In a landmark move that could reshape the future of American retirement, former President Donald Trump has greenlit the inclusion of crypto in 401(k) retirement plans—effectively forcing the U.S. Department of Labor to reevaluate its approach to defined-contribution schemes.

The US markets have seen a surge of digital coins. Millions of Americans now hold tokens in their wallets. Blocking all of it suddenly would be nearly impossible. At the same time, leaving this sector with no rules puts everyday investors in harm’s way source: https://www.newsbtc.com/bitcoin-news/crypto-is-here-to-stay-even-the-sec-cant-do-anything-about-it-analyst-says/

According to BlockBeats, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has commented on the expansion of Ethereum treasury companies, which has broadened access for a wider range of investors to acquire ETH. However, he cautioned that if not managed properly, this trend could develop into an "over-leveraged game."

Paradigm and leading crypto firms support Senate's new cryptocurrency market legislation for regulatory clarity. source: https://coincu.com/353316-senate-crypto-market-legislation-backing

According to PANews, on-chain analyst Yu Jin has reported that the whale trader known as @AguilaTrades has been actively increasing long positions through TWAP after initially opening them yesterday afternoon. The current value of these long positions has reached $223 million. Previously, this trader has experienced losses after increasing positions to $400 million five consecutive times. Currently, the trader holds an unrealized profit of $4.76 million. The positions include a 40x leveraged long on 1,277 BTC, valued at $150 million, with an entry price of $115,968 and a liquidation price of $112,932. Additionally, there is a 25x leveraged long on 18,833 ETH, valued at $73.64 million, with an entry price of $3,774 and a liquidation price of $3,600.

According to BlockBeats, data from CME's 'FedWatch' tool suggests a 92.7% probability of a 25 basis point rate cut in September, while the likelihood of maintaining the current interest rate stands at 7.3%.

According to Foresight News, Nasdaq-listed company Oblong (OBLG) has pledged $8 million in TAO tokens. The company plans to continue evaluating additional TAO token purchases on a weekly basis. Oblong is also exploring partnerships within the Bittensor ecosystem to potentially develop technological products, aiming to align its operational and financial strategies. Earlier reports from Foresight News indicated that Oblong purchased 5,025 TAO tokens at an average price of $328.38 each in July, totaling approximately $1.65 million, and subsequently staked them. The company had previously raised $7.5 million to establish a strategic reserve of TAO tokens.

According to PANews, the pSTAKE Foundation has announced the launch of its $50 million AI-Web3 Innovation Fund, now open for applications. This initiative aims to accelerate research, development, and collaboration in the cutting-edge fields of generative artificial intelligence and decentralized networks. The fund focuses on five strategic areas: decentralized generative agents, which are fully on-chain autonomous AI entities; on-chain provenance, ensuring transparent attribution for datasets, models, and agent outputs; market layers for AI assets, including valuation, exchange, and collateral protocols; programmable creative engines for AI-driven dynamic multimedia; and secure, composable infrastructure for building interoperable AI-Web3 systems.

According to Foresight News, Hong Kong's Ed Financial Group has announced a strategic partnership with Zhongnong Rongxin, a rural digital asset service operator. The collaboration aims to advance agricultural tokenization projects and explore fundraising opportunities in Hong Kong, enhancing Zhongnong Rongxin's market position in agricultural fintech. Zhongnong Rongxin will be responsible for selecting, integrating, and managing foundational assets related to agriculture and rural areas in China, coordinating cross-regional project resources, and providing high-quality assets. Ed Financial has been appointed as the exclusive advisor for capital market and technology-related matters. Their role includes designing tokenization structures for rural and agricultural product assets, executing real-world asset securitization, and facilitating overseas financing, mergers and acquisitions, and IPOs. Ed Financial will offer comprehensive sponsorship and underwriting support for these capital market transactions.

According to Foresight News, the Ethereum Foundation's Co-Executive Director, Hsiao-Wei Wang, announced via social media that the foundation will donate an additional $500,000 to support the legal defense of Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm. This contribution aims to assist Storm in his ongoing legal challenges.

Bitcoin price is again rising above the $115,500 zone. BTC is now consolidating and might aim for a move toward the $120,000 resistance zone. Bitcoin started a fresh increase above the $115,500 zone. The price is trading above $115,500 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average source: https://www.newsbtc.com/analysis/btc/bitcoin-price-roars-awake-120k/

特朗普宣布任命斯蒂芬·米兰为美联储理事，任期暂定至2026年1月31日。这场短暂的“联储试镜”，会不会成为加密行业的意外助推剂？

“私募股权、房地产和数字资产等另类资产可提供有竞争力的回报和多元化收益。”

“401(k) 退休计划可以投资多种另类资产，包括持有投资于数字资产的主动管理投资工具。”

12.5万亿美元级别的养老基金市场一旦开放加密货币投资，专业人士估算资金流入可能高达8000亿美元

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AB DAO announces that AB has been listed on Kraken as of 7 Aug 2025. Users can now deposit AB and place post-only limit orders (orders will not match yet). Order matching is scheduled to begin on August 8, 2025, when the trading pairs AB/EUR and AB/USDT go live.

401(k)账户中约有9万亿美元，相比之下，整个加密货币行业市值不到4万亿美元。

美国特朗普政府重塑全球贸易格局的激进举措，正将美国和世界经济带入一片未知水域。

COSMOS,谁杀死了跨链之王 Cosmos？ 金色财经,Cosmos生态正处于一个生死攸关的历史时刻。