Five tips to secure your crypto 👛

1️⃣ Protect your seed phrase

Your seed phrase unlocks your wallet. Keep it offline and avoid storing it digitally. Write it down and keep it in a safe place. For added security, break it into parts and store them separately.

2️⃣ Beware of fake social media accounts

Scammers impersonate influencers or exchanges. Verify profiles by checking for verification badges, scrutinizing usernames, and reviewing post history. Platform with the highest number of impersonators - X (Twitter).

3️⃣ Avoid public WiFi

Public WiFi is vulnerable to cyber attacks. Refrain from accessing your crypto wallet or making transactions when connected to unsecured networks.

4️⃣ Beware of fake livestreams

Scammers use stolen content to promote fake crypto giveaways. Verify the legitimacy of channels and be skeptical of offers that seem too good to be true.

5️⃣ Stay vigilant against deepfakes

AI-generated deepfakes can impersonate real people. Look for inconsistencies in video and audio, and be wary of unsolicited messages urging immediate action. Deepfakes of famous people on YouTube shilling crypto drainer are common scams.

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✅ Bitcoin is up 6% for the week after the Fed cut the interest rate by 0.5% on Wednesday. Ethereum finally stopped underperforming after hitting the lowest point in the ETH/BTC ratio over the past 3.5 years 🤑

Weekly news digest:

💎 Crypto

🔸 Binance secretly launched their Telegram mini-app game

🔸 The LayerZero 1st airdrop claim period has ended, if you already claimed ZRO you will be eligible for bonus tokens

🔸 BitGo, a crypto custodian backed by Goldman Sachs is launching a new stablecoin USDS
 
🔸 Over $6 million in tokens were drained from DeltaPrime wallets due to a private key leak

🔸 MicroStrategy has announced its third debt offering of 2024, aiming to raise $700 million by issuing convertible senior notes

🔸 Solana Labs's phone designing subsidiary will ship its second crypto phone in 2025, Solana Mobile announced

🏦 Crypto exchanges

🔸 The crypto exchange BingX was hacked for $52 million
 
🔸 OKX CEX will relaunch its US exchange with a new mobile app in Q4

🔸 Singapore’s DBS Bank will launch OTC crypto options trading and structured notes for BTC and ETH for its institutional clients

💵 Finances and Economy

🔸 The Fed has cut interest rates by 0.5%

🔸 Stablecoin issuers like Tether have grown to become the 18th largest holder of U.S. Treasuries

🔸 Bank of England maintained the interest rate at 5%
 
🔸 BlackRock will launch an AI-focused fund with Microsoft worth around $30 billion

🔸 BlackRock said its clients largely view Bitcoin as insurance against a possible U.S. debt crisis

⚖️ Law and Order

🔸 SEC approved options trading for BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF

🔸 Louisiana has become the first state to accept crypto payments for government services

🔸 The SEC filed its proposed amended complaint against Binance

 🗣 Personalities

🔸 Cardano founder will meet with the President of Argentina in October to discuss the crypto economy

🔸 Donald Trump used Bitcoin to buy burgers at NYC bar

🔸 Donald Trump launched his long-rumored crypto project, World Liberty Financial

🚀 Best performers of the week:

Bittensor - $470.99 (↑49.4%)
Sui - $1.56 (↑41.3%)
Aptos - $7.94 (↑32.4%)

Overnight, Bitcoin reached as high as 64,700 before retracing much of the upward movement. Many altcoins are showing double-digit % gains 📈

Stablecoins and other crypto are starting to replace fiat currencies in some Eastern Asian countries with Hong Kong receiving 40% of the region’s value in stablecoins 🇭🇰

Digital asset investment products were slightly down from the previous week but still have seen a second consecutive week of inflows, totaling $321 million 🧪

Donald Trump has said he does not expect to run for election again in 2028 if he is defeated in this November's US presidential elections 🤔

Vice President Kamala Harris vowed to help boost investment in the AI sector and crypto if elected, pitching her economic agenda to donors in NYC 🤞

🔹 Last 24 hours top 3 gainers:

Bittensor - $542.29 (↑17.56%)
IMX - $1.81 (↑12.24%)
Popcat - $0.934 (↑11.08%)

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Top 7 token unlocks for this week 🔐

The total value of tokens unlocked this week is only $50.82 million, so the altcoin rebound this week is not in danger 👇

• SPACE ID (ID) — $28.85M
• Worldcoin (WLD) — $7.67M
• Yield Guild Games (YGG) — $4.93M
• Maverick Protocol (MAV) — $3.39M
• NFPrompt (NFP) — $2.26M
• ECOx (ECOx) — $1.95M
• Radworks (RAD) — $1.77M

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Telegram will share users’ IP addresses and phone numbers” to governments in response to valid legal requests 👮

Telegram changed its terms of service to "deter criminals from abusing it". This move comes less than a month after Pavel Durov was arrested in France 🔵

What do you think of this change in app policy?

✅ The stock market and crypto market continue to rise, altcoins are finally starting to outperform Bitcoin, October is upon us and the bulls are gearing up for a run 🔼

Daily Digest:

🔸 Telegram will share users’ IP addresses and phone numbers” to governments in response to valid legal requests 🔵

🔸 Stablecoins and other crypto are starting to replace fiat currencies in Hong Kong

🔸 Digital asset investment products seen a second consecutive week of inflows, totaling $321 million

🔸 Donald Trump has said he does not expect to run for election again in 2028 if he is defeated in this November's US presidential elections 🤔

🔸 Kamala Harris vowed to help boost investment in the AI sector and crypto if elected

🔸 Bitcoin miners Bitfarms and Riot Platforms have reached a settlement that ends a months-long conflict

🔸 Siemens AG used global bank JPMorgan's Onyx blockchain and SWIAT's private blockchain to issue and settle a tokenized version of its commercial paper

🔹 Prices:

🥇 Bitcoin - $63,343 (↑1.3%)
✨ Ethereum - $2,654 (↑4.8%)
🧪 S&P 500 - 5,718 (↑0.28%)
🕗 DXY - 100.92 (↑0.20%)
🌉 Gold - 2,627 (↓0.04%)

Me with 0.001 BTC walking to work after Bitcoin went up 8.7% this week 😁

The IMF is warning about rising government debt and urging a shift in fiscal policy, with countries like France struggling to control deficits. IMF’s deputy managing director, notes that debt projections are overly optimistic and don’t account for future spending pressures 🚨

Predictions platform Polymarket is seeking an additional $50 million in new capital following the platform’s $70 million raise over two rounds this year, amid plans to launch a token 💰

A 🇵🇭 government agency focused on science and technology research and development is giving young people hands-on experience with crypto, blockchain technology, and NFTs

The TON ecosystem may need to distance itself from Telegram amid the ongoing regulatory concerns associated with the messenger, Bitget suggested in their research report on TON 🔷

🔹 Last 24 hours top 3 gainers:

dogwifhat - $1.89 (↑10.57%)
Celestia - $6.1 (↑9.87%)
Lido DAO - $1.24 (↑8.84%)

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A threat actor on a dark web forum has claimed responsibility for leaking sensitive information belonging to millions of Binance customers 🟠

The leaked data includes last names, first names, email addresses, phone numbers, birthdays, home addresses and zip codes 😳

There has been no official response from Binance representatives

China has rolled out new measures to revive its struggling economy. The central bank cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) by 50 basis points, releasing around 1 trillion yuan for lending 🇨🇳

The People's Bank of China also lowered mortgage rates and provided a $71 billion liquidity boost to the stock market. These steps aim to stabilize the real estate sector and increase stock market investment​.

Stocks rose following the news, but analysts caution that while these moves help, they may not be enough to fully restore consumer confidence. China's stock market is still trading below the levels caused by Covid-19 pandemic market crash 🔽

There is speculation that China will now start pouring new money into the market en masse, which could help speculative assets like crypto rise in value 📈

✅ Near the end of the day, the market started to rise again after yesterday's small correction, Bitcoin price is above $64,000, let's see if the bulls can continue the move 🔼

Daily Digest:

🔸 Ex-Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison sentenced to 2 years in prison for her role in FTX fraud 🎎

🔸 Predictions platform Polymarket is seeking investment of $50 million, amid plans to launch a token

🔸 The Philippine government is giving young people hands-on experience with crypto, blockchain technology, and NFTs

🔸 The TON ecosystem may need to distance itself from Telegram, per  Bitget research report 🔷

🔸 DOJ sues Visa over alleged payments monopoly

🔸 Binance denied the alleged dark web data leak of its customers' data

🔹 Prices:

🥇 Bitcoin - $64,408 (↑1.9%)
✨ Ethereum - $2,665 (↑0.7%)
🧪 S&P 500 - 5,732 (↑0.25%)
🕗 DXY - 100.35 (↓0.5%)
🌉 Gold - 2,659 (↑0.08%)

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Expectation vs reality 😄

Sean “Diddy” Combs will be jailed for racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution in the same unit of a Brooklyn jail as the founder of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried 🕓

Bitcoin ETFs recorded $136 million in inflows yesterday while Ethereum ETFs saw $62.5 million in inflows, led by BlackRock’s ETHA, This is a very good sign for bulls showing that trad fi is again interested in crypto 🔼

James Cameron, the Director of the Terminator movie, joined the board of artificial intelligence firm Stability AI which provides one of the world's most popular generative AI tools 🤖

Ether. fi, a staking protocol, faced an attempted domain account takeover, protocol reported that no user funds were compromised during the recent domain takeover attack 😌

🔹 Last 24 hours top 3 gainers:

Sei - $0.46 (↑24.17%)
Sui - $1.72 (↑12.51%)
Popcat - $1.014 (↑9.18%)

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Crypto exchange Bybit has launched its own Telegram mini-game Coin Sweeper 🔵

Bybit decided to keep up with Binance and following the trend they launched their play-to-earn game 🎮

You can start playing here 👈

To get bonuses in the game you need to register on Bybit

✅ The market is seeing a small correction amid falling stocks and a failed attempt by bulls to boost Bitcoin's price to $65,000 🤷‍♂️

Daily Digest:

🔸 The U.S. Congress Foreign Affairs Committee urges Nigeria to “immediately release” the Binance executive, who has been in custody since February

🔸 Sean “Diddy” Combs will be jailed in the same unit of a Brooklyn jail as the founder of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried 😄

🔸 Bitcoin ETFs recorded $136 million in inflows, while Ethereum ETFs saw $62.5 million in inflows

🔸 James Cameron, the Director of the Terminator movie, joined the board of artificial intelligence firm Stability AI

🔸 Ether. fi, a staking protocol, faced an attempted domain account takeover, protocol reported that no user funds were compromised

🔸 CEO of Nvidia done selling about $713 million worth of Nvidia shares 😲

🔸 PayPal enables business accounts to buy, sell, and trade crypto

🔹 Prices:

🥇 Bitcoin - $63,184 (↓1.9%)
✨ Ethereum - $2,575 (↓3.1%)
🧪 S&P 500 - 5,722 (↓0.19%)
🕗 DXY - 100.92 (↑0.45%)
🌉 Gold - 2,657 (↑0.02%)

The Hamster Kombat $HMSTR token will be listed at 12:00 UTC. According to preliminary call auction trading, the price is around $0.012 🐹

Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority will adopt stricter requirements for companies marketing crypto investments in the country 🇦🇪

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed the first “fully functioning” prototype of his company’s augmented-reality smart glasses, a new AR headset, and its AI model 🤓

Crypto-friendly New York City Mayor was indicted on federal criminal charges following a lengthy corruption probe that started over two years ago 👮

WazirX, which lost $234 million in a hack, had filed an application with the Singapore High Court for a six-month moratorium ⚖️

🔹 Last 24 hours top 3 gainers:

Worldcoin - $2.14 (↑18.34%)
Starknet - $0.494 (↑15.65%)
Shiba Inu - $0 (↑14.24%)

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