🔍🐳 Whales are buying #ETH again:

1. 0xF436 withdrew another 5,631 ETH ($20.91 million) from exchanges in the last 6 hours;
2. New wallet 0x526D withdrew 3000 ETH ($11.17 million) from Binance 30 minutes ago.

🙋‍♂️ #USDT Tether acquires minority stake in Bit2Me and leads €30 million funding round. source

💰 #ETH SharpLink Gaming has raised $200 million to buy ETH

🤝💰 #XRP Ripple acquired Rail for $200 million

🇺🇸👀 #macro Initial Jobless Claims: 226k (pre: 218k)

🥳 #LINK Chainlink launch Chainlink Reserve to create a strategic reserve of LINK tokens.

🏦🙋‍♂ JPMorgan launches intraday repo solution on the Kinexys blockchain. theblock

🇪🇺🏦 The European Banking Authority (EBA) finalized rules requiring banks to hold significantly more capital to protect so-called "unsecured" cryptocurrencies such as #BTC and #ETH.

🇬🇧⛏ #BTC British company Union Jack Oil started mining BTC

🇺🇸👀 #BNB New York's financial regulator reports that Paxos has paid a $48.5 million settlement for anti-money laundering violations related to Binance.

🆕👀 Binance adds futures on #CARV and #YALA

🇺🇸👀 #macro US Consumer inflation expectations (July): +3.1% (pre: +3%)

📊👀 #BTC is struggling to reclaim the cost basis of short-term top buyers (~$116.9k). Remaining below this level raises the probability of extended consolidation or further correction toward the lower $110k region.

🇺🇸👀 Crypto #ETF Flows Today:
#BTC-ETFs:
NetFlow: +607 BTC ($70.72M) 🟢
Blackrock inflows 363 BTC ($41.36M) and currently holds 738,171 BTC ($86.05B);
#ETH-ETFs:
NetFlow: +4,116 ETH ($15.87M) 🟢
Blackrock inflows 9,077 ETH ($34.99M) and currently holds 2,960,973 ETH ($11.41B).

💰🙋‍♂ #TAO Nasdaq-listed Oblong (#OBLG) said it has staked $8 million worth of Bittensor tokens (TAO). theblock

📊💪 #BNB as piece of Binance and the native token BNB Chain dominates the entire exchange token sector, accounting for 81% of the total market cap.

Now in price discovery after hitting a new ATH, with one of the strongest YTD performances.

🐧 #PENGU The Pudgy Penguins team introduced Igloo APAC, the official Asia Pacific division of Igloo Inc. which will be dedicated to expanding Pudgy Penguins' presence in the region through partnerships and product localization.

📈 Yesterday, 1.83 million transactions were made with #ETH. 7.14% to ATH

📊🤔 The long-term supply of Bitcoins is $15.63 million #BTC.

Long-term holders currently hold 78.5% of the total supply.

🇪🇺💳 #BNB Binance now lets European users convert crypto to fiat and withdraw directly to Mastercard with near-instant access. source

📈 #BTC Santiment: With crypto climbing and Bitcoin back above $116.6K, there are increased mentions of high price speculation across social media. This is the highest level of optimism/bullishness since July 31st. #FOMO #FUD