⚫ Received and later returned $4,000 in donations from FTX's Nishad Singh. (t.me/telonews/8088) ⚫ Passed a local Minnesota law limiting crypto kiosk transactions. ⚫ Supported various technologies, including nuclear energy.

⚫ Received and later returned $4,000 in donations from FTX's Nishad Singh. (t.me/telonews/8088) ⚫ Passed a local Minnesota law limiting crypto kiosk transactions. ⚫ Supported various technologies, including nuclear energy.

BlackRock (t.me/telonews/11014) and Nasdaq (t.me/telonews/11073) have filed an application with the SEC to launch options on a spot Ethereum ETF.

Despite the recent market volatility, El Salvador continued its Bitcoin buying policy, purchasing 1 BTC daily.

UK High Court has issued a Worldwide Freezing Order against Ruja Ignatova, infamously known as "Cryptoqueen," (t.me/telonews/5027) for her involvement in the $4bn OneCoin Ponzi scheme, following a lawsuit by over 400 victims.

Brazil (t.me/telonews/10833) approved the world's first Solana spot ETF, which is currently in its pre-operational phase and will officially launch within the next 90 days.

Binance announced it will list Toncoin (TON) with pairs TON/BTC, TON/USDT, TON/FDUSD, and TON/TRY spot trading pairs at 10:00 UTC today (August 8).

Binance announced it will list Toncoin (TON) with pairs TON/BTC, TON/USDT, TON/FDUSD, and TON/TRY spot trading pairs at 10:00 UTC today (August 8).

Michael Saylor (t.me/telonews/11038) revealed that he personally owns more than $1bn worth of Bitcoin.

Vladimir Putin has signed a law legalizing cryptocurrency mining in Russia. ⚫Registered Russian entities and individuals can now legally mine cryptocurrency ⚫Foreign digital assets can be traded on Russian blockchain platforms with Central Bank oversight

Customers Bank, which has done business with several prominent crypto firms, has been issued an enforcement action by the U.S. Federal Reserve for inadequately policing illicit activity, particularly with digital asset clients.

Alameda Research (FTX Bankruptcy Estate) transferred ~$350k of its ~$46.25m worth of WLD tokens to Binance, likely to start selling, following the approval of the $12.7bn settlement (t.me/telonews/11102) between FTX, Alameda, and the U.S. CFTC.

OKX CEO Xu Mingxing announced that anyone who deposits from Tornado Cash

Tether reported a profit of $1.3bn in Q2 2024, despite only having 100 employees. The company plans to double staff by mid-2025, mostly for compliance.

Donald Trump Jr. has hinted at a new blockchain project being planned by the Trump family, describing it as "much bigger" than simply launching another memecoin.

Donald Trump Jr. has hinted at a new blockchain project being planned by the Trump family, describing it as "much bigger" than simply launching another memecoin.

The previously anticipated meeting between Kamala Harris's team and "crypto industry leaders" took place yesterday, focusing on the current policies of the White House administration.

Ripple has announced that it has begun beta testing its new stablecoin, Ripple USD (RLUSD).

According to insiders, the SEC has subpoenaed at least three crypto VC funds. While the exact names of the funds remain unknown, the subpoenas are reportedly related to tokens that the SEC classifies as securities.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (t.me/telonews/10320) warned that the EU's MiCA (t.me/telonews/10952) regulation could create systemic risks for stablecoins and banks, particularly due to the requirement for holding 60% of reserves in EU banks.