💳 PayPal and Venmo launch "PayPal World," a global platform connecting major payment systems and digital wallets to facilitate cross-border payments. This launch is carried out in partnership with Mercado Pago, UPI, and Tenpay. Together, these partners represent nearly two billion users worldwide. "PayPal World is a unique payment ecosystem that will bring together several of the largest payment systems and digital wallets in the world on a single platform. It reflects our partners' shared passion for a global and inclusive digital economy and has the potential to revolutionize cross-border c
🚨 Strategy acquires an additional 592 Bitcoin for $39.8 million at an average purchase price of $67,286 per Bitcoin. The company now holds 717,722 $BTC purchased at an average price of $76,000 per Bitcoin.
🇺🇸 Missouri introduces Bill 2080 to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Fund in Chapter 30 of the RSMo. Managed by the State Treasurer, the fund accepts Bitcoin donations or bequests from residents, securely stores them for at least five years, and can then transfer, sell, or convert them. 🗞Source: Bitcoin news #btc #eth
👛 Arthur Hayes details his investment portfolio: Gold, silver, and copper miners, uranium miners, major oil companies, defense stocks, and Latin American energy companies. Cryptocurrencies $BTC, $ETH, $ZEC , and $HYPE. Physical gold.
🚨 Vitalik Buterin continues his Ethereum sales. Over the past two days, he sold 1,869 $ETH for $3.6 million. The last time he sold 6,958 $ETH ( for $14.78 million, the ETH price dropped by 22.7%... 🗞Source: Lookonchain )#btc
🚨 Trump Media TMTG reports $3.1 billion in assets, including an accumulation of $2 billion in Bitcoin in the second quarter. The company also plans to launch a utility token in the Truth ecosystem. 🗞 Cointelegraph
🇨🇳 Numerous fake news have been circulating since yesterday claiming that China has enacted a new ban on cryptocurrencies. China has made NO recent official announcement regarding cryptocurrency regulations. Moreover, the country had already banned Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in 2021, and this policy remains unchanged.
💰 A Bitcoin wallet that has been dormant for 12 years has sent its 306 Bitcoin to 2 new addresses. This represents a movement of 35 million dollars. It was worth less than $24,000 when they were purchased in 2013. Bitcoin was trading around $75. 🗞 Decrypt
📱 OpenAI has completed a new funding round of $8.3 billion, bringing its valuation to $300 billion. Among the investors, we find, among others, Blackstone, T. Rowe Price, Sequoia Capital, and a16z. 🗞️Source ; NYTimes
🪙 Franklin Templeton, Bitwise, Fidelity, Canary Capital, CoinShares, Grayscale, and VanEck have filed amended S-1 registration statements with the SEC for Solana Spot ETFs. 🗞️TheBlock
🇺🇸 The White House working group publishes a long report on crypto including legislative proposals, details on crypto reserves. The expected 168-page report presents recommendations on how crypto should be regulated, including language around the banking sector, stablecoins, taxes, and illicit financing. A cryptocurrency sector official stated that it would serve as a "regulatory Bible," or a guide for the sector. "The working group, as the author of this report, supports the idea that digital assets and blockchain technologies can revolutionize not only the American financial system but als
🇩🇿 Algeria has officially enacted a law prohibiting the issuance, sale, purchase, holding, use, and promotion of all crypto assets, including Bitcoin. Law No. 25-10 also criminalizes cryptocurrency mining, the use of digital wallets, and the operation of crypto trading platforms. Fraudsters face up to one year in prison and $7,700 in fines. 🗞️CryptoBriefing
🇫🇷⚖️ Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, was reportedly questioned for the third time by French investigating magistrates in Paris on July 28 regarding allegations of Telegram's complicity in organized crime and the distribution of illegal content. "We firmly contest the legality of the indictment against our client and that of the numerous investigative acts carried out in disregard of national and European law." His legal team submitted a request for a preliminary ruling to the Court of Justice of the European Union. 🗞 France24