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TODAY’S MARKET UPDATE · MONDAY, 24 AUGUST 2026

Markets. Macro.
Security. No Noise.

Your five-minute intelligence briefing on what is actually moving crypto — and whether your wallet needs your attention.

Radek, a Belgian Malinois and presenter of The Crypto Dog
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THE DAILY BRIEF

What you need to know

VERIFIED MARKET SNAPSHOT

Live market figures appear once the original data provider responds.

Market data: CoinGecko · Prices refresh every two minutes when available.

EDITORIAL REFRESH · ORIGINAL SOURCES ONLY

Verified developments that matter

LAST VERIFIED 24 AUG 2026 · 18:50 BST
FACT · FED POLICYPRIMARY SOURCE
Fed held its target range at 3.50%–3.75%

Minutes released on 19 August record a 9–3 vote to hold rates at the 28–29 July meeting. Three members preferred a 25-basis-point increase. The next scheduled meeting is 15–16 September.

CONFIRMED ORIGINAL SOURCE · Federal Reserve · minutes published 19 Aug 2026 ↗
FACT · INFLATIONPRIMARY SOURCE
July CPI was 3.4% year over year; core CPI was 2.5%

Headline CPI rose 0.1% in July on a seasonally adjusted basis. Core CPI, excluding food and energy, rose 0.2% for the month. These readings remain context for policy, not a crypto-price signal.

CONFIRMED ORIGINAL SOURCE · BLS · published 12 Aug 2026 ↗
FACT · JOBSPRIMARY SOURCE
July payrolls fell 23,000; unemployment was 4.1%

BLS also revised May and June payroll growth down by a combined 103,000. Slower labour demand may affect the policy debate, but does not by itself establish recession or guarantee rate cuts.

CONFIRMED ORIGINAL SOURCE · BLS · published 7 Aug 2026 ↗
FACT · PCE & GDPPRIMARY SOURCE
June core PCE was 3.3% year over year; Q2 real GDP advanced 1.5%

BEA reported headline PCE inflation at 3.7% year over year and core at 3.3% for June. Its advance estimate put second-quarter real GDP growth at a 1.5% annual rate. Second estimates are due 26 August.

CONFIRMED ORIGINAL SOURCE · BEA · releases published 30 Jul 2026 ↗
FACT · UK REGULATIONPRIMARY SOURCE
The UK crypto authorisation gateway opens 30 September 2026

The FCA says Parliament made the perimeter regulations on 4 February, final rules and guidance were published on 30 June, and the new regime is scheduled to commence on 25 October 2027.

CONFIRMED ORIGINAL SOURCE · FCA response on GOV.UK · published 13 Jul 2026 ↗
ISSUER ANNOUNCEMENT · AI INFRASTRUCTUREPRIMARY SOURCE
NVIDIA, NAVER and Brookfield outline a 200MW Korea AI-factory expansion

The parties announced plans to expand an initial 55MW deployment to 200MW by 2028. NVIDIA described a planned $1bn investment; Brookfield's up-to-$9bn funding remains subject to a nonbinding term sheet. This is a company announcement, not a completed build.

CONFIRMED ORIGINAL SOURCE · NVIDIA Newsroom · published 24 Jul 2026 ↗

ANALYSIS: Softer jobs data can support an easing case, while inflation above the Fed’s 2% goal and three July dissenters favouring a rate increase pull the other way. That tension is more useful than a one-word bullish or bearish label.

MARKET TERMINAL

Live crypto charts

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Only dated, original-source announcements are shown as news. Company performance claims are attributed to the issuer and are not presented as independently verified results.

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Trusted voices worth hearing

EXTERNAL ANALYSIS

These are selected commentators, not Crypto Dog news sources. Their views are analysis and opinion; factual claims still require verification against original data and announcements. No endorsement of investments, products or sponsors is implied.

REGULATION WATCH

Official rulemakers

PRIMARY SOURCES ONLY
UNITED STATESSEC & market regulation ↗

Official announcements; proposals are not enacted law.

UNITED KINGDOMFCA cryptoasset rules ↗

Regulatory guidance directly from the UK authority.

EUROPEAN UNIONESMA · MiCA regulation ↗

Implementation updates from the European supervisor.

ETF & INSTITUTIONAL WATCH

Filings before flow headlines

NO AGGREGATOR ESTIMATES
OFFICIAL FILINGSSEC EDGAR ↗

Primary prospectuses, amendments and issuer disclosures.

US POLICYSEC Crypto Task Force ↗

Dated interpretations, proposals and public statements.

JOINT SEC/CFTC INTERPRETATIONCrypto-asset taxonomy ↗

Published 17 March 2026; agency interpretation, not a price forecast.

Daily ETF net-flow totals are omitted from this refresh because no uniform issuer-primary feed was verified. Numerical flow claims will appear only when they can be checked directly against dated issuer or regulatory records.

CRYPTO DOG SECURITY CENTRE

Wallet security

ACTION REQUIRED · LEDGER ETHEREUM APP

Update the Ledger Ethereum app and device firmware before signing Ethereum or EVM transactions

FACT · Issuer acknowledgement: Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet acknowledged a bug affecting certain Ethereum-app clear-signing flows on 23 August 2026 and stated that Ledger had already deployed a fix. Ledger has not yet published a detailed technical advisory or a public GitHub release tag that independently identifies the patched app version.

EXTERNAL RESEARCHER CLAIM: TestMachine reported that a malicious dApp with WebHID access could attempt to substitute a transaction while the device still displayed the original transaction. Ledger disputes the disclosure timeline, but not that a clear-signing bug existed.

Who may be affected: users signing Ethereum or EVM transactions through a malicious or compromised browser dApp before installing Ledger’s current updates. This concerns an application signing flow; there is no verified evidence that Ledger’s Secure Element, recovery phrases, private-key storage or funds sitting untouched on-chain were compromised.

Safest action: before the next Ethereum, ERC-20, DeFi or other EVM signature, open the official Ledger Wallet/Ledger Live application yourself and install every available device-firmware and Ethereum-app update. If no Ethereum-app update is offered, avoid browser dApps until Ledger publishes clearer version guidance. Do not reset the device, move funds solely because of this alert, or enter a recovery phrase anywhere.

Confirmed versus unconfirmed: the issuer has acknowledged a flaw and says it is fixed. No verified evidence of active exploitation, private-key exposure or losses tied to this issue was found as of this check.

CORRECTION · 24 AUG 2026, 18:38 BST: an earlier version said Ledger’s public GitHub releases documented version 1.22.2 on 12 August. The public release page currently shows 1.22.1 as its latest tagged release, so that unsupported version claim and link have been removed.

Ledger CTO statement · published 23 Aug 2026 ↗Ledger official public release record · checked 24 Aug 2026 ↗TestMachine technical disclosure · published 22 Aug 2026 ↗LAST VERIFIED · 24 AUG 2026 · 18:38 BST
YOUR RECOVERY SEED IS NEVER REQUIRED ONLINE.

Never enter your recovery phrase into a website, email, message, form or unsolicited application. Genuine wallet support will never ask for it.

Ledger official support ↗Verify requests against the manufacturer.Trezor official support ↗Use trusted support links you open yourself.Revolut official help ↗Confirm account notices inside the official app.UK NCSC phishing guidance ↗Recognise impersonation and suspicious messages.
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