The crypto market enters a highly tense week. On Wednesday, August 12, the United States will release its July inflation data. The consensus expects an annual CPI of 3.4%, down from 3.5% previously. A surprise of a few tenths could be enough to shake Bitcoin, Ethereum, and risky assets by abruptly changing expectations around the Fed.
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Ethereum still concentrates nearly 70% of the RWA deposits used in lending, while Solana strengthens its presence in spot trading of tokenized assets. The crypto battle is therefore no longer only about classic DeFi. It is shifting towards the tokenization of real financial assets, a market that is growing while several traditional segments of decentralized finance are slowing down.
Spot ETFs linked to XRP have just recorded a fourth positive week. This dynamic contrasts with several more cautious signals that have recently appeared in the market. After a July marked by net inflows, flows slow sharply at the beginning of August. At the same time, the token price has approached an important support at 1 dollar. Investors are now monitoring the strength of this level, as analysts consider several scenarios for the next step.
The ETF market is experiencing a mixed quarter, as some products struggle to maintain their growth. ChainLink illustrates this situation with a fund whose value depends directly on a single asset. Launched on NYSE Arca in December 2025, Grayscale's product started with solid inflows. Since then, the drop in LINK has reduced its net asset value and slowed its net assets. The latest quarterly report thus confirms a marked slowdown, without signaling any massive investor withdrawals.
Trump Media abandons two important aspects of its crypto partnership with Crypto.com. The group gives up on creating a listed company responsible for accumulating CRO. It also ends an agreement concerning certain future ETFs from Yorkville America. This decision marks a clear shift in priorities, without signifying a complete exit from the crypto market.
Institutional capital continues to flow into cryptos despite volatility that keeps retail investors on the defensive. On Thursday, ETFs backed by bitcoin and Ether recorded more than $220 million in net flows, confirming the intact appetite of traditional finance for these assets. Once again, BlackRock concentrates the bulk of subscriptions and strengthens its role as the main driver of this momentum in the crypto ETF market.
Hyperliquid faces a more demanding phase of its development. JPMorgan believes the decentralized platform could lose ground to regulated US offerings. At the same time, capital inflows into HYPE-related ETFs have significantly slowed down after their spectacular start.
The US Solana ETFs display a very rare phenomenon: no capital movement. For several sessions, investors have recorded neither subscription nor withdrawal across all these products, an unusual situation in a market where flows evolve almost daily. This immobility raises questions: does it indicate a waning of institutional demand or simply reflect the specific functioning of these financial vehicles? To answer, one must distinguish the flows officially recorded by issuers from the activity that continues to be observed in the secondary market.
The TRUMP memecoin becomes a major political obstacle for American crypto regulation. Two senators demand an SEC investigation at the very moment the Senate is trying to save the CLARITY Act before its August break. The debate no longer only concerns the nature of the token. It directly touches on White House conflicts of interest.
Since the transition to proof of stake in 2022, the reward mechanisms for validators have taken a central role in discussions around the network. A new proposal today rekindles this debate by suggesting a progressive reduction of rewards paid to staking participants. The project aims to modify economic incentives while limiting the creation of new tokens. Ethereum thus finds itself at the heart of a reflection that already divides the actors of its ecosystem.
Federal funding dried up, so researchers got creative — OnlyFans and a memecoin. Marmots, sex work and Solana. Welcome to 2026, folks.
The race for crypto treasuries is accelerating among listed companies, where each acquisition becomes a leverage for valuation and a signal sent to the markets. In this battle, Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) has just scored a new point. On August 3, the company revealed a weekly report combining a new accumulation of Ether (ETH) and a large share buyback program. An aggressive strategy that confirms the rise of ETH treasuries and revives the debate on the place of the second-largest crypto in corporate finance.
Intersect unveiled the first steps of Cardano's Dijkstra hard fork, which will deploy three innovations: Nested Transactions, Linear Leios, and Peras. The Ouroboros Leios protocol, cornerstone of this update, promises to improve the network's throughput and finality. The roadmap foresees deployment of the first two phases by the end of 2026.
On the occasion of its sixth anniversary, Shiba Inu once again draws the attention of its community. Launched in August 2020, the project celebrates an important milestone as several announcements already direct attention toward its future. Messages of support multiply, while exchange platforms participate in the celebrations. Meanwhile, ecosystem leaders discuss a new development phase focused on rebuilding the main projects and consolidating technological foundations.
For years, a rule seemed immutable: when bitcoin soared, altcoins followed in its wake. This mechanism, which shaped several bullish cycles, now shows signs of exhaustion. Capital no longer spreads across the entire market but converges towards a handful of favored assets. Thus, the latest Wintermute report reveals this break. The massive influx of institutional investors is reshaping liquidity flows and questions the idea of a generalized altseason.
Robinhood Chain surpassed Base in daily active users on July 21, just four weeks after its launch. Coinbase's network responds by highlighting its 187.8 million agentic payments and an upcoming launch of tokenized stocks. The battle for onchain distribution has only just begun.
The AI crypto hype has gone cold, leaving speculators holding the bag. Meanwhile, RWA and Bitcoin are where the real money is flowing. The game has changed.
XRP-backed ETFs have just crossed a historic milestone in capital inflows, confirming the growing appetite of institutional investors for Ripple's crypto. This record comes despite a market where retail investors remain cautious, held back by persistent volatility and a lack of price direction. While the market hesitates, institutional players continue to accumulate through regulated financial products, making XRP one of the most striking symbols of this dynamic.
Aave wants to remove several reserves that have become too little used. This operation would involve 98.1 million dollars of deposited assets and 15.6 million dollars of debt. For the crypto protocol, it is not about responding to an immediate emergency. The goal is rather to reduce risks and costs related to markets that have become unprofitable.
Bitget ranked second for Ethereum order-book depth during the first half of 2026, according to CoinGlass. The result strengthens the exchange’s position among major derivatives platforms as traders increasingly prioritize liquidity, pricing stability and execution quality.
Wall Street accelerates its offensive on cryptos. Morgan Stanley Investment Management launches two new ETPs backed by Ether and Solana on the NYSE Arca, confirming the growing interest of major banks in smart contract blockchains. Long focused on bitcoin, traditional finance players are now broadening their exposure to other assets. With some of the lowest management fees in the market and a mechanism redistributing staking rewards, this new offer directly targets institutional investors seeking yield and ease of access.
Lido starts consolidating over 8 million ETH, valued at 16.5 billion dollars, into a much smaller number of validators. This migration could reduce the total number of active validators on Ethereum by one third. The network should thus process fewer technical messages, without directly changing gas fees or speeding up user transactions.
BitMine continues its accumulation strategy and hits a new milestone on Ethereum. The company announced holding 5.79 million ETH, about 4.8% of the total cryptocurrency supply. This increase follows a new purchase completed during the past week. At the same time, a large part of its assets already participates in staking, while the group strengthens its position among the largest institutional holders of publicly traded digital assets.
Is Ethereum just going through a simple consolidation phase or have investors already turned the page? While the crypto market watches for the slightest sign of a rebound, prediction platforms like Polymarket display a pessimism rarely seen towards the sector's second largest capitalization. Having returned around 1,880 dollars after a brief passage above 1,950 dollars, ETH remains above its late June low at 1,510 dollars, without convincing. This gap between a still solid network and a degraded market sentiment raises the question: how far can distrust go?
After weeks of continuous inflows, capital is beginning to leave American spot ETFs dedicated to cryptos. This reversal, observed at the end of July, marks a break in the momentum that had been supporting the market for several weeks. Far more than a simple flow indicator, these funds have become the main barometer of institutional demand. Their move into the red could reveal a change of mood on Wall Street regarding Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more broadly, the entire crypto market.
Dogecoin-backed ETFs still struggle to convince investors. After a brief surge in subscriptions, institutional interest quickly waned, confirming the difficulties these products face in establishing themselves in the market. As asset managers look to expand the crypto ETF offering beyond bitcoin and Ethereum, funds linked to memecoins illustrate the limits of this diversification. This new stagnation phase raises questions about the real appetite of investors for these atypical financial vehicles.
Small holders abandon XRP, whales buy without hesitation. This unprecedented divide within the Ripple ecosystem reveals a massive token transfer between investors with opposite strategies. On-chain data shows that modest wallets capitulate under the effect of volatility, while the largest fortunes methodically strengthen their positions. This shift occurs as XRP has rebounded over 8% in five weeks and regained the $1.16 level. Such a signal could say much more about the market dynamics than just the price evolution.
Europe concentrates more than two-thirds of block production on Solana, according to data released by Glassnode on July 22, 2026. Frankfurt dominates this geography and shows latency significantly lower than that of the US East Coast. Does this operational lead indicate a lasting regional dependency?
Ethereum reserves on exchange platforms continue to shrink, while an increasing portion of the supply remains locked in staking. This dual dynamic progressively tightens the liquidity available in the market and strengthens the scenario of a supply squeeze, a supply shock likely to impact price formation. While ETH tries to maintain around $1,900, on-chain data reveals a fundamental evolution that could redefine the balance between buyers and sellers in the coming weeks.