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ElizaOS Founder Ends Token Support After Legal Settlement

SummaryEliza Labs founder Shaw Walters declared the ElizaOS token dead, ending foundation support following a legal settlement that exhausted resources.Burwick Law accused Eliza Labs of misleading investors while the settlement transferred remaining treasury funds to resolve the dispute permanently.

BlackRock tokenizes a $31.1 billion fund on Ethereum, marking a new phase for the RWA sector

Today, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, officially tokenized and onboarded its $311 billion European money market fund onto Ethereum—the largest single tokenized migration in traditional finance history. On the same day, BlackRock’s tokenized money market fund was launched as reserve-

Moonshot AI Launches $500B Pre-IPO Round Following K3 Model Release

ChainCatcher report: According to an exclusive report by the Science and Technology Daily, Moonshot AI has officially launched its G-round (pre-IPO) financing, with a valuation of $50 billion. Sources familiar with the matter revealed that funding demand surged sharply after the release of the K3 mo

ZEC Price Surges 6% as Fortitude Mining Acquires 12.5 MW Nebraska Facility

ZEC price surged more than 6% today, outperforming most major cryptocurrencies after a fresh institutional development revived bullish sentiment around the privacy-focused blockchain. The rally followed Fortitude Mining’s acquisition of a new Nebraska mining facility, a move expected to expand Zcash

Dubai Duty Free Becomes First Middle East Airport Retailer to Accept Regulated Crypto Payments

SummaryDubai Duty Free has become the Middle East's first airport retailer to accept regulated crypto payments, deploying Crypto.com Pay at Dubai International Airport, Al Maktoum International Airport, and its online store, with settlement processed in UAE dirhams.Key TakeawaysDubai Duty Free settl

FBI Director Announces $15 Billion in Crypto Seized in Operation Blackout

FBI Director Kash Patel said Operation Blackout against global scam networks is ongoing.He said law enforcement seized more than $15 billion in cryptoassets, shut down more than 500 fraudulent investment sites, and arrested hundreds of suspects.On social media, users had mixed reactions to the state

Hyperliquid KAITO Top 1 Position Adds $1.95M Margin

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, the position owner address of Hyperliquid KAITO TOP1 has added margin. Half an hour ago, address 0x2be…f8082 added 1.953 million USDC in margin. This address, along with another address, opened a combined $6.94 million 5x long position on August 3 when the price

SpaceX and AMD post-earnings declines reveal shifting expectations in the AI market

Last night, the U.S. stock market experienced a long-awaited broad rally.However, after-hours market sentiment was quickly pulled back into a tense state by two major earnings reports—SpaceX and AMD released their latest quarterly results almost simultaneously. While the numbers themselves each had

Bitcoin Whale Activity Surges Amid Coldcard Security Incident

Bitcoin activity has surged sharply over the past week, with 712,000 addresses active in the past seven days, according to Santiment’s findings. That marks a three-month high.Whale activity also hit a five-month high. 61,800 transactions worth more than $100,000 were recorded during the period.Coldc

Eurozone economic activity in July reaches eight-month high, driven by services growth

Huoxing Finance reports, according to Jinshi, a survey shows that business activity in the eurozone rose to its highest level in eight months in July, with the recovery in services combined with ongoing improvements in manufacturing driving overall growth. S&P Global’s eurozone composite PMI for Jul

Polymarket Eyes $1B Fundraise at >$20B Valuation, Closing Gap with Kalshi

Polymarket is in early talks to raise roughly $1 billion at a valuation north of $20 billion, Bloomberg reported on Aug. 4—a move that, if completed, would put the prediction-market startup much closer to rival Kalshi, which secured a $22 billion valuation in May. Polymarket has not confirmed a deal

Hyperliquid Leads July Perpetual DEX Market with $218B Trading Volume

CryptoRank, a market data and analytics platform for the cryptocurrency industry, is pleased to highlight the considerable growth of the Hyperliquid decentralized exchange in the month of July. Hyperliquid decentralized exchange hit a volume of $218B despite an overall decline in DEX trading volume.

AI CEO Feeds Toddler Sleepover Audio to Claude, Sparks Privacy Debate

Headline: AI CEO Records Toddler Sleepover, Feeds the Audio to Claude — Internet Erupts Over Privacy Nicholas Charriere, CEO of AI website builder Mocha, thought he’d captured a sweet family moment: his daughter’s first-ever shared room sleepover with her toddler cousin. The pair chatted for more t

Cherry Studio 2.0 Released with Over 1 Million Lines of Code Rewritten and Agent Mode Added

ChainThink reports that on August 5, Cherry Studio released version 2.0.This multi-model AI desktop client has been rewritten from the ground up, including its underlying architecture, interface, and data systems. The team reports over a million lines of code have been modified, and it is available

Bitcoin Holds Above $64K as BNB Leads Major Coins and Cysic Doubles

What to KnowBitcoin (BTC) held above $64,000 while BNB outperformed major cryptocurrencies despite declines in XRP, TRON, and Dogecoin during trading session.Cysic (CYS) surged 100.7% to lead top gainers, while Bless, Synapse, Seeker, and Biconomy posted strong double-digit gain.Ethereum (ETH), Sola

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