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Thiel’s Ether Bets Pay Off as Ethereum Gains Wall Street Traction

Billionaire Peter Thiel has emerged as a significant beneficiary of Ether’s 13.5% surge this month. The PayPal co-founder’s investment firms have generated substantial paper gains through strategic bets on Ethereum-focused companies. Thiel’s Ethereum Strategy Takes Shape The Wall Street Journal reports that Thiel’s venture capital approach centers on Ethereum becoming Wall Street’s preferred blockchain platform. His Founders Fund owns 7.5% of ETHZilla, a company that pivoted from biotech to purchasing ether. The firm also controls 9.1% of Bitmine Immersion Technologies, which raised $250 million for ether acquisitions. ETHZilla’s market value jumped from $18 million to $741 million after disclosing Thiel’s…

EthereumAug 27

Could FOMC minutes be hinting at a hawkish Jackson Hole speech?

This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. As we reach the end of August, all eyes are once again on the Grand Tetons. Not because of its striking views, but because the annual Woodstock of central banking is about to go down. Tomorrow morning, Fed Chair Jerome Powell will deliver his keynote speech. Historically, these speeches have served as key inflection points for the Federal Reserve’s thinking on monetary policy from a high level. More importantly, it’s an opportunity for Powell to speak for himself and not on behalf of the whole FOMC…

RegulationAug 27

XRP Advocate Slams Ex-SEC Counsel Tenreiro for Omitting Ripple Case Loss in Bio

XRP advocate Bill Morgan has criticized former SEC lead counsel Jorge Tenreiro’s selective presentation of his litigation record after joining Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP as a partner. Morgan pointed out that Tenreiro’s new firm profile highlights crypto enforcement successes but omits his partial defeat in the SEC vs Ripple case. Morgan noted the irony that Tenreiro’s bio mentions courtroom victories against Sam Bankman-Fried, Terraform Labs, and Binance but fails to acknowledge losing two-thirds of the Ripple case or filing an appeal that the SEC later agreed to dismiss. The XRP advocate suggested this omission reveals Tenreiro’s awareness that…

LegalAug 27

Uquid Sets New Standards for Web3 Shopping with Seamless Crypto Payments

Crypto adoption is continuously rising in the world as digital payments are experiencing a significant shift. Uquid is the one and only platform that is making efforts to make digital payments secure and user-friendly. The platform is a leading force in Web3 commerce, cementing its position to foster this effortless transformation. SEAMLESS CRYPTO PAYMENTS BACKED BY 4.5⭐ TRUSTPILOT And here's how Uquid makes web3 shopping stand out: ⚡ Fast: 100+ crypto payments in seconds 👌 Simple: effortless shopping flow 🔒 Confident: blockchain security & trusted reviews Try it today: https://t.co/Ay0rxEkb5Q |… pic.twitter.com/vw5vM5fop9 — UQUID – Web3 Shopping Infrastructure (@uquidcard) August…

ExchangesAug 27

Flare and MoreMarkets Partner to Unlock OnChain Yield for XRP Holders

Flare has announced a new partnership with MoreMarkets to launch the XRP Earn Account, a fully onchain yield solution designed to make XRP more programmable and productive. The integration combines Flare’s interoperability infrastructure with MoreMarkets’ yield strategies, offering XRP holders a seamless way to generate rewards without the usual complexity of DeFi. — Making XRP Work Harder Through the XRP Earn Account, users can initiate a bridge directly from their XRPL wallet into Flare’s FAssets system, where XRP is minted as FXRP. From there, MoreMarkets automatically deploys the asset into strategies such as lending or liquid staking with Firelight, Flare’s…

DeFiAug 27

Base claims top 3 spot in 30-day NFT volume: DappRadar

Coinbase layer-2 network Base took the third spot in non-fungible token (NFT) trading volume after a 70% surge in the last 30 days. Decentralized application data aggregator DappRadar showed that Base’s NFT volume reached $47.67 million, increasing by 70% over the past month. The increase pushed the network ahead of many competitors in the NFT space, including Immutable zkEVM and Solana, which are ranked fourth and fifth by 30-day volume. Collections like Get Based, DX Terminal and Based Style collectively recorded about $25 million in NFT trading volume, driving the surge in digital collectible trading activity on the network. In…

NFTAug 27

U.S. banks move to amend GENIUS stablecoin Act over “loophole”

Major banking groups in the United States are pushing to change certain provisions of the recently passed GENIUS stablecoin Act, citing concerns over aspects of the law that could affect the traditional financial industry. Summary U.S. banking groups are lobbying lawmakers to reconsider certain provisions of the GENIUS stablecoin Act. Banks argue that the current structure creates an uneven playing field that could threaten the future of traditional financial institutions. Crypto industry groups have pushed back, stating that the provisions are a necessary feature to support innovation and maintain consumer choice. On Aug. 25, the Financial Times reported that U.S.…

LegalAug 27

Binance Futures Announces Listing of New Altcoin with 5x Leverage! Here Are the Details

Binance has made a new announcement to offer its users a wider range of trading options and improve the experience. Binance Futures Opens SOMIUSDT Perpetual Futures Contract for Pre-Market Trading Binance Futures, the company's futures trading platform, announced that it will open its SOMIUSDT perpetual futures contract for pre-market trading starting at 111:30 a.m. on August 25, 2025. This new product will allow investors to trade with up to 5x leverage. The underlying asset of the newly listed contract will be Somnia (SOMI). Somnia stands out as a high-performance, EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain. Focused on developing mass-market applications, particularly for the…

ExchangesAug 27

Ethereum Reclaims DeFi Crown, Sentora Says Chain Now Holds 62% of TVL

Sentora, the on-chain analytics firm, set off a fresh debate this week when it tweeted that “Ethereum now holds 62% of DeFi TVL, with dominance rising since April.” The short post, and the question that followed, captures a familiar tug-of-war in crypto markets: is this a renewed, durable return to Ethereum dominance, or a temporary concentration that faster/cheaper rivals can chip away at? Data from DeFi aggregators show why Sentora’s claim is getting attention. DefiLlama’s dashboards put total DeFi value locked (TVL) across chains in the roughly $150 billion range, while Ethereum alone currently shows $92 billion parked in DeFi…

DeFiAug 27

Ethereum (ETH) Price Prediction for August 23

The price of Ethereum today is around $4,280. It has gone up 1.3% since the last session, but it is still below the $4,355 resistance level. ETH hit a high of about $4,792 earlier this month, but it has been going down inside a descending channel since then. Sellers are protecting the $4,400–$4,450 supply band. Bulls need to show strength by taking back this area, or else they risk going down even more to $4,100. Ethereum Price Forecast Table: August 23, 2025 What’s Happening With Ethereum’s Price? ETH price dynamics (Source: TradingView) ETH’s daily chart shows a series of strong…

EthereumAug 27