Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net inflows of $189.3 million on August 19, 2026, while Spot Ethereum ETFs also recorded net inflows of $17.7 million.
Donald Trump pushed the CLARITY Act again in calls with crypto leaders, keeping U.S. crypto market-structure legislation back on the policy agenda after the bill lost momentum in earlier Senate timing.
On the infrastructure side, the OCC said it expects to deliver final GENIUS Act rules by November, and FalconX and Ethena announced a $1 billion USDe-backed institutional credit facility, both of which are meaningful for long-term adoption of compliant stablecoin-based lending and banking rails.
Standard Chartered and HSBC also completed their first live tokenized cross-border transaction on the SWIFT blockchain ledger, a concrete step toward wider tokenized payments interoperability.
Bitcoin is trading at $69,298 and Ethereum is trading at $2,254.
The Fear and Greed Index is 62, indicating Greed.
