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Prediction market infrastructure startup River Markets has raised $8.5 million in seed funding, Fortune reported. Haun Ventures led the round, with participation from Y Combinator, Coinbase Ventures and Cube Research Technologies. The company plans to use the proceeds to expand its engineering team, improve the speed and security of its trading system, broaden its institutional client base, and develop tools that support large-scale capital deployment and trading across multiple platforms.

Crypto projects have raised more than $1.4 billion through public token sales so far in 2026, Wu Blockchain reported, citing CryptoRank. Ethereum-based projects raised $334 million, followed by $288 million on BNB Chain, $269 million on Base, $241 million on Solana and $206 million on Sonic.

Tokenized platforms that let users trade ownership of physical Pokemon cards onchain while the cards remain in vaults are emerging in the trading card market, which is estimated at as much as $15 billion, CoinDesk reported. Deadstock, a blockchain platform from Web3 startup ATH Labs, is testing the model on Arbitrum (ARB) by storing PSA 10 Pokemon cards in vaults and issuing one-to-one tokens tied to each card so ownership can change hands without moving the physical asset. House of Chimera, a crypto research firm, said a significant share of trading volume on these platforms comes not from peer-to-peer sales of individual cards between collectors, but from game-like card pack openings or the platforms' instant-buy features. CoinDesk said the key question is whether tokenized platforms can achieve liquidity and price discovery on par with the existing market, given that sales of individual trading cards on eBay alone reached $2.62 billion in 2025.

The three major U.S. stock indices opened higher today. - S&P 500: +0.10% - Nasdaq: +0.11% - Dow Jones: +0.24%

Benchmark maintained its $22 price target on Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin miner Bitdeer (BTDR) after the company’s quarterly revenue rose 47% from a year earlier amid strong BTC mining performance, The Block reported. Benchmark said Bitdeer is generating cash from its BTC mining business while also securing sites supplied with equipment and power, which the firm said could be used for a $4.7 billion AI data center project in Norway.

Decentralized perpetual futures exchange GRVT plans to increase its holdings of Ondo Finance’s ONDO Treasury token product USDY to as much as $100 million over the next year, The Block reported. GRVT plans to link USDY to Grvt Earn so users can receive the yield generated there without buying USDY directly. Based on the current annual percentage yield of around 3.5%, fully deploying $100 million would generate about $3.5 million in annual gross yield. USDY is a bond token backed mainly by short-term U.S. Treasuries, Treasury ETFs, and bank deposits, and it currently has about $2.14 billion in assets under management.

Trump Media said high-frequency trading firms are paying $60,000 to $100,000 a month to monitor posts from major Truth Social accounts in real time. According to Walter Bloomberg, more than 10 clients have signed up for the Truth API service, which provides faster access to posts. CoinNess previously reported that Trump Media had signed contracts to provide real-time Truth Social data feeds to more than 10 clients, including high-frequency trading firms.

Crypto analyst Marc Baumann argued Bitcoin futures yields had stayed below the U.S. two-year Treasury yield for 157 straight days, but CryptoSlate said that claim does not hold based on observations from Aug. 7. Baumann put the futures yield at around 3% and the two-year Treasury yield at 3.8%. CryptoSlate said, "8월 7일 CME 결제 자료와 현물 가격을 기준으로 다시 계산하면 BTC 선물 연환산 수익률은 8월물 7.89%, 9월물 6.25%, 12월물 5.69%로, 같은 기간 미 2년물 국채 금리 4.19%를 모두 웃돈다". The outlet added that Aug. 7 falls within the 157-day period Baumann cited, meaning that observation alone breaks the claim of a continuous stretch below the Treasury yield. CryptoSlate added that the figures can vary depending on the trading venue, contract maturity, and calculation method, while actual cash-and-carry arbitrage profitability also needs to account for transaction costs.

North Korea has stolen at least $2.8 billion in cryptocurrency since January 2024, and tracking the funds has become more difficult as the assets are laundered alongside investment scam proceeds and organized crime money, Decrypt reported, citing a report by the Royal United Services Institute. According to RUSI, North Korea stole at least $2.8 billion worth of cryptocurrency between January 2024 and September 2025. In some cases during the cash-out process, third parties bought entire batches of stolen assets at a discount. Once transferred, the funds were mixed with scam proceeds or money tied to addresses linked to criminal groups, making them even harder to trace. After the Bybit hack in February last year, launderers with Chinese roots, over-the-counter trading firms and peer-to-peer traders were mobilized, the report said. RUSI found signs that stablecoins were sold in roughly $7,000 increments, while larger sums were split into $30,000 tranches before being cashed out.

Ethereum active addresses hit 989,500 over the past 24 hours, marking the network’s highest daily activity since March, according to Santiment.

MoneyGram has expanded its crypto-to-cash infrastructure service, MoneyGram Ramps, to the Solana blockchain, CoinDesk reported. The move allows Solana wallet, DEX, and DApp developers to more easily integrate on/off-ramp functions that let users convert cash into digital assets or exchange cryptocurrency for local fiat currencies and cash out through MoneyGram’s global retail and account network. MoneyGram previously began supporting USDC on/off-ramps in partnership with the Stellar Development Foundation in 2022.

Hyperliquid burned about $1.07 million worth of HYPE over the past 24 hours, while generating $1.45 million in trading fees during the same period, according to Onchain Lens. Cumulative burns reached 47.62 million HYPE, worth about $2.63 billion, equal to 4.76% of HYPE’s maximum supply of one billion tokens.

eToro’s crypto trading volume fell 73% year over year to 1.4 million transactions in July, while the average investment per trade dropped 50% to $182. The crypto and stock investment app’s second-quarter net profit rose 77% from a year earlier to $53 million.

U.S.-listed Bitcoin treasury company Hyperscale Data (GPUS) said it held 961.2678 BTC as of Aug. 9, worth about $62.3 million at the time, and did not buy or sell additional Bitcoin between Aug. 3 and 9.

Australia suspends Cryptolink’s 96 crypto ATMs for 3 months Australia’s financial crime watchdog has suspended operations at 96 cryptocurrency ATMs run by Cryptolink for three months, CoinDesk reported. Cryptolink had paid an A$56,340 ($36,000) fine in October 2025 over alleged anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing violations and pledged to make corrections, but later failed to file legally required reports on large cash transactions and did not respond to authorities’ requests for additional information, leading to the suspension.

Russia’s central bank has released a draft guideline that would allow retail investors to trade Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Tether (USDT) on exchanges. Under the draft, retail investors would be allowed to buy up to 300,000 rubles worth of cryptocurrencies annually through intermediaries including brokers, crypto exchange providers and asset managers. The eligible assets were selected based on criteria including market capitalization, average daily trading volume and at least five years of price formation history in overseas markets, with BTC, ETH and USDT currently included. Professional investors would be allowed to buy all cryptocurrencies traded on exchanges and in over-the-counter markets without restrictions. Public comments on the guideline will be accepted through Aug. 24.

Nvidia (NVDA) is seeking to attract more than $500 billion in outside funding for AI computing infrastructure with major Wall Street financial firms, a move that could widen the gap with blockchain-based decentralized computing networks such as Render and Akash, CoinDesk analyzed. According to Epoch AI, even the largest decentralized AI training network currently operates at about one-300th the processing capacity of cutting-edge data centers. CoinDesk cited limits including low network bandwidth, the cost of verifying computing results, a lack of enterprise-grade service guarantees, and the difficulty of moving large volumes of data. Nvidia previously signed related memorandums of understanding with six financial firms: Apollo Global Management, Blackstone, BlackRock, Brookfield Asset Management, Goldman Sachs, and KKR.

U.S. nonprofit think tank Bitcoin Policy Institute has urged AI companies to give Bitcoin Core developers and other open-source financial infrastructure security teams early access to the latest AI models. In an open letter released on Aug. 10, local time, the institute said cutting-edge AI models can identify vulnerabilities in large code bases and handle complex security tasks quickly, but Bitcoin Core developers and other open-source developers often struggle to access AI companies’ cybersecurity programs, while security research is frequently limited on public models. It called on AI companies to create security programs that provide pre-release access to the latest models and sufficient computing resources. The institute added that as attacks using high-performance AI increase, the burden on small open-source development teams is growing. Coinbase, Strategy and Kraken signed the open letter.

Coinbase obtains Abu Dhabi license for tokenized securities business Coinbase said it has obtained a financial services permission from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority under Abu Dhabi Global Market, allowing it to provide investment-dealing intermediation and custody services. Based on the license, Coinbase plans to build an offshore securities token hub in Abu Dhabi and pursue the launch of tokenized stocks. Securities tokens registered and issued in ADGM are to be fully backed by actual shares, while verified token holders have shareholder rights including dividends and voting rights. Investors can use the service with only a wallet, without a brokerage account or correspondent bank, and all transfers are subject to sanctions screening. Where required by regulation, assets can be frozen or seized at the wallet level.

Spot CVD refers to an order-book analysis chart for the BTC/USDT spot trading pair. The upper panel shows a volume heatmap, while the lower panel shows cumulative volume delta, or CVD. - The volume heatmap in the upper panel tracks trading volume at each price level. The background 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 panel reflects buy and sell orders by order size. As buy orders increase, the line in the corresponding color rises. The yellow line represents orders between $100 and $1,000, while the brown line represents large orders between $1 million and $10 million.

Trump Media buys 4,661 BTC, total holdings rise to 12,061 BTC Trump Media (DJT) bought an additional 4,661.84 BTC, bringing its total holdings to 12,061.66 BTC, according to BitcoinTreasuries.net. Collateral deposits that give third parties the right to sell were excluded from the holdings total. The purchase moved Trump Media to 12th place among publicly listed companies globally by BTC holdings.

Cardano’s ADA now meets the U.S. SEC’s futures-trading requirement for spot ETF listing eligibility, potentially simplifying future filing procedures, CryptoSlate reported. The change came two days after Grayscale withdrew its application for a spot ADA ETF, as CME ADA futures completed six months of trading on Aug. 9, according to the report. Cryptocurrencies that have traded for at least six months on a qualifying futures market are recognized as eligible underlying assets for spot exchange-traded products under the SEC’s general listing standards. As a result, any new issuer seeking to file for a spot ADA ETF is likely to face a lighter regulatory review burden. Still, no asset manager currently has an application pending for a single-asset spot ADA ETF.

An address linked to Alameda Research’s bankruptcy has unstaked 201,740 SOL worth about $15.27 million, according to Onchain Lens. Of that amount, 164,380 SOL had been staked five years ago, and the address is estimated to have earned about 37,360 SOL in rewards, worth $2.83 million, by the time of unstaking. The value of the holdings rose from about $352,000 when they were staked to $15.27 million at current prices.

Binance announced the designation of five tokens for its Monitoring Tag today: GLMR, ICX, MOVR, RARE and SOPH. Tokens placed under the tag carry higher volatility and risk than other tokens and may face delisting later.

Bithumb to temporarily suspend POL deposits and withdrawals South Korean exchange Bithumb announced it will temporarily suspend deposits and withdrawals of Polygon Ecosystem Token (POL) starting at 10:00 a.m. UTC on Aug. 13 to support a POL network upgrade.