KuCoin will upgrade its standard user identity verification procedure (users will need to upload their identity documents and complete face verification to pass the standard identity verification).

This upgrade will be officially implemented from 00:00 on August 31, 2023 UTC.

https://www.kucoin.com/ru/announcement/en-announcement-regarding-kucoin-s-upgraded-standard-user-identity-verification-procedure

🚩 Good luck to anyone who decides to use PayPal’s stablecoin $PYUSD 🤡

Binance becomes first fully licensed crypto exchange in El Salvador.

https://www.binance.com/en/blog/ecosystem/binance-becomes-first-fully-licensed-crypto-exchange-in-el-salvador-348306456147004721?ref=AZTKZ9XS

Coinbase's Base mainnet officially opens to the general public.

https://www.theblock.co/post/243899/base-mainnet-onchain-summer

📌 Coinbase Ventures invests in Rocket Pool via RPL token purchase

$RPL token currently trades at $28.25 with a market capitalization of $553 million.

https://www.theblock.co/post/244189/coinbase-ventures-invests-in-rocket-pool-via-rpl-token-purchase

SoFi Bank, a San Francisco-based full on bank with 6.2 million customers holds $170 million in crypto.

https://www.trustnodes.com/2023/08/09/a-us-bank-holds-170-million-in-crypto

Ark Bitcoin ETF Application Decision Pushed by SEC

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/08/11/ark-21shares-bitcoin-etf-application-decision-pushed-by-sec/

📌Visa introduces way to pay gas fees with your credit card

https://cryptoslate.com/visa-introduces-way-to-pay-gas-fees-with-your-credit-card/

SBF to be jailed as his bail revoked! His lawyers filed an appeal against the order!

https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/1690085426269196288

Ripple has been communicating with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand for building CBDC’s utilizing the XRPL.

https://twitter.com/edward_farina/status/1690014550572060672

Amazon Web Services Users Can Now Launch Avalanche analytics insight

https://www.inferse.com/677709/amazon-web-services-users-can-now-launch-avalanche-avax-analytics-insight/

CRV token inflation fell by 15.9% today and daily issuance dropped from 532,000 to 448,000 tokens.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TfipC0nB60sYuU3SonroEs049RnzLElRa5jS8ZN5dqc/edit

Binance will list CyberConnect (CYBER) and Sei (SEI) on 15th August at 12:00 UTC.

https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/binance-will-open-trading-for-cyberconnect-cyber-and-sei-sei-fe281e1fa6e7493788969242995ba04a

Coca-Cola has launched a mint of the 8 NFTs on the Base network.

Mint value: 0.011 - 0.014 ETH

https://x.com/buildonbase/status/1690763520475078656

Ark Invest and 21Shares have filed applications for three futures bitcoin ETFs.

https://blockworks.co/news/ark-21shares-spot-bitcoin-etf

$SEI & $CYBER Listed on Binance & Other CEX

Sei Current Market Value is Around $350M (Around ~ 1.9B FDV)

🔔Binance Connect shutting down on August 16th

The service acted as a fiat-to-crypto payments provider connecting crypto firms with the traditional finance system

https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-connect-shutting-down-august-16

Tron has more active users than Bitcoin and Ethereum combined

🔥Valkyrie has applied for an Ether Futures ETF.

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1877493/000138713123009893/valkyrie-485apos_081523.htm

🔥Shiba Inu’s Ethereum Layer-2 Blockchain Shibarium goes live on mainnet

https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/08/16/shiba-inus-ethereum-layer-2-blockchain-shibarium-goes-live-amid-push-for-defi-growth/