital firm, to discuss prediction markets. The specific timing of the meeting has not been disclosed. The sit-down comes days before a White House gathering scheduled for August 19, 2026, that will

On August 10, over 40 cryptocurrency companies, coordinated by the Bitcoin Policy Institute, published an open letter demanding frontier AI laboratories provide controlled access to advanced models for Bitcoin security researchers. Signatories include Block, Coinbase, Galaxy, Kraken, Ledger,

According to the announcement, NEAR Protocol's NEAR AI division launched a 'Staking for NEAR AI' feature on July 30, and within two weeks, users locked up more than 500,000 NEAR tokens to fund confidential AI workloads. Under the model, users stake NEAR tokens and receive recurring compute credits—s

The Stellar Development Foundation upgraded MoneyGram, Figure Markets, and Range to Tier 1 validators on July 16, 2026, with the integration expected to complete by mid-August. Tier 1 status places these validators at the top of Stellar's trust hierarchy, requiring them to operate geographically

A hacker broke into France's General Directorate of Public Finances in late June and extracted taxpayer data belonging to approximately 678,000 people, according to the country's Finance Minister and FrenchBreaches platform. The stolen database includes nearly 27,000 individuals with tax income of a

According to France's Finance Minister, a cyberattack on the General Directorate of Public Finances in late June exposed data belonging to 678,437 people, including hundreds with annual income above €1 million. The stolen data contains names, birthdates, home

Binance has begun blocking transactions involving 16 cryptocurrency exchanges and service providers as of August 7, with restrictions on HTX and 10 others taking effect August 23, under EU, UK, and U.S. sanctions linked to Russia and Iran. Five entities have already been restricted: Shelbit, Aban

Dartmouth College's $9 billion endowment saw its crypto-related investments fall by more than $2 million between March 31 and June 30, according to a Thursday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The value drop from $14.6 million to $12.4 million—a decline of approximately

SharpLink, a Miami-based digital asset treasury company, announced Thursday it will stake $200 million of Ethereum through Lido, the largest liquid-staking protocol on Ethereum. The allocation represents approximately 106,000 ETH, roughly 12% of the 888,938 ETH SharpLink held as of August 3, 2026. T

According to The Block, Cboe BZX Exchange filed a rule change proposal with the SEC on Friday seeking approval to list six leveraged commodity ETFs, including 3x daily Bitcoin and Ether products. The funds will also cover 3x Gold, Silver, Crude Oil, and Natural Gas, with each designed to deliver

On Thursday, digital asset treasury company SharpLink announced it will stake $200 million of Ethereum through Lido's liquid-staking protocol, receiving wrapped staked ETH (wstETH). The allocation represents approximately 106,000 ETH, or roughly 12% of SharpLink's ~889,000 ETH holdings as of early

The European Central Bank reported on August 13 that just 0.2% of euro area companies selling goods and services online accept cryptocurrency. The finding emerged from a survey of 8,205 businesses across all 21 euro area countries conducted between February 23 and April 10, covering retail,

According to the European Central Bank's August 13 report, just 0.2% of euro area companies that sell goods and services online accept cryptocurrency. The survey, conducted by Ipsos between February and April 2026, covered 8,205 businesses across 21 euro area countries in retail, restaurants,

According to HTX, SOL fell below $75 to $74.99 in the past 24 hours, down 1.43%.

Payward, the parent company of Kraken, reported $508 million in adjusted revenue for the second quarter, representing a 17% year-over-year increase despite a 13% decline in total transaction volume to $310 billion. The company released its earnings report on Friday, showing funded accounts

According to Friday's earnings report, Kraken parent Payward reported $508 million in adjusted revenue for Q2, up 17% year over year, despite total transaction volume falling 13% to $310 billion. Funded accounts increased 42% to 6.6 million, and the company remained adjusted EBITDA positive at $23 m

According to HTX market data, Bitcoin broke below $63,000 today, trading at $62,982.45 with a 24-hour decline of 0.37%.

According to SEC filings surfaced in early August, Fidelity Investments filed a Form S-3 registration statement on July 24, 2026, to convert its spot Ethereum ETF (FETH) from a passive price tracker into a product earning staking income. The proposal permits FETH to stake up to 100% of its ether

According to the announcement, South Korea's major exchanges Upbit and Bithumb announced the delisting of three tokens—Storj (STORJ), ThunderCore (TT), and JasmyCoin (JASMY)—effective September 14 at 09:00. Trading support will cease on that date due to unresolved issues that previously

The Treasury Department proposed anti-money-laundering and customer-identification rules for permitted payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act, with comment deadlines of June 9, 2026 and August 21, 2026. FinCEN and OFAC require issuers to identify direct customers, monitor suspicious