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Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $131.13 million in daily net outflows, with ARKB seeing the largest single-day withdrawal at $58.82 million.
The White House is reportedly preparing an Aug. 19 meeting around crypto and the CLARITY Act.
Trezor disclosed a third-party breach affecting 13,689 customers, while Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade targets roughly 150 ms finality.
The crypto markets saw major developments as spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $131 million in net outflow, while XRP Ledger added around 490,000 new accounts in the first half of the year. Also, the White House is planning a meeting about the CLARITY Act and Trezor data was breached, leaking email addresses and phone numbers of users.
According to SoSoValue, yesterday spot Bitcoin ETFs had a total net outflow of $131.13 million. The spot Bitcoin ETF with the largest single-day net inflow yesterday was Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF BTC, with a single-day net inflow of $38.9268 million.
Next was Morgan Stanley ETF MSBT, with a single-day net inflow of $7.0806 million; MSBT’s historical total net inflows have reached $436 million.
The spot Bitcoin ETF with the largest single-day net outflow yesterday was Ark Invest and 21Shares’ ETF ARKB, with a single-day net outflow of $58.8155 million; ARKB’s historical total net inflows have reached $1.277 billion.
The total net asset value of spot Bitcoin ETFs was $77.271 billion, the ETF net asset ratio reached 6.07%, and cumulative historical net inflows have reached $51.846 billion.
XRP Ledger added 489,739 accounts during the first half of 2026, pushing its total to about 8.4 million as Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin and broader financial applications expanded across the network.
Public XRPL data shows wallet creation remained strong during the six months, giving the blockchain another measure of growth as it seeks to expand beyond its traditional role in XRP payments and transfers.
Ripple’s dollar-backed stablecoin has become part of XRPL’s expanding payments infrastructure, creating additional reasons for individuals, exchanges, applications and businesses to establish accounts on the ledger.
Stablecoins can generate different network activity from speculative crypto trading.
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The White House has reportedly planned an Aug. 19 meeting with crypto and prediction market executives as Polymarket traders place the CLARITY Act’s 2026 passage odds at 21%.
Politico reported on Aug. 13 that the White House is expected to host executives from the crypto and prediction market sectors on Aug. 19, citing people familiar with the planned gathering.
According to the report, the White House has not disclosed a formal agenda or released a list of participants.
Executives from traditional financial companies may also attend, while it remains unclear whether President Donald Trump will take part.
Trezor warned 13,689 customers that their personal information was exposed after an unauthorized actor breached systems belonging to fulfillment provider ShipMonk.
The hardware wallet maker said ShipMonk notified it on Aug. 10 after discovering unauthorized access to systems containing customer order data. Trezor’s own infrastructure, devices and wallet backups were not compromised.
The incident affected customers in the United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Colombia, Brazil, Italy and Portugal.
Of those affected, 11,742 had their names, email addresses, phone numbers and shipping addresses exposed. Another 1,947 customers had names, cities and email addresses compromised.
Solana plans to replace TowerBFT with Alpenglow, targeting roughly 150 ms finality and expected to activate with Agave 4.3, currently targeted for October 2026.
Alpenglow code is included in Agave 4.2 for testing but will not activate on mainnet until Agave 4.3. Agave 4.2 (stable 4.2.0 released Aug. 7; 4.2.1 pre-release Aug. 13) will also reduce slot times from 400 ms to 200 ms in four 50 ms steps starting the week of Aug. 17.
Alpenglow replaces TowerBFT with Votor, removes on-chain vote transactions, uses BLS aggregation, and expects a 1.6 $SOL validator admission ticket per epoch.
The governance vote passed with 98.27% support in Sept. 2025; an Alpenglow bug bounty (up to 50,000 SOL) runs Aug. 5-19.
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1. How much did Bitcoin spot ETFs lose in daily flows?
US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $131.13 million in net outflows. ARKB led withdrawals with roughly $58.82 million, while Grayscale’s Bitcoin Mini Trust recorded the strongest inflow.
2. How much did XRP Ledger grow in the first half of 2026?
XRPL added 489,739 new accounts during H1 2026, taking its total to around 8.4 million. Growth has coincided with expanding payments, stablecoin and financial use cases.
3. What happened in the Trezor data breach?
A breach at fulfillment provider ShipMonk exposed customer information linked to 13,689 Trezor users. Trezor said its own wallet infrastructure, devices and backups were not compromised.
4. What is the White House meeting about?
The White House is reportedly planning an Aug. 19 meeting with crypto and prediction-market executives. The agenda has not been formally disclosed, but the CLARITY Act is a key policy focus.
5. What is Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade?
Alpenglow is designed to replace TowerBFT and target roughly 150 ms finality. It is expected to activate with Agave 4.3, currently targeted for October 2026.
