📢 Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas says the return of gold and Bitcoin ETFs to the top 10 most-traded funds could signal that the “debasement trade” is beginning to replace the AI-driven market frenzy.

📢 U.S. consumer spending on Apple’s App Store declined year over year in Q2 for the first time in a decade, according to Sensor Tower data.

📢 $BTC appears to be entering the early stages of a bull market, but confirmation still depends on breaking above its 365-day moving average near $83,000, according to a CryptoQuant analyst.

📢 The Blockchain Association urged the SEC and CFTC to coordinate on equity perpetuals, arguing that clearer regulations could help bring the offshore market back onshore.

📢 U.S. banks are carrying $326.7B in unrealized losses on investment securities, with the total increasing for two consecutive quarters.

📢 Bitcoin has gained roughly 20% since Bitcoin Vector’s impulse turned positive, with the strategy now fully allocated and targeting $82.8K next, according to Glassnode.

📢 Nearly 90% of students and parents want colleges to offer crypto education, yet only 28% of accredited U.S. business schools provide blockchain courses, according to OKX.

📢 HPC and tradeXYZ called on the CFTC to bring energy perpetuals to U.S. markets, highlighting their potential for 24/7 price discovery and hedging.

📢 Gold and Bitcoin ETFs attracted a record $7B combined inflow over the past week, led by GLD and BlackRock’s IBIT, according to ETF analyst Eric Balchunas.

📢 Nearly all of the top $XRP traders on Hyperliquid are currently holding short positions.

📢 The U.S. government moved Bitcoin seized from Alameda-linked accounts, raising speculation over whether more BTC could be sold.

📢 Tokenized real-world assets have grown to a $44.7B market cap, with $2.9B deployed across DeFi and $321.8M in DEX trading volume over the past 24 hours.

📢 CryptoQuant analyst João Wedson reports that Binance's spot trading volume has dropped to only 10% of its perpetual futures volume.

📢 A CryptoQuant analyst highlights that XRP whales recently pulled 231 million XRP off Binance, marking the largest six-month exchange outflow.

📢 According to data from PeckShield, the Moonwell protocol on the Base network suffered an $8.7 million exploit. This security incident represents a significant loss for the platform, as reported by the security firm. For more details, visit PeckShield's official channels.

📢 A CoinGecko report reveals that security breaches cost the cryptocurrency sector $3.63 billion across 245 separate incidents between January 2025 and July 2026. This data highlights the significant impact of security failures on the industry during this period. For the full report, visit CoinGecko.

📢 Hyperliquid's perp volume reached $19.4 billion on August 21, failing to surpass the peaks established in June and October 2025, according to Santiment data. This figure represents a decline from previous high-volume periods on the platform.

📢 A CoinGecko report highlights that roughly 60% of cryptocurrency platforms targeted by hackers since early 2025 had previously undergone independent security audits. The findings reveal that the vast majority of these exploits involved vulnerabilities that fell completely outside the traditional parameters covered by standard audits.

📢 BlocksBridge data shows that Bitcoin’s 23% surge triggered gains of up to 67% for Canaan, American Bitcoin, and Cango, outstripping the performance of multiple AI infrastructure stocks.

📢 MicroStrategy states that its cash reserves and USD assets now nearly equal its total debt, pulling its net leverage down to approximately 0.1%.