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Grayscale deposited 572.9 BTC worth $35.9 million and 44,320 LINK worth $391,000 into Coinbase Prime, Onchain Lens reported. While transfers to exchanges are typically interpreted as a sign of potential selling, Coinbase Prime is a prime brokerage platform that provides trading, custody and financing services for institutional investors, leaving open the possibility of other uses.

Binance announced it will restrict deposits and withdrawals involving 11 exchanges and platforms, including HTX, formerly Huobi, starting Aug. 23. The restricted entities are HTX, Rapira, Aifory Pro, ABCeX, WhiteBird, NoOnecrypto INC., Tradex, Monease Ltd, BitPapa, Exnode and EXMO. Deposit and withdrawal attempts made after Aug. 23 will be put on hold, and related wallet restrictions may also apply. HTX was included in European Union sanctions targeting Russia in late July and was also added to the UK government’s sanctions list in May.

Grayscale Research Head Zach Pandl said proposed tokenomics changes under review for Ethereum and Solana could reduce supply and add upward pressure on prices if implemented. According to Grayscale’s own estimates, ETH’s annual supply growth rate could fall to about 0.4% and SOL’s to about 1.1% by the end of 2031 if the proposals are adopted. Pandl said lower new issuance would also reduce the amount of tokens distributed as staking rewards, but scarcer circulating supply could support prices. He added the changes could benefit ETH and SOL holders who do not stake, while staking users would need to weigh lower rewards against potential price gains. With both proposals still under discussion in their respective communities, Pandl assessed that the Solana proposal has broader support and is more likely to be implemented.

More than 1,778 BTC, worth about $112 million, has been stolen in the Coldcard Bitcoin hardware wallet hack, according to Galaxy Research. Galaxy Research said it is tracking three major attack flows and traces of more than 30 smaller attacks, identifying at least 33 addresses. No new attack flows have been detected since Aug. 6. Of the stolen funds identified so far, about 1,531 BTC remains in addresses controlled by the hacker, while the remaining 246 BTC has been transferred out. Galaxy Research added that the list of suspected hacker addresses has been shared with exchanges, law enforcement authorities and investigative agencies.

The three major U.S. stock indices opened mixed today. - S&P 500: +0.05% - Nasdaq: +0.15% - Dow Jones: -0.23%

StablecoinX, an Ethena infrastructure company, disclosed it held 3 billion ENA worth $218 million in reserves as of the second quarter. The holdings consist of about 285 million ENA provided by the Ethena Foundation and 2.75 billion ENA secured by private investment in public equity, or PIPE, investors. StablecoinX completed its merger with TLGY, a special purpose acquisition company, and listed on Nasdaq in June.

Netflix to release FTX drama 'The Altruists' on Nov. 19 Netflix will release “The Altruists,” a drama inspired by the rise and fall of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, on Nov. 19, Variety reported. The eight-episode series will also feature people around him, including FTX co-founder Gary Wang and Caroline Ellison, Sam Bankman-Fried’s former girlfriend and former Alameda CEO. The production is based on articles from New York Magazine, and former U.S. President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama are serving as executive producers.

Ireland will tighten verification requirements for transfers involving self-custodied crypto wallets, Decrypt reported, as the country unveils its first national anti-money laundering strategy. Crypto service providers will be required to verify information on both senders and recipients in such transfers, and to apply enhanced customer due diligence when dealing with overseas crypto firms. The move is in line with the Financial Action Task Force’s Travel Rule, which requires sender and recipient information to accompany transfers. The strategy is set to run through 2030. Separately, the EU plans to ban crypto service providers from offering or holding anonymous accounts starting in July 2027, though self-custodied wallets will be excluded from the ban.

Israel’s largest bank, Bank Leumi, said it plans to launch cryptocurrency trading services for customers in 2027 through a partnership with Galaxy Digital (GLXY), making it the first local bank to offer such a service. Leumi and its mobile banking service Pepper customers will be able to buy, hold and sell selected cryptocurrencies, including BTC, ETH and SOL, through the Leumi Trade app. The bank said it plans to use GalaxyOne Institutional as its trading infrastructure and adopt Galaxy’s custody infrastructure, formerly GK8, for its crypto setup.

Strategy pushed back against MSCI’s review of changes to its Global Investable Market Index inclusion criteria for non-operating companies, saying the proposed revisions could remove firms such as Strategy and Metaplanet from the index. Strategy said "digital assets are assets" and argued index providers should reflect markets rather than decide which assets companies can hold. The company added that MSCI’s review does not align with the views of regulators, the market, or clients that use MSCI indices, and said BTC does not need MSCI, nor does Strategy.

Sygnum’s head of custody and staking, Thomas Brunner, said banks should begin preparing in 2027 if they want enough time to overhaul custody systems ahead of Ethereum’s planned quantum-resistant transition in 2029, according to CryptoSlate. Brunner explained future quantum-resistant signature methods would require strict controls, including a ban on reusing the same key, while banks often duplicate systems or roll them back to earlier states during backup and disaster recovery processes, creating conflicts with existing operating models. Brunner added that identifying a bank’s cryptographic keys and related systems alone can take six months to one year, followed by hardware support, certification, internal reviews, external audits and regulatory reviews. Meanwhile, Ethereum developers are considering completing a quantum-resistant transition for Layer 1 by 2029, although the timeline has not been finalized.

An anonymous whale address beginning with 0x90B38 deposited 923,743 HYPE worth $53.03 million into Coinbase Prime and FalconX over the past 11 hours, The Data Nerd reported. Exchange deposits are typically viewed as a sign of potential selling. The address still holds about 969,595 HYPE worth $55.5 million.

An anonymous whale address starting with 0x1f98 deposited 3.72 million UNI worth $12.63 million to exchanges including Binance, Coinbase, OKX and Bybit via market maker Cumberland over the past 24 hours, EmberCN reported. Exchange deposits are typically seen as a sign of intent to sell. EmberCN added that UNI fell 10% to $3.22 from $3.59 as a result.

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund held indirect exposure to 11,549 BTC as of the first half of this year, The Block reported, citing crypto research firm K33 Research. K33 Research said the fund’s indirect Bitcoin holdings rose more than 60% from a year earlier, with 86% of its total exposure tied to its stake in Strategy (MSTR) shares. The fund had also previously disclosed a new $82 million purchase of Bitmine (BMNR) stock.

Robinhood Chain’s daily NFT trading volume topped more than twice Ethereum’s on Aug. 12, The Data Nerd said, citing Dune data. NFT volume on Robinhood Chain reached $3.13 million, about 2.3 times Ethereum’s $1.35 million. The Data Nerd said a substantial share of the inflows was likely driven in the short term by FOMO as a new chain emerged, adding that such volume is rarely sustained. At the same time, The Data Nerd said there was little room for disagreement over the successful launch of the mainnet on July 1.

Major financial institutions including Morgan Stanley and Bank of Montreal disclosed second-quarter holdings of XRP ETFs, though XRP has continued to decline in price, according to U.Today. The outlet said Morgan Stanley holds tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of ETFs including Franklin XRPZ, Rex Osprey XRPR and Bitwise XRP. It added that Bank of Montreal, one of Canada’s largest banks, and Militia Capital Management also disclosed holdings in XRP ETFs. U.Today said XRP has still failed to escape its downtrend despite broader institutional adoption and ETF inflows, with the token down about 46% this year and underperforming Bitcoin by around 31%.

Payward, the parent company of U.S. exchange Kraken, posted $23 million in adjusted pretax profit for the second quarter, down 71% from $79.7 million a year earlier, Bloomberg reported. Adjusted revenue rose 17% on year to $508 million, while funded active accounts climbed 42% to a record 6.6 million. Payward attributed the profit decline to a crypto market slowdown and falling prices. Bloomberg added that Payward recently cut 150 jobs, citing efficiency gains from AI adoption, and may delay its previously discussed IPO timeline to late this year or early next year.

Traditional finance assets including gold and the S&P 500 are emerging as the largest segment on decentralized perpetual futures exchanges, according to CryptoRank. As of Aug. 13, local time, only four of the top 10 most-traded assets on Perp DEXs were cryptocurrencies: BTC, ETH, HYPE, and SOL. SpaceX stock (SPCX) was the most-traded traditional finance asset.

BlackRock’s iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) has increased its stake in Metaplanet, a Japan-listed company pursuing a Bitcoin strategy, to 3.73 million shares, according to BitcoinTreasuries.net. The stake is valued at about $5.18 million. Metaplanet currently holds 43,000 BTC, worth $2.8 billion, making it the world’s third-largest corporate BTC holder among listed companies. IEFA tracks an index of large-, mid- and small-cap stocks in developed markets excluding the U.S. and Canada.

Upbit announced it will temporarily suspend deposits and withdrawals for Allora (ALLO) at 9:00 a.m. UTC on Aug. 18 due to a network upgrade.

Evernode Holdings, an XRP accumulation company listed as DAT, plans to revise the terms of its upcoming Nasdaq listing by changing the basis for new share issuance from $2.36 to XRP’s price at the market close, according to The Crypto Basic. The move is intended to align the company’s share structure with the value of its XRP holdings. With XRP currently trading at around $1, a continued downtrend would reduce the number of shares issued while increasing the amount of XRP backing each Evernode share. Evernode plans to complete the listing review and finish the listing process in late Q3 or early Q4. Separately, the company is said to hold 473 million XRP and, as of the end of last month, was carrying about $39 million in unrealized losses.

Interoperability protocol Socket said on its official X account it will directly provide a fast-routing function to the Sui network. It said developers that integrate Socket’s API will be able to quickly move cryptocurrencies held on exchanges or other networks to the Sui network without fees.

XRP withdrawal transactions as a share of activity on centralized exchanges have climbed to their highest level since 2019, according to an analysis by crypto analyst Amr Taha. Citing CryptoQuant data as of Aug. 14, Taha said XRP withdrawals accounted for 56.85% of Binance activity and 54.9% across all CEXs, while deposit shares fell to 43.12% and 45.0%, respectively, their lowest levels since 2019. The gap between withdrawal and deposit shares stood at 13.73 percentage points on Binance and 9.9 percentage points across all CEXs. Taha said exchange withdrawals are typically interpreted as a sign of holding intent. Taha added the metric is calculated on a seven-day basis, indicating a sustained shift rather than a temporary spike, and said the pattern appeared simultaneously on Binance and across all CEXs rather than being limited to a single exchange. Taha also said the indicator measures the share of transfer counts rather than XRP transfer size, meaning it does not by itself confirm net outflows or accumulation.

Hyperscale Data (DAT) said it sold 685 BTC and raised $43 million in cash, which it plans to use for development of a Michigan data center, debt and capital management, and other strategic businesses. The U.S.-listed Bitcoin accumulation company now holds about 275 BTC after also selling about 150 BTC in late July. Chairman Todd Ault said the company will continue mining BTC and plans to rebuild its holdings later using mined Bitcoin and available cash, although it currently sees using part of its BTC holdings for data center development and capital structure improvements as more appropriate.

The spot CVD chart for 7:00 p.m. UTC on Aug. 14 analyzes the BTC/USDT spot trading pair’s order book. The upper section shows a volume heatmap, while the lower section represents cumulative volume delta, or CVD. - The upper volume heatmap tracks trading volume at each price level. The background color becomes brighter when the price remains in a specific range for an extended period or moves sharply. Brighter zones may act as support or resistance levels. - The lower CVD indicator reflects buy and sell orders by order size. As buy orders increase, the line in the corresponding color moves higher. The yellow line represents orders between $100 and $1,000, while the brown line represents large orders between $1 million and $10 million.