Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, has announced plans to add ETH and USDT as collateral assets. The volume of cryptocurrency transactions in the first year reached 46 trillion won (4 trillion rubles), and is projected to reach 87 trillion won by 2029. With the Russian cryptocurrency law taking effect on September 1st, there is growing attention to the potential for increased institutional demand.

Telegram is launching its own custodial Gram wallet as the default wallet Walt is a full-fledged platform that supports over 300 assets and over 70 derivative products Telegram is restructuring its cryptocurrency ecosystem, which currently has 1 billion users, into a dual structure

Two DeFi protocols, Tectonic and Moonwell, suffered approximately $8.4 million in losses within just four days. Tectonic experienced a loss of $7.5 million, while Moonwell's loss amounted to $9.1 million. This incident revealed that the same type of oracle manipulation technique used in the Mango Markets incident in 2022 was still effective three years later.

In just two months, the firm acquired 4,603 Bitcoins for $370 million. The average purchase price was $83,18 per Bitcoin, with a total holding of 845,050 Bitcoins and a total acquisition cost of $63.3 billion. The resumption of large-scale corporate purchases is noteworthy as a signal of institutional demand in the market.

DeFi lending protocol Tectonic hacked, causing a complete shutdown of the Cronos chain. On-chain researchers estimate the losses at approximately $75 million. Before the shutdown, about $6 million worth of Ethereum was bridged out. 97.5% of the total DeFi deposits on Cronos have evaporated, and the timeline for recovery is currently undetermined

The U.S. Department of the Treasury proposes rules requiring due diligence for foreign stablecoins, in accordance with the GENIUS Act. Platform review criteria will be implemented starting January 2027, while stricter requirements for issuers will apply from July 2028. Without explicit permission, exchanges must independently determine whether to maintain the listing of assets like USDT

Solana proposes doubling the annual disinflation rate, with SGP-0002 approved. The proposal passed with 176.29 million SOL in favor (72.7%) and 66.19 million SOL against, exceeding the threshold of approximately 14.64 million. While the direction of governance has been confirmed, the actual change in issuance will be implemented after the implementation of SIMD-0550

Solana validators have approved the SGP-0002 proposal, which doubles the annual disinflation rate, with a 67% approval. This will result in a reduction of approximately 18.9 million SOL tokens issued over the next 6 years, and the time it takes to reach the target inflation rate of 1.5% will be shortened from 5.7 years to 2.8 years. While this reduces the dilution effect for SOL holders, it also leads to a decrease in staking rewards, making it a double-edged sword for validators and delegators.

Solana's first binding on-chain governance vote has passed, approving the dual disinflation proposal With 67.0% voting in favor, the proposal narrowly passed the required threshold of 66.67%, effectively preventing the issuance of approximately 18.9 million additional SOL tokens With the anticipated decrease in SOL supply, there are expectations of favorable long-term price trends. However, the staking yield is projected to decrease from 5.25% to 2.25%

Shapeshift announces plans to list SOL, AVAX, and LINK following Bitcoin and Ethereum. The platform boasts the lowest fees in the industry, at 0.75% per transaction. The expansion of direct altcoin trading by major securities firms signals increased accessibility for institutional investors

Solana Network: All three governance proposals related to inflation and fee burning have been approved. SOL rose 44% in August, recovering to $105. DeFi Dev Corp purchased an additional 1.86 million SOL. Charles Schwab's SOL support plan, coupled with supply reduction and demand expansion, is creating positive momentum

KuckooCoin's indirect transactions on platforms like HTX, along with 17 other platforms, are now subject to stricter regulatory scrutiny. The measures will be implemented gradually between August 7th and 23rd, with Binance taking similar action on the same day. Even without direct transactions, account restrictions and withdrawal suspensions are possible. The scope of on-chain tracking remains undisclosed

BlackRock has lowered the minimum amount for converting IBIT shares into physical Bitcoin from $25 million to $1 million. Bitwise has also implemented a significant reduction, decreasing its conversion limit by 97%. This reduction in the barrier to entry for institutional investors holding self-custodied Bitcoin raises concerns about a further concentration of assets within ETFs

Over the past five trading days, approximately $7 billion has flowed into Bitcoin and gold ETFs, marking the largest capital inflow ever recorded GLD with $3.4 billion and IBIT with $1.5 billion... These two funds account for 70% of the total inflows U.S. national debt exceeds $40 trillion, reigniting demand for scarce assets

On August 26th, the Solana ETF in the United States recorded a net inflow of $9.1 million Weekly cumulative revenue reaches $74.8 million, indicating the strongest weekly performance of 2026 SOL recovers above $100 for the first time since February, surpassing a market capitalization of $60 billion

The Core Lightning development team has confirmed that the security vulnerabilities identified by AI are indeed real The Bitcoin Red Team classified 85 out of 4,962 issues found in 390 projects as critical Due to AI, even non-experts can exploit vulnerabilities, and this poses a growing threat to the entire Bitcoin ecosystem

A predictable vulnerability has been discovered in more than five cryptocurrency wallet applications, allowing for the recovery of private keys. The tracked losses amount to $5.69 million, affecting over 2,000 seed phrases and five different networks. The vulnerability, which allows for the prediction of recovery phrases, cannot be fixed through app updates; users will need to migrate to a new wallet

Better and Coinbase have officially launched a BTC-collateralized mortgage product across the United States. Borrowers must provide BTC as collateral equivalent to at least 250% of the down payment, and no selling of the BTC is required. This move accelerates the trend of integrating cryptocurrencies into the US housing finance market.

BitMEX has officially begun the process of gradually shutting down its exchange. New positions will be blocked at 04:00 UTC on August 26th, and trading will end after forced liquidations on September 23rd. Users will lose control over the timing of their actions, and a fee of 1% per year or $50 will be charged for any remaining balances.

The U.S. Treasury Department has announced an "economic expulsion operation" that expands sanctions to encompass the entire Iranian digital asset sector. Sixty individuals and organizations were sanctioned. Bitcoin rose to $88,870, experiencing a sharp increase of 27% in August alone. As the weaponization of the US dollar's dominance continues, the debate has resurfaced about whether this could stimulate demand for alternative assets such as BTC and gold.