Ethereum

Bitcoin surged 23% to $77,559 this week on institutional ETF buying tied to U.S. debt concerns and Trump's push for crypto regulation.

Ethereum's "Tapered Issuance Burn" proposal to cut staking rewards at 50% supply staked ignites debate over validator incentives and DeFi protocol health.

Open interest in Ethereum derivatives is rising, but the concentration of retail longs at 72.1 percent historically precedes sharp volatility.

A two-day rally wiped out over $4 billion in short positions, with Bitcoin hitting $70K for the first time since June and Ethereum leading gains on spot ETF demand and Treasury liquidity.

Ethereum's proposed cut to staking rewards faces opposition from staking providers and DeFi builders who warn of reduced decentralization and disruption to lending protocols.

Grayscale research identifies Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain as prime beneficiaries from new SEC rules enabling token-based fundraising in the U.S.

The billion-dollar stablecoin issuance signals potential capital deployment across exchanges and DeFi protocols as Bitcoin and Ethereum rally.

Hyperbot data shows 10 of 11 new whale positions over $1M are long ETH, with the largest single bet a 25,000 ETH long worth roughly $47.93M.

An unknown wallet locked over $61 million into Ethereum's proof-of-stake system on Aug. 17, adding 1,012 new validators in a single transaction.

Fundstrat's Tom Lee, now BitMine chairman, says tokenization and agentic AI will drive the ETH/BTC ratio well above its current 0.02994 reading.

Spot bitcoin ETFs posted back-to-back outflows for the first time since late July, erasing last week's price gains as BTC slides below $63,000.

Rising open interest signals disciplined positioning in Ethereum derivatives, while leveraged ETF volumes in traditional finance point to a large addressable market for equity perps.

Crypto holders can borrow against Bitcoin and Ethereum at up to 75 percent LTV, keeping positions intact and avoiding taxable sales.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net redemptions Aug. 12 while spot Ethereum ETFs attracted fresh capital, signaling divergent institutional positioning.

Circle is pitching cirBTC as neutral institutional collateral, but the token has captured a negligible slice of the wrapped Bitcoin market since its June 8 launch.

Staked ETH has climbed from 30.0 percent of total supply in January to an all-time high of 34.4 percent, with large holders committing capital for the long term.

Circle's EURC commands $526M of the $810M euro stablecoin market, with Ethereum hosting nearly 70 percent of total supply across 20 chains.

A record 41.41 million ETH is now staked—33.98 percent of total supply—while the 7-day staking APR has dropped to 2.66 percent, its lowest since 2023.

The deal expands Goldman's active ETF assets to $80 billion, folding Neos's Bitcoin and Ethereum income strategies into its $130 billion global platform.

An Aug. 11 SEC filing seeks to add quarterly cash distributions to FETH, positioning the fund to stake up to 100 percent of its Ethereum holdings.

A Bank of Russia draft directive permits public exchange access for three major digital assets, imposing a 300,000-ruble annual cap for non-qualified investors while excluding XRP.

The proposal would cut new ETH issuance to zero once 50 percent of supply is staked, alarming DeFi builders and institutional stakers.

Vitalik Buterin compared the Foundation's updated Strawmap to the 2023 roadmap, flagging Privacy Pools, quantum defenses and the Lean Ethereum initiative as new core priorities.

Public token sales raised $1.42 billion year-to-date in 2026, but Q2 collapsed 85 percent to $58 million—the weakest quarter for ICOs, IDOs and IEOs in five years.

An Aug. 9 attack stripped more than $8 million from Coinsbuy wallets, with 79 percent of stolen funds routed through FixedFloat and ChangeNOW.

The $24.36 million purchase extends Bitmine's 58-week accumulation streak as the firm targets 5 percent of Ethereum's total supply.

Joseph Chalom says the proposal to burn consensus-layer rewards as staked ETH rises would eliminate validator issuance and raise capital costs across DeFi.

Ethereum holds $161 billion in supply and leads transfer volume, while Solana and Tron capture high-throughput payments and emerging-market remittances.

TokenWorks generated $1.53M in daily fees at peak, attracting users with NFT-backed gacha mechanics while drawing skepticism over long-term demand.

XRP's 5 percent weekly decline deepens as its ETFs pull in just $1 million versus hundreds of millions for Bitcoin and Ether funds, with a key regulatory bill stalled until at least mid-September.

The Tapered Issuance Burn proposal from Justin Drake and Jerome de Tychey draws opposition from Lido, Ether.fi and Bitwise over DeFi collateral risk and monetary policy credibility.

Address 0x6A53, dormant since the 2014 presale, sent 0.1 ETH to Coinbase — the first on-chain movement from a wallet holding 2,000 ETH acquired at a $620 entry.

Tokenized RWAs hit a record $34 billion, up from $5.4 billion at the start of 2025, with U.S. Treasuries and cash equivalents driving roughly 80 percent of that total.

On-chain data shows wallet 0x7378 acquired 3.91 million LIT over two months at an average price of $2.33, aligning with broader whale accumulation.

The 1TS initiative grants Freedom of the Press Foundation funding to develop an open-source tool that verifies website code against what developers originally published.

The anonymous wallet secured 27,000 ETH through Galaxy Digital's over-the-counter desk in its first major capital deployment in three months.

BitMine's total holdings fell $500M to $11.3B as a lower ETH mark offset a week of accumulation, bringing its staked position to 4.9M ETH yielding $247M annualized.

The draft proposal would burn a rising fraction of validator rewards as more ETH is staked, eliminating issuance incentives beyond 50 percent of supply.

ETH staked on the consensus layer has climbed from 30.0 percent at the start of 2026, with exchange reserves falling to 14.9 million ETH.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $102.33 million in net inflows on Aug. 4, flipping the seven-day flow positive, while Ethereum ETFs shed another $12.27 million.

BNB Chain holds 30 percent of the $2.3 billion tokenized stock market while Solana commands 67 percent of tokenized ETF activity.

Monthly spot trading on centralized exchanges fell to $679 billion in April 2026, the lowest since October 2023, as the Fear & Greed Index hit extreme fear.

TokenWorks' FWA protocol generated $1.53 million in daily fees at its July 25 peak, briefly surpassing Tether and Circle in blockspace consumption.

The NYSE-listed Ethereum treasury company spent $73 million on ETH over the past week, lifting total reserves to 5.74 million ETH.

Ethereum perpetual futures markets show gradual open interest growth, stable funding rates and diversified positioning across centralized and decentralized exchanges.

High-frequency derivatives volume is consolidating on faster, cheaper scaling networks, forcing Ethereum to own its role as a base layer.

Non-empty wallet count surged from 150 million in early 2025, driven by ETF inflows and Layer 2 expansion across DeFi and NFT platforms.

Bitcoin climbs 4 percent on the week while AI stocks sell off, with Ethereum at a two-month high and the Fear & Greed Index flashing 29.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs shed $225.2 million on July 23, snapping a seven-day inflow streak, as BlackRock's IBIT accounted for $202.5 million of the exit.

Friday's $70.6 million withdrawal ended a five-day inflow streak, though the funds still netted $103.9 million for the week ending July 25.