According to BlockBeats, crypto investment firm a16z and the DeFi Education Fund are petitioning the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to establish a regulatory safe harbor for websites and applications used to access decentralized finance (DeFi) projects. This joint application, submitted on Wednesday with the DeFi Education Fund, comes as the White House and SEC Chairman Paul Atkins increase their support for DeFi, encouraging its growth without burdensome regulatory obstacles. The Trump administration's recent cryptocurrency report includes recommendations to exempt certain DeFi service providers from broker-dealer registration requirements. The proposal emphasizes that the core of the safe harbor guidelines is to exempt only those applications that do not pose the risks targeted by the broker-dealer regulatory framework under the Securities Exchange Act. In such cases, requiring registration as a broker under the Securities Exchange Act is deemed unnecessary and inappropriate.

According to Foresight News, Twitter user Murphychen888 cited data from Glassnode indicating that Ethereum (ETH) reached a daily realized profit of $1.742 billion on August 12. This figure significantly surpasses the previous peak of $1 billion recorded on August 9, marking the highest value since the beginning of 2023.

According to PANews, Whale Alert has reported a substantial minting event on the Algorand network. At 17:06 UTC+8, an unidentified wallet minted 100,000,000 USDC, valued at approximately $99,985,200.

تخطت القيمة السوقية لعملة الايثيريوم (ETH) قيمة عملاق البث الرقمي “نتفليكس” وقيمة شركة المدفوعات العالمية “ماستركارد”، وتقترب الآن من تجاوز قيمة شركة الأدوية الأمريكية متعددة الجنسيات “إيلي ليلي”. source: https://arab-btc.net/ethereum-bigger-than-netflix-and-mastercard/

Shares of 180 Life Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: ATNF) surged 206. 59% on Tuesday to close at $10. source: https://finbold.com/palantir-co-founder-peter-thiel-buys-into-crypto-firm-as-stock-soars-250/

OKB skyrocketed after OKX unveiled a 65 million token burn, a fixed 21 million supply and major upgrades to its Polygon-powered X Layer network. source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/okb-price-surges-160-okx-token-burn-x-layer-upgrade?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

According to PANews, Lookonchain has reported that Pumpfun repurchased 175.3 million PUMP tokens in the past four hours, amounting to approximately $705,000. This brings the total buyback to 766 million PUMP tokens, valued at $30.65 million, representing 0.766% of the total supply.

According to BlockBeats, Ethereum core developers have confirmed the anticipated launch date for the Fusaka mainnet during their 162nd consensus layer meeting. The mainnet is expected to go live on November 5.

Two powerful forces in the D. C. crypto policy scene are seeking broker-dealer exemptions for dapp developers. source: https://decrypt.co/334915/a16z-defi-education-fund-want-sec-safe-harbor-for-dex-crypto-wallet-devs

Soft CPI, $1T tariffs, and rate-cut bets - Will September spark Bitcoin’s breakout into price discovery? source: https://ambcrypto.com/bitcoin-why-btcs-156k-168k-year-end-target-looks-likely/

ETH, USDC, Circle, Stripe, Circle and Stripe build their own public chains. Is Ethereum's settlement layer throne hanging in the balance? Golden Finance: Building your own chain has become a trend.

Perplexity AI has made a $34.5 billion offer to buy Google’s Chrome browser as Google faces possible antitrust action in the US. Google has not responded, and many believe Chrome is worth far more than the bid.

What is Tempo? What can Stripe and Paradigm bring to Tempo? Why are these two giant companies so focused on Tempo?

The family of late AI researcher and OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji is leveraging the power of crypto to fight for answers following the tragic death of their son in 2024.

SWIFT, Stablecoins, Stablecoins: The End of SWIFT? Golden Finance: A revolution in international payments is quietly underway.

Control, value capture, compliance, and the trillion-dollar stablecoin opportunity.

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon has finally pleaded guilty on two felony counts of wire fraud and conspirary to defraud.

Binance has joined the T3+ coalition and helped freeze $6 million from a pig-butchering crypto scam. The exchange is actively working with other industry players to track and stop illegal blockchain activity in real time.

Stablecoin usage and supply will grow significantly, but does a dedicated settlement and payment chain for stablecoins make sense?

Dan Morehead: BTC will still rise by another order of magnitude, approaching $1 million, which will be the last time Bitcoin sees a 10-fold increase.