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TOKEN BUYBACKS ARE HEATING UP IN CRYPTO

Crypto projects have already spent $638M on token buybacks this year

That’s up from $545M last year, with Hyperliquid and Pumpfun driving almost 90% of the total

→ Hyperliquid alone has burned $1.3B in $HYPE since launch

Buybacks are becoming a serious token value strategy

INSTITUTIONS ARE STACKING BITCOIN AGAIN 🇺🇸

Strategy bought another 4,603 $BTC for $370M, while Strive added 1,800 $BTC worth $143M

→ 6,403 $BTC bought
→ $513M+ deployed into Bitcoin
→ Strategy now holds 845,050 $BTC
→ Strive now holds 23,156 $BTC

Institutional Bitcoin accumulation is heating up again

SOUTH KOREA TO GIVE EVERY CITIZEN FREE AI ACCESS 🇰🇷

South Korea is launching its “AI for All” program, offering citizens free and unlimited access to generative AI

→ 3 tech consortia will run the service
→ Government will provide 512 NVIDIA B200 GPUs
→ Beta testing starts in September
→ Nationwide rollout planned by year-end

HYPERLIQUID EYES U.S. EXPANSION 🇺🇸

Hyperliquid is reportedly in talks with Kraken’s parent company to enter the U.S. market

→ U.S. retail & institutions could access on-chain perps
→ Major boost for Hyperliquid L1 adoption

🇮🇳 INDIA SAW $19B IN POTENTIALLY TAXABLE CRYPTO ACTIVITY

India recorded around $19 billion in potentially taxable crypto activity during 2025, according to a Chainalysis report

India’s crypto market continues to show massive on-chain activity

📈 TOKENIZED STOCKS ARE SEEING BIG GROWTH

Top issuers by market cap growth over the past 7 days:

→ Binance: +$47.3M
→ xStocks: +$27.9M

🔥 Binance leads the weekly growth by a wide margin

SUBHASH CHANDRA CASE: ₹22,000 CR CLAIM VS ₹6.5 CR RECOVERY

Zee founder Subhash Chandra’s insolvency case has sparked controversy after creditors with ₹22,006 crore in admitted claims were offered just ₹6.5 crore

The case involves loans taken by Essel Group companies, with Chandra’s personal guarantees also coming into the picture

🔥 That’s a 99.97% haircut on the admitted claims

The controversy also involves allegations made by Chandra against Mukesh Ambani-linked media, which Reliance has denied

🇺🇸 GOLD JUST FLIPPED THE DOLLAR AS THE TOP RESERVE ASSET

The shift over the past 20 years is massive:

→ 2006: Dollar 58% | Gold 35%
→ 2026: Dollar 41% | Gold has now overtaken it

📉 Two decades of dollar dominance are quietly fading

MARKETS HAVE A BIG WEEK AHEAD

A packed U.S. calendar could bring serious volatility:

→ Monday: $4.2B Fed injection
→ Tuesday: Fed emergency announcement
→ Wednesday: Beige Book
→ Thursday: U.S. GDP data
→ Friday: S&P 500 & Nasdaq positioning

Buckle up for a volatile week

🇬🇧 A BRITISH MAN JUST RECOVERED 61 BITCOIN HE LOST IN 2014

Chris bought Bitcoin in 2011 for just £1,500 at around £2.94 per coin

The exchange he used later collapsed, and his 61 BTC appeared lost forever

After 12 years of legal battles, lawyers finally recovered all 61 BTC Value at recovery: £3.33M

He spent years watching Bitcoin rise while being unable to access his coins

📈 RWAs ARE TAKING A BIGGER SHARE OF DEFI

Real-world assets now have $7.4B deposited across DeFi lending markets and DEXs - more than 3x higher YoY

Their share of DeFi deposits has jumped from around 1% to 6% since early 2025

RWAs are quietly becoming a major part of DeFi 👀

BNB CHAIN JOINS MASTERCARD’S CRYPTO PARTNER PROGRAM

$BNB Chain is teaming up with Mastercard to help bring digital assets closer to everyday payments

→ Collaboration with Mastercard’s ecosystem partners
→ Focus on digital-asset payment use cases
→ Goal: accelerate crypto adoption in global transactions

Crypto payments are moving closer to the mainstream

ETH SUPPLY RISES BY 20,125 ETH IN JUST 7 DAYS

Ethereum issued 20,515 ETH over the past week, while only 390 ETH was burned

That leaves a net increase of 20,125 ETH in supply

The burn mechanism isn't currently removing enough ETH to offset new issuance

OPENAI VS ELON MUSK HEAT UP AGAIN

OpenAI is reportedly ending its partnership with Cursor after Cursor was acquired by Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Musk then fired back at Sam Altman, accusing him of taking OpenAI away from its original nonprofit mission

The two have been fighting for years - and this latest clash adds another chapter to the feud

TRUMP DIGITAL GOLD $GOLD CRASHES 99%

A Trump-linked collectibles account promoted $GOLD, sending its market cap to roughly $60M+

Then the promotion was deleted and insider-linked wallets started dumping

On-chain data shows wallets tied to the launch controlled 82.45% of the supply and eventually sold it for around $1.01M

$GOLD collapsed to roughly $700K

🇧🇹 BHUTAN MAKES CRYPTO PAYMENTS EASIER

Binance Pay users can now scan DK Bank’s existing QR codes directly from the Binance app

Works across 3,700+ merchants including hotels, restaurants and cafés

Pay with USDT + 100+ cryptocurrencies

Open Binance → Pay → Scan QR → Enter BTN amount → Confirm

Zero additional fees are available through Dec. 31, 2026

BITCOIN POSTS RECORD WEEKLY GAIN

Bitcoin surged $14,775 in one week, marking its largest-ever weekly dollar gain, according to Galaxy Research

It also recorded its biggest percentage gain since March 2023

🇵🇰 PAKISTAN PLANS STRATEGIC BITCOIN RESERVE

Pakistan is preparing to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, according to PVARA Chairman

The move is being positioned as part of the country’s long-term digital asset strategy

“It’s about the future It’s about preparing for the future”

TRUMP’S CRYPTO VENTURES: $4.7B IN INVESTOR LOSSES

A Public Citizen report estimates Trump-linked crypto ventures have cost investors at least $4.7B since 2022

→ $TRUMP memecoin: $3.2B
→ WLFI governance token: $1B
→ Digital-asset treasury: $450M
→ Trading cards: $9.3M

The $TRUMP memecoin alone accounts for the biggest share of the reported losses

OPENAI ENDS MODEL PARTNERSHIP WITH CURSOR

OpenAI has ended its model partnership with Cursor after the AI coding tool was acquired by Elon Musk’s SpaceX

OpenAI said it cannot be confident SpaceX will use its technology within its terms of service

Cursor’s access to GPT models now disappears, pushing the platform further toward its own AI ecosystem with Grok as its first-party model