Since $AVAX launched, the project has unlocked $7.76 billion worth of tokens over time, with the last $219 million cliff unlock yesterday. Going forward, there are no more large cliff unlocks on $AVAX till 2029..

The token is down from a $32 billion ATH market cap to $9.40 billion now, with the token price down from an ATH of $145 to $22.

This Week Ahead:

Project Updates

$Soneium: Testnet launch & airdrop - Aug 28, 2024.
$STX: Nakamoto to ship code, activation window opens - Aug 28, 2024.
$STRK: Starknet v0.13.2 introduces block packing & parallel execution - Aug 28, 2024.
$DASH: Evolution-chain hard fork activation - Aug 28, 2024.
$ARB: Stylus Sprint program snapshot vote begins - Aug 29, 2024.
$GS: GammaSwap token launch & airdrop - Aug 30, 2024.
$INJ: Altaris mainnet upgrade for scalability - expected this week (Aug 2024).
$AERGO: Preparing for v.4.0 hard fork - expected this week (Aug 2024).

Token Unlocks:
$YGG: $6.21M unlock (3.70%) - Aug 26, 2024.
$TORN: $215.42K unlock (2.41%) - Aug 28, 2024.
$OP: $47.64M unlock (2.64%) - Aug 29, 2024.
$PRIME: $6.47M unlock (1.68%) - Aug 29, 2024.

Macro Events:
Aug 28, 2024: Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic speaks.
Aug 28, 2024: Nvidia Q2 report, Fed speeches.
Aug 29, 2024: Q2 GDP 2nd revision.
Aug 30, 2024: U.S. July PCE inflation data.

Chair Powell indicated something in last week's meeting. He said everything the market was looking for. Bitcoin and the crypto sector might reach new highs. 90% of raw feed around is just noise! and sub farming.

Trading Tools/Bots Comparison: user experience, security, fees and other imp metrics.

Since 2015, the Ethereum Foundation has deposited $2.80 billion in $ETH over time, including $100 million during the 2021 $ETH peak, with the most recent $100 million deposit to Kraken. Note: This is purely an on-chain post and does not represent any bias!

Kraken and bitmex is most used exchange by ethereum fondation.

^ all deposit entities with $amount since 2014.

u can find all foundation info here, and delete the noise/fud; https://x.com/vitalikbuterin/status/1828418027034972507

Week Ahead:

Project Updates:
$ARB: Stylus-enabled chains launching on September 3rd.
$SNEK: Snek.fun platform launching on September 3rd.
$CTX: New dApp release on September 3rd.
$RUNE: Hard fork upgrade scheduled for September 4th.
$MATIC: Rebranding from MATIC to POL token on September 4th.
$EOS: Spring v.1.0 upgrade releasing on September 4th.
$FLOW: Crescendo network upgrade on September 5th.
$MODE: Lock & unlock event happening on September 6th.
$FTM: Sonic testnet, Fantom's largest upgrade, goes live next week.
$BWB: Telegram trading bot launching this week.
$CLOUD: SOL liquid staking tokens launching on Binance, Bybit, and BitGet soon.

Macro:
Tuesday
00:01: UK BRC Retail Sales (Aug)
15:00: US ISM Manufacturing PMI (Aug)
Friday
13:30: US Nonfarm Payrolls (Aug)
13:45: US Fed Williams Speech
16:00: US Fed Waller Speech


Token unlocks
$SUI: $64.19M, 2.47% ~ 9-1
$IMX: $32.47M, 2.06% ~ 9-6
$ZETA: $53.89M, 15.71% ~ 9-1
$TAIKO: $12.00M, 19.02% ~ 9-5
$DYDX: $8.33M, 3.67% ~ 9-1
$MODE: $500.00M, 38.46% ~ 9-6

% > of circulating supply.

Polygon's MATIC is transitioning to the POL token and has fallen 20% in the past week and 25% year-to-date, while Bitcoin is up 40% this year. Additionally, the release of ISM and NFP data this week is crucial for the upcoming Fed FOMC meeting.

Token unlocks are set to drop to $380 million this week, down from $471 million last week. September's unlocks will rose to $1.94 billion, from $1.5 billion in August..

Historically, during the February/March unlocks of $4 billion, Bitcoin gained 55% despite significant unlocks, whereas altcoins underperformed.

In August, only $SUI performed well among the tokens unlocks, with a cumulative return of 45%.

SUI had $45 million in unlocks, while XRP had $600 million in unlocks but $XRP ended up with nearly breakeven returns.

CFTC Issues Order Against Uniswap Labs for Offering Illegal Digital Asset Derivatives Trading

** The order requires Uniswap Labs to pay a $175,000 civil monetary penalty and to cease and desist from violating the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), as charged.

$Uni generates $m in fees daily, $175k is just a few hrs fees.

The market has 3 FOMC meetings before December:

Sept 17/18, Nov 6/7, and Dec 17/18.

Important events the Fed will be watching:

NFP this Friday
ISM data
CPI

Currently, the market expects a 25bps cut to start.

A month ago, there was a 75% chance of a 50bps cut in September.

A 25 basis point rate cut could signal the start of a standard rate-cutting cycle, potentially boosting BTC prices. But Sept is Worse month for BTC/Stocks.
Buying September dips to build Q4 exposure has historically been a strong strategy.

> https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.html