🚀 Macro & Regulation

• South Korea’s financial regulator orders suspension of crypto lending services and will issue new guidelines.

• Markets price in an 83% probability of a 25bps Fed rate cut in September.

• Tether appoints former White House crypto policy director Bo Hines as strategic advisor.

• Analysts warn crypto reserve company boom may cool, with NAV premiums rapidly narrowing.

• SEC probes World Liberty Vehicle backer ALT5 Sigma’s president Jon Isaac for alleged fraud; company clarifies he is not an executive.

• Retail investors may pause equity buying in September after 16 consecutive weeks of strong inflows.

• Meta reportedly planning a restructuring of its AI division.

• Bullish raises $1.15B in IPO — first deal settled entirely in stablecoins (USDC/EURC).

🍀 Corporate Treasuries

• Safello launches a physically-backed TAO ETP.

• Everything Blockchain unveils a diversified treasury strategy (blue-chip, infra, speculative assets).

• KindlyMD purchases 5,744 BTC.

• SharpLink invests $667M to add 143,593 ETH.

• Dutch firm Amdax launches AMBTS, targeting 1% of BTC supply.

• LM Funding America raises $23M to expand BTC reserves, now holding 150 BTC.

• VCI Global announces $2B collaboration, leveraging 18,000 BTC for infra and tokenization projects.

• Mercurity Fintech Holding raises $6M to expand its digital asset treasury.

• Thumzup (Trump-backed) acquires Dogehash (DOGE/LTC mining firm) via all-stock deal, pivoting into treasury strategy.

🔍 Projects & Protocols

• $LIGHT — Heaven introduces “Starseed” program.

• $MORPHO — Gauntlet launches FalconXGlobal leveraged RWA strategy with paretocredit.

• $XLM $FLOCK — Stellar and FLock.io join UN’s SDG blockchain accelerator.

• $INJ — Launches Nvidia H10 tokenized marketplace.

• $DOT — Establishes Polkadot Capital Group, bridging Wall Street and Web3.

• $MNDE — Marinade Finance TVL hits all-time high at $2B.

• $AVAX — SkyBridge tokenizes $300M flagship hedge fund on Avalanche.

• $1INCH — Rolls out Solana/EVM cross-chain swaps; new DAO proposal to return protocol revenue.

• $XRP — Gemini IPO filing reveals Ripple credit line of $75M, with partial settlement in $RLUSD.

• $HNT — Helium adopts deflationary model, ~$2.3M monthly revenue allocated to buyback & burn.

• SoFi integrates BTC Lightning Network for global remittances with Lightspark.

• Valantis acquires stHYPE, now Hyperliquid’s #2 LST.

• Wyoming launches FRNT stablecoin, supporting 7 major blockchains.

• Circle acquires Malachite Consensus Engine to advance Arc chain; launches Circle Gateway mainnet for sub-500ms cross-chain access, boosting $USDC adoption in Korea.

• CyberKongz introduces new token $KONG (1:25 swap from BANANA, capped at 1B supply, Ethereum only).

• Coinbase accelerates development of “Everything Exchange.”

• Robinhood launches NFL & NCAA football prediction markets.