TETHER, CIRCLE MINT $3B STABLECOINS IN 48 HOURS

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$BASECAT, $DRB, $POD, $GRASS added to Coinbase roadmap

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ETF Flows: 21 Aug 2026

🟢 Bitcoin ETFs: $307.5M net inflows

🟢 Ethereum ETFs: $184.0M net inflows

🟢 Solana ETFs: $10.0M net inflows

⚪ Hyperliquid ETFs: $0.0M net flows

$470M longs liquidated in the past hour.

ETF FLOWS · WEEK OF AUG 17

US spot crypto ETFs saw net inflows of $2.6B in the week of August 17, a sharp reversal from $379M of net outflows in the prior week. Bitcoin drove it with $1.9B of net inflows, 72% of all flow versus 96% a week earlier, and all four finished positive.

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$FOLD listed on Upbit spot (KRW)

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TERM LABS EXPLOITED FOR $8.5M VIA GOVERNANCE VULNERABILITY

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WEEKLY BRIEF Aug 16–Aug 23, 2026

Headlines
• SafePal customer data exposed in security incident affecting spring 2026 orders
• JP Morgan positioning for underwriter role in potential Polymarket IPO
• Data center developer Crusoe in talks for initial public offering
• Kalshi 15-minute BTC market emerging as price discovery venue for spot exchanges
• Term Labs exploited for $8.5M via governance vulnerability
• GTE launches waitlist via X
• Kamino Token Holder Q2 2026 Report published by Blockworks
• State of XRP Q2 2026 report published by Blockworks

Weekly ETF Flows
• BTC: +$1,917.8M net inflows
• ETH: +$692.6M net inflows
• SOL: +$28.7M net inflows
• HYP: +$3.8M net inflows

Exchange Listings
• Coinbase: $CP (roadmap), $ALIGN (spot), $BASECAT (roadmap), $DRB (roadmap), $POD (roadmap), $GRASS (roadmap)
• Binance: $UNITREE (futures)
• Upbit: $BICO (spot), $BMT (spot), $NIL (spot), $GWEI (spot), $CRV (spot KRW), $NEXO (spot), $FOLD (spot KRW)
• Bithumb: $NEXO (spot)

Regulatory
• Binance plans UK return with FCA crypto license application
• Trump states SEC Chair is working to bring Hyperliquid into US
• Injective becomes first Layer 1 blockchain to be SEC registered transfer agent

Market Flows
• Tether and Circle mint $3B in stablecoins over 48-hour period
• $2.98B in total liquidations over 24h, including $48.8M BTC order on Hyperliquid
• Bitcoin perps volume exceeds $4B in a single minute on August 19
• $470M in long positions liquidated in a single hour on August 22
• Strategy USD reserves increase by $150M to $4.8B
• Nado introduces xAUT as margin for perp trading
• Happy HYPE ATHs to those celebrating

THE WEEK AHEAD — Aug 24 to Aug 30

🇺🇸 High-Impact Economic Events (ET)

Wed Aug 26
• 8:30 AM — Core PCE Price Index m/m (fcst 0.2%, prev 0.1%)
• 8:30 AM — Prelim GDP q/q (fcst 1.5%, prev 1.5%)

Fri Aug 28
• 10:00 AM — Fed Chairman Warsh Speaks
• 10:00 AM — Prelim Benchmark Payrolls Revision (prev -911K)

📊 Notable Earnings

Tue Aug 25
🌑 After hours: $ZM

Wed Aug 26
🌑 After hours: $NVDA, $CRWD

Thu Aug 27
🌑 After hours: $MRVL, $IREN

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$PROM listed on Bithumb spot

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$LIT listed on Upbit spot (KRW)

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STRATEGY USD RESERVES UP $1,885M TO $6,685M

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STRATEGY BUYS NO BITCOIN OVER PAST WEEK, INCREASES USD RESERVE BY $1.9B: FILING

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ETHENA OFFERS ZERO-BASIS-POINT USDT MINTS FOR USDE; ACHIEVES USDC:USDT PARITY

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PEAR PROTOCOL ADDS LIGHTER INTEGRATION, LAUNCHES LIT USER INCENTIVES

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$BASECAT, $DRB listed on Coinbase spot

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ENTROPY LAUNCHES ON HYPERLIQUID

• $14M raise led by Ribbit Capital
• Ex-Citadel, Optiver & Millennium
• Perps for pre-IPO, equities, compute & indices
• Anthropic market live now

SOURCE | TRADE ON ENTROPY

COSMOS LABS ADVISES COSMOS EVM CHAINS TO HALT AFTER SECURITY INCIDENT

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ETF Flows: 24 Aug 2026

🟢 Bitcoin ETFs: $337.6M net inflows

🟢 Ethereum ETFs: $115.6M net inflows

🟢 Solana ETFs: $33.5M net inflows

🟢 Hyperliquid ETFs: $5.7M net inflows

$36.39M MORPHO LIQUIDATIONS TRIGGERED BY YT-REUSUD YIELD SPIKE MANIPULATION

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