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🚀 Morgan Stanley's Wealth Management pulled in a record $148.1B in Q2 net new assets, according to Seeking Alpha. Morgan Stanley reported $21.3B in quarterly net revenue and $5.58B in income, with wealth management revenue climbing 14% YoY to $8.9B. Management attributed just over 50% of those flows to IPO-related stock-plan activity. Crypto is positioned as a client-retention tool rather than a material near-term earnings driver.

🔥 Saylor: "I've never sold a single satoshi of my personal Bitcoin." MicroStrategy executive chairman Michael Saylor made the remark, as reported by Cointelegraph. The statement concerns his personal $BTC holdings.

💥 Giustra Blasts Saylor’s Latest $102.3M BTC Sale Canadian billionaire investor Frank Giustra has blasted Michael Saylor following Strategy's latest $102.3 million Bitcoin sale, calling the move the worst thing to happen to $BTC, according to U.Today.

⛏️ Trump Family's American Bitcoin Surpasses 8,000 BTC The Hut 8 subsidiary boosted its $BTC stash by 14% in Q2, crossing the 8,000-coin mark despite a drop in Bitcoin's price. The quarter was its strongest for mining output on record, according to Decrypt.

💳 Mastercard Completes Acquisition of Ripple Partner BVNK Mastercard has finalized its acquisition of BVNK, a Ripple ($XRP) partner, according to U.Today. The deal is aimed at entering the $309 billion stablecoin market.

📉 Tweet volume for $BTC and $ETH hits an all-time low. Tweet volume for Bitcoin and Ethereum is at an all-time low. The last time activity reached this level of quiet was right before the 2021 bull run.

💰 Tether reports $1.5B profit this quarter. Assets exceed liabilities by $4.11B, and physical gold reserves rose by 14 tons to over 146 tons, per Tether.

⚡ American Bitcoin President Exits for AI Power Firm Matt Prusak, president of the Eric Trump-backed Bitcoin miner American Bitcoin, is departing to join Giga Energy, an AI power infrastructure company. CoinDesk reported the move.

💳 Mastercard Finalizes BVNK Acquisition to Expand Stablecoin Capabilities Mastercard ($MA) completed its acquisition of BVNK, a stablecoin infrastructure provider, per Seeking Alpha. The company expects Q3 2026 net revenue growth at the high end of the low double-digit range, with Q2 earnings topping estimates on consumer and tech gains.

💰 US hints at more yen intervention as Bitcoin traders brace Cointelegraph reports the US and Japan coordinated on the yen for the first time since 2011, with US officials signaling further intervention possible. Bitcoin traders are wary of historically rough August market conditions.

📉 Circle slides after Morgan Stanley downgrade and price target cut Morgan Stanley downgraded Circle and slashed its price target, according to Coindesk. The bank flagged tokenized money market funds, Open USD, and slower $USDC growth as potential drags on the stablecoin issuer's earnings.

📢 BlackRock launches tokenized money-market fund on Ethereum. BlackRock has launched a tokenized money-market fund on the Ethereum network, according to WatcherGuru. The fund is built on $ETH.

⛏️ Trump-Linked Miner American Bitcoin Hits Record Output American Bitcoin produced a record 932 BTC in the second quarter, lifting mining revenue 8% while narrowing its net loss from the prior quarter, according to Cointelegraph.

📉 Ethereum L2 tokens post double-digit monthly losses across the board. CryptoRank data shows every major EVM L2 token in its sample dropped over the past month: $MEGA -34.8%, $ZK -27.3%, $STRK -22%, $OP -19.5%, $IMX -13.2%, $LINEA -11.6%, $MNT -10.2%. The declines follow Vitalik Buterin questioning the current L2 roadmap earlier this year.

⚖️ Craig Wright resurfaces a 2010 exploit in a new push against Bitcoin’s immutability. Self-proclaimed Satoshi Craig Wright is targeting Bitcoin immutability via a 2010 exploit tied to 184 billion phantom $BTC, according to U.Today. The report centers on what actually happened with the 184 billion BTC figure.

💼 BlackRock expands tokenized cash with new blockchain-based money market offerings. Both funds are intended to qualify as eligible reserve assets for permitted U.S. payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act, per Coindesk.

🟠 Strategy sells ~$105M in Bitcoin to fund STRC preferred stock purchases and dividends. Per Seeking Alpha, the $MSTR parent company liquidated a portion of its $BTC holdings to support its preferred-share buyback and dividend obligations. Q2 results showed EPS of -$24.45 on revenue of $122.4M, missing estimates by $2.08M.

📉 $CRCL tumbles after Morgan Stanley downgrade; TD Cowen starts coverage with a Buy rating. According to Seeking Alpha, Circle Internet Group shares fell following the rating cut. The company recently secured a New York trust charter and acquired IBM’s blockchain patent portfolio.

📰 Bernstein: CLARITY Act Failure Could Speed SEC/CFTC Crypto Rulemaking Per Cointelegraph, $867B asset manager Bernstein said the failure of the CLARITY Act could accelerate SEC and CFTC crypto rulemaking.

💼 Ripple invests in two firms to advance tokenized capital markets. Ripple has made strategic investments in Zilo and Licuido, targeting the use of tokenized funds as collateral from the point of issuance, per Cointelegraph.