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⚡ INSIGHT: The former NFT blue chip project Moonbirds is surging again under new leader Spencer — an NFT trader with a builder's mindset. Read more: ct.com News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 JUST IN: SEC and Ripple jointly dismiss appeals, ending their 5-year legal fight. Read more: ct.com News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 JUST IN: President Trump signs executive order banning banks from debanking the Bitcoin and crypto industry. Read more: ct.com News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 NOW: Bitcoin hits $117,000 Read more: ct.com News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 NEW: Elon Musk says "OpenAI is going to eat Microsoft alive." Read more: ct.com News | Markets | YouTube

⚡️JUST IN: GPT-5 is live. OpenAI says the new model delivers major upgrades in coding and content generation. Read more: ct.com News | Markets | YouTube

🇺🇸 UPDATE: Kraken US users can now deposit USD through PayPal. Read more: ct.com News | Markets | YouTube

⚡️JUST IN: Binance now lets European users convert crypto to fiat and withdraw directly to Mastercard with near-instant access. Read more: ct.com News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 NEW: Chainlink launches Chainlink Reserve funded with $LINK. Read more: ct.com News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 NEW: SharpLink raised $200M at $19.50/share to stack and stake $ETH. Read more: ct.com News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 JUST IN: Ripple to acquire stablecoin platform Rail for $200M, per RT. Read more: ct.com News | Markets | YouTube

🇺🇸 LATEST: Fed note references US Bitcoin reserve idea. A new note by Colin Weiss mentions funding a US Bitcoin reserve using gold revaluation gains. Read more: ct.com News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 TODAY: The SEC is expected to deliberate Ripple’s decision to withdraw its appeal Aug. 7. Will this finally put the XRP case to rest? Read more: ct.com News | Markets | YouTube

📊 NEW: The number of crypto professionals paid in crypto has tripled in 2024, with 9.6% now receiving salaries in digital assets. Circle's USDC leads at 63% of all crypto payrolls, per Pantera Capital report. Read more:…

🚨 LATEST: Bakkt to acquire a 30% stake in Japanese yarn maker Marusho Hotta for $115M, rebranding it as "bitcoin. jp" to pivot toward crypto treasury business focused on Bitcoin and digital assets. Read more: ct.com New…

🇺🇸 NEW: The Fed’s latest report explores using proceeds from valuation gains on gold reserves to fund the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve as proposed by Senator Lummis. Read more: ct.com News | Markets | YouTube

🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: Around $91.6M of $BTC and $35.1M of $ETH were bought on Aug. 6. Read more: ct.com News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 NEW: Standard Chartered says Ethereum treasury companies are better investments than US spot ETH ETFs as their NAV multiples started normalizing above 1. Read more: ct.com News | Markets | YouTube

🇭🇰 BULLISH: Hong-Kong's asset manager Trivest Advisors disclosed owning over $90M of BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF shares. Read more: ct.com News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 NOW: Asset manager Parataxis Holdings to raise up to $640M for its Bitcoin Treasury Strategy through an SPAC merge with SilverBox Corp IV. Read more: ct.com News | Markets | YouTube