📢 Blockchain Association has filed an amicus brief supporting Custodia’s Supreme Court petition, urging the Court to examine whether regional Federal Reserve banks can deny master-account access to state-chartered banks.

📢 The odds of a September Fed rate hike have dropped to 40.1% from 48.4% a day earlier, according to CME FedWatch.

📢 A user lost $100K after copying a malicious wallet address from their transaction history without verifying it, according to Lookonchain. Always double-check the full wallet address before sending funds.

📢 Bitcoin’s short-term holder supply continues to decline, a pattern that has historically emerged near the later stages of bear markets, according to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost.

📢 Stablecoins on Tron grew by $1 billion in market cap over the past week, more than 10× the growth seen on any other blockchain, according to Token Terminal.

📢 “1011 Insider Whale” agent Garrett Jin is facing a $16M unrealized loss on a nearly $100M Bitcoin long position.

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📢 According to Santiment, active addresses increased by almost 33% month over month while new wallet creation stayed flat, causing $XRP to drop close to $1 on August 12, its lowest level since November 2024.

📢 According to OpenAI, the top 10% of businesses use skills six times more frequently and plugins twice as frequently as average businesses.

📢 Custodia Bank's Supreme Court appeal for direct access to the Federal Reserve's payment system has received support from the Blockchain Association.

📢 Robinhood Chain is approaching $1B in TVL, while Uniswap liquidity is driving UNI token burns at an annualized rate of around $90M, according to Standard Chartered.

📢 Anthony Pompliano’s firm Silvia has filed for five ETFs, including funds focused on Bitcoin treasury discounts, Elon Musk-related companies, and mentions of Jensen Huang in interviews.

📢 Bitcoin’s hashrate has fallen 17% from its all-time high as miners increasingly shift resources toward AI infrastructure, according to a CryptoQuant analyst.

📢 The SEC abruptly called off Friday’s vote on proposed crypto exemptions for startup fundraising, citing an unexpected scheduling conflict.

📢 Gold, the S&P 500 and other traditional assets are now among the largest markets by trading volume on perpetual DEXs, according to CryptoRank.

📢 ETFs have attracted more than $100B in inflows for 14 straight months, according to Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas, who says $100B months are becoming the new normal.

📢 Ireland is tightening anti-money laundering (AML) checks on transfers involving private crypto wallets and foreign crypto firms.

📢 CryptoQuant says Bitcoin profitability has fallen into historically low levels, potentially signaling capitulation as weaker holders sell to higher-conviction buyers.