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August 28, 2024

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Welcome back Scrollers! We missed you on Monday :( But we are back and delivering the best headlines in crypto & blockchain ⛓ Arrest of Telegram founder Durov leads headlines as The Open Network’s ties hurts $TON holders. And news broke this morning that he may be released from prison 👀 On top of that:

Vitalik publicly releases his salary from Ethereum Foundation. OpenSea hit with Wells Notice this morning from the SEC. Lemniscap raises Fund III. And a study found that crypto holders are more likely to be psychopaths (real shocker) 🤑 

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  • Blackrock and Greyscale ETFs hold nearly 3% of all circulating BTC (D)

  • JUST IN: Telegram founder released from prison (X)

  • Arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov leads to linked-token $TON sliding 20%+ (F)

  • OpenSea receives wells notice from the SEC (X)

  • Michelle Bond accused of illegally taking FTX Cash (CD)

  • Russia to launch crypto exchanges for global trade in Moscow and St. Petersburg (CS)

  • Coinbase CEO predicts payments to bolster the next bull run (NB)

  • El Salvador now holds $361M in BTC (D)

  • Wyoming is pushing crypto payment to beat the Fed to a digital dollar (CNBC)

  • Crypto bank Xapo to manage $200M BTC denominated hedge fund with Hilbert Capital (CD)

  • Lemniscap VC raises Fund III totaling $70M (TB)

  • Celsius distribute $2.5B, some leaving funds unclaimed (CS)

  • Gameplay Galaxy secures $24M in seed funding round to build web3 gaming ecosystem (TD)

  • Myco, a UAE-based web3 streaming platform, raises $10M in Series A funding (ZY)

  • BiFinance announces $10M Series A (X)

  • BSX closes $6.2M round before token launch (TB)

  • Faction and Lattice co-lead $4M seed round for Stork (X)

  • Legion raised $2M for merit-based ICO platform (CT)

  • Last week’s crypto VC roundup (CN)

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  • Worldcoin violated data policies according to Colombia regulation (CD)

  • Kraken exchange has been fined by Australian court (NB)

  • Ripple and Kraken give perspectives on SEC crypto regulation (NB)

  • Binance exec case to be heard a month early (CD)

  • Binance is being accused of freezing Palestinian crypto accounts (CN)

  • SEC charges Abra prepares to battle Kraken in court (TD)

  • Why Texas Republicans are souring on crypto (E)

  • SEC charges two brothers in $60M Ponzi scam using crypto platform (CD)

  • $55M whale phishing attack (R)

  • Polygon recovers their Discord following $150k hack (TB)

  • Uppsala partners with Ozys in hopes to strengthen web3 security (CT)

  • Mac users warned of new crypto wallet hacking malware, Cthulhu (CT)

  • Sony is building a ETH L2 (TD)

  • Vitalik Buterin reveals salary of $140k after Ethereum Foundation scrutiny (DT)

  • Vitalik thinks Ethereum fundamentals are very strong right now (X)

  • Vitalik supports blockchain identity to improve airdrop facilitation (CS)

  • ETH founndation makes its largest transfer of 2024 (TV)

  • Ripple stablecoin make historic ETH milestone (U)

  • ETH community rattled by ETH sales and Vitalk’s DeFi hate (TD)

  • BTC mining is worth about $74B according to JPMorgan (CD)

  • BNB officially launches cross-chain bridge with deBridge, Celer, StarGate (TB)

  • FTX exec claims Feds not honoring plea deal (P)

  • Hong Kong BTC ETF top $250M AUM (CT)

  • Nasdaq seeks SEC approval to list and trade BTC index options (TB)

  • Celsius distribute $2.5B, some leaving funds unclaimed (CS)

  • Maker rebrands to Sky (X)

  • REDO token, a community against censorship, spikes nearly 200% in support of Durov (CN)

  • U.S. study finds crypto holders to have more psychopathic traits (DT)

  • What influence has crypto had on this election (Y)

  • Polymarket users make bearish bets on release timing of Telegram founder (DT)

  • The RWA tokenization market might be closer to $2T than $30T in 2030 (CT)

  • Analysts bullish predictions on the crypto markets (TCB)

  • Ethereum + Blockchain to be included in high school education in Argentina (NB)

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