Crypto markets on Aug. 10 were driven by a mix of trading data, policy signals, corporate developments and geopolitical headlines. On centralized exchanges, BMT and TUT posted the largest gains among the top 10 tokens by trading volume, while OKX’s 24-hour leaderboard was led by BOME and PEOPLE. On-chain, GMGN’s most watched meme tokens were TODA, REMUS, LOUIE, RISK and PUMPGUY. Away from the tape, Unitree Robotics officially opened subscriptions for its STAR Market IPO, with the market estimating an allotment rate of just 0.02% to 0.03%. In U.S. crypto legislation, Polymarket data showed the probability of the CLARITY Act becoming law by Dec. 31 had dropped to 21%, while Senate procedure points to a first cloture vote on Sept. 15. Industry updates included Bithumb restricting deposits and withdrawals tied to three entities sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, fresh data showing more than 100 crypto projects have shut down or filed for bankruptcy in 2026 so far, and DeFiLlama figures showing Pump.fun’s 30-day protocol revenue moved ahead of Hyperliquid. Separate updates covered Strategy’s lack of Bitcoin purchases since June, a $10.5 million seed round for Dow Protocol, and proposed South Korean tax and VASP rule changes.

The Pentagon is weighing a new nuclear strategy that would give the U.S. president more flexible tactical nuclear options to deter China and Russia, according to the report. The debate comes after the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START, expired on Feb. 5, 2026 without a replacement, ending the legal cap that had limited U.S. and Russian deployed strategic warheads to 1,550. The treaty had also set limits of 700 deployed missiles and heavy bombers, and 800 deployed and non-deployed launchers. The report says those restrictions only covered strategic nuclear weapons, leaving tactical nuclear arms outside the treaty framework. U.S. Strategic Command is cited as estimating that Russia now has as many as 2,000 tactical nuclear warheads, none of them constrained by treaty rules. In August 2026, the Pentagon began a review focused on tactical nuclear weapons, led by Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby. NBC News, citing five people with knowledge of the matter, reported that Colby planned to outline details during a nonpublic military event at U.S. Strategic Command in Nebraska. Supporters argue the change would give the White House credible response options short of all-out nuclear war if Beijing or Moscow moved against a U.S. ally. Critics argue the opposite risk: once tactical nuclear use becomes easier to contemplate, the buffer between diplomacy and nuclear escalation could shrink, making regional conflict harder to contain.

Stripe’s stablecoin infrastructure company Bridge has entered the European Union’s MiCA register through its Luxembourg entity, Bridge Building, after receiving local regulatory approval. The latest ESMA update shows that the number of MiCA-authorized electronic money token (EMT) issuers in the EU register has risen to 42. Bridge said on July 2 that it had obtained a CASP authorization and an EMI license from Luxembourg’s financial regulator. Product lead Mai Leduc Blount said the approval allows EU businesses to build stablecoin and payments products within a regulated framework. The same ESMA update also added three German CASP entries, lifting the total number of authorized CASPs in the EU register to 324. ART authorization was unchanged, and no ART issuer is listed.

Hashi’s testnet on Sui has drawn participation from more than 25 institutions in a push to let Bitcoin take part in DeFi without leaving the Bitcoin network. The article argues that the market debate has shifted: the question is no longer whether BTC should be programmable, but where that programmability should sit. Hashi keeps the underlying BTC in 2-of-2 multisig Bitcoin addresses while execution happens on Sui, a setup the author says improves asset safety but still leaves users relying on two systems at once. Against that backdrop, TuringBitChain, or TBC, is presented as a different route. Rather than splitting assets and contract logic across chains, it says it writes Turing-complete smart contracts directly into the UTXO model at Layer 1. The piece contrasts the two approaches across trust assumptions, architecture, performance claims, developer trade-offs, and institutional readiness, framing the broader contest around whether programmable BTC finance will be built through external execution layers or within UTXO itself.

The European Securities and Markets Authority updated its Markets in Crypto-Assets, or MiCA, register on July 31, adding 12 companies and raising the total number of authorized crypto-asset service providers to 321. The update marked the fourth revision since the July 1 transition deadline. Among the newly added entities were three cooperative banks from Germany: Volksbank Raiffeisenbank Oberbayern Südost, VR Bank Schleswig-Holstein Mitte, and VR-Bank Landau-Mengkofen. The list also included Spain-based Basque Pay and Fintech Payments, along with France-based Finary, Woorton, Blockchain Process Security, and Shares Financial Assets. ESMA also added Cervo Rendisco, Flandenzo, and Corona Fondenza to its non-compliant entities list, based on markings from Italy’s securities regulator, Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa, or CONSOB. That non-compliant list now contains 167 entries. No other MiCA-related registers changed in this update. The number of authorized electronic money token issuers remained at 41, while the register for asset-referenced token issuers still shows no entities.

Lookonchain said a wallet identified as 0x9a96...ec05 opened a 2x leveraged long position on 16.73 million FARTCOIN, with the position valued at about $2.16 million. The same address also placed a limit order to buy 18.04 million FARTCOIN, worth about $531,000. The update was cited by Odaily in a brief market alert focused on whale activity. No additional details on execution price, platform, or timing beyond the monitoring note were disclosed in the source text.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority released a quantum readiness white paper on July 27 and introduced the Quantum Preparedness Index, or QPI, as part of its work on financial sector resilience. The authority rated itself at 2.3 out of 10 and said it aims to reach a full score by 2030 through the adoption of post-quantum cryptography to address encryption risks tied to quantum computing. The paper sits under the “resilience” pillar of the HKMA’s DART framework and covers more than 40 Fintech 2030 initiatives. The HKMA also said it is working with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology on a post-quantum cryptography toolkit. According to CryptoBriefing, the push comes as tokenized deposits and government bonds expand, making quantum security preparation increasingly important for protecting financial infrastructure.

A cluster of crypto and tech developments landed on July 27, led by Changxin’s blockbuster market debut and Circle’s latest infrastructure push. According to crypto KOL AB Kuai.Dong, Country Garden invested RMB 2 billion in Changxin in September 2021 at RMB 2.22 per share, securing 901 million shares, but later exited at cost by the end of 2024 as it grappled with a property-sector liquidity crisis. Had it held the position until now, the return would have reached 23x. Changxin then closed its first trading day up 465.8% at RMB 49, with a total market value of RMB 3.28 trillion. In crypto, Circle said it acquired IBM’s blockchain patent portfolio, covering more than 680 patent families and nearly 1,000 granted patents tied to core blockchain technology, banking, financial services, insurance, enterprise infrastructure, supply-chain verification and secure cloud operations. In the U.S., the Senate’s latest merged text of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act entered a critical two-week window before the August recess, with ethics provisions emerging as the main sticking point. Onchain data also drew attention: 6.93 million HYPE are set to be unstaked over the next seven days on Hyperliquid, while the platform’s nine largest whale addresses were collectively sitting on about $48.635 million in unrealized losses.