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Odaily News: The latest financial disclosure from Michigan Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib shows that her retirement accounts hold Bitcoin and Ethereum-related ETFs, including up to $15,000 in the Grayscale Ethereum Staking Mini ETF, as well as up to $15,000 in the iShares Bitcoin ETF.Tlaib previously voted against the CLARITY Act, which supports cryptocurrency market structure legislation, and supported a resolution aimed at prohibiting so-called "crypto corruption." In addition to crypto asset-related ETFs, Tlaib's investments also include European and Asian market funds, international bond funds, and funds used to hedge against dollar risk. Her assets are distributed across accounts such as traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, and college savings accounts. (New York Post)
Odaily News: Zach Pandl, Head of Research at digital asset management firm Grayscale, stated that Bitcoin's structural adoption trend continues, the current bear market has entered a deeper stage, and the macro outlook is generally favorable. These three factors may provide a basis for long-term investors to enter, though prices could still decline.Grayscale noted that Bitcoin's adoption growth is primarily driven by government deficits, the expanding application of blockchain technology in the financial services sector, and generational shifts in investor asset allocation. The current bear market has lasted 10 months, approaching the average and median duration of 11 to 12 months observed across the previous four cyclical bear markets.Macro risks mainly depend on real interest rates and Federal Reserve policy. The Federal Open Market Committee held the federal funds rate at 3.5% to 3.75% in July, and future rate hikes could push Bitcoin lower. Bitcoin briefly rose to $79,461 on August 21 before pulling back to around $77,000. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News - Nomura Holdings' digital asset company Laser Digital Japan announced this week that it has completed registration as a crypto asset trading service provider under Japan's Payment Services Act, with registration number 00032, and has joined the Japan Virtual and Crypto asset Trading Association, bringing an end to Japan's nearly 4-year period without new industry participants.The license covers six crypto assets: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, and Shiba Inu, all of which are listed on the industry association's "green list." Laser Digital Japan will initially provide liquidity to licensed crypto asset companies in Japan, while the launch date for trading services targeting professional investors has not yet been announced.Japanese regulators require the segregation of customer assets from company assets, with at least 95% of customer crypto assets stored in offline cold wallets, subject to verification through annual audits. The license does not cover crypto asset derivatives, nor does it permit Laser Digital Japan to launch exchange-traded funds; major adjustments to Japan's crypto asset regulatory framework are expected to be implemented in fiscal year 2027. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News – HYPE reached an intraday high of $82 yesterday, rising 38% over the past week, with 24-hour trading volume exceeding $2 billion and a market cap of approximately $17.17 billion. Hyperliquid's 30-day trading volume surpassed $176 billion, with open interest exceeding $8 billion.On August 19, U.S. President Donald Trump stated that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is pushing to bring Hyperliquid into the U.S. market in a compliant and lawful manner. On August 20, a wallet associated with venture capital firm Multicoin Capital transferred 308,884 HYPE tokens, valued at approximately $19.8 million, to institutional custody and trading platform Coinbase Prime within seven hours.During the same period, the wallet also transferred 172,710 and 62,700 HYPE tokens, valued at approximately $10.15 million and $4.37 million, respectively. Since February 2026, Multicoin Capital has transferred over $100 million worth of HYPE to Coinbase Prime. Meanwhile, Hyperliquid has been using approximately 99% of its perpetual and spot market fee revenue to continuously buy back HYPE through the Assistance Fund. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News – Andrew Park, CEO of Factblock and organizer of Korea Blockchain Week, stated that Korea's crypto market is shifting from retail-trading-driven dynamics toward institutional digital finance. The focus of global financial institutions and enterprises has moved from tokens, exchanges, and prices to custody, tokenization, stablecoins, payment and settlement infrastructure, and regulatory compliance.The Financial Services Commission of Korea has proposed a framework to open corporate virtual asset accounts to approximately 3,500 listed companies and registered professional investors. The National Assembly has officially passed amendments to the Electronic Securities Act and the Capital Markets Act, bringing tokenized real-world assets and security tokens under a unified legal framework.The Bank of Korea has completed the initial trial of Project Hangang, a real-world deposit token initiative, and plans to conduct second-phase institutional testing in late 2026. Related technical experiments have used wholesale deposit tokens to enable AI agents to execute automated conditional transactions. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to Bitcoin.com, Zach Pandl, Head of Research at Grayscale, stated that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) proposed regulations on crypto assets could increase network activity on Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain by reducing compliance uncertainties surrounding token financing, driving more U.S. issuers and investors to go on-chain, and potentially creating value for their native tokens ETH, SOL, and BNB.
Odaily News: Duquesne Family Office founder Stanley Druckenmiller purchased 4.1 million shares of high-performance computing company Bitdeer Technologies Group (BTDR) in the second quarter, with a position value exceeding $64.7 million and an average purchase price of $12.26. The company produces cryptocurrency mining hardware and operates data centers in the United States and other regions.Additionally, Druckenmiller bought 2.9 million shares of Hyperliquid Strategies (PURR), a digital asset treasury company in the HYPE sector, with a position value of $23.1 million, gaining indirect exposure to HYPE. Hyperliquid Strategies aims to provide U.S. and institutional investors with investment channels related to the HYPE token.Druckenmiller's moves are similar to concurrent increases in BTDR positions by Jane Street and Citadel, with Jane Street currently holding over $112 million worth of BTDR shares. BlackRock, State Street, and Citadel also increased their PURR holdings in the second quarter; HYPE previously hit an all-time high following related compliance progress news. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has issued 81,000 warning letters to cryptocurrency investors suspected of unpaid taxes over the past 12 months, a 25% increase from approximately 65,000 in the previous year. These letters are intended to prompt recipients to disclose unpaid taxes before HMRC launches formal investigations.Cryptocurrency exchanges, using tokens to purchase goods or services, and gifting tokens to others may all constitute taxable disposals. Income generated from activities such as lending and staking may be subject to income tax rules, and UK residents are generally required to pay taxes on relevant income and gains from worldwide sources.Rules scheduled to take effect in April 2027 will apply no gain, no loss treatment to qualifying crypto lending and automated market-making arrangements until an economic disposal occurs, with an estimated impact on approximately 700,000 individuals.The Crypto Asset Reporting Framework requires service providers to submit 2026 transaction data, with the reporting period running from January 1 to May 31, 2027. It is expected that 52 jurisdictions will exchange relevant data in 2027, with an additional 15 added in 2028. (Bitcoin.com News)
as the cryptocurrency market continues its rebound, shares of Bitcoin mining firms and digital asset treasury companies rose over the weekend. Market participants believe that the U.S. Treasury's announcement to expand the scale of long-term Treasury buybacks has boosted liquidity expectations, fueling improved sentiment toward risk assets and further lifting crypto-related stocks. Bitcoin mining firm Canaan saw its share price surge over 25%; MARA Holdings continued to climb after rising nearly 16% on Thursday. Strive, a digital asset treasury company holding more than 20,000 BTC, gained over 16% on Friday.Additionally, Trump stated that the U.S. government may purchase Bitcoin on a "large scale" in the future. The market rally was also driven by improved expectations for U.S. regulatory clarity. On Thursday, President Trump again urged Congress to advance the CLARITY Act, a bill aimed at further defining the U.S. digital asset regulatory framework and delineating the respective oversight roles of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the crypto market. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily News - U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Michael Selig stated that if the Clarity Act continues to be stalled by Democratic obstruction, the CFTC will leverage its existing authority to begin establishing a regulatory framework for crypto assets and has directed staff to expedite formal rule proposals.Selig has instructed staff to study incorporating digital asset market structure into CFTC rules, with both existing CFTC registrants and currently unregistered crypto exchanges potentially falling under regulatory scope. Rules tailored to digital assets may permit leverage and margin trading.On Thursday, Bitcoin ETFs saw net inflows of $606 million, marking the highest single-day figure since May 1; Ethereum ETFs recorded net inflows of $219 million, the highest since September 2025. Over the past 24 hours, short liquidations in the crypto market exceeded $1.2 billion, approaching $5 billion over the past two days. (Decrypt)
Odaily News: The Hyperliquid Policy Center has released a research report titled "Perpetual Futures as Complements to Dated Futures," stating that perpetual futures can expand market risk management tools and improve price discovery efficiency, rather than squeezing out traditional dated futures markets.The report points out that the biggest difference between perpetual contracts and traditional futures is that they have no expiration date, meaning traders are not forced to roll over positions and can gain continuous exposure to asset prices through a single contract, making them better suited for around-the-clock trading. As perpetual futures enter the U.S. market for the first time, there has been concern over whether they would divert liquidity from traditional futures.The Hyperliquid Policy Center analyzed data from Bitcoin and on-chain WTI crude oil perpetual contracts, comparing perpetual contract prices during periods when traditional futures markets were closed against benchmark futures prices after markets reopened. The study covered 205 Bitcoin trading weekends and 19 weekends of on-chain crude oil perpetual contract samples.The research found that perpetual futures complement traditional futures in several ways:- Perpetual contracts can lower hedging costs by avoiding the additional expenses associated with rolling positions after traditional futures expire;- Perpetual contracts attract small-scale trading demand that traditional futures struggle to cover—for example, the median trade size for on-chain crude oil perpetuals is approximately $1,300, roughly 1/100th of traditional WTI futures;- Perpetual markets provide effective price discovery during periods when traditional markets are closed, with weekend prices typically being validated by benchmark market prices upon reopening;- During extreme market conditions, perpetual contracts help investors continuously manage risk—for instance, during the weekend of significant crude oil volatility in March 2026, using on-chain crude oil perpetuals for hedging could significantly reduce potential losses;- Data shows that after the launch of perpetual markets, no statistically significant negative impact was observed on traditional benchmark markets, with WTI futures spreads even narrowing after market reopening.
Odaily News, Strive Vice President Joe Burnett posted on X, stating that Bitcoin is the ultimate AI trade, as mass unemployment and a significant contraction in wealth will lead to massive currency issuance.In the accompanying article, Joe Burnett stated that traditional assets face dilution or competitive mechanisms as long-term stores of value: fiat currency supply expands with credit cycles, fiscal deficits, and central bank policies; stock profits attract competition, regulation, and technological disruption; rising real estate prices drive more construction; and higher gold prices stimulate more mining.He stated that Bitcoin's terminal supply is fixed, cannot be inflated in response to increased demand, belongs to no company, industry, or government, and is not someone else's liability. Human progress brings more output, efficiency, and wealth, and that wealth needs to flow into assets that cannot be diluted by issuance.Joe Burnett said that over the past ~17 years, Bitcoin has evolved from an open-source project into a globally recognized monetary network, outperforming most other asset classes over 4+ year cycles. Its volatility is tied to the growth process, but the supply rules remain unchanged. As the network expands and more capital enters, daily volatility may narrow.
Odaily News比特币 rose to its highest level since May before the US market opened on Friday, briefly touching $79,400 during trading before hovering around $78,000, just one step away from the key resistance level of $80,000. US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net inflows of $606 million on Thursday, the highest level since May 1, boosting market risk appetite.James Butterfill, Head of Research at CoinShares, stated that this rally is primarily driven by macroeconomic factors rather than factors within the crypto market itself, noting that Bitcoin remains highly sensitive to changes in liquidity expectations and real yields. Previously, US inflation data came in below expectations, employment data weakened, and the US Treasury announced measures to push down long-term Treasury yields, all of which drove risk assets higher.Butterfill pointed out that $80,000 is an important demarcation line for Bitcoin at present. To form an effective breakout, the market needs further confirmation that the Federal Reserve's monetary policy is shifting toward easing, with related signals potentially released at next week's Jackson Hole symposium.However, he also cautioned that if inflation remains persistently high or the dollar weakens, the Fed may be forced to adopt a more cautious policy. Additionally, the scale of accumulation by large holders remains relatively limited, and the market still lacks strong confidence to support a sustained breakout. Going forward, US spot Bitcoin ETF fund flows and macroeconomic data performance will serve as key indicators for judging the sustainability of the trend. (CoinDesk)
Odaily News: Brian Armstrong, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, stated that crypto regulatory clarity will be advanced either through a Senate vote on September 15 or new federal regulatory rules on September 16, with both paths expected to move forward. The procedural vote on the CLARITY Act requires at least 60 votes of support.The digital asset market structure bill, the CLARITY Act, passed the U.S. House of Representatives on July 17, 2025, with 294 votes in favor and 134 against, but has since stalled in the Senate. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Mike Selig has instructed staff to establish a registration category for "crypto asset markets," which may apply to digital asset trading platforms.Armstrong also stated that Bitcoin's price could likely reach $300,000 to $400,000 by 2030. He cited increased institutional adoption, Bitcoin's fixed supply, and improved crypto regulatory clarity in the U.S. as contributing factors. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: Injective, a Layer 1 blockchain, has had its institutional services division register as a securities transfer agent with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Injective states that this marks the first time a Layer 1 blockchain has obtained this type of registration, enabling regulated ownership records, transfers, distributions, and shareholder management services for securities.The registration covers four types of tokenized assets already launched—institutional funds, publicly listed company stocks, private company shares, and corporate accounts receivable—and allows related processes to utilize distributed ledger infrastructure while remaining compliant with U.S. securities regulatory rules.Injective has launched markets tied to digital asset treasury companies, publicly listed stocks, and shares of private companies such as SpaceX and OpenAI, and has introduced its tokenized asset issuance platform, Injective Mint Alpha.In July, South Korea's largest trading firm, POSCO International, and LG CNS, a technology company under the LG Group, selected Injective for a trade finance pilot. The plan involves tokenizing accounts receivable arising from international trade and completing their transfer, management, and settlement. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: The Hungarian Parliament has passed Bill No. XXXVIII of 2026, abolishing legal provisions related to crypto asset conversion services, including the verification requirements that European exchanges had to pass before legally operating in Hungary. The bill was voted through on July 31 and went into effect on August 7.The abolition also removes two crypto asset-related criminal charges: unauthorized trading of high-value crypto assets, which carried a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison, and providing crypto asset exchange services in violation of verification obligations, which carried a maximum sentence of 8 years in prison. These provisions were said to duplicate the EU's MiCA framework. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to a Grayscale research report, as AI-driven financial monitoring capabilities continue to expand, the demand for financial privacy is experiencing a third wave of renewed interest, potentially benefiting Zcash (ZEC). The report notes that Zcash’s zero-knowledge proof-based shielded transaction technology conceals the sender, recipient, and transaction amount, establishing a differentiated positioning compared to Bitcoin’s transparent on-chain records. Current on-chain data shows that shielded transactions now account for approximately 90% of Zcash’s total network transaction volume, while shielded supply has reached around 4.2 million ZEC, representing 25% of the circulating supply, with both figures hitting all-time highs. In terms of valuation, ZEC holds a market capitalization of approximately $8 billion, accounting for only 0.6% of the total market cap within Grayscale's "Cryptocurrency Monetary Sector". If its market share increases to 5%, the theoretical valuation space would be roughly nine times the current level. The report also cautions that Zcash faces multiple risks, including regulatory compliance, legacy issues from historical trusted setups, quantum computing threats, and protocol upgrade execution challenges, requiring investors to conduct prudent assessments.
Odaily News, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said in an interview with CNBC that the crypto market may be on the verge of the next bull run. Armstrong stated: "I think we're probably on the cusp of the next bull market." He noted that the market will soon focus on the progress of the US CLARITY Act vote on September 15, as well as the seasonal effects brought by the Bitcoin halving cycle.He said that, based on historical patterns, in the cycles following Bitcoin halving events, October, November, and December are typically the months when Bitcoin performs best, and the market may usher in a new upward phase.Armstrong has repeatedly emphasized that improved regulatory conditions, institutional capital inflows, and the maturation of crypto infrastructure will be key factors driving the industry's long-term development. His recent remarks also reflect Coinbase's optimistic outlook on the shift in the coming market cycle. (BitcoinMagazine)
Odaily News, Garrett Jin, proxy for the "BTC OG Insider Whale," analyzed that Bitcoin's latest breakout above $70,000 was driven by multiple bullish factors, including the U.S. Treasury's expanded bond buybacks, the SEC's proposed crypto asset regulatory framework, and the White House crypto summit. The current price has entered a dense overhead supply zone ranging from the mid-$60,000s to the low $80,000s, with the first resistance layer already showing signs of weakening.Garrett Jin pointed out that the significant accumulation of new cost basis in the mid-$60,000 area over the past two months has provided underlying support for this breakout. While the short-squeeze triggered by short liquidations could temporarily push Bitcoin above $80,000 in the near term, the $80,000 to $82,500 range is a critical resistance zone to watch, and the short-squeeze momentum is unlikely to persist. If the market can effectively absorb supply below $80,000 before a breakout, it would be more conducive to a healthier subsequent trend.On the same day, SK Hynix announced South Korea's largest-ever stock buyback and cancellation plan, committing to return at least 50% of its projected free cash flow through 2027 to shareholders. Its shares surged over 10% at one point, triggering a buy-side circuit breaker on South Korea's KOSPI index. Analysts believe this move could alleviate market concerns over declining risk appetite for Korean semiconductor stocks, but it cannot alter the cyclical trajectory of the memory chip industry itself.
Odaily News - Digital asset tokenization platform Securitize, in partnership with asset management firm Neuberger, has launched the Neuberger Securitize High Income Tokenized Fund (HINC). The fund primarily invests in high-yield bonds and may also allocate to collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) and leveraged loans.HINC will be issued on four public chains—Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana, and Sui—and is available exclusively to eligible qualified investors and qualified purchasers. Investors must undergo customer identification and anti-money laundering screening, and comply with jurisdictional restrictions and securities rules.Neuberger will handle portfolio management and research, Securitize Capital will serve as investment advisor, Securitize Markets will provide fund shares, and other affiliates will manage tokenization, administration, and operational services. Neuberger's fixed income platform manages over $230 billion in assets.Securitize disclosed that its tokenized asset management scale has reached $3.4 billion, with first-quarter revenue of $19.5 million, up nearly 40% year-over-year. The company began trading on July 2, becoming the first firm to list shares on both the New York Stock Exchange and on-chain simultaneously. (Bitcoin.com News)