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Bitcoin mining difficulty fell 1.31% at block 963,648, marking the network’s 17th adjustment of 2026.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong urged US senators to support the CLARITY Act during an August 20 interview.

The global crypto market added about $500 billion in one week, lifting total market capitalisation to $2.74 trillion.

Zondacrypto shut down in April after withdrawal problems left thousands of customers unable to access their funds.

South Korean crypto exchange Upbit processed about ₩1.15 trillion, or $830 million, in one hour.

South Korea plans to let about 3,500 companies trade cryptocurrency through registered exchanges from late 2026.

An unidentified Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) user embedded a 255-byte puzzle message in block 963,629 on 22 August.

CoinCodex forecasts Jupiter (CRYPTO:JUP) could fall 23.33% to $0.155608 by 28 August 2026.

An unidentified wallet sold 7,700 Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) worth about $576.6 million between 19 and 22 August.

Shiba Inu (CRYPTO:SHIB) fell 16.13% to $0.0000052 after facing heavy selling across crypto markets.

The Bank of Russia approved a new test for investors seeking qualified investor status under updated financial market rules.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said US crypto rules have never been closer after meetings in Washington.

Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) reached Peter Brandt’s $58,000–$62,000 target before recovering above $79,000 in August.

Solana (CRYPTO:SOL) cut its target slot time to 350 milliseconds, its first reduction since the network launched.

Term Labs confirmed a governance exploit affected its vaults, with security firms estimating losses of about $8.5 million.

A Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland study found beliefs about crypto returns help explain who owns cryptocurrency.

Robert Kiyosaki again urged investors to buy Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) as he raised concerns about inflation and the US dollar.

The Blockchain Association and Crypto Council for Innovation sued Illinois on 21 August over its 0.2% digital asset tax.

• Pharos Network has launched PGNGI+, an on‑chain infrastructure fund product linked to Partners Group, extending its RealFi ecosystem beyond basic DeFi into tokenised infrastructure income rights.
• Pharos currently holds about US$127.75 million in active RWA value and US$6.79 million in DeFi TVL, which is materially smaller than leading RWA platforms such as Ondo ~US$3.44b TVL, Securitize ~US$4.96b, Maple ~US$2.23b and Centrifuge ~US$1.63b.
• The broader RWA sector is fragmenting by niche - tokenised funds and Treasuries Ondo, Centrifuge, institutional credit, and regulated issuance across many chains - with competition centred on institutional access, compliance frameworks and on‑chain liquidity.

• Ethereum is evaluating 66 proposals for its upcoming Hegotá upgrade, with FOCIL already chosen as the consensus-layer headliner and other ideas targeting privacy, account abstraction and censorship resistance.
• Ethereum still dominates DeFi with about US$41.35 billion in TVL, well ahead of Solana ~US$4.82b, BNB Chain ~US$4.87b, Avalanche ~US$0.43b and Cardano ~US$0.06b.
• Each rival chain is also upgrading—Solana on speed and client diversity, BNB Chain via the Pasteur hard fork, Avalanche with Helicon execution/validator changes, and Cardano through on-chain governed hard forks - creating different trade-offs in speed, security, governance and scalability.

Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) surged above US$2,400 on Friday, breaking that level for the first time in over three months and recording a gain of more than 28% over the preceding four days, reaching an intraday high of US$2,446.

South Korea's tax authorities have finalised regulations requiring the taxation of cryptocurrency earnings from domestic exchanges, international trading platforms, and self-hosted wallets, with the combined levy taking effect from 1 January 2027.

South Korean exchange Bithumb will temporarily suspend BounceBit (CRYPTO:BB) deposits and withdrawals from 2:55am UTC on August 20.

Grayscale is seeking to convert its Zcash Trust into an exchange-traded fund while a DCG subsidiary weighs a $110 million investment.