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BTC whale causes mini-crash, ETH hits ATH, FootballFun goes viral

Crypto

• BTC: 111.4k (-1%) | BTC.D: 58.2% (-1%)

• ETH: 4615 (+8%) | XRP: 2.95 (+5%) | SOL: 198 (+10%) 

• Top Gainers: SOL, ETH, VET, HYPE, XMR, XDC

• BTC ETFs: -$23mn | ETH ETFs: +$341mn

• ETH hits new ATH then retreats  

• Whale dumps 24k BTC, triggers mini-crash

• Only 18.3m ETH is left on exchanges

• Jump & Galaxy plan $1bn SOL treasury vehicle

• Sharps Technology plans $400bn SOL DAT

• VanEck files for first SOL liquid staking ETF

• Sharplink to buy back $1.5b stock

• BitMine now owns $7.9bn ETH

• Japan set to cut crypto taxes, greenlight BTC ETFs

• Metaplanet buys $11.7m BTC, joins FTSE Japan

• Saylor signals 3rd consecutive Strategy BTC buy

• Several issuers files amended S-1 for XRP ETF

• XRP flips BlackRock market cap

• WLFI trades at $25bn pre-launch

• AAVE denies it will get part of WLFI supply

• AAVE TVL crosses $57b, now 62% of DeFi lending

• Stargate DAO approves LayerZero acquisition offer

• Philippines considers BTC reserve

Macro & General

• NASDAQ: 21.9k (+2%), Gold: 3413 (0%)

• Events this week: Q2 GDP, PCE Inflation

• Fed to abandon inflation above 2% target

• Odds of Sep Fed rate cut down to 75%

• Dow hits ATH on Fed rate cut bets

• US stock valuations hit ATH in August

• Nvidia market cap nears that of Nikkei 225

• Oil higher after Ukraine attacks Russia energy sites

• US converts $8.9b grants into 10% stake in Intel

• EU activity boost could push ECB to hold rates

• US dispute unsolvable: Iran’s Khamanei

• xAI to open source Grok 2.5, Grok 3 

Left Curve Corner

• Hot coins: LLM, BALAJIS

• Hot NFTs: Punks, Quills Adventure, CryptoDickButts

• FootballFun metrics parabolic, market cap hits $150m

• IPO planned in next 2 years: Luca Netz

• $1bn+ of capital reached out for PENGU DAT: Netz

• Bitwise hints at large NFT fund inflows

• MEME +85% over a week

• Heaven team locks up their LIGHT tokens for 1 year

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