DRW & Liberty City Ventures are in talks to lead a $500M funding round for a company building a reserve for the Canton Network token. ~$100-200M from external investors. The company will also run a validating node & build apps. Signals growing institutional interest in blockchain infrastructure! ⛓️
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S&P downgraded Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) to B- (junk) citing its ~$74B Bitcoin holdings & heavy crypto concentration. First ever rating for a Bitcoin asset company, says founder Michael Saylor. Risks include volatility & weak capital. #Bitcoin #MicroStrategy #crypto
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Meme coin $MELANIA is facing a lawsuit alleging a “pump and dump” scheme involving manipulated pricing & other tokens ($M3M3, $LIBRA, etc.). Melania Trump is named as an endorsement figure only & isn’t accused of fraud. $MELANIA’s value has dropped from $2B to ~$806M. 📉
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Whale with a 100% win rate just DOUBLED their Bitcoin (BTC) short position to $32.48M, betting on further price declines. They previously predicted a drop from $107.6K, closing a 134.55 BTC short. 📉 - @ai_9684xtpa
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SEC asks ETF issuers to withdraw applications for LTC, XRP, SOL, ADA & DOGE. Filings no longer needed after approval under new “generic listing standards.” Issuers must now relist based on revised criteria. #crypto #ETF
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QNB, the Middle East’s largest bank, is now using JPMorgan’s Kinexys blockchain platform for faster USD payments from Qatar! 🚀 Transactions settle in minutes – a huge upgrade from days-long traditional processing. Kinexys handles $3B daily & this shows growing blockchain adoption in finance. 💰
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🎉 HTX Exchange is giving away Apple products (iPhone 17 Pro Max & more!) to celebrate National Day & Mid-Autumn Festival! 🌕 Trade spot/contracts, fund your account, or invite friends (Sept 28-Oct 8 UTC+8) for a chance to win. Everyone's guaranteed a prize! 🎁 #HTX #crypto #giveaway
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong gave employees one week to start using AI coding tools or face potential firing, Fortune reports. He stressed AI’s importance & is holding monthly “AI speedruns” to encourage adoption. Armstrong says the move clarifies AI’s central role at Coinbase.
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ETH Strategy is boosting treasury yields by depositing funds into stETH via Lido! 🚀 This partnership allows for compounded returns on ETH holdings with on-chain custody & supports the Ethereum ecosystem. Follows a previous staking collab with Ether.Fi. #DeFi #ETH #Lido #stETH
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Fed’s Harker says inflation is still too high & rising, making a September rate cut unlikely. Labor market remains strong, but the Fed is data-dependent & focused on bringing inflation back to target. Tariff impact still unclear. #Fed #inflation #economy
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Kraken survey: 65% of investors holding both crypto & stocks predict crypto will outperform stocks in the next decade! 🚀 42% saw bigger gains in crypto over the last year. 33% are now allocating *new* capital to digital assets amid global uncertainty. #crypto #investing
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Coinbase Research predicts the stablecoin market could hit $1.2T by 2028! 🚀 Their analysis, using a Monte Carlo simulation, points to growing adoption by consumers & businesses as key drivers. Expect a compounding effect on market size. #stablecoins #crypto #Coinbase
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NY appeals court overturned the $464M fraud penalty against Trump. Details on the ruling & its impact are still developing. #Trump #Fraud #AppealsCourt
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Bitcoin OG deploys $20M USDC into HyperLiquid, opening a 6x leveraged long position on Ethereum. On-chain data suggests bullish sentiment from a prominent early Bitcoin investor. Details of rationale remain unknown. #Bitcoin #Ethereum #DeFi
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Crypto trader “麻吉老哥” (Huang Licheng) is down $193k on a leveraged YZY trade. He’s holding 1.22M YZY ( ~$1.16M) with 3x leverage, but the price drop caused significant floating losses. Risky move in a volatile market! #crypto #YZY #leverage
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Unichain Trading Volume Surpasses $51 Billion
According to data from Dune Analytics, the total trading volume on Unichain, the Uniswap protocol, has exceeded $51 billion.
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Chainflip is launching native BTC lending & cross-chain liquidity loans (CGL & CLL) – no wrapped tokens or intermediaries needed! 🚀 Addressing DeFi lending issues like taxes & custody. Projected $1-100M annual revenue. CGL Q3 2025, CLL Q4 2025. #DeFi #BTC #Chainflip
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USV moved $31.09M in UNI tokens to Coinbase Prime, per 余烬 Monitor. They still hold a significant $69.82M stake (6.694M UNI). Reason for the transfer is currently unknown, but could be portfolio management or prepping for market moves. #UNI #USV #CoinbasePrime
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Loop Crypto, stablecoin payments, raised $6M led by VanEck & Fabric Ventures! 🚀 344% YoY transaction volume growth (Q2 2025). Powers payments for Helius, OpenPay & others. #crypto #stablecoins #funding
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Bitcoin & Ethereum ETFs saw $880M in outflows on Aug 21st ($409M BTC, $471M ETH), per Lookonchain. iShares led the exits ($219M BTC, $255M ETH) but remains the largest holder: 747K BTC & 3.4M ETH. Investor sentiment appears to be shifting. #Bitcoin #Ethereum #ETF
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