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T. Rowe Price digital assets head Blue Macellari said the firm included memecoins in its active crypto ETF, TKNZ, because excluding them solely on principle would undermine the purpose of active management. Macellari said memecoins that have survived for years and remain among the top assets by market capitalization should be evaluated individually for investment merit and momentum, and added that investors should not be shut out of opportunities simply because an asset is labeled a memecoin. TKNZ currently allocates about 60% of its portfolio to BTC and ETH, while Dogecoin accounts for 1.26% among its memecoin holdings. T. Rowe Price adjusts allocations across five to 15 cryptocurrencies flexibly based on market conditions and risk.

BitMart founder Sheldon said on X that he has not disappeared and that the core team is conducting asset reviews and consolidation, along with system maintenance, after operations were suspended and controversy spread over delayed user withdrawals and unpaid staff wages. Sheldon said the goal is to complete an orderly business shutdown and asked users to wait for further notice. Sheldon also denied allegations that funds were withdrawn ahead of users or that assets were misappropriated before fleeing, adding that the company is considering involving a court and a third-party auditor to disclose its asset status transparently.

Crypto market maker GSR said in a recent report that most decentralized autonomous organizations hold about 70% of their assets in self-issued tokens, a structure that could quickly weaken financial health during market downturns. GSR said a drop in a DAO’s native token price can reduce the value of treasury holdings while also dampening protocol revenue and market activity, creating a negative cycle that increases financial strain. The firm added that projects often move to hedge only after token prices have already fallen, which can raise hedging costs as volatility climbs. It suggested separating operating funds from long-term token holdings and using tools such as options to prepare for price declines. GSR added that broader adoption of such treasury changes could help ease selling pressure in the market over the medium to long term.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $1 billion in net inflows last week, the biggest weekly inflow since April, Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said on X. Balchunas said some ETFs, including BlackRock’s IBIT and Fidelity’s FBTC, posted daily net inflows after the Coldcard hack. He added it was hard to rule out the possibility that concerns over direct custody after the cold-storage hack boosted demand for ETFs. Balchunas also said it would be ironic if what he described as the worst-case scenario of a Bitcoin cold-storage hack ends up marking the start of the next bull market.

Strategy founder Michael Saylor said on X that BIP-110 has effectively failed to gain broad backing, with only 2.6% of miners supporting it. Saylor said nodes backing BIP-110 would reject blocks without support signals once block height 961,632 is reached. But with most miners not participating, the Bitcoin network is expected to continue operating normally, while BIP-110 is likely to stall or remain on a separate chain with little influence, he said. Saylor added that Bitcoin is working as designed. BIP-110 is a proposed temporary soft fork aimed at limiting non-payment data that can be inserted into Bitcoin transactions, reducing the use of inscriptions and Runes, and lowering the burden on nodes.

IMF First Deputy Managing Director Dan Katz said local-currency stablecoins issued to reduce reliance on dollar stablecoins could instead broaden their use, Cointelegraph reported. In a speech at the University of Cape Town, Katz explained that if local-currency and dollar-based stablecoins circulate on the same blockchain infrastructure, they can be easily exchanged through DEXs, liquidity pools, and P2P transactions. In that case, foreign-exchange activity could shift on-chain without going through banks or money changers, increasing access to dollar stablecoins. Katz added that in countries where access to dollars is limited, such changes could boost demand for foreign currency, and stressed that regulators should bring stablecoin deposits, withdrawals, and on-chain foreign-exchange routes into the regulatory fold.

Rarible launches Solana NFT marketplace Rarible has officially rolled out support for the Solana network, allowing users to explore, mint and trade Solana-based NFTs on its marketplace, The Defiant reported. Claynosaurz is the first supported collection. Rarible added Solana to its list of supported networks after Ethereum, MegaETH and Base, and also launched Solana-specific Explore, Mint and Gacha pages. The company added it plans to support more NFT collections in the Solana ecosystem over the coming weeks.

Blockchain security firm REKT said 276 cryptocurrency hacking incidents have occurred so far in 2026, with total losses reaching about $1.2 billion. REKT added that the recent Coldcard hack accounted for about 10% of this year’s total losses in just a few days.

U.S. Senate Republican Leader John Thune has begun procedural steps to bring the CLARITY Act, a crypto market structure bill, to the Senate floor, CoinDesk reported. Thune filed for cloture on a motion to proceed to floor consideration of the bill, clearing the way for the Senate to hold its first procedural vote shortly after returning in September, according to CoinDesk. Cloture requires 60 votes in the 100-seat Senate, meaning Republicans need support from at least 10 Democratic senators. If approved, the chamber can move to full debate on the bill and subsequent steps toward a final vote. CoinDesk said the two parties remain divided over anti-illicit finance provisions, stablecoin compensation, and limits on crypto business involvement by senior public officials, including President Donald Trump. As a result, the bill was not taken up before the August recess. CoinDesk added that progress in negotiations during the recess could allow action on the bill in September, while failure to reach an agreement could make passage this year difficult.

Physical crimes directly targeting cryptocurrency holders are rising sharply, with $30 million in crypto stolen globally through violent attacks in the first half of 2026, according to a recent Chainalysis report. The figure covers only cases in which forced transfers of stolen assets were successfully completed. Chainalysis found the actual scale of losses was likely larger when including attempted crimes and ransom demands. The report also said incidents involving the abduction or intimidation of family members or acquaintances, rather than direct attacks on holders themselves, accounted for around 25% to 30% of the total. Investigative authorities are actively using on-chain analysis techniques in response.

Stablecoins have continued to flow out of the crypto market over the past month, which should not be seen as a signal that a bull market is beginning, according to Jiang Zhuoer, founder of mining pool BTC.top, who has Chinese roots. Jiang said USDT’s market capitalization fell to $183.1 billion from $184.2 billion, while USDC’s market capitalization declined to $72.15 billion from $73.28 billion. Jiang added Bitcoin could rise to between $68,000 and $70,000 and liquidate accumulated short positions, but the downtrend would likely resume afterward.

StonkBrokers, an NFT project tied to stock-token rewards, saw its floor price top 9.2 ETH after rising more than 20% over the past 24 hours. Cumulative trading volume reached 1,734 ETH. Built on the ERC-721 standard, the project says each NFT includes stock tokens at issuance and can generate real stock-token rewards based on trading fees. Users can activate NFTs with the STONKBROKER token, with higher activation levels increasing the weighting for stock-token rewards.

According to CoinGlass data, if BTC breaks above $65,763, about $202.63 million in short positions would be liquidated across major centralized exchanges. If BTC falls below $64,316, about $161.23 million in long positions would be liquidated.

Bitcoin has nearly recovered the average cost basis of short-term holders, defined as wallets holding BTC for less than 155 days, on-chain analyst AxelAdlerJr said. BTC is currently trading around $64,952, about 3.8% below the short-term holder realized price of $67,523, and has repeatedly attempted to reclaim that level only to fall back below it on 279 of the past 284 days, Adler added. In the current range, short-term holders could also sell at around break-even, potentially adding selling pressure to the market.

BTC perp long/short ratios on top exchanges by open interest 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: 51.43% long, 48.57% short - Binance: 52.52% long, 47.48% short - OKX: 51.02% long, 48.98% short - Bybit: 53.36% long, 46.64% short

The European Union is moving to review MiCA to allow non-EU stablecoin issuers into the market and accommodate emerging technologies such as tokenized payments, Bitcoin.com reported. The EU recently finalized revisions to MiCA after gathering feedback, with the aim of addressing issues facing non-EU stablecoin issuers such as Tether that were unable to secure licenses under existing requirements and broadening choices for European users. U.S. stablecoin legislation known as GENIUS and related policies under the Trump administration also influenced the move, while major institutions including the European Central Bank said revising the law had become unavoidable.

Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin miner Bitdeer (BTDR) said on its official X account it mined 270.5 BTC this week and sold the entire amount. Bitdeer has maintained a "zero BTC treasury" strategy since February, under which it has sold all mined Bitcoin. The company reduced its Bitcoin holdings to zero as of Feb. 20 and has continued to immediately convert newly mined BTC into cash.

XRPL has unveiled a major upgrade including Confidential Transfers, a privacy feature for institutional users, CoinDesk reported. The upgrade includes zero-knowledge-proof-based amount encryption as well as batch processing and permission controls tailored to institutional demand. The proposal requires approval from more than 80% of validator nodes before final activation. Aviva and Ondo Finance have issued real-world asset tokens on XRPL.

Nasdaq-listed cloud mining platform BitFuFu (FUFU) said it mined a total of 112 BTC in July. As of the end of July, its Bitcoin holdings stood at 1,314 BTC, down 357 BTC from the end of May.

24-hour crypto futures liquidations The following shows estimated liquidation volumes and position ratios for major crypto perpetual futures over the past 24 hours: - BTC: $39.81 million liquidated (80.08% shorts) - ETH: $30.74 million liquidated (78.5% shorts) - SPCX: $12.07 million liquidated (78.65% shorts)

An anonymous whale withdrew 30,000 ETH worth $57.21 million from Coinbase and then split the funds across three newly created addresses, according to Onchain Lens. Exchange outflows are typically interpreted as a move to hold the assets.

Monthly payment volume on crypto payment cards has climbed to more than $759 million, with RedotPay holding the largest share among major crypto cards as of July 31, according to a recent a16z crypto survey. The survey also found that since late last year, Ether.fi (ETHFI), KAST and Karta have steadily expanded their market share. a16z crypto said crypto card users can make offline payments by depositing stablecoins with an issuer or using self-custodied stablecoins without a bank account. The firm said such services are expanding global users’ access to U.S. dollars while improving spending convenience for stablecoin holders.

U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs posted net inflows of about $49.6 million on Aug. 7, marking a fourth straight trading day of net inflows, according to Farside Investors. - BlackRock ETHA: +$38.1 million - Fidelity FETH: +$11.5 million

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted about $101.7 million in net inflows on Aug. 7, marking a fifth straight trading day of net inflows, according to Farside Investors. - BlackRock IBIT: +$86.7 million - Fidelity FBTC: +$41.0 million - Bitwise BITB: +$2.1 million - ARK Invest ARKB: +$1.9 million - Invesco BTCO: -$19.4 million - VanEck HODL: -$10.6 million

Bitcoin developer and Wizardsardine CEO Kevin Loaec warned that a BTC fork triggered by the BIP-110 proposal could expose users to replay attacks, potentially causing real BTC to be sent when they try to sell coins on the forked chain, CoinDesk reported. Loaec said both chains would accept the same transaction signatures immediately after a fork, and automatic replay protection would not apply. As a result, if a user signs a transaction to sell coins on the forked chain, a third party could submit the same transaction to Bitcoin’s main chain, causing the same amount of BTC to be transferred there as well. He added that ordinary investors who do not know how to safely split assets across the two chains should avoid any on-chain transactions during a fork period. "split" BIP-110 is a proposal to restrict the inclusion of non-payment data such as images and text in Bitcoin transactions. Activation requires support from more than 55% of the most recent 2,016 blocks, or 1,109 blocks, but current miner support is only around 2.6%, meaning the proposal has effectively failed to reach consensus. Even so, from block height 961,632, expected this weekend, BIP-110 nodes are designed to automatically reject blocks without that signal, raising the possibility that the Bitcoin chain could split in two if some nodes continue operating on a separate chain.