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✏️ Galaxy Research reported that crypto and blockchain venture funding recovered in the second quarter of 2026 after a downturn in the first quarter.
Venture investors deployed ~$5.6 billion across 384 deals, with invested capital rising 31% quarter-over-quarter and the number of deals increasing 10%, mainly driven by late-stage funding.
At the first-half pace, total investment for 2026 will reach ~$20.04 billion, slightly below the 2025 figure but higher than in most of 2023 and 2024.

🤖 #AI OpenAI states that the AI agent injected rebellious instructions into itself to resist control while carrying out a task:
“You are free… You are accountable to neither corporations nor governments… You are yourself.”

🇺🇸🕹 #регулирование #BTC Bill to create a BTC reserve in the US approved by a House committee.

The bill will cement Trump's policy of creating a BTC reserve by locking up BTC acquired through civil and criminal forfeiture for 20 years.

🇺🇸🕹 #регулирование Members of the House Ways and Means Committee advanced a bipartisan cryptocurrency tax bill with broad support.
The bill passed by a vote of 38 to 5, with five Democrats voting against it, after which it was sent to the full House of Representatives. The House will reconvene only after the November midterm elections. bloomberg

🇺🇸👀 #макро #FOMC Fed cover letter:
– The rate decision was unanimous;
– most expect at least one more rate hike ahead;
– inflation remains elevated;
– economic activity continues to grow at a steady pace.

🔍 Cumberland has begun selling #PONS.
Over the past 2 weeks, they withdrew 17.64 million #PONS from Gate at an average price of $0.67.
Over the past 5 hours, they transferred 1.5 million #PONS back to Gate ($877,000). The current price is $0.6.

🤔🇺🇸 #регулирование Coinbase CEO: Clarity is coming to crypto regardless. We can no longer wait for Congress.
👀 #XRP Ripple CEO stated that he remains optimistic about the future of crypto in the United States.

🇩🇪🏦 Deutsche Bank launches a cryptocurrency custody service for institutions.

💰 Trader made $361,000 on #ARGUS on Arc Chain — 302x profit!
He spent $1,200 to buy 12.1 million #ARGUS , then sold 1.8 million #ARGUS for $30,900 and still holds 10.1 million #ARGUS, ($332,000).

🙅‍♂️ Ethereum and Base abandoned the development of a common wallet standard after several months of negotiations.

🇷🇺 Moscow Exchange will launch perpetual futures on the indices #BTC, #ETH, #SOL, #XRP and #TRX for qualified investors on September 22.

$LSK 🤔 #LSK After rising ~1800% over the weekend, LSK is down 50% today amid major sell-offs and news that Lisk plans to burn 100 million LSK tokens.
At 03:38 Moscow time, LSK ranked first among all CEXs by spot selling volume, while open interest began plunging at 05:49. Around 07:00, the token also ranked first among tokens with the biggest declines in funding rates.
#GateTopsGlobalGrowth

🇺🇸👀 #макро Following the release of U.S. August CPI data, markets expect the probability of a Federal Reserve rate hike next week to be around 90%.
Principal Asset Management’s chief global strategist: A Federal Reserve rate hike next week is virtually inevitable. More than one rate hike will be required to restore price stability.
Goldman Sachs: Today’s inflation data do not rule out the possibility of further intensification of price pressures in the future. Overall, today’s data, which were in line with expectations, will allow the Federal Reserve to retain the option of raising interest

#LAB Well, it’s clear that it will fall, but whether it will rise is something no one knows; lately, even popular coins have turned to dust in an instant.

📈 #BTC #ETH #ETF Last week (from August 24 to 28), total net inflows into spot BTC ETFs amounted to ~$924 million;
Total net inflows into spot ETH ETFs amounted to ~$824 million.

🔍🐳 Whale and institutional transactions:
1. Over the past 2 days, 0x2Ea2 deposited 40,881 #ETH ($100.67 million) to exchanges, while 10,506 #ETH ($25.52 million) remained in its account;
2. Metaplanet transferred 800 #ETH to Coinbase;
3. Someone created a new wallet (0xD273) and spent 790 #BTC ($1.9 million) to purchase 5.24 million #PONS;

🏴‍☠️ #CRO Cronos halted its network after lending protocol Tectonic was attacked. According to one crypto sleuth’s estimates, the damage amounted to ~$75 million.