🇺🇸🕹 SEC Chairman Atkins:
- Will develop new rules for the distribution of cryptoassets (ICOs, airdrops, etc.) as part of a new crypto project;
- Atkins promised relief for companies wishing to issue tokenized securities in the U.S. #RWA;
- emphasized the right to self-storage, and promised to revise the rules for registered custodians (B-Ds and RIAs) to handle crypto assets;
- proposed creating a "super app" to offer cryptocurrency and securities trading, as well as steering and lending;
- Atkins wants to distinguish code publishers from intermediaries and create regulatory space for both decentralized and centralized models;
- an "innovation exception" is being developed that should allow startups to launch quickly with flexible compliance terms if they prioritize investor protection.

💰 Smart trader opened a long at 238,909 #SOL ($42.3M).
In the last 20 days, this trader has made 14 trades with a winrate of 85.7% and a total profit of >$2.9 million

🇺🇸👀 Crypto #ETF Flows Today:
#BTC-ETFs:
NetFlow: +9 BTC ($1.02M) 🟢
Blackrock inflows 295 BTC ($34.83M) and currently holds 740,896 BTC ($87.41B);
#ETH-ETFs:
NetFlow: -613 ETH ($2.31M) 🔴
Fidelity outflows 5,991 ETH ($22.62M) and currently holds 678,883 ETH ($2.56B).

📊🐳 CryptoRank: Retail Dumps While Whales Load Up On #BTC

Large investors have been actively increasing their exposure to BTC as more funds, corporations, and institutional players enter the crypto space. Meanwhile, since Bitcoin’s price surge in November, retail investors have continued to sell.

📈 #ETH The number of active addresses on Ethereum hit 931,310 yesterday, the highest daily value in nearly 2 years.

📊🤔 #ETH CQ: Ethereum’s rally can be interpreted as a capital rotation from Bitcoin into Ethereum, driven by institutional interest through ETF products.

📊👀 #BTC Glassnode: A composite index of age-based cohorts shows most new Bitcoin holders remain in profit. With the index trending toward +1σ, market momentum remains broadly constructive.

🇺🇸👀 #SOL #ETF Vaneck filed an updated version of its Spot Solana ETF S-1 application

Grayscale also filed an updated version of its Spot Solana ETF S-1 application, discloses 2.5% fee.

🗽👀 #COIN #RWA Coinbase plans to launch tokenized stock trading in the US and launch prediction markets.

🤔 #BTC #MSTR Strategy plan to sell $4.2 billion worth of shares. Part of the proceeds from the sale will be used to buy Bitcoin.

🇺🇸👀 #SOL #ETF Franklin filed an updated version of its Spot Solana ETF S-1 application

👨‍💻 Top 10 #DeFi projects by development since last month. #LINK #DEEP #BABY

📊🤔 #BTC wiped out heavy longs around $116K & $117K. Now the heat’s building above $119K.

If price turns, those short stacks could be next in line for a squeeze.

💰 #BTC #COIN Coinbase increases its Bitcoin holdings by 2,509 BTC in Q2 with the intention to buy more.

📊 #BTC #ETH Santiment: Bitcoin sees sharp decline in Daily active address. Daily active addresses have dropped from 570K–800K in early July to just 380K by July 31.

Meanwhile, Ethereum holds stronger at ~511K.

🔮📈 #BTC Michael Saylor: Analysts predict $168,000 Bitcoin by the end of the year.

🔓📝 Top Token Unlocks in August 2025:

#SUI $210.41M (1.65%) – Aug 1
#ENA $55.32M (1.48%) – Aug 2
#APT $49.75M (1.69%) – Aug 12
#ZRO $43.81M (22.2%) – Aug 20
#ARB $37.67M (1.80%) – Aug 16
#PUMP $28.33M (2.83%) – Aug 14
#KAITO $19.95M (6.91%) – Aug 20
#JTO $19.61M (3.14%) – Aug 7
#STRK $15.37M (3.55%) – Aug 15
#IMX $13.06M (1.30%) – Aug 8

🇨🇦🥊🇺🇸 Trump signed a tariff increase on Canada from 25% to 35%. #tradewars.

👍 #SOLV #BTC Solv Protocol introduced BTC+, an automated BTC income vault offering a base yield of 4.5-5.5%. coindesk

⛏️ #BTC miner Riot Platforms reported a net income of $219.5 million for the second quarter, a reversal from a net loss of ~$300 million dollars in the first quarter. theblock #mining

🔍🐳 Whale Transactions:

1- A trader opened a short on #ETH with 20x leverage 3 days ago when everyone was FOMO. His profits have already exceeded $3.7 million;
2. 2 new wallets received 68,297 ETH ($252 million). Since July 9, the 12 new wallets have accumulated a total of 790,449 ETH ($2.92 billion);
3. Whale with a total profit of >$62 million again started to open longs - leverage 25x on ETH 40x on #BTC.