Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Foresight News, Ripple has partnered with Jeonbuk Bank to enable near real-time cross-border remittances using Ripple Payments, making the bank the first regional financial institution in South Korea to deploy the service. The collaboration replaces traditional multi-intermediary

According to Foresight News, Morpho has launched Morpho Midnight, an open-source quoter bot that enables two-sided market quotations around a reference rate. Users can fork, configure, and enhance the bot according to their own quoting strategies, with the code repository now publicly

Edward Zimbardi, the alleged mastermind behind a $165 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, was deported from Fiji on Friday and returned to the United States to face federal fraud and money laundering charges. The US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced Monday that

According to the US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia, Edward Zimbardi, the alleged mastermind of a $165 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, was deported from Fiji on Friday and returned to the United States on Monday to face federal fraud and money laundering

According to Odaily, Asseto Finance deployed PGNGI+ on the Pharos chain today, bringing the first on-chain exposure linked to global private infrastructure investments to the network's RealFi ecosystem. PGNGI+ is anchored to Partners

Gate News reports that, according to an official Gate announcement, Gate ETF will launch four trading pairs: WDC3L/USDT, WDC3S/USDT, AXTI3L/USDT, and AXTI3S/USDT. WDC3L/USDT and WDC3S/USDT are 3x long and 3x short products for WDC, respectively, while AXTI3L/USDT and AXTI3S/USDT are 3x long and 3x short products for AXTI, respectively. Trading will open on August 18, 2026, at 15:00 (UTC+8), with an initial NAV of 1 USDT. Gate ETF products feature an automatic rebalancing mechanism that adjusts t

Gate News reports that, based on publicly disclosed information as of August 19, 2026, UNITREE (Unitree Robotics, 688836.SH) will complete its initial public offering and listing on that date. Once the stock price stabilizes, Gate will migrate the UNITREEUSDT pre-market perpetual contract to the official UNITREEUSDT perpetual contract. Futures trading and existing positions will not be affected during the migration. The official UNITREEUSDT perpetual contract will support 1x–50x leverage for bot

According to SEC filings, Brevan Howard Capital Management reduced its iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) position from 24.3 million shares to 7.21 million shares in Q2, a reduction of approximately 70.4%, with an ending value of about $240 million. Over the same period, Graham Capital Management cut its

According to Foresight News, Saturn Foundation will migrate USDat collateral to a new M0 issuer starting August 19 at 11 a.m. ET. Minting and redemptions are expected to pause for 3-5 hours during the migration, with a maximum possible duration of 24 hours. The overall migration is projected to

According to Arbitrum, Robinhood Chain accumulated $5 million in fees since launching over one month ago. Built on Arbitrum technology, the chain supports programmable finance applications and provides execution infrastructure for Robinhood's on-chain

World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency firm closely tied to the Trump family, partnered with Hong Kong-based startup WorldClaw, which provides AI models developed by Chinese companies on US government blacklists. The arrangement allows WorldClaw to accept World Liberty Financial's crypto tokens a

According to Binance's official announcement, the exchange will suspend Conflux Network (CFX) deposits and withdrawals starting August 25 at 07:00 UTC+8 to support the network's upgrade and hard fork. The network upgrade and hard fork are scheduled to occur at 08:00 UTC+8 on the same

According to RootData, ChainOpera (COAI) will unlock approximately 8.32 million tokens worth around $2.53 million on August 25 at 00:00 Beijing time.

Convano, the parent company of Japanese nail salon brand FASTNAIL, ended its Bitcoin reserve strategy at a loss. The company’s shares traded at 110 yen as of August 17, down 46.26% over the past year. They briefly fell below 100 yen to 99 yen during trading on August 13. Convano completed the sale of all its Bitcoin holdings on August 10, recognizing a loss of approximately 298 million yen on the sale. Convano’s Bitcoin Purchase Records Convano’s board of directors approved the launch of its Bit

According to DefiLlama data, real-world asset (RWA) deposits in DeFi protocols have grown from 12 million dollars three years ago to nearly 4 billion dollars today, representing a 300-fold increase.

Bitcoin developer Calle used the Chinese AI model Kimi K3 to complete a large-scale vulnerability scan of open-source code related to Bitcoin and the Lightning Network in approximately two weeks, uncovering security issues that had accumulated over decades. In accordance with responsible disclosure principles, the affected projects and technical details have not yet been made public. The scan costs approximately $10k per day in computing power. Responsible Disclosure Principles: Affected Project

BitMart’s official Chinese-language X account published an open letter on August 17, demanding that founder Sheldon Xia and partner Nancy (Yi) Li publicly disclose the platform’s assets, liabilities, available reserves, and the status of user funds by August 19, and submit a specific, executable repayment plan. If verifiable asset disclosures and a repayment plan were not provided by the deadline, the poster threatened to submit the evidence to regulators in various jurisdictions. Five Major Dem

According to Coinglass, 39.05 million USDT transferred from an unknown wallet to Coinbase on August 18 at 10:37 UTC.

Taiwanese entertainer “Machi Big Brother” Huang Licheng held approximately 4,290 ETH in long positions on Hyperliquid as of August 17, using 25x leverage. The position had a notional value of approximately $8.18M, with an average entry price of approximately $1,894.8. During the same period, Huang Licheng sold three Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFTs. Huang Licheng’s Latest Holdings Data on August 17: 4,290 ETH (Source: Hyperdash) According to the HyperDash account snapshot on August 17, Huang Lic

According to Guru Club, Bitcoin broke above $64,000 on August 17, rising 1.83% during the day.