Coinbase has announced that it will suspend trading on a total of ten perpetual contracts on August 26. The suspension is planned for around 21:00 UTC. According to the official announcement, the affected markets are Memecoin (MEME-PERP), The Sandbox (SAND-PERP), Moonbirds (BIRB-PERP), Blur (BLUR-PERP), Katana (KAT-PERP), SPX6900 (SPX-PERP), ZORA (ZORA-PERP), Axie Infinity (AXS-PERP), Gensyn (AI-PERP), and LayerZero (ZRO-PERP). When the suspension takes effect, any remaining open positions will be automatically settled. The final settlement price will be calculated based on the average index price over the 60 minutes immediately before the trading halt. In addition, the funding rate for the last funding cycle will be set to zero. This last point means the final cycle of funding will incur a rate of zero, rather than a positive or negative charge. For traders still holding these contracts at that time, the automatic settlement is unavoidable and the price used will be based on the last hour of index values. These details give a clear picture of how the process will work.

WEEX said it listed Rain Protocol (RAIN) for spot trading on Aug. 10 and started a limited-time zero-fee trading promotion. The exchange described Rain Protocol as a decentralized prediction market protocol deployed on Arbitrum. Alongside the listing, WEEX and Rain Protocol launched an airdrop campaign with a total of 785,600 RAIN in rewards. The event runs from Aug. 11 at 18:00 to Aug. 18 at 18:00 (UTC+8). During the campaign, users who complete their first spot trade in any one of RAIN, ARB, or ZRO, with no minimum trading volume required, can receive an additional 393 RAIN reward. The announcement was cited by ChainCatcher on Aug. 12.

A PANews crypto calendar highlighted a packed August 2026 for the Web3 market, with macro data, regulatory developments, token unlocks and project shutdowns or adjustments all set to land in the same month. On the macro side, the market is watching the release of U.S. July nonfarm payrolls and CPI data, along with the Federal Reserve minutes and the Jackson Hole global central banking conference. On the regulatory front, the U.S. Senate is expected to release a new draft of the CLARITY Act, while the European Union’s expanded crypto restrictions on Belarus are set to take effect. Token unlocks for ENA, AVAX, CONX, ZRO and KAITO are also on the calendar. Separately, Exchange Art, Ctrl Wallet, Zapper, NFTfi and Summer.fi may shut down or adjust services, with users advised to handle their assets in time. The calendar also points to Q2 earnings from SpaceX, Circle and Nvidia, an IPO subscription process for Unitree on Shanghai’s STAR Market, a planned Pre-IPO fundraising round by Moonshot AI, and industry events including Bitcoin Asia 2026 and the 2026 China International Big Data Industry Expo.

Bitcoin briefly climbed above $64,400 after the Federal Reserve left its benchmark rate unchanged at 3.50%-3.75% on Wednesday, then surrendered the move when Fed Chair Kevin Warsh opened his press conference with a blunt line: "There is no soft inflation target." By press time, BTC was trading just under $64,000, still up about 1% over 24 hours, according to CoinGecko. The market response suggested crypto traders were reacting less to the hold itself and more to Warsh’s inflation stance. The decision also came with an uncommon split inside the Federal Open Market Committee, with Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari, and Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan dissenting in favor of a 25 basis point hike. CME FedWatch had put the odds of a hike at roughly 35% before the meeting. Elsewhere in crypto, Ethereum held near $1,900 and XRP traded around $1.06, while total market capitalization rose to about $2.29 trillion. KAITO led gains among top-300 tokens, while DeXe and Lorenzo Protocol’s BANK posted sharp declines.

The crypto market cap fell 4.6% to $2.95 trillion in 24 hours, with Bitcoin slipping below $85,000 and Ethereum under $2,900. The Fear and Greed Index dropped from 26 to 16.

The global crypto market fell 0.6% to $2.28 trillion on June 23, while the Fear & Greed Index stayed in Extreme Fear at 23. ARX surged 153.98%, DeFi market value rose 3.5%, and Visa stablecoin growth and Binance India compliance changes drew attention.

The global crypto market cap fell to $2.42 trillion, down 2% in 24 hours. BTC slipped to $68,971, ETH fell to $2,019.26, and the Fear and Greed Index remained deep in extreme fear at 11.

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