Trump Win Odds Rise on Polymarket & BlackRock ETFs Take The Lead!

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In Today’s Alpha Bytes👇

Trump's odds of winning the presidency have risen on Polymarket despite recent polls favoring Harris. BlackRock's ETFs surpass Grayscale's in assets, crowning the new crypto fund king. US Marshals likely selling Silk Road Bitcoin. Franklin Templeton files S-1 for 'Crypto Index ETF' holding BTC and ETH, following Hashdex. Justin Sun’s cryptic post sparks crypto community speculation of China lifting Bitcoin ban

BTC $58,733 (-1.44%), ETH $2,631 (+1.03%), SOL $143.32(+0.98%)

Crypto News 📰

• Crypto mixer founder Roman Sterlingov appeals 30-year money laundering sentence

• Coinbase CEO suggests AI should have crypto wallets amid new bot accelerator launch

• South Korean crypto exchange staff bill ‘outstrips commercial banks’

• Dubai court recognizes crypto as a valid salary payment

• Bitdeer to expand operations with $150M convertible notes offering

• Ronin bridge hack caused by error in upgrade deployment script

• Cantor Fitzgerald CEO to co-lead Trump transition team

• Bybit receives VASP, card operator registration in Argentina

• Crypto Biz: Riot increases Bitfarms stake in takeover strategy

• Former BAYC creative director Jeff Nicholas joins Meta’s Reality Labs

• Coinbase, KuCoin, others file crypto license applications in Turkey

• Nigeria’s tax watchdog proposes comprehensive crypto bill

• Crypto-clipping malware ‘Styx Stealer’ targets Windows computers

• VanEck and 21Shares Solana ETF filings removed from the CBOE website

• Google took three months to remove scam app that stole over $5M in crypto

• Bernstein rates multiple bitcoin mining stocks as ‘outperform’

• Tron network leads in stablecoin market share amid growing monthly transfer volume

• BlackRock CEO likely to endorse Donald Trump for president

• US mulls applying fiat reporting mandate on crypto transfers

Project Updates 🔥 

• Crypto exchange OKX to launch AUD trading pairs for Australian customers

• Optimism Foundation disables permissionless fraud proofs

• Upcoming BasedGold Mint

• USDC crypto payments coming to iPhone

• DefiLlama adds Tether and Circle to the revenue panel

• Ethereum AVG. gas price drops below 1 GWEI to ~$0.04

• Polymarket venturing into Fantasy Football

• EigenLayer TVL plunges $351M after the airdrop policy controversy 

• Adviser holdings in Bitcoin ETFs rise, hedge fund stakes dip

• Public miners raised $2.2B as cash flow crunch intensifies post-halving

• Utility coins are doing well

• Bitcoin is heavily being shorted

• @tradewithPhoton flips Ethereum in 24H revenue

• TON leads crypto majors as BTC and ETH remain flat

• @pumpdotfun flips Solana in 30-day revenue

• Tether announced it will soon launch USDT on the Aptos

Threads 🧵 

• Few things that concern me about the current market

• My first year as a private equity associate

• In the era of gen-AI

• Big things and new ATHs incoming

• Don't trade with the herd

• Mastercard is betting on crypto—but not stablecoins

• 75% of bitcoin hasn't moved in over 6 months

• Here’s a reality check for everyone grinding in the trenches

• Bitcoin is ~125 days after the Halving

• Total stablecoin market cap

Launches 🚀 

• XNET is officially live on @solana

• Sanctum announces launch of new LSTs

• Babylon to launch the first phase of its Bitcoin staking mainnet next week

• New launch platform named Satspump.fun

• Solana ecosystem DePIN protocol Io.net launches staking module

Fundraise 💰

• @GummiFi announces a $2M seed round led by @Arrington_Cap

• WSPN secures $30M in seed funding to enhance stablecoin infrastructure

• Holonym Foundation secures $5.5M in seed funding

Airdrops 🪂

• You can claim your $DOGS telegram airdrop now

• Claim @OrderlyNetwork airdrop on August 26th

YouTube🎥

• Crypto Pragmatist launches its own YouTube channel!

That's a wrap for today!

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