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Things I’m looking at today…

Crypto

• Majors up marginally, Bitcoin flirts with $26k

• Bitcoin dominance continues to fall, ETH/BTC at resistance

• Bitcoin funding turns negative again, shorts grow

• Microstrategy is down $600m on Bitcoin holdings

• Friend Tech goes parabolic, 260k transactions yesterday, lifetime volume hits $33m

• SEC likely to approve all ETH futures ETFs at same time says WSJ

• Gemini files to dismiss SEC lawsuit

• SBF asks for release from jail on weekdays

• Vitalik receives Employment Gold Card from Taiwan

• $MAKER profit expectations fall to <$2m after introducing enhanced savings rate

• $RUNE now up 30% this week

Macro & General

• Week ahead: Powell's Jackson Hole speech (Fri), BRICS Summit and US PMI (Weds)

• China central bank likely to cut rates next week

• US 2 year treasuries have largest short position ever

• US officials continue to criticise progress of Ukraine counter-offensive

• Elon calls Vivek Ramaswamy "very promising" as a candidate

• Chess Federation bans trans athletes

• Messi wins first trophy with Inter Miami

• O'Malley new UFC bantamweight champion

NFTs & Low-Cap

• Ticker $XRP crosses $100m market cap

• $PNDC bounces up 25%

• $APE position grown by MachiBigBrother, DAO proposal to buy 1000 apes in focus

• NFT sell-off accelerates: DeGods, Pudgy Penguins, Captainz and Azuki all below 4ETH

• LooksRare announces new YOLO gambling game

• AI generated art cannot be copyrighted says US federal judge

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