💻 UAE enters top 4 biggest Bitcoin-holding nations
Arkham reports the country holds 6,333 BTC worth $740M. Unlike others, this stash wasn’t seized — it was mined by Citadel Mining, tied to Abu Dhabi’s royal family
Not your keys, not your sheikhdom? 🏝️
🪙CryptoQuant says ETH whales are buying heavy, so heavy that analysts think the market’s drifting into local “euphoria.”
Guess we’re somewhere between smart money stacking and exit liquidity formation ⏳
😎 Gate has been busy from the start of the week:
🔼$300K Peak Trade Competition (Phase 2)
🔼CUDIS spot listing + 310,591 CUDIS giveaway
🔼WLFI USD1 points program
🔼New brand identity + Dr. Han keynote at WebX
🔼Dr. Han: “Next-gen financial order will be on-chain”
🔼$85.2M net inflow in 24h (2nd globally)
🔼DORA airdrop (Phase 18)
🔼Mattle.fun + Xpin airdrops via Gate Wallet
🔼First listings: Alt.town (TOWN) & Bitlayer (BTR)
Not an exchange anymore. It’s a full-on crypto amusement park 🎧
📉 Weekly Crypto Fund Flows: August 25
Last week saw $1.43B in outflows from crypto investment products.
💸 $BTC lost $1B
🪙 $ETH lost $440M
Inflows: $XRP (+$25M), $SOL (+$12M), $CRO (+$4.4M)
Biggest weekly bleed since spring - bear fog or just rotation? 😷
🕵️♂️ Binance is being accused of using market maker Wintermute to artificially cap Solana’s market cap, just to keep it from flipping BNB
🪙 Analysts also wonder:
if Binance swears its reserves only hold client coins, where are all these extra SOL bags coming from?
🪙 ETHZilla plans to raise up to $10B through a stock sale to buy more Ethereum
They already hold 82,186 ETH
From stocks directly to ETH accumulation machines 🕶
🤨MicroStrategy now holds 12x more Bitcoin than the next closest corporate holder
Not a company anymore. It’s a Bitcoin ETF with a software side hustle 🪄
🐱 Hong Kong builder goes full crypto
🪙Ming Shing Group just signed a deal to scoop up 4,250 BTC (~$483M)
But here’s the twist: no fiat. Instead, they’re paying counterparties with convertible notes + warrants tied to hundreds of millions of company shares 😊
🇯🇵 Metaplanet buys 103 BTC worth $12M
Total holdings now 18,991 BTC valued at $2.2B
Next stop maybe buying your bags too? ✌️
💸 Michael Saylor says “Bitcoin is on sale”
Only man who can make a market crash sound like Black Friday 🍒
👍 Fear & Greed Index dropped to 47, still Neutral
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✌️ EU fast-tracks digital euro plans
The upcoming stablecoin may launch on Ethereum or Solana according to new reports
Imagine paying taxes with a gas fee discount 😮💨
⏳ Circle launches Gateway for cross-chain USDC
The new service merges USDC from different networks into a single balance. Transfers now take less than 1 second between chains
So fast you’ll miss it if you blink 👀
😊 Bo Hines, the former Executive Director of the White House's National Cryptocurrency Council, has taken on a key advisory role at Tether (USDT)
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😆 Turns out Saylor lied
Second best does exist ✌️
🥇 Top Crypto Gainers & Losers: Monday, August 25
📈 Top Gainers:
Ontology (ONT) +44.5%
Donkey (DONKEY) +36.3%
FLOCK (FLOCK) +32.3%
📉 Top Losers:
Light (LIGHT) -30.8%
Slash Vision Labs (SVL) -22.1%
Altura (ALU) -21.7%
💸Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Standard strategy has outperformed every major company since adoption
Turns out holding satoshis beat running actual businesses 🔭
Top countries for quantum startups:
🇺🇸 USA — 77
🇨🇦 Canada — 29
🇬🇧 UK — 26
🏃♂️ Worldwide total: 274 quantum startups
💰 Government funding: ~$54B
We are getting quantum crazy 😑
💸 Saylor’s Strategy scoops up 3,081 BTC for $342M
Another day, another Bitcoin binge from the MicroStrategy vault
At this point, is it even a dip or just a shopping signal? 😨
🕵️♂️ Swiss investment bank UBS reports that Chinese family offices are investing around 5% of their portfolios in crypto
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🗿 XAI sues Elon Musk over trademark clash
The blockchain gaming network claims Musk’s xAI is causing brand confusion and reputational damage
Next courtroom DLC: Musk vs the metaverse? 🥳
😲 Eric Trump just declared himself a “Bitcoin Maxi” and predicts BTC will hit $175,000 this year
First they laugh at you… then they join the cult... 🪄
🇺🇸 US backs stablecoins to support national debt
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sees stablecoins as a growing demand source for US bonds. Market could reach $2T from today’s $250B
Even Washington is farming yield now? 💵
🥂 Gate just launched pre-market trading for WLFI perpetual futures
We’ve reached the point where even futures are getting a presale 😲
🇨🇳 China may allow yuan-backed stablecoins
Authorities are exploring ways to integrate them into the digital economy
e-CNY meets DeFi — ready for the merge? 🗿
🇺🇸 Wyoming launches first US state-backed stablecoin
The Frontier Stable Token (FRNT) is backed by USD and Treasuries with a 2% reserve, already deployed across 7 blockchains
Still not public - first sales will roll out via Kraken and Visa after regulatory checks 🧾
😲 We are neutral 53 even post-ATH on the market, getting ready
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🎧 Gate is launching the FreeStyle Classic Token (FST)
Airdrop for HODLers is live - 150,000 FST being given away
Another exchange token experiment, let's see how it goes🎧
