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Crypto News Digest: August 22, 2026
The stories that moved crypto on August 22, 2026.
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Bitcoin and ether ETFs draw $2.6 billion in strongest inflow week since October, tripling volume
Combined ETF weekly trading volume more than tripled to $29 billion as bitcoin and ether prices rallied, though both categories are negative on the year.
Zcash hits eight-year high near $850 with futures volume near $10 billion amid Grayscale ETF push
CoinGlass recorded nearly $10 billion in 24-hour futures volume and $1.76 billion in open interest, indicating that derivatives made up much of the trading.
Microsoft Fixes 'Perfect 10' Exploit That Could Have Let Hackers Run Code Remotely
The Entra ID flaw earned the highest possible severity score, but Microsoft says it patched the bug before publishing the CVE and found no evidence it was ever exploited.
Solana cuts mainnet slot time to 350 milliseconds in first step toward 200ms goal
The change should lead to faster transaction confirmations but is not designed to increase the overall throughput of the network.
Crypto exchange BitMart weighs partial restart and creditor payouts weeks after announcing shutdown
The exchange has hired White & Case as restructuring counsel, with a detailed roadmap expected by Sept. 9.
AI Has Made Bitcoin Software a Target—This Group Is Fighting Back
A group of 20-odd developers is scanning the Bitcoin ecosystem for AI-discoverable flaws, warning that cheap, powerful models have handed attackers unprecedented reach.
Kalshi off-limits in multiple states as prediction markets, CFTC team up for battle
Washington state is cut off for Kalshi customers while the company combats the development in court and its federal regulator keeps pursuing new rules.
Tokenized stocks risk repeating Wall Street’s 1960s ‘paper crisis,’ Fairmint CEO says
Fairmint CEO Joris Delanoue warns tokenized stocks risk recreating Wall Street’s 1960s paper crisis through fragmented systems and standards.
Web3 gaming network Sandbox stops Base and BNB chain bridging after exploit
The Sandbox disabled bridging on affected networks to isolate tokens and warned users not to trade SAND on Base and BNB, citing an impact of under 0.01% of supply.
MiCA is coming for DeFi vaults, but regulation will be difficult
Brussels is reviewing whether crypto lending should fall under MiCA, but DeFi lending vaults are making it harder to determine who, exactly, should be regulated.
A Third of the Post-ChatGPT Web Is AI-Written, Pew Finds
Pew Research scanned nearly half a million webpages with an AI detector and found the fingerprints concentrated on .com domains—and multiplying fast.
Bitcoin and Ether bears get decimated amid 'squeeze-led' rally and Musk's X wants to pay creators in stablecoins: Crypto week in 5 stories
Bitcoin and crypto staged their strongest rally in months as Treasury intervention, regulatory moves and a historic short squeeze collided, while banks and technology companies pushed deeper into stablecoins.
How a Treasury buyback tweak helped bitcoin surge 25% to nearly $80,000 in days
Treasury buybacks are not QE, analysts said, but the move helped pull long-term yields off 19-year highs and triggered a record short squeeze in a market already leaning too bearish.
Zcash jumps 48% to over $800 as Grayscale spot ETF push adds to ‘next bitcoin’ buzz
ZEC traded above its January 2018 peak as futures volume hit billions of dollars and a Grayscale filing showed fresh progress toward converting its Zcash Trust into a spot ETF.