Exchange
Upbit volume hits 1.15 trillion won during flash crash
Upbit reportedly processed 1.15 trillion won in one hour as a crypto flash crash liquidated $523 million in leveraged positions.
News
Brad Garlinghouse
Ripple CEO says U.S. crypto rules near decisive test
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says U.S. crypto clarity is closer as regulators issue guidance and CLARITY approaches a Senate test.
Exchange
Zondacrypto collapse leaves founder missing, CEO abroad
Zondacrypto faces a Polish fraud investigation after its shutdown stranded customers and exposed estimated losses above $95 million.
Adoption
South Korea advances crypto access for 3,500 companies
South Korea has advanced a three-part digital-finance program covering crypto accounts for about 3,500 companies, legal recognition for tokenized securities, and deposit-token trials involving nine banks.…
News
STRC stays below $100 as Jain questions 12% yield
Strategy’s STRC preferred stock has remained below its $100 stated value at $95.31 despite Bitcoin’s rally to about $77,125, prompting Multicoin Capital co-founder Tushar Jain to…
News
MANTRA Chain resumes blocks after Cosmos-EVM fix
MANTRA Chain has resumed block production after deploying version 8.4.0 to fix a Cosmos-EVM vulnerability that kept its mainnet unable to process transactions for about 30…
DeFi Exploit
SAND bridge exploit contained after unbacked token mint
The Sandbox has contained a cross-chain bridge vulnerability that allowed an attacker to mint unbacked SAND on Base and BNB Smart Chain, with the project estimating…
Market Sentiment
NFT sales surge 170% to $95.5M on $55M Pandora trade
The NFT market recorded $95.48 million in sales over the past seven days, rising 170% as a single $55.03 million transaction involving the hybrid NFT project…
News
Crypto VC funding: ZeroStack secures $1B, Ripple raises $275M
Crypto and blockchain companies announced approximately $1.298 billion across six disclosed transactions between Aug. 16 and Aug. 22, 2026. ZeroStack accounted for most of the total…
News
South Korea deploys real-time AI crypto surveillance
South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service has deployed a real-time AI system that scans trading data, news and online content to flag suspected crypto price manipulation. AI…