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World Liberty Financial hires Ryan Ballantyne to lead global strategy and partnerships.
World Liberty Financial, a DeFi platform linked to the Trump family, appointed Ryan Ballantyne, formerly of Coinbase Institutional, as chief business officer to lead global strategy and partnerships. The platform, known for its USD1 stablecoin with a...

Goldman Sachs to acquire NEOS and gain Bitcoin and Ether income ETFs in $2.25B deal.
Goldman Sachs announced an agreement to acquire NEOS Investments for up to $2.25 billion in cash and equity, gaining control of NEOS's Bitcoin High Income ETF and Ethereum High Income ETF. These ETFs generate monthly income through options strategies...

Pump.fun offers $20K signing bonus and $30K monthly to lure top traders from rival FOMO.
Pump.fun, a Solana-based memecoin launchpad, is aggressively recruiting top traders from competitor FOMO by offering $20,000 upfront and $30,000 monthly payments. Recruits must migrate their funds, close FOMO accounts, trade exclusively on Pump.fun, ...

US inflation steady at 3.4% in July; OCC allows crypto firms to seek bank charters
US inflation held steady at 3.4% in July, matching expectations and easing pressure on the Federal Reserve to tighten policy. Meanwhile, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced that crypto firms meeting legal requirements can ap...

Bitcoin whale trims $114M short to avoid liquidation as BTC price rises
An anonymous trader on Hyperliquid reduced a massive $114.4 million Bitcoin short position by closing about 250 BTC to avoid forced liquidation amid rising BTC prices. The trader, using 40x leverage, cut losses of roughly $33,400 but still holds a $9...

Ripple can advance XRP adoption without waiting for the CLARITY Act, leveraging its OCC national trust bank charter.
Despite delays in the U.S. Senate on the CLARITY Act, Ripple has a viable alternative path to advance its institutional ambitions through its conditional approval for a national trust bank charter by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC...

Blackrock's $50M inflow lifts Bitcoin ETFs despite outflows in other funds
On Tuesday, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw a net inflow of $4.89 million, primarily driven by a $50.2 million investment into Blackrock's IBIT fund. This inflow offset outflows totaling $45.31 million from five other Bitcoin ETFs, including Franklin Temp...

Proposal may freeze one-third of Bitcoin due to quantum computing risks, including coins from Bitcoin's creator.
Bitcoin developers have proposed a plan that could make about 34% of all Bitcoin permanently unspendable to protect against future quantum computer attacks. The plan involves creating new quantum-resistant addresses (BIP-360) and setting a deadline a...

Bank of Montreal reveals XRP ETF holdings within its $303B portfolio, marking a major Canadian bank's crypto exposure.
Bank of Montreal, Canada's second-largest bank, disclosed holdings in XRP-focused ETFs as part of its $303 billion investment portfolio in a recent SEC filing. The bank holds shares in Rex Osprey XRP ETF and ProShares Ultra XRP ETF, integrating XRP e...

KAITO token now trades directly against Turkish Lira on OKX, easing access for Turkish investors.
OKX's Turkey division launched a direct KAITO/TRY trading pair on August 10, allowing Turkish investors to buy the AI-focused KAITO token using Turkish Lira without converting to USD first. KAITO is the utility token of Kaito AI's InfoFi network, whi...
