Metaplanet reported interim results for the fiscal year ending December 2026, with revenue of ¥4.94 billion, up 134% from a year earlier. Operating profit rose 136% to ¥3.33 billion, and the operating margin was 67.4%. Net assets totaled ¥340.9 billion, down 25.7% from the prior period end. The company said its BTC yield was +9.6% year-to-date and its bitcoin holdings stood at 43,000 BTC.

Federal Reserve official Beth Hammack said current borrowing conditions are not restraining inflation enough and argued for immediate rate hikes to bring inflation back toward the 2% target. Separately, the U.S. Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 4.7% year over year in July, below the 4.9% forecast and down from 5.5% in June. After the data, bitcoin traded above $63,600 while ether was below $1,900. Markets remain cautious about how further monetary tightening could affect crypto assets.

Nasdaq ISE has filed a proposed rule change with the SEC (File Number SR-ISE-2026-42) to expand a standardized framework for options on crypto ETF-related trusts to cover BTC, ETH, SOL and XRP. The proposal would require at least 85% of a trust’s net asset value to be made up of holdings that underlie derivatives contracts, while allowing up to 15% in digital commodities that do not meet derivatives-market requirements. It also sets a liquidity threshold, requiring each digital commodity to have an average daily global market value of at least $700 million over the prior 12 months. The framework outlines a pathway for more major crypto assets to enter the ETF options market.

Kaito (KAITO) is set to unlock about 58.11 million tokens at 12:00 PM on August 20, according to Web3 asset data platform RootData. The tokens to be unlocked are valued at about $25.87 million. The figures reflect the latest update in the project’s token release schedule.

Chainlink (LINK) logged 246 whale transactions above $100,000 in the past 24 hours, the highest daily count in five months. Addresses holding between 100,000 and 10,000,000 LINK control 46.57% of total supply, as accumulation accelerates, according to Santiment. LINK has also broken a multi-month downtrend, with traders watching resistance at $10.87 and then the prior yearly high around $12.20.

Hyperion posted a second consecutive record quarter, with second-quarter net income of $31 million, sharply higher than the prior quarter. Adjusted EBITDA rose to $53.7 million from $19.5 million. The company’s HYPE token holdings increased in value from $71 million to $132.6 million as the token price climbed from $36.60 to $65, ending the quarter with 2.04 million HYPE. Treasury gains totaled $54.8 million and operating expenses fell 21% to $2.3 million, while the stock is trading at $2.69.

The CLARITY Act did not pass before the Senate’s deadline, but bitcoin still rose 3.7% for the week ended Aug. 7. U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded net inflows of $853.54 million that week, though year-to-date net outflows remain around $4.5 billion. Bitcoin steadied around $65,200 even as the market absorbed a crypto hack and rising yields. During the earlier run from $75,000 to the October 2025 record high of $126,000, ETF weekly inflows topped $1 billion for multiple consecutive weeks.

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded net outflows of $144.67 million in the latest trading session, according to DiarioBitcoin. The move ended a run of net inflows that had lasted for several sessions. The size of the outflow has drawn market attention, reflecting a shift toward more cautious investor sentiment.