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The following are the 24-hour long/short ratios for BTC perpetual futures on the world’s three largest crypto futures exchanges by open interest: Overall: 52.82% long, 47.18% short - Binance: 54.81% long, 45.19% short - OKX: 52.92% long, 47.08% short - Bybit: 53.35% long, 46.65% short

Binance announced it will delist ICX, SCRT and STORJ spot trading at 3:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 3.

Bithumb announced the temporary suspension of ALGO deposits and withdrawals at 9:00 a.m. UTC on Aug. 22.

U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded about $517.2 million in net inflows on Aug. 19, the largest daily net inflow in nine months, according to Trader T. - BlackRock ETHA: +$122.12 million - Fidelity FETH: +$36.54 million - BlackRock Staking ETHB: +$9.71 million - Morgan Stanley MSSE: +$2.25 million - Franklin Templeton EZET: +$790,000 - Grayscale ETHE: +$1.69 million - Grayscale Mini ETH: +$16.04 million

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $517.2 million in net inflows on Aug. 19, the largest daily net inflow in three months, according to Trader T. - BlackRock IBIT: +$284.74 million - Fidelity FBTC: +$62.41 million - Bitwise BITB: +$35.60 million - ARK Invest ARKB: +$77.71 million - Franklin Templeton EZBC: +$5.92 million - Morgan Stanley MSBT: +$9.98 million - Grayscale GBTC: +$21.18 million - Grayscale Mini BTC: +$19.66 million

According to CoinGlass, BTC spot trading volume across major global exchanges reached $8.71 billion over the past 24 hours. Binance accounted for $2.117 billion, followed by Coinbase at $1.222 billion and Gate at $1.113 billion. Over the same period, ETH spot volume totaled $6.193 billion, with Binance at $1.808 billion and Gate at $842 million. ETH derivatives volume reached $96.888 billion, while total ETH open interest across exchanges stood at around $29.388 billion, including $7.97 billion on Binance and $2.6 billion on Gate.

South Korea’s Democratic Party appears set to press ahead with taxation on gains from virtual asset investments, with no separate discussions under way on extending the current tax delay, Financial News reported. The party cited the principle that income should be taxed wherever it arises. Under the Income Tax Act, the tax is set to take effect on Jan. 1 next year. If the ruling party and the government do not pursue additional talks on another delay, taxation on virtual asset investment gains at a 22% rate will effectively become a reality. Even with that stance, concerns are growing over incomplete legal requirements. Legislation on a basic digital asset law has not been finalized. The bill is intended to regulate the broader market, including the issuance, distribution and disclosure of digital assets, while around 10 related bills remain pending in the National Assembly. As a result, market rules remain largely absent.

ETH saw its eighth-largest daily move since 2018 yesterday, according to Real Vision crypto market analyst Jamie Coutts. Based on past patterns, Coutts added that the odds of the move continuing in the same direction over the short term are roughly equivalent to a coin toss, while the probability of gains appears to rise meaningfully over the next three to six months.

U.S. Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego warned that rushing a Senate vote on the CLARITY Act could instead delay its passage, arguing that partisan differences over ethics issues and stablecoin rewards should be resolved first. Gallego said at the SALT Wyoming Blockchain Symposium that the crypto industry should encourage further talks between Democrats and Republicans rather than push for an early vote, according to Cointelegraph. Gallego said work still remains to finalize provisions under the Agriculture Committee’s jurisdiction, assemble the full legislative package, and decide how to send it to the House. Gallego added that with 60 votes needed to move the bill through the Senate, forcing a procedural vote before securing enough bipartisan support could slow the measure instead. Gallego said that could weigh on President Donald Trump’s administration, which is pushing for the CLARITY Act’s swift passage.

South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service has built a market surveillance system that uses artificial intelligence to detect and analyze unfair trading in virtual assets in real time, Digital Asset reported. The move is intended to quickly identify abnormal trading and determine whether probes are needed, given that thousands of tokens trade around the clock across multiple exchanges. The watchdog developed an AI algorithm in January to automatically identify bid quotes by suspected price manipulators and the periods in which they allegedly influenced prices. In April, it added a function to automatically detect multiple linked accounts used in price manipulation. The agency has now expanded AI use across its broader market surveillance work, including unusual-trading detection and decisions on whether to open investigations. Publicly available online information is also included in the AI monitoring scope. The system can detect illegal front-running through chat rooms, the distribution of videos containing false claims, and posts that incite unfair trading.

A BIT-linked address withdrew 894.72 BTC from Binance, worth about $61.93 million, according to TradingBits. Exchange outflows are typically interpreted as a sign of accumulation.

The following shows estimated liquidation volumes and position ratios for major crypto perpetual futures over the past 24 hours: - BTC: $1.42 billion liquidated (96.42% shorts) - ETH: $1.13 billion liquidated (90.77% shorts) - SOL: $104.67 million liquidated (94.96% shorts)

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said at a blockchain symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Aug. 19 that the Trump administration’s mention of bringing Hyperliquid (HYPE) to the U.S. was not limited to that platform and that decentralized perpetual futures exchanges, or perp DEXs, and other services available to Americans would increase significantly. Earlier, President Donald Trump said at a White House-hosted tech industry event that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission was pushing the U.S. expansion of perpetual futures, particularly Hyperliquid.

A whale that bought 10,501 ETH worth $20 million a month ago took profit on half of the holdings 15 minutes ago as ETH surged today, EmberCN reported. The wallet deposited 5,250 ETH to Binance, with estimated profit at $3.4 million.

An anonymous whale address beginning with bc1qsy sold 2,000 BTC worth $136.48 million, Lookonchain reported. The address has sold a total of 9,513 BTC worth $623.43 million over the past month.

Domestic access to prediction market platform Polymarket has been blocked in South Korea. The Korea Communications Standards Commission had approved the access block at a subcommittee meeting on Aug. 18, saying Polymarket has a winner-takes-all profit-and-loss structure in which financial gains or losses hinge on the outcome of events users cannot control, such as politics, the economy and weather, and therefore was judged to encourage gambling.

Rabby said via its official X account that it discovered a vulnerability in its browser extension that could allow unauthorized extraction of signatures under certain conditions, and completed a patch on Aug. 11. The issue was found to potentially expose funds if a user connected a wallet to a malicious dApp, set the auto-lock timer to 10 minutes, remained on that dApp for 10 minutes, and then unlocked the wallet again. Rabby added that its mobile app was not affected, no cases of actual fund theft have been confirmed as the flaw occurred only under limited conditions, and users should update the extension immediately.

Industry leaders at a panel during the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium 2026 warned that the rapid spread of autonomous AI agents could improve usability for Web3 users while also giving malicious hackers attack tools on an unprecedented scale. Ryan Kirkley, CEO of Global Settlement Network, said at the event that even multitrillion-won bridge hacks would look minor compared with future AI-driven attacks, The Block reported. Kirkley referenced major bridge hacking cases and explained that attackers had previously avoided targeting individual wallets because the time required made such attacks inefficient. With AI agents, however, simultaneous and automated attacks at scale could be carried out against Wi-Fi networks, passwords and wallets, according to the report. Panelists also identified the lack of a regulatory framework as the biggest obstacle to mass commercialization, saying it remains unclear who would be responsible for recovering funds or bearing ultimate legal liability if autonomous AI agents break the law or cause unexpected financial losses.

Glassnode said Bitcoin’s rebound is only a short-term rally rather than a trend reversal. The firm said BTC remains below both the short-term holder cost basis of around $68,500 and the realized market mean price of $75,800, indicating the market has yet to move out of the capitulation phase. Relative unrealized losses have peaked at 25% from the cycle high, well below the 60% or more seen in previous cycles, while the 90-day realized profit/loss ratio stands at 0.75 and has not fallen below 0.5, a level historically seen during phases of seller exhaustion. Glassnode added that perpetual futures demand has turned positive and ETF inflows have stabilized, but the Coinbase premium remains negative, suggesting U.S. spot demand has not meaningfully recovered.

An unidentified hacker bought 18,272 ETH worth $38.53 million at an average purchase price of $2,109, according to Lookonchain.

Nasdaq-listed AIxCrypto (AIXC) has fully withdrawn its digital asset treasury strategy and plans to gradually liquidate its cryptocurrency holdings while focusing on its robot leasing and operations business, CryptoSlate reported. As of the end of the second quarter, the company held 46 BTC, 616 ETH, 6,659 SOL and 1,308 BNB, along with small amounts of ADA, LINK, TRX, USDT and XRP, and was sitting on an unrealized loss of about 50%.

South Korean exchange Bithumb announced the temporary suspension of deposits and withdrawals for BounceBit (BB) starting at 2:55 a.m. UTC on Aug. 20 at the foundation’s request.

Crypto custody firm BitGo (BTGO) has completed its virtual asset service provider registration for its South Korean unit, Yonhap News reported. BitGo Korea, the company’s South Korean subsidiary, received approval for a VASP license from the Financial Intelligence Unit under South Korea’s Financial Services Commission on Aug. 18. BitGo said it chose to meet the regulatory requirements directly, rather than acquire an existing VASP operator, as it builds a long-term business base in South Korea.

Bitcoin has moved back above its 50-day moving average and the average cost basis of short-term holders, two key indicators used to gauge the market’s near-term direction, Crypto Briefing reported. According to the outlet, when BTC trades above both levels, investors who recently bought Bitcoin tend to move back into profit, easing fear-driven selling pressure and increasing the likelihood of further gains. It added that when BTC falls below the short-term holder cost basis, losses among short-term investors tend to deepen and raise the risk of panic selling, while a move above that level tends to support continued holding or additional buying. Crypto Briefing said a similar pattern appeared in May, when BTC rose after breaking above the short-term holder average entry price of around $79,000.

Singapore-based blockchain platform DigiFT has partnered with Arco, an institutional onchain operating infrastructure provider, to expand distribution of tokenized real-world assets to institutional investors in Asia. The two companies selected South Korea as their first strategic expansion market and plan to advance institutional distribution of regulated investment products and links to onchain capital markets. Through the agreement, DigiFT plans to combine its regulated marketplace with Arco’s Issuer OS and institutional capital-routing infrastructure to build a compliant distribution framework connecting traditional financial products with onchain capital markets.