🍳 COOKING BNB — Daily Digest · Aug 21 · 03:00 UTC · 12:00 KST 3 hours of crypto, markets & AI. Curated with care. 🥘
🔥 THE CENTERPIECE Whale “Set 10 big goals first” opens another $6.25 million BTC short position PANews August 21 news, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, the whale “Set 10 big goals first” @Jason60704294 has again opened a BTC short position. 🍽 Read at PANews
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🟠 Ethos to launch WHUF token auction on September 1, token economic model confirms no airdrop allocation — PANews 🟠 Bitcoin breaks through $75,500 while analyst calls current rally ‘premature’ — The Block 🟠 Upbit to list CRV token on KRW and USDT markets — PANews 🟠 Washington Nationals Option Drops to 14.5% on Polymarket Amid Sharp Volatility — Binance News
🌐 U.S. bond intervention is like 'paying your mortgage with your credit card,' JPMorgan's Sullivan says — CNBC 🌐 Singapore Dollar Edges Higher as Traders Question Efficacy of Bessent’s Plans — WSJ Markets🔒 🌐 Oil set for second weekly rise as unsettled US-Iran war crimps supply — Reuters …
Rust base library arrayref hit by supply chain attack, suspected to be the work of North Korean hackers PANews reported on August 21, according to Cryptopolitan, on August 20, attackers released malicious versions of three widely used Rust code packages through a supply chain attack.
🐸 MEME WIRE — Aug 21 · 02:00 UTC · 11:00 KST The meme-o-sphere, curated. Where trends are born. 🥄
🌍 TRENDING SEARCHES • Jupiter (JUP) (+6.3% 24h · MC $640.4M · Vol $35.8M) • GALA (GALA) (+13.9% 24h · MC $81.1M · Vol $53.2M) • ANSEMBULL (ANSEMBULL) (-98.6% 24h · MC $2.4K · Vol $296.4K) • Bullballs Coin (BULLBALLS) (+0.0% 24h · MC $15.3M · Vol $53.0M) • pipedog (PIPEDOG) (-1.4% 24h · MC $30.5M · Vol $4.3M)
🧠 WHAT IS JUP? Jupiter is a cryptocurrency exchange platform on the Solana blockchain, offering features such as token swapping, limit orders, dollar-cost averaging, and a bridge for asset transfers to Solana.
⚠️ Trenches are a casino. DYOR — never financial advice.
Great two days in DC with builders and policymakers working toward the same goal: America leading the next generation of markets. Thank you to @POTUS, @ChairmanSelig, and @SECPaulSAtkins for bringing everyone together. Markets like this should be built here — by American companies, for American investors. Time for Congress to pass the CLARITY Act. — Vlad Tenev, Robinhood CEO · 1h ago
Why it matters: his account is the closest thing Robinhood Chain has to a bat-signal. Not financial advice.
🌍 TOP STORIES • Arbitrum activates Elara with optional compliance filters for dedicated chains. — The Defiant +2 • CFTC Chair readies crypto rules if Congress fails to pass clarity act. — Decrypt +1 • Broadcom seeks more than $60 billion in latest AI debt deal. — Bloomberg🔒 +1
₿ CRYPTO • CFTC's innovation advisory committee addresses emerging prediction market risks. — CNBC +1 • Ondo executive says tokenization is following the same path as early ETFs. — The Block +1 • Franklin plans to push tokenized assets into traditional funds. — Bloomberg🔒 +1 • GalaChain suspends cross-chain bridge due to $2.9 million security incident. — PANews
📈 MARKETS • AI data startup Micro1 reaches $500 million gross run rate. — TechCrunch AI +1 • Kraken parent Payward explores becoming a full bank outside the US. — The Block +1 • U.S. Treasury bans ESG funds from Trump accounts. — Binance News +1
🤖 AI • Ethereum's next upgrade turns 2-second block bottleneck into 9-second window. — CryptoSlate
🇰🇷 KOREA • Bitcoin breaks 200-day moving average for first time in 9 months, nearing $73,000. — Bloomingbit +1 …
🍳 COOKING BNB — Daily Digest · Aug 21 · 01:00 UTC · 10:00 KST 3 hours of crypto, markets & AI. Curated with care. 🥘
🔥 THE CENTERPIECE CFTC’s Innovation Advisory Committee meeting addresses emerging prediction market risks The CFTC's first Innovation Advisory Committee meeting discussed risks of mention markets, with members advocating for tighter consumer protection. 🍽 Read at CNBC · echoed by 1 more outlet
₿ CRYPTO
🟠 GalaChain Suspends Cross-Chain Bridge Due to $2.9M Security Incident; 82% of Affected Funds from CEO-Linked Wallet — PANews 🟠 Upbit will list BICO, BMT, NIL, GWEI tokens on BTC and USDT markets — PANews 🟠 Multicoin Capital Co-Founder Urges CFTC to Create Safe Harbors for New Derivatives and DeFi Privacy Tools — Binance News 🟠 BTC Short Position Fully Liquidated After Eight Failed Attempts, Lookonchain Says — Binance News
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🇰🇷 Bitcoin breaks through $73,000 — Blockmedia 🇰🇷 Wallet buying 21,659 ETH now up $4.14M — TokenPost 🇰🇷 $12B memory ETF sees 8 consecutive weeks inflows — TokenPost 🇰🇷 Bitcoin shorts evaporate $500M; $74K triggers second liquidation wave — Blockmedia
📈 MACRO
🌐 Nikkei Falls 0.5%, Tracking Wall Street’s Losses — WSJ Markets🔒 🌐 Japan headline inflation rate hits highest this year as energy prices bite — CNBC 🌐 Japan's historic yen intervention has ‘turbo-charged’ the carry trade — CNBC