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South Korea’s five largest won-based crypto exchanges have indiscriminately added substandard altcoins for trading, raising the likelihood of growing investor losses, Hankyung Business reported. According to data lawmaker Park Sung-hoon of the ruling People Power Party, a member of the National Policy Committee, received from South Korea’s five largest won-based exchanges — Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit and GOPAX — the platforms newly listed a combined 1,236 altcoins from 2022 through the end of July this year. Over the same period, they ended trading support for 430 altcoins. By exchange, GOPAX had the highest delisting ratio, ending trading support for 67 of the 106 altcoins it newly listed, or 63.2%. Coinone posted a 46.6% delisting ratio, followed by Bithumb at 31.5%, Korbit at 20.3% and Upbit at 19.2%. The outlet noted that if this structure continues, exchanges are likely to expand the number of tradable assets and trading volumes through new listings, while investors may increasingly bear losses as problematic virtual assets are removed only after issues emerge.

The key global macro events for the fifth week of August are as follows, based on South Korea Standard Time: - Sept. 1, 1:45 p.m. UTC: U.S. August manufacturing PMI; 2:00 p.m. UTC: July JOLTS job openings and labor turnover survey - Sept. 2, 12:15 p.m. UTC: U.S. August ADP nonfarm employment change - Sept. 2, 6:00 p.m. UTC: Federal Reserve Beige Book - Sept. 3, 12:30 p.m. UTC: U.S. initial jobless claims; Christopher Waller, Federal Reserve governor, is scheduled to speak - Sept. 3, 8:30 p.m. UTC: Federal Reserve balance sheet - Sept. 4, 12:30 p.m. UTC: U.S. August unemployment rate and nonfarm payrolls

According to data from Tokenomist, the major token unlocks scheduled for this week (Aug. 31–Sept. 6) are as follows: - GPS: 166.44 million tokens ($1.6 million), representing 3.12% of circulating supply, at 12:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 1 - SUI: 13.53 million tokens ($9.59 million), representing 0.33% of circulating supply, at 12:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 1 - ZETA: 44.26 million tokens ($1.43 million), representing 2.84% of circulating supply, at 12:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 1 - EIGEN: 36.92 million tokens ($6.82 million), representing 5.48% of circulating supply, at 4:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 1 - ENA: 40.63 million tokens ($6.02 million), representing 0.46% of circulating supply, at 7:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 2 - OPN: 39.25 million tokens ($2.03 million), representing 10.04% of circulating supply, at 12:00 p.m. UTC on Sept. 5

The spot CVD chart is an order-book analysis chart for the BTC/USDT spot trading pair. The upper section shows the Volume Heatmap, while the lower section shows cumulative volume delta, or CVD. - The volume heatmap in the upper section tracks trading volume at each price level. The background color becomes brighter when the price stays in a specific range for an extended period or moves sharply. Brighter zones may act as support or resistance levels. - The cumulative volume delta indicator in the lower section reflects buy and sell orders by order size. As buy orders increase, the corresponding colored line moves higher. The yellow line represents orders between $100 and $1,000, while the brown line reflects large orders between $1 million and $10 million, among other categories.

CoinMarketCap’s in-house crypto fear and greed index came in at 75, indicating the market remained in greed territory. A reading closer to zero signals extreme fear, while a reading closer to 100 points to extreme optimism. CoinMarketCap calculates the index based on price movements among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, market volatility, derivatives-market indicators including the put-to-call ratio, the stablecoin supply ratio (SSR), and CoinMarketCap’s own search data.

Bitcoin’s upward momentum has weakened after hitting the key $80,500-$82,500 resistance zone, leaving the near-term outlook somewhat neutral, CryptoPotato analyzed. According to the outlet, Bitcoin appears to be losing momentum around the $80,500-$82,500 supply zone on the daily chart, suggesting buying pressure has not generated enough additional upside to trigger the next leg higher. CryptoPotato added that the broader market structure remains positive as long as BTC stays above the $72,000-$74,400 support range, although the short-term outlook is neutral.

Iran fired missiles at U.S. Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Aug. 31, Iran’s Press TV reported. Iran also launched missile attacks on two U.S. bases in Jordan, King Hussein Base and Al Azraq Base, in retaliation for a U.S. airstrike on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a statement from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC. Reuters and another media outlet had reported earlier that the U.S. military struck two IRGC missile launch sites on Larak Island yesterday. The attack came about a month after U.S. strikes on Iran were halted on July 24 under the direction of President Donald Trump. In an earlier statement, the IRGC had warned that the attack on Larak Island was an act of terror and that the aggressor would face a strong response.

Ripple CLO Stuart Alderoty said on X that a vote on the Clarity Act, a U.S. crypto regulatory bill, would also be a vote for job growth and economic expansion in the United States. In related comments, the nonprofit crypto education and research group NCA said the U.S. crypto industry currently supports 232,000 jobs. Of those, 34,000 are direct jobs at crypto companies, about 75,000 are at suppliers and contractors those companies rely on, and the remaining roughly 123,000 stem from the everyday consumer spending of those workers. NCA said that translates into $55 billion in economic value for the U.S. economy and a $31 billion increase in worker income.

Major exchanges have seen $105 million worth of futures liquidated in the past hour. In the past 24 hours, $296 million worth of futures have been liquidated.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $78,000. BTC is trading at $77,909.56 on the Binance USDT market.

BlackRock’s BUIDL has regained the top market share position in the tokenized U.S. Treasury fund market from Circle’s USYC, Crypto Briefing reported. Crypto Briefing said BUIDL recently posted about $2.8 billion in assets under management, widening its lead over other tokenized U.S. Treasury funds. Over the same period, the overall tokenized U.S. Treasury market grew to $16 billion from $15 billion, while Ondo and Franklin Templeton also expanded their presence. Despite growth by rival products, BUIDL’s $2.8 billion in AUM and market share remain significant, according to the outlet.

Bitcoin rose more than 25% in August, marking its strongest August gain since 2017, Crypto Briefing reported. The outlet noted that August has historically been one of Bitcoin’s weakest months for returns, with the median August return since 2013 at around -7%. This year has differed, with Bitcoin up more than 25% this month, the strongest August performance since a 65% gain in 2017. Despite the monthly rally, BTC was still trading about 30% lower year to date, according to the report. Crypto Briefing added that a break above the $81,000 resistance level would be the first test of whether the move qualifies as a genuine uptrend. Based on CoinMarketCap data, BTC was recently trading at $78,337.86, up 0.14%.

Prediction market platform Kalshi has signed an exclusive partnership with the US Open, one of tennis’s four major tournaments, Front Office Sports reported, citing sources. Under the deal, Kalshi will serve as the US Open’s exclusive prediction market partner, and in-venue and TV advertising by other prediction market platforms will be blocked.

Cronos, Crypto.com’s layer-one blockchain, temporarily halted network operations after an exploit hit ecosystem lending protocol Tectonic, Wu Blockchain reported. Tectonic showed that about $75 million in crypto was illicitly borrowed in the exploit, with around $6 million of that moved into ETH. On-chain analyst Weilin Li explained the attacker inflated the price of the low-liquidity TONIC token by about 100 times, then used the overstated collateral value to borrow roughly $75 million in assets. Before the Cronos network was halted, about $6 million had been moved into Ethereum, while most of the illicitly borrowed assets did not leave the network, Li said. Crypto.com said the exploit did not affect the Crypto.com app or exchange services.

Uniswap has processed about $1.5 billion in stock token trading on Robinhood Chain in roughly six weeks, according to Crypto Briefing. Crypto Briefing said Uniswap accounts for 99% of stock token liquidity on Robinhood’s proprietary layer-2 Robinhood Chain, while 60% of trading volume occurs outside regular U.S. stock market hours. Cumulative volume has continued to rise after surpassing $1 billion in mid-August, and Uniswap’s daily stock token trading volume exceeded $130 million on Aug. 29, setting a record high.

BNB Chain’s share of the tokenized stock market has risen to around 50%, AMBCrypto reported. Before Binance launched its stock token platform bStocks, Ethereum accounted for the largest share of tokenized stock supply, but BNB Chain then continued to gain ground over several months, the outlet said. According to Blockworks data, BNB Chain-based stock tokens topped $1.3 billion as of late August, compared with about $800 million on Ethereum and roughly $550 million on Solana. Even so, AMBCrypto added BNB Chain’s lead in tokenized stocks has not translated into dominance across the broader real-world asset, or RWA, market. In the overall RWA market, BNB Chain holds about 15% share, while Ethereum remains the clear leader at roughly 45%.

Polygon disclosed multiple previously undisclosed security vulnerabilities that it said were resolved through two recent hard forks. The flaws could have affected block processing as well as the validation and consensus process on the Polygon proof-of-stake network. The vulnerabilities were found in the Bor and Heimdall clients and included denial-of-service issues, excessive resource consumption affecting the validator set, and problems related to checkpoint and milestone processing. Polygon said the issues were addressed through the Austin and Kyoto hard forks.

South Korean exchange Upbit’s won-denominated customer deposits fell to 2.0974 trillion won ($1.5 billion) this year, down about 36% from the end of last year, DealSite reported. The outlet said Upbit’s won deposits, which had once topped 8 trillion won, had shrunk to the 3 trillion won range, while fee revenue from the trading platform also fell by nearly half. Over the same period, however, deposits of Bitcoin and Ethereum increased, indicating that while won funds waiting to be traded are leaving quickly, major digital assets are accumulating in Upbit wallets.

About $201.9 million flowed out of spot Bitcoin ETFs on Aug. 28, ending a nine-session net inflow streak, but the scale was minor relative to cumulative inflows since the funds launched, making it difficult to conclude that institutional investor sentiment has broadly weakened, Decrypt reported. The outlet added that while flows into Bitcoin ETFs have slowed, net inflows into Ethereum ETFs have continued, calling steady institutional demand for Ethereum a notable shift. At the same time, Decrypt said remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh in a Jackson Hole keynote signaling the possibility of additional rate hikes have heightened tightening concerns and are weighing on the crypto market.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $79,000. BTC is trading at $79,000 on the Binance USDT market.

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ZEC has risen by 3.08% in the past five minutes on the COINNESS market. Currently, ZEC is trading at $845.95.

Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, is preparing a financial product that would recognize Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Tether (USDT) as collateral for loans in line with new Russian central bank crypto regulations set to take effect on Sept. 1, Crypto Briefing reported. The bank also plans to launch a crypto wallet and digital custody service within the year.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission imposed $172,000 in sanctions on a former White House staffer who handled publicity for President Donald Trump over insider trading allegations tied to prediction market platform Kalshi, The Block reported. The case marks the CFTC’s second insider trading enforcement action involving a government employee accused of using nonpublic information to trade event-based prediction contracts. Gabriel Perez, who served as a White House publicity and technology adviser, abused job-related access that allowed Perez to review Trump’s speech drafts about an hour before delivery, according to the report. From December 2025 to February 2026, Perez traded in Kalshi “Mention Market” contracts tied to whether specific words or phrases would appear in the speeches and generated profits. The CFTC ordered disgorgement of $107,539 in illicit gains, imposed a $65,000 civil penalty, and barred Perez from trading at CFTC-registered entities for three years.

The Taliban has effectively banned cryptocurrency trading across Afghanistan and threatened to prosecute traders and related businesses, Bitcoin News reported. More than 20 crypto exchange shops in Herat were shut down and at least 13 traders were arrested. Monthly crypto inflows then plunged to under $80,000 from a peak of more than $150 million. Bitcoin and stablecoins had served as important tools for savings and remittances after Afghanistan became largely isolated from the international financial system. The Taliban classified digital assets as fraudulent and stressed crypto speculation is akin to gambling under Islamic law.