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Ethereum price is struggling to hold momentum below $4,300 as overheated futures markets and rising exchange reserves create short-term selling pressure. Summary Ethereum trades near $4,290, holding below $4,300 after a 16% monthly gain. Rising exchange reserves and sell-heavy futures flows point to short-term pressure. Technicals are mixed, but ETF inflows and treasury demand support the medium-term outlook. As of this writing, Ethereum’s price (ETH) is up 2.2% over the previous day, trading at $4,290. The token has hovered between $4,080 and $4,776 over the last seven days, losing 9% during that time but maintaining a 16% monthly gain. Only…

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Tokenization adoption may solve some of the systemic inefficiencies identified in Latin American capital markets and accelerate investment and capital flow in the region, according to Bitfinex Securities. Systemic inefficiencies, including high fees, complex regulations and structural issues such as technological barriers and high startup costs, are slowing investment and hindering capital flow into Latin American capital markets, in a phenomenon dubbed “liquidity latency,” according to the Bitfinex Securities Market Inclusion report, published on Thursday. The region’s liquidity latency issue may be solved by the adoption of real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, which refers to financial and other tangible assets minted…

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The SEC is trying something different — and people are noticing. Commissioner Hester Peirce, better known as “Crypto Mom,” is taking the agency on a nationwide tour. Her goal? Talk directly to small crypto projects and hear their stories. The hope is to make rules that actually make sense for the people building the crypto world. Finally, Someone’s Listening For years, small crypto startups felt like they didn’t matter. Big exchanges grab the spotlight, while newer projects fight just to be heard. Peirce wants to change that. She’s traveling across the country, knocking on doors, asking the hard questions, and…

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Stability World AI is thrilled to announce its strategic partnership with Salvo Games to transform the future of intelligent gaming. This initiative represents a significant step forward in blending Web3, generative AI, and next-generation gaming. The collaboration further aims to integrate advanced AI creativity with decentralized asset ownership to reshape the interaction of players with games. In this way, both partners are set to pave the way for a new and intelligent gaming era. We’re thrilled to launch a new partnership: Stability World AI × Salvo Games!Together with @_Salvo_Official, we’re merging Web3-generative AI with next-gen gaming, bringing intelligent creativity and…

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Alchemy Pay, a leading fiat-to-crypto payment platform, has collaborated with MTT Sports, a Web3 gaming entity. The partnership endeavors to integrate fiat on-ramps into MTT Sports, improving accessibility for worldwide consumers. As Alchemy Pay’s official press release discloses, the collaboration reflects the platform’s strategic efforts to become a notable crypto infrastructure firm in Asia. In addition to this, the development underscores a noteworthy move in connecting Web3 entities with the cutting-edge Web3 ecosystem. 🃏♠️#AlchemyPay has partnered with @mtt_sports, a Web3 gaming platform backed by HKEX-listed Boyaa Interactive, to power on-ramps for 100 BTC crypto gaming tournaments.🇭🇰As Web2 giants in HK…

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Ether (ETH) has outperformed bitcoin over the past month, buoyed by strong inflows into spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and growing corporate treasury allocations, Wall Street bank JPMorgan (JPM) said in a report on Wednesday.The move comes in the wake of U.S. stablecoin legislation (the GENIUS Act) and ahead of an anticipated vote on a broader crypto market structure bill by the end of September, the report said. In July, spot ether ETFs saw record inflows of $5.4 billion, nearly matching bitcoin ETF inflows over the same period. While bitcoin ETFs have posted modest outflows in August, ether funds continue to…

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The Aptos Foundation has announced a partnership with Bitso, a leading cryptocurrency-based financial services company in Latin America, to improve cross-border payments in the region. The collaboration will allow Bitso’s 9 million customers to use USDT and USDC on the Aptos network, with a particular focus on remittances between the United States and Mexico. Stablecoin usage in Latin America is growing, supported by use cases such as remittances, small business payments, and treasury operations. According to Bitso, 46% of all transactions on its platform in the first half of 2025 involved U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins, up 10% from the previous year.…

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Kyrgyz-issued stablecoin A7A5 lost its peg to the Russian ruble after it was targeted with sweeping new sanctions by the U.S. and the U.K. The team behind the project announced through social media it’s replacing the crypto’s smart contract with a new one to achieve “fair and accurate pricing.” A7A5 swaps smart contract as stablecoin’s price drops Ruble-backed A7A5, issued by a Kyrgyzstan-registered company, has briefly lost its peg to Russia’s fiat currency, following the imposing of new sanctions by U.S. and U.K. authorities against entities and persons linked to the stablecoin. “On the evening of Aug. 21, the rate…

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The growing soccer talk among active crypto traders is not just due to the return of the English Premier League (EPL), but also thanks in large part to Football.fun—a growing on-chain ecosystem that has provided sizable returns to early participants and soccer fans alike.  The newly established protocol built on Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 network, Base, allows users to buy shares in their favorite soccer players like Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappe across the world’s top professional leagues—like the EPL, La Liga, and Bundesliga—and be rewarded based on their actual performance.  The game blends the experience of opening trading cards with…

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Ethereum’s perpetual futures trading volume share hit a historic high of 67% over the past week. In other words, two-thirds of all crypto perpetual futures trading involved Ethereum. This indicates that crypto investors are unusually favoring high-risk investments, even amid a market downtrend caused mainly by concerns over rising US inflation. BTC-ETH Open Interest is Very Close Glassnode released its weekly report, “A Derivatives-Led Market,” on Wednesday. It explained that while Bitcoin’s price recently hit a new all-time high before correcting, the crypto derivatives market primarily drove the market’s direction. Despite the correction, Glassnode pointed out that market participants still…

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