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Markets coverage from the StreamSage Markets desk: Stocks, Bonds, Forex, Commodities, Funds, Derivatives, Crypto Assets. Sources on every story. Page 9.

• Bitcoin Gains 24% This Week as Broader Crypto Market Trails

  Decrypt reports Bitcoin's weekly gain outpaced the rest of the crypto market, increasing its dominance in total market value.

• Pendle pool trade triggers $36M Morpho liquidation

  A $9 million yield token purchase moved principal token prices, clearing looped positions on a Morpho market with no bad debt.

• Treasury Yields Fall as Oil Drop Eases Inflation Worries

  Bessent seeks to halt months-long selloff by doubling Treasury buybacks to push long-term rates lower.

• 3% Token Move Triggers $36 Million in Ethereum DeFi Liquidations

  CoinDesk reports that a 3% price shift in a token resulted in $36 million in liquidated positions within Ethereum DeFi protocols.

• Bitcoin Extends Seven-Day Advance to 25%

  CoinDesk reports Bitcoin has gained roughly 25% over the past seven days.

• Solana ETFs post five straight days of growth

  CoinDesk reports the streak followed the biggest single-day inflows for Solana ETFs this year.

• Six straight days of inflows: Bitcoin ETFs pull $338M, cut YTD losses to $2.57B

  Bitcoin ETFs drew in $338 million on the latest session, capping a six-day run that totalled $2.26 billion.

• Bitcoin stalls near $80,000 while altcoins give back weekend gains

  Bitcoin touched $79,999.99 on Coinbase, one cent below $80,000, as total crypto market value declined.

• Solana treasury firm opposes faster disinflation to protect staking revenue

  A firm deriving 99.4% of its revenue from Solana staking is fighting to block a proposal that would reduce staker yields.

• Hyperliquid sets record high before $1.2 billion token unlock

  HYPE hit an all-time high of $83.27 on Sunday, ahead of an August 29 release worth 2.7% of the token's market cap.

• Strategy's STRC has not recovered its $100 par value

  The stock pays twice-monthly dividends on a $100 par value, but has traded below that level since falling from parity on May 15.

• Zcash price surge precedes holder vote on issuance changes

  ZEC rose 62% to $880 before a snapshot determines eligibility for a vote on halving replacement and faster blocks.

• Cleveland Fed study links Bitcoin gains to new crypto ownership

  Researchers found that participants shown Bitcoin’s prior 12-month performance were about 2.5 percentage points more likely to own crypto in a later survey.

• Bitget CEO Gracy Chen waits for $50K Bitcoin entry

  Chen says the current rally is unsustainable and plans to add to her BTC holdings near $50,000 in late 2026 or early 2027.

• Solana governance vote could raise daily token burns to $800,000

  A new proposal would increase daily SOL burns and slow the creation of new tokens on the network, according to CoinDesk.

• Bitcoin closes weekly candle above 50-week EMA

  The first reclaim since late 2025 occurred while markets prepared for the Jackson Hole symposium.

• Bitcoin ETF inflows hit $1.9B in strongest week since October

  CoinTelegraph reports Bitcoin price reached $80,000 while crypto short liquidations surpassed $220 million over 24 hours.

• XRP posts 51% weekly gain as Treasury expands bond buyback

  XRP is up 51% to $1.50 since Monday, its best week in 21 months, following the Treasury's announcement of a $4 billion bond buyback.

• Secret Network dilutes supply by 75% after governance vote

  Secret Network minted 1.079 billion SCRT on Aug. 21, reducing pre-existing holders to 25.1% of supply as SCRT Labs ends support on Sept. 1.

• EM carry trade logs longest run since 2008

  PGIM’s emerging-markets debt team says carry is its top theme, pointing to borrowing in low-yield currencies and lending into markets like Turkey.