📌 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/

🚨BREAKING: Crypto asset companies in the UK will be required to collect, verify and share information about the transfer of crypto from 1 Sep: UK Financial Conduct Authority !

https://www.fca.org.uk/news/statements/fca-sets-out-expectations-uk-cryptoasset-businesses-complying-travel-rule

Judge Grants SEC Approval to File an Appeal of Ripple XRP Case

https://watcher.guru/news/judge-grants-sec-approval-to-file-an-appeal-of-ripple-xrp-case