📢 Digital asset investment products recorded $619M in inflows last week, according to CoinShares.

📢 Strategy acquired 17,994 $BTC for $1.28B, bringing its total holdings to 738,731 BTC.

📢 BitMine Adds Nearly 61K $ETH in a Week

The company continues to grow its Ethereum position.

• BitMine Immersion Technologies bought 60,976 $ETH in the past week.
• Total holdings now stand at 4.53M $ETH, about 3.76% of the total supply.
• Around 3.04M $ETH is currently staked, with the firm holding $10.3B in crypto and cash.

📢 Prediction markets just hit a new record of 47.26M weekly transactions, with Polymarket leading at 26.26M.

📢 Government of Bhutan transferred 175 $BTC worth $11.85M today, per Arkham.

📢 Ethereum Foundation Moves Treasury to Staking

The foundation is putting part of its treasury to work.

• The Ethereum Foundation will use Bitwise infrastructure for treasury staking.
• The plan targets around 70,000 $ETH to be staked.
• The move aims to generate yield while supporting the Ethereum network.

📢 According to Andreessen Horowitz, ChatGPT is the most widely used AI in most countries, while DeepSeek leads in China.

📢 Aon Tests Stablecoin Insurance Payments

One of the world’s largest insurance brokers is experimenting with crypto payments.

• $86B insurance brokerage firm Aon completed a stablecoin premium settlement test.
• The trial was conducted with Coinbase and Paxos.
• The test explored using stablecoins to settle insurance premium payments.

📢 OpenAI Acquires Promptfoo to Boost AI Safety

OpenAI is strengthening its tools for testing and securing AI systems.

• OpenAI has acquired Promptfoo, a platform focused on AI testing.
• The deal aims to improve AI safety and security evaluation.
• Promptfoo’s tools help developers test prompts, detect risks, and monitor model behavior.

📢 Sonic Labs Launches USSD Stablecoin

A new stablecoin backed by U.S. Treasury assets has entered the market.

• Sonic Labs introduced the $USSD stablecoin.
• The token is backed 1:1 by U.S. Treasury assets.
• The backing comes from funds managed by BlackRock, Superstate, and WisdomTree.

📢 Solana has fallen 57% since the July spot ETF launch, yet its spot ETFs have still attracted roughly $1.5B in inflows.

📢 Nvidia Plans Open-Source AI Agent Platform

Nvidia is preparing a new tool to help companies deploy AI agents at work.

• Nvidia is developing an open-source AI agent platform called NemoClaw.
• The platform will allow enterprises to deploy AI agents across their workforce.
• The project was reported by WIRED as part of Nvidia’s push into enterprise AI tools.

📢 Michael Selig laid out a multi-year plan focused on clear crypto regulations, resolving jurisdiction disputes between the CFTC and SEC, and positioning the U.S. as the leading hub for AI computing.

📢 Ethereum tops all blockchains in 2026 with over $2.1B in net capital inflows, according to Artemis.

📢 Oil trading volume on Hyperliquid jumped from $21M to over $1.2B following the U.S.–Israel strike on Iran, according to Bloomberg.

📢 According to Santiment, Bitcoin short positions are far exceeding longs, as war concerns and uncertainty around the Clarity Act push traders toward a strong short bias.

📢 According to CryptoQuant, the Bitcoin futures funding rate percentile has fallen to 6%, its lowest level since early 2023, signaling strong short positioning in derivatives markets.

📢 OKX Launches Agent Trade Kit for AI Trading

OKX is opening the door for AI-powered trading tools on its platform.

• OKX introduced the Agent Trade Kit, built for AI agents and developers.
• The toolkit includes 80+ tools to build, test, and run trading strategies.
• Strategies can be deployed directly on the OKX exchange.

📢 Bitcoin holdings on exchanges have dropped to a new all-time low.

📢 The UK’s Fraud Strategy warns that crypto scams and investment fraud are rising risks, with crypto platforms expected to fall under full financial regulation by 2027.