⚠️ The Second Circuit formally closed Sam Bankman-Fried’s appeal, keeping his FTX fraud convictions, 25-year sentence, and $11 billion forfeiture in place

The court rejected Bankman-Fried’s bid for a new trial in June, leaving the Supreme Court as his only remaining option for review.

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⚡️ Circle announced 11 founding validators for its upcoming Arc blockchain, including BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard, and DTCC ahead of the public mainnet launch on September 16

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📈 Circle reported Q2 total revenue and reserve income of $701 million, up 7% year-over-year, with USDC circulation reaching $73.3 billion

Net income for the quarter was $48 million, while the reserve return rate declined 66 basis points year-over-year to 3.5%, reflecting a softer interest rate environment.

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⚡️ Visa announced a partnership with Zerohash to enable stablecoin prefunding and payouts for eligible Visa Direct clients across a network covering over 18 billion endpoints in more than 195 countries and territories

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📢 Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott said the Clarity Act vote will take place this week

Senator Scott explained, "We will get Democrats aboard once the vast majority of Republicans say yes."

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✅ US crypto firm Wintermute received a broker-dealer license

Wintermute can now operate as a market maker on NYSE and Nasdaq, targeting stocks, ETFs, and crypto products with the aim to compete with Jane Street and Citadel.

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❕ Senate is delaying a vote on the Clarity Act until September

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📢 Michael Saylor said Bitcoin does not need clarity — it is America that does

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📢 Trump said the US does not want to see China take over crypto

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📢 US President Donald Trump said people are increasingly using Bitcoin for payments and "don’t even know about cash anymore"

He called crypto "a big deal."

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⚠️ Japan's FSA has asked crypto exchanges to delay withdrawals after fiat deposits or crypto purchases to help fight scam-linked fund transfers

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⭐️ Just Rise & Fall of the selected tokens over the past week.

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💲 MicroStrategy sold 1,690 BTC for $108.6 million at an average price of $64,262

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📢 Trump said he is demanding compensation from Iran

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🔷 Vitalik Buterin said that focused efforts on privacy and post-quantum scaling are new to Ethereum’s “Strawmap,” which sets out upgrades through 2029

He noted this as a change from his previous 2023 roadmap diagram.

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🔽 Trump Media reported $360.6 million in unrealized losses on digital assets for the first half of 2026

As of June 30, the company held 9,477 bitcoin:native and 756.1 million crypto-com-chain:native, with a combined value of $597.7 million.

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⚡️ US forces fired on a Panama-flagged vessel that attempted to breach the American blockade of Iranian ports, reported WSJ

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✅ Russia’s central bank announced Bitcoin has been approved for public trading on domestic exchanges

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🔥 Wintermute plans to invest around $1 billion in high-frequency trading and AI data center infrastructure over five years

The crypto market maker is reportedly expanding into equities, commodities, and FX, aiming for more than 50% of revenue from non-crypto markets by the end of 2027 as it competes with firms like Jane Street.

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❗️ TRUMP has been sued over a plan to offer fast access to Truth Social posts

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📢 Treasury Secretary Bessent said Bitcoin is becoming a store of value

Bessent added, "People want to get their money out of China, but they won't let them."

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