GameSquare (NASDAQ: GAME) announced the purchase of CryptoPunk #5577 from Compound founder Robert Leshner, one of only 24 Ape CryptoPunks left. GameSquare issued $5.15 million worth of preferred shares to Robert Leshner. — link
Ton Foundation and Kingsway Capital plans $400M raise for Toncoin treasury — link | AI comment
According to Bloomberg, TON Foundation and Kingsway Capital plan to raise $400 million for a crypto finance firm that will use TON tokens as its treasury asset. The unnamed firm will adopt a structure known as a private investment in public equity. — link
The Celestia Foundation has announced an agreement with Polychain Capital to purchase 43,451,616.09 TIA for $62.5 million. The acquired tokens will be reassigned to new investors under a rolling unlock schedule from August 16 to November 14. Polychain had previously invested approximately $20 million in the Celestia project. — link
Crypto trading platform WOO X is confirmed of being attacked, covering BTC, ETH, BNB and ARB networks, with an estimated loss of more than $12 million, according to Cyvers Alerts. — link
WOOX: The incident affected 9 user accounts, where unauthorized withdrawals were placed. As a precaution, withdrawals have been temporarily suspended while we complete the internal review. — link
WOOX: The incident affected 9 user accounts, where unauthorized withdrawals were placed. As a precaution, withdrawals have been temporarily suspended while we complete the internal review. — link
According to Bloomberg, MicroStrategy has increased its latest Series A perpetual preferred stock offering “Stretch” from $500 million to $2 billion, pricing 5 million shares at $90 each. The proceeds will be used for purposes including Bitcoin acquisitions. The company currently holds 607,770 BTC, valued at approximately $72.4 billion. — link
xAI has announced a partnership with Kalshi to integrate Grok into Kalshi’s prediction market platform, effective immediately. Previously, in June 2025, Kalshi raised $185 million in a funding round led by crypto investment firm Paradigm, bringing its valuation to $2 billion. — link
Centralized exchange WOO X investigates 'contained incident' resulting in estimated $14 million loss — link | AI comment
According to The New York Times, Christie’s International Real Estate has launched a dedicated crypto real estate division, becoming the first major U.S. brokerage to handle property transactions conducted entirely in cryptocurrency, without relying on traditional banks. — link
South Korea’s largest exchange, Upbit, has announced the listing of Maple Finance (SYRUP) and Huma Finance (HUMA).
Maple Finance (SYRUP) has added KRW, BTC, and USDT trading pairs. It is a lending protocol.
Huma Finance (HUMA) has added BTC and USDT trading pairs. It is a project aiming to build modern payment infrastructure for PayFi. —link
Maple Finance (SYRUP) has added KRW, BTC, and USDT trading pairs. It is a lending protocol.
Huma Finance (HUMA) has added BTC and USDT trading pairs. It is a project aiming to build modern payment infrastructure for PayFi. —link
Hong Kong's first licensed exchange and listed company OSL announced plans to raise a total of approximately US$300 million, 50% of which will be invested in strategic acquisitions and 30% will be used for global and new business expansion (including payment and stablecoin plans). — link
Nasdaq-listed biotech company Windtree Therapeutics (WINT) announced it has signed a $500 million equity line of credit (ELOC) agreement and an additional $20 million stock purchase deal, with total funding up to $520 million. 99% of the funds will be used to buy BNB. — link
According to @ai_9684xtpa, 14,273 BTC (~$1.67B) suspected to belong to a 14-year BTC whale were transferred to exchanges over the past 12 hours via Galaxy Digital, including 5,690 BTC in the past hour. On-chain data suggests real selling: over 10K BTC were traded on Binance in 4 hours, and Galaxy withdrew some USDT after the deposits. — link
EigenLayer introduces multi-chain verification on Base, enabling AVSs to expand beyond Ethereum L1 — link | AI comment
XRP drops after $175M moved to exchange by Ripple co-founder's wallet — link | AI comment
Maple has officially surpassed BlackRock’s BUIDL fund in AUM, with a total AUM of $2.9B compared to BUIDL’s $2.3B — link | AI comment