Bloomberg Línea: Authorities seek to return assets to attract investment to Venezuela
Venezuela must determine which assets can be returned and under what conditions those assets are in. The Venezuelan government seeks to return assets that were expropriated as a sign of trust to attract foreign private investment, after many years in which company facilities and land were transferred to the State. As reported by Bloomberg Línea, this action occurs when there is a rapprochement between the Caribbean nation and the United States, so that there is greater economic openness in Venezuela and private capital can reach the country.
OFAC issued eight new commercial licenses for Venezuela in hydrocarbons, mining and
telecommunications Among the permitted actions is the resumption of transactions with Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), as well as the exchange of petroleum products, petrochemicals, and the purchase of U.S.-origin diluents that are indispensable OFAC issued eight new commercial licenses for Venezuela in hydrocarbons, mining and telecommunications The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued this Thursday a set of eight general licenses that ease the economic restrictions that had been imposed on Venezuela.
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Core Lightning developers confirmed the authenticity of multiple security flaws in its Lightning Network implementation on #bitcoin , triggering an urgent response protocol that includes the development of patches and a temporary embargo on technical details. As an additional precaution against the risk in payment channels, operators have been advised to temporarily disconnect their systems if they cannot guarantee the immediate application of the update.
Various infrastructure tools and payment gateways, such as BTCPay Server, have responded preventively by pausing routing paths linked to Core Lightning to protect users’ funds. Until the network’s widespread update is completed, operators’ priority is focused on limiting exposure to the vulnerable software.
The actions of the technology company #Meta rose 1.5%, closing with a 1% increase to reach US$576 per share, after the company reached an out-of-court agreement for US$18,000 million with 52 state attorneys general of #EEUU . Meta agreed to implement predetermined time limits of 2 hours per day, a night mode, and to silence notifications during school hours for accounts belonging to minors under 18, as well as to undergo independent audits.
Although the financial cost is high, the deal removes the uncertainty of a massive federal lawsuit in Oakland that exposed the company to fines running into the billions of dollars, of even greater magnitude. The market reacted with relief that this regulatory front was closed, boosting the stock’s price.
According to Galaxy Research, six Bitcoin wallets that had been inactive since 2011 and 2014 transferred 553 BTC worth about US$40 million over 10 days; these coins were acquired at a price around US$14, which represents more than 460,000% in profit. The vast majority of the BTC were sent to new untagged addresses. Only one transaction of 40 #BTC was sent directly to a known custody entity, the German firm Boerse Stuttgart Digital.
The transactions follow recent reports about security vulnerabilities in the firmware of certain cold-storage devices, which has prompted several veteran users to migrate their private keys to new custody schemes.
The cryptocurrency analytics platform #Glassnode noted that the #Bitcoin has had difficulties converting the US$80,000 into support in recent days, but the real challenge for the bulls is still to come. Long-term BTC holders are adding resistance to the price below US$86,000.
Since the usual bearish market time pattern is expected to continue until the end of 2026, trader and analyst Rekt Capital emphasized that the price of $BTC .
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BNB Chain joins Crypto Partner Program with @Mastercard.
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HRF is funding Bitcoin projects in Venezuela, Brazil, El Salvador, and the Caribbean
Latin education initiatives, lightweight nodes, and private communications received grants paid in bitcoin (BTC). Alex Gladstein is the Director of Strategy at the Human RIghts Foundation. Agora will begin a pilot plan for censorship-resistant communications and fundraising in Venezuela. The Forest will integrate lightweight nodes into wallets to increase user privacy. The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) announced the distribution of 500 million satoshis, equivalent to approximately $396,800, to fund 16 global projects linked to Bitcoin technology.
The ETFs of #Bitcoin al spot in the US have now recorded seven consecutive days of capital inflows, raising August totals to more than US$3,000 million and reducing cumulative net outflows year-to-date to more than half, down to US$2.2 billion.
Significant capital additions by traditional asset managers and investment funds reinforce technical confidence in key support levels, temporarily breaking above the US$78,000 to US$80,000 barrier.
💥The US economy grew by 1.5% in the second quarter. For now, #Bitcoin remains stable at US$78,000 in light of this data.
The brokerage and research firm with US$800 billion in assets under management, Bernstein, issued a report projecting that #Bitcoin will reach a new all-time high of US$150,000 by mid-2027. The team of analysts, led by Gautam Chhugani, supports its forecast with the so-called monetary devaluation trade, pointing to BTC as one of the assets that would benefit most from fiscal expansion and the weakening of fiat currencies.
The report also projects that the peak of the current cycle will be around US$300,000 in 2029. The US$150,000 estimate represents an update to its expectations timeline for the halving cycle and institutional adoption.
💥According to the PCE index published by the US Department of Commerce, inflation in the United States stayed at 3.7% year-over-year in July, a figure that matches June. Trump can’t escape the embarrassment of his country, and some believe he will solve Venezuela’s problems...😅
B1tM3X co-founder and CIO of Maelstrom, Arthur Hayes, said that US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is following the same liquidity playbook as Janet Yellen, using bond buybacks to inject liquidity, and he calls it the key reason why the new Bitcoin bull market has started. Bessent increased long-term bond buybacks from US$2.0 billion to US$4.0 billion per operation, adding an increase of US$20.0 billion.
For Hayes, although US$20.0 billion is a small figure compared to the US$40 trillion federal debt, it represents an implicit injection of dollars that the market recognizes as fresh liquidity. Hayes defines BTC as a liquidity smoke detector, and it responds in advance before liquidity injections become massive or official.
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🌏 The Human Rights Foundation will distribute 500 million satoshis to fund 16 global projects related to Bitcoin technology. They support initiatives such as Mi Primer Bitcoin, the Floresta software, Hack4Freedom, and the Agora system in Venezuela.
🛑 Samson Mow, CEO of JAN3, launched an attack on the narrative that seeks to equate Zcash with Bitcoin. The commentator believes the price of this altcoin will tend toward zero.
🏭 Taiwanese manufacturer ADATA is considering installing an electronics components plant in Paraguay to assemble DRAM and SSD memories. It is attracted by tariff exemptions and cheap energy—a factor that also draws in Bitcoin mining.
⚠️ Solana faces a tension: a failure in its internal clock could give validators more time to choose transactions, while the network is trying to produce blocks faster and faster. The upcoming Alpenglow update aims to fix the issue.
⚠️ A critical vulnerability has been detected in Bitcoin’s Core Lightning. They recommend turning off or updating CLN nodes.
🏛 39 US banking associations formed the BankChain Alliance to launch their own decentralized network. The platform will allow banks to offer tokenized deposits and stablecoins.
⚡️ Tron voted on Proposal 107 to add Ethereum functionality to its TRON Virtual Machine. If approved, it would take effect on August 28.
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🔥 Bitcoin strings together 7 days of positive capital flows in its ETFs.
🚀 LayerZero introduces ATLAS, infrastructure for operating global financial markets. The development adds to DTCC, the leading securities clearing corporation in the U.S. stock market.
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The largest bank in the United States, JPMorgan, maintained an Overweight rating on SpaceX with a price target of US$240, remaining optimistic about Grok's growth potential.
Analyses show growing optimism about the Grok AI model, highlighting the acquisition of the Cursor code platform.
The integration of Cursor's developer data and code into Grok's supplemental training has shown empirical performance improvements and accelerates its enterprise adoption.
🔶️The exchange #Binance enabled the option to deposit funds in USD through its BPay Global payment gateway, regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain, which allows the use of digital payment methods such as Google Pay and Apple Pay, with a 3.6% commission.
The Google Pay account or card used must obligatorily be in the name of the account holder registered on the Binance account in order to comply with verification and security regulations.
✅🔥 GRAN: Solana processed a record 4.2 billion transactions in July while SOL surged 40% in eight days, and tokenized real-world assets on the network neared $4 billion.