According to Tron DAO Reserve, about 12,000 BTC used as USDD reserves have been removed recently and all flowed into HTX.
The current supply of USDD is about 745 million, with a collateral value of $1.723 billion, but about 98.8% of it is backed by 10.93 million TRX ($1.703 billion).
https://x.com/wublockchain/status/1826797446166708599
Changpeng Zhao moved to custody of field office ahead of Sept release
His release date scheduled for Sept. 29.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/changpeng-zhao-moved-prison-facility-september-release
Magic Eden announced ME token and Magic Eden Wallet for IOS/Android
https://x.com/MagicEden/status/1826622785952907356
Aethir has introduced its 6-Month Roadmap
https://blog.aethir.com/blog-posts/aethirs-upcoming-6-month-roadmap-powering-the-future-of-ai-gaming-and-decentralized-gpu-infrastructure
Grayscale Investments has launched Grayscale Avalanche Trust, a new investment trust focused on the AVAX token.
https://www.theblock.co/post/312561/grayscale-avalanche-trust
In the coming weeks, Justin Sun will be making a lot of announcements.
https://x.com/justinsuntron/status/1826538970202919046
Puffer introduced its roadmap.
TGE is expected in Q4.
Website: https://www.puffer.fi/
X: https://x.com/puffer_finance
https://x.com/puffer_finance/status/1826331327936737505
Spot ETF Flow on 21.08: BTC-ETF +$39.42M, ETH-ETF -$17.97M
https://sosovalue.com/assets/etf/us-btc-spot
Vice President Kamala Harris will back measures to help grow digital assets, a policy adviser to her campaign said, highlighting efforts to court an emerging cryptocurrency industry expanding its political influence.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-21/harris-supports-policies-to-expand-crypto-industry-aide-says
Injective has introduced some chain stats “Average Block Time Amongst Layer 1s”
Recent performance upgrades have slashed block times down to just 0.65 seconds on average.
https://x.com/injective/status/1826272946769539160
Vitalik Buterin: “I have been told that I need to "do less philosophizing and do more ethereum bullposting". Hence, here is an ethereum bullpost, courtesy of stable diffusion 3 inpainting + gimp.”
https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1826253901240431083
Tether announced plans for the addition of a new stablecoin that is pegged to the United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED).
Set to be launched in collaboration with UAE’s multi-billion dollar tech conglomerate, Phoenix Group PLC, and with support from Green Acorn Investments Ltd.
https://x.com/Tether_to/status/1826207852781830373
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Topaz, the blockchain explorer for Aptos, will cease operations.
https://x.com/TopazMarket/status/1826068121310093725
CZ and Binance face new lawsuit for alleged laundering of stolen crypto
In an Aug. 16 class action complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, Seattle, the plaintiffs allege their crypto was stolen, and those funds were sent to Binance by the thieves to “remove the connection between the ledger and their digital assets,” making them untraceable.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-cz-face-new-class-action-lawsuit-seattle
Sony Group is launching Soneium, an Ethereum layer-2 blockchain developed in partnership with Web3 infrastructure provider Startale, in the coming weeks.
https://decrypt.co/246071/sonys-long-awaited-ethereum-layer-2-chain-launch-coming-weeks
The crypto market is neutral
BTC Dominance - 55.19%
Market Cap - $2.17T
BTC - $60,629.89 (+0.21%)
ETH - $2,637.91 (+0.86%)
BNB - $582.7 (+2.31%)
SOL - $144.78 (+2.23%)
XRP - $0.5997 (+0.15%)
TON - $6.51 (-1.15%)
ZRO - $3.67 (+3.76%)
https://dropstab.com
XION is bringing Chain Abstraction to MultiversX's Sovereign Chains.
https://twitter.com/burnt_xion/status/1826624996002918444
Avalanche becomes the latest blockchain to support Franklin Templeton's Tokenized Money Market Fund
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/08/22/avalanche-becomes-latest-blockchain-to-support-franklin-templetons-tokenized-money-market-fund/
Ripple minted 185 RLUSD
Ripple USD (RLUSD) is now in private beta on XRP Ledger and Ethereum mainnet.
https://xrpscan.com/tx/3600B860A2295FC61018F28FF41FEE70E35550489E0E1635B268CA37F3F28854
SunPump Flips Pump.Fun in Daily Meme Coins as Traders Shift to Tron
Over the past 24 hours, SunPump has been used to launch 7,352 tokens.
https://decrypt.co/245842/sunpump-flips-pump-fun-daily-meme-coins-tron
Nearly half of all corporate political contributions in the 2024 election cycle came from cryptocurrency companies
Public Citizen’s report, which was based on data provided by government transparency group OpenSecrets, found that, so far, 48% of corporate election spending has come from crypto companies like Ripple and Coinbase. That’s $119 million out of a total of $248 million.
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/08/21/nearly-half-of-all-corporate-election-spending-in-2024-cycle-comes-from-crypto-companies-study-finds/
The crypto market is neutral
BTC Dominance - 55.48%
Market Cap - $2.15T
BTC - $60,530.73 (+2.22%)
ETH - $2,614.79 (+0.95%)
BNB - $569.6 (+1.22%)
SOL - $141.67 (-0.49%)
XRP - $0.5981 (+0.41%)
TON - $6.59 (-0.41%)
ZRO - $3.54 (+5.14%)
https://dropstab.com
MtGox has already made repayments in Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash to over 19,000 out of 24,000 creditors.
https://www.mtgox.com/img/pdf/20240821_e8dbec0c-1fd8-42b5-b0d9-0b98ab42587c_announcement_en.pdf
SunPump has formed an Ecosystem Partnership with DWF Labs.
https://x.com/sunpumpmeme/status/1826229380512944197
Kresko has announced the shutdown
▫️ Withdraw or Migrate Assets by September 10, 2024
▫️ krAssets and KISS: Convert to non-Kresko assets such as USDC, ETH, etc
▫️Migrate your assets to Kopio: Retain your KREDITS in the new protocol.
▫️ Discord Support Available Until: September 20, 2024 (Friday)
▫️Withdrawals After September 20, 2024: Using Kopio frontend
https://x.com/kreskoxyz/status/1826184093786055156
Xterio, a web3 game developer and publisher, has announced Xter TGE, points Dashboard, and NFT collections rewards
In the coming weeks, it’ll roll out its Points Dashboard, where you can track all Xterio Ecosystem Points earned across events like Meet your Anima, Arena, Forge, and more.
https://x.com/XterioGames/status/1825936463923753453
A whale lost 55.47M DAI in a phishing attack
The whale carelessly signed an unknown transaction 13 hours ago, setting the owner of his 55.47M DAI in Maker to the phishing address"0x0000db5c...41e70000".
When he later tried to withdraw 55.47M DAI, the transaction failed due to the owner change.
The phishing attacker set the owner to a newly created address"0x5D4b" and withdrew the 54.47M DAI.
The attacker has exchanged 27.5M DAI for 10,625 ETH currently.
https://x.com/lookonchain/status/1826161475049894198
Second Solana ETF Approved in Brazil
The product will be launched by Brazil-based asset manager Hashdex in partnership with local investment bank BTG Pactual.
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/08/20/second-solana-etf-approved-in-brazil/