Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

Bitcoin exchange balances increased by approximately 28,000 BTC after reaching a low on July 28, Santiment Intelligence reported on Aug. 17. The rebound reversed roughly 84% of a prior six-week decline that had removed about 33,000 BTC from exchanges between June 12 and July 28. Santiment's Supply o

The UK's Telegraph reported on August 18 that Binance is reportedly planning to apply for a license from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The company plans to submit its application as the UK's new digital asset law takes effect, with the goal of resuming some UK services as early as 2027. The crypto regulatory framework published by the FCA in June this year allows industry participants to submit authorization applications starting in September 2026, with a deadline of February 28, 202

According to Foresight News, NAVI Protocol launched the NAVI Prime lending framework on Sui on August 18. The framework introduces independently curated lending markets, each with customized risk frameworks, collateral methodologies, and market parameters. This modular approach enables

According to BlockBeats, citing GMGN data, CASHCAT, a Meme token in the Robinhood Chain ecosystem, broke through $0.105 on August 18, now trading at $0.1054. The token rose 9.47% over the past 24 hours.

According to Coinglass data reported by ChainCatcher, the crypto market experienced $212 million in liquidations over the past 24 hours. Short positions accounted for $175 million in liquidations, while long positions totaled $36.99 million. Bitcoin saw $8.16 million in short liquidations

According to BlockBeats, on Aug 18, the issuing address of 「牛来」 issued two new tokens 「牛来了」 and 「Moo」 13 hours ago, with market caps of $26,500 and $17,300 respectively, per GMGN data.

According to Lookonchain, whale address 0x8447 withdrew 5,000 ETH from Kraken today (August 18) and staked the assets, valued at approximately $9.53 million. Combined with 5,300 ETH withdrawn yesterday, the address accumulated a total of 10,657 ETH (approximately $20.07 million) over the two-day

According to Odaily, FOMO's spot trading volume surpassed $100 million for the first time today (August 18), as announced by FOMO co-founder Paul on X.

Bitcoin (BTC) has seen a slight rebound, temporarily trading at around $64,310 on August 18. According to an official press release issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Treasury has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking under the GENIUS Act, seeking public comment on regulations governing the issuance, provision, and sale of payment stablecoins in the United States. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency conditionally approved Trump family-backed World Liberty Financial’s a

According to bits.media, Moscow Exchange plans to launch perpetual futures for Bitcoin and Ethereum to professional investors on August 18. The derivatives exchange also intends to expand tradable cryptocurrencies to ten assets. The exchange previously introduced crypto derivatives in summer 2025, c

According to Galaxy Research's Q2 2026 report, crypto margin lending declined 16.78% to $56.16 billion, marking a 40.13% decline from the peak of $78.69 billion in Q3 2025. DeFi lending fell 27.61% to $20.43 billion, while CeFi borrowing dropped 9.62% to $22.98 billion—the first time CeFi exceeded D

According to Lighthouse data, Meme coin 'Bull Arrives' briefly surpassed Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse in China's daily box office rankings on August 18, with the movie's real-time box office reaching 2.3 million Chinese yuan. On-chain data from GMGN shows the token on BNB Chain is now

According to Payward, the Kraken parent company plans to scan for vulnerabilities across all Payward environments using Claude Mythos 5 over the coming weeks. Findings will be integrated directly into its existing security

According to Cointelegraph, Binance plans to apply for a license from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and is expected to restart services in the country in 2027. The FCA prohibited Binance Markets Limited from conducting regulated activities in the UK in June 2021, and Binance halted new

Onchain Lens reported on Aug. 18 that a dormant wallet that received Bitcoin in 2011 transferred 8.54 BTC (approximately $539k) to the crypto exchange Kraken after remaining inactive for more than 15 years. Based on BTC’s price of approximately $14 when it was received, its value has increased approximately 4,600-fold. Onchain Lens: Dormant 2011 Wallet Transfers 8.54 BTC (Source: Arkham) According to data from on-chain monitoring platform Onchain Lens on Aug. 18, 2026, an old wallet that receive

According to Bitcoin.com, Russia's Central Bank unveiled new draft rules on August 18 requiring brokers, trust companies, forex dealers, and crypto exchanges to include crypto asset holdings in their capital calculations, with crypto holdings capped at no more than 25% of total capital. The holdings

Bitcoin rebounded to around $64,360 on August 18, driven by macroeconomic conditions, including a rise to 69% in the market-implied probability that the Fed will leave interest rates unchanged in September. Meanwhile, the 2-year U.S. Treasury yield has fallen by approximately 20 bps since July 23. BTSE COO Jeff Mei said ETF outflows last week caused early weakness in Bitcoin and Ethereum, while noting that traders still favor AI stocks. Details of Four U.S. Macro Data Releases A few weeks ago, t

According to Onchain Lens, a newly created wallet withdrew 57,000 HYPE (approximately $3.36 million) from Coinbase on August 18.

According to Decrypt, security firm Bitdefender warned that pirated downloads of the Hollywood film 'Odyssey' have been injected with Lumma Stealer malware, which can steal cryptocurrency wallets, passwords, and browser data from users. The malicious files began spreading days after the movie's

According to Santiment Intelligence on August 17, approximately 28,000 bitcoins flowed back to exchanges, lifting balances to six-week highs. Exchange BTC holdings rose from about 1.304 million on July 28 to approximately 1.332 million on August 16, reversing 84% of prior outflows. During the