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$42.4M USDT FROZEN - TETHER SUED

Two Thai businessmen are suing Tether over $42.4M in USDT frozen across 10 Ethereum addresses

They claim the freeze happened after a U.S. request, without a warrant at the time

A seizure warrant was reportedly issued months later, and the funds were eventually moved to a government wallet

BNB CHAIN TURNS 6 🟡

Six years ago, BNB Chain started with simple on-chain trading

Since then, the ecosystem has expanded into DeFi, memecoins, perps, stablecoins and tokenized assets

Now, AI agents can even act on your behalf Six years in - and there’s still much more to build

TRUMP’S FACE IS NOW ON A $1 COIN 🇺🇸

The U.S. Mint has started selling the 2026 Trump $1 coin for America’s 250th anniversary

Trump is featured on the front, with the Presidential Seal on the reverse

CRYPTO IS STILL TINY COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL ASSETS

The entire crypto market is worth around $2.7T

For comparison:
Real Estate - $370T
Bonds - $350T
Equities - $168T
Gold - $33T

Crypto is still just a fraction of the global asset market
The room to grow is massive

BINANCE GOES BIG ON US STOCKS

Binance now offers options linked to 1,000+ US stocks and ETFs

Its equity-linked perpetual volume jumped from $410M in January to $342.9B in August - an 800x surge

TELEGRAM BRINGS WALLET TO 1B+ USERS

Telegram is rolling out its self-custodial Gram Wallet directly inside the app

The wallet comes with zero fees, with a full rollout expected over the coming weeks

$300M BET ON POLYMARKET 🎯

Donald Trump Jr.-backed 1789 Capital is reportedly investing $300M in Polymarket at a $21B valuation

The prediction market platform continues attracting major institutional money

AGRANI LABS TARGETS $50M FUNDING 🇮🇳

Bengaluru-based chip startup Agrani Labs is reportedly in advanced talks to raise around $50M

Founded by former Intel and AMD executives, the company is building India’s semiconductor ecosystem

APPLE ENTERS A NEW ERA

Tim Cook is stepping down after 15 years, with John Ternus set to become the next CEO

Under Cook, Apple grew from ~$350B to over $4T and expanded into Services, Apple Watch and AirPods

Now, Ternus takes the wheel

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 👀