On August 6, the Ethereum network recorded 1.87 million transactions — close to the all-time high of 1.96 million set in January 2024 — according to Etherscan data.

The strategic reserve of $ETH now exceeds 3 million $ETH.

That’s $12.84 billion USD distributed among 64 participants.

Yesterday, spot Ethereum ETFs attracted over $1 billion — a record since the product’s launch.

BlackRock’s ETHA fund accounted for $639 million of that total.

Major upgrade coming to Uniswap

The Uniswap Foundation plans to register its DAO as a legal entity under Wyoming’s new DUNA DAO framework.

Goal: legally enable the protocol fee switch and strengthen governance capabilities.

What this means:

The DAO will be able to officially sign contracts and defend itself in court.

$16.5M in UNI will be allocated for taxes and legal protection.

A portion of liquidity pool fees will go to the DAO treasury, but fee income will not be directly distributed to UNI token holders.

The number of Google search queries for "altcoins" has risen to its highest level in four years.

Arthur Hayes has started buying back #ENA and #LDO tokens – not long ago, he warned about a correction and took profits.

His wallet: Arkham

Bitcoin has now been in a “bull market” for 1,000 days, meaning a phase of growth and investor confidence — Cryptorank

Since November 2022, when the price fell to $15,700, the first cryptocurrency has been steadily appreciating — such a long “positive streak” has never happened before in BTC’s history.

Santiment: Top 10 crypto projects related to asset tokenization by developer activity over the past month.

⚖️ Crypto Regulation Issues in Spain

➥ A Spanish investor was ordered to pay a €9,000,000 tax bill for a regular DeFi operation.

➥ The case is controversial: he only pledged tokens as collateral for a loan, without realizing any profit or withdrawing funds.

➥ Appeals are nearly impossible — the investor must pay upfront, and the legal process can drag on for up to 8 years.

➥ Lawyers call this practice unlawful, warning that it poses growing risks for all crypto investors in Spain.

Hackers have compromised the website and social media accounts of Puffer Finance (warning).

Do NOT interact with the project’s apps and avoid clicking any links shared through their official channels.

By 2028, the stablecoin market is expected to grow to $1.2 trillion. This, in turn, could translate into weekly demand for U.S. government bonds of $5.3 billion — Coinbase report

🇺🇸 In early August, Trump authorized the inclusion of cryptocurrency in 401(k) retirement plans — according to Bitwise estimates , this could bring up to $122 billion into digital assets and push Bitcoin above $200,000 as early as 2025.