📰 News • The Federal Reserve hikes interest rates by 25bps in its first rate hike since July 2023 • Fed expects one more rate hike this year • SEC approves temporary exemption for limited onchain tokenized stock trading • US House Committee advances Strategic Bitcoin Reserve bill • S&P Global to acquire OpenZeppelin
👍 Good Reads • @reidhoffman - AI for All Americans • @RohOnChain - How to Use GPT-6 Astra to Build Complex Mathematical Trading Models
🔔 New Protocols • @fazedotfun • @derpetual
💰 Crypto Fundraising • @tarecredit (RWA) - 13.25m Seed led by @bcap
💵 Airdrops • @playcambria airdrop opt-in is live
🖥 Videos & Podcasts • @virtualbacon - FED Isn't Done Hiking. Will BTC Finally dip to 70k?
📰 News • Republicans reject Democrats' CLARITY Act counter-offer as negotiations remain deadlocked • US House unveils new crypto tax bill • DOJ says millions in Iranian oil proceeds were laundered on Binance • Apple launches Siri AI with personal context and Gemini integration
👍 Good Reads • @jack - open the frontier • @jonah_b - The Copycat Trap: Crypto's Lessons for AI
🔔 New Protocols • @SockMarketIO • @Starcap_xyz
💰 Crypto Fundraising • @tZERO (RWA) - $TBD • @deadstock_app (RWA) - 2.5m Seed led by @Bullish • @FinloopHK (RWA) - 10m Extended Series A • @velocityxyz_ (Payments) - 10m Extended Series A • Fincоm (Payments) - 20m Seed led by @expa
💵 Airdrops • @opensea dropped a surprise for select traders on OpenSea Mobile • @jumperapp launched XP Recovery
🖥 Videos & Podcasts • @theallinpod - Jensen Huang: The Doomer Hoax, Superintelligence is Here, and The Future of AI (ft. President Trump)
📰 News • President Trump agrees to new bipartisan ethics provisions in the CLARITY Act • US Senators release the final draft of the CLARITY Act for a vote on Tuesday • Strategy repurchased $139M of $STRC • BitMine Immersion buys another 27,180 ETH • Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says in-kind redemption and voting are coming to Robinhood Stock Tokens
👍 Good Reads • @thedankoe - You need to be delusional if you want to succeed • @FourPillarsFP - Why Crypto Businesses All Look the Same Now
🔔 New Protocols • @underdogdotai • @TradeOnS1 • @fantadottop
💰 Crypto Fundraising • @KaikoData (Analytics Platform) - 57m Extended Series B led by @SPGlobal
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🖥 Videos & Podcasts • @jvisserlabs - Linear vs. Exponential: AGI Has Arrived But Oil, Bonds and the Fed Oh My
📰 News • US CPI 3.4% YoY and core CPI 2.4% YoY. Both in line • US 30-year yield tops 5.39% for the first time since 2004 • Coinbase says it has a "backup plan" if the CLARITY Act does not pass • UK Lords back amendment forcing the government to draft a national crypto strategy • Canada's banking regulator clears banks to launch blockchain deposit products in 2026 • Italy's second-largest bank is exploring crypto custody brokerage and tokenized investments • Nvidia may invest up to $10B to anchor Anthropic's IPO which could raise $100B at a $2T valuation • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the upcoming IPO is ill-timed and has been delayed until 2027 • Elon Musk backs Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call for the AI industry to slow down development • Trump rejects tech industry calls to slow AI development • @cursor_ai launches Projects giving AI coding agents persistent memory and scheduled tasks
👍 Good Reads • @DarioAmodei - We Must Pace the Frontier • @BinanceResearch - When Stocks Become On-Chain Assets • @castle_labs - The Evolution of RWA Trading Onchain: Variational Swaps • @redphone - Welcome to Hotel F*cking California, TradFi
📰 News • US PPI ran hot at 5.4% YoY versus 5.3% expected but core PPI came in soft at 0.2% MoM • Nasdaq is investing $100M in Kraken parent Payward at a $21B valuation • @Pumpfun adds stock pairs to its platform • Multi-factor authentication is now live for all @fomo users
👍 Good Reads • @Bankless - Fearing Frontier Labs, Longing Inference Markets • @Evan_ss6 - Have Fun Staying Poor
🔔 New Protocols • @OrviaSystems • @BrettonWoodsFDN
📰 News • @fourdotmemezh launched 4Stock on BNB Chain with each token backed 1:1 by the underlying stock • Robinhood strikes deal with Cryptocom in latest prediction markets push
👍 Good Reads • @apexin_ai - What Happens When AI Starts Improving AI? • @blocmates - 5 Onchain Experiments Bringing Crypto Back to Life
🔔 New Protocols • @crumbsfamily • @Laptoptoken • @actfunxyz
📰 News • Hunter Biden is launching the $LAPTOP meme coin on Base on September 9 • Ethereum to let users pay transaction fees with stablecoins instead of ETH in 2027 • White hat drains 4,000 BTC worth $320M from Liquid Network
👍 Good Reads • @JW100x - Meme leaders are emerging in Robinhood stock tokens • @gpugene - Let's Talk About Buying Compute
🔔 New Protocols • @Perpshood • @umbrellacap_ • @Fliptfun
💰 Crypto Fundraising • @somosplenti (Payments) - 3m Seed led by @tether
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🖥 Videos & Podcasts • @theempirepod - Robinhood Is Proving Distribution Captures Crypto’s Value | Weekly Roundup
📰 News • Major US law enforcement group NSA no longer opposes the CLARITY Act • Trump threatens to halt trade with deficit countries unless rates are lowered • @Polymarket perps is live • OpenAI releases GPT-6 Astra • Anthropic expected to file its IPO prospectus in late September
👍 Good Reads • @a16zcrypto - When throughput is not enough: What financial markets need from blockchains • @CryptoHayes - Atención • @jiamigou - Robinhood Chain Memecoin Guide
🔔 New Protocols • @sizeitxyz • @PrismNetworkxyz
💰 Crypto Fundraising • @OpenReserveBank (Payments) - 25m Seed led by @a16zcrypto • @ParlayXOfficial (Infrastructure) - 1.25m Pre-Seed led by Dreamcraft Ventures • @polarisfnd (DeFi) - 1m Angel • @DiameterPay (Payments) - 10m Series A led by @CMT_Digital and @FactionVC
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🖥 Videos & Podcasts • @theallinpod - GPT-6 Hits AGI? Tech Euphoria 2.0, SF Mansion Shortage, NYC Bans AI in Schools & Venezuela Oil Deal • @jvisserlabs - The Bond Market “Crash” Is a Trap — AI Agents Are About to Ignite Crypto • @Bankless - Robinhood’s Crypto Meme Economy Is Exploding
📰 News • SEC Chairman Atkins calls the Regulation Crypto Assets proposal the SEC's most historic step yet • Standard Chartered launches institutional spot crypto trading in the UAE
👍 Good Reads • @Cbb0fe - How We Made $10M+ Running an Equity Perps Arbitrage Bot • @blockhiro - Decentralized AI should be invisible
📰 News • SEC seeks to update its 1970s-era transfer agent rules for the blockchain age • SEC Chair Paul Atkins expects the Crypto Clarity Act to pass this month • G20 to develop a "clear" regulatory framework for crypto • Robinhood Wallet and Fomo allow credit card memecoin purchases while bypassing card network restrictions • Hyperliquid Strategies (PURR) lifts share-sale facility from $1B to $2.5B for HYPE buys • Anthropic launches Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5
👍 Good Reads • @wintermute_t @Jjay_dm - RWAs: The next liquidity channel • @philipkiely - The Efficient Frontier of LLM Inference
📰 News • Hyperliquid in talks with Kraken's parent company to enter the US market • North Korean hackers sold over $30M in Bitcoin through Hyperliquid in the past three weeks
👍 Good Reads • @ahboyash - Robinhood memecoins <> Stock Tokens ELI5 • @scottbelsky - What Will We Trade for the New Sixth Sense?
🔔 New Protocols • @YieldFields_RH • @DenarMarkets
💰 Crypto Fundraising • @Polymarket (Prediction Markets) - 1b investment from @1789Capital • @Firelightfi (Liquid Staking and Restaking) - 8m Seed led by @GumiCryptos • @Felixpago (Payments) - 87m Extended Series B led by @a16zcrypto
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🖥 Videos & Podcasts • @jvisserlabs - Bessent Gets Drucked: Bitcoin, AI, and the New Macro Clock
📰 News • Strategy bought 4,603 BTC, bringing holdings to 845,050 BTC • Strive bought another 1,800 Bitcoin for roughly $143M last week • Tom Lee's BitMine buys 53,501 ETH worth $131M • ECB Executive Board member calls for central bank money to move onchain via smart contracts
👍 Good Reads • @schemacap - Memecoins Need a Reputation Layer @fomo • @liquidcompute - Investing in the Middle Market for Compute
🔔 New Protocols • @OneLastOHMFork • @raphaelexchange
💰 Crypto Fundraising • @letsCatapult (Launchpad) - 6m+ total raised • @dac_chain (Blockchain) - 1m investment from @UnicornCryptoV • @chompdotfyi (Social) - 3.6m led by @blueyard and @JSquare_co
💵 Airdrops • @tread_fi Genesis Distribution registration
🖥 Videos & Podcasts • @theallinpod - Nvidia's Historic Quarter, SaaS Comeback, Bessent vs Druck, America's Debt Crisis, Cancer Vaccine
📰 News • Odds of a Fed rate hike next month surge to 49% • BitGo Korea secures VASP registration from KoFIU, clearing the way for institutional custody services • Investors across Trump crypto ventures are underwater by at least $4.7B • The Trump family's new crypto bank is backed by UAE's Tahnoon bin Zayed al Nahyan • @Solana's double disinflation proposal passed • Russia's largest bank Sberbank to accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT as loan collateral • Anthropic IPO would likely be held in late September or early October • Trump says the US just cut "the biggest oil deal" ever with Venezuela and claims it'll double American oil reserves
👍 Good Reads • @wallstengine - Kevin Warsh at Jackson Hole (summary) • @officer_secret - Officer’s Big Auditing Book • @coinbase - AiFi: The Financial System for AI
🔔 New Protocols • @kototrade • @QMSNetwork
💰 Crypto Fundraising • @RQDClearing (RWA) - 74m Strategic led by @BainCapital
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🖥 Videos & Podcasts • @0xSteadyLads - Is The Bottom In? What The Lads Are Buying! • @Bankless - Why Crypto Is Ripping Again
📰 News • SEC prepares crypto custody rule overhaul for investment advisers and funds • JPMorgan is evaluating launching its own stablecoin • Japan to launch blockchain-based system for instant settlement of stocks and government bonds • Hyperliquid activates AQAv2 to buy back and burn HYPE using USDC reserve yield
👍 Good Reads • @yzilabs - Meet the EASY Residency Season 4 Cohort • @chamath - Deep Dive: The Next Trillion-Dollar Futures Market
🔔 New Protocols • @itomarkets • @deadstock_app
💰 Crypto Fundraising • @Ask_ORO (AI) - 3m Strategic led by @mhventures and @Maple_block • @HivemindCap (RWA) - 17m Strategic led by @mandgplc
💵 Airdrops • @flop_labs $FLOP tokenomics
🖥 Videos & Podcasts • @flowstate_live - LIVE with Insomniac and 0xLeo: First Stream, Markets, and What We're Trading
📰 News • Grayscale debuts the first Zcash ETF as the privacy coin surges • Coinbase tokenized stocks are live on Base, trading 24/7 and backed 1:1 by shares in a regulated trust
👍 Good Reads • @TheZvi - AI Text Watermarking Is Free And Good • @nic_carter - A Second and Final Eulogy for Bitcoin Maximalism
🔔 New Protocols • @flynetchain • @downto_finance
💰 Crypto Fundraising • @entropyIO (Exchange) - 14m lead by @RibbitCapital
💵 Airdrops • @entropyIO raised $14M led by Ribbit Capital, launching Anthropic exposure on Hyperliquid (referral code: cchungccc)
🖥 Videos & Podcasts • @notthreadguy - MARKET OPEN: BITCOIN BREAKS $80K, NVDA Earnings TOMORROW, Anthropic is in TROUBLE
📰 News • Vivek Ramaswamy's Strive buys 1,100 Bitcoin worth $85M • Strategy bought no Bitcoin last week, sold $2B of MSTR shares, and set up a new $1.59B USD Cash pool for flexible liquidity • Tom Lee's BitMine added another 32,447 ETH last week • CleanCore exits its Dogecoin treasury strategy with a $33.4M DOGE sale to fund an AI pivot
👍 Good Reads • @RayDalio - How Countries Go Broke: The Dynamic Behind What is Happening Now • @jswihart - Genius Loci. A Zcash update.
🔔 New Protocols • @creatorcapitalx • @roboticomarket
📰 News • Nomura-backed Laser Digital Japan becomes Japan's first new crypto exchange in four years • Justin Sun wins court ruling to keep his lawsuit against World Liberty Financial public • Anthropic's bankers have discussed an IPO raising over $100B at a $2T valuation
👍 Good Reads • @VitalikButerin - Obfuscation (Part III): Local Mixing • @RyanWatkins_ - SOL is About to Make Big Comeback
🔔 New Protocols • @hone • @fomoscansh
💰 Crypto Fundraising • @BeldexCoin (Privacy) - 8m led by @Sigma_VC
💵 Airdrops • @TermMaxFi airdrop checker
🖥 Videos & Podcasts • @theallinpod - Dario Defends Himself, Datacenter Panic, AI Doomer Trap, Senate Toss-Up • @Bankless - Crypto Just Got the Catalyst It Was Waiting For
📰 News • President Trump says the US is considering buying "sizable" amounts of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies • CFTC considers rules that could let crypto exchanges offer leverage and margin trading • BlackRock leads $517M Bitcoin ETF inflows as Ether funds add $189M • Trump opens door to Hyperliquid as US pulls crypto trading onshore • $45B of $SPCX shares unlock tomorrow and become tradable
👍 Good Reads • @0xsmac - A Trillion Times Larger • @kepano - Many ways to win
🔔 New Protocols • @longbowlend • @thebunkerhood
💰 Crypto Fundraising • @NeoSoulAI (AI) - 11m Pre-Series A • @ConcreteXYZ (DeFi) - $TBD Strategic investment from @polychain
💵 Airdrops • @alignedlayer airdrop checker
🖥 Videos & Podcasts • @the_defi_report - Nvidia’s $500B AI Bet Is Starting to Look Familiar
📰 News • SEC proposes new rules to create a clear regulatory framework for crypto • US banking regulator OCC says it will establish a "regulatory framework" for stablecoin issuers • Bitcoincom wallet users now have access to USDU, the UAE's first CBUAE-registered USD stablecoin
👍 Good Reads • @Shoalresearch - The Data Layer of Physical AI and Robotics • @arkham - Arkham’s Guide to Smart Contract Hacks