🚀 Macro & Regulation
U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) data will be released tonight; core CPI is expected to rise 0.31% month-over-month and 3.1% year-over-year. Trump extended tariffs on China for 90 days. Trump confirmed that gold will not face tariffs. Last week, digital asset investment products saw $572 million in inflows, with ETH leading the way at $268 million. GSR partnered with DigiFT to launch secondary over-the-counter trading of tokenized RWAs. Since July, South Korean retail investors have poured $259 million into BitMine stock, making it the largest foreign security purchased in South Korea that month.
🍀 Corporate Bonds
Strategy acquired 155 BTC ($18 million), bringing its total holdings to 628,946 BTC (approximately 3% of the total supply). BitMine added 317,000 ETH in a week, bringing its total ETH holdings to $4.96 billion, making it the world's third-largest corporate ETH holder. SharpLink signed a $400 million direct offering agreement, plus $200 million for ATM services; it now holds 598,800 ETH, bringing its ETH holdings to over $3 billion. Nasdaq-listed BNC (formerly VAPE) purchased 200,000 BNB for $160 million, becoming the largest corporate BNB holder. Funding came from a $500 million round of financing. ALT5 Sigma plans to raise $1.5 billion to acquire the WLFI token (backed by the Trump family), with Eric Trump joining its board of directors. Safety Shot partnered with the founder of BONK to acquire $25 million in BONK and will issue $35 million worth of convertible preferred stock. Heritage Distilling and the Story Foundation, with support from a16z Crypto and others, launched a $360 million reserve of $IP tokens. Fundamental Global purchased 47,331 ETH, aiming for 10% ownership of the ETH network. SUI fund Mill City Ventures increased its stake in SUI by $20 million.
🔍 Projects & Protocols
$TIA: Celestia Foundation purchased 43.45 million TIA from Polychain; vesting will begin on Saturday. $LISTA: Proposal LIP-021 will permanently destroy 20% of the maximum supply (approximately 200 million tokens). $TST: Developers sold over $30,000 worth of tokens; CZ stated that the private keys have been deleted. $REX: Ethereum DEX trading volume on Linea reached $100 million. $PUMP: Pump Fun reached 70% market share; LetsBonk 14%, and Bags 10%. $LINK: ICE selects Chainlink for on-chain FX and precious metals data. $ORCA: Buyback proposal ends today for ~55,000 SOL. $UNI: Uniswap Foundation considers switching DAO protocol fees under Wyoming's DUNA framework. $TON: Coinbase Ventures purchases TON directly from Telegram. $PENDLE: Partners with Plasma to offer yield strategies; HyperEVM TVL exceeds $300M in 2 weeks. $KTA: Keeta Network nears all-time high; secures backing from Eric Schmidt and partners with Visa. Rumble: Secures Tether's support to acquire Northern Data. Paxos: Applies for a US trust bank license. Plasma: UST0 TVL reaches $1B. Stripe: Partners with Paradigm to build Tempo, a high-performance EVM-compatible payments L1. Exodus: Partners with Superstate to tokenize Class A shares. Bullish: Plans to scale up its IPO.