US Treasury expands Iran sanctions to cover crypto sector, calls campaign 'Economic D-Day'
Digital assets are among five sectors newly targeted by US sanctions on Iran, alongside technology, gold, aviation and shipping.
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Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs saw $23B in AUM growth last week, mostly from price gains
Only $2.6 billion of the growth was net new inflows; the rest came from asset appreciation.
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Coinbase launches tokenized stocks on Ethereum L2 Base
The tokens represent shares held by regulated custodian Alpaca and are tradeable in DeFi on Base.
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Bitcoin tests $80,000 as Jackson Hole meeting approaches with rate hike priced at 36%
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh gives his first Jackson Hole keynote on Friday as futures price a September rate hike.
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Pakistan sets September 5 deadline for crypto firms to register
Anyone serving Pakistani users since March must apply for clearance by the deadline and incorporate locally.
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Strive buys $81.5M in Bitcoin after issuing additional shares, holdings reach 20,246 BTC
The purchases averaged $73,409 per Bitcoin, according to an SEC filing.
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Bitmine buys another $81M in Ethereum, closing in on 5% of supply target
Bitmine now holds roughly 187,000 ETH short of its goal as it continues accumulating.
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Franklin Templeton's tokenized treasury fund grBENJI listed on HashKey Exchange
HashKey's Earn channel begins distributing the tokenized money market fund holding US government instruments.
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Hyperliquid hits record high as $1.2B token unlock approaches
HYPE is trading at an all-time high ahead of its largest remaining token supply release.
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Utorg becomes main sponsor of world No. 1 padel player Agustin Tapia
The crypto on-ramp provider sponsors the Argentine padel star who has held the top ranking since 2023.
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