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Decrypt and CryptoBriefing both report a Trump meeting with crypto and prediction market CEOs this week, but describe Trump's presidential status differently.Decrypt and CryptoBriefing both report a Trump meeting with crypto and prediction market CEOs this week, but describe Trump's presidential sta

After recovering for a few weeks, Spot Bitcoin [BTC] ETFs have resumed outflows. According to SoSo Value data, BTC ETF recorded $390 million in net outflows last week. Fidelity’s FBTC recorded the highest outflows worth $153.1 million, followed by BlackRock’s IBIT with $129.1 million. The other ETFs

ME AI message: According to NVIDIA’s press release, OpenAI will build and operate a world-class AI factory at PORTS-Pike. The AI factory will utilize NVIDIA’s full-stack DSX AI factory platform, including GPUs, CPUs, networking, and infrastructure software. The initial deployment is expected to deli

CoinDesk reports:Dutch prosecutors have sold the seized crypto assets of the bankrupt platform Knaken for €2.2 million. Currently, this funds is the only available cash in the liquidation estate, but customer claims against the platform are estimated at €10 to €12 million.Customer claims far exceed

The bitcoin-holding company sold new shares but did not add to its crypto treasury this week.Strategy has confirmed it raised $334 million through sales of its common stock last week. The company did not direct any of that capital toward bitcoin purchases, a departure from its usual approach.Strateg

Venom Foundation, the platform backing the Venom blockchain, has reportedly expressed support for a single blockchain TPS standard model. In this respect, the Venom Foundation has urged the blockchain market to adopt an inclusive and verifiable model for transaction-per-second (TPS) standards.In the

The OneMedNet treasury’s Bitcoin holdings reached zero at June 30, 2026, completing a steady drawdown of the healthcare-data company’s cryptocurrency holdings.The company’s quarterly report for the period ended June 30, 2026 also listed $358,000 of cash, $4.73 million of current liabilities and a wa

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet this week with executives from major cryptocurrency and prediction market firms at the White House. The meeting is expected to involve discussions on digital asset and prediction market regulation. Notable attendees include representatives from Coin

ChainThink reports that, on August 17, according to official announcements, HertzFlow, a perpetual contracts trading infrastructure project in which YZi Labs participated, has launched on the BNB Chain mainnet and has commenced a one-week Genesis Vault mainnet deposit period.This deposit initiative

ChainThink reports that on August 17, according to an interview with CNBC, OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman responded to the company's executive turnover, saying this round of departures "isn't that unusual," and that external attention amplifies every personnel change.Brockman said tha

Huo Xing Cai Jing reports that AI voice interaction startup Wispr has announced the completion of a $280 million Series B round, valuing the company at $2 billion. This round was led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Notable Capital, NEA, Neo Ventures, 8VC, MVP Ventures, Acrew, Peak XV, T

Tudor Investment — the macro hedge fund founded by Paul Tudor Jones — boosted its stake in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) for the first time in a year, according to an Aug. 14 SEC filing that reports positions as of June 30. Key moves - Tudor added 109,446 IBIT shares in Q2, lifting its t

Michael Saylor's company boosted cash reserves to $4.8 billion while repurchasing more STRC shares last weekStrategy, the company chaired by Michael Saylor, sold $337 million worth of its MSTR common stock, according to a disclosure covered by CryptoBriefing. The sale did not translate into new bitc

Security researchers say the Lumma Stealer program is bundled inside illegal downloads of the film, targeting cryptocurrency wallets and login credentials.Bitdefender has flagged pirated copies of 'The Odyssey' as a new distribution channel for Lumma Stealer, a piece of malware designed to extract s

ME AI Message: Here’s a roundup of key market news ahead of U.S. trading: 1. Major U.S. index futures show mixed movement: Dow Jones futures fell 0.35%, S&P 500 futures rose 0.02%, and Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.28%. 2. OpenAI has committed to large-scale deployment of NVIDIA’s computing infrastr