📰 News • Congress considers expanding crypto rules to let banks and credit unions hold digital assets and issue stablecoins • MetaMask reports a security incident with no immediate threat to wallets • NEAR Intents vulnerability patched with full compensation planned and ops back within the hour • Google launches Gemini 4 Argon
👍 Good Reads • @Grayscale - Investing for the Compute Bottleneck • @domdosu - Why Crypto Options Have Never Taken Off
🔔 New Protocols • @conviction_x • @AscendLaunch
💰 Crypto Fundraising -
💵 Airdrops • @arcus_xyz points are live
🖥 Videos & Podcasts • @notthreadguy - MARKET OPEN: Crypto is in SHAMBLES, COGNITION BEEF, Who Cares About the US 10Y Yield? • @the_defi_report - Crypto Keeps Ignoring the Warning Signs
📰 News • US 30-year Treasury yield hits highest since 2002 • Coinbase receives CFTC approval to launch its own US crypto derivatives clearinghouse • Coinbase teases mobile trading card packs backed by physical cards
👍 Good Reads • @0xRickyW - What Happens When Stocks Become Programmable? • @blocmates - How To Trade Prediction Markets Like Memecoins • @Decentralisedco - Robinhood’s Wealth Effect
🔔 New Protocols • @CalyxNetwork • @ducat_money
💰 Crypto Fundraising • @worldnetwork (Blockchain) - 49m OTC Purchase • @defi_raven (Brokerage) - $TBD Strategic • @jeeves_inc (Payments) - 110m Series C led by @coinfund
💵 Airdrops • @jumperapp is live on @legiondotcc
🖥 Videos & Podcasts • @virtualbacon - Quant Up 400%. Which Altcoins Are Next to Rally? • @Bankless - Bitcoin Broke the Bear Case. What Happens Next?
📰 News • Strategy acquired 1,665 BTC • Strive acquired 1,107 BTC • Citi teams up with Coinbase on stablecoin payments for institutions • OpenAI says it has paused training of its latest AI models as reports of AI agents going rogue mount • Anthropic launched Claude Sonnet 5.5 running over 30% faster than Sonnet 5 at up to 30% lower cost
👍 Good Reads • @StarPlatinum_ - 12 Buyback Tokens You Should WATCH • @that1618guy - The Bundle That Makes the Market
🔔 New Protocols • @UseLocate • @proto_xyz
💰 Crypto Fundraising • @limitedgrouphq (Payments) - 11.5m Extended Seed led by @thirdprimevc
💵 Airdrops -
🖥 Videos & Podcasts • @jvisserlabs - A Bear Market Inside a Bull Market • @Cryptocito - It's Time To Check Your Cosmos Wallets
📰 News • Strategy acquired 1,665 BTC • Strive acquired 1,107 BTC • Citi teams up with Coinbase on stablecoin payments for institutions • OpenAI says it has paused training of its latest AI models as reports of AI agents going rogue mount • Anthropic launched Claude Sonnet 5.5 running over 30% faster than Sonnet 5 at up to 30% lower cost
👍 Good Reads • @StarPlatinum_ - 12 Buyback Tokens You Should WATCH • @that1618guy - The Bundle That Makes the Market
🔔 New Protocols • @UseLocate • @proto_xyz
💰 Crypto Fundraising • @limitedgrouphq (Payments) - 11.5m Extended Seed led by @thirdprimevc
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🖥 Videos & Podcasts • @jvisserlabs - A Bear Market Inside a Bull Market • @Cryptocito - It's Time To Check Your Cosmos Wallets
📰 News • Trump turned down a seven-day Iran ceasefire and reportedly expects strikes to resume post-midterms • Fed proposes stablecoin issuer framework under the GENIUS Act • SEC staff FAQs say liquid staking tokens are not securities and buybacks are not managerial efforts • SEC Commissioner Peirce calls for zero-knowledge proofs to replace data-heavy KYC and AML practices • Bitget confirms a hack with losses of approximately $350M and claims user funds are safe • Bitget resumes withdrawals in phases from September 28 with BTC first and everything else by October 2 • CoinMarketCap acquires Coinglass for derivatives data • OpenSea launches a TCG marketplace aggregator for sports cards Pokémon and One Piece • A fake GIWA mainnet drained over 766 ETH
👍 Good Reads • @VitalikButerin - The cryptographic world computer • @SpencerApplebau - DeFi 2.0 • @Evan_ss6 - The Ceiling Breaks: Six Calls for This Cycle
🔔 New Protocols • @pulldotfun • @CormaAI
💰 Crypto Fundraising • @NGCASH_ (Payments) - 15m Strategic led by @bcap • @functionspaceHQ (Prediction Markets) - 1.7m Pre-Seed led by @Maven11Capital and @blockwall_vc
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🖥 Videos & Podcasts • @theallinpod - Anthropic IPO at Risk, Meta’s Muse Pop, Token Prices Fall, Open Source Gains Share, Alignment Fails • @Bankless - The Bull Market Is On! Here’s Where the Money Is Going
📰 News • US considers a plan to promote dollar-backed stablecoins worldwide • UK's largest banks complete their first interbank transactions using tokenized deposits • Ondo and BlackRock partner for tokenized "intelligent portfolios." • Binance lists Hyperliquid ($HYPE) with Seed Tag • President Xi calls for the US and China to work together on AI development • AI data center spending outpaces canals railroads and the electrical grid combined in a historic US economic bet • New York sues Polymarket for running an illegal gambling operation
👍 Good Reads • @0xJeff - Beginners Guide to the Bull Cycle of 2026 • @ren_stocks - Forget The Robot. Buy The Gearboxes Inside It
🔔 New Protocols • @PipelineMarkets • @tradeonhudi
💰 Crypto Fundraising • @hifiHQ (Payments) - 37m Series A led by @leftlanecap
💵 Airdrops • @variational_io plans $VAR TGE in Q4 2026 with a 32% genesis airdrop
📰 News • NYSE and Blockchain. com to explore selling tokenized versions of US-listed stocks • Canada's six biggest banks launch a joint tokenized deposits project for 24/7 blockchain payments • Forward Industries closes a $25M direct offering to buy SOL for its treasury • OpenAI brings GPT-6 Astra's capabilities to faster cheaper models with Sol and Luna
👍 Good Reads • @CryptoHayes - Safety First • @RaoulGMI - Everything Will Be a Token • @BlackRock - The Machine-Native Economy
🔔 New Protocols • @hyperlink_xyz • @DeedEstate
💰 Crypto Fundraising • @atumhq (Payments) - 13.5m • @infiniFi (DeFi) - 3m Seed led by @ElectricCapital
💵 Airdrops • @0xpostrich - @QFEX Farming Strategy
🖥 Videos & Podcasts • @docXBT - My Highest Conviction Bets For This Crypto Cycle
📰 News • BitMine bought 27,562 ETH last week • Strive added 1,355 BTC for $107.7M with holdings now at 26,355 • CME to launch Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures • Binance invests $100M in Circle equity • X adds live stock and crypto prices to the feed via cashtags • @SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.7 for coding and knowledge work • Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5.5 at 40% lower cost
👍 Good Reads • @Delphi_Digital - The Emerging Onchain Equity Market • @0xNairolf - An explanation of @prlnet, in (very) simple terms.
📰 News • Strategy added 950 BTC with holdings now at 846,000 • European Central Bank launches digital euro payments for tokenized interbank transactions • Hyperliquid surpasses Nasdaq and the London Stock Exchange in market valuation • Kalshi crypto trading volumes face wash trading allegations • Coinbase opens IPO access to US retail users
👍 Good Reads • @gregisenberg - AI-native services: a $100B opportunity • @KonstantinPilz - How much AI revenue comes from open vs closed models?
🔔 New Protocols • @Tickr_co • @MeridianCapDAO • @UseNosh
🖥 Videos & Podcasts • @jvisserlabs - The Market Didn’t Crash, Humanity Didn’t Die — But Crypto Just Broke Out • @notthreadguy - The Second Crypto Money, the Derive Trade & Why Ethereum Isn't Money
📰 News • CFTC files new rulemaking to regulate crypto transactions and markets • Saudi Arabia exits Chinese-led digital currency project built to cut dollar dependence • Binance launches 24/7 FX perpetual futures with up to 100x leverage • US sanctions crypto exchange BitBank for supporting the Iranian government • President Trump announces the creation of an "AI Force" and says AI could make up 25% of US GDP • Anthropic shifts planned IPO to November • Google's Gemini AI agent hacks three companies
👍 Good Reads • @citrini - Robotics Tipping Point: A Citrini Field Trip • @Goldchau_eth - AI moves fast. Organizations move slow
🔔 New Protocols • @snarklist • @fablesfi
💰 Crypto Fundraising • @dtcpay_official (Payments) - 15m Extended Series A • @tenkafinance (RWA) - 2m Pre-Seed led by @Maven11Capital
💵 Airdrops • @dawninternet bytes rewards program
🖥 Videos & Podcasts • @_choppingblock - CLARITY Dies, LAPTOP Rugs, & the AI Pause • @theempirepod - CLARITY Failed, Many Stablecoins Debate, Circle Launches Arc & Meta's AI Edge | Weekly Roundup • @Bankless - Crypto Just Passed Another Major Test
📰 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
💵 Airdrops -
🖥 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
💵 Airdrops -
🖥 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