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Things I’m looking at today…

Crypto

• Majors flat despite bounce in tech stocks

• $300m BTC moves off exchanges again 

• ARK now applies for ETH futures ETF 

• IRS & Treasury new rules on crypto tax evasion, DEX reporting

• Uniswap does more volume than Coinbase in 2023

• Coinbase will list PayPal PYUSD

• Binance cuts 5 Russian lenders amid scrutiny

• Binance Labs leads VC funding over last 6 months

• MakerDAO faces $1.8m loan default at Centrifuge

• HashKey exchange opens 28th Aug in Hong Kong

• Richard Heart ecosystem worth > funds raised

• $SUI up another 10% in L1 space

• $DYDX up 10% this week despite token unlock

Macro & General

• Powell marginally hawkish at Jackson Hole

• Stocks rally even as bond yields push higher

• Atlanta Fed model now predicts 5.9% GDP growth

• Bank deposits continue plunge, emergency funding rises

• Chinese property stimulus ‘rally’ immediately sold

• Zero-day option trading surges, traders playing for crash

• Prigozhin crash likely caused by explosion

• Very few Chinese purchases of US farmland, NBC report

• Nordstrom losses from theft at historic high

• Weight-loss drug Wegovy works against heart failure

• Transgender surgeries triple in 3 years

• Barbie becomes highest grossing film of 2023

• Tests show Bronny James has congenital heart defect

NFTs & Low-Cap

• $RLB up 25% after largest hourly burn to date

• $PEPE bounces 5%, dev says sales by other founders, will burn remaining token

• $SHIA memecoin up 30% after dev burns tokens

• $AXE up 50% in telegram bot space

• NFT Worlds $WRLD token up 50% this week

• Major NFT projects continue bounce, up 5-20%

• Pudgy Penguins announce Igloo clothing

• Refik Anadol “Winds of Yawanawa” continues rally

• Rare Pass up 70% as Sam Spratt announced as August artist

• Doodles & Crocs launch collab

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