Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

Bitcoin Magazine reported on August 19 that Galaxy Research analyst Alex Thorn said the identities of the attackers behind the first wave of the Coldcard theft “may have been identified by law enforcement.” The 1,082.65 BTC stolen in the first wave, worth approximately $118 million, remain intact in the attackers’ addresses to this day. Block’s Key Clue: Service Provider’s Internal Logs Closely Matched the Attack Pattern Block’s Clay Garrett explained the full investigation process in a July 31

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, Ondo team-linked addresses have allegedly sold $29.94 million in ONDO over the past 30 days as of August 19. Two multi-signature addresses deposited approximately $4.42 million worth of tokens to Coinbase within the past 10 hours, while the team-linked addresses

According to RootData, Huma Finance (HUMA) will unlock approximately 45.876 million tokens worth around $9.42 million on August 26 at 1 PM UTC+8.

According to RootData, AltLayer (ALT) will unlock approximately 246.59 million tokens worth roughly $1.44 million on August 26 at 8 AM Beijing time.

According to The Block, White House crypto advisor Patrick Witt expressed optimism on Tuesday regarding the CLARITY Act's final passage, with a procedural vote scheduled for September 15. Senate Majority Leader Thune arranged the voting timeline, and Witt indicated plans to address remaining

According to ChainCatcher, stablecoin infrastructure platform Interlace has formally established an office in Brazil and assembled a local team to further expand its Latin America market footprint. The platform plans to connect local financial institutions, cross-border trade platforms, digital asse

According to Ripple, yesterday (Aug. 18), Jeonbuk Bank became Korea's first regional lender to deploy Ripple Payments for cross-border remittances. The platform settles payments within seconds or minutes—significantly faster than traditional routes that pass through multiple intermediary banks

According to The Block, Solana Policy Institute CEO Miller Whitehouse-Levine said at the 2026 Wyoming Blockchain Summit that the Clarity Act has only a 10% probability of completing legislation before the midterm elections. Whitehouse-Levine characterized the bill as currently trapped in "August

Coinone, a South Korean virtual asset exchange, renewed its real-name verification account contract with Kakao Bank on the 19th, extending the partnership for one additional year until next August. The renewal follows Kakao Bank's on-site inspection confirming Coinone's anti-money laundering (AML) s

According to BlockBeats, Yushu Technology futures contracts recorded $6.31 million in liquidations over the past 4 hours on August 19, ranking first in network-wide liquidation volume. Short positions dominated, with the largest single liquidation exceeding $570,000. On trade.xyz, the token's 24-ho

According to official announcement, Gate migrated the UNITREEUSDT pre-launch perpetual futures contract to its live perpetual contract on August 19, following UNITREE (Unitree Robotics, 688836.SH) IPO listing. The live contract supports 1-50x leverage. Gate launched a UNITREE futures trading

According to Foresight News, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a new regulation titled "Regulation Crypto Assets" to provide a pathway for certain digital asset issuances to operate without complying with securities laws. The proposal includes three key provisions: a

According to Foresight News, peer-to-peer crypto exchange NoOnes announced on August 19 that it will shut down on August 22, 2026 at 7:59 UTC. Users must withdraw their funds by August 23. The platform attributed the closure to sanctions that resulted in the loss of key partners and caused

According to Foresight News, ZK verification layer project Aligned has opened queries for its Genesis Drop airdrop, allocating 8.74% of its 10 billion ALIGN token supply (approximately 874 million tokens) to the crypto and Ethereum communities. At token generation event (TGE), 3.88% of total supply

According to Decrypt, Swiss hardware wallet manufacturer BitBox discovered two critical firmware vulnerabilities and one bootloader issue during an internal AI audit on August 19, releasing the Dixence security update to address them. The flaws require combining phishing attacks with device

According to Bitcoin Magazine, investigators probing the July 2026 Coldcard hardware wallet breach have made progress on the first wave of attacks. Approximately 1,082.65 BTC (roughly $118 million) remains in attackers' addresses. Investigators discovered the perpetrators used a paid account from a

According to Yonhap News Agency, KakaoBank and cryptocurrency exchange Coinone announced the renewal of their real-name deposit account service contract, extending the agreement by one year through August 2027. The extension followed completion of on-site inspections and assessment of Coinone's

According to PANews, on August 19, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes disputed claims of an AI bubble in the agent economy, stating the bubble exists instead in debt issued for data center construction and stocks of unprofitable mega-scale enterprises and frontier labs. Hayes reiterated his full

Gate News reported on August 19 that, according to Gate market data, VENOM (Venom) was trading at $0.00922 as of press time, up 25.10% over the past 24 hours. The token reached a high of $0.01159 and a low of $0.0087, with 24-hour trading volume reaching $40.8k. Its current market cap is approximately $21.362 million. Venom is a Layer 0 asynchronous blockchain featuring dynamic sharding, strong scalability, and high efficiency. The project is focused on building global blockchain infrastructure

U.S. Attorney James McDonald and Assistant U.S. Attorney Allison Nichols for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) filed documents last Friday opposing former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky’s motion to vacate his fraud and market-manipulation convictions and 12-year sentence. They called his arguments “meritless” and argued that the court should dismiss the motion outright without a hearing or further investigation. Three Core SDNY Rebuttals in the Filing In the filing submitted Friday, SDNY pros