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Share link:In this post: OpenAI staff are looking to sell $6 billion in shares in a deal that could raise the company’s valuation to $500 billion. SoftBank has committed to leading a $40 billion fundraising round for the Ai giant, with $8.3 billion already raised. OpenAI recently launched GPT-5, which has drawn both criticism and praise for its performance.
Share link:In this post: Vladimir Putin highlighted growth in U.S. trade with Russia after Trump’s return. Turnover in bilateral trade with America increased by 20%, the Russian president said. Volumes remain much lower than a decade ago as both express interest in doing business.
Share link:In this post: Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasuries hit a record $9.13 trillion in June, rising $1 trillion from last year. Japan and the UK increased their holdings, while China kept its level flat at $756.4 billion, its lowest since 2009. India and Hong Kong cut their Treasury exposure, and overall net capital inflow to the U.S. plunged 75% from May.
Share link:In this post: Ethereum is nearing its $4,800 all-time high after gaining 40% in the past month. Inflows into U.S.-listed Ether ETFs hit $2.9 billion, signaling strong institutional demand. Ethereum’s DeFi TVL has surged past $90 billion, close to its 2021 peak of $108 billion.
Share link:In this post: US-based spot crypto ETFs saw $40 billion in trading volume for the first time ever. Ether ETFs are on a roll, with the products beating Bitcoin ETFs in net inflows for five consecutive days. Bitcoin and ETH had impressive price movements during the week, although price correction has now set in.
- 02:12Kanye West launches meme coin YZY on SolanaAccording to ChainCatcher, citing Aggr News, Kanye West has launched a meme coin called "YZY" on the Solana blockchain. Kanye West (now known as Ye), born in 1977 in Atlanta, USA, is one of the world's most influential hip-hop artists, as well as a songwriter, producer, and entrepreneur.
- 01:57Data: Bitlayer Active Addresses Up 118% in the Past 7 Days, TVL Rises to Top Spot Among BTC Layer 2sOn August 21, according to DeFiLlama data, the current TVL of Bitlayer, a Bitcoin DeFi infrastructure project, stands at $430 million, making it the leading project in the Bitcoin Layer 2 ecosystem. Additionally, Nansen data shows that in the past seven days, the number of active addresses on the Bitlayer chain has increased by 118% to 27,700, the fastest growth among major public blockchains. According to official information, the YBTC series of assets issued by Bitlayer has recently been officially launched and successfully deployed across multiple chain ecosystems, including BSC, Sui, Avalanche, Ethereum, and Plume. Recently, the minting and staking activities of YBTC on various protocols have driven the rapid growth of active addresses on Bitlayer. It is understood that Bitlayer plans to further expand its integration and cooperation with more leading protocols in the future.
- 01:57Data: A certain whale address purchased 2,512 ETH three hours ago at an average price of $4,377According to ChainCatcher, on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa) has monitored that an address spent 11 million DAI on-chain three hours ago to purchase 2,512.7 ETH at an average price of $4,377.76. All of these ETH have now been transferred to an address starting with 0xB6F.