The CEO of FIRST BITCOIN, an organization promoting Bitcoin in El Salvador, stated that the country’s Bitcoin reserves have had minimal impact on large segments of the population. The country’s continued credit arrangement with the International Monetary Fund may further complicate its Bitcoin strategy. cointelegraph

Whale Transactions:

Today, new wallets have accumulated an additional 42,788 ETH, valued at approximately $159 million. Since July 9, eight new wallets have collectively accumulated 583,248 ETH, worth around $2.17 billion.

Sharplink transferred 145 million USDC to a Galaxy Digital off-chain wallet to acquire more ETH.

REI tokens surged more than 80% since yesterday, with Zoomer Oracle of the Bot database community noting a market cap approaching $1 billion. As of 6 PM Moscow time, REI hit record levels across spot and futures trading on all major centralized exchanges and remains strong.
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REI's digital asset surged more than 80% overnight, pushing its market capitalization towards $1 billion, according to Binance Bot database influencer Zoomer Oracle. By 1800 Moscow time, REI saw peak trading volumes on spot and futures markets across all centralized exchanges, indicating sustained strong demand. Chart

Link Kits have acquired more than 1.60 million LINK in the past two weeks.

The largest private investor in PUMP has converted its holdings of 8 billion tokens, valued at approximately $20.11 million, into Falconx. The sale resulted in a profit of about $8.2 million. This address participated in a private sale round, acquiring 25 billion tokens at the same price as public investors, with no lock-up restrictions, making it the largest participant in the private sale. Transfers began on the 16th, with an average transfer cost of approximately $0.0043 per token. Concurrently, there are ongoing liquidations of PUMP long positions. More details can be found here.

Hayden Davis, founder of the Libra project, has filed documents with a U.S. court, publicly confirming that Libra is a memecoin rather than a formal investment vehicle with a structured business plan. The revelation contradicts Argentine President Javier Milei’s earlier assertion that the token "is intended to promote the development of the Argentine economy."

Pump Pumpfun is planning to introduce an incentive program.

The token activity began roughly ten minutes before the announcement. Further details can be found in the linked news report. Market data is accessible through the accompanying chart.

📅 Main Events for the Upcoming Week

Monday, July 28:
- Vapels:
- Sign (#SIGN): 1.89% ($14.70 million)
- Jupiter (#JUP): 1.78% ($29.49 million)
- Update for #TON: Ton validators software
- Update for #STRK: Starknet
- #LDO: Voting for the final implementation of CSM v2 in LIDO DAO concludes
- Unp: Unipoly Chain Testnet to be launched
- Announcement preparations by #g Gravity
- Announcement preparations by #DOOD DOODLAS

Tuesday, July 29:
- #STX: Hard fork for Stacks
- Launch of Sparkdex (#Sprk)
- Sonic (#s): Initiates application process for rewards in main network for select user categories
- US Economic releases:
- Redbook (YoY): 15:55 Moscow time
- CB Consumer Confidence (JUL): 17:00 Moscow time
- Jolts Job Openings (Jun): 17:00 Moscow time

Wednesday, July 30:
- Vapels:
- Kamino (#kmno): 2.29% ($13.82 million)
- The White House to release report on cryptocurrency policy
- US Economic releases:
- ADP Nonfarm Employment Change (Jul): 15:15 Moscow time
- GDP (QoQ) (Q2): 15:30 Moscow time
- Crude Oil Inventories: 17:30 Moscow time
- Federal Reserve interest rate decision: 21:00 Moscow time
- FOMC press conference: 21:30 Moscow time

Thursday, July 31:
- Vapels:
- Optimism (#P): 0.75% ($23.26 million)
- Update for #RUNE: THORChain
- Update for #core: Core Chain
- Aleo: Launch of the Steiking Model ARC-0046
- Loopring (#lrc): Completes support for DeFi products
- Codatta (#xny): Will conduct an airdrop
- US Economic releases:
- Core PCE Price Index (Jun): 15:30 Moscow time
- Initial Jobless Claims: 15:30 Moscow time
- Chicago PMI (Jul): 16:45 Moscow time

Friday, August 1:
- Vapels:
- Bonk (#Bonk): 0.57% ($17.96 million)
- SUI (#SUI): 1.27% ($175.98 million)
- US to begin negotiations with the EU on a 30% fee
- Hong Kong to implement law on stablecoins
- #NEAR: Voting concludes on reducing NEAR inflation from 5% to 2.5%
- #hnt: Helium halving event
- #oGn: Origin Token completes reverse ransom program
- US Economic releases:
- Average Hourly Earnings (MoM) (JUL): 15:30 Moscow time
- Nonfarm Payrolls (JUL): 15:30 Moscow time
- Unemployment Rate (Jul): 15:30 Moscow time
- S&P Global Manufacturing PMI (JUL): 16:45 Moscow time
- ISM Manufacturing PMI (JUL): 17:00 Moscow time
- ISM Manufacturing Prices (JUL): 17:00 Moscow time

Saturday, August 2:
- Vapels:
- Ethena (#ena): 0.63% ($55.55 million)

The queue for ETH withdrawals from staking has grown notably since July 16, reaching a peak of 743,800 on July 26. It currently stands at 690,600, with withdrawal delays exceeding 12 days.

El Salvador has increased its Bitcoin holdings by 8 in the past week, bringing total reserves to 6,250 BTC. More details are available here.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Japan's largest bank, to Offer Real Estate Tokenization Services to Retail and Institutional Investors

Whale Activity Involving Ethereum (ETH):

Justin Sun withdrew 60,000 ETH from LIDO and transferred to AAVE.

An address linked to Defiance Capital received 30,366 ETH, valued at roughly $114 million, yesterday.

Projects Set for IPO Launch Next Week

IOST, in partnership with a major U.S. venture capital firm, has secured $2 million to develop a credit protocol for real-world assets that enables leveraged trading of U.S. stocks. The company plans to launch the product in Q3, with an AirDrop scheduled for iOST holders.

IOST responds to recent developments, leading to increased active token acquisitions. Before the announcement, IOST's price dipped at 14:02 Moscow time, followed by a sharp increase in open interest at 14:38. Chart

Salor suggests that Strategy has purchased Bitcoin once more.

NFT sales on the Ethereum network totaled nearly $160 million in the past week, with Cryptopunks representing a substantial portion of trading volume.

Earlier: GamesQuare Holdings acquired a Cowboy Ape Cryptopunk from the founder of COMPOND for $5.15 million.