Metaplanet buys another 518 Bitcoin worth $61 million — Twitter

Spot Ethereum ETFs top $1 billion in daily net inflows for the first time — The Block

Coinbase Ventures buys TON tokens 'directly from Telegram,' says TON Foundation exec — The Block

ALT5 Sigma Corporation, a publicly traded company, to sell $1.5B worth of its shares to establish a WLFI treasury — Twitter

The SEC has officially ended its lawsuit against Ripple — Twitter

Circle to launch Arc, a layer 1 blockchain dedicated to stablecoins — Business Wire

Do Kwon pleads guilty to two counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud in the U.S., facing up to 25 years in prison — Twitter

Bitcoin-based memepad Odin fun exploited for $7M+ — The Block

OKX announced an upgrade to X Layer and will permanently burn 65,256,712 OKB from historical buybacks and reserves — OKX

ALT5 Sigma completed a $1.5 billion registered direct offering and private placement led by World Liberty — Business Wire

Pantera Capital has invested over $300 million in digital asset treasury (DAT) companies — The Block

Bullish sold 30M shares at $37 per share, raising $1.1B from its IPO ahead of its NYSE debut on Wednesday — The Block

Band has introduced Membit: The Context Layer for AI — Band

Decentralized data foundry project Sapien announces Token Generation Event on August 20 — Twitter

MetaMask, Linea, and Brevis have launched a ZK proof-based rewards program for MetaMask Card users — Twitter

Ethereum wallet MetaMask will likely unveil its own stablecoin this week — CoinDesk

Non-custodial wallets are not in scope of Google Play’s Cryptocurrency Exchanges and Software Wallets Policy — Twitter

Coinbase and Mercuryo are partnering to lower on-ramping fees for USDC users on Base — The Block

US Treasury Secretary Bessent says government won't buy Bitcoin for strategic reserve but will retain seized assets — The Block

Coinbase has completed $2.9B Deribit acquisition — Coinbase

Gemini has launched wallet and onchain dashboard for trading and investing — Twitter