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Google raises its stake in Bitcoin miner TeraWulf to ~14% with a $3.7B investment
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/18/terawulf-stock-google-stake-datacenter.html
OKX burned 19,678,482 OKB ($2.25 billion)
https://whale-alert.io/transaction/ethereum/0xebdcc863b5020c3f25f339c37a604565a7abdecc856c35e17bdc930dbcf9ea40
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CMB International Securities, a subsidiary of China Merchants Bank, the world's eighth-largest bank, announced the official launch of virtual asset trading in Hong Kong, supporting 24/7 trading of BTC, ETH, and USDT.
https://x.com/wublockchain/status/1957353214522917205
Dogecoin nursed losses on Monday as the community behind Qubic, which recently attacked Monero, voted to target the Dogecoin network over Zcash and Kaspa by a big margin.
https://x.com/c___f___b/status/1957139742388298154
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The crypto market is down
BTC Dominance - 58.37%
Market Cap - $3.93T
BTC - $115,252 (-2.15%)
ETH - $4,311 (-3.38%)
BNB - $834 (-1.4%)
SOL - $182 (-5%)
LINK - $24.97 (+5.99%)
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Crypto exchange Gemini’s public S-1, originally filed confidentially in June, reveals the company plans to list on Nasdaq under the ticker GEMI
https://www.theblock.co/post/367160/gemini-ipo-filing-exchange-targets-nasdaq-as-gemi-reveals-dip-in-revenue
The U.S. crypto mining company American Bitcoin, backed by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, is seeking acquisition targets in Asia.
The firm is targeting a listed company in Japan and may also look at Hong Kong to emulate Michael Saylor’s Strategy by stockpiling crypto in corporate treasuries.
https://www.ft.com/content/61abe931-390c-499a-951f-d0e95672fb0b
Binance has announced the 34th TGE on Binance Wallet with RiceAI (RICE) via PancakeSwap
Subscription: Aug 18th, 2025, from 8:00 to 10:00 UTC
Eligible users need to use Binance Alpha Points to participate
Additional 40,000,000 RICE for upcoming campaigns
https://x.com/binancewallet/status/1956302380393435220
PublicAI (PUBLIC) trading has started on Binance Alpha, KuCoin, MEXC, and others.
PUBLIC is now trading at ~$0.06 (~0.8x from the sale price on CoinList: $0.07).
FDV: $60M
https://www.kucoin.com/trade/PUBLIC-USDT
SharpLink Reports Second Quarter 2025 Results; Now Holds 728,804 ETH in Total
https://investors.sharplink.com/sharplink-reports-second-quarter-2025-results-now-holds-728804-eth-in-total/
Andre Cronje Launches Fundraising for New DeFi Project Flying Tulip
https://x.com/andrecronjetech/status/1956047290348548559
Citigroup plans to expand its crypto services:
- Launch custody services for the reserves of stablecoin issuers.
- Deploy payment solutions using stablecoins.
- Become a custodian for issuers of crypto ETFs — a market currently dominated by Coinbase.
Citigroup is one of the top‑3 US banks, with total assets exceeding $2.5 trillion.
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/citigroup-considers-custody-payment-services-stablecoins-crypto-etfs-2025-08-14/
DEX trading on Coinbase is unlocking access to all assets on Base, and soon on Solana as well.
https://x.com/coinbase/status/1957499815534747793
Strategy has acquired 430 BTC for ~$51.4 million at ~$119,666 per bitcoin.
As of 8/17/2025, it holds 629,376 BTC acquired for ~$46.15 billion at ~$73,320 per bitcoin.
https://x.com/saylor/status/1957412760133779876
Binance has announced the 32nd project on the HODLer Airdrops page – Plume (PLUME), an EVM-compatible blockchain built for Real World Assets (RWAs).
Users who subscribed their BNB to Simple Earn (Flexible and/or Locked) and/or On-Chain Yields products from 2025-07-24 00:00 UTC to 2025-07-27 23:59 UTC will get the airdrops distribution.
Binance will then list PLUME at 2025-08-18 15:00 UTC and open trading against USDT, USDC, BNB, FDUSD, and TRY pairs.
https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/detail/82264d448a4e4c1abc29ec1df14509f7
The current top 15 largest holdings in Cathie Wood and Ark Invest ARKK ETF
https://x.com/ArkkDaily/status/1957197289057108191
Metaplanet acquires 775 more BTC, bringing its total to 18,888 BTC
The company aims to own 1% of Bitcoin by 2027.
https://coincentral.com/metaplanet-expands-bitcoin-holdings-with-new-acquisition-of-775-btc/
Norges Bank Investment Management increased its bitcoin-equivalent exposure from 6,200 BTC to 11,400 BTC in Q2, according to Standard Chartered’s Geoffrey Kendrick.
https://www.theblock.co/post/367169/norway-sovereign-wealth-fund-boosts-bitcoin-linked-holdings-standard-chartered
Kaito has announced its next Public Sale on Capital Launchpad - RISE Chain
When: 12:00 UTC, 18th August 2025
Valuation/FDV: $200M (Fixed)
Target Raise: $2M+
Min/Max Allocation: $1,000 - $250,000
Vesting: 50% at TGE + 50% 6 months after TGE (Fixed)
Max Offering Size: Capped at 4% of total supply
RISE is a next-generation high-speed blockchain engineered for mass adoption. It delivers latency as low as 5 ms to power real-time applications. Through based sequencing, RISE will inherit Ethereum’s censorship resistance, security, and uptime.
https://x.com/KaitoAI/status/1956327658683555894
The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced that it will sunset its novel activities supervision program and return to monitoring banks' novel activities through the normal supervisory process.
https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/bcreg20250815a.htm
BitMine bought an additional $600M worth of ETH
The total ETH reserves of BitMine now stand at 1.297 million ETH, approximately $5.77 billion.
https://x.com/embercn/status/1956517072357515598
The crypto market is down
BTC Dominance - 58.34%
Market Cap - $4.01T
BTC - $117,452 (-1.38%)
ETH - $4,433 (-4.45%)
BNB - $831 (-2.19%)
SOL - $187 (-4.04%)
MYX - $1.89 (+10.51%)
OP - $0.725 (-5.14%)
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Binance has announced the Booster campaign with OpenEden (EDEN) on Binance Wallet
Start Time: August 18th, 2025, at 11:00 UTC
Eligibility: Users with 61 or above Binance Alpha Points
Rewards: 20,000,000 EDEN
https://x.com/binance/status/1956341118221873505
Tether Treasury has minted 1B USDT on Ethereum
https://whale-alert.io/transaction/ethereum/0xd964b5e3d05b1515862f0583a47963e4d3c72e187e44c2ddc07026a0ded9ca1f
Circle to Offer 10 Million Class A Shares at $130 Each
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/08/15/circle-to-offer-10-million-class-a-shares-at-usd130-each
The SEC delays decision on Bitwise Solana ETF and 21Shares Core Solana ETF, with new deadline is set for October 16, 2025.
https://x.com/cointelegraph/status/1956151426226225183
The crypto market is down
BTC Dominance - 58.11%
Market Cap - $4.08T
BTC - $119,067 (-3.3%)
ETH - $4,637 (-2.67%)
BNB - $849 (-0.8%)
SOL - $195 (-6.4%)
LINK - $22.69 (-5.49%)
ENS - $27.18 (-8.16%)
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